PinePhone Pro not detected by my PC

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Update I dd'd the Manjaro phosh to the eMMC and well now it doesnt load at all it wont even boot from SD card now. It stays stuck loading I'll post a picture later I'm too tired to keep dealing with this need to get up early for work.



Thanks for making me realize my error though fxc.

You can simply boot from microSD card again and "dd" again, just select the microSD card at boot using Tow-Boot. Make sure you're unpacking the archive and that you flash to the whole drive, instead of partition 1. Best if you write the exact command you use here.

I cannot boot from SD card. I would post the images  here but they're too large evidently I'm not able to post anything above 500kb.

I used this

Code:

sudo dd if=IMAGE.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_P...o_the_eMMC

followed the instructions to the T. When I boot normally and try to boot holding the power and vol+ I do get a sligthly diff error but I cannot boot all the same.

EDIT: upon rereading the instructions I realize what I did wrong.  I didn't wipe the bootloader from the eMMC using
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk2 seek=64 count=400 conv=fsync

Aigh that's what I get for not taking a step away after being frustrated and being given the simple answer.
I am guessing there is no solution to this.

Please upload the image to imgur or similar and then post the links here. You don't have to wipe the bootloader from the eMMC because the PinePhone Pro has an internal boot order as following:

SPI > eMMC > microSD card

You wrote above that you flashed Tow-Boot (to the SPI), so that is always first in the boot priority and the bootloader on the eMMC is never even started.

Of course there is a solution to all issues, you can't really brick the Pro. But the issue here specifically is that it is impossible to tell what your issue is based on the information you provided and I suspect that some of the information are even accidentally false. I think one of the wrong information pieces is that you wrote that you installed Tow-Boot -> I assume you installed something else and we're on the completely wrong track here due to that information.

It was definitely Tow Boot but perhaps it didn't install properly considering (not sure how considering the screen turns entirely green and says it's finished after install) that when I press vol+ or down and the on simultaneously it doesn't load from SD Card, never did since I installed and it should do that.

I really do appreciate your help even with the slightly condescending remark I'll make yet another account to upload images probably next weekend...'m not in a good mood outside this pinephone difficulty and would really like to enjoy myself before gettin back to my wagey loser life.

Please don't understand it as condescending remarks, it is really not meant like that. It is just important to understand there there is likely a misunderstanding about how the boot process works here and we will turn in circles unless we find the exact misunderstanding. For example you write that you press "volume up" to try to boot from the microSD card, however in Tow-Boot volume up is the USB mass storage mode and volume down is selecting microSD card so I have trouble understanding the exact steps you take and symptoms you're experiencing. I would recommend to recheck all steps and the relevant Tow-Boot and wiki documentation.

You could also join the bridged community channel (see https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Main_Page#Chat_Platforms), as it is probably easier to quickly solve the exact cause there.