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== General information ==
== General information ==


Boot sequence and partition table consist of:
Boot sequence and partition table consist of:  
1. Qualcomm's proprietary bootloaders (SBLs). Reside in the first partitions
 
2. LK bootloader (fastboot)
#Qualcomm's proprietary bootloaders (SBLs). Reside in the first partitions  
3. Kernel
#LK bootloader (fastboot)  
4. Android FS
#Kernel  
#Android FS


Bad installation of either SBLs or LK bootloader (fastboot), will result in sending SOM back to Variscite for an RMA procedure.
Bad installation of either SBLs or LK bootloader (fastboot), will result in sending SOM back to Variscite for an RMA procedure.
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$sudo ./flashall
$sudo ./flashall
</pre>
</pre>
<br/>The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:
<br/>The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:  
 
 
<pre>"waiting for device"
<pre>"waiting for device"
</pre>
</pre>
Connect device to PC:
Connect device to PC:


* Press and hold the fastboot button
*Press and hold the fastboot button
* Power up the device, or press the reset button
*Power up the device, or press the reset button
* Connect the OTG cable to PC
*Connect the OTG cable to PC


The following should be displayed on the host Ubuntu:
The following should be displayed on the host Ubuntu:
</pre>
 
<br/>The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:
<br/>The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:  
<pre>"connected"
<br/><pre>"connected"
</pre>
</pre><br/><br/>

Revision as of 14:32, 30 April 2014

General information

Boot sequence and partition table consist of:

  1. Qualcomm's proprietary bootloaders (SBLs). Reside in the first partitions
  2. LK bootloader (fastboot)
  3. Kernel
  4. Android FS

Bad installation of either SBLs or LK bootloader (fastboot), will result in sending SOM back to Variscite for an RMA procedure.

Pre-built package

- boot.img: Linux Kernel + Ramdisk boot 
- cache.img: Android Cache partition 
- emmc_appsboot.mbn: Fastboot bootloader 
- flashall.sh: A script to flash images over fastboot 
- persist.img: Android persist partition 
- recovery.img: Recovery image 
- system.img: Android system partition 
- userdata.img: Android data partition 

Installing binaries to eMMC storage

Execute the fastboot script

$cd /path to prebuilt imagages folder
$sudo ./flashall


The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:


"waiting for device"

Connect device to PC:

  • Press and hold the fastboot button
  • Power up the device, or press the reset button
  • Connect the OTG cable to PC

The following should be displayed on the host Ubuntu:


The following should be displayed on ubuntu host:


"connected"