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Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - Supervisor - 08-14-2025
So i have a pinephone pro here and i tried turning it on after like a year of not using it. The battery was obviously drained so i charged it for 6 hours on maskrom mode to my mac. After trying to turn it on, the led turns red, then yellow, but then stay there. Ive tried flashing oses to the EMMC and a 16gb SD card and also tried reinstalling towboot using the exact instructions provided, ive tried both sp.installer.img and shared disk methods for that. Ive already followed these instructions:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18216
Please help!
RE: Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - KNERD - 08-14-2025
Since it is now a dead project, it will probably never boot anything
RE: Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - KC9UDX - 08-15-2025
Yeah, like how the DEC VAX is a dead project.
RE: Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - zetabeta - 08-15-2025
(08-14-2025, 06:47 AM)Supervisor Wrote: So i have a pinephone pro here and i tried turning it on after like a year of not using it. The battery was obviously drained so i charged it for 6 hours on maskrom mode to my mac. After trying to turn it on, the led turns red, then yellow, but then stay there. Ive tried flashing oses to the EMMC and a 16gb SD card and also tried reinstalling towboot using the exact instructions provided, ive tried both sp.installer.img and shared disk methods for that. Ive already followed these instructions:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18216
Please help!
my guess is that you have tried most catches already. can you go usb mem mode, volume up? that would indicate that tow-boot works.
RE: Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - KNERD - 08-18-2025
(08-15-2025, 02:47 AM)KC9UDX Wrote: Yeah, like how the DEC VAX is a dead project.
DEC VAX came with a stable operating system which can be ported to another system.
Can't say that about PinePhone Pro
RE: Pinephone Pro wont boot to anything! - KC9UDX - 08-18-2025
The only thing preventing NetBSD on the Pinephone is a lack of ambition.