How to Install Android on SD Card

[#1]

Gingerbread (GB)

Prepare the SD Card

root/ : root file system (including init, init.rc, etc). Mounted at /

system/:  Android system binary/libraries. Mounted at /system

data/: Android data area. Mounted at /data

recovery/: root file system when booting in "recovery" mode. Not directly used.

Partition	Description	Type	Size	Header 8
BOOT	raw area for bootloader and
MEDIA
DATA
CACHE
RECOVERY

An example of partition a 4 GB SD card:

Copy the system to SD card

# sudo dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdx bs=1K skip=1 seek=1; sync
# sudo dd if=u-boot-no-padding.bin of=/dev/sdx bs=1K seek=1; sync
# sudo dd if=uImage of=/dev/sdx bs=1M seek=1; sync
# sudo dd if=uramdisk.img of=/dev/sdx bs=1M seek=6; sync
# sudo dd if=system.img of=/dev/sdx2; sync
# sudo dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/sdx4; sync

Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)

[arunmitteam]

Hi,

Thanks for the doc. Can you please elaborate on how to create the partitions, please. I'm new to ubuntu and finding it difficult to figure out how to create the required partitions. Thanks in advance.

[daiane_angolini]

sudo apt-get install gparted

sudo gparted /dev/sdX

Then you will be able to see the partitions on the card the same way I showed on the doc.

[arunmitteam]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I was able to copy the images into the sd card. But still I don't see the imx53 QSB booting with android os. I power on and I see no output in the monitor connected through VGA port.

Not sure what's going on. I downloaded the Ginger Bread from Adeneo website and followed the instructions.

[daiane_angolini]

Please, open a discussion and send me the link. I can help you there

[arunmitteam]

here's the link - Load/Flash the android image in SD card

Thanks for your help.

[#7]

Hi,

What SD card would you recommend if I wanted to install Android 4.1 or 4.2 ? How fast should it be?

[daiane_angolini]

I think it will depend on what do you want.

For example, if you intend to play movies from SDCard, the fast you can get the best you play the movie.

[johnbrown]

You can recover lost,deleted or formatted files from Android mobile phone like this:

1. Do not save any new files into the memory card of your phone.

2. Connect it with computer. You should see memory card shown as a drive letter (like H in My Computer.

3. Run Android Data Recovery into your computer.

4. Install and open the program, select your memory drive, and click 'Start' button to start scanning process which will find your files.

Here is a tutorial I found in the website:

How to Recover Deleted Files from Android SD Card