4418:eFlasher

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Boards with the Samsung 4418 SoC and onboard eMMC, such as the [Smart4418], can use the eFlasher utility to load the Operating System directly to the onboard eMMC.

What You'll Need

Flash eFlasher to SD Card

  • Download and extract s5p4418-eflasher-sd8g-xxxxxxxx-full.img.zip
  • Follow SDCard_Flashing (your.img will be s5p4418-eflasher-sd8g-xxxxxxxx-full.img)
  • Once done you should see three partitions mounted in your file browser, boot, FriendlyARM, rootfs
  • Eject SD Card and place it in the 4418 SD Card slot.

Flashing to eMMC with eFlasher

Once you have successfully flashed the eFlasher image to your SD Card, you can boot up your board and install the OS of your choice.

  • Put boot select switch in the SD Card position.
  • Power on the board, it will boot like a normal Linux OS with messages on the screen.
  • You'll be asked to select an OS, click the one you want:

EFlasher Start Screen.jpg


  • It will then display some information about that image, click next:

EFlasher Ready to Go Screen.jpg


  • Installation will now begin.

EFlasher Installing Screen.jpg


  • Install is now finished.

EFlasher Finish Screen.jpg

  • Click finish, move boot switch to eMMC position, and reboot.