PhoenixCard

How to Create MicroSD Card Android Image for Pine A64

What do I need?

1. The PhoenixCard software from Allwinner.
2. You can download it here
3. A firmware image (.img files)
4. A SD-Card (best Class 10 with 8GB or more SD-Card) - backup everything first, the Card will be formatted!
5. An external SD-Card Reader
6. A Windows PC

Step to create the SD-Card

1. Extract the PhonixCard-xx.rar file into an empty directory.
2. Navigate into the directory where you installed PhoenixCard and start PhoenixCard.exe.
3. Click DiskCheck and choose the drive with your SD-Card
4. Click Img File and choose the file you want
5. Write Mode must be set to Startup
6. Press Burn
7. Wait until the burning process is finished (you will see the progress in the progress bar and the notification window)

Booting Up the SD-Card

1. Insert the SD-Card into the Pine64 and Power-up
2. On the first time boot-up, it might take up to 5 minute for the system to get ready
3. On the sub-sequence boot-up, it will only take about 40 to 60 second for the system to get ready

Related Reference

• Easily Create an Android Bootable SD Card for Allwinner A80 Devices with PhoenixCard Tool
• PhoenixCard Tutorial YouTube Video

Supported Displays

MIPI-DSI Displays

MIPI-DSI Displays are displays that follow the MIPI-DSI standard. Such displays can be connected to various PINE64 Single Board Computers.

MIPI Channels and Lanes

The MIPI Lanes number is given in a format of channels×lanes. Before buying one, make sure that your SBC has enough channels and lanes to drive the display!

• ROCKPro64: 2×4
• Quartz64 Model A: 1×4
• Quartz64 Model B: 1×2
• SOQuartz: 1×4 + 1×2

Displays With Mainline Drivers

These displays have free and open-source drivers in the main Linux kernel tree.

LVDS Displays

LVDS Displays are displays that follow the LVDS standard.

LVDS Hardware Support

Only Quartz64 Model A seems to support LVDS panels.

Displays and Timings

TBD