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Dguidi: /* Flashing the Gemini Android firmware */

2019-02-26T09:54:03Z

‎Flashing the Gemini Android firmware

Dguidi: /* Flashing the Gemini Android firmware */

2019-02-26T09:53:32Z

‎Flashing the Gemini Android firmware

Dguidi: /* Backup the NVRAM partition */

2019-02-26T09:53:04Z

‎Backup the NVRAM partition

Dguidi at 10:26, 22 June 2018

2018-06-22T10:26:28Z

Dguidi: Dguidi moved page AndroidFlashingGuide to Android Flashing Guide without leaving a redirect

2018-06-22T09:03:51Z

Dguidi moved page AndroidFlashingGuide to Android Flashing Guide without leaving a redirect

Dguidi: /* Download Android Gemini Firmware */

2018-06-22T08:49:41Z

‎Download Android Gemini Firmware

Dguidi at 10:19, 21 June 2018

2018-06-21T10:19:00Z

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2018-06-21T10:18:22Z

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Dguidi at 10:08, 21 June 2018

2018-06-21T10:08:36Z

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-To start the flashing process, just click the big '''Download''' button, connect your Gemini to your PC and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will start flashing the device with the selected firmware.
+To start the flashing process, just click the big '''Download''' button, <span style="color: #252525; font-family: '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; display: inline !important; float: none;">connect your PC to the left end USB-C port on your Gemini</span> and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will start flashing the device with the selected firmware.
 The following screenshot shows a successfully completed flashing process:
 [[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.17.44.png|center|800x595px|border]]

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−	To start the flashing process, just click the big '''Download''' button, connect your ~~Gemini~~ to your PC and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will start flashing the device with the selected firmware.	+	To start the flashing process, just click the big '''Download''' button, <span style="color: #252525; font-family: '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; display: inline !important; float: none;">connect your PC to the left end USB-C port on your Gemini</span> and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will start flashing the device with the selected firmware.

	If instead you want to manually update your Gemini without loosing your data, you should select the '''Download Only '''option from the drop down menu. After that, make sure you select all the partition with the exception of the '''userdata''' partition, which contains your data. Your screen should look like this:		If instead you want to manually update your Gemini without loosing your data, you should select the '''Download Only '''option from the drop down menu. After that, make sure you select all the partition with the exception of the '''userdata''' partition, which contains your data. Your screen should look like this:

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-Next, just click the '''Read Back''' button, connect your Gemini to your PC and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will write the NVRAM partition on a file on your hard disk called NVRAM0 (see screenshot below). It’s a good idea to keep this file as a backup.
+Next, just click the '''Read Back''' button, <span style="color: #252525; font-family: '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; display: inline !important; float: none;">connect your PC to the left end USB-C port on your Gemini</span> and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will write the NVRAM partition on a file on your hard disk called NVRAM0 (see screenshot below). It’s a good idea to keep this file as a backup.
 [[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_10.51.50.png|center|800x527px|border]]
 ==Flashing the Gemini Android firmware==

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 ==Download Android Gemini Firmware==
-Now that the FlashTool application is running, it is time to download the Gemini Android Firmware from this page
+Now that the FlashTool application is running, it is time to download the Gemini Android Firmware from the [[Gemini Firmware|Gemini Firmware page]].
 After downloading the firmware, unzip it to reveal the folder containing the firmware folder, for example '''Gemini_WIFI_MP_09052018''' or '''Gemini_x27_FOTA3_12062018'''.
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-[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.01.20.png|800x597px|center|border]]
+[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.01.20.png|center|800x597px|border]]
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 If instead you want to manually update your Gemini without loosing your data, you should select the '''Download Only '''option from the drop down menu. After that, make sure you select all the partition with the exception of the '''userdata''' partition, which contains your data. Your screen should look like this:
-[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.12.29.png|800x597px|center|border]]
+[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.12.29.png|center|800x597px|border]]
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 The following screenshot shows a successfully completed flashing process:
-[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.17.44.png|800x595px|center|border]]
+[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.17.44.png|center|800x595px|border]]

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 ==Download Android Gemini Firmware==
-Now that the Flash Tool is running, it is time to download the Gemini Android Firmware from this page
+Now that the FlashTool application is running, it is time to download the Gemini Android Firmware from this page
 After downloading the firmware, unzip it to reveal the folder containing the firmware folder, for example '''Gemini_WIFI_MP_09052018''' or '''Gemini_x27_FOTA3_12062018'''.
 ==Configuring FlashTool==

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	The following screenshot shows a successfully completed flashing process:		The following screenshot shows a successfully completed flashing process:

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−	~~==Manually Update Android firmware==~~
−	~~Planet Computers provides over-the-air update for standard Android installations. For custom installation, you will need to manually update the Android firmware.~~
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−	To update the Android firmware, simply download the latest Android firmware from [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Gemini_Firmware http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Gemini_Firmware] and use the '''Download Only''' option while selecting only the system partition, as in the screenshot below
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−	[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-~~20_at_15~~.57.55.png\|center~~\|640x421px~~\|border]]
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−	~~==Linux dual boot notes==~~
−	~~The dual boot mechanism works as follow:~~
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−	* '''Dual boot Android-Linux firmware'''
−	** Press Esc (On) for around one second to turn ON the unit and boot into Android. You should release the Esc (On) button before the screen turns ON, otherwise the unit will boot into recovery mode (see below).
−	** Press Esc (On) for around one second to turn ON the unit and at the same time press and hold the side button until the screen turns ON to boot into Linux. You should release the Esc (On) button before the screen turns ON, but you must keep the side button pressed until you see the turning ON. When the screen turns ON you can release the side button, and the unit will boot into Linux.
−	** Press Esc (On) and keep pressing the button until the screen turns ON to boot in recovery mode. At this stage the recovery mode is disabled and you will see a droid image with a red triangle and a "No command" text.

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	Your screen should appear similar to the following screenshot:		Your screen should appear similar to the following screenshot:
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		+	[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_11.01.20.png\|800x597px\|center\|border]]
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		+	To start the flashing process, just click the '''Download''' button, connect your Gemini to your PC and restart the Gemini. Once booting, the flash tool will detect the unit and will start flashing the device with the selected firmware.
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		+	If instead you want to manually update your Gemini without loosing your data, you should select the '''Download Only '''option from the drop down menu. After that, make sure you select all the partition with the exception of the '''userdata''' partition, which contains your data. Your screen should look like this:

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 This document will guide you through the necessary steps needed to install or update Android on your Gemini.
-'''Please note: ''' '''<span style="color: #ff0000;">Installing Android will delete any user data on the device. Please make sure you have a backup of any important data before starting!</span>'''
+'''Please note:&nbsp;''' '''<span style="color: #ff0000;">Installing Android will delete any user data on the device. Please make sure you have a backup of any important data before starting!</span>'''
-<div style="text-align: justify;">'''Important Note: <span style="color: #ff0000;">Please don’t use other tools to flash firmware fo your Gemini as it’s easy to loose key information such as the IMEI number. In particular, never use the “Format all + download“ option in the SP Flash Tool as this erases key information stored in the NVRAM partition and can lead to a non-functional device.<br /><br /></span>'''</div>
+<div style="text-align: justify;">'''Important Note: <span style="color: #ff0000;">Please don’t use other tools to flash firmware fo your Gemini as it’s easy to loose key information such as the IMEI number. In particular, never use the “Format all + download“ option in the SP Flash Tool as this erases key information stored in the NVRAM partition and can lead to a non-functional device.<br data-attributes="%20/"><br data-attributes="%20/"></span>'''</div>
 There are 3 steps needed to install or upgrade Android on your Gemini:
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 These steps are detailed in the next sections.
-==<br />Download and Install FlashTool on Windows==
+==<br data-attributes="%20/">Download and Install FlashTool on Windows==
 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.
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 And inside the file put the following 2 lines:
-<code>ATTRS{idVendor}=="0e8d", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"</code><br /><code>ATTRS{idVendor}=="6000", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"<br /></code>
+<code>ATTRS{idVendor}=="0e8d", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"</code><br data-attributes="%20/"><code>ATTRS{idVendor}=="6000", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"<br data-attributes="%20/"></code>
 After that, restart the udev:
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 On Ubuntu you will need to install the following dependency:
- <code>sudo apt-get install libjpeg62</code>
+&nbsp;<code>sudo apt-get install libjpeg62</code>
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 <code>xhost +local:</code>
-Additionally you will have to  restart the udev service by typing (or rebooting your machine):
+Additionally you will have to&nbsp; restart the udev service by typing (or rebooting your machine):
-<code>udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger</code>
+<code>udevadm control --reload-rules &amp;&amp; udevadm trigger</code>
 Finally, you will need to install the following dependency:
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+[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_10.51.50.png|center|800x527px|border]]
 Now, open the firmware folder from the firmware zip file you downloaded and select the scatter file. If you selected an Android firmware, then the scatter file will be called''' Gemini_Android.txt'''. If you selected an Android/Linux firmware, then the scatter file name will depend on the space you reserved for them, for example''' Gemini_x27_A26GB_L30GB_Multi_Boot.txt'''.