nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

JohnBrown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:18:33 GMT

Like I said, it's no big deal. Dropbox is probably the ideal place to put the files anyway. My theory is that my phone has a completely different default file manager to the other Android tablet I've been using. Thanks for spending time on this anyway.

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

Stefan Birnir Sverrisson — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:54:34 GMT

Hmm, ok, I think it is an Android dialog actually, which apparently looks different on Android 5.x according to your description. I am glad you are eventually able to load the files in nRFtoolbox. Perhaps there is some sort of incompatibility issue between Dropbox and Android 5 then. did you have latest version of the dropbox app?

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

JohnBrown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:56:09 GMT

Well my phone has Android 5.0.1. I installed File Mamager HD, and now I get a pop up prompt that says "Complete action using" with options of Dropbox or File Manager HD, but it looks completely different from the "Open from" dialog I get with the older version.

I'm wondering if the "Open from" and "Complete action with" prompts are part of the Android file management, and not part of nRF Toolbox?

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

Stefan Birnir Sverrisson — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:21:24 GMT

The "open from" screen should open automatically if you have Android 4.4 or newer, so if you have old Android verison, try to upgrade.

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

Stefan Birnir Sverrisson — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:40:23 GMT

That is strange. I am also using nRFToolbox 1.16.0. When I select the file I select, application, bootloader, softdevice or distribution packet. I select it and press "ok" and then the "open from" screen pops up automatically. There I can choose to open from either dropbox or File Manager HD.

File Manager HD is an app that I installed on the phone in order to browse the file system on the phone. I can put files manually to the phone by connecting it to PC via USB and browsing the file system from on my phone from the PC. I drag and drop the distribution file to the Nordic Semiconductor folder on the phone and then I can fetch it from nRFToolbox by clicking Select file -> choosing type of file -> Choose "File Manager HD" -> Choose "Device" -> Choose "Nordic Semicondutor" folder and there I find the distribution file.

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

JohnBrown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:35:31 GMT

I have an older version(1.14.2) of nRF Toolbox installed on another Android device, and that gives me a screen that says "open from", but on the 1.16.0 on my phone I never see that option.

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

JohnBrown — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 21:45:20 GMT

No. I still can't get out(up a level) from Dropbox. I have tried to do what you have outlined, but I can't get the same results. I never see an option to "Choose a file in . I am still stuck in dropbox. It's not a showstopper, but I would like to be able to use a file from somewhere else!

RE: nRF Toolbox on Android DFU file selection

Stefan Birnir Sverrisson — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:09:31 GMT

Hi John

I dont really understand where you are stuck.

When I fetch file via dropbox, I do the following:

Drag i.e. dfu_test_app_hrm_s110.zip from \nRF51_SDK_9.0.0_2e23562\examples\dfu\ble_dfu_send_hex\test_images_update and into dropbox on my PC
download and install the dropbox app on my Android phone
Open nRFToolbox DFU app, press "Select File", choose "Distribution packet (ZIP)
Select to open file from Dropbox, browse to the Dropbox location and select the dfu_test_app_hrm_s110.zip file
Press "Select device" and select device with the "DfuTarg" name (DfuTarg is the default name for the bootloader in the nRF51 SDK)
Press "Upload" to upload the application to the device via bootloader

Update:

Perhaps I know now what you mean. :)

I could not go up a level either, but when selecting the file in dropbox I had to press the cross in the upper left corner, then select dropbox again and then I could go up one level by pressing the area to the left of the "Choose a file in "

Let me know if that makes sense