Odroid N2 with Android 9 and CoreElec

Single Board Computers Odroid N2/N2Plus/C4
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Hello, I will soon buy an Odroid N2 CE Edition.
In this edition, a 16GB MicroSD card is installed with CoreElec.

  1. What about Android 9, is it already installed?
  2. Do I have to install Android separately?
  3. Can I choose which system to use when booting?
  4. Can I define Android or CE as default?
  5. In which memory comes which system?

Please answer point by point.

Would be very grateful for your help.

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  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. Yes with petitboot
  4. Yes in petitboot
  5. You only receive an SD-card with CoreELEC pre-installed, an eMMC for Android has to be purchased separately unless you install it on another SD-card.
4

OK thanks.
What is the best way?

CE - - > SD Card, Android - - >eMMC
or CE–>eMMC, Android - - >SD card

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CE - - > SD Card, Android - - >eMMC would be best.

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Thank you for your answers.

  1. I have to write CoreElec as usual on the SD card?
  2. How do I have to write Android 9 on eMMC?
  3. How do I install Petitboot?
  4. Can I choose what I want to boot with an infrared remote control on the bootloader or do I need a keyboard for it?
  5. Can I update each system individually or are there restrictions here?

Ask for help point by point.

Many thanks.

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Questions to be asked on the Odroid forums really.

Shoog

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see here:
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=33873&sid=dbd44798f278680978e7a0e67ad0ec9f

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The only observation I would make is:

  • the original version of petitboot is not compatible with CE as it doesn’t support windows partitions
    -later versions of petitboot may not support your TV’s native screen resolution and will have unreadable text

My conclusion is that petitboot is still a work in progress and its far easier to simply use the preinstalled CE SD and that is the only format that CE offers support for.

Shoog

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Can you write me a little HowTo?
I would be infinitely grateful.

Thank you

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Is it also possible to take a USB 3.0 stick instead of eMMC?
For the CE Edition, CoreElec is preinstalled on the mSD. I want to install Android on the USB stick.
When starting I want to be able to select between Android and CE.
Naturally CoreElec should serve as standard.

I do not know how it works with Petitboot. I’m not so good at English either.
Maybe someone would be willing to help me.

Many thanks

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Yes you can use a USB stick instead of using a eMMC when booting via Petitboot.
But booting via Petitboot is slower than booting direclty off the eMMC.

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What’s your configuration?
USB and SD?

14

nope, usb and eMMC

15

Can I also install on USB CoreElec and on SD Android?

16

yes, you can

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Is this the same procedure as with eMMC and SD card?
And it works with Petitboot?

18

do you use etcher to flash image to memory? then yes.

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I have always used IMAGE2USB or Etcher or Libreelec installer.
I have to use Etcher for full compatibility?
For CoreElec on USB or SD card also Etcher?
Same for Android on USB or SD card Etcher?

Of course I would prefer either Android on USB and CoreElec on SD, or the other way around.

I have to say that I have no eMMC at home. That’s why I wanted to use a USB 3.0 64GB for (Android, CoreElec) and mSD for (CoreElec, Android).

What do you mean. What’s better.