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Getting started with Mobian...stuck - LG123 - 03-08-2021
Hello, I'm working on setting up a pinephone for the first time. When it boots up, the Mobian logo comes up briefly. Then the phone enters what looks like a Command centre with a keyboard at the bottom.
No matter what I enter, I get this string momentarily before I'm back at the keyboard: begin: mounting root file system ... Begin: running scripts/local-top ...
These are the six icons I see when looking at the pinephone's contents on my mac: boot.scr, image.gz, initramfs.gz, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.0.dtb, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.1.dtb, sun501-a64-pinephone-1.2.dtb
The phone also only boots up when connected to a power source.
Will I need to get an SD card and try to follow the instructions to flash a new OS onto the phone that way? Anyone else encountered this problem?
RE: Getting started with Mobian...stuck - C0ffeeFreak - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 07:01 PM)LG123 Wrote: Hello, I'm working on setting up a pinephone for the first time. When it boots up, the Mobian logo comes up briefly. Then the phone enters what looks like a Command centre with a keyboard at the bottom.Sounds like you corrupted your installation or initial update. Don't worry you didn't ruin anything permanently and it's easily fixed. That first keyboard at the bottom is your decryption keyboard to decrypt the phone. Read this thread linked below, watch the installation video on flashing and read the Mobian update blog. The thread is pretty short and all the instructions and resources/file links are there. It will all be ok and you will be a lot smarter when you are done. Welcome to the forum.
No matter what I enter, I get this string momentarily before I'm back at the keyboard: begin: mounting root file system ... Begin: running scripts/local-top ...
These are the six icons I see when looking at the pinephone's contents on my mac: boot.scr, image.gz, initramfs.gz, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.0.dtb, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.1.dtb, sun501-a64-pinephone-1.2.dtb
The phone also only boots up when connected to a power source.
Will I need to get an SD card and try to follow the instructions to flash a new OS onto the phone that way? Anyone else encountered this problem?
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=13275
RE: Getting started with Mobian...stuck - xalius - 03-09-2021
(03-08-2021, 07:01 PM)LG123 Wrote: ...
The phone also only boots up when connected to a power source.
...
Have you removed the battery transport protection?
RE: Getting started with Mobian...stuck - spaetz - 03-09-2021
(03-08-2021, 07:01 PM)LG123 Wrote: Hello, I'm working on setting up a pinephone for the first time. When it boots up, the Mobian logo comes up briefly. Then the phone enters what looks like a Command centre with a keyboard at the bottom.Well, a factory MObian CE will have run the installer which prompted you for a password. This is the password prompt when you chose to encrypt the disk. Enter you password and your will be allowed to proceed.
No matter what I enter, I get this string momentarily before I'm back at the keyboard: begin: mounting root file system ... Begin: running scripts/local-top ...
These are the six icons I see when looking at the pinephone's contents on my mac: boot.scr, image.gz, initramfs.gz, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.0.dtb, sun50i-a64-pinephone-1.1.dtb, sun501-a64-pinephone-1.2.dtb
The phone also only boots up when connected to a power source.
Will I need to get an SD card and try to follow the instructions to flash a new OS onto the phone that way? Anyone else encountered this problem?
RE: Getting started with Mobian...stuck - LG123 - 03-10-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:11 PM)C0ffeeFreak Wrote: Sounds like you corrupted your installation or initial update. Don't worry you didn't ruin anything permanently and it's easily fixed. That first keyboard at the bottom is your decryption keyboard to decrypt the phone. Read this thread linked below, watch the installation video on flashing and read the Mobian update blog. The thread is pretty short and all the instructions and resources/file links are there. It will all be ok and you will be a lot smarter when you are done. Welcome to the forum.Thank you for the info and the vote of confidence. I don't have an SD card yet, but I'll run out to get one today and give it a go.
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=13275
RE: Getting started with Mobian...stuck - LG123 - 03-10-2021
(03-09-2021, 06:49 AM)xalius Wrote:I have. I'm going to get an SD card so I can reflash an image to the phone and see if that fixes this issue too.(03-08-2021, 07:01 PM)LG123 Wrote: ...
The phone also only boots up when connected to a power source.
...
Have you removed the battery transport protection?