Hello

The internal speaker no longer works on my Pinephone, even after rebooting. I haven't updated it for several days. I assume that I broke something after trying to use an external speaker through bluetooth. The internal earpiece and the headset still work.

How can I solve my problem, preferably without reinstalling the whole system as I use my phone daily?

Pinebook Pro Recover with Void Linux (xbps)

Hello all!

I recently received my Pinebook Pro and, as I have gathered has happened to quite a few people, broke the system with an initial Manjaro update. I thought I'd do my part to help anyone else having the same problem by documenting what I've figured out over the last few days. This will basically be a compilation of a bunch of different articles and tutorials from across the internet, with application specific advice. I'll try to link all major sources. I chose to use Void Linux just 'cause it's what I'm used to, and xbps makes building a system onto the SD card super easy.

While I've learned a lot through this process, I'm by no means an expert. I would appreciate any input, correction, or elaboration the topics discussed.

Just to account for any hardware differences, this was on a PBP received on Jan 11 2024. I haven't checked into this, but if there's any where I can find a hardware revision number or anything like that, let me know.

Some preamble:
The PBP can boot directly from, in order:
- the onboard SPI module,
- the onboard eMMC module, or
- a microSD card.

By default, nothing is written to the SPI. The factory Manjaro ARM system is installed on the eMMC. From what I understand, the system breaks after a Manjaro update because the system updates the bootloader package without properly configuring it. The result is that the PBP boots from the eMMC, but the user gets nothing but a black screen.

Fortunately, the PBP mainboard has a hardware switch to block access to the eMMC, so we can turn that on and boot instead from a microSD card.

Regarding the bootloader, I to use Tow-Boot. I don't have experience any with alternatives, but it was simple to flash and is flexible at boot-time, which is what I was looking for.

So this was my strategy:
1. Disable the eMMC
2. Boot from SD card
3. Flash Tow-Boot to the SPI
4. Re-enable the eMMC
5. Boot again from the SD card
6. ???
7. System repaired.

If I wanted to, I think I could have skipped a couple steps by re-enabling the eMMC while the system was running and flashing Tow-Boot to the eMMC's boot partition. However, I like having the bootloader on the SPI and didn't want to keep Manjaro anyways. Furthermore, this method lets me use GPT and EFI; this probably doesn't matter but it just feels right.

# Setup
To start off with, we're gonna want an existing Void Linux system, though you should be able to follow the same process on any Linux system using a statically-linked XBPSThis can be from a live image, though depending on your setup that might present some issues with memory and device throughput when writing to the SD card.

First off, we're gonna want to make sure all our repositories and packages are up to date:

Hi,
I just bought the LCD panel for my pine a64 and I was wondering where I can find the android os that supports the screen? or else can anyone tell me how to find and edit the uEnv.txt file to make it display on the LCD?

So i have run into an issue with the fwupdmgr when trying to find the modem id. I go to get devices and it doesnt bring back a actual manafucture of the modem to upgrade it, all it gives me is a whole bunch of nunbers. Is there any thing i can do to get the device id of the qcell modem so i can upgrade it. All i see is letters and numbers. thanks

these are two products i need.

well i need a robot vacuum cleaner, which walks around and cleans.
but i do not want to invest in those things that are connected to clouds and send data, or controllable from clouds.

same with the door phone.

our building's small community had to choose one. and we were not able to find one not connected to the cloud.

i am quite sure i would convince our community to use pine door phone (intercom) if it was selfhosted, and would just require a real ip.

there's no sense of our data to go abroad and come back for opening the door. and the current solution probably gathers photos of everyone who comes and goes, and nobody knows what would it do with the photos.

Hi! Was using Pinecil V2 for half a year mostly with a Lenovo 65W PD3.0 without any problems. And sometimes with Xiaomi powerbank which supports 15V/3A/45W PD 3.0. One day display stopped working. Dissembled the unit. 4.6V is there after a buck converter. 3V3 is also after the LDO. Firmware flashes successfully. Tried IronOs V2.22 and V2.20. Tried to press '+' button after powering on, tip doesn't get hot. 

Should i try replacing the OLED? 

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi guys,

i really need help on my PPPro. I was recently trying to update my modem's firmware using gnome-firmware app using this instruction in the video "4 of 5": https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18209
Update failed to install, and now i ended up with non-bootable modem. I searched the PineWiki and found this emergency procedure designed to boot modem in to EDL mode by shorting the test points on the PinePhone, but when i removed the back cover i only found there is no simmilar pins, or at least i don't know which ones to use on my the explorerss edition phone. Also i used this Hardware test build from here: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...e_Checking 
and test fails for sim card. Also in Arch build it is not listed as /dev/ttyUSB2 or any ttyUSB. Seems it is bricked, and i need to enter EDL mode somehow. Is there any hope to revive the modem?

So Im thinking of building a Pine64 cluster for a homelab over a Pi for a couple reasons, also being able to order more than one of the same type.
Their website sells USB to barrel power adapters awesome! But I need a power strip that can output 5V 3A for at least four USB ports.
I am not honestly that familiar with power usage and finding pieces but I see a lot of 2.4Amps with a max total of 12Amps. Out of a USB power strip. Is 3A really just 2.4?192.168.0.1 routerlogin 192.168.l.l

Hello everyone!

Just a heads up for German and European users: I ordered some hall effect sensors and should have three (if I don't kill one when soldering) left to give to users so they don't have to order in Asia. Since customs and so on is ugly, I'll only ship within the European union.

I don't have them yet, ETA is 15 days. If you can wait, you won't have to order in Asia, I'll just send it to you in a letter. First come, first serve.

Price is US$ 1.6842 +  0.85€ shipping (a standard letter). I.e. I'll pay the shipping from Asia myself.
One piece per person.
NO GUARANTEES AT ALL.

Tell me in this thread if you need one.

Hope it helps someone.

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I cannot fix my dependancy issues.

For context I updated my phone, when it asked to replace dependancies I hit yes and all was well until maybe 3 updates later when it began asking for dependancy switches again and now it won't work and claims there is a dependancy conflict.

What must I do? reflash the OS? there has to be another way right?