3.4 Operating the PinePhone Pro
The PinePhone Pro is capable of running multiple operating systems (OSes) (see section 4) from
internal flash eMMC as well as an SD card. Booting from SD requires eMMC to be void of an OS.
To power the PinePhone Pro ON, press and hold the power button for 2 seconds. Boot-up time
varies from one OS to another, but you should permit up-to 60 seconds for the phone to fully start.
Most OSes have a boot indicator such as a vibration rumble or notification LED flash.
For detailed instructions and to select and operating systems please please visit:
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro
4 Operating systems
All OSes available for the PinePhone Pro are delivered by community
developers and partner projects. PINE64 does not create software for the
PinePhone Pro.
The preinstalled operating system is Manjaro with Plasma Mobile by
KDE, but you can run any OS available for the PinePhone Pro. Please
reference our Software Releases section on Wiki for more details:
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro#Software_Releases
5 Hardware
5.1 External component description
Device dimensions: 160.8 x 76.6 x 11.1 mm. Device weight: 220 grams.
The PinePhone Pro features a 6" HD IPS capacitive touchscreen (16M colors; 1440x720, 18:9 ratio).
The headphone jack is located on the top leading edge. The top bar above the LCD houses a 5MP,
1/4" front-facing camera, a multi-color notification LED, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor as
well as the earpiece speaker. Power button and the volume rocker are located at the right leading
edge.
The bottom leading edge houses the USB Type-C port (power, data and video out in DisplayPort
Alternate mode) and microphone. On the back of the device, in the left top corner, a 13MP 1/3" OIS
camera and LED flash are to be found. A loudspeaker is found at the bottom of the device.
① Upper slot: microSD card
Lower slot: microSIM card
②
2
1
6
Sensors & LED light,
①
earpiece speaker,
③
cam,
volume,
power,
④
⑤
USB-C,
microphone
⑥
⑦
3
4
5
7
②
selfie
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