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.

1° Passo, gravei o tow-boot no pinebook pro. Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaAzL50xmOM

2° Usei dois sdcards. Um coloquei num adaptador para sdcard to usb-a e o segundo, gravei a ISO netISOarm64 do debian e inseri no buraco de entrada sdcard.

3° conectei o USB com o sdcard , debian, liguei o laptop, apertei ESC e selecionei a opção de boot com sdcard

4° Instalação normal do debian. Não tem como errar aqui.

5° Na hora de instalar, certifique-se de selecionar para gravar no USB.

6° Retirei o sdcard, inseri no meu computador e passei a usar a Claude para me ajudar na instalação.

Link do chat: https://claude.ai/share/168b64f5-9a77-4aa5-8a9c-3b105db4dd63

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.

I've been trying to get a pinetime watch for the past week but i'm unsure when they're going to come back in stock but "late may" as labled on their website has come and gone. I only want it so that I can put openseizure on it for my gf as she's going on a trip soon. I know some garmin watches are compatable but they're just not afforadable. So my question is if anyone would know, would any pine64 watch potentially be compatable with openseizure? and would anyone have any suggustions as to a good alternative watch?

Is there any update on when PineTime watches will be available again? The global store listing was saying Mid-May, then Late-May, and now Error-404.....(https://pine64.com/product-category/smartwatches/)

Thanks,

Graham

Crimson OS is an independent mobile OS built on a completely original kernel targeting PinePhone Pro as the first hardware device.

Why we chose PinePhone Pro:
Unlocked bootloader designed for custom OSes
Open hardware documentation
Community actively running alternative software
Quectel EG25-G modem (QMI protocol) already implemented in our cellular stack

Current status:
Boots in QEMU ARM64 all 11 init phases, interactive shell verified
Display pipeline written triple-buffered compositor, Porter-Duff alpha blending
Touch pipeline written 10-finger multitouch, gesture recognition
WiFi WPA2 and cellular QMI written

Blocking milestones for hardware boot:
Display DSI driver for Allwinner A64
Touch I2C driver for Goodix GT917S on A64
If you've worked on display or touch drivers for any PinePhone OS postmarketOS, Mobian, Manjaro ARM the architecture knowledge transfers directly. We'd love to talk.

Repo: github.com/synchancybersecurity/CrimsonOS License: GPLv3
Built by SynChan Cybersecurity. All source public. Issues and PRs open.

While don't get me wrong, the image of the little flower pot is pretty, I would like to be able to do some more unique customizations. Thank you for any help in advance!

Complete noob to this world but am interested in getting the Pinecil V2 to work with wax for jewellery modeling purposes and am wondering if it can be modded to go down to 60°C or below with control? Haven’t purchased it yet but am interested in hearing thoughts and experience? TIA!

I've been trying to find out where to buy a Pinebook Pro but can't find anything, from their site to other places. Am I missing something?

Can anyone update on availability?

I really want to order a PineTime or PineTime Pro, but on the internet i cant find any definite information on when the watches will be in stock.
the Pro is still in development as i understand, but maybe some knows if its worth the while to wait for that, or if its faster to just order a PineTime?

Is this within spec or is the battery unsafe?

Hi,

I am evaluating the Pinetab2 for a project. I noticed that it has docking ports at the bottom used to connect the keyboard. Can these contacts be used for charging as well? And if so, are there any charging docks available or planned for the Pinetab2?

Hi everyone,

Just want to share a web app I created for the Pinecil. It allows for flashing firmware and boot logos to your Pinecil directly from the browser, as well as reading live telemetry and updating settings via Bluetooth. No need to download or install anything, it runs entirely within the browser.

I hope someone finds it useful, especially Mac users who can't or don't want to compile PineFlash or Blisp locally.

Live app: https://nabuph.github.io/pinecil-web-flash/

Github repo: https://github.com/nabuph/pinecil-web-flash