3. Flash Images

Environment: Windows OS

❶ Unzip RKDevTool_for_window.rar on Windows. Open RKDevTool.exe

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❷ Connect PC and development board with USB-A cable, keep pressing the Recovery Key and power up until the windows PC shows Found one LOADER Device, then release the key.

loader
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❸ Click Upgrade Firmware -> Firmware, select update.img (Android14 or Android16 image). Click Upgrade to flash.

Android14_Upgrade

Android 14 firmware

Android16_Upgrade

Android 16 firmware

User can also update the firmware separately.

❶ In Loader mode, select the checkbox on the left.

❷ Click the column on the right side for the path of the file want to flash.

❸ Click Run to flash the image.

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Note

Without burning the file parameter.txt, please check the Write by Address checkbox, otherwise the flashing may fail with the error Image is larger than partition size