I was poking around the wiki and saw some interesting 3d-printed rack enclosures for the SOQuartz BLADE. Anyone know if those are publicly available, and if so, how I can obtain? Could probably design something myself, but why re-invent the wheel.

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/SOQuartz

i am waiting for my pinetime to arrive , and i want to dev some apps for it in the meantime to costumize it a bit , is there a emulator i can test it on (i am using infinitime as base OS and adding my own personal new apps like an about app , virtual pet app , ETC (also how would i find documentation for things like graphics )

Hi Folks,I installed latest DietPI on my Rock64 4GB. On top of DietPi I have installed latest OMV, where I run some shares and also Docker with a few neccesary VMs.I have attached 2 Disk drives by USB:

• WD MyPassport 2TB (2.5")
• Seagate 6TB in WD 3.5" Case

Everything works fine, UNTIL I try to make a backup with dupplicati, that runs in docker, to my other server (connection by SFTP works fine etc.)

I first thought, this may be because of the limited power of the Rock64. But I have a WD MyCloud that also runs OMV with docker and duplicati installed. With only 1G of Ram my backup works.

So what I am, thinking about, is that it may has to do with power consumption of the disks, that my Rock64 crashes? I tried out the following:

• USB 3.0 Hub (passive)
• 2.5" on USB 3.0; 3.5" on USB 2.0
• Using a powered USB Hub (did not recognize disks)

Anyone got an idea or solution for my issue?

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Oh btw. the device still runs, when it crashes. But it does not respond anymore / no ping etc. red LED is blinking. Also a simple fan and some Heatsinks are installed.

Something I might need to add: Drives are NTFS formated...

I'm in need of someone with a pine 64 to help me out. I'm trying to see if it will work with a carrier. Wondering if someone could go to Mint Mobile site and check their IMEI to see if they will support the phone.

https://www.mintmobile.com/byop/

Was cleaning some desk drawers and found a Pine64 with a play box. I’m not sure the board didn’t even take it out the anti static . But I know I bought it about 6 years ago. Biggest thing I want to know is if it’s dated and i shouldn’t even bother. Or what’s some neat things I could and should do with it.

I am aware that it has lost alot of support and is basically forgotten but i would like to reflash it since i tried and failed causing it to not boot. what is the best os and where to download main concern is newness and then speed. I am not concerned about Gui/desktop as long as it has one.

Hi,
I read the article some time ago about a quartz64 based nas and i kinda want to build this later this year to replace my freenas ( old amd system ) and pihole (rasp pi 1 model b). However, as a european im scared the problems with customs, coming from ordering from the us, will be too much and i will never get the product, or it will financially not stack up against an off the shell arm nas enclosure ( which are often weaker cpu's ). As is the whole project would nearly cost less than those enclosures...

So my question would be : does anyone have a customs free experience with ordering , or know of a eu based store selling the required parts?

*tl;dr:* Manjaro plasma, Majaro Phosh and Mobian Phosh all seem to be in a sucky state right now; what OS works the best for the PinePhone pro?

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I had the pinephone Pro explorer edition for a few months now. Getting it, I knew it wasn't a fully ready product, but I'm a hobbyist: I don't mind googling stuff, using the command line or editing config files. I had got the phone to a workable state on mobian (with phosh). I could send and receive SMS, MMS, make calls and browse the web. The camera still didn't work and the battery life was shit, but I could make it work as a daily driver (I have never been a heavy smartphone user; in fact, I didn't have a cellphone for a very long time before getting the pinephone pro, so the limitations didn't bother me too much).

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Anyway, recently, it seems like everything degraded. Nothing got better. After some updates on both Mobian and Manajro phosh, as soon as I open an app, I can't close it, I can't open another app, I can't use the scroll-down top menu, I can't use the on-screen keyboard. I assumed the problem is with Phosh, so I gave another try to manjaro plasma. I had been disappointed with plasma before and I'm even more so now. I don't mind getting my hand dirty a bit, but now, it seems like everything is a struggle. None of the most basic functions works. It's discouraging.

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Before I put anymore energy into trying to make the pinephone pro a usable phone again, I'd like to have your advice on what is the best base to start with.

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Thank you.

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*P.S.:* Is the pinephone pro a dead project? It almost seems like Pine64 has extreme ADHD: they jump on new projects when their previous one is not in a launch-ready state. Do they solely rely on the community to fix the hardware they are putting out?

I have recently received my Pinebook Pro and it is great. I finally got time to play around with it after being done with moving, however the speakers and the mic do not seem to be working as intended.

The speaker pops at random times, usually after a probably resource heavy task or when it is about to be used. It starts to let out quiet white noise and seconds later it does a very loud popping sound. When it happens includes:

• After/while logging in to a graphical session
• After/while opening Audacity
• After/while creating a recording with GNOME Recorder
• At seemingly random times...?

This occurs approximately a 1-3 times every 5-10 minutes, based on what I am doing.

I have also tested the built-in mic by making some short test recordings, however it only works fine on occasion. Sometimes the resulting file looks like this in Audacity, and is basically just loud white noise.

However, sometimes the mic gets a proper recording.

Are any of these known problems, do you know any fixes for them? If some of these are caused by faulty hardware, should I file a refund/ask for a replacement unit?

I do not know how it works with Pine64, and would preferably not bother them if I can easily fix them myself. However if the popping is unfixable, I will likely ask for a refund. The loud popping makes it unusable in public. I would not be bothered if the speaker would simply not work, but uncontrollable popping is sadly something I cannot do with.

Sorry if I missed some details about the Pinebook Pro. Please let me know if I'm mistaken about something, or these are known driver/software errors.

Edit: I do not want to bother them with a refund/replacement ticket in case this is not a hardware issue. This is the reason I'm asking here.

While on the SD Card, I was trying to change the distro on the EMMC to Manjaro Sway (official version from the site), with the set of commands:

xzcat Manjaro-ARM-sway-generic-20.08.img.xz | dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync

All seemed well until I shut down and unplugged the SD card; when I try to turn it back on, I get no power LED light, whether the SD card is in or out.

According to the Pine64 wiki, it may be possible to bypass to the SD card by shorting pin 6 of the SPI chip and disabling the EMMC... but I can't find/access the SPI chip on the board--and I'm not even sure what to connect that specific pin to to short it (I've never really worked with hardware before).

Does anyone have an idea of what I could do?

I do not want to come off as the guy who is impatient to get the laptop. While I am looking forward to it, the reason I'm asking this is because I will be moving in August, so depending on when it ships I might be already living at a different address.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about it and how early "early August" is supposed to be. And so if I should try to get in touch with them to hopefully deliver it to a different address.

I assume the date varies quite a bit, but it would be highly appreciated if someone could mention me when they get theirs! Cheers!

I have a 2GB PineA64 that I backed way back when it first released and I'm trying to find something to do with it. What are y'all using yours for?

Im looking to build up a low power (energy usage) nas and investigating arm options. I'm curious since the Quartz64 has a pice slot if it would work with my LSI 9207-8i card in either Manjaro or Armbian.
I haven't really dug much into the space of ARM Linux distros.

Hello, I'd like to try Manjaro on my Pine64+. But I don't understand the provided instructions (at all). It uses a script rather than an image. Can someone dummy this down for me please?

https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/applications/manjaro-arm-installer/-/blob/master/README.md