oDroid C2 - Dead?

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Paul1977

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#271829 28-May-2020 13:14

So I just re-imaged the eMMC card for my oDroid C2, and now it doesn't seem to be powering up at all - was working before I took it out of the case - but now nothing, No blue light, no red light, no lights at all.

Have I somehow killed it?

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#2493647 28-May-2020 13:30

how is it powered?

no redlight means no power, could you try it on a different power supply?

you didnt bump the USB OTG power cable jumper did you?

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#2493658 28-May-2020 13:48

I had this....I was able to get it going with an SD card, I think just the eMMC died.

So I think I ended up puttin in an SD card...and then used a USB connected SSD and replaced the root file system. The only thing the SD card is used for is telling the system about the SSD and to mount it.

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#2493660 28-May-2020 13:49

Jase2985:

how is it powered?

no redlight means no power, could you try it on a different power supply?

you didnt bump the USB OTG power cable jumper did you?

Powered via MicroUSB. I do get a an amber light on the network port when power is connected.

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#2493693 28-May-2020 14:25

davidcole:

I had this....I was able to get it going with an SD card, I think just the eMMC died.

So I think I ended up puttin in an SD card...and then used a USB connected SSD and replaced the root file system. The only thing the SD card is used for is telling the system about the SSD and to mount it.

I'm getting the same thing with an SD card as well - I just tried.

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#2493742 28-May-2020 15:41

Tried a different source of power? maybe not enough to power it on?

is your image a good image?

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#2493765 28-May-2020 16:06

Jase2985:

Tried a different source of power? maybe not enough to power it on?

is your image a good image?

It's a 5.1V 2A USB charger, so should be heaps. It's the same charger and cable it's always used.

I've tried a couple of different images but no joy so far. I backed up the working image before I decided to upgrade, so I'll restore that tonight and see if it starts up.

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#2493770 28-May-2020 16:12

id try changing the usb charger and cable, could be something that simple, it should have a red light on when plugged into power.

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#2494093 29-May-2020 09:01

OK, so it was just me being a dumb-ass.

I haven't done anything with Linux or an oDroid etc in ages. I didn't realise that a *.img.xz file need to be extracted before imaging onto the eMMC.