Force recovery mode in AGX Orin during reflashing

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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I have a Jetson AGX Orin 32GB developer kit running jetpack 5.1.12 . i need to upgrade my device to jetpack 6.1 to use ubuntu 22.04. I followed as per the steps here NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX - JetPack 5.0.2 - Getting Started - Installing Jetpack.

But when coming to step3 where i need to flash my device, at first I followed manual setup with keeping the jetson turned off and connected the usb-c port in the side where the device has 40 pin header to the host machine . Then i pressed and hold recovery button and pressed the reset button and releasing the recovery button. But the board is not detected by the host and similar case happened when i followed automatic setup.

Then I connected the power supply using the power adapter , keeping the usb -c port connected to the host. I could see my board gets detected by the host and it is put into automatic setup by default. Now, is it safe to click the flash option as my device with jetpack 5.1.12 is running on the other side. Or should i put the device to recovery mode and do it.

If so, how to put my device into recovery mode when the power is turned on and also is it safe to put my device into recovery mode when already an OS with jetpack 5.1.12 running on the device, as soon as it gets powered.

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Then i pressed and hold recovery button and pressed the reset button and releasing the recovery button.

Just to clarify. To enter recovery mode,

  1. If the board was not powered on, you need to hold recovery button and then press the power button.

  2. If the board was already powered on, then you need to hold recovery button and then press reset button.

Basically the logic here is you need to try to reboot the device. If it does not boot yet, then you need to power on it. If it is already booted, then of course you need to press reset.

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Is this the procedure for manual or automatic setup?

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Manual setup and automatic setup are just something for sdkmanager. What I am talking about is how to enter recovery mode. It has nothing related to them.

No matter what manual or automatic setup you are using, you have to enter recovery mode before flashing.

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