Sunday, February 28, 2016

A trick to dual boot Android and Ubuntu or other OS

I found a trick to enter hardware recovery mode without connecting SATV to PC.

In the past, I had to connect SATV to a PC using microUSB to USB cable to enter recovery mode by hold power button for ~3 seconds.

After flashed rooted ROM 3.0 I found behavior of HW recovery mode changed, i.e., I need to hold power button much longer than 3 seconds after power light turns green until entering recovery mode.

Then I found by accident, if I left a micro USB OTG cable like this connected to the SATV:

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I can enter recovery mode without connecting to a PC.

Regular Micro USB Cable - A to Micro B cable like this needs to be connected to a PC to enter recovery mode:
http://ift.tt/1XSWaW7

I have Android in recovery partition and ubuntu in boot partition, I can boot to ubuntu after power up by default, or hold power button to enter recovery mode to boot to Android from recovery mode menu without connecting SATV to a PC.

It can also be done by leaving Android in boot partition and other OS in recovery partition to boot to Android by default.


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