Okay, I tested, but it works kind of weird: they work in tandem, but the boot messages were only output to the video console, not on the serial one. Once after the initial automatic login, the output started to go to both consoles, but the initial and systemd boot messages were only output to the video console, which would have made sharing the details of the initial problem difficult.

@c0rnelius Thanks for stepping in to help. I've added enable_uart=1 to config.txt In cmdline.txt, I currently have: console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 ... Do the two settings work in tandem, or do they override each other?

We don't deal with android. I suggest to ask at xda developer forums or similar.

Just a wild guess: The code from orangepi wiringpi is old and no longer compatible with newer python which is shipped in Trixie.

Success! It's still showing that first error, but using meson-gxbb-wetek-play2.dtb it was able to boot up and configure. Wifi works also. You guys are amazing! Thanks for all your inputs.