These instructions will help you flashing the prebuilt bootloader and AOSP images(built from sources) on db845c. First, you wil need to have first built AOSP for the db845c-userdebug lunch target. Boot the board into fastboot mode: ---------------------------------- The easiest way to boot into fastboot mode is to run something like "adb reboot bootloader" from the host, or "reboot bootloader" on the device. However, this functionality may depend on the software installed on the board to work, so you may need to manually enter fastboot mode as follows. To manually enter fastboot mode: -------------------------------- * To manually boot the board into fastboot mode, press DOWN arrow key over serial UART console when restarting the board. OR * Disconnect the power *and* USB-C cable. Flip the board over, and while holding down the "VOL-" button plug in the power cable. Continue holding down the "VOL-" button and tap the "ON/OFF" button. The board should then boot to fastboot mode. Be sure to then re-connect the USB-C cable so that you can flash the board. If HDMI is plugged in, you should see a text based "FastBoot Mode" prompt on your screen. Or you can check by running "fastboot devices" on your host which will print something like: $ fastboot devices c4e1189c fastboot Flash the board: ---------------- Once the board is in fastboot mode, you can then flash it by running the following from the device/linaro/dragonboard/installer/db845c/ directory: $ ./flash-all-aosp.sh This will flash the bootloader binaries, AOSP images (userdata.img and super.img), and will also generate and flash boot.img if kernel binary (in Image.gz-dtb format) is passed to the script. Troubleshooting: ---------------- * Make sure the USB-C cable is connected. As it has to be removed to fully power the device down, it is easy to forget to reconnect it! * If you cannot get the board into fastboot mode, or for some reason the flash-all-aosp.sh script does not work, you can do a full recovery flash of the board using the following instructions. Recovery: -------- First boot into recovery mode. After removing the power cable and the USB-C cable, connect power while holding the "USB" button (next to volume buttons near the USB-A ports). While continuing to hold down the "USB" button, tap the "ON/OFF" button. Then re-connect USB-C cable. There will be no HDMI display output in recovery mode, and initially no serial output. Then run the recovery script from the device/linaro/dragonboard/installer/db845c/ directory: $ ./recovery.sh This will do a recovery flash of the ptable and bootloader binaries. After it is finished, the board will reboot. Depending on the state of the board, it will enter fastboot or may boot to a previously installed kernel. At that point you may start again from the top of this document.