ant_thomas

I was running armbian on emmc on an X96Air 4GB/64GB 1GBit S905X3 box a while ago and then after a power down it bricked. No boot screen, no android (obviously) - it sent a HDMI signal, but nothing. Managed to recover it and get Android flashed on it again then Armbian again on SD then emmc. Just done "apt upgrade" to get things up to date. All went well, then a reboot, and..... bricked again. Nothing obvious, no issues. I'll go through the process again - Android -> armbian sd -> armbian emmc But is there a known issue with any boxes that just brick themselves? Any ways to avoid it? This box is particularly useful because of the USB3 port with Gbit ethernet and I want to make use of it. Previously when I'd been testing it it had been rock solid for a few months with good uptime and no issues - until the brick.

Thanks for the guide - got my X96 Air back up and running after it died after running fine

Any suggestions?

I currently have a X96 Air S905X3 4GB/64GB box that has 1Gbit ethernet and a USB 3.0 port that works well with Armbian. This was bought 5 years ago for only 35 USD. I would like to find another box for Armbian that also has 1000M/1Gbit ethernet + USB 3.0. The same or similar boxes are selling for 50-60USD at the moment which is a lot for an old box. Are there any other boxes with 1Gbit ethernet at a low price that work with Armbian? Not bothered about other features, wifi quality, performance otherwise - just Gbit ethernet and USB 3. Open to all processors - Amlogic, Allwinner, Rockchip etc