(Editable list) GSI support

I successfully installed iodéOS GSI on a Blackview Mega 2. You can follow these instructions to unlock the bootloader and install iodeOS (or any other) GSI:

iodeOS GSI on Blackview Mega 2

Unlock bootloader

The devices restarts and does a full erase.

iodeOS installation:

PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\adb.exe devices
List of devices attached
MEGA2EEA00007695        device

PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\adb.exe reboot bootloader

PS D:\Mega2_test> TIMEOUT /T 24 /NOBREAK

Gewartet wird  0 Sekunden. Drücken Sie STRG+C, um den Vorgang zu beenden...
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe devices
MEGA2EEA00007695         fastboot
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_a '..\ImageFiles\PAC_ums9230_6h10_DownloadFiles_MEGA_2_EEA_S866T_V1.0_A15_03_20250107V02_313C_19A82158_0\vbmeta_system.img'
Sending 'vbmeta_system_a' (4 KB)                   OKAY [  0.004s]
Writing 'vbmeta_system_a'                          OKAY [  0.026s]
Finished. Total time: 0.045s
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe reboot recovery # Use Vol-Up, Vol-Down and Power button to 'Enter fastboot'. 

PS D:\Mega2_test> TIMEOUT /T 24 /NOBREAK

PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe delete-logical-partition system_ext_a delete-logical-partition system_ext_b delete-logical-partition product_a delete-logical-partition product_b
Deleting 'system_ext_a'                            OKAY [  0.026s]
Deleting 'system_ext_b'                            OKAY [  0.008s]
Deleting 'product_a'                               OKAY [  0.008s]
Deleting 'product_b'                               OKAY [  0.008s]
Finished. Total time: 0.060s
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe flash system ..\iode-5.12-20250507-arm64_ab.img
Resizing 'system_a'                                OKAY [  0.008s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/13 (262112 KB)         OKAY [  7.994s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.572s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/13 (262116 KB)         OKAY [  7.924s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.589s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 3/13 (262100 KB)         OKAY [  7.747s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.541s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 4/13 (262128 KB)         OKAY [  7.821s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.566s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 5/13 (262108 KB)         OKAY [  8.716s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.677s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 6/13 (262120 KB)         OKAY [  7.846s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.844s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 7/13 (262128 KB)         OKAY [  8.475s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.642s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 8/13 (262108 KB)         OKAY [  8.779s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.639s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 9/13 (262076 KB)         OKAY [  7.808s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.913s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 10/13 (262120 KB)        OKAY [  7.912s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.624s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 11/13 (262128 KB)        OKAY [  8.107s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.822s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 12/13 (262140 KB)        OKAY [  7.663s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.708s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 13/13 (6644 KB)          OKAY [  0.251s]
Writing 'system_a'                                 OKAY [  0.115s]
Finished. Total time: 107.589s
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe reboot bootloader
Rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.003s

PS D:\Mega2_test> TIMEOUT /T 24 /NOBREAK

PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe -w
Erasing 'userdata'                                 OKAY [  0.478s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type LK not supported.
Erasing 'cache'                                    OKAY [  0.003s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type LK not supported.
Erasing 'metadata'                                 OKAY [  0.003s]
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type LK not supported.
Finished. Total time: 0.502s
PS D:\Mega2_test> ..\platform-tools\fastboot.exe reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.002s
PS D:\Mega2_test>
  • Be patient, the initial boot into iodeOS takes some time.
  • Have fun!

Kind regards
Chris