Raspberry Pi 4

MoshePupkin

I understand it is not supported, am I right? If so, any plans to support it in the future?

Cee123

Hi there, just wondering if Emteria will support Raspberry Pi 4 eventually. Or from what I've heard the software will probably be backwards compatible anyway.

Also, with its specs the Raspberry Pi 4 might already get free Android support.

roxette

How he could know that if he doesn't have it in hand? 🙂

It probably will require new kernel/boot files.
I'm excited to purchase the 4GB version, install Android 9 Pie on it and see how it will perform.

I'm happy coz they released it earlier than i expected as my RPI3 HDMI died .

They probaby heard me coz RPI4 has 2 micro HDMI out so if one died you will can use the other. 😃

IKS

We have ordered a RPi 4 couple of days ago and will definitely take a look into it. Our main problem right now are limited resources.

b1k3rdude

This is good to hear, as my old pi3+ just isn't fast enough.

Cee123

@roxette I know, I just thought I'd bring up the topic of the Raspberry Pi 4, which was only released a couple days ago.

I've also ordered the 4Gb version. I'd be interested to know if it would need a new kernal because I've read online that the software is backwards compatible with the Pi3b. Not sure whether that's true or not.

I wonder if it would also receive its own flashable Android images just like the Odroid (XU4, N2 etc), given that it's fast enough and should have enough power to run it.

Cee123

@IKS Interesting, that's awesome. Emteria would awesome on the Pi4 I'm sure.

Cee123

@b1k3rdude True. But at least it runs on the Pi3+, the makers of the Pi3b kept saying Android would never run on their system and wouldnt support it. The only real issue I've had is after installing Opengapps.

Leos_electrone99

Same to me. After installing the OpenGapps, the whole system slow down and crashes regularly. Now I want to find a way to uninstall the OpenGapps. Is someone here know how to unistall this OpenGapps?

BasicItStuff

Hi,

Emteria is not booting on my Raspberry Pi 4 4GB model, what I tested so far is both the Raspberry Pi 3B/B+ image and the Raspberry CM-DevKit image (just to be sure 😉 ).

Suggestions are welcome.

I am hoping the Emteria team gets there pi soon and figgers it out, 4GB of RAM will be a tipping point for Emteria.

BasicItStuff

Dual screen support would be cool but could be a big ask I guess?

roxette

Based on the latest Raspbian which supports RPI 4 hardware used kernel v4.19.50 hence i assume Emteria O.S will need a new kernel/firmware/boot files in order to work.

BasicItStuff

Just interested in a timeline, I don't think I can swap out the kernel by myself 😉

Cee123

Well, there has been no mention of an Emteria version for the Raspberry Pi 4 just yet since it just came out. It may even end up getting its own flashable Android images just like the Odroid. Too early to say.

Cee123

@Leos_electrone99 Yeah same here. There was a lot of freezing of the system. I don't know how to uninstall OpenGapps other than to a fresh flash of the image.

A good alternative to OpenGapps is to use NanoDroid/MicroG
https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/

rooky

@IKS

the only real reason to convert emteria will be support usb-drives for installing the OS cause the sdcard read performance has doubled from 22MB/s to approx 45MB/s but i thinks its still to slow to have an impact on performance. So if you develop the situation keep this in mind please.

BasicItStuff

I understand it just came out but this seems a game changer for this os so the faster it's out there the better it would be for Emteria :smile:

CaelThunderwing

@IKS anything we can keep an eye on for support updates for the Pi4?

BasicItStuff

@rooky , the 4gb of ram would also make for a nice performance / usability boost 🎉

webhopper

@IKS H264 video stream decoding? Will the RPi4 improve on the issues discussed in :
#574
#552

I haven't seen anything on the RPi4 GPU memory allocation.