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Thank you for your reply, Werner. As I mentioned, all firmware versions from the very old ones to the latest are already installed. Since then, after some trial and error, I have confirmed that it works by building the RELEASE as resolute. The command I used for the build is as follows: ./compile.sh BOARD='nanopi-r5c' BRANCH=edge RELEASE=resolute DISABLE_IPV6=no EXTRAWIFI=yes BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no PREFER_DOCKER=no CONSOLE_AUTOLOGIN=no && pigz -9 -v output/images/*r5c*.img

I had encountered the same problem.Official images' driver were too old and customized.That means you can't change the DE easily.Have a try on Armbian Edge(mainline panthor instead) or build an Orange Pi OS by yourself.Github link.

@qq20739111 I have this patch included in my latest build. I wonder if this will change the cooling and performance. I'll release a test image so you can perform a benchmark on it. I only have a heat sink and fan for the A7A right now. https://github.com/radxa/allwinner-device/commit/7716c3aacfe0ca4432ad3973ec7ea864d2b91195

Excuse me for asking, I'm a total noob when it comes to TV boxes. But how do I install this on a ROM? I have an Android TV ROM that works fine but without Wi-Fi.

No, just plain 100MBps eth.

@jock hi, I have the same box same prb, I used your multitool , same prb black screen like images from ophub, or I created IMG multitool in wrong way, I'm newby in this, plz I want a step by step. Or tutorial I will thankfull Have a good day

@Nick A I didn't compile the image myself; I downloaded yours directly. What I meant is that when I running a CPU benchmark program, with all 8 cores fully loaded, the score using your image is about 30% higher than with the official image. However, the CPU temperature is also higher, even though I'm using the exact same cooling setup. By the way, that official heatsink seems to be out of stock now.

Any suggestions?

@Sergioclr you need to extract your Device Tree DTS. Does your box have gigabit Ethernet?

I used the one from github link shared before - dq08_ha_supervised_3.0.0_r2.img But wifi, bt and remote controler are not working afterwards. USBs seem to work fine - screenshots from HomeAssistant. I have 3 of those LinknLink iSG boxes. First one went perfect, second one was flashing there and back, eventually got it working. 3rd one is still giving me troubles 🤷‍♂️😅

Good morning. Results (link above): 1) Image built upon the above link=fail 2) Placing "+CONFIG_SPL_IMAGE_TYPE_SUNXI_TOC0=y" in ~/build/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/board_x96q/arm64-sun1-h313-addr-x96q-lpddr3-defconfig.patch , adding secure-boot.patch and ~/build/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/board_x96q/sunsi-add-h616-internal-eth-phy-support.patch left untouched equals successful boot but, still, no ethernet Thanks in advance.

I usually use Falkon in a Plasma environment with Wayland backend.

@qq20739111 The only change I can think of is the Thermal Governor is set to STEP_WISE by default. Without it the fan would run full speed all the time. Radxa had it set to CONFIG_THERMAL_DEFAULT_GOV_POWER_ALLOCATOR=y . I guess it would be safer to switch back to POWER_ALLOCATOR and figure another way to fix the fan issue. The 0.6.x images don't have these changes. Is this an image you compiled yourself? The CPU needs proper cooling you should install one of these. https://radxa.com/products/accessories/heatsink-6530b Extreme throttling introduced on A733 https://forum.radxa.com/t/extreme-throttling-introduced-on-a733/30688/4

Thx 2, but how do we go there from the boards page, these days!? After not been around for a while I'm happy to find out that Igor still (re)-supports the Espressobin board. Though the homepage had been redesigned heavily I was missing e.g. the links to the adapted u-boot files, rescue stuff, etc. - thx

@Nick A hi, I noticed a big difference in my tests on A7Z. The official image runs cool at 60°C, but your image boosts performance by roughly 30% while hitting 90°C. Did you apply an overclock, or is the stock image just limiting the potential?

Thank you very much for your reply! Which gstreamer based browser, as I tried epiphany in noble and it didn't seem to work.

I've found these firmware.Maybe they are helpful? nvram_ap6611s.txt clm_syn43711a0.blob SYN43711A0.hcd fw_syn43711a0_sdio.bin

I am not sure if it is a configuration error on my side or intended behaviour, but I am getting apticron emails about armbian-config almost daily due to releases being made by CI/CD. Is there a "release" branch I could switch to to make it stop? Or do I need to blacklist armbian-config from apticron reports? Thanks!

You are not using Armbian. This is a fork of Armbian which uses our name without permission and they do not contribute to the core development process. They trick you into thinking that you will get some sort of support at this place which isn't the case. We do not support 3rd party forks.

Hello. I'm running Armbian on a Ugoos AM3 TV box. I downloaded the Armbian_26.05.0_amlogic_s912_bookworm_6.18.20_server_2026.04.01.img.gz image from https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases/download/Armbian_bookworm_arm64_server_2026.04/ Armbian_26.05.0_amlogic_s912_bookworm_6.18.20_server_2026.04.01.img.gz I'm using an 8GB USB flash drive. I formatted the flash drive to FAT32. I burned the image to the flash drive using Win32 Disk Imager. After burning the image, I found the u-boot-s905x-s912.bin file in the root directory of the flash drive and renamed it to u-boot.ext. In the /dtb/amlogic/ directory, I found the meson-gxm-ugoos-am3.dtb file and edited the path in the extlinux/extlinux.conf file in the FDT line. The resulting line was: FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-ugoos-am3.dtb I connected a monitor via HDMI to the TV box, a network via Ethernet, a USB keyboard, and inserted a USB flash drive into the TV box. Armbian loaded normally. I followed the steps to create a user and install locales. No network setup messages appeared during setup. After setup and booting, I ran the command as the user ip a I saw that the TV Box hadn't received an IP address. I tried running the command sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager , but the IP address didn't appear. I turned off the TV Box using the command sudo poweroff. I disconnected the USB flash drive and booted into the TV Box in Android (I'm using a slimBox). I checked the network in Android—both Ethernet and WiFi were working. I switched the WiFi status in Android to off, and then re-enabled the WiFi. I inserted the USB flash drive with Armbian into the TV Box and booted into Armbian—the Ethernet network was working. I tried shutting down the system using the command sudo poweroff. I disconnected the TV Box from the power supply. After that, I booted the TV Box into Armbian again—both Ethernet and WiFi were still not working. If I re-enable the network in Android, the Ethernet will work again until the power is cut off. I tried using the dtb files meson-gxm-q201.dtb and meson-gxm-q200.dtb, but the Ethernet also doesn't work after a power outage. My TV box uses an LTM8830 WiFi module and an Amlogic S912 ARM Cortex-A53 processor. RAM is 2 GB.

Hey @rosic thank you for sharing, nice find as well. What image did you use to flash to emmc? After rebooting my filesystem is read only and I can't update packages.

Hi all, I finally could get 4GB in my Transpeed M98 Plus. For everyone that have this same problem, the solution is just use a patch to change 2 archives, the "configs/transpeed-8k618-t_defconfig" and the include/configs/sunxi-common.h to define the maximum dram to 4GB instead 2GB. Just put the patch in build/patch/u-boot/u-boot-aw before the compilation process. To be honest I don't know how Nick could put his box to work with 4GB, because the sunxi-common.h fix in 2GB the maximum amount of dram, #define PHYS_SDRAM_0_SIZE 0x80000000 /* 2 GiB */ instead of #define PHYS_SDRAM_0_SIZE 0x100000000ULL /* 4 GiB */. 174-define-DRAM_MAX_SIZE-to-4GB.patch

@Sergioclr Try this build. If Ethernet works then we can borrow the dts settings.

What do I do here? My box has no keys period save the reset button. I searched for the issue in this thread and didn't find anything, or in the internet at large. I have no remote for it (And it doesn't have bluetooth to start with) and usb devices didn't work, so that's not it either.

The Orange Pi CM4 isn’t as widely supported in Armbian as some other boards yet, so support can be a bit limited depending on what you’re trying to do. Your best bet is to check the Armbian download page or forums for any community builds, as some users have shared working images or tweaks. Otherwise, you may need to use the official Orange Pi OS or adapt an existing Armbian image with some manual configuration.