Android 13 for the PinePhone based on the GloDroid project

Warning!

This project is a free and open-source initiative maintained by a group of volunteers. It is provided "as is" without any warranties or guarantees. The user is fully responsible for any issues arising from using the project.

Flashing images

Find the archive with images here

Content of the archive:

• Utilities: adb, fastboot
• Partition images: bootloader-sd.img, bootloader-emmc.img, env.img, boot.img, boot_dtbo.img, super.img
• Recovery GPT image: deploy-gpt.img
• Recovery sdcard images: deploy-sd.img, deploy-sd-for-emmc.img
• Scripts: flash-sd.sh, flash-emmc.sh

Step 1

Using any available iso-to-usb utility, prepare recovery SDCARD.
To flash Android on a sdcard, use deploy-sd.img
To flash Android on eMMC, use deploy-sd-for.emmc.img

Step 2

Insert recovery sdcard into the target board.
Connect the phone and your PC using a typec cable.
Power up the phone.

Step 3

Ensure you have installed the adb package: $ sudo apt install adb (required to set up udev rules)
Run ./flash-sd.sh utility for flashing Android to sdcard or ./flash-emmc.sh for flashing Android to eMMC

After several minutes flashing should complete, and Android should boot

Building from sources

Before building, ensure your system has at least 32GB of RAM, a swap file is at least 8GB, and 300GB of free disk space available. We recommend using the latest laptops to get good performance. E.g., the HP ENVY x360 model15-ds1083cl takes about 5 hours to build the project.

Install system packages

(Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is only supported. Building on other distributions can be done using docker)

• Install AOSP required packages.

sudo apt-get install -y git-core gnupg flex bison build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32z1-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc unzip fontconfig

• Install additional packages

sudo apt-get install -y swig libssl-dev flex bison device-tree-compiler mtools git gettext libncurses5 libgmp-dev libmpc-dev cpio rsync dosfstools kmod gdisk lz4 meson cmake libglib2.0-dev

• Install additional packages (for building mesa3d, libcamera, and other meson-based components)

sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip pkg-config python3-dev ninja-build
sudo pip3 install mako jinja2 ply pyyaml

Fetching the sources and building the project

git clone https://github.com/GloDroidCommunity/pine64-pinephone.git
cd pine64-pinephone
./unfold.sh && ./build.sh

Depending on your hardware and internet connection, downloading and building may take 8h or more.
After the successful build, find the images at ./out/images.tar.gz