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Just thought I'd add that this appears to be fixed in the latest "stable" release with edge kernel (6.8.10). Connecting to WiFi networks works out of the box, and creating a hotspot works if you install armbian-firmware-full.

how exactly are you writing to the SD card? I just did it today with Gnome Image Writer and it worked without any issue. The image I used was https://mirror-us-stl1.armbian.airframes.io/dl/orangepi5-plus/archive/Armbian_24.5.1_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.43_gnome-oibaf_desktop.img.xz
 
There is no need to unpack. Right click -> open with Image Writer -> select destination (SD card) -> wait until the process finishes -> boot with SD card -> setup Armbian -> start using.

I'd like to congratulate you for a great release (24.2.1) with KDE! I was looking for a guide to install KDE in a minimum version, but I could not trim it down enough, and this release solved my issues.
 
Everything is working smoothly, video acceleration is there, Wi-Fi (AX210) is there, bluetooth is there! A real pleasure to use.
 
Best, team!

I had one OPi5 setup and working properly with one of my TVs.  I was running Kodi and using the remote from my TV to control Kodi using HDMI-CEC.  I went to setup a second one on another TV but this time the TV remote did not work properly.  Through elimination I came to determine the HDMI cable was the issue.  I ordered another HDMI cable that had the Ferrite at each side of the cable.  Now it worked properly.  Thought this might be useful for others.  This is the cable I ordered:  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B003PDHJ6M
 
Conclusion:  In order to make HDMI-CEC work properly, make sure the HDMI cable is of sufficient quality.  I think ones with the Ferrite may be best to remove any electrical interference.

Needed/wanted to add Bluetooth to my OPi5 and also needed WiFi at the same time.  Did not want to use 2 USB ports so I tried the T2UB.  Working well.  Bluetooth appeared on my Armbian Ubuntu Jammy setup and I plugged in the dongle.  It saw a few of my bluetooth devices.  Reason I wanted bluetooth is to use a controller for some games/emulators.  I'll make another post for that.  My PS4 Dualshock controller is not showing up in the list of devices.  My version is an older version, Armbian 23.06.420 Jammy with Linux 5.10.160-rk35xx  No end-user support: built from trunk
 
Conclusion:  TPLink T2UB should work properly on Armbian Ubuntu desktop.

I am using a Rock5a with an RK3588s, and it won't even work on the Edge version. I think the adapter is bound with Intel chipsets, AMD users also complained about this on Windows 

Key is not deprecated, method is. On Noble / Sid and future.
 
sudo wget https://apt.armbian.com/armbian.key -O key sudo gpg --dearmor < key | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg > /dev/null sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg sudo echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg] http://apt.armbian.com $(lsb_release -cs) main $(lsb_release -cs)-utils $(lsb_release -cs)-desktop" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list apt update  

Some inspiration: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

did you also check the power supply?
 
Another thing I noticed was that among your trial you used:
 
Maybe you have installed this at some point and it kinda breaks the process and you need to reinstall the "plus" one again to fix it?

I use 154! I understand it will use C.UTF-8 as locale. That's what I've been using forever, and it just works... 

Recover OrangePi 5 Plus
Download:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19SMZHj1Y8l_Vvr6_SMDHYdJHi41hMgsI
Press and hold the MASKROM button, then plug in USB power and release the MASKROM button
Open a terminal in Linux and install "rkdeveloptool"
*Note, I saved all the files in that URL to /home/$USER/opi5plus then "cd opi5plus" | use "sudo rkdeveloptool ld" to see if your device can be seen (plug in USB cable from PC to the USB-C connector opposite the power).
opi5plus$ sudo rkdeveloptool db MiniLoaderAll.bin
Downloading bootloader succeeded.
opi5plus$ sudo rkdeveloptool ul MiniLoaderAll.bin
Upgrading loader succeeded.
opi5plus$ sudo rkdeveloptool td
Test Device OK.
opi5plus$ sudo rkdeveloptool rd
Reset Device OK.
Make sure you have a freshly baked SD card installed with your Linux flavor of choice then power off, install the SD card and boot up!