Today brings some pretty nice enhancements, the 6T now has a working display 🥳! I managed to get hold of one and mess about with the panel driver until it worked...
Battery driver
We also have a rudimentary battery driver! It is missing ALL of the protections you'd expect from a battery driver, like over current/voltage/temperature monitoring, INSTALL THIS BUILD AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
This doesn't mean your device is more likely to blow up, just that on the off chance it does, it won't try and do anything about it.
We've also updated to postmarketOS vedge, as the version numbers seem to have been dropped. Hopefully by the next release we'll have that resolved.
Installation isntructions
As always, check the README.
Defaults
username: user
password: 1234
IP address: 172.16.42.1
Connect the device to your computer via USB after booting and do ssh user@172.16.41.1 to get a shell! It's alpine Linux so apk is the package manager.
After installing, it sometimes fails to change the slot, boot into fastboot mode and do
fastboot set_active SLOT
Where SLOT is the slot you installed to (one of either a or b in the ZIP file name).
Daily driver?
Not yet... Although we're reaching the point now where it's a surprisingly usable experience, wlan, bluetooth and battery monitoring mean it's totally possible to carry the device about and watch youtube, browse twitter or whatever you're into!
I offer NO SUPPORT with this release, if you're encountering issues please do let me know, but I will NOT be replying to messages asking about missing features or other obvious issues.
Enjoy
~caleb