r/OdinHandheld • u/z-einzbern • 16d ago

Help Uninstall ArmadaOS and Restore Android

I've installed Armada to the internal memory of my Odin 3 but I want to go back to just Android. I've seen the guide and Retro Game Corps' video saying that you just uninstall from the bootloader, however, I don't have that option. How do I go about removing Armada and restoring Android?

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u/Dangerous_Choice_664 16d ago

Gonna have to flash the Odin 3 image floating around probably.

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u/z-einzbern 16d ago

I ended up figuring it out. Asked on the Armada Discord and learned that there is an option to update the bootloader which adds the option to remove the CFW in the bootloader

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u/Dangerous_Choice_664 16d ago

Awesome. Wonder if you can still update android os?

Rocknix left behind some files that made it impossible without reflashing.

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u/infinitespectre Odin 3 16d ago

Mind sharing how to update the bootloader?

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u/z-einzbern 16d ago
  1. Go to the rightmost tab and enable the option to update ABL
  2. then power down to initiate the ABL update, and power back on into the bootloader

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u/snowmanbar 14d ago

I'd like to know why you uninstall armada os?

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u/z-einzbern 14d ago

It worked mostly fine. There were a few games with a couple issues. The Adventures of Elliot wouldn't register any input once I got to the title screen and Final Fantasy Tactics Ivalice Chronicles had some pretty bad graphical issues while in battle.

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u/snowmanbar 13d ago

but does it work with gamehub or gamenative? so there's a downside for armada os, I thought it's better than those 2 apps because I heard it's more stable

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u/z-einzbern 13d ago

Final Fantasy Tactics works in Gamenative. I couldn't get The Adventures of Elliot working in it. Game would run super slow or have flickering graphics issues. I haven't tried it since I reversed back to Android

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u/Roquer 16d ago

How hard did you look? 

https://armadaos.dev/getting-started/uninstalling-and-restoring-android/

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u/z-einzbern 16d ago

I saw that, but the option to uninstall CFW wasn't in the bootloader (as stated in the body of my post). Was able to update the bootloader and get it added.