killed my pinebook pro with my pinephone
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(07-23-2020, 03:23 AM)jvlist Wrote: Well so far no luck. the debian version would not boot at all. Manjaro 20.06 does give me a green power light but no boot screen. So im gonna try another version.

I was in a similar predicament as you.  I had installed Kali Linux on my eMMC and after an update the PBP was dead.  The light would come on red and then nothing.  I could not boot to SD for any distro and the USB boot did not work. I really did not feel comfortable trying to open the case and do the eMMC switch start procedure. Partially because I felt the risk of breaking it was high and partially because my two cats believe themselves to be tech savy and always come to assist.

I ordered this from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LHJ...UTF8&psc=1

It was 5 dollars and another 4 to ship it and it came in three days in the mail.  Once I got it, I locked the cats out of the bedroom (lol).  Then I turned the PBP over and removed the 10 screws from the back.  The eMMC was easy to spot and popped right out.  I placed it on this eMMC reader and put it in my other computer.  I flashed Mr.Fixit's original Debian build to the eMMC using Balena Etcher.  I put it back into the PBP and it booted right up.  The eMMC adapter is an extremely helpful device to have around.

In any case, Good Luck! and I hope you resolve your problem.


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RE: killed my pinebook pro with my pinephone - by gracefullyparanoid - 07-31-2020, 09:18 AM

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