09-01-2020, 10:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2020, 10:26 PM by bcnaz.
Edit Reason: More info
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I have never used Windows to flash a card but I have not seen anyone mention that as a problem.
I have noticed it can take a few minutes to start on a first start from a freshly flashed sd card.
"Log-in" is 1 2 3 4 then it will go to desktop screen, ... wait 2 to 4 minutes...
Then it will walk you thru a few first time set up items.
and it runs pretty slow the first time through... you may wait a few seconds after clicking/touching the icons
before it moves on.
One of the items you should do early after finishing the start up menu is the settings for "Region & Languages"
Then after touching 'restart' on that page. You need to do a manual 'shut down' using the power icon in the very top right corner of the screen.
Restart function seems to hang, until after the system has done a few power cycles.
Next I go through all the items on the settings page, to at least look at everything.
And make some adjustments where needed.
During this process you can set up your APN, that varies with whatever carrier you use.
but you only need the APN for cell data.
(Settings > Mobile > Access Point Names > + sign then fill-in blanks, click 'save' )
Your sim card should be all that is needed for phone calls & sms/text to work.
It does run slower from an sd card than from the eMMC, but it is very usable.
Note about APN: you may need to "Save" multiple times before it stays after rebooting the phone.
I have noticed it can take a few minutes to start on a first start from a freshly flashed sd card.
"Log-in" is 1 2 3 4 then it will go to desktop screen, ... wait 2 to 4 minutes...
Then it will walk you thru a few first time set up items.
and it runs pretty slow the first time through... you may wait a few seconds after clicking/touching the icons
before it moves on.
One of the items you should do early after finishing the start up menu is the settings for "Region & Languages"
Then after touching 'restart' on that page. You need to do a manual 'shut down' using the power icon in the very top right corner of the screen.
Restart function seems to hang, until after the system has done a few power cycles.
Next I go through all the items on the settings page, to at least look at everything.
And make some adjustments where needed.
During this process you can set up your APN, that varies with whatever carrier you use.
but you only need the APN for cell data.
(Settings > Mobile > Access Point Names > + sign then fill-in blanks, click 'save' )
Your sim card should be all that is needed for phone calls & sms/text to work.
It does run slower from an sd card than from the eMMC, but it is very usable.
Note about APN: you may need to "Save" multiple times before it stays after rebooting the phone.