Will the Pinephone Boot from SDcard?
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Since updating through OTA isn't possible right now I'm trying to boot from an SD card. I put the card into the slot and reboot but it just boots into the preinstalled Ubuntu Touch. I had read it booted any bootable SD card automatically. Is that not the case? Is there something I need to do get it to boot?
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@dcmken
Booting from SDCard should work.
Be sure your SDCard is flashed correctly and that a boot partition appears when plugged to your computer. -
if you used Balena Etcher to setup you sdcard, did you extract the .img first, as Balena Etcher ,will go thru the motions of extracting the downloaded file , but not really do it, --- maybe ---
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Also be sure you place your SD card in the correct slot. It is the top one. I had to find that out the hard way after putting it in the bottom slot and not having the phone boot from the card.
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@arubislander I flashed to the SD card and the OS files popped up on my computer. It's weird. I boot the system and it has me go through the set up as if its a new device so it seems lIke its booting the newer version but when I look at About Phone it tells me its the factory image with a build date of earlier this month. Not today's build that I downloaded. Anyone experience this? I've tried it 3 or 4 times now, same result.
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@dcmken Did you have UT in the emmc and also UT in the SD card?
Regarding the factory image, the images that can be downloaded and flashed are always the factory image as far as I know. It seems that they haven't fixed it yet.
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@kugiigi Thank you. So it is booting then. I'll try out the system to see what's working. To be clear even the Ubuntu Touch from the newest builds have the same build number as the stock image? Because that's what I'm getting.
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@dcmken
go in the update settings autodownload turn off wifi/data, so then it doesn't start autodownload.
Then you can check what your update sttings are ,dev / stable,before you decide what you are downloading -
@Marathon2422 An issue I'm having is that wifI says I'm connected in settings but it keeps asking for my password and the icon on notification bar shows no signal. I think this is an issue I saw some have but didn't see a solution. So unable to check for updates right now. Just have to dl newer image when that is solved. Unable to swap SD cards now.
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@dcmken Typo I meant can't swap SIM cards now.
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@dcmken
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@dcmken re :-the wifi not connecting , try going in wifi settings ,it will show you are connected there, just tap that connection once , sometimes it connects, or open an app that uses wifi/internet. see if that helps
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@Marathon2422 Unfortunately neither solution seems to work for wifi. When I look at wifi settings I don't even have an Ip address.
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I also got advice on the Matrix chat and I was told to keep rebooting, that it would eventually connect, but after about 10-15 reboots still no wifi
Not sure why.
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@dcmken There is now an UT on Pine group https://t.me/utonpine and aso the PinePhone group https://t.me/pinephone that may help.
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@dcmken There is also a Pine64 sub forum dedicated to ubports.
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@ziggutas Thank you for the links. Messing with Pinephone more I was able to boot from the SD card and my wifI, the biggest issue I had, all of a sudden resolved itself last night. Not sure why or how but wifI seems very stable so far. yay!
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@dcmken Please mark as solved to help others if you are happy that it is.
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@Lakotaubp I'm using the Ubuntu Touch web app.... Where is the solved option? Thanks!
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@dcmken Topic Tools, ask as question, once marks as unsolved again marks as solved.