[Arm-netbook] RK* thingies are fairly cheap, indeed, but I managed to brick one

[Erix]

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> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:11:26 -0400
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca>
> To: arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] ARM device - compiling linux software
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> >> It looks cheaper than the Wandboard?
> >> http://radxa.com/specification/
> > Does look neat and yes, does appear to be cheaper. Might take a punt on
> one
> > actually, see if it cuts the mustard. Thanks for pointing it out.
>
> The RK* thingies are fairly cheap, indeed, but I managed to brick one
> with a simple "dd" from Android and still haven't managed to unbrick it.
> >From that point of view the Allwinner ones are very friendly (since you
> can boot from uSD even with a completely broken nand flash).
>
>
>         Stefan
>
> Hi Stephan,

I don't know if it could help you, but the Radxa Team post a tip/advice to
"unbrick" their platform in case it happens.
http://wiki.radxa.com/Rock/unbrick

Regards
Erix
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