Pi SD Card Imager

- September 15, 2017

Everyone

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Description

Prepare bootable SD cards for your Raspberry Pi direct on your phone - no storage needed.

- No PC required !
- Write Raspbian NOOBS & LibreELEC (KODI) SD cards without root (android 5.0+)
- Can write other OS if rooted
- Can use internal / external SD card or USB card reader
- Write while downloading - doesn't use up GBs of space of phone
- Safe - by default does not delete files on SD
- Read/backup SD card (this feature needs root)

Can automatically download, and install OS to SD/USB

More details:

- Download OS images direct in the app
- Write Raspbian NOOBS / KODI SD cards without root
- Write SD Card direct from custom .img file or zipped .img (root)
- Backup SD card direct to a compressed zip file (root)

No root required for:

-Writing NOOBS based OS to SD Cards (NOOBS / NOOBS Lite / PINN / BerryBoot /LibreLEC KODI )
-Downloading OS files

Root required for:

- Backing up SD card to a zipped .img file
- Writing custom OS .img to SD Cards

Recommended to use an OTG USB cable and a USB card reader.

Twitter: @mikered

Reviews

3.5

122 total

5 62

4 10

3 11

2 3

1 36

Slim Jim

no mount Unable to select usb storage to mount

Jessie Miner

Couldn't download the zip file on its own but downloading it in my phone then using this to toss it on the sd card worked as intended, pc died so this was my only option and worked as intended

Ryder C.

This saved me.

Iskate549

It works perfectly thank you so much

Matthew Finlayson

Really great. For those complaining about root access. Just install noobs (doesn't require root) then plug your SD into your pi and install whatever you want on the pi itself

Tichun

Raspbian Lite always fails at 87%. If (other) image download is initiated before connecting to network and having old files from failed installs it makes pi stuck at vpu bootimage.

User reviews

Slim Jim September 15, 2017

no mount Unable to select usb storage to mount

Jessie Miner September 8, 2017

Couldn't download the zip file on its own but downloading it in my phone then using this to toss it on the sd card worked as intended, pc died so this was my only option and worked as intended

Ryder C. August 30, 2017

This saved me.

Iskate549 September 12, 2017

It works perfectly thank you so much

Matthew Finlayson July 19, 2017

Really great. For those complaining about root access. Just install noobs (doesn't require root) then plug your SD into your pi and install whatever you want on the pi itself

Tichun July 26, 2017

Raspbian Lite always fails at 87%. If (other) image download is initiated before connecting to network and having old files from failed installs it makes pi stuck at vpu bootimage.

Ryan McWayne May 18, 2017

Works great on rtd S4. Surprisingly quick too. Fun sampling OS's. Would be nice to upload other OS...maybe you already can?? Either way, Im satisfied.

Zachary Bonjour July 4, 2017

I normally don't rate apps, but this one surprised me. Worked perfectly! No root needed!

da A May 4, 2017

Thanks works well saved me a lot of time with manual install of image files.

Hax4us July 19, 2017

I don't know it is working for pi or not...but it is not working for my Asus Tinker Board....I flashed my TinkerOs.img file by this app...but after inserting SD into Asus Tinker Board .....not booting....

Technical boy July 3, 2017

Does not work in non rooted device

Christina Phillips June 1, 2017

Can't download ANY os or image to my SD card at all. Not NOOBS or Ubuntu or any other. What's going on? I thought I don't need root to write.

Mike Redrobe June 8, 2017

You are using older android 4.4 - writing to sd was restricted on that version. Modern versions 5.0+ have a different permission system and can write to SD without root.

Nick Post June 30, 2017

Needs a rooted phone to write .img to sd card. Tough to navigate this software. PC is required to root phone, better off using software on computer.

Mike Redrobe July 6, 2017

NOOBS based images can be written without root.

Miriam Rogers May 28, 2017

Cant write to SD card..no permission?

Harshvardhan vaidya June 20, 2017

Worked well..saved my day

Kahra Loding August 25, 2017

Easy to use and you can flash your own image

Shuncey Balba June 24, 2017

Wasted time searching on the internet and finally found this app thank you =)

damavox April 15, 2017

Did not work. Has a Java.io pipe error

John Passero April 14, 2017

Used before recent update on rooted 4.4.2 device. I installed Noobs lite. Took sd card out, put into pi 3. Let it self install, then chose raspbian with pixel and libreELEC. Both installed flawlessly. Couldn't have asked for more.

David Laidlaw April 12, 2017

Unable to find Ubuntu Mate OS as your Read More shows page 2 Why ???

Mike Redrobe April 13, 2017

Latest version of the app can now install ubuntu without root.

Mike Stanford April 1, 2017

Usually works but as of late I've had trouble not being able to Img any cards. Says OK I do my usual routine of waiting a minute or so after its completed then unmount and insert into 1 of my many pi but for some reason the last 20 odd times I've tried with new and old cards it just corrupts them... I'm using a galaxy note 4 existing and freshly downloaded Img all give same result :-/

April 1, 2017

Great app! A couple button presses and you have a fully functional sdcard with os for a pi!

Martin Zink March 25, 2017

Thanks, it saved me the trouble finding a micro SD card adapter

Hideous Penguinboy March 20, 2017

Pretty intuitive. Just click, click, click, and my SD card is working on my Pi exactly as intended. This saved my bacon as I had no access to SD card readers!

wood land Nut March 16, 2017

Great app.now if only there was a way to update my offline pi with an android app. Aptonandroid or something

Robin Huston March 18, 2017

Wow very impressed!

Kosyne KT March 9, 2017

Seemed to work, said it flashed the image fine, but the Pi would not boot with it.

Mike A March 9, 2017

OK so how does this work if your sd is not fat formatted

Espen Mjøs March 7, 2017

Link for downloading full NOOBS broken

oscar figueroa March 8, 2017

Perfect for people that don't have personal computers. Got me started 😉

Homicidal Turkey March 1, 2017

Just what i needed

February 24, 2017

It sucks it crashes every time to write btw i am root i would rate it 0 stars

Mike Redrobe February 24, 2017

You're using older Android 4.4, which has limited functionality with SD cards compared to recent android phones 5.0 onwards. If rooted it should be still be able to use all features though.

santhu kumar February 4, 2017

Install only noobs lite. You can install other os after connecting to internet via pi

Marlon Truscott February 7, 2017

Brilliant app, got my pi running using my phone to write sd image.

Ayush kulshrestha January 29, 2017

Bakwas

Akshit Garg January 17, 2017

Nice work But update the distros daily...

Oinkers Bacon January 9, 2017

It Does What It Is Supposed To You can select from the images in the app or use your own. It can install an OS straight to any SD card I can connect to my phone. The app doesn't crash when you tell it to install. It "crashing" is actually it trying to tell you your SD card isnt big enough. (It doesn't crash, it pulls up your devices storage). Don't let idiots that don't know tech drive you away from this app. It works GREAT!

Helen Welburn January 13, 2017

Works ok all on phone I was able to get started straightaway without needing my Mac - clicked NOOBS lite and chose my SD card then write SD. Couldn't use read/backup function though as my phone isn't rooted

January 7, 2017

Just right for the job My PC has not a SD card reader. This app saved me the day

Joe December 31, 2016

Usefulness severely limited This couldnt find my usb OTG sdcard writer, so unfortunately that makes it no use to me (and I suspect most other potential users). Do suggest putting in the effort to support OTG. :) Reply to your reply: no I couldn't, and i think i know why. You are not using the inbui!t android file chooser, which provides the option to enable usb otg drives for the invoking app. See Asus File Manager for example of this flow. Switch your handrolled file chooser for the system one? I'm on android 6

Mike Redrobe February 9, 2017

This does now use android's file chooser on android 5.0 +