Upgrade Using a USB-C Cable

Upgrade Using Windows

Preparations

  • Download the USB driver_v5.1.1 and extract it.
  • Run DriverInstall.exe to install USB drivers.
    • Click the Uninstall button to uninstall old drivers
      DriverInstall uninstall
    • Click the Install button to install drivers
      DriverInstall install
  • Download the AndroidTool_Release_en_v2.82 and extract it.
  • AndroidTool.exe is the burning tool, you don’t need to install it.

Upgrading Steps

Make sure that you have installed the correct USB drivers, then follow these steps to upgrade:

  1. Open AndroidTool.exe, click Upgrade Firmware-->Firmware to choose an image for Edge.
    AndroidTool firmware select
  2. Connect Edge and PC with a USB-C data-cable (Edge will power-on automatically).
  3. Let Edge enter into Upgrade Mode to complete the upgrading.
  4. Your PC should have found your Edge device as a connected USB device, if you had correctly followed the instructions above.
  • Loader Mode:
    AndroidTool loader
  • Maskrom Mode:
    AndroidTool maskrom

If the board is upgraded from android 7.1 to android 9.0 firmware or the board is upgraded from android 9.0 to android 7.1 firmware,
which requires erasing Flash.

  • Erasing Flash Mode:
    AndroidTool maskrom

Now all you need to do is to click the Upgrade button of the tool and wait for upgrading to complete:
AndroidTool upgrade

Upgrade Using Ubuntu

Preparations

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$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev git parted

Get Burning Tool

Image Burning Tool on Ubuntu is in this repository Utils.

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$ git clone https://github.com/khadas/utils

Or just pull it if you have already cloned this repository.

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$ cd /path/to/utils
$ git pull

Install Burning Tool

You need to install the USB rules and create some links.

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$ ./INSTALL

You will see this if successful.

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Installing Amlogic flash-tool...

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Host PC: Ubuntu 16.04

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Installing USB rules...
[sudo] password for nick: 
Installing flash-tool...
Done!

Installing Rockchip flash-tool...

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Host PC: Ubuntu 16.04

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Installing USB rules...
Installing flash-tool...
Done!
Installing Khadas burn-tool...
Done!

NOTE: Root privilege is required.

How to Burn Images Using Ubuntu

There are two commands that can be used to burn images: burn-tool and rk-burn-tool.

  • General Command burn-tool:
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$ burn-tool -v rk -i /path/to/image
  • Rockchip Command rk-burn-tool:
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$ rk-burn-tool -i /path/to/image

You will see these logs if successful.

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Try to burn Rockchip image...
Rockchip Android image (or linux image compatible with AndroidTool one image burning) found!
Try to burn Rockchip image...
Loading firmware...
Support Type:RK330C	FW Ver:6.0.277	FW Time:2018-06-15 17:10:26
Loader ver:1.12	Loader Time:2018-06-15 16:59:09
Upgrade firmware ok.
Done!

Uninstall Burning Tool

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$ ./UNINSTALL

NOTE: This burning tool has only been verified on Ubuntu 16.04.

See Also