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Why are you not using the build linked to in the posted instructions? Please follow the instructions as listed in the FAQ, starting with a freshly reinstalled working android firmware. Does your board have a reset button to use the 'toothpick' method?
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Please read the two FAQ items in the TVBox forum FAQ, one being the amlogic instructions. Your box should have an s905x or s905w CPU. I would start by trying the meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb
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It would be helpful if you provided at least some basic information. Like what build you are using and what instructions you are following. Have you read the two TVBox forum faq items?
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@nobuteru Welcome to the Armbian community. I will first direct you to read the TVBox forums FAQ items:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
Note that the amlogic install FAQ item is for s9xx based cpus, not the s8xx series. I don't own any 8xx based boxes so I have no experience with the installation specifics for them (if the do or do not differ from the s9xx instructions)
However there is an entire thread dedicated to the s8xx that likely has the information you need burried in it:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/3023-armbian-for-amlogic-s805-and-s802s812
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Please read the following FAQ item: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
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moved to the correct subforum
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@tt_soft Have you read the TV Box club faq post on the current status of TV Boxes in the Armbian community? https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
The only TV Box cpu that has an active 'maintainer' is the Rockchip cpu. While I try my best with amlogic cpu questions as I have a number of amlogic based boxes, no one currently active in the forums is helping others with allwinner questions.
To answer your question on dtbs, yes that is probably the most difficult part of supporting these TV boxes. I have been involved for about two years with armbian, and while I have learned a lot during that time, dtbs are still the area that i have no functional knowledge about. The problem lies in the fact that to construct a proper dtb you need intimate knowledge of the hardware, but no tv box manufacturer publishes or offers the information about the boxes they build. So it is all guess work which no one has the desire to waste their time on when there are so many needs elsewhere in the armbian community for development resources.
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Moved topic to correct Allwinner subforum
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Often there is an 'update' app in Android that will do the same thing as the reset button. But note that not all apps named 'update' will do what is needed. But check if you have an update app and see if you can use it to run the aml_autoscript.zip located in the /boot directory of your armbian sdcard. This should cause the box to reboot and have the same effect as the reset button.
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Are you sure your box has emmc and not cheaper nand? A lot of boxes cut costs by using cheaper nand instead of true emmc, and nand storage is not supported in the 5.x kernel. I would suggest you open the box and look up the specs of the chips you find on the board to confirm what you actually have. (I own TV boxes that have identical markings on the outside, but one will have emmc and the other will have nand).
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@Arek Rybak Use google to find the spec sheets for the ram chips you have and figure it out.
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You are not going to get watchable YouTube on a cheap TV box with Armbian currently. The state of the open source video decoders (vs the generally closed source used in Android) is still a work in process. Right now I would say the best supported CPUs are the Rockchip ones. On the box side balbes150 is working on the Station M1/P1 and jock is working on general Rockchip TV box support.
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7 minutes ago, jhg said:
Im fascinated by making a desktop computer out of these and want to see it work, cant really explain why.
I understand the fascination, it is why I'm here trying to help others foster that same fascination. But I would caution you on your expectations. When you talk about 'desktop computer' you are likely to be disappointed. The current state of these boxes (once you get one working) is you can get a desktop gui running, but the performance isn't going to be something useful. They do make great servers however. If you want a usable desktop experience you are going to need to be spending around a $100 or so for an RK3399 box which is less fascinating and a stretch on the wallet.
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@jhg If you really want to dig into this more, you would need to hook up to the colsole interface on your box. To do this you would need to identify the console connector location on the board, solder a connector to it and then get a usb adapter to monitor the low level u-boot output. The first stages of uboot output to the console only, then the chain loaded uboot (uboot.ext) will display stuff at later stages to hdmi.
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Are you following the instructions in the FAQ: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
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I originally moved this to the amlogic tvbox forum based on the comments in the first post. However based on the latest comments this appears to be a rockchip based box so moving to the rockchip tvbox forum.
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If that message is talking about the kernel source, you do have the kernel source, it should just be an issue of putting it where your module build process is expecting it to be (or a link in that location). Between google and debugging the build process you should be able to figure this out.
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Please read the FAQ items below so that you are aware of the state of these TV boxes on Armbian:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
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On 10/4/2021 at 4:10 AM, Arek Rybak said:
Fake or no fake?
Look at the ram chips, look up the specs and figure out how much ram the box has (note chips are sometimes attached to both sides of the board)
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There won't be any compatible bootloader for your box so there isn't any boot loader to install.
You need to get multiboot working. If you don't have a reset button (are you sure? what is the thing in the upper right corner of your first picture?), then you are going to need to run the update through android. Have you tried the update app method of installing multiboot?