Phoenix 0025m

After some digging and trial-and-error, I finally fixed the issue with my TX3 Mini! Here’s what I did in case it helps anyone else: First, I confirmed the specs of my box (by inspecting the main board) —it indeed has an S905W CPU, 1GB of RAM (as Armbian mentioned), and 16GB of NAND storage. To resolve the issue: 1. I Downloaded the Stock ROM: I found the original stock firmware specifically for the TX3 Mini with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage. (The firmware I used was compatible with both 1GB and 2GB variants.) 2. I Prepared a Bootable Burn Card: Using the Amlogic Burn Card Maker, I created a bootable SD card with the stock firmware. 3. Triggered NAND sort method: I sorted the NAND pins on the board, which allowed it to boot from the SD card. This step eventually led to the firmware flashing itself. For some reason the process was stuck at the beginning. But after some experimenting, I unchecked the Erase Flash and Erase Bootloader options in the Burn Card Maker, which resolved the issue and allowed the process to complete successfully. And just like that, my box is back in action! If anyone else encounters a similar problem or needs help with their TX3 Mini, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to assist! Here’s the firmware I used for my box: TX3Mini-20180716.img

Hi SteeMan, thank you for responding. Is there any way to fix the box, or is it completely bricked and beyond repair?

Hi, I'm new to the Armbian community, but I have used Linux before. Recently, I followed this tutorial: https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0316.html to flash Armbian 20.10 Bullseye on what I suspect is a fake TX3 Mini. It has a red motherboard probably not a p-281 board, it could be a q201_N device as twrp said before installing Armbian. Anyways, Armbian detects 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage in it. It most likely has either an S905X or S912 CPU since I used "u-boot-s905x-s912" during the process. After flashing the SD card with Armbian, I was able to boot successfully. I then installed Armbian using the terminal with "install.sh." After completing the installation, I decided to check the partitions using GParted. In the eMMC (internal storage), I noticed around 900 MB of unallocated space. I decided to add this to my root partition. To do that, I first moved the boot partition upwards and placed the unallocated space next to the root partition. However, when I tried to extend my root partition into the unallocated space, GParted froze. I canceled the process and reopened GParted, but this time it said it was unable to read the eMMC. I thought it might be a bug, so I rebooted, but after the reboot, the screen remained blank—nothing happened. When I insert the SD card, the screen flickers blank for 2 seconds and then shows "no signal" for 3 seconds. Did I just kill the device, or is there any way to fix this? Please help!