Is there a tool that can take an image of an android device, as it is setup, Ideally a TV box and write it somewhere so that it can be loaded onto an SD card to flash a device it is inserted into and load it to be a clone of the master one?
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A newbie question. How does one apply a boot image? Flash via CWM or apply using Odin? I can do ROMs with no problems, but this is the first time doing part of an install. TIA.
if you have an image file you would need a disk writer program. If you have a mac you can use disk utility which comes with the mac. On Winows you would use win32 disk imager. I have no idea on linux. The general idea is to write the image file onto a sd card once it is plugged in and recognized on your computer. Make sure you don't have anything important on that sd. When you hear the phrase "copy to the root of the sd " it just means you copy the file to the sd card which you wrote the image onto. if it was just one partition then don't worry about it and just copy and paste.
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I am not sure if its the correct place for posting this.I am using android on my cubieboard A20(Its a single board computer) which has a built in NAND flash and a slot for external storage...now the thing is...I am using Android 4.2.2 which came from linux sunxi website(the image with RTL8188 wifi support)..my problem is,my SD card isnt detected during boot and after android loads,I have to remove and insert it again to make it work...is there any workaround for it???
I have a Amlogic S805 Quad Core TV Box - which went "south" on me during a ROM update. I tried to reset it, but then noticed the reset button had come away from the internals. I managed to get it to the flash screen via SD Card, but it says it - "cannot be mounted, as the folders do not exist".
I think i have deleted the file structure - so i cant update, i need to fresh install it all !!!!!
How can I put the Android ROM onto the flash drive of this box - tried to connect via a USB lead - but my PC will not pick up the box at all.
I need to re-instate the original ROM on my TV Box, and need to know a way to connect to the box - or find out why the SD Card is failing to mount
Hello, I rooted my ICOO iCou D70G2 and managed to softbrick it into a loop at the Android messages. I bought another, identical tablet, and would now like to clone the new one into the old. I would very much appreciate complete, newbie level instructions on how this can be done.
Here is what I have tried so far.
I looked for a stock ROM for this device, but can't find one. The closest out there I could locate is for a D70Pro II. I don't know if it will work, and in any case, I still can't figure out how to flash the old tablet.
The old tablet does go into recovery mode using vol up and power. I tried putting the Pro II flash on the micro sd card (tried both img and zip, separate times), but the tablet isn't seeing the micro sd card in recovery mode with the update from sd card option. It shows a folder /sdcard with some seemingly empty subfolders, but even if I take out the micro sd card it shows the same set of folders and says choose a package.
I tried using the Intel USB drivers with adb, but the device isn't recognized in recovery mode by adb. Rockchip Batch Tools 1.8 also doesn't see the device, although it seems to load the ProII img file correctly.
It would be really great to get this old tablet to work. I don't have any CWM, TWRP or any other backup software on either device at this point. The new device is new from the box and not rooted.
Hi i accidentaly wiped my Android OS, recovery mode isnt working neither is ADB or fastboot,
i think my only solution is to flash it with an SD card or use stock recovery files with an SDcard, but neither works because i put update.zip into the root of SD card, and it only detects it and asks to install while its connected to PC with usb, but when i press install its restarts and its black screen(probably cant see SD anymore because of lost contact with pc), i tested it multiple times and it doesent asks to install update.zip firmware when its not connected to PC and turned on normally.
any other solutions?
i also tried to make a bootable SD card with rockchip sd maker , also wont boot from it even when plugged in pc( i guess too late contact with pc)
the device is prestigio pmp5880d
ANY help is appreaciated
also the tablet has a reset pinhole which only restarts the tablet
AFAIK Android doesn't make use of bootable SD-card unless it's added to Android's fstab file what gets processed when Android boots up.
so for what is rockchip SD disk tool used for then?
and why isn't my SD recognized to install update.zip when NOT connected to PC
anything i can do about it?
are you telling me this device is unflashable?
If your time allows look inside here to get an idea of what the Android Boot Process is about:
Android Boot Process - GeeksforGeeks
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Never have used the Rockchip SD Firmware Tool, hence I don't know what it does. But I'm pretty sure it only is suitable to Rockchip devices.
thanks a lot for this , its an interesting read.
yes my device is indeed rockchip RK3066.
edit:
flashed the device with stock rom using fastboot on linux, it couldnt get detected on windows no matter what i did.