Hardware and software needed:
2 MicroSD 16 gb minimum (1 formatted in Fat32, and the other in NTFS)

MicroSD / SD card reader

1 Hub USB

1 USB keyboard / USB mouse

balenaEtcher =>

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Khadas VIM2 Ubuntu Firmware (SD/USB Installation) =>

VIMs_Ubuntu-xenial_Linux- 3.14_mate_arm64_SD-USB_2018-05-31.7z

The Backup of my PK7 (2253 games +10 3D games)=>

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Make a complete backup of your Pandora's Key

7 And Reactivate his Pandora's Key 7 Brick

Mount the image of Khadas VIM2 Ubuntu with balenaEtcher (MicroSD Fat32)

Once the image is mounted, insert the MicroSD in the drive of the Pandora's Key 7, you can present

turn on. Normally Ubuntu must boot from microSD, be patient until you get a messagebox asking

you to put the password which is: khadas.

This messagebox passed made (Ctrl + Alt + t) to open the Terminal.

Now it is necessary to configure the keyboard for those who are in (AZERTY), because by

default it is in (QWERTY), the (QWERTY) skip this step!

Put yourself <root> by entering the command:

su

He then asks you the password:

khadas

=> so (

khqdqs ) for this time!

Then enter:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Then choose the keyboard of your brand or generic, select (French) and validate the rest.

Insert the second MicroSD (Formatted in NTFS, give it a short name Ex: CARDSD) in your player

connected to the Hub. You will understand it is the card that will host the complete Backup of the

partition of the Pandora's Key 7.

Enter the command :

cd /

cd dev

ls

You will see the image below, on which we can see the partition of the PK7 (circled in red)

dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 | gzip -9 > /media/khadas/CARDSD/mmcblk0.gz

Then copy your Backup to a hard drive and keep it safe

Now let's get serious ! ? Enter the following command line to create your backup, it will wait

about 40 minutes (I know it's long, but it's worth it):

Now reverse way, for those who have no boot on their PK7, do exactly the same thing except

the last step which is different, it will enter the command line next :

Sudo gunzip –c /media/khadas/CARDSD/mmcblk0.gz > /dev/mmcblk0

Same punishment! ? 45 minutes to wait, once the transfer is done, remove the MicroSD and restart

your PK7 and enjoy reviewing the logo and then the video intro! You revived your arcade console ?