These instructions will help you in flashing the prebuilt bootloader images and AOSP images (built from sources) on hikey960. There are two versions of HiKey960: v1 and v2. * v1 is using Jumper (J2001) * v2 is using DIP switch (SW2201). Both are located at the bottom side of the board. Jumper Pin 1-2 = DIP switch 1 (AutoBoot) Jumper Pin 3-4 = DIP switch 2 (Recovery Mode) JUmper Pin 5-6 = DIP switch 3 (Fastboot Mode) * Always power off the board before changing the switches or jumpers. * To boot into fastboot mode set switch 1 & 3 to ON state and switch 2 to OFF state. * To boot into normal mode set switch 1 to ON and switch 2 & 3 to OFF state. To flash the OS to the board, set the jumpers to fastboot mode, and power on the device. Connect a USB-C cable to the OTG port and your host device. On your host device, run the flash-all.sh script to update boot files using fastboot. It assumes that you have already build hikey960 AOSP images locally, or are flashing a factory image. $ ./flash-all.sh After that completes, power the board off, and set the switches back to normal mode and boot the device. Known Issues: ------------- When flashing ontop of the HiSi bootloader, you may see the following failure: sending 'xloader' (151 KB)... OKAY [ 0.006s] writing 'xloader'... FAILED (remote: flash write back vrl failure) This is a transient error and can be ignored. Trouble shooting: ----------------- If you have any trouble booting the device after running ./flash-all.sh you may need to do a board recovery. This is hopefully uncommon, but may be necessary in some cases (like if your board has pre-release firmware on it). In this case clone the git project here: https://github.com/96boards-hikey/tools-images-hikey960/ And follow the instructions in the README.md https://github.com/96boards-hikey/tools-images-hikey960/blob/master/README.md