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The wifi and ethernet both are not working for my transpeed 8k tv device. it has a rk3528 chipset. 1. I tried resetting it from its android factory setting. it did not work. 2. I found its image which i flashed via RKdevtool. Still the both wifi and lan did not work. 3. i tried external usb wifi dongle but it did not detect it. 4. I tried to install debian OS i found somewhere on internet designed for rk3528 on it as alternative but rkdevtool did not identified the image Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance,

@4A studio You can run the spacemit-gpu-addon.sh on forky. This should install the trixie binaries. If there is something that does not work or wants an unavailable depend, you may try recompiling, the source should be with you: apt-get build-dep somepack and apt-get source -b somepack will get you going. If that works, you can tell me and I'll integrate. @Uhtred2 No 1080p youtube for you? Maybe not every codec works. I have tried with German TV, such as Anyhow, the IMG BXE 2-32 GPU is not very fast, only 500 fish with https://webglsamples.org/aquarium/aquarium.html Hopefully, the K3 successor uses something better. @maxsub You sure use our kernels? Can you post "uname -a" output? I tried the R2S image on my RV2 which shows a zero load with "uptime". Also, why do you need to manually boot USB from uboot? That "kydevtool" together with boot switch does not work either?

Have you tried all of the gxm dtb files? Per the instructions (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33676-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus)

Hello SliTaz community, I would like to know how I could install SliTaz on an Android TV box powered by a Rockchip RK3229 processor. I understand that the standard SliTaz ISO is for x86 architecture, but my device uses ARM. Is there any ARM-compatible version of SliTaz that could run on this hardware? Or is there a way to build a custom ARM rootfs with the SliTaz ARM toolchain and use it with a compatible kernel and bootloader? Any help, guidance, or example would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

In the world of TV boxes "identical looking" means nothing, as manufacturers build each batch with the lowest cost components available at the time. There are many cases where identical looking boxes even contain different cpus ( ie amlogic vs rockchip). My recommendation would be first to verify the markings on the boards (there is usually some sort of board identifying text on the board)to really see if they are the same under the hood.

Hello everyone, I have two identical-looking "arm-64" Amlogic TV boxes (S805X-based, meson-gxl-s805x-p241.dtb), both running the same Armbian image (kernel 5.9.0-arm-64 from balbes150 build). Both boxes have BCM43430 WiFi+BT combo (AP6212 module) on SDIO (mmc1). Problem: - STB 1: WiFi works perfectly (BCM43430/1 stepping) - STB 2: WiFi fails to initialize (BCM43430/2 stepping) — always ends with "HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50" Key dmesg from STB 1 (working): [ 7.719726] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1541a9a6 [ 7.736079] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1 [ 7.976301] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43430/1 wl0: Mar 30 2021 01:12:21 version 7.45.98.118 (7d96287 CY) FWID 01-32059766 → wlan0 appears and connects normally Key dmesg from STB 2 (not working): [ 7.564287] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1542a9a6 [ 7.568240] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/2 [ 8.644057] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50 [ 9.652082] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50 → No wlan0 interface created What I already tried on STB 2: 1. Copied entire /lib/firmware/brcm folder from STB 1 → same timeout 2. Symlinked brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.bin / .txt → same timeout 3. Symlinked Raspberry Pi 3 variant (brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b.txt) → same 4. Created symlink for board-specific file: ln -sf brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt brcmfmac43430-sdio.amlogic,p241.txt → still fails 5. Added various NVRAM tweaks (boardflags3=0x48200100, LPO=1, sd_drivestrength=6, etc.) → no change 6. Tried sdio_overclock=0 (and 25000000) → module says "unknown parameter 'sdio_overclock' ignored" (not supported in this kernel 5.9 build) Current /lib/firmware/brcm contents (relevant files): - brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin - brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt - brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.bin - brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.txt - brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b.txt - brcmfmac43430-sdio.amlogic,p241.txt (now exists) modinfo brcmfmac shows no sdio_overclock or drive_strength parameter available. Questions: - Has anyone seen BCM43430/2 stepping specifically fail like this while /1 works on the same image? - Is there a known good NVRAM .txt for BCM43430/2 on Amlogic boxes? - Any other module parameters or DTB tweaks that could slow down SDIO clock or force LPO mode? - Or is this most likely a hardware difference (LPO crystal issue on the module/board)? Any help or pointers greatly appreciated — really want to avoid buying USB dongles if possible. Thanks! ls /lib/firmware/brcm bcm4329.hcd BCM4330B1.hcd bcm4330.hcd BCM43342.hcd BCM4334B0.hcd BCM43430A1.hcd BCM43430B0.hcd bcm43438-sdio.hcd BCM4343A0.hcd BCM4345C0_003.001.025.0162.0000_Generic_UART_37_4MHz_wlbga_ref_iLNA_iTR_eLG.hcd BCM4345C0.amlogic,sm1.hcd BCM4345C0.firefly,rk3566-roc-pc.hcd BCM4345C0.radxa,zero2.hcd BCM4345C0.raspberrypi,4-compute-module.hcd BCM4345C5.hcd BCM4356A2.hcd BCM4359C0.hcd BCM4362A2.hcd BCM4362A2-khadas-vim4.hcd brcmfmac4329-sdio.bin brcmfmac4329-sdio.txt brcmfmac4330-sdio.amlogic,q200-n1.txt brcmfmac4330-sdio.bin brcmfmac4330-sdio.rockchip,rk3318-box.txt brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt brcmfmac43342-sdio.bin brcmfmac43342-sdio.txt brcmfmac4334-sdio.bin brcmfmac4334-sdio.rockchip,rk3318-box.txt brcmfmac43362-sdio.bin brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt brcmfmac4339-sdio.1CK.txt brcmfmac4339-sdio.bin brcmfmac4339-sdio.txt brcmfmac4339-sdio.ZP.txt brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.bin brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.txt brcmfmac43430b0-sdio.bin brcmfmac43430b0-sdio.rockchip,fine3399.bin brcmfmac43430b0-sdio.txt brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin brcmfmac43430-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b.bin brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b.txt brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.bin brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.txt brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt brcmfmac43436s-sdio.bin brcmfmac43436s-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.bin brcmfmac43436s-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.amlogic,sm1.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.amlogic,sm1.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac43455-sdio.firefly,rk3566-roc-pc.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.firefly,rk3566-roc-pc.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.radxa,zero2.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.radxa,zero2.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,4-compute-module.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,4-compute-module.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,4-model-b.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,4-model-b.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.clm_blob brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.txt brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin brcmfmac43456-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,rockpi4b.bin brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,rockpi4b.txt brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,zero2.bin brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,zero2.txt brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,zero.bin brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,zero.txt brcmfmac43456-sdio.raspberrypi,400.bin brcmfmac43456-sdio.raspberrypi,400.txt brcmfmac43456-sdio.txt brcmfmac4356-sdio.bin brcmfmac4356-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac4356-sdio-nanopi-m4v2.bin brcmfmac4356-sdio-nanopi-m4v2.txt brcmfmac4356-sdio.txt brcmfmac4359-sdio.bin brcmfmac4359-sdio.txt brcmfmac43752-pcie.bin brcmfmac43752-pcie.clm_blob brcmfmac43752-pcie.txt brcmfmac43752-sdio.9tripod,x3568-v4.bin brcmfmac43752-sdio.9tripod,x3568-v4.txt brcmfmac43752-sdio.bin brcmfmac43752-sdio.clm_blob brcmfmac43752-sdio.firefly,rk3568-roc-pc.bin brcmfmac43752-sdio.firefly,rk3568-roc-pc.txt brcmfmac43752-sdio.txt brcmfmac-ap6330-sdio.bin brcmfmac-ap6330-sdio.txt clm_bcm43752a2_ag.blob config_bcm43456c5_ag.txt config_bcm43752a2_ag.txt config.txt fw_bcm43456c5_ag_apsta.bin fw_bcm43456c5_ag.bin fw_bcm43752a2_ag_apsta.bin fw_bcm43752a2_ag.bin fw_bcm43752a2_ag_p2p.bin nvram_ap6256.txt nvram_ap6275s.txt SYN43711A0.hcd

As I had read, the maximum amount of RAM the H618 handles is 4GB, so, this 8GB TV Box should be a false information.

Hello GUYS I want to install new firmware for my tv box but i can't find please help me about that. (Mxq pro 4k 5g (Amlogic meson8b))PLease help me. Because I am fed up . It slows down day by day.

Howdy hey. What do you guys think of this Android TV Box Q19 Android16 Allwinner H618 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005011785087357.html it does claim 8GB ram and price is ~40 euro ? or 95 TV Box Android14 Allwinner H616 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009496923463.html which one is a better bet?

Good afternoon, I can't compile the cores for this TV box. https://paste.armbian.com/ziyasupeka

Hello, I have an Android M98-Y6 HDMI stick that reportedly has an Allwiner H313 processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. When I opened the case, I identified the emcp memory module KMQNW000SM-B316. I don't have access to console mode. I can only access adb commands as root.The RAM type DDR3 seems LPDDR3 ( version ??) I've tried different Armbian images without success. Unfortunately, Secure Boot is enabled. I read this post and test Armbian-20240716-unofficial_24.5.0-trunk_Transpeed-8k618-t_bookworm_edge_6.7.12_xfce_desktop_Secure_Boot.img.tar.xz from Nick, without success I have an Android image named M96-Y6.img. EDIT1: Also it has a AP6330 Wifi Chip ( thanks to "dmesg") It has a internal AC300 PHY ( thanks to "Device info HW") Attached is the "dts" file devicetree.dts device_tree_dump.txt

How do install armbian in my TX98 TV BOX Processor:Allwinner H313 I bought it on tiktok shop

Aliexpress item: https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005006249858881.html Extracted dtb and dts files attached. It boots Warpme/miniarch image for X96 with LPDDR3 RAM https://github.com/warpme/miniarch/releases/download/f3b14fbae071/MiniArch-20240715-6.16.1-board-h313.x96_q_lpddr3-SD-Image.img.xz However internal Ethernet port is silent. It can work through USB->ETH adapter though. Any Idea on how to make Ethernet working? sun50.dtb sun50.dts

Hello all. I have an Android-based Yundoo Y8 TV box, which I want to use for UPS management. I want it to be able to run Armbian to install the UPS management software, but I cannot figure out which Armbian I should download. The board is based on Rockchip RK3399. In cpu-z app I see the board identified as rk30sdk, and the hardware is rk30board. Can you please help me identify the board so I can understand which version of Armbian I need? I couldn't find anything in the forum about RK3399... I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Hi all, I’m working with an Amlogic S805X (P241) board and I’d like to run Armbian on it, but I need a kernel 5.15 LTS build that boots reliably (especially from USB/SD). I see Armbian community builds with kernel 6.x for Amlogic TV boxes (e.g., Armbian_community_26.x), but these do not boot successfully on my P241. I previously successfully booted Armbian with kernel 5.9, but I want an image based on the 5.15 LTS kernel if possible. Is there an existing downloadable image for S805X/P241 with kernel 5.15? If not, can you share build parameters (BOARD=, BRANCH=, kernel target) to compile a minimal Armbian image with 5.15 that uses meson-gxl-s805x-p241.dtb? I also want to confirm the correct dtb file and boot configuration needed. Kernel 6.x gives me reserved-memory / CMA errors on S805X P241 and didnt boot Kernel 5.x booted , Is there any 5.15 LTS Armbian image, or how can I build one? Thanks!

There are no Armbian builds that old, in fact Amlogic TV boxes weren't incorporated into Armbian until later Linux kernels. What you must have been using would most likely have been a fork of Armbian. What you are asking for isnt possible in the way you are asking. You essentially want Armbian ported to the 5.15 Linux kernels, which is a huge project. You would be better served but spending a month or so figuring out why current kernels don't work for you and fixing that.

I currently have a TV box with @Nick A Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_x98h_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img. I have installed linux-headers-edge-sunxi64_25.05.0-trunk_arm64__6.12.11 from the same repository. I'm trying to build a custom module to get the LCD working but I keep coming up against a Exec Format Error which implies a mismatch between the build version and the installed version. But I can't find the cause. I have been following the build instructions for tm16xx-display which hasn't been a smooth process. I've had to remove some forward slashes in the Makefile so it would find the drivers/auxdisplay folder and the line-display.mod.c file it created had entries with multiple double quotes that caused errors. I had to change ""LINEDISP"" to "'LINEDISP'" before it would build. I should also mention I have previously tried OpenVFD and come up with the exact same issue so I don't think it's related to tm16xx. uname - r 6.12.11-edge-sunxi64 Vermagic of the module 6.12.11-edge-sunxi64 SMP preempt mod_unload aarch64 uname -a Linux x98h 6.12.11-edge-sunxi64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 23 11:23:05 EST 2025 aarch64 GNU/LINUX I have little experience with building things in Linux. Am I missing something simple? Is "PREEMPT" listed in all caps in uname -a an issue when the vermagic line is lower case? What about mod_unload? Any other ideas? I've been googling all day and got nowhere. Most results show different version between uname and vermagic which isn't the case here as far as I can tell. I guess I just need to know if it's possible to build custom modules with armbian images or if it's something that just doesn't work and I should forget about it. Thanks.

Has anyone been able to use the remote control that comes with the tv bos under Armbian? Does it reqire additional driver(s)? I want to run Kodi (or any better mediacenter) under Armbian.

Hello, it's been months since I've said to myself "I've got to get a cheap TV box, since SBCs are now so expensive and my Raspberry Pi 3 is showing its I/O and memory limits", and I think I'm now finally forced to, because 2 weeks ago my Pi started to show some strange (load/power) issues, and even started to emit a funny burned smell (!!!), slowly with hours of continuous (even if light) uptime. It still works, but I fear that some component is dying, maybe having kept an USB HDD connected for months has fried something: the smell strangely is always coming even after changing PSU and disconnecting the HDD (apart from that, there are now no other connected peripherals except for the microSD), and it appears to come from the micro-USB port section of the board. Point is, I don't trust this thing to keep working 24/7 after this incident, I have to get a new small homeserver. Indeed, I mostly used the Pi as a server these years, and after reading "Status of Armbian on TV Boxes" I think I can at least give a shot at trying to buy a TV box as a Pi substitute for this kind of task. Since today and tomorrow the Amazon Prime Day takes place, and I'm finding some more-decent-than-usual deals (yes, I did check with Keepa, some boxes are really on discount today), I thought I might as well buy now and stop postponing. So, my requirements are about the following, and they seem easy enough to get on today's TV boxes with Android, but I don't know what happens if I was to desire Armbian: 4 GB RAM or more (unlike the Pi's 1 GB) USB 3.0 ports (unlike the Pi's 2.0), to add big additional storage with minimal bottleneck (but maybe we don't rely on an USB-Y cable anymore if connected to a separate PSU...) WiFi, preferably 5 GHz, because I don't have a good place to put the box near my router, and can't have Ethernet cables going from one corner of the room to the opposite... Now, I probably don't really need bare-metal pure Linux, since the majority of the software I have to run can do so in a proot container in Android (in the past I did use an half-broken Android smartphone as a server actually), but I would have to sacrifice Docker (which sometimes is really useful) and also Pi-Hole (since to work it has to bind on a privileged port, and I wouldn't bet on being able to root these Android boxes), so I am at least making an attempt at buying something that can run Armbian. From what I'm gathering from the forum, the best choices are usually Rockchip boxes (most supported), next come those with some Amlogic SoCs (driven by a small community), and lastly there are some Allwinners. However, it's a bit chaotic trying to infer what's the best choice from browsing semi-random threads, and that's why I'm asking any potential TV box expert (now that's hyperspecialization!) what could be the best choice among what I found for an acceptable price (some are on Prime Day discount, some aren't but still have a good price): X88 Pro 10, X88 Pro 12: RK3318 chip, I understood that it's good support-wise (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26978-csc-armbian-for-rk3318rk3328-tv-box-boards/#comment-122715), WiFi works too if I'm reading correctly, but hardware-wise it's kind of crap, wastes energy, and can fail. Oh well, I'll be honest: I know I should be worried, but I don't know how much worried! X88 Pro 13: RK3528, is it a very new SoC? I can't find anything on the forum about it, and so I fear there is no support. Magcubic thingy, Magcubic 8K Ultra HD, Tanix thingy (Allwinner H618); T95H, Q Plus (Allwinner H616): It appears these are not well supported, there are some experimental builds around but many things are broken. Would be happy to discover that I'm wrong on this and support is actually good for my standards, though. TUREWELL T95 Max+: Amlogic S905X3, here I kinda don't understand at all if there's enough good community support or not, but there are many threads about issues and solutions. To be clear: I can tinker if something doesn't work out-of-the-box with Armbian, I have a bit of experience with embedded devices like routers or Android smartphones so I think I could solve minor issues if they arise, but I'm really looking for a quick replacement for my Raspi and don't want to spend more than a few days after getting the box to make Armbian work. That's why I'm thinking so hard on getting a device with good compatibility. Anyways, thank you to anyone who comes here to help, I would appreciate it. If no help comes, I think I will bet on a box with the RK3318 and hope for the best.

I'm been trying to install Armbian on this TV.BOX console. I already test bookworm xfce image of Armbian as like the last XFCE image → Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.357_Aml-s9xx-box_noble_current_6.18.7_xfce_desktop I als test minimal images ad they don't work. The spces of console are : Processor (CPU)Amlogic S905X3 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55, up to 1.91GHz Graphics (GPU)Mali-G31 MP2 RAM4GB DDR3 Storage (ROM)32GB eMMC Video OutputHDMI, supports up to 8K@24fps (Android system) and 1080p (EmuELEC system) Connectivity2.4G/5G Dual-band Wi-Fi, 10/1000M Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth 4.0 Ports1x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, HDMI, Ethernet, DCIN (Power), TF card slot, AV output I test to boot the stock images just after download them and the boot shows the HK1Series and then goes to internal android system (tvbox) so failed. When I do the steps to put dtb file, edit extlinux.conf and rename properly u-bott to u-boot.ext (I search and test test many dtb files as like meson-sm1-hk1box-vontar-x3.dtb, meson-sm1-h96max-x3.dtb, sm1_s905x3_4g_1gbit.dtb, sm1_s905x3_4g.dtb as like others that I download on web when I search info about install armbian on s905x tv boxes). I also try to see if I can edit a .dts file and then convert to .dtb qhen I did It doesn't work. So none of steps above works. But I find one image system that works called devmfc that has only a minimal image similar to a server image only with tty text. https://github.com/devmfc/debian-on-amlogic/releases I inspect the .image of this system, and I find that if I copy the boot.scr, boot.script and cfgload to the /boot partiton of the armbian systems and boot the Sper Console it goes to a pink screen and then after a minute just reboot or goes to hkseries system. So I think if I can edit boot.scr, bootscript and cfgload maybe I can put the right data to force boot the real kernel of armbian. Maybe then armbian works. I use Linux and try to open those files with text editor but doesn't work. Anyone knows How I can edit this files ? Any user can boot armbian on this console TvBox ? Thanks.

Hi everybody, I just bought an X96 X6 TV box (8G/64G) to run Home Assistant. However it is not popular so there is no Armina for it. Home Assistant requires Debian 11/12 (linux kernel, no desktop version) to operate. Hope everyone can help me. Thank you very much. I only need 1 file *.img file to install Home Assistant, no need: USB, wifi, Bluetooth... because it can be difficult. Thank you very much!

Hello everybody. I'm new to this and I would like to install Linux on my BTV X p212 TV box. I saw that there are several versions of systems but I couldn't find them for this specific one and I would like to know if you can help me? Please. Ps: I searched here on the forum, google but I couldn't find it.

Moved to amlogic TV ox forum

Thank you. I have managed to successfully boot Armbian from SD card. Android is preserved. Now I am trying to install (move) Armbian (the "/root" partition) to an external USB drive. I run "armbian-config", then I pick "System" --> "Storage", but no "Install" (Copy the running Armbian system to another device) option is listied (according to the documentation here). I get only the following items: Download a fresh, official Armbian OS image and write it to a device Enable read only filesystem Enable Network filesystem (NFS) support etc... I have tried also in Terminal: "armbian-config --cmd STO001" but I get an error. In the instructions for TV boxes here it says: "running the shell script in the /root directory: install-aml.sh" But it refers to installing (moving) Armbian to the internal eMMC, if I am not mistaken. Is it possible to install it either to an external USB HDD or internal SATA HDD?

Please read the FAQ and installation instructions linked on the download page. https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-tv-box/