We are glad to release a new version of Android 5.0.0 (Lollipop) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. This release went under the same testing as our KitKat release. We now recommend either KitKat 4.4.3 or Lollipop…
Android security part 2: OTA updates
This second security post will describe how to leverage the update feature available in our KitKat 4.4.3 release. Android devices in the field can receive and install over-the-air (OTA) updates to the system and application software. Devices have a special recovery…
Android security part 1: application signatures & permissions
This is the first of a series of posts about Android security. This one will describe the security around the applications, their signature/certificates as well as their permissions. Introduction & Theory Signature Android requires that each application be signed with…
Android KitKat 4.4.3 ga release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 4.4.3 (KitKat) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. We’ve done extensive testing of this release, and it brings quite a few new features which we hope you’ll…
Qt for Device Creation
If you don’t already, you should know about The Qt Company’s enterprise device creation offering, a Qt-optimized pre-built software stack that lets you immediately get started with prototyping on a real device for embedded Linux and Android development. If you…
Android Kitkat Second release for i.MX6 boards
In our previous pre-release there were still lots of things untested, and we hadn’t yet ported to the
Android KitKat pre-release for i.MX6
At long last, we’re happy to announce that we have a pre-release image of Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) available for download. It’s a pre-release because there are a few things left to do, and quite a few things we haven’t yet…
Jellybean for i.MX6 Nitrogen6 Max
We’ve just uploaded a new image of Android Jellybean for our BD-SL-i.MX6, Nitrogen6x, and for the first time, our new Nitrogen6 Max board. This will be a lengthy post because it covers the details of a number of new features,…
Bluetooth on Jellybean
We’ve just uploaded a new Android Jellybean image containing Bluetooth support on Nitrogen6X. Thanks to the efforts of Marc Mulcahey at Levelstar, the TiWi-BLE module is now functional. You can download the image from here: jb4.3-tiwi-bt-20140303.img.gz The image is only…
