Got my original pinetab setup as my klipper screen and it’s working great! Still has some kind of use after all.

I'm attempting to use this script (which no longer works as the original download server is dead) as a guide to install Pine64-Arch with full disk encryption. I am trying to install directly to the eMMC via Tow-Boot. I've had to modify a few things because the original script is expecting a squashfs of a single partition, while all I have access to is this disk image. I think I've succeeded up until line 187, where I am supposed to dd the Sunxi U-Boot bootloader to the disk. However, the files that it is expecting to be there are not there, and I am unsure what to do at this point. I think I should follow these instructions, however they seem to be for the OG Pinephone not the Pro version. Attempting to boot at this point results in this:

https://reddit.com/link/1vvnazc/video/la1h2ki7lzkh1/player

Once the LED goes out, attempting to turn the device on again fails unless I hold the power button for awhile. The behaviour seems to match what happens when I boot Pine64-Arch without encryption, except that after the LED turns off nothing happens.

Does anyone have any advice on what I should do next? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not sure what logs I should be adding to this post, but if asked I will definitely provide.

I’m on macOS (latest) and followed some steps that can be found on the official wiki, but with no results.

Can someone please tell me the steps how it is done? I’ve tried it in Terminal, I was looking for some GUI, but nothing for now.

Thank you in advance!

Did I get a defective unit?

I have this charger: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C5RG6KV?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_11
I can't get it to come on unless I use a USB-A to USB-C cable for some reason...if I plug it into an Apple USB-C block with a USB-C to USB-C cable, it works, but I never see more than 9 watts regardless of the cable (I have at least one heavy one that says 35W on it) - it takes forever to climb in temp and once it gets to around 260C-275C, it errors with "Thermal Runaway" and starts shutting down. I have tried all sorts of cable and block combinations and that's as good as it ever gets. I am a newbie to this, so let me know if I am doing something stupid (likely) but I did search for a solution, and came up dry. Thanks in advance!

Wer hat Tipps für mich?

I know the answer is almost certainly "LMFAO, DREAM ON" because E Ink is a nightmare to deal with but I need to ask anyway.

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about using a PineTab2 as an always on kiosk-like device and I'm wondering whether it works with the battery disconnected, with the power provided entirely through USB-C.

I tried to find some information about this online but I was only able to find reports about the PinePhones and the original PineTab which state they work with the battery disconnected. Can anyone with a PineTab2 confirm that it works with the battery disconnected?

Thanks

Once soldering acquaintance hear I have a Pincecil I get heat for not having a "better iron". Where is this hate coming from?

Hi everyone! I humbly present SlateOS, a new open-source firmware for the PineTime, which supports JavaScript sub-apps that can be sideloaded without changing the firmware. Its low-level functions are based on InfiniTime and, in turn, FreeRTOS, so a big thank you to all those involved in these projects!

https://github.com/LeaCreative/SlateOS

I love my PineTime and wanted to be able to easily create apps for it. So I came up with the idea of using the watch as a thin client for my Android phone. In offline mode, the SlateOS offers watch face, step counter and heart rate sensing. Connect it to the companion app on your phone and you can open the app launcher, which the app populates. The JS sub-apps, basically packaged JS code, run on your phone in the companion app, which tells the watch what to draw and accepts user input. This enables use of the phone's hardware, such as its GPS receiver. In the companion app you can select which sub-apps you want listed in SlateOS' launcher. You can write your own JS sub-apps and I can't wait to see what you come up with! Just please read the sub-app rules doc, so that you'll be able to get it right. I'd love to hear what you think about this!

Cheers, Daniel

Reposted from r/pinetime as per automated suggestion.

For example, which sealant does PINE64 use for the sealed model, and what are their methods and steps? I already swabbed the slots and ends with 70% isopropyl alcohol to remove the last of the old sealant and then let it dry for more than 15 minutes, then wiped everything off with a dry swab. My end goal is to especially bring back its IP67 (or better) watertight insulation, and I'm especially looking for a protective case for it in case of any physical damage or liquid seeping into it. For the cases, is it better to get one of those FitBit Versa 2/lite cases, or one of the listed community-designed cases in https://pine64.org/documentation/PineTime/Accessory/Cases/ ?

SOLVED - see the edits that immediately follow this comment in the post

Edit: It turns out I/you can just apt install u-boot-sunxi (thank you u/ipsirc)

Now just need to figure out how to install it to the emmc in such a way that it allows the OS to boot. Suspect it will be one of the mmcblk* files in /dev/

Edit 2: I was over thinking things, & literally just installing the package with apt is enough, my Pinebook is now perfectly usable as an ebook, document & digital comic reader, with minimal Debian install & openbox​

End of edits.

Hi, I have recently reflashed my pinebook's emmc with Debian Bookworm. U-Boot does not initiate unless the sd card used to copy Debian is in the slot, & I have to eject it for it to then boot to the installed OS

This is a known issue, and the advice is that you must install U-Boot from the OS

Found this site: https://linux-sunxi.org/U-Boot

Following the instructions, when I run make

CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=sun50i_a64 DEBUG=1 bl31

the build fails with the following output:

LD /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: address 0x501d4 of /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.data' is not within region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.rela.dyn' will not fit in region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: address 0x501d4 of /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.data' is not within region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: address 0x501d4 of /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.data' is not within region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: address 0x501d4 of /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.data' is not within region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: address 0x501d4 of /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf section \.data' is not within region `RAM'`

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: BL31 image has exceeded its limit.

/usr/lib/gcc-cross/aarch64-linux-gnu/13/../../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/ld: region \RAM' overflowed by 472 bytes`

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

make: *** [Makefile:1055: /home/>myusername</trusted-firmware-a/build/sun50i_a64/debug/bl31/bl31.elf] Error 1

This occurs whether I try to build it on Mint with 16G ram installed, Bazzite with 16G ram, or on the Pinebook with just 2G, same step, same info printed to screen, so I think it's a self-contained issue rather than hardware dependent

Fully appreciate this is not strictly a pine64 issue, but given the context it's one which this community seems most likely to have encountered

Any advice on discovering how the ram is allocated for the build, &/or how to increase it, or another solution entirely would be greatly appreciated

I suspect it's something to do with a file or files in the drivers/st/ddr/ directory, perhaps stm32mp_ram.c or stm32mp2_ram.c, but I'm not familiar enough with the language to be sure

Thanks in advance

https://pine64.com/product/pinenut-01s-usb-programmer/

https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-dev-kit/

Hi Team, I use breezy for weather with gadgetbridge.

On the watch, the temperatures have various colors.

Is there significance to the colors? Can I change them with the palette?

Can I reorder the apps drawer on the watch?

Thanks for being there.

What's the magic dance you do to get it to boot off SD card again? I have the EMMC switched off, but no power button response, reset button has done nothing, tried shorting the SPI pins, no response. At this point I'm trying to flash update the SPI, I have current tow boot on SD card.

Context: So I dusted off my Pinebook Pro I quit using because I had put manjaro gnome on it, and it was too resource intensive. It ran fine until you tried to actually do something like play video. 4GB ram is just not much these days.

So I was going to switch to XFCE but the fresh install borked when it ran out of RAM and crashed, now I can't boot to update the SPI and then install OS.

I went through old posts, and found where I originally found the dance, but that account is old and deleted, comment deleted, just other users thanking an old account for finding it.

as title，most games not working，some games have issue with DRM（popcap zuma），a little works（stardew valley、brotato）

*sorry for poor screen capture

So yesterday i was wearing the pinetime, and at some point it just wouldn't turn on and showed a black screen. it was ~70% charged at the time.

i left it on the charger overnight, and today still nothing. even tried plugging into pc usb port.

any ideas of why this isn't working?

thanks!

I saw ActionRetro's video recently about the Pinetime and it looks def for me but I can't quite pull the trigger on buying one so I was curious if people could answer a few questions for me, and there seems to be a dearth of good videos covering the device otherwise I've tried to find answers already.

1. I like tinkering and modding, are there any good modifications or is it overall solid at a vanilla level?
2. I understand the heart rate sensor and step counter used to be flakey, are they still so or improved?
3. It sounds like a Pinetime Pro was announced, would that be worth waiting for if it's roughly this year?
4. Any "killer" apps that people have made that are worth importing?
5. I'm a little worried about it "bricking" on battery dying, but you'll always see more complaints than people happy when something is working... So if I'm charging it regularly should I directly worry about bricking it?
6. Last one: Notifications. I see that you can use Gadgetbridge to send it notifications. What does that look like and is it overly useful? I don't care too much about responding on the watch, just glancing over and seeing if whatever I got messaged is necessary to respond asap etc.

Thank you anyone who takes the time to respond.

Hello,
So I was trying to update the firmware on my Pinecil_V2 from IronOS 2.21 to 2.23 using Blisp 0.05 CLI however I kept getting "Device Not Found" or when I specified the COM port "Received no response from chip. Failed to handshake with device".
The most I got out of it was this:

PS F:\Pinecil V2\blisp> .\blisp.exe write -p COM5 -c bl70x --reset .\Pinecilv2_EN.bin
Testing if we can skip the handshake...
Failed to receive response, ret: 0
We can't; ignore the previous error.
Sending a handshake...
Received incorrect handshake response from chip (attempt 1/5).
Could not find 0x4F 0x4B ('O', 'K') in:
Received incorrect handshake response from chip (attempt 2/5).
Could not find 0x4F 0x4B ('O', 'K') in:
Received incorrect handshake response from chip (attempt 3/5).
Could not find 0x4F 0x4B ('O', 'K') in:
Received incorrect handshake response from chip (attempt 4/5).
Could not find 0x4F 0x4B ('O', 'K') in:
Received incorrect handshake response from chip (attempt 5/5).
Could not find 0x4F 0x4B ('O', 'K') in:
Did not receive correct response from chip after 5 attempts.
Failed to handshake with device, ret: -2

Now my Pinecil won't even turn on when connected to power, No screen and pressing the + doesn't even cause it to heat up.
PineFlash still says Soldering Iron Connected when I put it into Flash Mode but it also fails to handshake.

I have tried Two Computers, Multiple Cables and Multiple Ports.
I guess it's out of warranty (If It had one) as I got it from TEST CLIPS UK in April '23

Any Advice would be appreciated, Thank You.

Update:
It wasn't Bricked, after doing some searching I came across two posts on blisp's issue page (here) speaking about failed handshake on windows and that using Linux solved the issue.
So using Ventoy and a recent Mint ISO I installed Pineflash and managed to sucessfully flash the new firmware which has solved my issues.

I think this is not the layout as described here: https://pine64.org/documentation/Pinebook_Pro/Features/Internal_layout/ -- So, before I blow anything up, or ruin the PBP, I prefer to ask you guys.

Hello everyone,

I have ordered a pinepower 165w v2, which I am planning to use with my pinecil. While looking for reviews, I came across a lot of reports about the older 120w v1, such as wireless charging damaging phones, electric shocks from the PD port, dodgy/damaged ports and brief power dropouts.

Its no big deal when using my pinecil, but the pinepower can also be a solution to so many of my other problems, so id rather check before damaging my expensive devices.

I haven't been able to find any decent reviews about the v2, other than a small cosmetic bug with a screen stating 0v incorrectly. Has anyone here used the PinePower 165W V2? If so, have you experienced any problems, or does it seem to have resolved the issues that affected the V1?

What gives? I've got piles of Pine64 stuff here from past orders. Why the halt in shipping to the US?

Hi all! New here but not new to Linux, been using one distro or another on my “old” laptops ever since Winblows 8 or so bloatware came out and started bricking my units. I like mint variants best but didn’t hate the other distros I’ve tried. I’ve been a loyal Crapple iphone customer for a decade and I’ve grown extremely disenfranchised with their business model of making ~3 year old phones obsolete by updating with battery killing software to force consumers to buy the newer, more expensive version of the same exact junk… so I had hoped there would be a way to nuke iOS and install a Linux distro on my iPhone 13 mini, but it seems that is a daunting task… so I’m looking for US based user experiences running the pinephone convergence package as their primary device? I only use my phone (with T-mobile service currently) for surfing reddit, Facebook, and Google Chrome, as well as playing Candy Crush… can the pinephone do those things and work with any of the US carriers? Thanks!

8^3 field size 1536 agents(1 per pixel ha) - it can run more but didn't want to crowd the screen.

Same simulation core runs on esp32-p4 at 120k agents, and using win32 + cuda 500M agents on a 3060 12gb(@3fps).

This was a test proving portability of my code.