Difference between revisions of "PinePhone Installation Instructions"

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The PinePhone always boots from the microSD card first. It is therefore recommended to have a microSD card handy. It is **not** possible to lock themself out of the phone when the installation on the internal storage (the eMMC) fails, as a correctly flashed microSD card will always boot.
The PinePhone always boots from the microSD card first. It is therefore recommended to have a microSD card handy. It is **not** possible to lock themself out of the phone when the installation on the internal storage (the eMMC) fails, as a correctly flashed microSD card will always boot.


The phone will also try to boot from microSD cards, which were previously flashed with an OS and formatted later, causing the phone to fail to boot. See [[#Reuse SD card for data storage_on system booting from eMMC]] on how to format the microSD card properly, including wiping the residues of u-boot.
The phone will also try to boot from microSD cards, which were previously flashed with an OS and formatted later, causing the phone to fail to boot. See [[#Reuse SD card for data storage on system booting from eMMC|Reuse SD card]] on how to format the microSD card properly, including wiping the residues of u-boot.


Note: Booting from USB is not supported by the hardware, a live USB stick will not boot.
Note: Booting from USB is not supported by the hardware, a live USB stick will not boot.