To install Android apk files on to the target (in my case Beagleboard)
from a Windows host, we can use USB-OTG along with RNDIS driver. Below
is the procedure:
1. Copy the linux.inf file from the Documentation/usb/ folder of
linux 2.6.x source to a folder on Windows
2. Connect serial port of Beagle board to Windows com port
3. Connect Beagle board to Windows host using USB-OTG
4. Install RNDIS driver using linux.inf file when Windows asks for
the driver for the new hardware
5. Open hyper terminal with configuration of 115200 Baud, 8 bits,
No Parity, 1 Stop Bit & No Flow Control
6. Restart Beagle Board and execute following commands once U-Boot
prompt is up
* # mmc init
* # fatload mmc 0 0x80200000 uImage
* # setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 init=/init root=/
dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext3 rw rootdelay=1 nohz=off'
* # bootm 0x80200000
7. Once kernel comes up configure the usb0 interface on the target
using
* # busybox ifconfig usb0 192.168.10.20 netmask
255.255.255.0 up
8. Configure the new network interface created on the Windows host
with below configuration
* IP: 192.168.10.10, net mask: 255.255.255.0, Gateway:
192.168.10.1, DNS: 192.168.10.10
9. Ping to the target from the host to test the connection
10. Set Windows environment variable from cmd prompt using: set
ADBHOST=192.168.10.20
11. On Windows host go to Android_SDK\tools folder from the cmd
prompt and execute following commands:
* adb kill-server
* adb start-server
* adb install <path of to be installed .apk file>
12. Verify the installed .apk file on the Beagle file system at /
data/app folder
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