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
- Read this issue:
CHECK_BAUD FAIL while running unlock_autopatch_9230.bat · Issue #184 · TomKing062/CVE-2022-38694_unlock_bootloader · GitHub - Scroll down, download Mega2_test.zip
- Switch off your Blackview Mega 2
- Execute ‘unlock_autopatch_9230.bat’
- Hold Vol-Down while plugging in USB cable. (Needs SPRD USB driver installed)
The devices restarts and does a full erase.
iodeOS installation:
- Enable developer settings
- Enable USB-Debugging
- Download Android Platform Tools
- Unzip APT
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