User:Piero-e/Use PostmarketOS Community pre-built image on your device

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Note This device has recently been upgraded to the community category.

you can download a pre-built image from the download page

and follow instructions there : Use Postmarket Community pre-built image on your device page.





test or use Community pre-built image on your device

works running from an SD card

as explained in Installation - Flashing - From SD Card Our device can boot from an SD card, USB stick or other external storage.


preparation in a way to easily switch between Android_OS and PostmarketOS

from your actual Android_OS install file (AP_Stock_Samsung_Firmware.tar.md5 or Custom_Android_Based_OS.zip), extract the boot.img and lk2nd-msm8916.img, copy it to your TWRP folder in internal storage (/sdcard/TWRP)

Download the pmOS pre-built image

from the download page

insert a MicroSDcard into your Computer

and find its name by running

$ lsblk

make sure it is the right one as you will overwrite everything on it. Use a path without partition number at the end,

such as /dev/mmcblk0, or /dev/sdd

decompress the downloaded file and write it to your MicroSDcard :

$ xz --decompress --stdout /path-to-pre-built-image-for-your-device.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/name-of-your-SDcard bs=4M status=progress

Wait until the command completes and eject the SD card.

insert the MicroSDcard into your device, and boot it into TWRP

using the mount feature, unselect all /partitions except "MicroSDcard",

using the install feature, switch to "install image" rather than "install ZIP"

navigate to the "/external_sd/boot.img" or you only used "/sdcard/TWRP/lk2nd-msm8916.img, and flash it to the /boot partition

reboot system and enjoy

The rootfs image will boot right into postmarketOS. You are done with installing postmarketOS, congratulations! default login is user and password is 147147

to restore your Android_OS

boot the device into TWRP mode,

and simply using the install feature, switch to "install image" rather than "install ZIP"

navigate to the previously stored "/sdcard/TWRP/boot.img", and flash it to the /boot partition

to restore your PostmarketOS

boot the device into TWRP mode,

and simply using the install feature, switch to "install image" rather than "install ZIP"

navigate to the "/external_sd/boot.img" or you only use "/sdcard/TWRP/lk2nd-msm8916.img", and flash it to the /boot partition

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