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I have been trying to install Android of things on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ but cannot get it working.

I downloaded latest android of things setup utility, ran it on windows 10. I have successfully flashed the image (etcher-cli finishes successfully) but the problem is when I try to boot from my Raspberry Pi nothing happens (no green light blinks).

I inspected the SD card (64 GB) partitions and found that only RPIBOOT partition is there and the rest is just unallocated

Some more Attempts

  • I tried flashing old version of android of things version 1.0.7 and version 1.0.9 but still the same problem
  • I also tried flashing the iot_rpi.img using balenaEtcher (GUI), rufus and Win32 Disk imager but still same partitioning was there

Screenshots of partitions on SD card and contents of RPIBOOT partition

Contents of RPIBOOT

Contents of RPIBOOT

Partitions on SD card

Partitions on SD card

Android of Things flashing

Android of Things flashing

PS: I want to make it more clear that at least I want to know whether whatever android of things image I have flashed, is done properly on sd card. It will be of great help if someone compares it with their working sd cards because clearly it is showing rest sd card memory space as unallocated

Kartoos
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Android Things only supports the Raspberry Pi 3B, not the 3B+.

Nick Felker
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My question was whether it is being flashed properly or not.

After inspecting with different partitioning tools the linux File Systems for Windows by Paragon Software worked and detected partitions, So at least it is safe to say that it is being flashed properly but still not working because Android of Things is not supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Thanks for others pointing this out for me).

Detected partitions

Detected Partitions

Kartoos
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