July 2016
Beginner to intermediate
282 pages
6h 12m
English
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Bootloader mode
The previous sections guided you to your first system images, ready to be flashed to your hardware. These images will be deployed to the device memory. The Nexus 6 has an internal Nand memory. The UDOO has a pretty standard SD card. The first step of the deployment is switching the device into the bootloader mode.
Bootloader mode is a particular state of the device that allows us to transfer and deploy a system image to the device itself, using the fastboot utility. Every device running Android has this mode, but not every device will let us access it. Some devices come with a locked bootloader, for security reasons or simply because of a short-sighted manufacturer.
Obviously, we will be able to access the bootloader on our devices: ...