[PLUG] Android question

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Thu Jul 8 18:45:38 UTC 2021


Android tends to be custom built for the device. There are many, many
ARM-based devices and SoCs that are wired differently inside.

You might look to see if there is postmarketos support for your
device, where many of the details might already have been worked out
and resolved.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 10:33 AM VY <vyau5678 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> Hopefully "Android" question is allowed for this list.
> I apologize if this is off-topic.
>
> I have an ARM based set-top box that  was running an older version of
> Android when I purchased it from an OEM.   I like to "flash" it with a
> slightly newer Android version.
> It is in otherwise very good shape.  Want to know if that's possible?
> I cannot even seem to find out how to download Android as an OS image?
> The box has USB ports.  I am hoping I can do a USB boot on it.
>
> Separately, Is there Linux on ARM?   If Android OS download is not
> available, I like to try and install Linux on it.  Ubuntu has a version for
> ARM server only.   Not sure if there are desktop linux distro that has ARM
> build?
>
> thanks
>
> -v



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