PineTab2 Releases

This page contains a list of all available releases and tools for the PineTab2 in alphabetical order.

The installation instructions can be found under PineTab2#Installation instructions.

Linux

Arch Linux ARM

(Unofficial) Arch Linux ARM maintained by the DanctNIX community (GitHub: danctnix, dreemurrs-embedded).

Download:

• https://echo.danctnix.org:7269/danctnix-factory-image-20230527.img.xz

Default credentials
Default user	alarm/123456

Notes:

• Currently ships without a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth driver
• system hangs on reboot/shutdown (SDDM bug, workaround possible)
• screen rotated 90°, workaround possible
• HP/Speaker switching via Alsa UCM

Buildroot

Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation.

An external tree for the PINE64 PineTab 2 is developed and maintained by Danct12 (same developer behind the PineTab 2 port of Arch Linux ARM).

Download:

• The repository and build instructions can be found here.

Mobian

An unofficial Debian build for ARM64 running with Phosh. The current version of the base Debian system is Debian Bookworm. See the installation instructions here. If you have questions about Mobian, please ask them in the Mobian Matrix room.

Download:

• Images

Note: U-Boot is required to be able to boot the images, see here (you need a GitHub account to download it). Unless you are an experienced developer, it is recommended you instead put this image on an SD card and then flash U-Boot to the SD card, as it's much safer. If you are an experienced developer and have read the warning below, follow the instructions to flash U-Boot to the SPI of your PineTab2.

Warning: Flashing the SPI flash memory is a dangerous procedure because the SPI has the highest boot priority. Any bug or faulty installation in the SPI can prevent the device from booting, which means that there is a high risk of getting locked out of the device. The only way of restoring from that state is using a specialized UART adapter, which can disable the SPI flash memory at boot, as explained in the installation instructions section of the PineTab2 article. DO NOT FLASH THE SPI unless you are an experienced developer with access to the UART adapter and you have confirmed that the adapter is functional.

Default credentials
Default user	mobian/1234

Notes:

• The development is work in progress. Mobian's support for the PineTab2 is maintained by Julian. The Mobian wiki can be found here.
• In order to connect to the device using SSH/SCP, you need to install SSH on the device. You can do this by executing the following in a shell: "sudo apt-get install ssh", afterwards you can connect via SSH/SCP using the PineTab2's IP address on port 22.
• When installing Mobian with full disk encryption and booting with the keyboard case connected, you will have to touch the screen or press a key to show the decryption screen. This is an upstream issue.