Miqipi/install firmwares

    This page describes how to flash the image file from the host to the development board's eMMC flash memory, via the Micro USB OTG cable.
Please choose the right way according to the host OS and image file type.

Download The Firmwares

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    You can download the prebuilt firmwares at
    https://pan.baidu.com/s/1eSbrNO2
    then we need to extract the firmware(in gzip format), and it's always a good habit to check the md5sum before extracting.

Before Start

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What you need:

• miqi board
• Image file
• Host PC
• Good Micro USB OTG Cable

Supported host OS:

• Windows XP （32/64bit）
• Windows 7 (32/64bit)
• Windows 8 (32/64bit)
• Linux (32/64bit)

Windows

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install RK USB driver

download DriverAssistant，unzip，run the DriverInstall.exe .
In order to use new driver for all the rockchip devices, please select "驱动卸载"(Driver uninstall), then "驱动安装"(Driver install).

Connect Device

1. Press and hold RECOVERY key.
2. Use micro USB OTG cable to connect host and device together(the device power on.).
3. Wait about 3 second, then release the recovery key
The host will prompt to have new device detected and configured. Open the Device Management, you'll find a new device name "Rockusb Device",
as shown below. Return to previous step to reinstall driver if it is not shown.

Note:If device still can not be found after steps above, then try those again.

Flash the firmware

download the AndroidTool，unzip，run the AndroidTool.exe（note，if in Windows 7/8,Need to press the right mouse button, select Run as administrator），
select "Upgrade Firmare",show below：

Steps of flashing update.img:

1. Switch to "Upgrade Firmware" tab page.
2. Click "Firmware" button and open the image file. Detail information of the image file, like version and chip, is shown.
3. Click "Upgrade" button to start flash.
4. If upgrade fails, please try "LowerFormat" in the "Download Image" tab page first, then try again.

WARNING: If you flash firmware laoder different version of the original machine, please click "Erase Flash" before upgrading the firmware.

Linux

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upgrade_tool(CMDline tool)

Download Linux_Upgrade_Tool, and install it to host filesystem:

  tar xf Linux_UpgradeTool_v1.2.tar.gz
  cd Linux_UpgradeTool_v1.2
  sudo mv upgrade_tool /usr/local/bin
  sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/upgrade_tool

Flash update.img:

 sudo upgrade_tool uf update.img

If errors occur due to flash problem, you can try to low format, or erase the flash:

   upgrade_tool lf   # low format flash
   upgrade_tool ef   # erase flash

This is a command line tools,if you want to use the GUI Tool(rkflashkit)，follow this:

rkflashkit(GUI Tool)

Install:

  sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot
  git clone https://github.com/linuxerwang/rkflashkit
  cd rkflashkit
  ./waf debian
  sudo apt-get install python-gtk2
  sudo dpkg -i rkflashkit_0.1.2_all.deb

Run GUI:

 sudo rkflashkit

See the example above, which is really handy to flash multiple images then reboot device in one command, especially good for developers who will compile and flash kernel again and again.

FAQ

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where is the recovery key

how to Enter maskrom mode
if you c'an install the new fireware,then you need to enter the maskrom mode,There are many ways to enter maskrom mode. And MiQi will always be able to enter this mode. You can reference to http://wiki.smartfire.cn/Miqipi/Maskrom