pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater

A keyboard/touchpad firmware and updater for the Pinebook Pro

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What it is

A keyboard/touchpad firmware and updater for the Pinebook Pro

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What Hacker News says

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apricot·Dec 18, 2020

I did. I also applied the software patches I found when googling the problem, such as https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9094. It made the trackpad go from unusable to really annoying, which is progress. Some people are looking into it: https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/t...

In PINE64 December Update

Ardon·May 31, 2020

This is pretty much my experience as well. The trackpad is my only complaint about the machine. There is some ongoing work to reverse-engineer the trackpad firmware (which is apparently behaving badly) from this guy: https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/t... There's also apparently a bounty: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/88375235-reverse-enginee... If there is a firmware solution, then I think I'll have no complaints left for the pinebook pro :)

In Pinebook Pro, First Impressions

Ardon·May 11, 2020

I find the trackpad actively bad. Though this is, apparently, due to the proprietary trackpad firmware not behaving correctly. There is some effort to reverse engineer it, mostly by this guy (as far as I know) https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/t... (and there's also a bounty apparently! https://www.bountysource.com/issues/88375235-reverse-enginee...) I'm surprised you don't like the keyboard though, I found it to be shockingly good. I often write on it instead of some of my other keyboards. I'll add the disclaimer though: I like apple scissor switch keyboards, and dislike mechanical keyboards. So that colors my opinion. This is very much a laptop that has not allowed perfect to be the enemy of good, and I'm glad it exists. And I'm glad I got one!

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