Joel Mercedes

@robertoenr 
 
I have installed Armbian 20.10 Focal 5.9.7 in my OTT TV BOX X96 mini 1 + 8GB and it works well, only the wifi that does not work, I want to know if there is a more advanced kernel to install it on these equipment.
 
Equipment information:
- Amlogic S905W chipset
* Quad Core 1.2GHz 64bit Cortex-A53 Mali-450
* 1 GiB of DDR3 memory
- 8 GiB of eMMC flash
- 10/100Mbit Ethernet
- HDMI output up to 4K30P
- Model: X96 mini.
 
I would like to install one such as: Armbian 21.xx Focal 5.10.x, if some one knows please let me know.

Partial solution to the problem!
I've upgraded the stock firmware+bootloader to another more recent (Android 9 with kernel 3.14 oficial) with Amlogic USB Flash tool, checking the option "Erase bootloader". After this, I've booted completely Android.
 
Next , I've booted Armbian, installed the WIFI, change the keyboard layout, timezone and hostname. And installed on eMMC.
 
Now, with Armbian 20.10 Focal 5.9 installed on eMMC, I've restarted hundreds of times and the "black-screen-non-booting" problem has disappeared.
 
So, if you don't have more official firmwares for your TV Box, try any unofficial ROM like ATV Experience. It seems that changing the bootloader and binary blobs can solve it.
 
My issue now is that sometimes on reboot, the screen doesn't get HDMI signal from TV Box and it doesn't boot. It boots OK if I unplug and plug again the power plug.
 
Anyone knows about this strange HDMI restarting issue?