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Installation to the eMMC From the booted microSD OS GUI applications such as Etcher and GNOME Disks can be used to flash the microSD too.

This takes around 2.5 minutes to flash a 4 Gb file. Then run bmaptool with the correct device:ĭownload the IMAGE.xz and the IMAGE.bmap files, then run bmaptool copy -bmap IMAGE.bmap IMAGE.xz /dev/. Make sure to select the correct device using lsblk. Make sure you're NOT selecting /dev/sda1 or /dev/mmcblk0p1 as target. Note: The image needs to be written to the whole device, not to partition 1.

On the PinePhone Pro: The eMMC might have to be disconnected to boot from the microSD card, see PinePhone Pro#Boot order.Plug microSD card into phone (make sure to use the top slot, not the bottom slot).Write the image to your microSD card, see below.Download your chosen image from PinePhone Software Releases for the regular PinePhone and PinePhone Pro Software Releases for the PinePhone Pro.

Iflash device how to#

See reuse SD card on how to format the microSD card properly, including wiping the residues of u-boot. The phone will also try to boot from microSD cards, which were previously flashed with an OS and formatted later, causing the phone to fail to boot. Note: Booting from USB is not supported by the hardware, a live USB stick will not boot. It is not possible to lock themself out of the phone when the installation on the internal storage (the eMMC) fails, as a correctly flashed microSD card will always boot. It is therefore recommended to have a microSD card handy. The PinePhone always boots from the microSD card first.