Android based flash system

RE: Android based flash system

Former Member — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:42:47 GMT

As promised I`m back with some updates! I have ported most of my Java code to C and now everybody can flash their BBB/BBW using a Linux host. All the source files are at https://github.com/ungureanuvladvictor/BBBabb . How to build the project and how to use it is in the README file on the git repo. Have fun with it and please send me an email if something is wrong!

RE: Android based flash system

Former Member — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:57:48 GMT

The bad part of the project is hacking the Android device kernel to remove OTG support...still we cannot find a solution to it. This bug was fixed in the 3.4> kernel but I don`t know any phones that are with this kernel version or newer.

RE: Android based flash system

fustini — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:06:19 GMT

Thanks for posting! This would be helpful for me as my last trip (the Open Hardware Summit) I just brought my BBB with Atrix lapdock for the display. I did also have my Android Samsung SGII smartphone. I would be cool if I could flash it if a new image came out that I wanted to try.

RE: Android based flash system

shabaz — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:09:35 GMT

Hello Vlad,

This is excellent stuff, I think it is really a compelling use-case that it is possible to re-flash AM3335x boards in the field (and in less than half the time!), using just a mobile phone. I look forward to the user guide (or I may try it sooner) and will provide feedback from a couple of Android devices.

The chain-flashing sounds very cool too, replicating BBBs :-)

The Linux capability will definitely be useful too, reducing the effective cost of a BBB further since no uSD will be needed to flash it with a new image from a PC (or from another BBB running Linux [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-caed9300-36a9-4c83-b993-cd303d1bc204/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]). So many possibilities!