Raspi Imager - Android app to download and install SD cards

[mikerr]

New android app to download & image raspberrypi SD cards

Prepare bootable SD cards for your Raspberry Pi direct on your phone

- No PC required !
- downloads and installs OS
- images to SD card or USB (card reader)

Can install NOOBS and NOOBS Lite

Supports SD card in phone (if rooted - android limitations), or via USB card reader.



https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... r&hl=en_GB

[topguy]

Nice Mike!

I'm a little unsure by the description if you are only able to install NOOBS or if you also support disk-images like raspbian-lite etc.
I'm guessing Android has some strict limitations to what you can do with SD cards.

[mikerr]

Only NOOBs on the current release for now.

I have an unreleased version that can use .img disk images, but there's potential problems with it
( zip + img needs 5GB storage, and .img wipe cards more than file based noobs)

[procount]

I guess it should be able to install PINN-lite as well from https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinn/f ... p/download?

[mikerr]

I guess it should be able to install PINN-lite as well from https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinn/f ... p/download?

Yes, I'll add that one in right now as it's a similar install.

PINN is an enhanced/modifed NOOBs for anyone looking: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=142574

[procount]

Cheers!
Tip: Beware of the sourceforge mirror redirects.

[mikerr]

Also added berryboot, update should appear on google play shortly

[blaablaaguy]

Also added berryboot, update should appear on google play shortly

Awesome! Ive always wanted to do stuff like this from my phone.

[procount]

I downloaded the first version fine as soon as it came out.
I've uninstalled and upgraded this several times, but I don't get the updated version. The Play store app still shows the old one.
I can see the new version on the google play website, but even installing it from there still doesn't give me the new version.
Does it normally take this long for a new version to become available on the play store?
Or am I suffering from a caching problem somewhere?

[procount]

Finally it updated.
Are you sure Pinn and Berryboot are about 30GB? Perhaps they should be MB... Otherwise it looks great. Must try it out fully.

[mikerr]

Haha, oops yes they're 32MB not GB (updated now)

[Techno_IMRAN]

New android app to download & image raspberrypi SD cards

Prepare bootable SD cards for your Raspberry Pi direct on your phone

- No PC required !
- downloads and installs OS
- images to SD card or USB (card reader)

Can install NOOBS and NOOBS Lite

Supports SD card in phone (if rooted - android limitations), or via USB card reader.



https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... r&hl=en_GB

Sir,
I downld the app in my android phone but there is none of the STORAGE devices (8GB Pendrive & 16 GB sandisk microsd card on OTG ) showed by the app. I install twice the app but failed. Is this app only for rooted phones?

[mikerr]

It only requires rooting if you want to write to the internal sd card.

A usb pendrive or card reader on otg should be fine.

They should be formatted in fat32.

What's the exact model of phone?
Do you know the android path for your pendrive?

[Techno_IMRAN]

My phone model is XIAOMI REDMI 1S. All the pen drives, microsd cards, mouse & keyboard detected by the phone OTG perfectly . What should i do right now?? plz suggest any other android app.

[bensimmo]

Does it write as it downloads (preferred) or do you download and then write?


Either way i'll check it out, I have various devices with various restrictions on external/internal SD cards to test with.

[Techno_IMRAN]

what is the right way ? NOOBS is a huge data eater so i didn't downlad after no USB devices detected by the app. Plz try it on your devices and solve my problem.

[mikerr]

Does it write as it downloads (preferred) or do you download and then write?

Currently download, then write.

As for data sizes, NOOBS lite is only 27 MB