Project Don't be evil

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The Project "Don't be evil" - Phase 2 of PINE64 Smartphone "PinePhone" Development Kit

Project Don't be evil is an actual smartphone developer kit for the PINE64 Smartphone dubbed "PinePhone". It is used in the early stages of development as a starting point for affiliated projects. PinePhone development has been broken down into three distinct phases:

  • First phase - Project Anakin
  • Second phase - purpose-built development kit code named "Don't be evil" and introduced at FOSDEM 2019
  • Lastly, the third phase which is the PinePhone itself - scheduled to be prototype released in Q3 2019 and BTO batch released with mobile OS parents in Q4 2019 (pending on software development).

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Project Don't be evil, Baseboard and SOPine Module Information, and Schematics


SoC and Memory Specification

  • Based on Allwinner A64/R18
    • R18 and A64 are identical SoC but R18 committed for 10 years supply by vendor.

Allwinner A64.jpg Allwinner R18.png

CPU Architecture

  • Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Processor@1152Mhz
  • A power-efficient ARM v8 architecture
  • 64 and 32bit execution states for scalable high performance
  • Support NEON Advanced SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instruction for acceleration of media and signal processing function
  • Support Large Physical Address Extensions(LPAE)
  • VFPv4 Floating Point Unit
  • 32KB L1 Instruction cache and 32KB L1 Data cache
  • 512KB L2 cache

GPU Architecture

System Memory

  • RAM Memory Variants: 2GB LPDDR3.
  • Storage Memory: SPI Flash and optional eMMC module from 16GB up to 64GB


Datasheets for Components and Peripherals



Software and OS Image Downloads

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UBPorts mainline build


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KDE Plasma Mobile build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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Postmarket OS build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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Sailfish OS build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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Maemo Leste build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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NixOS build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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LuneOS build

  • Not Yet Ready *


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Nemo Mobile build

  • Not Yet Ready *



Mali-400 64-bit Driver

Mali-400 64-bit Driver [20171220]


Quick Links to Build Sources of OS Images

Some these OS images labelled as beta or nightly builds which means they are only fit for testing purposes

These images should be used at your own risk and are not fit for normal use


Errata for ver1.1 and ver1.2 board

The PinePhone doesn't charge due to VBUS on SOPine module is not connected. Please connect R9688 solder pads with 0 ohm resistor or using thin wire bridge up the solder pads. Location shows as below:

PinePhone VBUS charging small.png


The SOPINE's SPI NOR flash storage and the devkit's camera flash (heh) share the same GPIO pins. The flash storage may not be used.

SOPINE-SPI-Flash.png Pinephone-1.1-flash-schematic.png

On the camera flash GPIO conflict, the new assignment of GPIO PB3 pin for SGM3140 FLASH_EN and GPIP PD7 for FLASH_TRIGOUT. Please note that PD7 is also LCD_ID pin which may not be used.


GPIO PB3 location.jpg GPIO PB3 location

U54 SGM3140 FLASH EN pin location.jpg U54 SGM3140 FLASH_EN pin location

Flash GPIO Reassigned.jpg Flash GPIOs Reassigned wiring


Other Resources