Raspberry Pi 3B+ can also run Android Pie now!
- Update 2019-04-25 Upload system image and How to video to github.com
Any one can download image from github.com: https://github.com/brobwind/pie-device-brobwind-rpi3-binary
A video about how to flash and extend userdata partition also included.
- Update 2019-03-03 Update kernel image and upload all source code
Download link: 2019_03_02_rpi3_13fa200.bin.gz
The u-boot, kernel, OpenGL driver has been upload to github.com, you can download code by executing following command:
$ pushd device/brobwind/rpi3 && git pull && popd
$ repo sync -c
Antutu benchmark on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+:
And Geekbench 4 on Raspbery Pi 3 Model B+:
- Update 2019-02-17 Antutu benchmark
Today, I try to run Antutu benchmark app to check the RPi 3B & 3B+ performance, then discover the sores are almost the same. There must be something wrong, then I decided to check the CPU frequency from /sys/devices/system/cpu/, but there is not cpufreq related items. The next step is rebuild the bcm2835 cpufreq module and figure out the actual running frequency. Finally it turns out both RPi 3B & 3B+ CPU frequency at 600MHz x 4。
GUI: OpenGL based on mesa3d and hardware composer based on drm
Audio: support a2dp and on-board audio jack
Knowing issue:
1. Enable `Debug GPU overdraw’ in system settings will make app crash
2. Enable `Debug non-retangular clip operations’ in system settings will make app crash
3. Do not disable `Disable HW overlays’ in system settings
4. Audio over HDMI not support
5. Can not play video
Download link: 2019_01_25_rpi3_a586f2b.bin.gz
1. Bootloader: u-boot as AndroidThings on RPi 3B v.1.0.4, run on 64-bit mode
2. Kernel: v.4.14.71 run on 64-bit mode
3. Display: 720p(1280×720) @ 60Hz through on board HDMI port
4. Audio: analog, 2 channel through on board audio jack
5. WiFi: 2.4G (RPi 3B & 3B+), 5G (RPi 3B+)
6. Bluetooth: HCI over UART(ttyAMA0), RPi 3B: 921600bps no flow control; RPi 3B+: 3000000bps with flow control
7. Ethernet: both work, and IP from DHCP
8. OpenGL render: Skia GL, swiftshader
1. External storage (sdcard) no function due to not kernel sdcardfs driver support
2. Bluetooth: Can bind device, ble gatt profile works, pan profile do not work due to not permission to create bt-pan device
3. Network: RPi 3B+: while Ethernet online, WiFi network can not connect; The eth0 device can not auto down while eject the cable
4. Bitmap: The hardware bitmap will miss draw both on Skia GL and OpenGL
5. The device can not go to sleep mode or the Wifi driver will run with error
Disk rpi3b.bin: 8388608 sectors, 4.0 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 9884F86F-891D-4DD9-B2C8-6277BC24DC26
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 8388574
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 1504957 sectors (734.8 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 131111 64.0 MiB FFFF rpiboot
2 131112 133159 1024.0 KiB FFFF uboot_a
3 133160 135207 1024.0 KiB FFFF uboot_b
4 135208 200743 32.0 MiB FFFF boot_a
5 200744 266279 32.0 MiB FFFF boot_b
6 266280 1597479 650.0 MiB FFFF system_a
7 1597480 2928679 650.0 MiB FFFF system_b
8 2928680 2928807 64.0 KiB FFFF vbmeta_a
9 2928808 2928935 64.0 KiB FFFF vbmeta_b
10 2928936 2930983 1024.0 KiB FFFF misc
11 2930984 3455271 256.0 MiB FFFF vendor_a
12 3455272 3979559 256.0 MiB FFFF vendor_b
13 3979560 3987751 4.0 MiB FFFF oem_bootloader_a
14 3987752 3995943 4.0 MiB FFFF oem_bootloader_b
15 3995944 4000039 2.0 MiB FFFF frp
16 4000040 4786471 384.0 MiB FFFF swap
17 4786472 6883623 1024.0 MiB FFFF userdata
Source(partial) has been uploaded to github: https://github.com/brobwind/pie-device-brobwind-rpi3
You can build your own OS now.
1. 2018_12_02_rpi3b_4117784.zip
2. 2019_01_25_rpi3_a586f2b.bin.gz (With hardware acceleration)
3. 2019_03_02_rpi3_13fa200.bin.gz (With hardware acceleration CPU @ 1.4GHz for Raspbery Pi 3 Model B+)
$ sudo dd if=rpi3b_4117784.img of=/dev/to/flash bs=4MiB