scott90420

You don't need it now. And why you just don't use dd, base busybox utility, and any text editor to change dtb in uEnv.txt/extlinux.conf
And if you talk about DT from stock adroid, it probably unusable with other kernel(mainline in armbian) without huge editing.

I am sorry I cannot help you with details, but I can wish you good luck, and perhaps give some helpful general advice, on embarking on (what I can gather?) may be the beginning of your hacking career.
 
Stick with it. Try and not get too frustrated, especially if you are learning some of this stuff for the first time. Try and remember to have fun along the way.
 
It can go very slow at first, it may seem you are spending all your time "yak shaving" instead of making progress, but remember, learning is progress, too...
 
Cheers!

To avoid off-topic discussion, suggested by @balbes150, i started this thread in hope that someone wants to get involved contributing to Armbian!?!
 
I want to make an Android app that can:
Extract your DTB.img. Burn Armbian distro to USB/SD card. (no PC required!)  - it will require root OR custom recovery.
 
Targets:
AMlogic first, Rockchip after, Maybe more (MTK)?   
The app will use:
'EtchDroid' (open source - F-Droid) to burn the .img's to USB/SD card. 'Amlogic DTB tool' (open source - GitHub) for DTB extraction.  
What i need:
HELP!!! i cannot do it alone! i will need ATLEAST some guidance/tips/help from you beautiful geeks! the app will be open-source.
 
I'm currently stuck trying to figure out:
How i can flash the AML_autoscript.zip via TWRP instead of the stock 'Upgrade" app on our boxes.

First up... THANK YOU SO MUCH! to you @balbes150
I bought the original H1 variant 'H96 Pro Stick' (an Amlogic S912 in stick form!) as soon as it came out direct from GearBest on a special deal for £35!
The original Android 7.1.2 firmware was bad, but SuperCeleron over at FreakTab made a decent 'full-android' and 'android-TV' OS that i have tweaked myself. That was it for development on my board, and that almost 3 years ago now.
I had once, way back then tried this before, and after trying 10ish random dtb.img's for S9xx i would get past login, but it would always get this repeated text across the screen that would stay there and i never did get to the desktop.
I am now typing from an 11 year old 32-bit Intel Atom NetBook with 1GB ram! :'(
It is my 'PC' ...and honestly... i can do more from my 64-bit OnePlus 5T in Termux (Arch/Debian/Ubuntu proot) than this old thing.
I know the S912 is good for Linux in multi-core benchmarking... so all this time later... i tried again....
And with the newer documentation you have now... it was alot easier than last time! and it worked... first time too!
FINALLY I get to try out Armbian!!!!
So thank you very much for your work all these years, it is appreciated!
The rom i got was Ubuntu and it runs fast! no long wait times for apps to open up! a much needed 64-bit PC i have needed all this time!!
 
Just one question please (or anyone else out there reading this essay!)
As the case with alot of devices... wifi & bluetooth is not working. I found a website from a guy who used my H1 H96 stick and he forked your 4.9 kernel sometime back & modified it for crypto-mining purposes, so it has alot of documentation. On his GitHub it has my wifi & bluetooth drivers.
How do i add them into this rom?????

ONCE AGAIN... A MASSIVE THANK YOU!!!!!!!!