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<div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">There are 3 steps needed to install Android/Linux your Gemini:</div>
# Install the FlashTool software on your Windows PC or Linux PC
# Customise your Gemini partition table. Using a simple tool, you will be able to specify the space you want to reserve for Linux and for Android. You will also be able to choose the firmware to download, at the moment we support Android, Rooted Android, Debian and Sailfish OS.
<div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525;" source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif="" font-size:="" 15="" 008px="" font-style:="" normal="" font-variant-ligatures:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" 400="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" 2="" text-align:="" start="" text-indent:="" 0px="" text-transform:="" none="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" -webkit-text-stroke-width:="" background-color:="" ffffff="" text-decoration-style:="" initial="" text-decoration-color:="">These steps are detailed in the next sections.</div>
==Download and Install FlashTool on Windows==
<div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">The first step to install FlashTool on a Windows PC is to install the flash tool drivers. The drivers are needed for your Windows PC to communicate with your Gemini, the minimum requirement is to have a 64bit Windows operating system.</div> <div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">You can find the latest drivers here: [download/FlashToolDrivers.zip Windows Flash Tool Drivers]</div> <div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">Once downloaded, unzip the archive. You will find a folder called '''FlashToolDrivers''', open the folder and double click on the '''Install''' (install.bat) file. Allow the installation to complete by clicking '''Yes''' when asked to make changes.</div> <div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">Now that the drivers have been installed, you can download the latest Windows flash tool: [download/FlashToolWindows.zip Windows Flash Tool]</div> <div style='"margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; color: #252525; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', " source="" sans="" pro="" sans-serif; ="" font-size: ="" 15.="" 008px; ="" font-style: ="" normal; ="" font-variant-ligatures: normal; ="" font-variant-caps: normal; ="" font-weight: ="" 400; ="" letter-spacing: normal; ="" orphans: ="" 2; ="" text-align: ="" start; ="" text-indent: ="" 0px; ="" text-transform: ="" none; ="" white-space: normal; ="" widows: 2; ="" word-spacing: 0px; ="" -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ="" background-color: #="" ffffff; ="" text-decoration-style: ="" initial; ="" text-decoration-color: initial;'="">Once downloaded the Windows FlashTool, please unzip it to reveal the '''FlashToolWindows''' folder. Next, run the flash tool by double clicking on '''flash_tool''' (flash_tool.exe) file in the '''FlashToolWindows''' folder.</div>
==Download and Install FlashTool on Linux==
'''The following procedure has been tested on Debian 9.0, Ubuntu 18.04 (see notes below) and Fedora 28 (see notes below).'''
If you choose to flash a Linux or Android-Linux firmware, then you will have to repartition your device, reserving some space for Linux and some for Android. To repartition your Gemini you will have to use our partition tool, available at [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/partitionTool.html http://support.planetcom.co.uk/partitionTool.html]. A screenshot of the tool is provided below.
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You should end up with the extracted Base firmware folder, containing also the scatter file and the unzipped optional Linux module.
Your screen should look like the following screenshot:
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In particular, all the partitions should be checked. If you see any unchecked partitions in the list, make sure you unzipped the Linux module in the firmware folder and try again.
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