ochentay4

Hello, I had a feedback from @ilmich and now I'm back with a couple of device trees you can test on the multitool and see if they change something.
 
I'm not sure they will fix your issue, because it may be necessary to recompile u-boot too and that would cost me a bit more time to setup the whole thing, but in the meantime you can try these two dtbs overwriting rk322x-box.dtb in extlinux folder of the multitool.
 
Try both of them and tell me if any (or both) do have any effect
 
 
rk322x-box.dtb.2 rk322x-box.dtb.1

hmm, this is the commit that should have included the fix, but I made a quick diff and I could not find trace of the fix in the compiled u-boot dtb, so perhaps the fix didn't apply at all. Need to check better when I have more time, I hope I have the still the patch around.

Nope, they are not useful. To identify the issue I need the serial logs from the board UART when you boot multitool to understand the reason why it does not proceed.
 
Did you try to burn a second multitool on a USB stick, plug both the sdcard with multitool and USB stick with multitool and see if it boots?

Hello, which one is your device? And no, MXQ 4K market name does not help at all, you have to open the tvbox and look for the name printed on the board PCB.
 
What you can do to is:
* downloaded and try the latest multitool
* take photos of the board (both sides)
* provide the output of the serial log for the failing condition
 
 

I perfectly remember the change @ilmich did on libreelec to fix your use case, but I applied to same fix to multitool and it didn't work, so without logs it is impossibile for me to guess what is the problem with multitool and your board.

This is good to know.  I'm only starting to upgrade to Win11, so I haven't run into this yet.  But I can pass this advice on to others.

Hmmm that's odd, I applied the same "fix" @ilmich applied on libreelec but it didn't work. The serial log output could have been very handy here; we will think about what could be wrong and maybe some other idea may pop up.

@ochentay4 I set up a multitool image with the same fix proposed by @ilmich on his libreelec image. This fresh build is totally untested, but you can download a copy from here and test by yourself. Perhaps this solves @n3o problem too.

This is expected behavior.  Each distribution is modifying the boot environment in different incompatible ways.  That is why the install instructions (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus) say if you have tried to install other distributions, you will need to restore to a clean android firmware before installing armbian.
 

Hi @ochentay4
 
I shared with @jock the solution I adopted on libreelec. All that remains is to wait and help him with tests if needed. Thanks for the support you gave me with libreelec.

@fabiobassa
I will try to get a USB TTL converter and give you a serial log but it will take time, as I dont have the neccesarry stuff to do it myself and I cant get one so easily online where I live.
What I meant to say was that I took photos with my camera and took note of all chip descriptions.
I can confirm its a real RK3229 and I already managed to boot LibreELEC 10 thanks to "ilmich" here: https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/25236-unofficial-rk3228-rk3229-libreelec-10-x-builds/?postID=177599#post177599 that fixed it.
I also tried to boot several armbian images, even legacy ones, and same beahavior as multitool, black screen (stand by) and no blinking leds. 
I also tried to scan my network to see if multitool booted but had no display and no, it doesnt how (of course my DHCP is working and cable plugged on ethernet port).
Tried with tootchpick, no toothpick, tried both holes, it doesnt show anything on screen, only blue led on.
 
@fangis
I read the post by "hexdump" and its really complicated for me at the moment, I need to learn more. Thats why I wanted to test armbian on this device so I can "play" with linux.
 
Something else: I dont know why my profle is still "Validating"... and cant post more than 1 post a day and cant change my avatar... Some help would be welcome.

@ochentay4
 
What do you mean " inspected by my camera"
 
Have read, again, the whole post ( no, i Guess)
 
Because already discussed that even if marked 3229 sometimes are fake and they really are amlogic or allwinner.
Heve you skills to get a USB TTL converter and give us a serial log ?