PhoenixCard

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How to Create MicroSD Card Android Image for Pine A64

What do I need ?

 - the PhoenixCard software from Allwinner.
 - you can download it here
 - a firmware image (.img files)
 - a Windows PC
 - a SD-Card (best Class 10 with minimum 16GB if you want to make a bootable SD-Card) - backup everything first, the Card will be formatted!
 - an external SD-Card Reader


Step to create the SD-Card

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 - Extract the PhonixCard-xx.rar file in to a blank directory.
 
 - Navigate into the directory where you installed PhonixCard and start PhoenixCard.exe.
 - Click "DiskCheck" and choose the drive with your SD-Card
 - Click "Img File" and choose the file you want
 - Write Mode must be set to "Product"
 - Press "Burn"
 - Wait until the burning process is finished (you will se he progress in the progressbar and the notification window)

Booting Up the SD-Card

 - Insert the SD-Card into the Pine A64 and Power-up
 - On the first time boot-up, it might take up to 5 minute for the system to get ready
 - On the sub-sequence boot-up, it will only take 40 to 60 second for the system to get ready