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@Maker39

try
it should pull only the 3229 branch

and then go to expert mode and tvboxes sub menu

EDIT: regarding 8723 try to load ONLY the 8723cs   be aware of cs

and blacklist all other 8723.

study still going on because at every reboot it changes mac address

I can summarize the subtotal.
My board T95N-RK3229_512X4-20170803_V1.5  (include SOC RK3229, RAM K4B2G0446D, Wi-fi SV6051P,  this TV-Box Iconbit XDS8) works with the image Armbian_20.05.0-trunk_Xt-mx4vr-v01_focal_legacy_4.4.194_desktop.img
But need:
1. unblock SSV6051 in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-xt-mx4vr-v01.conf
2. manually set date-time , and/or install ntp client for correct update packages
3. surely something else...............
 
Thanks @jock for the work and advice 

@jock

was my mistake, i suggested maker to use r329 q but i missed that is a mmc
 
@Maker39
 
sorry for that follow jock suggestion
 
about wifi yes it makes two connection , a p2p and a managed one

to choose the right one you can try from ssh with command
 
nmtui

and then activate a connection

this is just a quick note that in my experience the amount of tv boxes with fake specs has grown quite a bit in the last months and that this is something to always have in mind when getting a box for a surprisingly cheap (i.e. quite a bit cheaper than usual or most of the other offerings) price - you might be lucky and it will be a bargain or you might hit one with fake specs. some examples i saw recently: a qplus 4g ram / 32g emmc ended up to be 2g ram and 16g nand, a h6 box sold as 4g ram / 32g emmc ended up as 2g ram / 16g emmc, a x96mini 2g ram / 16g emmc ended up at only 1g ram / 16g emmc, a r39 2g ram / 16g emmc with rockchip rk3229 ends up as 1g ram / 16g emmc and an allwinner h3 cpu and so on. the fake specs are not that easy to spot: in android they even fake the storage size shown in the storage settings and with a terminal installed even the "free" command tells you most of the time that the memory amount is proper. what usualy works for storage is "cat /proc/partitions" and watching for the device itself (for instance mmcblk0) - this also quickly shows you if its emmc (=mmcblk) or nand (=nand) and for memory "dmesg | grep -i mem" (do this immediately after booting android, otherwise the memory lines from the bootup might run out of the log buffer) - both of course called in a terminal app. booting one of balbes150's armbian images usually quickly shows you the real specs of the box too.
 
good luck at not ending up with fake boxes and best wishes - hexdump
 
p.s.: one thing to keep in mind is that allwinner h6 boxes always only can use 3g ram, even if they have 4g installed - this is a limitataion of the soc ...

@hexdump

thanks for replayng ;   you have a 3228 and not a 3229 , probabily a 3228b

00000000  52 4b 23 82 the numbers 23 82 are 3228 in reverse mode
so you must use trust os for 3228, the trust os for 3229 simply will not boot the board but this you already knew

regarding the changing in code in kernel I did the following ( but no changes in code, maybe in make config ) : 

in my long post linux on 3229  I used too the kernel 4.4.189 and it worked fine. I booted in 4.4.189 and take the config.gz and then recompile 4.4.194 with that same .config and it worked with SAME dtb .

last info : I am pretty sure you have uart debug. At very early booting ( power on) what ddr it says ?

ddr3 or ddr2 ? because ddr2 on 3228 HAVEN'T dmc ( ddr frequency scaling) so they will run at the speed that uboot set , probabily at 333 mhz ( all this infos thanks to @knaerzche that explained in his work on libreelec ).

If you have ddr2 you must DISABLE dmc node in dtb


boards with 3228b and ddr2..... well.... they are a bit slower than others


EDIT:

i realized the different behaviour from kernel 4.4.194 to 4.4.189

in @jock config many thing are compiled as modules so then you must insert right modules under /lib/modules

in 4.4.189 compilation many things are compiled IN kernel so they work  out of box, but yet you should check if have ddr2 or ddr3