Quick way to load A10S-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB Android image onto NAND?

[David Goadby]

I think I have corrupted my 4GB NAND Flash. I have a copy of the 4GB Android image from the wiki. Is there a quick and easy way of loading it onto the NAND?

David Goadby

[Abirosvaldo]

Using the program LiveSuit.

[David Goadby]

Thanks for the answer. I have downloaded it and have nothing to lose but my sanity...

David Goadby

[LubOlimex]

Hey David,

Please check the explanation in the recently released manual: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A10S/_resources/A10s-OLinuXino-Micro.pdf

1. Run LiveSuit (can be found in the wiki article for A10s and A13)
2. Disconnect the power supply and USB cable.
3. Place jumper BOOT/REC in BOOT position.
4. Press and hold BOOT/REC button, apply power supply, attach USB cable and release the
BOOT/REC button.
5. LiveSuit will detect the bootloader and will ask which file to program to the NAND flash.
6. Wait till upgrade succeeds

The resources required might be downloaded from here: https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A10s-OLinuXino-MICRO

Best regards,
Lub/OLIMEX

[martinayotte]

Hi,

I've installed LiveSuit_For_Linux64 successfully.

Then, I've downloaded the Android NAND image from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-bAEPML8fwlTkJhSEJyZkhSTFU/edit?usp=sharing, link provided in https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A10s-OLinuXino-MICRO, unrar the image.

But LiveSuit complains that the image is invalid, and I think its size seems to be anormal, too small :

293478400 May 10 14:33 a10s_android_nand_HDMI_en_3.img

Is the download link is really the good one ?

[olimex]

the donload link is good, but you probably didnt dwnload completely

[martinayotte]

The problem seems to be LiveSuit for Linux, it still says "invalid image", so I've installed LiveSuit for Windows on another machine, got the NAND flashed successfully.
But as mentionned by somebody else in another thread, when booting this freshly flashed Android, it boot until the silver logo, and still looping on the logo forever.

BTW, is there also a NAND version of Debian ?

[olimex]

weak power supply?

no there is no Debian NAND image

[martinayotte]

I don't think so : I have tried 2 power supply, both are working fine if booting from microSDs, Debian or Android, but no success booting the NAND, even before I've flashed it, the factory default NAND was also stucked at Android silver logo.

[olimex]

when android boots for very first time it will take several minutes as it creates file system and all setup

[martinayotte]

How long should I wait, because I've let it try for about 30 minutes ?

[olimex]

2-3 minutes no more