me176c-boot 0.3.0

Tip: Using the ASUS stock charger for offline mode charging is a great way to be able to charge at any time, even when the current ROM is in a non-bootable state. It also charges a bit more efficiently than the LineageOS ROM.

me176c-boot 0.3.0 contains major improvements and new features in all three of its components. Some of the new features will be required for future versions of the LineageOS ROM, however, booting the stock ROM is still supported.

• me176c-bootstrap 0.3.0:
  • Moved some device specific code from the kernel to the bootloader
    • Technical details: https://github.com/me176c-dev/me176c-acpi#global-nvs-area
• android-efi 0.3.0:
  • Added option to load additional init ramdisks (initrd)
• systemd-boot-me176c 241.0:
  • Updated to systemd-boot v241
  • Added custom "android" loader type that makes it possible to write nicer boot configurations using android-efi
    • Example: https://github.com/me176c-dev/android-efi#systemd-boot

Note: If you have been using the stock offline charger option of me176c-boot, you will need to re-install it after installing this update.

me176c-boot 0.2.0

• Redesigned charger detection: There is now an additional charger boot option that is automatically selected when the device is started due to charger insertion.
  • This allows customizing the boot target in this situation. Examples:
    • Boot into charger from stock ROM while having a custom ROM installed (in my experience it still charges slightly better with less heat): See "Using the stock charger".
    • Always boot into main OS: See "Booting into main OS on charger insertion"
• android-efi 0.2.0:
  • Boot Android images from files instead of just partitions.
  • Pass additional kernel parameters
• systemd-boot-me176c 239.0:
  • Boot images from other partitions on the internal storage.
    • This is mainly useful for dual booting, because the main EFI System Partition (ESP) is very limited in its size (only 16 MB).

me176c-boot 0.1.0

Initial release