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4,159 bytes removed, 14:46, 19 October 2018
Updating Android on a Android/Linux Gemini
==<span id="Linux_boot_notes" class="mw-headline">Linux boot notes</span>==
<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:="">The multi -boot mechanism works as follow.</div><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:="">Starting from a switched OFF Gemini, press the Esc (On) key to start the unit until the Gemini vibrates. Once you feel the vibration you can choose the boot mode by pressing the following key combination:</div>* Boot 1: This is the default booting option when no buttons are pressed.* Recovery Mode: Esc (On) is pressed. This will always boot into overy mode.* Boot 2: Side (silver) button is pressedfollows.* Boot 3: Esc(On) key is pressed and Side button is also pressed
<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:="" Starting from a switched OFF Gemini, press the Esc (On) key to 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:="">After the screen turns ON you can release unit until the keys.</div>==<span class="mw-headline"><br /><br /></span><span id="Linux_boot_notes" class="mw-headline"></span><span id="Linux_boot_notes" class="mw-headline">Updating Android on a Android/Linux Gemini<br /></span>==While your Android-only Gemini can be updated with the over the air update, for an Android/Linux system you will have to update your device manually via FlashToolvibrates. It is important to note that in order to flash your customised Gemini Once you will need to have your associated Scatter file that feel the vibration you generated using can choose the boot mode by pressing the partition tool when flashing your unit.following key combination:
Provided you have a copy of your scatter file, to update your Android you need to* Boot 1:This is the default booting option when no keys or buttons are pressed.* Recovery Mode: Esc (On) is pressed. This will always boot into recovery mode.* Boot 2: silver right-end side button is pressed.* Boot 3: Both Esc(On) key and silver right-end side button are pressed at the same time
# Install FlashTool - refer to Keep the Android<span style="color: #ff0000;">FlashingGuide <keys/span>if needed# Download a recent Gemini Android firmware from this page <span style="color: #ff0000;">Gemini Firmware</span>.# Unzip the Gemini firmware and copy your customised scatter file inside the firmware folder# Now, run the FlashTool application, load your customised scatter file, select the '''Download Only '''option in the drop down and make sure you select only the system partition as in buttons pressed until the following screenshot:<br /><br />[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-06-21_at_16screen turns ON.59.29.png|800x601px|center|border]]# <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;">To start the flashing process, just click the big </span><strong 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; 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;">Download</strong><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;"> 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.</span>
==<span class="mw-headline"><br /><br /></span><span id="Linux_boot_notes" class="mw-headline"></span><span id="Linux_boot_notes" class="mw-headline">Updating Android on a Android/Linux Gemini<br /></span>==To update your Check out our updated [[Android Manual Update|AndroidManual Update page]].