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The development is expected to proceed very quickly compared to progress done on the original PinePhone as much of the fundamental work can carry over to the new device.  
The development is expected to proceed very quickly compared to progress done on the original PinePhone as much of the fundamental work can carry over to the new device.  
You can follow development efforts on [https://xnux.eu/log/ Megi's blog], the dedicated [[PinePhone Pro Development]] section as well as on individual project’s Wiki’s and repositories.  
You can follow development efforts on [https://xnux.eu/log/ Megi's blog], the dedicated [[PinePhone Pro Development]] section as well as on individual project’s Wiki’s and repositories.  
=== Boot order ===
On the PinePhone Pro the eMMC (the internal storage of the phone) has a higher boot priority than the microSD card (see [[RK3399 boot sequence#Boot sequence details]] for details regarding the boot sequence). That behavior is in contrast to the original PinePhone with the Allwinner A64 SoC, where the microSD card has a higher boot priority.
What this means: For the PinePhone Pro this means, that inserting a flashed microSD card to boot a new installation is not sufficient to boot a microSD card if there is already a valid installation of a bootloader on the eMMC present. The boot order behavior can be altered non-permanently by various way, for example by either not having a bootloader installed to the eMMC or by pointing the bootloader installed on the eMMC to the installation on the microSD card.
=== Installation instructions ===
Due to the above explained [[PinePhone Pro#Boot order|boot order]] of the PinePhone Pro, the eMMC has a higher boot priority than the microSD card and the user has to consider this behavior. This means that you cannot boot from a SD card with an OS present on the device's eMMC.
{{Template:note|If you ordered a PinePhone Pro Developer Edition intended for developing and coming with an Android factory OS preinstalled, please see [[PinePhone Pro Developer Edition#Nuking the factory AOSP installation]] to learn how to remove the bootloader and the preinstalled OS of the eMMC, to be able to boot and test operating systems from the microSD card easily.
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That said, booting from SD can be achieved using a modified u-boot (or a different bootloader) on eMMC, which seeks out a bootable partition on SD first. At the time of writing, this hasn’t been achieved yet but is a planned feature.
It is strongly recommended you perform all testing from a SD card, leaving the eMMC vacant.


=== Software releases ===
=== Software releases ===
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==== NixOS ====
==== NixOS ====
WIP. See https://github.com/NixOS/mobile-nixos/issues/440.
WIP. See https://github.com/NixOS/mobile-nixos/issues/440.
=== Boot order ===
On the PinePhone Pro the eMMC (the internal storage of the phone) has a higher boot priority than the microSD card (see [[RK3399 boot sequence#Boot sequence details]] for details regarding the boot sequence). That behavior is in contrast to the original PinePhone with the Allwinner A64 SoC, where the microSD card has a higher boot priority.
What this means: For the PinePhone Pro this means, that inserting a flashed microSD card to boot a new installation is not sufficient to boot a microSD card if there is already a valid installation of a bootloader on the eMMC present. The boot order behavior can be altered non-permanently by various way, for example by either not having a bootloader installed to the eMMC or by pointing the bootloader installed on the eMMC to the installation on the microSD card.
=== Installation instructions ===
Due to the above explained [[PinePhone Pro#Boot order|boot order]] of the PinePhone Pro, the eMMC has a higher boot priority than the microSD card and the user has to consider this behavior. This means that you cannot boot from a SD card with an OS present on the device's eMMC.
{{Template:note|If you ordered a PinePhone Pro Developer Edition intended for developing and coming with an Android factory OS preinstalled, please see [[PinePhone Pro Developer Edition#Nuking the factory AOSP installation]] to learn how to remove the bootloader and the preinstalled OS of the eMMC, to be able to boot and test operating systems from the microSD card easily.
}}
That said, booting from SD can be achieved using a modified u-boot (or a different bootloader) on eMMC, which seeks out a bootable partition on SD first. At the time of writing, this hasn’t been achieved yet but is a planned feature.
It is strongly recommended you perform all testing from a SD card, leaving the eMMC vacant.


== Specifications ==
== Specifications ==
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