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). This includes uboot.

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

Mobian

An unofficial Debian build for ARM64 running with Phosh. The current version of the base Debian system is Debian Bookworm. The installation instructions are the same for the PineTab2 as they are for Mobian's other supported devices.

Download:

• Images (until the weekly images are built, you can download the PineTab2 image from here)

Note: U-Boot is required to be able to boot the images, see here. Follow the instructions to flash U-Boot for the PineTab2 (you need a GitHub account to download it) to the SPI of your PineTab2. If you do not flash U-Boot to the SPI of your PineTab2, Mobian images will not boot on it.

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.