Now extract FactoryTool run the program, optional change the language, and load the update.img image with the Firmware button on the top left corner. Extract DriverAssitant and run DriveInstall.exe executable to install the proper drivers. The latest version of USB DriverAssitant can be found in the ZIP file in /Flash Tool/PC Drive/DriverAssitant_v5.1.1.zip, while FactoryTool.exe is located in /Flash Tool/Flash Tool/FactoryTool_1.72.4. You can download both on Mega in a single ZIP file called M6 Flash Tool.zip. Updating firmware on Rockchip hardware in Windows requires a bit more effort than the Linux method with driver installation and a graphical utility to perform the firmware update. I have not personally tried the Windows version, but I’ll share the method Zidoo provided me in a Word file. It’s basically the same method as in previous years, and it works without too many difficulties for me. The Android 11 firmware was replaced by a Linux image with Qt. The first time, I thought connecting the power adapter first, pressing the recovery button, and inserting the USB cable would work too, as I got the following output from the dmesg:Ĭonnecting the mini PC is a TV confirmed everything worked as planned. To do so, connect the USB OTG port from the board to your PC, press the boot/recovery button from your board, mini PC, or TV box (I used a SIM card tool here), and connect the power, wait one or two seconds and release the button.
Then we’ll need to enter the Loader mode to flash the image. We’ll need the firmware file ( update.img) and the upgrade_tool utility downloaded from the Firefly website. The same methods should work for the older processors such as RK3066, RK3288, and RK3399, besides the more recent Rockchip RK3566 and RK3568 processors. Zidoo sent me instructions for Windows, but since I’m a Ubuntu user, I flashed the firmware with the Linux tools used by Firefly. This is mostly useful to flash another OS or if the device does not boot, as most products will now support OTA firmware updates.īut following my review of Zidoo M6 with Android 11, I’ve now got a Linux image for the Rockchip RK3566 mini PC, so let’s revisit the firmware flashing methods in 2021.
We’ve written several articles detailing methods to flash firmware to Rockchip devices in Windows or Linux over the years, with tools like RKAndroidTool, RkFlashKit, upgrade_tool, or the open-source rkdeveloptool utility.
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