Hi there

I'm using a Pinebook Pro with default OS.

Problem: Suddenly I cannot login as user rock anymore. Giving the credentials it loops and shows the login mask again and again.

I created another user before (they worked well in parallel) which is still usable.

I used User rock for update purposes. And now I do not have the update button in the lower right side anymore.

Any idea how to fix the login or do I have to reinstall from scatch?

Any help / tip is very welcome. - Thanks

Regards Adrian

MTP stopped Working. Any idea what might be wrong?

I am looking to sell my Pinebook Pro in or around Helsinki. It’s in perfectly working condition, there’s a small cosmetic problem on the palm rest that’s a result of overzealous sticker removal, but it’s not visible unless you look for it.

The reason why I’m selling it is simply that I don’t have time for this hobby anymore and I’m unlikely to have it anytime soon, nothing to do with the device itself.

The price I’ve had in mind was 200 EUR, which seems quite fair considering how much it costs with shipping and VAT. But I’m open to other offers.

Please PM me if interested.

The following is an idea that may not be feasible for this version of the Pinephone, but it generally came to my mind and I do not know where else to raise it:

My problem with the Android soft keyboard is that I very often get the characters wrong and hit adjacent keys. It has perhaps something to do with the fact that my fingers do not hit the screen in an exact vertical fashion but at a slight angle.

The haptic feedback (brief vibration) does not help, unfortunately.

In another post, I was talking about my old Palm Treo 680 and how easy its physical keyboard was to use. In fact, the Treo 600 was even better, because the rows of keys were not curved:



I took those old phones out of their cupboard recently and started them up. And even after not using them for over 5 years, I was surprised how quickly and error-free I was able to type on them.

Here is my idea:

In the picture above, the keyboard takes up half of the front of the phone, which is not acceptable nowadays. However, why can't we have a screen with in-built little nobbles, representing the keys in the the picture above? They would need to protrude just enough to be felt under your fingers but smooth enough to swipe over, if necessary. No need to have a physical press action, just those nobbles in the glass.

Why hasn't any manufacturer thought of this?

Oh, hang on, now I've got it: Why not have a screen protector with such nobbles? It can't be that difficult!

(Sorry I was developing the idea while typing.)

Being aware of the various Firefox related sound issues with Youtube, I'm adding this up.

After updating everything, then uninstalling FF completely, then installing MrFixit version of FF, I'm still finding this issue:

The following video will play sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMFS8MBzXc

While this one (as well as most other youtube video) won't produce any sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJ1vUubkTc

Of course, everything works as it should in Chromium.

A random guess: some codecs are not working in FF. How to explain this otherwise?

Please test the links in both Firefox and Chromium and hear for yourself. Does it work for you?

Thanks

 
   I cannot find the requirements for the Pine phone SD card, except it is 'microSD'

     and it supports SDHC and SDXC

     No mention of supported speed  ?

    IF we are testing the Brave Heart from the SD card,  I would like to use the fastest that it supports, 
       but not too excessively faster...

     I looked in the wiki,  that is where I found the above information.

             Did I miss it somewhere  ? 

        Thanks for any info,   BC

  What is the most ideal speed for the Pinebook Pro SD cards  ?  ( without going needlessly over specification )
 
        I read the wiki as it being 50 mb,  would that be correct..?

        Thanks  !  BC

I just received my PineTime dev kit. The battery charged ok and the watch face lights up when the button is pressed but the touch screen doesn't work.
I cant change screens and when you hold the button to power off the buttons don't work.
Looks like the touch screen is broken. Are there any other reports of this?

After some more testing the screen has now lost all color -
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I have a Rock64 connected using the factory power cable to a 60W power supply. In some conditions, the Rock will partially lockup until I reboot.

It is easiest to reproduce when I try to quickly tab complete several directories in a row on external storage.

Is it possible to disable the feature of the Pinebook booting up when plugged into power? When I have my Pinebook 11" 1080P plugged into an intermittent power supply, it will start up when the power goes on, then stay running and discharging when the power is off. When it is plugged in and running, the battery doesn't charge, so I need to be able to keep it off so it will charge. The auto power on interferes with that. For example, I might leave it plugged in and powered off overnight to charge, only to find in the morning that it discharged almost to zero because the power went off and on, and maybe off again. Trying to charge the computer from a vehicle's power outlet also becomes impractical, because the vehicle's power goes off and on.

There is also a thread for this issue in the Pinebook Pro: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8211