Title: Reinstall OS onto the board [Print This Page] Author: Travisfirefly Time: 6/23/2023 06:01 Title: Reinstall OS onto the board Last edited by Travisfirefly In 6/23/2023 07:35 Editor
Hi guys,
I am new to the board overall. The board I got had debian installed on it. I am trying to reinstall OS / upgrade firmware.
Upon following the instructions on the fire fly website, I was able to detect my board on RKDevTool on windows. It states that the device is in loader mode. I was able to use "upgrade firmware" tab and the firmware I downloaded from the resouce page. All updated fine, but after that, when I tried to boot up, it would not. I reconnected the device to my PC and see that it is still in loader mode.
Is it not supposed to first try boot into normal mode unless otherwise? I tried other firmwares downloaded from the resource page with no luck. Also have tried to erase and then upgrade the firmware again, also with no luck.
I then tried to read "dev partition" in RKDevTool and noticed that no matching partition for "Loader", "Parameter", "trsut", "Resource", "Kernel" and "System".
I am trying to find out what firmware and/or image I should use for upgrade. ANY help would be appreciated. Please let me know if more info is required.
Author: 799959745 Time: 6/25/2023 11:09
What firmware is used? Please provide the firmware name. And provide the burn writing steps.Author: ErlingHaaland Time: 5/17/2025 20:31
Make sure you¡¯re using the correct firmware that matches your board version, and double-check that the firmware package includes all necessary components like parameter, trust, boot, system, etc.
Try this:
Use RKDevTool to Erase Flash completely.
Then use the Download Image tab (not just "Upgrade Firmware") with a full .img file if available¡ªthis tends to be more reliable.
If you're using a split image with multiple files (like boot.img, system.img, etc.), make sure the parameter.txt matches the partition layout. backyard baseball
After flashing, disconnect power completely, wait a few seconds, then reboot.
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