PINE A64 Software Releases

Linux Image Release

Arch Linux Image with XFCE4 Base on Longsleep Image 20160304-1

• Mega.ne Direct Download
• Torrent Download

Image Info

1. Base on Longsleep's Arch Linux Image arch-pine64-bspkernel-20160304-1.img.xz
2. For further info on the Longsleep Arch Linux Image, please refer to the Forum
3. Added SLiM Display Manager
4. Added XFCE4 Desktop Environment
5. Added Midori Web browser
6. Will direct boot into GUI
7. MD5: b3289017d352c45579fe111e90b41664
8. File size : 676MB

Setup Info

1. Use Winrar to extract the img file form the archive
2. Use Win32 Disk Imager to write the img to a SD card
3. Insert the SD card into Pine A64 board and boot it up
4. Tested with 1GB Ram version of Pine A64 board
5. Login using username:password, root/root, alarm/alarm, guest/guest

Android Image Release

Android Image Release 20160216

• Google Drive Direct Download
• Mega.nz Drive Direct Download
• Torrent Download
• MD5: 0aca1b9cc94babdb9313ce8c33a154f2
• File Size: 345MB

Improvements

1. Solved Gigabit Ethernet Hang issues
2. Please take note that this release is for Pine A64 1GB and 2GB Ram version only.

Android Image Release 20160112

Pine A64 Android Lollipop Image Rev 2016012

• Google Drive Direct Download
• Torrent Download
• Baidu Direct Download MD5：edd5d7089d19dee5b350ae22108ffe97

DD Image Base On Lollipop Image Rev 20160112

• Google Drive Direct Download
• Torrent Download MD5: 2c4ea2529f48c0348b6757acda17e6b6. This DD image require minimum 8G Micro SD Card.

Improvements

1. Improve HDMI output performance,
   • Solve power up delay HDMI output.
   • Solve HDMI recovery no output bug.
2. Increase CMA reserve space
   • Improve system performance
   • Now able to play 1080P 4K video and solve playback jerky issue
3. Increase and improve the AV decoding format lib
   • Solve some of the video playback without audio output issue.
4. Solve IR Control controlling issue
5. Android Power time are as below,
   • First time power up
     Require 10 second to show the initial Logo page.
     On 278th second, will go into the Android main screen display.
   • For Sub-sequence power up
     Require 10 second to show the initial Logo page.
     On 70th second, will go into the Android main screen display.
     
     Android will take longer to start-up if the display showing 'Updating' windows.

Known problems

1. GbE still unable to connect and currently fixing it. 100Mbps Ethernet link should be no problem.

Android Image Release 20151210

• Google Drive : Pine A64 Android Lollipop Image Rev 20151210
• Torrent : Pine A64 Android Lollipop Image Rev 20151210

Linux BSP Related

Android and Linux BSP 1.2 20160113

• • Torrent Download
    • Torrent Part1
    • Torrent Part2
    • Each Torrent contain 3 parts, total 6 parts, then join them after download.
    • Refer reademe.txt for details.
  • Direct Download from Mega.nz
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.001 (3.91GB)
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.002 (3.91GB)
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.003 (3.91GB)
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.004 (3.91GB)
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.005 (3.91GB)
    • a64-1.2-20160113.tar.006 (3.09GB)
    • Readme.txt
    • Requires to use Megasync to download (due to files being larger than 1GB).
  • Total Archive file size : 22.4GB
  • Tar file MD5: 5c50e7e54a7c9b9c919bb54a1e631647
  • Tar file SHA256: 5d5e27d2844ac16d76083a8e15cfca2acee525d7ddcf72e974e394bd8fe173b1

Linux BSP 1.0 20151120

• Google Drive : Allwinner A64 Linux 3.10 BSP
• Torrent : Allwinner A64 Linux 3.10 BSP
• Linux Boot Image Release 2016/Feb/16 (8.3MB)
  • This Linux boot.img support Gigabit Ethernet

Other Tools

• Allwinner PhoenixCard Bootable SD-Card Creator
• DragonFace V2.2.5 software that will let you edit and modify Allwinner firmware images
  • Direct download at Mega