sadp

Ok guys, Hi.
 
So I have managed to connect box Q96MAX 4k Ultra HD, board MXQ_R2B_LP3_V2.62_220225 via maskrom mode, made EMMC backup, erased it.
 
 
btw thanks @MattWestB for your photos of  pins https://github.com/MattWestb/R29-MXQ-LP3-V2.3-00908
 
Anyway,
 
Box boots armbian legacy from SD card, I have managed to connect to it via SSH, device specs.
 
Detected board features:                                                             │   
                                                           │ Chip type: RK3228A/B - Serial: URKW46025 00000000032b0c                              │   
                                                           │ CPU Leakage: 0x04 - Logic Leakage: 0x04                                              │   
                                                           │ Internal flash: eMMC                                                                 │   
                                                           │ Wifi device: unknown - Device ID: 02d0:4334  
 
EDIT2:
installed RDP client, can connect to device via RDP...HDMI NO Output
 
ok so thanks to this post https://github.com/MattWestb/R29-MXQ-LP3-V2.3-00908/blob/main/README.md  armbian parameters set to emmc-hs200, ddr3-660 and led-config2, led started to work.
 
@MattWestB can you please comment how you fixed your box HDMI and wifi?:)
 
EDIT:
 
ok so ARMBIAN non legacy boots too, but same problems with WIFI and HDMI no video.
 

 
dmesg gives a lot of errors
 
... [ 0.003538] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok [ 0.004292] /cpus/cpu@f00 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004358] /cpus/cpu@f01 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004391] /cpus/cpu@f02 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004424] /cpus/cpu@f03 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004446] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 15, mpidr 80000f00 ... [ 2.029717] inno-hdmi-phy 12030000.hdmi-phy: error -ENXIO: IRQ index 0 not found [ 2.030102] inno-hdmi-phy 12030000.hdmi-phy: phy_flag is: 0 [ 2.033084] rockchip-drm display-subsystem: bound 20050000.vop (ops 0xb127c87c) [ 2.033274] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: supply avdd-0v9 not found, using dummy regulator [ 2.033657] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 52000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0) [ 2.033677] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: supply avdd-1v8 not found, using dummy regulator [ 2.034239] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: Detected HDMI TX controller v2.01a with HDCP (inno_dw_hdmi_phy2) [ 2.035607] mmc2: new high speed MMC card at address 0001 [ 2.035736] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: registered DesignWare HDMI I2C bus driver [ 2.037470] mmcblk2: mmc2:0001 Q2J95T 7.28 GiB [ 2.039082] rockchip-drm display-subsystem: bound 200a0000.hdmi (ops 0xb1280568) ... [ 3.603319] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: unable to find group for node reset-key ... [ 15.966192] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: Unknown chip BCM43342/0 ... [ 16.859644] systemd[1]: Starting Armbian memory supported logging... [ 17.040253] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50 [ 17.091210] systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch. [ 17.099828] brcmfmac: brcmf_ops_sdio_probe: F2 error, probe failed -19... [ 17.144754] systemd[1]: Finished Raise network interfaces. ... [ 45.622143] hdmi-audio-codec hdmi-audio-codec.2.auto: Only one simultaneous stream supported! [ 45.652339] hdmi-audio-codec hdmi-audio-codec.2.auto: ASoC: error at snd_soc_dai_startup on i2s-hifi: -22 [ 45.676365] 100c0000.i2s0-i2s-hifi: ASoC: error at __soc_pcm_open on 100c0000.i2s0-i2s-hifi: -22 ...  
 i attach log here pls help with wifi/hdmi
dmesg.log
 
 
 

Hello guys, first of all thank you @jock, @fabiobassa and other people for this amazing rk322x project.
 
I ordered myself few of these cheap boxes. Few days ago one box came. It looks like that i got same box as @TU-Student
 
I read all the instructions and a lot of posts on this forum about how I should backup Android and boot Linux.
 
I understand that "Multitool" is the swiss knife, but for some reason this TV Box does not boot from SD card and the tool does not load, i only get orange LED on box and no signal (blackscreen).
 
I cannot test anything because box does not boot backup tool, and I cant backup eMMC/eMCP and try to flash Armbian build.
 
From what I have found this TV Box has:
SOC CHIP Rockchip RK3229 r0p5
WIFI CHIP AP6210
EMMC MICRON Q2J95T 8GB
RAM 1GB
 
It has fake android 7.1 (10.0), android kernel is very old 3.10.104, boots only at 720p resolution, but kernel and build itself is freshly made in 20230606 signed with test-keys.
 
What else can I do to make this boot from SD Card and load Multitool? How to make flash storage snapshot with android and flash armbian manually if  I cannot use multitool.
 
Please help
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

@sadp Your wifi chip is not supported by the brcmfmac driver; there is a patch for rockchip64 family but not for rk322x.
I will make a Pull Request to add the patch for rk322x but have to be patient, wait a couple of weeks and it will be probably available for edge 6.4 kernel. You are on current 6.1 right now, so perhaps you may want to switch when the new kernel will be available.
 
About the missing HDMI, it is a known problem for all R29 boards; @Hudson FAS gently offered to send me a board of such kind for me to inspect and try to fix the issue, so patience here too.
 

Ok guys, Hi.
 
So I have managed to connect box Q96MAX 4k Ultra HD, board MXQ_R2B_LP3_V2.62_220225 via maskrom mode, made EMMC backup, erased it.
 
 
btw thanks @MattWestB for your photos of  pins https://github.com/MattWestb/R29-MXQ-LP3-V2.3-00908
 
Anyway,
 
Box boots armbian legacy from SD card, I have managed to connect to it via SSH, device specs.
 
Detected board features:                                                             │   
                                                           │ Chip type: RK3228A/B - Serial: URKW46025 00000000032b0c                              │   
                                                           │ CPU Leakage: 0x04 - Logic Leakage: 0x04                                              │   
                                                           │ Internal flash: eMMC                                                                 │   
                                                           │ Wifi device: unknown - Device ID: 02d0:4334  
 
EDIT2:
installed RDP client, can connect to device via RDP...HDMI NO Output
 
ok so thanks to this post https://github.com/MattWestb/R29-MXQ-LP3-V2.3-00908/blob/main/README.md  armbian parameters set to emmc-hs200, ddr3-660 and led-config2, led started to work.
 
@MattWestB can you please comment how you fixed your box HDMI and wifi?:)
 
EDIT:
 
ok so ARMBIAN non legacy boots too, but same problems with WIFI and HDMI no video.
 

 
dmesg gives a lot of errors
 
... [ 0.003538] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok [ 0.004292] /cpus/cpu@f00 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004358] /cpus/cpu@f01 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004391] /cpus/cpu@f02 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004424] /cpus/cpu@f03 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.004446] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 15, mpidr 80000f00 ... [ 2.029717] inno-hdmi-phy 12030000.hdmi-phy: error -ENXIO: IRQ index 0 not found [ 2.030102] inno-hdmi-phy 12030000.hdmi-phy: phy_flag is: 0 [ 2.033084] rockchip-drm display-subsystem: bound 20050000.vop (ops 0xb127c87c) [ 2.033274] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: supply avdd-0v9 not found, using dummy regulator [ 2.033657] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 52000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0) [ 2.033677] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: supply avdd-1v8 not found, using dummy regulator [ 2.034239] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: Detected HDMI TX controller v2.01a with HDCP (inno_dw_hdmi_phy2) [ 2.035607] mmc2: new high speed MMC card at address 0001 [ 2.035736] dwhdmi-rockchip 200a0000.hdmi: registered DesignWare HDMI I2C bus driver [ 2.037470] mmcblk2: mmc2:0001 Q2J95T 7.28 GiB [ 2.039082] rockchip-drm display-subsystem: bound 200a0000.hdmi (ops 0xb1280568) ... [ 3.603319] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: unable to find group for node reset-key ... [ 15.966192] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: Unknown chip BCM43342/0 ... [ 16.859644] systemd[1]: Starting Armbian memory supported logging... [ 17.040253] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50 [ 17.091210] systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch. [ 17.099828] brcmfmac: brcmf_ops_sdio_probe: F2 error, probe failed -19... [ 17.144754] systemd[1]: Finished Raise network interfaces. ... [ 45.622143] hdmi-audio-codec hdmi-audio-codec.2.auto: Only one simultaneous stream supported! [ 45.652339] hdmi-audio-codec hdmi-audio-codec.2.auto: ASoC: error at snd_soc_dai_startup on i2s-hifi: -22 [ 45.676365] 100c0000.i2s0-i2s-hifi: ASoC: error at __soc_pcm_open on 100c0000.i2s0-i2s-hifi: -22 ...  
 i attach log here pls help with wifi/hdmi
dmesg.log
 
 
 

Hi,
 
I recently purchased a cheap TV Box apparently based on RK3228A (chip marking) or RK3229 (Android boot log, shown in Recovery menu).      I tried booting Multitool on it, but it even refuses to boot it (red LED, no HDMI output).   I do not know where UART pins are and I have currently no scope to probe.
 
Should Multitool run even when eMMC/NAND is not cleared according to the first post?   Also other images (LibreELEC) do not boot.
 
Board is marked as "MXQ_R2B_LP3_V2.62_220225", the housing is marked as "Q96 Max 4K Ultra HD"  and it has round corners.

It claims to be Android 10, but in reality is Android 7
 
Does anyone have a tip?