~aleteoryx/muditaos

2d013d7907811640e1ba128d8e1fdd97a714913e — Piotr Tański 4 years ago 5f34f5a
[EGD-7131] Flashing instruction updated

Flashing instruction for MacOS and Windows updated.
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2. Flashing on Windows and macOS

- download [balenaEtcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) for your operating system.
- download [balenaEtcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) from the website for your operating system. The downloaded file is either called `balenaEtcher-Setup-{version}.exe` (for Windows) or `balenaEtcher-{version}.dmg` (for MacOS) and will be used to install the application on your computer.

![balenaEtcher_download](./balenaetcher4.png)

- install the balenaEtcher application.
- download the MuditaOS image you want to use and extract it locally. 

**Note: unzipped image has 16 GB**

The `.xz` image is compressed twice using both `tar` and `xz`. Some unpackers will only extract `.tar` which should be extracted again to get a `PurePhone.img` file.

- Run balenaEtcher and choose `Flash from file` and the ISO image as the image type. Load unzipped image onto the target device. It might look something like this:
- Run balenaEtcher application and choose `Flash from file` and the ISO image as the image type. Load unzipped image onto the target device. It might look something like this:

![balenaEtcher interface screenshot](./balenaetcher1.png)



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![balenaEtcher interface screenshots](./balenaetcher3.png)

- reboot the phone by disconnecting the USB cable and putting in the battery 👌🏻
- reboot the phone.

Note: In order to reboot the phone, do the following:
* Eject the drive from your Operating System (either using `Safely remove` on Windows, or `Eject` on Linux), or
* Reboot the phone by disconnecting it from the power supply (USB cable and battery) and connecting it to the relevant power source again.