Upgrade to SD card

Introduction

This article mainly introduced how to upgrade the firmware on the host
to the SD card, which needs to be selected according to the host
operating system.

Please note the updated firmware type: Raw firmware or RK firmware

Preparatory work

Face-RK3399

Firmware

Computer host

SD card

Windows

Etcher  Etcher is a graphical SD card upgrade tool for Windows, Linux
and Mac. Download the way Etcher Official website

SD Firmware Tool  SD Firmware Tool download page to download
SD_Firmware_Tool, And decompression.

Upgrade Unified firmware

Raw firmware

It is easy to upgrade with Etcher:

Select the firmware

Select device

Start upgrading


RK firmware

:

Run "SD_Firmware_Tool.exe":


Insert SD card.

Select the device corresponding to the SD card from the combo box.

Check the SD startup option.

Click the select firmware button and select the firmware in the file
dialog box.

Click the start creating button.

The warning dialog box will be displayed, and select yes to ensure
that the correct SD card device is selected.

Wait for the completion of the operation until the prompt success
dialog box appears:

Unplug the SD card.

Linux

After the SD card is connected to the computer with the card reader,
the computer will detect the corresponding device.

   ls /dev/sdb    		# The situation depends on the specific equipment

Preparation tools

dd (Ubuntu)

Etcher (Android、Ubuntu)

Etcher under Linux is used in the same way as that under Windows.
Please refer to the use method of [Etcher] under Windows.

Upgrade Unified firmware

Raw firmware

:

   sudo apt-get install pv			## install pv
   pv -tpreb /path/to/system.img | sudo dd conv=fsync,notrunc of=/dev/sdb  ## Upgrade progress visualization

   or

   sudo dd conv=fsync,notrunc /path/to/system.img of=/dev/sdb