A GUI tool for flashing kernel image under Linux

[linuxerwang]

I created a GUI tool for flashing kernel images (or any image files) to rk3066/rk3188 base devices under Linux. It provides no more function than the existing rkflashtool_rk3066 program except that it's GUI based.

https://github.com/linuxerwang/rkflashkit

[leolas]

Great , thanks for make this, if you can add the posibility of make a backup of the existing partitions it will be cool.

Great work.

[andykirby]

nice work!

[linuxerwang]

rkflashkit version 0.1.1 was released. Change log:

Release 0.1.1:
* Sticky scrollbar in log view: when appending logs keep scrollbar at the bottom if it's already there.
* Partition backup function.
* Validation for flashing image file to partition.
* Compare a partition with any image file.
* Colored log messages.

Release 0.1.0:
* Initial import.

[leolas]

rkflashkit version 0.1.1 was released. Change log:

Release 0.1.1:
* Sticky scrollbar in log view: when appending logs keep scrollbar at the bottom if it's already there.
* Partition backup function.
* Validation for flashing image file to partition.
* Compare a partition with any image file.
* Colored log messages.

Release 0.1.0:
* Initial import.

Great work, excellent tool.

leolas

[linuxium]

+1

[Androidpc.es]

Good work!!

[Government]

Wow! Very nice, simple instructions (for us non code writing types) and brilliant interface. Thank you for giving us this and your time to put it together.

[urge4vert]

So, I'm trying to flash Picuntu 4.5 to my MK802IV using Ubunut. rkflashkit only shows the boot NAND and the kernel NAND. I can't push the system.img since it never shows up in rkflashkit. When it loads rkflashkit it is seeing all 3

CMDLINE: initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000 init=/sbin/init root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(boot),0x00008000@0x0000A000(kernel),-@0x00012000(system)

Any advice?

I've tried to figure out rkflashtool but its all about devices running Android and my MK802IV LE doesn't have a recovery or backup partition that I can find so none of the examples seem to work.

Thanks!

[urge4vert]

So, I'm unable to flash the 'system' NAND using rkflashkit. It runs and see's the partitions but its never available in the drop down menu.

CMDLINE: initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000 init=/sbin/init root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(boot),0x00008000@0x0000A000(kernel),-@0x00012000(system)

The only options I see are 'boot' and 'kernel'. I never can get a drop down for 'system' and so I can't reflash it.

How can I flash my device using Linux only? I don't have a recovery partition and all the directions I've found online for rkflashtool talk about Android and recovery partitions.

Any help or suggestions would be great.