4 ms·

I do not understand why so many companies have that charging issue with Linux devices. Anbernic has the same issue with the RG35XX series. If the battery reach

by jbm 1y ago

I do not understand why so many companies have that charging issue with Linux devices. Anbernic has the same issue with the RG35XX series. If the battery reaches 0, you may need to pull it out just to get the charging to work. And if you accidentally connect the wrong kind of usb-c charger, it won't charge, so you may have it plugged into the wall for days and come back to it being dead and needing battery surgery. Great devices for hacking because they are cheap though — cannot understand why an expensive phone would have that problem too.

numpad0 1y ago
Some of pre-HSDPA Nokia phones had the same issue. You needed a clip-on raw cell charger to revive them. It's manufacturer skill as well as a bit of cost issue.
fakedang 1y ago
> Great devices for hacking because they are cheap though — cannot understand why an expensive phone would have that problem too. Because the more I read about Pinephone, the more it seems like a grift.
- mystraline 1y ago
  I also had run ins with their Pine A64 LTS. You can buy eMMC cards that fit on the board. Their documents say you can boot from them. Like 10x performance of a mSD card and less wear-out. I use a USB device to make the drive mountable from a Linux box, and copy the firmware as prescribed. I then unmount and load in the A64, and.... NOTHING. Supposedly there's a uboot command that maybe enables it. Or maybe its autodetect. Or maybe (5 other ideas, that all fail). I returned that shit too because they make claims that it works these official ways, and it never does. Pine is a parasite. Always has been, but they make-pretend that they're some great FLOSS company.
bpye 1y ago
Anbernic cheaped out when trying to support USB host mode, as a result the device will not work correctly with an electronically marked cable. You can fix this - but you lose host mode - https://www.wirehead.be/2024/10/21/anbernic-rg35xx-h-charge-mod/ https://www.wirehead.be/2024/10/21/anbernic-rg35xx-h-charge-... . The article is for the RG35XXH, but pretty much all the XX devices have the same flaw.
- jbm 1y ago
  This is awesome info and I couldn't find it ANYWHERE I looked, thank you so much!

by jbm 1y ago

numpad0 1y ago

Some of pre-HSDPA Nokia phones had the same issue. You needed a clip-on raw cell charger to revive them. It's manufacturer skill as well as a bit of cost issue.

fakedang 1y ago

> Great devices for hacking because they are cheap though — cannot understand why an expensive phone would have that problem too. Because the more I read about Pinephone, the more it seems like a grift.

mystraline 1y ago
I also had run ins with their Pine A64 LTS. You can buy eMMC cards that fit on the board. Their documents say you can boot from them. Like 10x performance of a mSD card and less wear-out. I use a USB device to make the drive mountable from a Linux box, and copy the firmware as prescribed. I then unmount and load in the A64, and.... NOTHING. Supposedly there's a uboot command that maybe enables it. Or maybe its autodetect. Or maybe (5 other ideas, that all fail). I returned that shit too because they make claims that it works these official ways, and it never does. Pine is a parasite. Always has been, but they make-pretend that they're some great FLOSS company.

bpye 1y ago

Anbernic cheaped out when trying to support USB host mode, as a result the device will not work correctly with an electronically marked cable. You can fix this - but you lose host mode - https://www.wirehead.be/2024/10/21/anbernic-rg35xx-h-charge-mod/ https://www.wirehead.be/2024/10/21/anbernic-rg35xx-h-charge-... . The article is for the RG35XXH, but pretty much all the XX devices have the same flaw.

jbm 1y ago
This is awesome info and I couldn't find it ANYWHERE I looked, thank you so much!