Install Armbian on s905x2 with android recovery boot

[MOlsen]

Hello!

 

Can someone help me with installing Armbian on this tv box: eu.strong.tv/en/products/ip-tv-receivers/leap-s1 ?

 

This does not have the recovery button in AV slot so i am accessing the android recovery boot through adb from my pc. But the "apply update from sd card" doesnt have any files. I can see the folder structure on the sd-card but i dont have any file to choose. 

 

I am using this build: Armbian_23.5.1_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.1.30.img. I also have chosen the correct u-boot.ext file.

 

Thank you in advance!

 

 

Edited June 29, 2023 by MOlsen

[Arvo]

I tried recovery menu approach with Tanix Tx9 - no success via boot and also same through upgrade from Armbian config app.

Recovery button method worked out, although afterwards had to play around with dtb files.

May be this switch is soldered on board  (or contacts intentionally left visible with some marking) to be accessible after some disassembly .

[MOlsen]

Thanks! I belive that is the oly way to go too. I have taken out th PCB and there is no reset button, or marked reset pins. Can anybody help me locate the pins? I am not able to upload images to the discussion so i need to use link for the images. 

 

Img front

 

img back

[SteeMan]

Create a file named aml_autoscript.zip in the /boot directory and then try selecting that in recovery.  The file should be empty.

 

Since you are using the 23.05 builds, their are reports that the u-boot-s905x2-s922 file isn't working in that release.  If you run into that issue you might want to go with an older build (something from 23.02).  But first you need to get past the 'recovery' problem, before you will possibly run into the u-boot problem.

 

 

[MOlsen]

I have now tried that. And I also used the 23.02 build.
 

I made an empty notepad file and named it aml_autoscript.zip and it shows up in the sd-card. But i get these messages when I run the file. Is this possible to troubleshoot from here? 
 

https://ibb.co/9bj62Wr

 

Also; reboot from bootloader also does not work.

Edited June 30, 2023 by MOlsen

[thantien]

i have same problem too

[SteeMan]

@thantien  what box? what build? What steps have you taken?

[thantien]

my box is cm201-1-s905 and im stop at recovery mode like your

[SteeMan]

Please provide all the information I asked for.  What build are you using?  What steps have you taken?  Please provide exact steps?  Why are you using recovery mode?  That isn't a step in the instructions.

[thantien]

this is my specs

 

Edited March 7 by thantien

[thantien]

im no longer in recovery mode now. but i can't boot to armbian when i use adb reboot update

[thantien]

sorry my bad english

[Rayan]

Did anyone find a solution ?

 

I am running into a quite similar issue. I have an Amlogic S905 Box for which the toothpick method won't work. I remotely enter the recovery menu with adb reboot update from my PC and try to launch / install armbian from there. I created "aml_autoscript.zip" at the root of the boot partition, but when running it from recovery I get:

- Install data/media/aml_autoscript.zip

- Finding update package

- Opening update package

- E: failed to map file

- E: sysrecovery doesn't exist.

 

I only have a usb flashdrive that is why I am not able to try with an sd card. I cannot enter the bootloader either, when I adb reboot bootloader it gets stuck on the boot logo and adb reboot update just performs a normal reboot.