CL-SOM-iMX8: Android: Installation
Contents
Overview
The following outlines the procedure necessary to install Android on the CompuLab CL-SOM-iMX8 System-on-Module.
Installation onto eMMC
Preparation steps
- Set-up the CL-SOM-iMX8 eval-kit (SBC-iMX8) as detailed in Getting started with CL-SOM-iMX8 Evaluation Kit
- SD-card with minimal capacity of 4GB, which will serve as boot medium and root file system.
- PC workstation for creating bootable SD-card.
Prepare Installer SD-card
- Download CL-SOM-iMX8 Android Installation Image.
- Flash the bootable image to the SD-card, issuing on a PC workstation:
unzip -p /path/to/cl-som-imx8_android-o8-installer-4G.img.zip | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Installer Boot
- Insert bootable SD-card into SD-card slot (P13).
- Power on.
- Press and hold SW5 and SW6.
- Release SW5 and then after 3 seconds release SW6.
- Wait for the boot process to complete.
Deployment onto eMMC
- Open up a terminal window and issue cl-o8-deploy
cl-o8-deploy
- Select and confirm the destination device /dev/mmcblk0
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All data on the /dev/mmcblk0 will be destroyed |
- Wait for the boot process to complete and reboot the board.
Android eMMC Boot
- Remove the SD-card.
- Power on.
- Wait for the boot process to complete.
Removing Android from eMMC
Andorid Oreo 8 comes with a U-Boot that allows booting the Andoid Image only.
In order to let the board boot a Yocto CompuLab Image, a correct U-Boot must be provided.
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The Android Installer can be used for it. It has all tools installed. |
Restoring stock U-Boot
Make use of cl-uboot in order to restore a stock U-Boot.
- Boot up the board using the Android Installer Image
- Open up a terminal window and issue cl-uboot
cl-uboot
