./compile.sh build BOARD=x96q-tvbox BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm

Minimal/Server

./compile.sh build BOARD=x96q-tvbox BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm

Can I install armbialn bookworm on  x96qpro+ h728?

Steps:

1. on android become developer

2. enable oem bootloader unlocking in developer options

3. adb reboot bootloader

4. fastboot oem unlock

5. reboot, the system will be wiped clean

6. install Magisk apk from github releases

7. get Teclast T60 AI firmware from their site it contains Firmware.img

8. ./sunxi-fw extract -n "wty:init_boot.fex" -o stock_init_boot.img Firmware.img

9. transfer to device and patch with Magisk app

10. adb reboot bootloader

11. fastboot flash init_boot_a /path/to/magisk_patched_init_boot.img
12. fastboot flash init_boot_b /path/to/magisk_patched_init_boot.img

13. fastboot reboot

Now do people know about what needs to be done to get xfce with armbian booted on this apparatus?? I think I need better AI agent for this than Deepseek as it is a bit sloppy as usual, Gemini Pro 2.5+ or some Claude probably. I ended up battling with this for a few days.

I have an Allwinner H313 (confirmed) box that I want to to use as a basic Samba server.

 CPU:Allwinner H313Quad Core ARM Cortex A53 
 GPU:Mali-G31 OPenGL ES3.2
 Memory:2GB
 Flash:16GB
 OS:Android 10.0

The actual firmware is a secure image and, no matter what procedure I do, I can't  load any other image but

the secure one.

Debugging shows that 'fastbootd' has the "secure" flag set.

My intention is to create a  basic secure arm64 Debian image but I am having a hard time in doing so.

Any ideas (specific Wiki, procedures) on how to create the secure image or "reset" the "secure" flag will be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance. 

I recently I bought a TV box with an h618 processor And I want to install Linux to make it a server but I only find images for the h616 processor, can I install one of these images on my TV box? It seems that the h616 processor and the h618 procesador are almost the same

Thanks :D

I know there are other versions without UART ports, mine was lucky enough to have them. 

To build this image (adjust the compile command to your liking)
 

git clone https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build
cd armbian-build
git checkout MXQ-PRO
./compile.sh build BOARD=mxqpro-h313 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=cinnamon DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base EXPERT=yes KERNEL_BTF=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no KERNEL_GIT=shallow RELEASE=bookworm

Prebuilt Images

Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Mxqpro_bookworm_current_6.12.65_cinnamon_desktop.img

Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Mxqpro_bookworm_current_6.12.65_minimal.img


Unfortunately this board was already flashed with MiniArch by the time i got it, so i was unable to get the original DTB. Therefore, wifi does not work

Is someone able to get the DTB from this board so we can get wifi working?

I noticed that x96q lpddr v1.3 is now an official (or something close to that) release, as it appears on the main page when searching. I used to use @sicxnull fork but now I have the impression that his changes were incorporated and he is the official maintainer of this device. I installed the Armbian 26.02 in an SD card and tested it in my X96Q lpddr v1.3 device and it works great!

The problem is when I installed it to the internal eMMC, it will not boot anymore. I have the serial cable attached and I can see that very very early in the boot process u-boot cannot read from flash and the boot hangs.

I know this has been discussed to some extent in another thread but I wanted to start fresh on this one since now we're talking about the Armbian official release and not the fork anymore. My intent with this thread is focus exclusively on fixing eMMC on the official release.

My tests:

Test 1

Download latest release, from here, more specifically this one. Direct link to the image here (name: Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.858_X96q_resolute_current_6.18.27_xfce_desktop.img.xz). Write to SD card using balena etcher, boot in my x96q device. It works well, boots through the initialization process, create user account, etc. The, run armbian-install and install it to internal eMMC. Remove SD card. Reboot. It will not boot, with the following error:

Trying to boot from MMC2
MMC Device 1 not found
spl: could not find mmc device 1. error: -19
SPL: failed to boot from all boot devices
### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###

Booting from SD card again, re-running the installer and forcing to update the eMMC bootloader does not help.

Test 2

I swapped only u-boot for the one from miniarch/minimyth2 project, compiled for the same hardware.

Miniarch project can be found here. An image that works on this hardware (in my specific device) can be found here, more specifically this one. This image works well, and it also works well when installed to eMMC. The reason I don't use it is that I prefer Ubuntu over Arch, which I can get with Armbian instead.

Download that image, and extract the file u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin from the first partition of that image. I used unxz + losetup + loopback mount the image's first partition in linux, but it may be easier for you to just write that image to an SD card, then copy the file from it. It is in the first partition in the path /bootloader/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin. Copy it to a usb stick and plug it into the x96q device or scp it directly.

Now, boot the x96q with the SD card, go through all initial setup. Run armbian-install, and install it to eMMC. Finish the installer (quit).

Copy the file you extracted from miniarch to the booted system in x96q (using the usb stick or scp'ing it directly). Overwrite the file with the same name at /usr/lib/linux-u-boot-current-x96q/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin with the new one.

Run the armbian-install command again, this time chose to update the bootloader in the eMMC.

Mount the eMMC temporarily at /mnt and edit the /mnt/boot/armbianEnv.txt file, add this line: 

fdtfile=allwinner/sun50i-h313-x96q-lpddr3.dtb

This is because the hardcoded path for the DTD file in miniarch is different from the one from armbian, so you need to override it. It can also be done in realtime on the u-boot boot prompt if you have serial cable attached.

Reboot, remove the SD card and let it boot from the eMMC. It should work, now you have a working Armbian on the eMMC.

This will get undone if the bootloader is updated again with the original one (and is not meant as a permanent fix).

Thoughts

Miniarch uses 2025.04 u-boot while Armbian x96q board is using 2024.01 but I'm not sure this is really relevant. My guess is that the difference is in some of the patches they apply and not in the improvements of this new version of u-boot itself. But I could be wrong.

You can find the list of patches that miniarch applies over to stock u-boot here. Many of those patches do not exist in Armbian. I wonder if it is any of those that is making the difference.

Question to @sicxnull: do you have a good idea of what is going on and have any direction for further testing? I wanted to ask before I start applying the extra patches one by one, that would take quite some time.

Thanks!

dumped dtb and boot.img and bootloader.img: https://we.tl/t-xp8WGoP80f

bootik316.txt

Mostly just for fun. I really doubt it would be an improvement to have Linux on a projector, with most likely missing hardware decoding of codecs and other things, rather than having the original Android.

However, I haven't really found any information about the H713 chip in any of the different forums with Linux on Arm.  

Have any of you any information or think that it would be a fun project? If so, please respond.

I leave my pictures below, and my specs:

CPU: Alwinner H313
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
PCB: Z01S-v13.3, 2025.05.20
OS: Android 7-8 ish

 

This repository contains my working port for Linux kernel 6.12 and newer, with updated mac80211/cfg80211 integration so the driver can build and run on recent Armbian systems.

The chipset is commonly used in many low-cost TV boxes and embedded devices, but the original driver only supported legacy kernels (4.4).

Now it’s functional again on modern systems, at least on my tested hardware (Allwinner H616 / X96 Q via SDIO).

Repository link:
https://github.com/cdhigh/armbian_sv6256p

I’m quite excited to finally see this old Wi-Fi chip working on a 6.x kernel 🙂
 

[    4.774151] ssv6x5x: importing configuration from /lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-wifi.cfg
[    4.778281] tu_ssv6xxx_sdio_init, probe @(____ptrval____)
[    4.779483] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: Probing SDIO bus
[    4.779513] ssv6xxx_set_sdio_clk: set sdio clk 25000000Hz
[    4.799668] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: vendor = 0x3030 device = 0x3030
[    4.825421] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020
[    4.849181] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020
[    4.849530] TU_SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc3:0001:1: CHIP ID: SSV6006C0
[    4.850373] ssv6x5x ops chk: tx=1 start=1 stop=1 config=1 add_if=1 rm_if=1 conf_filter=1 wake_txq=1
[    4.850402] ssv6x5x chanctx chk: any=1 all=0 emulate=1 add=1 rm=1 chg=1 assign=0 unassign=0
[    4.850409] ssv6x5x chanctx ops set but not complete
[    4.850424] Attach SSV6006 family HAL function
[    4.858285] MAC address from e-fuse
[    4.858311] EFUSE configuration
[    4.858315] Read efuse chip identity[79000000]

ip link show:
6: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

model name: tx 10 pro.

i want to install ARMbian on it. there is a reset button under the av port.

it has 2 gb of ram and 4 gb of rom (though the internet says 8G ram and 128G rom, also the android ui too).

i have enabled both usb debugging and oem unlocking from the android developer option menu.

the tv box can go to recovery mode using adb command. until going to the recovery mode, the adb connects perfectly but whenever it goes into recovery mode, the adb cant connect to the tv box.

it consists option for fastboot inside the recovery mode but whenever i try to apply any command (e.g. fastboot/adb) the tv box doesnt show up among the devices when the device is in recovery mode.

As there is no zip file for direct linux installation that i can use with flash from usb option.

and the reset button beneath the av port does nothing, ive tried to flash multiple ARMbian Img files using both rufus and etcher but the screen just goes black whenever i press and hold the reset button beneath the av port. there is no option to install twrp as neither adb nor fastboot can connect whenever the device is in recovery mode. what to do?

I’ve cross-flashed a MXQ 4K 5G (Allwinner sun8iw7p1 / H3) firmware onto a different H3-based TV box. Everything works surprisingly well, except for the IR Power-On/Wakeup.

Since the hardware is different, my box's IR receiver is sending a scancode that the MXQ firmware doesn't recognize as the "Wakeup" key.

Because this is an Allwinner (sunxi) build and not Rockchip, I know I can't just edit a remote.conf file in the system partition to fix the cold-boot power button.

My questions:

Where exactly is the Hardcoded IR Wakeup/Power-on scancode stored in these Phoenix-style Allwinner images?

Is it buried in the Device Tree Blob (DTB) under a specific IR controller node, or is it hardcoded in the U-Boot/SPL?

If I unpack the boot.img or kernel, what hex patterns should I search for to find the Power-key scancode table?

If anyone has experience patching the primary boot scancode for sun8i chips, I’d love some guidance on which partition/file to hex-edit.

Thanks!

I have a TV Box labeled “In Xplus”, running on an Allwinner H313 (most likely a generic/rebranded device).

I was able to install Linux on it using Armbian 26.2.0-trunk (Trixie). The system boots normally, but I’m facing network issues:

- Wi-Fi is not working (no interface detected)
- Ethernet is also not working (only interface is lo)

So basically, the system runs fine, but I have no network connectivity at all.

My questions:
- Is this a current limitation of Armbian support for the H313?
- Is there any specific DTB or patch that could fix Wi-Fi/Ethernet?
- Is there a more stable Armbian version or another distro with better support?
- Has anyone managed to get networking working on this chip?

Any help or shared experience would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Q17 android tv box = Tanix TX11 android tv box = Q1 android tv box        .... Works

but ≠ X96Q android tv box      AND     ≠ Tanix TX1 android tv box     .... It doesn't work

current system firmware: Android 14

specs:

- ARM Cortex-A53 - 32 bit

- Mali-G31

- Allwinner H313

- arm,sun50iw9p1

4 GB RAM DDR3

32 GB HDD

model = "sun50iw9";
    compatible = "arm,sun50iw9p1";

Anything that does not work is not booted by the device

I got it from https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099525915611

the specs are
CPU: Allwinner H313 Quad Core ARM Cortex A53
GPU: G31 OPenGL3.2
OS: Android 10.0
RAM: 1GB/2GB
ROM: 8GB/16GB
Wi-Fi version: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Resolution standard: 4K
 

How would I go about installing this.

I read that bigtreetech-cb1 works, but no wifi. Is this the best option?

My dts file can be downloaded by url below
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SZ6bRcxhPlqeblpoxxSb9PELKUIWABQN
OR
https://disk.yandex.com/d/tJ1GpInvt8dMUw

Tanix TX6S firmware 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CJEsZ6jdRGFC7XpOFVp8eG-DO0tbrOOb

Does anyone have any advice on how to get Armbian running on this device. 

I am comeplety new to Armbian. Is there a generic Allwinner H6 image that I need to modify?

Any advice pls?

Thanks

I have big problem 

I have tv box Transpeed-H616_

I update with orange pi 

But i can't back to old firmware 

I am looking for help to boot Armbian on a generic TV Box sold as "MXQ Pro 4K 5G". I have tried multiple images (including official and community builds from sicXnull), but I only get a black screen or signal loss immediately after the boot attempt.

Device Specifications:

Model on case: MXQ Pro 4K 5G

Board ID: IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1

SoC: Allwinner H313 (identified as sun50iw9p1 in Android)

RAM: 1GB (Single chip configuration)

Storage: 8GB eMMC

Current Status: I am able to boot into the stock Android. To attempt the Armbian boot, I am using the reboot update command from a terminal emulator within Android.

The issue: Upon executing the reboot command, the Android system shuts down, the display signal cuts off (or stays black), and the device never initializes Armbian (no HDMI output, no LEDs blinking differently).

What I have tried:

Builds from sicXnull repository (Kernel 6.x).

Ophub community builds (H616/H313 variants).

I have updated the extlinux.conf / uEnv.txt to point to the sun50i-h313-x96-q-lpddr3.dtb (and others like x96-mate), but the result is always the same failure to initialize.

Has anyone successfully booted this specific board revision (IK316Q_V4.1)? Is there a specific bootloader argument or a different DTB required for this MXQ clone?

Photos of the board are attached. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/AjGX6Fv

I have installed linux-headers-edge-sunxi64_25.05.0-trunk_arm64__6.12.11 from the same repository.

I'm trying to build a custom module to get the LCD working but I keep coming up against a Exec Format Error which implies a mismatch between the build version and the installed version. But I can't find the cause. I have been following the build instructions for tm16xx-display which hasn't been a smooth process. I've had to remove some forward slashes in the Makefile so it would find the drivers/auxdisplay folder and the line-display.mod.c file it created had entries with multiple double quotes that caused errors. I had to change ""LINEDISP"" to "'LINEDISP'" before it would build. I should also mention I have previously tried OpenVFD and come up with the exact same issue so I don't think it's related to tm16xx.

uname - r

6.12.11-edge-sunxi64

Vermagic of the module

6.12.11-edge-sunxi64 SMP preempt mod_unload aarch64

uname -a

Linux x98h 6.12.11-edge-sunxi64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 23 11:23:05 EST 2025 aarch64 GNU/LINUX

I have little experience with building things in Linux. Am I missing something simple?

Is "PREEMPT" listed in all caps in uname -a an issue when the vermagic line is lower case?

What about mod_unload?

Any other ideas? I've been googling all day and got nowhere. Most results show different version between uname and vermagic which isn't the case here as far as I can tell. I guess I just need to know if it's possible to build custom modules with armbian images or if it's something that just doesn't work and I should forget about it.

Thanks.

T95zPlus-h618

eth ---ok

usb0&1 ---ok

wifi&bt ---ok

3.5mm headphone ---ok

hdmi&hdmi codec ---ok

ir ---ok

https://github.com/LYU4662/t95zplus-h618-build.git

I have an IK316-EMCP_v4.1 board, and I need to install Armbian on it. But there is no information on the internet about this card. 

If you have any information on how I can install Armbian, or any other Linux distro on this board, please let me know.

https://github.com/paolosabatino/ssv6x5x/tree/master

or build from old kernel 4.4.x

I have a Multilaser tablet with the Allwinner A50 chip and I wanted to compile a DTB file for it, so I could boot Armbian, but I haven't found anything on the internet about PIN MAP or anyone who has worked with this chip.

Also, it already has an unlocked bootloader.


 

I really wanted to do a project with this tablet, as I'm a student at the Federal Institute and it would be a great project!

I've searched a lot and only found images compatible up to version V4.0. Since mine is V4.1, I haven't been able to get a successful boot from the SD card.

If anyone has any tips, a working image, or experience with this specific model, I’d really appreciate the help!

I'm trying to install Armbian on my Worldchip K16 tablet and would appreciate guidance on compatibility and installation steps.

Device Specifications:

· Model: Worldchip K16
· SoC: Allwinner sun50iw10p1 (likely A64/H5 variant)
· CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A53 (ARMv8 64-bit)
· Current OS: Android 11
· Architecture: aarch64 (ARMv8l)
· GPU: Mali-400MP2 (typical for this SoC)
· RAM: Unknown (estimated 2-4GB based on similar devices)
· Storage: Unknown (likely 32-64GB eMMC)

i'm looking to boot in an armbian bookworm by sicxnull on my mxq pro 4k 5g, i checked the aida64, it showed the allwinner h313, i tried the toothpick method to the recovery menu (which have a boot option?) i'm novice to android 😕

by the way here are the images of the tv box pcb:

I’m trying to flash a firmware on a generic Android TV Box and I’m stuck at a hardware/bootloader compatibility issue.

Device technical details:
- SoC: Allwinner H618
- Board / PCB: FX-H618-D4_V10
- RAM: 4GB DDR4
- Storage: eMMC (unknown size, likely 32GB)
- USB FEL ID: VID_1F3A PID_EFE8
- Original OS: BigdroidOS (Android generic)
- Commercial name: Transpeed 8K618-T

Current situation:
- Device enters FEL mode correctly (VID_1F3A PID_EFE8)
- PhoenixSuit detects the device but firmware upgrade hangs at “Beginning Firmware Upgrade”
- Tried multiple PCs (Windows 10 and 11), different USB ports and cables
- Allwinner FEL driver installed correctly
- SD card flashing with PhoenixCard (Startup mode) is ignored, device boots normally to Android
- Reset timing variations tested (short press / long press / no reset)

Tested firmware:
- sbx_transpeed_h618_atv_12_11.img
- H618.apollo-p3.T-H618_100M_12_FD650.2023.09.13.1720.img

Both firmwares show similar behavior (FEL detected but no successful flash).

I believe the issue is bootloader / DDR4 initialization mismatch.
I’m specifically looking for:
- A firmware confirmed to work with board FX-H618-D4_V10
- Or the original BigdroidOS firmware dump for this board
- Or confirmation whether this board requires a specific boot0/boot1

Any help, working firmware, or dump from the same board would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
 

Allwinner H618, FX-H618, DDR4, PhoenixSuit, FEL, Transpeed
 

Boot it using the method `sudo sunxi-fel -v -p uboot u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin` in the terminal.

TV BOX Model: T95mini | R69 - EMCP V2.0 - H3 Allwinner.

The screenshots below show the screen freezing. I'm a total noob, guys, if you could please explain the procedures, indicate what needs to be done to make it work. Thanks in advance

libretech_all_h3_cc_h3_mem_336 - u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin

CPU/Chip/Idk: sun8iw7p1

PCB Model(?): H3 Q44 V4.0
Uname -a: Linux orangepipcplus 6.12.58-current-sunxi #1 SMP Thu Nov 13 20:34:41 UTC 2025 armv7l GNU/Linux

dmesg | grep -i mmc

[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=cf60c629-17b3-4fb8-91bb-24bd021f8c6b rootwait rootfstype=ext4 splash=verbose console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1920x1080p60 consoleblank=0 loglevel=1 ubootpart=def8ba6d-01 ubootsource=mmc usb-storage.quirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u   sunxi_ve_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 cgroup_enable=memory
[    0.000000] Unknown kernel command line parameters "splash=verbose ubootpart=def8ba6d-01 ubootsource=mmc sunxi_ve_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 cgroup_enable=memory", will be passed to user space.
[    4.995824] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.mmc: Got CD GPIO
[    5.019105] sunxi-mmc 1c0f000.mmc: initialized, max. request size: 16384 KB
[    5.031030] sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: initialized, max. request size: 16384 KB
[    5.048053] mmc2: Failed to initialize a non-removable card
[    5.063249] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch, assuming write-enable
[    5.067129] mmc0: new high speed SDXC card at address aaaa
[    5.071189] mmcblk0: mmc0:aaaa SC64G 59.5 GiB
[    5.080563]  mmcblk0: p1
[    5.316321]     ubootsource=mmc
[    7.603641] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.mmc: allocated mmc-pwrseq
[    7.635175] sunxi-mmc 1c10000.mmc: initialized, max. request size: 16384 KB
[    7.687081] mmc1: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
[    8.364751] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): mounted filesystem cf60c629-17b3-4fb8-91bb-24bd021f8c6b ro with writeback data mode. Quota mode: none.
[   14.091111] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): re-mounted cf60c629-17b3-4fb8-91bb-24bd021f8c6b r/w.

dmesg | grep -i mmc2
 

[    5.048053] mmc2: Failed to initialize a non-removable card

I also extracted a DTB file and DTS file from the android of the TV box, if that is useful (I used AI for that, and dont really know if they are useful)

Thanks.

dts.txt

After compiling a build for my TV box and burn it to the SD boot process stuck to 

Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Scanning for Btrfs filesystems

Can someone help please solving the problem?

I've installed and run Armbian_community_25.11.0-trunk.437_Tanix-tx6_trixie_current_6.12.47_minimal

Since my Tanix TX 6 is running pretty hot in my opinion I want to reduce the operating frequency. 

Please help me with some instructions how to do so, since I couldn't find any.

Thank you in advance.

U-Boot SPL 2024.01_armbian-2024.01-S866c-P4a40-H8869-Vad24-Bbf55-R448a (Nov 15 2025 - 02:36:36 +0000)
This DRAM setup is currently not supported.

How do I change the DRAM (and possibly other) configuration U-Boot is built with?

I'll be quite frank: Quite annoyed by this whole process. The build process for both Armbian and U-Boot has exhausted my patience and I'm very much not in the mood for digging through (often hard to find) documentation. (Like why is there no standard for adding a board?)

Here's the UART boot log of the device:x96q_boot_log.cap

Oh and I almost forgot! The stock firmware! https://archive.org/details/x96q_h313_mmcblk0.img.7z

Something about extracting "device trees" or something? Honestly I couldn't locate the copy of u-boot in there, but I'm probably doing something wrong there. I'm sure someone WAY smarter then me in this stuff could probably figure it out.

I have a T95MAX ver 3 board with H616 / AXP313 / 4Gb RAM.
I've compiled an Armbian from Nick repo (https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build), branch v20251014 for Transpeed-8k618 with a little defconfig patch for TOC0 and DCDC3 voltage = 1.5V (extracted from Android native image DTB).

CONFIG_AXP_DCDC3_VOLT=1500
CONFIG_SPL_IMAGE_TYPE_SUNXI_TOC0=y

Image booting ok, but first UBoot stage found 4Gb and second stage found only 2Gb. Someone have any ideas for make 2nd stage and kernel detect full memory?

U-Boot SPL 2025.04-armbian-2025.04-S3482-Pfbbd-H8869-V9b5f-Bb703-R448a-dirty (Nov 13 2025 - 13:20:15 +0000)
DRAM:testing 32-bit width, rank = 2
read calibration failed!
testing 32-bit width, rank = 1
Store cfg
1st writing pattern
detected 11 columns
restore cfg
reconfigure for all active rows
store cfg
2nd writing pattern
detecting row address bits
detected 16 rows
restoring cfg
end of auto detect dram size
MBUS port 0 cfg0 0100000d cfg1 00640080
MBUS port 1 cfg0 06000009 cfg1 01000578
MBUS port 2 cfg0 0200000d cfg1 00600100
MBUS port 3 cfg0 01000009 cfg1 00500064
MBUS port 4 cfg0 20000209 cfg1 1388157c
MBUS port 5 cfg0 00640209 cfg1 00200040
MBUS port 6 cfg0 00640209 cfg1 00200040
MBUS port 8 cfg0 01000009 cfg1 00400080
MBUS port 11 cfg0 01000009 cfg1 00640080
MBUS port 14 cfg0 04000009 cfg1 00400100
MBUS port 16 cfg0 2000060d cfg1 09600af0
MBUS port 21 cfg0 0800060d cfg1 02000300
MBUS port 22 cfg0 01000009 cfg1 00640080
MBUS port 25 cfg0 0064000f cfg1 00200040
MBUS port 26 cfg0 20000209 cfg1 1388157c
MBUS port 37 cfg0 01000009 cfg1 00400080
MBUS port 38 cfg0 00640209 cfg1 00200040
MBUS port 39 cfg0 20000209 cfg1 1388157c
MBUS port 40 cfg0 00640209 cfg1 00200040
=> md.l 0x047FA000 
047fa000: 80000000 000009f4 0e40ff00 0000018f
047fa010: 00000010 00103040 00000000 00000000
047fa020: ffffffff 000007ff 0000ffff 00000000
...
04800b40: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
04800b50: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
04800b60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
04800b70: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 4096 MiB
Trying to boot from MMC1
NOTICE:  BL31: v2.13.0(debug):armbian
NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 10:39:26, Nov 13 2025
NOTICE:  BL31: Detected Allwinner H616 SoC (1823)
NOTICE:  BL31: Found U-Boot DTB at 0x4a0a4218, model: Transpeed 8K618-T
INFO:    ARM GICv2 driver initialized
INFO:    Configuring SPC Controller
INFO:    Probing for PMIC on I2C:
INFO:    PMIC: found AXP313
INFO:    BL31: Platform setup done
INFO:    BL31: Initializing runtime services
INFO:    BL31: cortex_a53: CPU workaround for erratum 855873 was applied
INFO:    BL31: cortex_a53: CPU workaround for erratum 1530924 was applied
INFO:    PSCI: Suspend is unavailable
INFO:    BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
INFO:    Entry point address = 0x4a000000
INFO:    SPSR = 0x3c9
INFO:    Changed devicetree.
ns16550_serial serial@5000000: pinctrl_select_state_full: uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id: err=-19


U-Boot 2025.04-armbian-2025.04-S3482-Pfbbd-H8869-V9b5f-Bb703-R448a-dirty (Nov 13 2025 - 13:20:15 +0000) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner H616 (SUN50I)
Model: Transpeed 8K618-T
DRAM:  2 GiB
Core:  68 devices, 22 uclasses, devicetree: separate
WDT:   Not starting watchdog@30090a0
MMC:   mmc@4020000: 0, mmc@4021000: 2, mmc@4022000: 1
Loading Environment from FAT... Unable to use mmc 0:1...
In:    serial@5000000
Out:   serial@5000000
Err:   serial@5000000
Net:   Could not get PHY for ethernet@5030000: addr 16
No ethernet found.

starting USB...
Bus usb@5101000: sun4i_usb_phy phy@5100400: External vbus detected, not enabling our own vbus
USB EHCI 1.00
Bus usb@5101400: USB OHCI 1.0
Bus usb@5200000: USB EHCI 1.00
Bus usb@5200400: USB OHCI 1.0
scanning bus usb@5101000 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus usb@5101400 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
...

I have a/m model with 2GiB RAM / 16GiB eMMC- Wifi: XR819 (XRadio XR819).

I've download and install a .img file Armbian_community_25.11.0-trunk.437_Tanix-tx6_trixie_current_6.12.47_minimal.img.xz

I want to have a server version CLI, but I don't know where to find that.

My problem is that the WIFI is not availible after the boot in ARMbian. 

Is there any solutions for make it availible?

Thank you in advance.

Last Week, I found this box on a shelf and wanted to boot it but it was in a bootloop

So I flashed the stock firmware H616Alwinner.img and it flashed but again wifi issue...Then I made a dumb decision and asked chatgpt and it said "T95 , TX6s all share the same SoC so flash One of their .img's" So I did

It flashed but now no LED but stuck on T95 logo so I tried to flash the original H616Allwinner.img again..but now it says "Error - Download Boot 1 Failed" (Honestly I Don't know how it got Hard-Bricked But I think because of the T95 flash)

Now I tried Sunxi-fel but Time out....Now it's totally Super-Bricked Then I tried flashing the T95 image again it successfully flashes but the same thing but stock image "Download boot 1 failed"  

Can Someone Help Me to unbrick this thing and maybe install Armbian on this? 🥺

[P.S:- Even Phoenixcard wouldn't help...(When inserting SD card and normal boot or toothpick boot it does nothing ) No LED and normal boot just boots me into the failed T95]

Here Is My TV Box below

Forgive me but I am a novice in Armbian.

What I would like to do is install armbian on the T95Max box I have purchased.

I have attached a pic of the Box and it's specs.

I have tried to "upgrade" using the SD method but couldn't make that recognise the SD card even with the original firmware "T95max-H618-A9.img" that I sourced using Google.

I have also tried to get the T95 Max recognised via the USB method but the box wasn't even recognised using that method either.

I used the "Universal_ADB_Driver_v6.0" drivers but that made no difference.

If I could get the correct method sorted and an upgradeable firmware for Ambian that would be a great help.

I can compile the firmware if needed but I am unsure of what Ambian image would be the best starting point.

Any help would be gratefully received.

TIA

I think there's only a USB port

The name of the unit would suggest that it's a X96-Q clone,

but the revision number suggests that it's a T95 mini. Like as seen in this video 

I don't have access to console mode. I can only access adb commands as root.The RAM type DDR3 seems LPDDR3 ( version ??)

I've tried different Armbian images without success.

Unfortunately, Secure Boot is enabled.

I read this post  and test Armbian-20240716-unofficial_24.5.0-trunk_Transpeed-8k618-t_bookworm_edge_6.7.12_xfce_desktop_Secure_Boot.img.tar.xz from Nick, without success

I have an Android image named M96-Y6.img.

EDIT1:
Also it has a AP6330 Wifi Chip ( thanks to "dmesg")
It has a internal AC300 PHY ( thanks to "Device info HW")  

Attached is the "dts" file

devicetree.dts device_tree_dump.txt

I bought it on tiktok shop

https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005006249858881.html

Extracted dtb and dts files attached.

It boots Warpme/miniarch image for X96 with LPDDR3 RAM

https://github.com/warpme/miniarch/releases/download/f3b14fbae071/MiniArch-20240715-6.16.1-board-h313.x96_q_lpddr3-SD-Image.img.xz

However internal Ethernet port is silent. It can work through USB->ETH adapter though.

Any Idea on how to make Ethernet working?

sun50.dtb sun50.dts

I have a T95 4Gb/32Gb box, on the motherboard it says H616-T95MAX-V4.0-20191217.

And the CPU model is sun50iw9.

Is it possible to remove ANDROID and install ARMBIAN?

Thank you in advance for your answers

I know there are no Armbian images for H313 soc yet, too bad. This small TV box could be interesting for creating small servers connected exclusively via WiFi.

Button 1 is the flash button, while button 2 is used to enter recovery mode.

I tried images for H313 miniarch and others for H616 but I can't boot in any way. I'm using a USB stick obviously without using a USB hub but only the USB stick and for now only Android starts.

What I would like to do is install Armbian on the X98H TV box. 

I tried many ways to do that, but I was not successful. If you know how to install Armbian on it, plz suggest to me

Thanks

I have a T95 Super with H2+/H3 processor. I've been successful running Armbian in the past on it and even writing to eMMC but am looking for the most updated build I can to burn to the eMMC.
I have H3droid running on it after a VERY long install process and many board reburns to fix it. 
I noticed H3droid has an "Armbian" option in it's rescue menu but there don't seem to be any instructions on how to install with the menu/use it.
What is the best new build for this setup?
Thank you!

I have a MXQ Pro 5G 4K TV Box with Allwinner H616 and the motherboard IK316-EMCP_V4.1.  
I am looking for a server (CLI only) version of the Armbian image for this device.

The previously shared Google Drive links in this topic are no longer working.  
Could someone please provide a new download link (Google Drive, MEGA, etc.) for the latest server image compatible with my device?

If there are any specific instructions for booting or the correct DTB file, please let me know.

Thank you very much!

Best regards,  
Luska1331

BTW: I generated this message with the help of Copilot because I don't speak English very well.

Tried to run a progressive web app (PWA) and just learned that PWA is not supported by Android TV OS. I've found that since it's just a SBC, I can install any other OS on it and stumbled upon Armbian.

Since I'm new, I would like to know what images is supported with this board and any related guides to install it. This board has 1 full HDMI port, 1 USB type A port for data, and 1 USB type C port for power only (this is just my assumption). No SD card slot.

I just need it to be able to run a modern and latest browser to run the PWA.

Thanks for all the help 😀

I need a little help here. I managed to compile a working version for this board. However, it does not recognize the internal disk, which in this case is a nand.

I used this repo: https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build.git
Branch: X96Q-5.1-DDR3
 

Could someone help me?

Firstly sorry for the bad english(By Google Translator). I've been searching for a long time on how to use linux on my tv box, without success.

I searched here on the forum in several topics, I didn't find anything related to the tx6s, the closest I came was the Orange-Pi Zero 2, which uses the same processor.

In one of the topics, from 2020 if I'm not mistaken, a user warned that because it was the same processor or similar hardware, it wouldn't necessarily work.

Even so I ventured out and tried in hopes of working, some versions of Armbian for OrangePi Z2 and other linux for ARM.

With other ARM versions the tv box, booted normally on Android, with Armbian, it didn't even start and no led lit up.

What made me believe that somehow with Armbian, the tv box recognized the SD card as bootable, but for some problem it can't boot. Maybe it's the u-boot used. if some of the versions I tried to install:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HsD11VGl-CSv98GgmWoVSlnFYEE1jMNM - Orange-Pi Zero2 IMG [Armbian_22.05.0-trunk_Orangepizero2_jammy_edge_5.17.5_minimal.img] - (No_Boot) - {Problema_com_o_U-boot?}

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wZulOr6_Sur_btcqqzBFTpjPmhPX0fZ1/view?usp=sharing - Orange-Pi Zero2 IMG [Armbian_22.05.0-trunk_Orangepizero2_focal_current_5.15.35.img] - (No_Boot) - {Problema_com_o_U-boot?}

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13pY93TozoF2omgKYnCiSZrONbBvBPxAh - Orange Pi Zero2 Linux5.13 IMG [] e []

https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/orangepizero2/archive/Armbian_21.08.1_Orangepizero2_hirsute_edge_5.13.12.img.xz - Orange Pi Zero2 IMG [Armbian_21.08.1_Orangepizero2_hirsute_edge_5.13.12.img]

https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/armbian-dl/orangepizero2/archive/ Orange Pi Z2 IMG [FOCAL Armbian_22.02.1_Orangepizero2_focal_edge_5.16.11][Armbian_22.02.1_Orangepizero2_bullseye_legacy_4.9.255.img]

TV BOX MODEL: https://linux-sunxi.org/Tanix_TX6s

I also found this about u-boot, I don't know if it can be useful or how to use this information, I have no technical knowledge:

https://gist.github.com/heitbaum - u-boot

https://github.com/jernejsk/u-boot -u-boot

https://github.com/jernejsk/u-boot/tree/h616-v2 - u-boot

If anyone knows how to install this tv box, please show me the way to the stones. it could be the server version.

UPDATE:
This random img worked.

Tried many images from orange pi for same chip, none worked perfectly. 

Found out Sunix Linux community got support for H616, but they don't build full OS images,

After hell of searching found a repo from https://github.com/warpme/miniarch

He hosts MiniArch SD card image which works on many devices, 

from same link got SD card image for Tanix tx6s  which also worked on x96_Mate (both got H616)

Here is the file I used - https://github.com/warpme/miniarch/releases/download/20230106-6.1.5-g78293cd3/MiniArch-20230106-6.1.5-board-h616.tanix_tx6s-SD-Image.img.xz

1- Wrote img to SD card using Etcher

2- Inserted SD card in Device

3- Powered ON the device and it Booted from SD card

4- followed update instructions on GitHub Repo.

5- Rebooted after all updates,

6- Basic Arch was ready to be used 

Here USB keyboard , LAN, HDMI worked normally.

After reboot, logged in as root, and ran "start" command,

Now here selected option 5, which is install EndeavourOS

Process just ask you Yes/No questions, then you can select your DE, location etc. Automated script downloaded bunch of files and started its installation.

Got the message that installation is done successfully and came back to terminal.

Rebooted from terminal

After this point got only blank screen , dont know it is still booting without HDMI or not

So need to revert back to step -1 writing basic image to SD card.

And this time sticking to terminal only.

all this process is done on SD card only, and android on eMMC is safe .

I'm recently obtained a TV box from a local store (seems like they sell Amazon returns or something, but they just have a bunch of random stuff). After installing AIDA64, I learned that it's running an Allwinner H616 CPU and has 4GB of RAM. It is able to boot warpme's MiniArch build for the Tanix TX6S, and I extracted the DTB from the Android build on the eMMC. My question is, where do I go from here? I'd like to build a custom Armbian image to support my device. When I try booting the Armbian image for the Orange Pi Zero 2, it gives an error over my serial monitor about a bad DRAM configuration which I expected since apparently these boxes have DRAM chips that are often laid out differently than the Orange Pi, and this can apparently be fixed with a U-boot configuration change. I was curious about how I can integrate these changes into my own build of Armbian so I could bring support to my device. Thanks in advance!

CPU: Allwinner H616

RAM: 4GB

ROM: 32GB

Board: AXP313A V3.0

The box was freezing after boot, so I tried to reflash the firmware using PhoenixCard / suit.
 

What I’ve Tried So Far:

Downloaded and flashed T95-H616-A27.img & T95-H616-A29.img through FEL mode and Flashing completed successfully but the box only shows a black screen on both HDMI and the small front panel screen.

Tried other firmware images labeled for T95 Max H616 AXP313A

Tried re-burning the SD using different cards and readers

I found a working Armbian img that worked from SD card:

https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/download/v20240716/Armbian-20240716-unofficial_24.5.0-trunk_Transpeed-8k618-t_bookworm_edge_6.7.12_xfce_desktop_Secure_Boot.img.tar.xz

I want to restore the TV box to a working firmware (Android 10 or 12) if possible. And is there any method to revive bootloader if it's corrupted

Any working image file would be a huge help.
 

Board Image attached:

How to get file image or build for device

It run Allwinner H6

Link product

I find fourm but cannot get the file

I downloaded the image from the SMLinux repo.

It was a kernel 6 build with Armbian 23 Jammy version.

I added the Oibaf PPA for the graphics driver, then I installed Ubuntu Desktop.

Luckily, I got graphics acceleration with the GNOME desktop, but it was laggy ui.

I confirmed graphics acceleration using the glxinfo command and also tried glxgears. It was working pretty smoothly, like 60 FPS, same as my monitor refresh rate.

Well, everything was great, but then when I tried to use Firefox and watch YouTube, it was so choppy and laggy.

YouTube UI took 2 minutes to load.

I thought I only had 131MB RAM available while using a heavy desktop like GNOME + browser, so I assumed it was the environment's fault. But then I installed XFCE and the experience was the same.

It was still choppy and laggy, even with 1GB of RAM available this time.

glxinfo and glxgears worked pretty fine, but the XFCE UI and Firefox animations were kind of glitchy.

But the YouTube video itself was smooth — not the UI though.

I managed to load a YouTube video using Firefox. There were frame drops like 83/300 so yea it wasn't fully smooth, but it was better than GNOME.

So now my question is:

Is this because I’m running it on an SD card?

Or is there no full video acceleration?

Is there any way for me to get full video acceleration? Because the Panfrost driver was working and loaded.

Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q-v5-1_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz

I spot some differense in dtb files folder Decktop version have a sun50i-h313-x96q-ddr3-v5.1.dtb file but mine server ver dont. Can it be the issue?

CPU : allwinner h616 64bit quadcore"
RAM : 4 gb ram
ROM

64 gb rom

i would like to install amrbian but i don't know which image to use . could you give me a hand? 

There is such a board, a TV set-top box from Aliexpress. Processor: Allwinner H3 Memory: JWA60 (I understand emcp)

r69-EMCP

The board has inscriptions R69-EMCP_v2.0 and EMCP_LPDDR3_EMCP.

Installed Linux kernel localhost 4.4.55 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 11 15:35:09 CST 2021 armv7l

The question is, when installing any Armbian image on mSD, I get the following result of booting from mSD:

U-Boot SPL

DRAM: 0MiB

### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###

I understand that he does not see RAM, tell me how to set up RAM. Poke where the assembly process for LPDDR3 is described in detail.

If you need more information, I'll be happy to provide.

Tried loading H3Droid from SD and via FEL. Everything is the same in UART "U-Boot SPL DRAM: 0MiB ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###"

I tried Orange Pi PC and Orange Pi but they dont have Wifi at all I believe, so it didnt ask to setup wifi.

I tried Orange Pi Zero 2+H3, but for some odd reason my keyboard didnt work on it, so I couldnt setup the users to be able to get further.

I tried Nano Pi R1, but that didnt have HDMI, so my hdmi didnt work and I had no idea how to view the output at that point.

I tried Orange Pi + as that had wifi as well, but the wifi wasnt able to be configured.

I then figured that I need to get a board with the same wifi chipset as mine, and settled on Banana Pi M2+ which matched on RAM, SOC and Wifi chipset, but it still had the same problem as Orange Pi+ in that it asked to setup wifi, but then fails immediately with unable to configure.

Any tips on how I can proceed? I understand that recovering esoteric TV boxes isnt looked on fondly here, but I am curious to see if I can make this work.

p.s. Ethernet does work with this box and the banana pi m2 + build, but I would need an ethernet to USB dongle, and ofc the cable.

i had found some topics that for X96Q but their board show as v 1.3

i had tried all miniarch rom for x96 h313 at https://github.com/warpme/miniarch

or armbian rom for h313 at https://forum.armbian.com/topic/43682-armbian-for-h313-x96-q-lpddr3-tv-box/

i had flash rom into sdcard with win32diskimager 

insert sdcard into box, hold av reset button and plug the power cable but all rom i had tried make my hdmi screen splash 1 time and the screen show no signal, the blue led of the box go off and nothing happen 

here my box board image :

If every one known how to do with my board please reply the solution for me  , thanks, sorry for my bad english skill  

Recently, I bought an Android TV box TX3-Mini to install Armbian. Unfortunately, when I checked it, I found that my TX3-Mini is using the Allwinner H313 processor.

I am not sure if I can install and use Armbian on my Android TV box. If it's possible, could you please let me know which images I can use for this device?

Thank you very much.😁

current system firmware: Android 9

kernel version: 4.9.118

build: 2.1.17

specs:

- ARM Cortex-A53

- r0p4

- Mali-T720

- petrel_p1

- Allwinner

- sun50iw6p1

This device boots from uSD with Ubuntu desktop – legacy kernel 5.30 for OrangePi One and RetrOrangePi-3.0.1.Orangepione.img. It didn't boot after initial setting and reboot command/automatic reboot (I don't know why yet, but it should boot and resize fs). It looks it somehow breaks filesystem on uSD card (and I don't have different uSD card to test it).

Ethernet works out of box.

Some guy in Facebook group RetrOrangePi confirmed RetrOrangePi for OrangePi One works.

Is there a method or supported version?

picture onedrive: armbian 20.05.3 arm64 buster current 5.7.0rc2destop

https://silpakorn-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/koosiriwanich_s_su_ac_th/EUZ12P38O9VOvq9sVh7DXHkBsyQ9gri-5Ckke6JNTotgNw?e=JXL4Fg

Recently I bought this Odiomix branded tv stick but it's a generic tv stick. I saw it branded in many ways.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006399158895.html

https://evaly.com.bd/products/odiomix-s96-4k-ultra-hd-1080p-full-hd-android-tv-box-2488727

It has 2 GB RAM (probably LPDDR3) and 16 GB Toshiba EMMC.

Dual band wifi and Bluetooth 4.0 (LB-LINK-BL-M8800DS1 module)

https://m.made-in-china.com/product/LB-LINK-BL-M8800DS1-1T1R-802-11a-b-g-n-ac-ax-WIFI6-BT5-0-USB-Module-with-CE-FCC-2074966505.html

Is there any possibility of running Armbian?

https://www.google.com/search?q=PROSB-3000%2F16

Tag on board: BA301 v1.3 XR819 NJ 2+16

CPU: Allwinner h313 (H616 datasheet covers H313, just higher clock and 4GB RAM support: https://linux-sunxi.org/images/3/30/H616_Datasheet_V1.0.pdf )

MCP> LPDDR3 SDRAM + eMMC chip: Samsung KMR8X000IM-B608 ( https://file2.dzsc.com/product/20/05/07/1115580_113217385.pdf )

WLAN chip: XR819 ( https://linux-sunxi.org/images/8/8f/XR819_Datasheet_V1.0-EN.pdf )

How create sd card boot for device above?

I try with any boot no sucess .

Thanks for any help

Hello,

Is it possible install armbian on allwinner h616 - Cortex A53 - x96 mate  ?

If yes, where is procedure to do that ?

Sorry for my poor english.

Thank you for your help.