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Installing Bluez 5.44 onto Raspbian?

Has anyone been able to successfully install Bluez 5.44 onto Raspbian? I'd like to use this on both a Raspi 3 and a Raspi Zero W. I've followed numerous different guides but they all install Bluez versions earlier than 5.44. I'm not able to follow…
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What is the 3.5mm port standard in RPi3?

What is the 3.5mm port standard in Raspberry Pi 3? Is it CTIA or OMTP or any other standard? Mainly I want to know, which one is grounded? Say, tip ring ring sleeve = <1 2 3 4> respectively.
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Unable to configure a Raspberry Pi Zero as a USB Mass Storage Device using g_mass_storage

I have been trying to get my Raspberry Pi Zero to behave as a USB Mass Storage Device, following https://gist.github.com/gbaman/50b6cca61dd1c3f88f41 and other online documentation. Steps to reproduce: Download Raspbian Jessie Lite or Raspbian…
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How much power does a Raspberry Pi Need?

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and it seems like it's always low on power. You can see this by the lightning bolt on the top right corner. I started out by plugging the USB power into a 1A iPhone charger. It worked but the lightning bolt was…
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Does Raspberry Pi Zero have a polyfuse?

The question says it all. If you have a definite answer, it would be great if you could post a photo of the pi zero, where the fuse is pointed out.
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How does the pi know which kernel to load?

In the boot partition there are two kernels, kernel.img and kernel7.img (for the pi 1 vs 2/3). How does the system know which to load?
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Inverted GPIO Touchscreen (Using 99-calibration.conf)

I bought yesterday my first 3.5" Touchscreen for my Raspberry Pi. (Elegoo 3.5 inches TFT LCD Touch Screen Monitor) On my Raspberry runs an OctoPrint Image (Raspbian based). The Display is working. My problem is the touch function; it's kind of…
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Pi won't boot after initramfs update

I have been trying to get Raspbian Jessie, installed from the image to boot with an encrypted root partition. I was successful in following the guide here. When I boot the Pi, it drops to an initramfs prompt, then I unlock the partition with #…
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Does the Raspberry Pi 3 regulate the voltage on its 5V pins?

I need to supply 5v analog power to an adc. I am supplying the pi with Li-ion batteries, so the voltage falls over time, but does remain within range of the pi's required input. If the input voltage falls below 5v, i.e. 4.9V would there still be 5V…
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Is this idle temperature normal for the RPi 3?

I've just setup a raspberry pi 3 and found out that, on idle, the temperature is about 48 C (measured with vcgencmd measure_temp). On a raspberry pi B+ with the same enclosure and in the same environment I measured 37 C. Is this normal? The ambient…
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How to remove thermometer in Raspbian 8 jessie PIXEL

I am using a raspberry pi 3 with raspbian 8 jessie (pixel). I have chromium running in kiosk mode but I noticed that the thermometer appears on the top right of the screen to indicate that the PI is running hot. How do I disable the thermometer…
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Raspberry Pi Zero Battery Life With 4400mAh battery

Like many other Raspberry Pi Zero users out there, I have decided to make a portable retro gaming handheld. One of the larger concerns for me when it comes to this is battery life. The Zero has very little power consumption, although I would love to…
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Ext4-FS error on Raspberry Pi randomly

I am getting EXT4-FS error on Raspberry Pi 3 randomly. I am attaching a screenshot from the display here:. After every restart it works normally for a few hours and then crashes. I am running latest version of Raspbian on it. Pi is powered through…
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GPIO pin voltage is too low to energize relay

I am trying to toggle a small relay on and off. I have connected a GPIO pin and GND directly to the relay. I can hear the relay clicking, when I set the GPIO pin to HIGH. However, the relay only rarely lets a signal through. It works some times, but…
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Installing sublime text on raspberry pi

This "Question" was asked by an unregistered user who hasn't been seen since. Don't waste your time and ours by answering. If you have enough reputation flag for closure. I know that this is too noob but I cant just figure it out.. I would like to…
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