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@flikz I am glad to read that it works for your v5.1 board (your board is secure boot board). when you have time please post a photo of your board (if possible) it may help others. You can follow the bellow instructions to add hardware acceleration for your h264 videos on your Tv-Box. Is working for me (on bookworm). NOTE: Unfortunately hardware video acceleration is not completed yet but the above instructions seems to work with mpv. however when test it on (firefox / youtube) it does not makes any difference.

Hi, how to force set a boot resolution for this system on rockchip rk322x box? on armbian s9xx tv box images, I append this 'video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60D' to the kernel boot line and this will force the boot resolution to be the desired one, due to its tiny font on a 4k monitor. With the image here for rk322x, there's no uEnv.txt, but a similar armbianEnv.txt, I tried to add 'video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60D' to be the last line in this file, but it has no effect. my rk322x borad, it will think my 4k monitor HDMI is 5k , or 60hz, actually its only 4k@30Hz on HDMI, the result is it will blackscreen after the uboot output. when this board connected to a Full HD monitor, it outputs fine from start to end .. root@rk322x-box `:]x**j-,' --------------- .,+t***********z\<" OS: Armbian bookworm 24.11.0-trunk.192 armv7l ?******************; Host: Generic RK322x Tv Box board '*n` .'`^,;;,^`'. ,cc. Kernel: Linux 6.6.52-current-rockchip -<. .[l Uptime: 7 mins // ^^ ^^ \\ Packages: 714 (dpkg) !^ ^^ ": Shell: bash 5.2.15 'tt}` !~]rj_ ")t/. Display (U2879G6): 3840x2160 @ 30 Hz in 28″ [External] Itttt?' ~~]rr] `{tttt, Cursor: Adwaita \tttttt!""I_]r("""~tttttt1 Terminal: /dev/pts/0 '_tttttttttttt)ftttttttttttti. CPU: Generic DT based system (4) @ 1.39 GHz \*ztttttttttttttttttttttttttf**[ GPU: Rockchip rk3228-mali [Integrated] l**c)tttttttttttttttttttttttt(z**, Memory: 331.82 MiB / 977.04 MiB (34%) .z*x.`tttttttttttttttttttttttt.`u*n Swap: 0 B / 488.52 MiB (0%) >` (tttttttttttttttttttttt] "I Disk (/): 1.86 GiB / 6.94 GiB (27%) - ext4 ,tttttttttttttttttttttt` Disk (/var/log): 7.38 MiB / 46.84 MiB (16%) - ext4 ./tttttfttttttttfttttt( Local IP (end0): 192.168.19.162/24 'I)))(\()(tt))|\()({;' Locale: en_US.UTF-8 .~~~~~~~|)~~~~~~~< '[)))))1|()))))))? ",,," ",,,^

Hello, I am having some problem following the tutorial for this board (identified as R69): I thought of using the multitool to burn an image to the tv box, but after picking an image and inserting the sd card, it did not respond, since it booted from the original firmware and ignored multitool. I also tried using a usb sd card adapter, but same thing. My questions are: what is happening? Did this happen to someone alrealdy? Was it solved? How to solve it? I am almost sure I did the process right, since I already did it to some tv boxes and got good results... I would have attached some log, but don't know if there is one, since the multitool didnt even open. Thanks a lot in advance!

In armbianenv.txt, erase the overlay “tve” (abbreviation of tv signal encoder) if you don’t use any analog outputs, can the pins be used as GPIO?

I followed the steps outlined in the instructions, and they worked very well for me with (10 ISPs) 4G dongles using PPP connections. TV Box Model tested: MXQ Pro 4K, 5G (H3 Allwinner), ISO: Sunvell 69. I started with Debian 10 and later upgraded to Debian 11. I also use a second USB 3.0 LAN card, as well as the dongles connected through a USB hub with an independent power supply. For more information, you can check the following resources: Installing the Perl dependencies took some time. Net-ISP-Balance Documentation https://lstein.github.io/Net-ISP-Balance/ Net-ISP-Balance GitHub Repository https://github.com/lstein/Net-ISP-Balance Thanks to Lincoln D. Stein

@sicxnull Yesterday i make a fresh clone of : git clone https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build.git --branch X96Q-TVBOX-LPDDR3 --single-branch But when compile it I get an error [Error context msg [ Check MD5 sum of installed packages failed ..] I also tried to use FORCE_CHECK_MD5_PACKAGES=no but I receive the same error. after i clone the : git clone https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build.git and is compiled without errors, And finally i make a bookworm image (with secure boot) After i test the image on my tv-box (Z1): The Tv-box boots from SD card, however when i try to copy my image from SD card to eMMC then the Tv-box does not boot al all. I solve this problem with my old noble (secure boot) image (when i copy the bootloader to eMMC via armbian-config) Something is changed on u-boot ?

can you help me with this? i can't find an image, and i can't figure out how to make the box show up on my pc. its a T95m android tv box, i don't know the manufacturer because the stickers are all worn off.

How do i boot and install armbian on a T95m tv box? i held the reset button, plugged in power and released after about 5 seconds but it keeps booting into android...

Hello, I am working on an alternative fd6551 and clones led driver for our tv boxes front displays. It is getting up in very good shape, but requires some tuning up; I would like to ask anyone who owns a box with a front led panel and is interested to report the board name, the display chip (common chips are fd6551, fd650, tm1650, etc...) and the original stock dts if possibile. It would make things easier to support already existing boards. Thank you! edit: for source code and reference: https://github.com/paolosabatino/leds-fd6551

@rafman oh excellent. thanks for the tip. Still getting acquainted with this. I was just going for consistency since I had another old box running it. considering I can get the Q1 for $40 CDN on amazon - its a really good deal to put together a quick pihole for a friends and family. I feel like the tv-box producers are missing an opportunity in not building their own armbian version will full support. They would sell more boxes!

@Perry S thread for rk3288 tv boxes was not too far away. Try this:

Hello I want to change the original logo of Android Tv box IK316Q-EMCP_v4.1 and use our company logo. Therefore, I need the firmware editor. Who can help me? Best regards

@eibrog I am glad to read that you succeed. This Tv-Box (Q1) works fine with Armbian. @svsruof You can also give a try with the above image to your box to see if Armbian is booting with secure boot.

Hey! I'm very new to this topic, do you mind helping? I installed your Multitool on an SD card, got the TV box backup, but now I have a 5 GB backup.gz file, and when I open it, theres a file without extention there. What programs would you advise to use (i'm on Windows 10) to extract the firmware from it and then put it back to this format later? If I understand it correctly, I need to decompress it with some program, edit, then compress it back with something and then flash to the TB box? Maybe there's some noob friendly guide out there that I didn't find, or you can explain the details yourself? My goal is to get the firmware, then edit it - translate to another language, add some games, etc, then flash it back to the TV box. Thank you!

No problem, everything is a lesson even if it succeeds or not. The good point of this research is that now i have two dead boxes alive and running (well). I made a free account on github and I order another one tv box (Transpeed 8k Android 12 TV BOX Allwinner H618 4GB Ram and 64 GB Rom) for further research (is on the way now).

Does anyone know how to extract (old) Allwinner eGON files from the BPI M3 with dumpimage (or other Linux software?) To change the HDMI screen resolution. (720P is too big for TV/monitor, need 1360x768). dumpimage -l BPI_M3_720P.img Allwinner eGON image, size: 32768 bytes

Belena Etcher Uncompresses the image then writes image then verifies image. I switched to just clicking on compressed image and use linux default restore image using Disks. I now try using extracted image and usb image writer. this does not work I am using Linux Mint but can also boot win10. I check out rufus too. i also have many other on my win10 drive. thanks for your help update: using Rufus to burn image to sdcard gives same result black screen on tv and led clock blank Do i need press any buttons inside box ? what should i expect to see if it works ? Checking my ram spec it is DDR3L so will need boot loader "board-h616.tanix_tx6s_lpddr3" RAM: K4B4G0446D-BYK0 DDR3L-1600 (11-11-11) https://image.semiconductor.samsung.com/resources/data-sheet/DS_K4B4G0846D_BY_M_Rev1_3-0.pdf I confident my SDCard image is ok and not the issue I need to learn how to change boot loader

I tried booting with Tanix Tx6 images burned with balenaEtcher-linux-x64. micro sdcard has boot and root partitions I get nothing black screen on LG TV and clock LED blank. Do i need to copy dts file or edit file ? never done this before.

Revieved my Tanix TX6 H616 4GB + 32GB PCB: CS_H616_TX6S_B4_V4.4A RAM: K4B4G0446D EMMC: E32GDSAA1ABE00 WIFI: SP6330-X0 PMIC: AXP313A LED IC: FD650B-S Work OK and specs are correct, No display on my monitor but works on my LG TV. I have ordered a new HDMI to DVI cable to replace my HDMI to DVI adapter, and ordered a HDMI to DP adapter. hopefully can get my monitor to work with HDMI. I added Rx Tx Gnd 5V connector for serial coms. There is also EMMC/CLK and GND test points on bottom of PCB. To open use a guitar pick or spudger to prise bottom case off. Comparing the PCB with the Tanix TX68 i posted previously , seem identical PCB part number just different cpu and wifi and emmc used.

Trying to seek solution it seems it depend very much on overlay which is new implemented in armbian, especially for my TV box chip. I use dtmerge to debug overlay creation and error cant find symbol either gpio or gpiochip1 and get warning overlay map not loaded and no matching platform found.. while trying on arthur-liberman give compilation error also

Look at the 3566 development https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28895-efforts-to-develop-firmware-for-h96-max-v56-rk3566-8g64g/ You can bring the board to mainline By creating a folder like this based on @hzdm files up there in this topic https://github.com/hqnicolas/ArmBoardBringUp https://forum.armbian.com/topic/40483-efforts-to-develop-firmware-for-h96-max-m9-rk3576-tv-box-8g128g/?do=findComment&comment=200260

@K R In the meantime you can try a Hack in order to boot Armbian to your box from miniarch image that boots with your box (MiniArch-20240715-6.10.10-board-h313.x96_q-SD-Image.img) i can't give any guarantee that it will succeeds but you can try it. (Warning if you are not familiar with below tools don't attempt to continue because if you make a mistake you may damage your hard drive) You will need : A PC with linux (Debian or ubuntu ) Gparted Disks utility (gnome-disks) An SD card 32GB (minimum) and an SD to USB card reader/adapter Balena Etcher (appimage) Armbian Image: https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz Miniarch Image: MiniArch-20240715-6.10.10-board-h313.x96_q-SD-Image.img (you already have it) Steps: (Warning if you are not familiar with above tools don't attempt to continue because if you make a mistake you may damage your hard drive) 1:> Burn MiniArch-20240715-6.10.10-board-h313.x96_q-SD-Image.img using Balena Etcher to your SD card. 2:> After you Burn the image your SD Card will contain 2 partitions (BOOT, ROOT). 3:> Open gparted select your SD Card and remove/delete the ROOT partition on SD card. (apply all operations) 4:> create a new Ext4 partition on SD card (size at least 6 GB) and label it as ROOT. and (apply all operations) and after close gparted 5> unpack Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz and now you will have --> Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img 5:> open Disks Utility, select your SD card on disks (left panel), and select ROOT partition (make it green on right panel) 6:> click on gear icon and select Restore Partition Image..., choose --> Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img When the process finish you will have BOOT, armbi_root partitions on your SD Card. Unmount/Remove and reinsert you SD Card to your PC. Open BOOT partition on SD card and remove/delete the bellow files: Image Image.gz open armbi_root/boot and copy the bellow files to BOOT/ armbianEnv.txt boot.bmp boot.cmd boot.scr config-6.6.44-current-sunxi64 initrd.img-6.6.44-current-sunxi64 --> rename to Image.gz System.map-6.6.44-current-sunxi64 uInitrd-6.6.44-current-sunxi64 vmlinuz-6.6.44-current-sunxi64 --> rename to Image Unmount the disks --> Insert SD card to your TV-Box and try to boot. With this method you don't need to modify the extlinux.conf, I have used his method to boot armbian when the it was not mature for my devices . Try it with you own risk, No guarantees. (if you encounter problems with Hdmi just wait for an upcoming release for your box) but if the system is booting you may have a working system from SD.

@Nick A @sicxnull According to device test results with secure boot image bellow. And because Bluetooth and WiFi does not work on both boxes Q1 and Z1 (same hardware except eMMC) I found and extract the Q1 stock android firmware dtb file (same hardware on both devices) and I need to modify or patch my local copy of (https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build.git --branch X96Q-TVBOX-LPDDR3 --single-branch) I want to ask if Android DTBs are Compatible with Armbian or they need additional maintenance ? Hardware is the bellow: wifi : SV6256P (Same on Z1 and Q1) Bluetooth: BR8052A01 (Same on Z1 and Q1) The android DTB for Q1 contains the below section information about BT and WiFi/Wlan: wlan { compatible = "allwinner,sunxi-wlan"; clocks = <0x1b>; pinctrl-0 = <0xd3>; pinctrl-names = "default"; wlan_busnum = <0x01>; wlan_power; wlan_io_regulator; wlan_regon = <0x53 0x06 0x12 0x01 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x00>; wlan_hostwake = <0x53 0x06 0x0f 0x06 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x00>; chip_en; power_en; status = "okay"; linux,phandle = <0x17d>; phandle = <0x17d>; }; bt { compatible = "allwinner,sunxi-bt"; clocks = <0x1b>; bt_power; bt_io_regulator; bt_rst_n = <0x53 0x06 0x13 0x01 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x00>; status = "okay"; linux,phandle = <0x17e>; phandle = <0x17e>; }; Were i have to place this information to recompile Armbian ? FYI: I attach bellow the full DTB and decompiled DTS file of Q1 tv-Box from Android stock firmware. Q1_device_tree.dtb.tar.gz Q1_device_tree.dts

Hello everyone. Here are the Test Results of my Z1 box. in the meantime i found that a another tv-box with almost identical hardware to Z1 (except the eMMC) is the Q1 box (photos included) Q1 Box also booting with the secure boot image of Armbian and runs well. Boards Specifications are: Processor: H313 (Same on Z1 and Q1) Emmc: (Kingston 16EMCP16 on Z1 - Micron JZ008 on Q1) pmic: AXP313a (Same on Z1 and Q1) wifi : SV6256P (Same on Z1 and Q1) Bluetooth: BR8052A01 (Same on Z1 and Q1) What Works (on both boxes) Boot from SD --OK Install to EMMC -- OK HDMI on Console -- OK Cpu Temp --Ok Ethernet --OK Sound --OK Video Playpack -- OK Onboard Led work only on Q1 on Z1 stays always blue. What does not Work (on both boxes) WiFi Adapter -- does not work Bluetooth -- does not work Bellow are the photos of Q1 Box (Manufacturer firmware is available for this box)

@Nick A This is the image which i was using: https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/download/v20240909/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_Transpeed-8k618-t_bookworm_edge_6.9.12_server.tar.gz After burning the microsd I copy brcmfmac4334-sdio.bin from https://github.com/LibreELEC/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware to /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4334-sdio.transpeed,8k618-t.bin renaming it in the sdcard. Doing this everythings works unless bluetooth and led display. the device is a Vontar h618 4g 32gb with FD650B-S chip for the led display. Yesterday i reflash finally this vontar with the original android firmware and install to my parents for tv watching. i will order this time a transpeed h618 4g 64g