bredos.md

🍞 BredOS (Arch Linux ARM)

Hi there! 👋 In this guide, I'll show you how to install BredOS Fydetab DUO tablet. This is the best working Linux distro in the Fydetab. Thanks to Panda for her development

📚 Index

• 🛠️ Prerequisites
• 🖥️ 1. Installing BredOS
• 📦 2. Installing Fydetab packages / OTA updates
• ⚙️ Go back to FydeOS or standard images

🛠️ Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following files downloaded:

• Rockchip Driver

• Flashing tool (RKDevTool vX.XX): You can download the tools for Linux and Mac from the official Fydetab Duo Wiki. For Windows you can use the last available version

  • Link
  • Alternative in case Link 1 doesn't work
  • Link to version v2.96

• rk3588_spl_loader_v1.15.113.bin file (or the last one available)

• BredOS image (the file we are going to flash). Select the last one available:

Unzip all files including the Linux image which by default comes in an .img.xz file and we have to unzip it to make it an .img file. You should have this:

🖥️ 1. Installing BredOS

Note

The only thing that doesn't work right now in BredOS is the fingerprint reader and the sleep mode (you have to turn off the device).

• The first thing to do is installing the Rockchip Driver we have downloaded. For this, open the DriverAssitant_v5.0 folder and execute the file DriverInstall.exe.

• Click on Install Driver:

• Open the folder that contains the flashing tool: RKDevTool_Release_v2.96 folder (check the version you have downloaded for the name) and execute the tool RKDevTool.exe.

• In the flashing tool set the following configuration and click on RUN:

  • Select the SPI loader file
  • Select the BredOS image
  • Check Write by Address
  • Click on RUN and wait until the process finishes

📦 2. Installing Fydetab packages / OTA updates

After the tablet boots into BredOS follow the Bred installer and configure a new user.

When you have the basic setup configured execute the following commands in the terminal to have everything working fine in the Fydetab:

sudo pacman -Syu fydetabduo-post-install
reboot

Wait until the tablet reboot and enjoy :)

⚙️ Go back to FydeOS or standard images

Caution

Make sure you backup all your data

BredOS images comes with the uefi boot instead of the original uboot. This means that you can no longer enter MASKROM mode with the Vol + Power key combination. Instead you can execute the following command in the terminal (THIS ENTIRELY WIPE YOUR DATA)

sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=10M count=2

Now the tablet should be in MASROM mode and you can flash the standard images. In case you need it check the Unbrick section in the official Fydetab wiki.