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Fastboot

Dan Liu
Prodigy 175 points

Hi,

How to communicate with Host PC (Ubuntu) and the board or how to enable fastboot? Need to install any driver or tool?

Then how can to format eMMC on the board?

 

Best Regard.

Sunny.d.liu

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    TI__Expert 8055 points

    Hi Dan,

    If you are using one of the OMAP Android releases (such as 4AI.1.7: http://www.omappedia.com/wiki/4AI.1.7_OMAP4_Icecream_Sandwich_Release_Notes), then the release already includes a fastboot.sh script that can easily be used for formatting the eMMC and flashing the binaries.  See the release notes for specific instructions.

    Regards,
    Gina 

  • 0 in reply to Gina Glaser
    Prodigy 175 points

    Hi  Gina,

    We've got 4AI.1.3 releases. From the release notes, we need to flash the eMMC for the first time bootup. The problem is that we can enter in u-boot from SD card, then after entering "fastboot" on target board, once typed in "./fastboot.sh" on Host PC(Ubuntu10), it comes up with "No device detected", or "./fastboot oem format" comes up with "<waiting for device>". So I was wordering if any driver need to be installed on Host PC so that it can commumciate with our board?

    Best Regards.

    Sunny.d.liu

  • 0 in reply to Dan Liu
    TI__Expert 8055 points

    Dan,

    No driver needs to be installed on the host PC.  You just need to have the fastboot.sh and fastboot files (but you would get a different error if the fastboot file was missing).  The following reasons could explain the 'waiting for device" issue:

    1. You should run fastboot commands as "sudo", ie "sudo ./fastboot.sh"
    2. You must have the host PC connected to the USB OTG port on the target.  For Blaze or Blaze Tablet, this means connecting the micro USB cable.  (Note that this is in addition to the mini USB cable that is used for serial console access.)
    3. The target device must be entered into Fastboot.  This means that you have pressed a key during the u-boot and typed "fastboot" in the serial console.  You should see a message in the serial console like "fastboot entered".
    Regards,
    Gina
  • 0 in reply to Gina Glaser
    TI__Intellectual 785 points

    Hi Dan,

            if you want to use SD card to run android use the following instructions,

    http://omappedia.org/wiki/Android_Build_SD_Configuration

       but if you want to use emmc to boot from, I can lead you step by step just let me know. to give you detailed instructions.

    Regards,

    Rodrigo

  • 0 in reply to Gina Glaser
    Prodigy 175 points

    Hi Gina,

    After check the three reasons we can bring up our board now, thanks a lot.

     

    Best Regards,

    Dan

  • 0 in reply to Rodrigo Castaneda
    Prodigy 175 points

    Hi Rodrigo,

    That's very kind of you.

    Yes, we have get these instructions, and togethet with the main reasons that Gina suggested, we can bring up our board now, thanks a lot.

     

    Best Regards,

    Dan