03-04-2022, 06:20 PM
(03-04-2022, 01:57 PM)tckosvic Wrote: Can the wiki now be interpreted to read that the pre-flashed install boots by default from eMMC not SD? Does not say so specifically. If so, thanks for the clarification.
Down below, wiki still says: "Due to the specific boot order it is currently strongly recommended to boot from the microSD card only. Please ask in the community chat if you have any questions regarding the installation"
Is this still in play? Also, why is it strongly recommended to boot from SD?
Regarding question 1: There are different boot orders. One is the boot order of the SoC. And one is the boot order of U-Boot. The U-Boot boot order can be changed, so for example the phone can boot the bootloader of the eMMC, which itself points to the microSD card. However if something goes wrong in the eMMC bootloader you still have to use the hardware bypass button, which comes to question 2:
Regarding question 2: If there is no bootloader on the eMMC the phone will default to the microSD card. Which means that if your OS is getting corrupted you simply reflash the microSD card. If you flash something to the eMMC and it gets corrupted (which will happen!) the recovery effort is considerably higher (hardware bypass, flashing a microSD card, reflashing the eMMC). Additionally there are currently also known bugs like some operating systems not yet being compatible with the eMMC, the phone getting stuck in suspend when the bootloader is started from the eMMC or the boot loop many people are experiencing with the pre-installed OS. So you can flash to the eMMC if you don't value your free time, so that's simply not recommended for now.
