How can I run that (Artix arm) with FDE?

Hi there!
I have recently bought a pine64 and i am using it as a plex server with USB-stick as extra drive to not fill the sd card, unfortunately when i tried to connect a 1tb 2,5 HDD from seagate it wasn't reading it's content, from searching online i found out that the usb2.0 do not provide enough power, and i was now wondering if they could support an SSD or if i need to buy an usb hub.

do you have any suggestion about my problem?

thanks!

Hey everyone, I bought the 1st pinephone that came out which I still have. I stopped using it for a while but thinking of starting back. I thinking of buying the pinephone pro. Any thoughts on that? Does anyone know if they are going to build another one? 
One thing I'm worried about is most company is changing to 5g service. Will pinephone start making their phone 5g as well? If not then soon enough we will not be able to use them. 

Thank you
Chris

Has anyone with the kb case had recurrent problems with charging? I am on my second kb case after the first one had the charger break on me. Unfortunately the second kb case is now showing similar symptoms...

The symptoms are first the kb battery does not charge but it still sends some charge to the actual pinephone battery. The second is that it is unusually warm at the bottom of the kb case. This is where I am at with the second kb case.

If my experience with the first kb case is anything to go by, then soon the charger chip on the kb case will fail altogether and will not be able to charge anything.

Anyone else had similar problems? If so what response if any did you get from pine 64?

I am happy to have the software not working, but I think it is not on really to have the hardware regularly fail like this. Did anyone with similar problems get sent another main board from pine 64 as compensation?

I am happy to have the software not working, but I think it is not on really to have the hardware regularly fail like this. Did anyone with similar problems get sent another main board from pine 64 as compensation?

Happy to learn how to put in the main board, but it should really say in the information about the kb if this is going to be a recurring cost due to a faulty charger chip design.

I love the kb but at present I cannot recommend others buying it due to this design flaw. It really does make the ppp usable as a daily driver for me though hence my disappointment.

Hello all, 

I finally got Armbian running again (Thanks Manjaro, no bootloader flashed to SPI had me running in circles for months...)

Audio works on bluetooth but not via speakers (yes I did confirm that they are plugged in)

Can anyone suggest a fix? I have seen alsamixer suggested but cannot find any more data on that for the life of me.

I have googled this but cannot find an answer.  How do I install "9999" packages, for example

First of all, I'm aware that there's no driver yet for the internal wifi / bluetooth device.  I've been using a combination of USB-A to USB-C adapters to do all manner of things from usb tethering off my phone, utilizing a USB-A wifi adapter, and using a USB to ethernet adapter.  While all of these options previously worked with the danctnix installation, none of them appear to be functioning with Mobian.

I did have to use the USB to ethernet adapter with the danctnix installation first in order to update the OS before the USB wifi adapter would function.. and I figure I might need to do something similar with the mobian install.. but I've run into a bit of an issue.

At some point, the USB tethering on my phone just.. decided to stop working with things (I think that's a phone thing, though.)  The USB ethernet adapter worked with danctnix and the USB wifi adapter worked once I upgraded the device.. but after installing U-Boot and Mobian according to the instructions, while the operating system appears to function, I cannot get any level of network connectivity to hopefully get my wifi adapter functioning.

Interestingly, both the USB to ethernet adapter and the USB wifi adapter show up under `lsusb` and there's a "usb0" connection that shows as "unavailable" when running `nmcli`, but I'm at a bit of a loss at this point for what to do now.

Does anyone have any ideas about how I might go about getting some kind of network connectivity on the device?

Hi @all,

i'm not totally new to Ubuntu/Linux but still far from being a pro!

Actually i run Ubuntu 22.04 (installed via ARMBIAN) with Gnome 42 on my Pinebook Pro:

The most stable version near to fully functional Plasma Mobile

I just like the looks of it and see it as being a lot more suitable for a Mobile GUI then the other normal ones.

I've already tried the PostMarketOS version but it doesn't seem to want to detect mobile data

Okay this is odd...

I tried flashing Plasma Mobile via Windows and Tow Boot by the Volume up method.
It didn't show my MicroSD card but it show Linux device u something 128Gb I knew this was the Pinephone Pro, so I thought no big deal I'll just install it to the phone.

It successfully flashed I get past the PostmarketOS Splash boot screen, but then am in a Console asking me for a login.

How do I do this and would it just be 147147

Or restore it where i can finally get into the phone

I was just wanting run KDE Plasma instead of Mobian. haha

Also came home realized I forgot to power it off plugged it into a higher powered charger to jumpstart it back to life and got this message in the second picture.

FYI I am a Linux newb and flashing androids via Odin and LG Flash Tools has kind of spoiled me, but if I wasn't willing to risk borking this phone, it wouldn't be worth owning or part of the growth and development of this device.