How to wipe emmc disk?

Banana Pi BPI-M3
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First time I setup the android on it but now I want wipe it to blank to setup another linux os on it. Any body know how to wipe that emmc?

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please see this document:

https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m3/content/howtoburnlinuximagetoemmc.html

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I know friend, but now on my emmc already have a android os. What I need is how to wipe that emmc back to blank.

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sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk1

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The man said that he has already running android on it, please clarify how to run that command supposing that is an non rooted device? That’s exactly my case, I have a android burned on emmc, and I want it out/wiped/removed… Is not rooted…

please advice

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I think you need to install a linux image on a micro-sd, then, booting from there you can “sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk1” from a linux terminal.

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yes that’s correct, once you manage to boot any linux distro from micro-sd you are (or should be) able to wipe the emmc. But as this piece oh hardware is “fully” supported I could successfully boot only on the fourth attempt (2 times ubuntu mate 16.04 the two last releaseas available to download, one debian and eventually opensuse)

That’s why I have posted here because I though that I’m blocked - unable to boot from micro-sd anymore…

Does make any sense to mention that I have use the very same micro-sd card, adapter and software to write all the four images mentioned above, and only opensuse mange to boot? I guess not…

With the opensuse I have manage to boot from micro-sd and wipe emmc

I would like that product to be more supported as:

  • It is more expensive that the “other fruits” PI concurrence
  • I had to wait for shipping (2 weeks) instead to order for a local X-PI provider
  • Also a painful importing procedure to follow (took more than 3 weeks for me) + some additional taxes
  • Even nominally more powerful that “others” PI you are not able to use that :juice" because the lack of robust install-able SO distribution for it

P.S. anyway that opensuse could not manage to connect to any wifi network no matter what I’ve tried… but that’s another story

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Please do not remind me. I paid more thinking they have something more powerful than the raspberry pi 3, instead I find myself with a very expensive paperweight. I need RCA output but this thing does not work with DVI-RCA adapters, also on their website said it was working with the images of the raspberry but I cannot find any usable image for me with kodi working.

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So what is the solution about wiping emmc memory? I have android stored on emmc, but I’, not able to get ride of it anyway. Please help.

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@robotron has the right answer for anyone searching on this

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But how do you boot from an SD card when it doesn’t even look at the SD card when booting. It just boots straight to android on eMMC.

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Oh, how I agree with you, at one time I installed Android on EMMC flash. And now I want to install one of the Linux distributions (Debian or Armbian) as a host for converting a 3D printer to Clipper. How to do this if the M2 Ultra is loaded only from the eMMC, and not from the card ???

In such a situation, how can I return the eMMC to its factory state (that is, format the eMMC)? For some reason, the BPI company does not want to help in this situation, but instead rivets single-board computers…

p.s. Topic Current !!!