Curated Video Tutorials & Teardowns

Visual walkthroughs are often the best way to understand hardware teardowns, test point shorting, and flashing procedures. Here is a curated selection of community video guides.

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1. Complete Flashing & Debian Walkthrough

A comprehensive walkthrough detailing how to extract stock firmware, enter fastboot mode, flash lk2nd and Debian OpenStick, and SSH into the terminal.

Have a great YouTube or Bilibili tutorial you’ve published? Submit a pull request to add your video here!

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2. Hardware Teardown, Test Points & Unbricking

Watch how to safely open the plastic enclosure without snapping the clips, identify the eMMC chip markings, and locate the EDL test points to recover from a soft-brick.

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3. Soldering 1.8V UART & External Antenna Mods

Step-by-step soldering tutorial demonstrating how to attach fine magnet wire to 1.8V UART pads and solder an IPEX/u.FL RF pigtail for high-gain 4G antennas.

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4. Bilibili Community Video Showcase

For community members following tutorials on Bilibili, our responsive video player supports direct Bilibili embeds:

import VideoEmbed from '../../components/VideoEmbed.astro';

<VideoEmbed
  platform="bilibili"
  id="BV1xx411c7mD"
  title="MSM8916 OpenStick Flashing Tutorial on Bilibili"
/>

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How to Add Your Video to this Library

We welcome video creators! To add your video:

1. Open this page in GitHub by clicking “Edit this page” below.
2. Add a new section with your video’s title, a brief 2-sentence summary of what viewers will learn, and the <VideoEmbed platform="youtube|bilibili" id="..." /> tag.
3. Submit your pull request!