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RK3399 Android Image Update SOP

Update Android Image on Windows OS

Pre- requisites

Windows_Tool.zip
Android Images for RK3399 platform: boot.img kernel.img MiniLoaderAll.bin misc.img oem.img (Android 8.1 only) parameter.txt recovery.img resource.img system.img trust.img uboot.img vendor.img (Android 8.1 only)

Update Image

Unzip Windows_Tool.zip .
Execute AndroidTool.exe in administrator mode.
Put the device into LOADER or MASKROM state and connect it to Windows PC with USB cable.
The UI of AndroidTool.exe should show “Found One LOADER Device” or “Found One MASKROM Device”.
Set the path of all the Android images (oem.img and vendor.img only exist in Android 8.1), and check the boxes on UI.
Click “Run” button on UI to update images.

Pre- requisites

Linux_Tool.zip
Android Images for RK3399 platform: boot.img kernel.img MiniLoaderAll.bin misc.img oem.img (Android 8.1 only) parameter.txt recovery.img resource.img system.img trust.img uboot.img vendor.img (Android 8.1 only)

Update Image of Android 7.1

Unzip Linux_Tool.zip .
Put the device into LOADER state and connect it to Linux PC with USB cable.
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder rockdev_71/ sudo chmod 777 *
Put all the release image files into the folder rockdev_71 Image/
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder rockdev_71/ to get update.img . ./mkupdate.sh
Move update.img to folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_71/
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_71/ sudo chmod 777 *
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_71/ to update image sudo ./upgrade_tool uf update.img

Update Image of Android 8.1

Unzip Linux_Tool.zip .
Put the device into LOADER state and connect it to Linux PC with USB cable. (If the device runs on Android 7.1, it should be put into MASKROM state to update Android 8.1 images)
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder rockdev_81/ sudo chmod 777 *
Put all the release image files into the folder rockdev_81/Image/
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder rockdev_81/ to get update.img . ./mkupdate.sh
Move update.img to folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_81/
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_81/ sudo chmod 777 *
Execute the following Linux shell command under the folder Linux_Upgrade_Tool_81/ to update image sudo ./upgrade_tool uf update.img

Pre-requisites

Prepare an image compressed file. Its name will be like Android_7.1_{OS_IF}.{PLF_IF}.{PJ_IF}.{BN}.zip
I.{OS_IF} is OS Information; e.g. AD71D which AD means Android, 71 means Android 7.1 and D means userdebug. If image is user build the latest character will be U, engineer build will be E -
II. {PLF_IF} is Platform Information; e.g. RK3399
III. {PJ_IF} is Project Information; e.g. RICO
IV. {BN} is Build Number; e.g. 0,1,2,…,N
2) Unzip this compressed file to D:\RKImages_RICO in a Windows system. The image files are as follows

In Windows Host

1) Download the Android Flash Tool of Rockchip. The latest version is AndroidTool_Release_v2.42.zip
2) Unzip the compressed file to D:\AndroidTool_Release_v2.42 in a Windows system. The content will be as follows
3) Run the AndroidTool.exe. The view of it will be like the following
Be sure the tool points the paths of all images to the correct locations. If not, you can redirect the paths by clicking the blue field next to the Path field.

Install Image to RICO Board

1) Disconnect any power source from your device board
2) Connect your Windows host and device board via USB Type C cable
3) Hold the Recovery button first and then connect 12V power source
4) You should see the Android Flash Tool displaying that it discovers a LOADER device
5) Repeat from Step 1 to Step 4 if you cannot see the LOADER text on the status bar of the Android Flash Tool
6) Click ‘Run’ to start flashing images if you make sure all the paths of images are correct
The Android Flash Tool will lock all buttons and you can see the flashing progress on the right text box
7) System will automatically reboot and boot up to Android Home