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Revision 1 (Paul Kocialkowski, 11/11/2012 07:39 PM) → Revision 2/9 (Drtan Samos, 12/13/2012 08:58 PM)

h1. Fastboot Installation 

 *Warning: flashing another operating system like Replicant may void your warranty and will erase the data stored on the device.* 

 This guide assumes your phone is supported by fastboot. 

 

 h2. Download the files 

 * Refer to your device page to find a link to the latest images (*Last images* part of the table). 
 * Download the images *and the md5 checksum* 
 * Download fastboot from the latest images @tools@ directory (it is a prebuilt x86 binary for GNU/Linux). Note that you can still use this binary on a system with different hardware architecture as long as you have 32-bit version of needed libraries installed. It is known to work with 32-bit version of GNU C Library and legacy GNU Standard C++ Library version 3 installed.  
 GNU/Linux) 
 * Make sure fastboot is executable: 
 <pre> 
 chmod a+x fastboot 
 </pre> 

 

 h2. Key combinations for fastboot mode 

 | *Device* | *Keys (held together)* | 
 | *HTC Dream/HTC Magic* | BACK, POWER | 
 | *Nexus One* | Trackball, POWER | 
 | *Nexus S* | VOL+, POWER | 
 | *Galaxy Nexus* | VOL-, VOL+, POWER | 

 h2. Flash the images 

 # Flash the images using fastboot: 
 <pre> 
 ./fastboot flash boot boot.img 
 ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img 
 ./fastboot flash system system.img 
 ./fastboot flash userdata userdata.img 
 </pre> 
 # Clear cache: 
 <pre> 
 ./fastboot erase cache 
 </pre> 
 # Reboot: 
 <pre> 
 ./fastboot reboot 
 </pre> 

 *Your device should now be running Replicant!*