How to Install Openpilot on a Leeco Phone by a Noob.
2 min readJul 5, 2021
Beforehand I got my phone from China Android Letv LeEco Le Pro 3 X720 4G LTE 5.5in 32GB OR 64GB ROM 16MP Mobile Phone. It took less than a month for it to arrive here in the states.
Here’s the step by step guide to install Openpilot on a Leeco Noob Edition.
- On your phone got to Settings then About Phone then scroll down to Build and tap 7 times until it says you are in developers mode. Video for reference https://youtu.be/QgtMTUgLWmI?t=10
- Put your phone into fastboot mode holding volume down + power around 10 seconds plus (wait for the buzz) https://youtu.be/0MPv_hSH3hk?t=134
- Download the 15 seconds ADB installer and install https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4623157&d=1540039037 FOLLOW THE VIDEO TO THE END FOR PROPER INSTALLATION https://youtu.be/LbAq6d2Du0U . See forum for details https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/official-tool-windows-adb-fastboot-and-drivers-15-seconds-adb-installer-v1-4-3.2588979/ You might see this, which is different from the video, this is ok too https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/849260306517196800/899080360632152074/unknown.png
- Connect your phone(via a USB-C to USB-A cable) to your computer.
- Download and unzip Platform Tools https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools make sure to unzip to a folder named “platform-tools” https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861519560665726986/asdfasdfsdf.PNG https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.
- Go to “platform-tools” folder then do shift +right click and click “Open Powerhell window here” https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861044653319127070/unknown.png .
- Copy this “ ./fastboot oem unlock-go” and paste in Powershell, then hit ENTER . This will unlock your phone. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861047473240932362/unknown.png .
- Download and extract the “eon-neon-master” zip file from here https://github.com/commaai/eon-neos https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861042274552381450/unknown.png .
- Download & install Python 3.7 https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.6/python-3.7.6rc1-amd64.exe https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/929937069621542922/unknown.png
- Copy “platform tools” folder and paste it inside “eon-neos-master” folder https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861045014859218954/unknown.png .
- While inside “eon-neos-master” folder again do shift + right click then click “Open Powershell window here”.
- Run download.py , copy and paste this “python download.py” in Powershell then hit ENTER. This will take a while since it’s downloading the NEOS image and all the necessary files. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861049068507889664/unknown.png .
- To Allow scripts to be executed copy and paste “Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass” into Powershell then ENTER. Choose Option A then hit ENTER . https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861046094725382164/unknown.png .
- Run flash.ps1, copy and paste “ ./flash.ps1” into Powershell then hit ENTER https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861050496050921496/unknown.png
- Flashing will start, takes about less than 5 minutes. Should look like this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861533915420295198/image0.png
- IMPORTANT! ****************************************************************DO NOT DISCONNECT THE DEVICE WHILE FLASHING YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE ****************************************************************
- Phone will automatically reboots into begin setup screen. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/820905614440005666/861538837394358282/asdfasdfsdaf.PNG
- Proceed and connect to wifi.
- Select Custom Software
- In the URL type “https://openpilot.comma.ai” this will install Openpilot
- Accord peeps here’s my fork url “https://smiskol.com/fork/eyezenheim”
- And you are done.