How to install armbian in h618?

[kvvvp]

10/31/2025 в 10:28 AM, MeJune сказал:

I have installed additional IR remote and OpenVFD.

What kernel version are you using?

[MeJune]

@kvvvp Build from branch v20251014 (kernel 6.17.2)

[emor acid]

On 10/20/2025 at 5:10 PM, emor acid said:

hi, Compilation error, I also decompiled the dts available for Android for reference 

update armbian dts  ，Give to those in need

use sudo  armbian-add-overlay ***.dts

this dts can avaible  rtl8211f on h618 

 

 

 

 

/dts-v1/;
/plugin/;

/ {
    compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h618";

    fragment@0 {
        target = <&mmc1>;
        __overlay__ {
            status = "disabled";
        };
    };

    fragment@1 {
        target = <&emac1>;
        __overlay__ {
            status = "disabled";
        };
    };

    fragment@2 {
        target = <&pio>;
        __overlay__ {
            x98h_rgmii_pins: x98h-rgmii-pins {
                pins = "PI0", "PI1", "PI2", "PI3", "PI4", "PI5", "PI6", "PI7", "PI8", "PI9", "PI10", "PI11", "PI12", "PI13", "PI14", "PI15";
                function = "emac0";
                drive-strength = <40>;
            };
        };
    };

    /* 3. 配置千兆网卡 */
    fragment@3 {
        target = <&emac0>;
        __overlay__ {
            pinctrl-names = "default";
            pinctrl-0 = <&x98h_rgmii_pins>;
            phy-mode = "rgmii"; 
            phy-handle = <&rgmii_phy>;
            phy-io-supply = <&reg_aldo1>;
            
           
            allwinner,tx-delay-ps = <700>;
            allwinner,rx-delay-ps = <3100>;
            
            status = "okay";

            mdio {
 

                rgmii_phy: ethernet-phy@1 {
                    compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22";
                    reg = <1>;

                    reset-gpios = <&pio 8 16 1>; 
                    reset-assert-us = <30000>;
                    reset-deassert-us = <150000>;
                };
            };
        };
    };
};

[xdatravelbug]

@kil

I also own a T95H and playing around with that now. Would it be possible getting your final dts, dtb and .config for u-boot?

Thanks in advance & best regards

[kvvvp]

 Build from branch v20250306.

error! [ Failed to fetch SHA1 of 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git' 'tag' 'v6.12.11' - make sure it's correct  ]

How to remove the error?

[Nguyễn Lân]

Dear @Nick A

I used your rom "Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Vontar-h618_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz" date April.2025 to flash my box Vontar H618 which i checked inside the box that the chip marked "HK6334Q"
 

So far so good the Armbian running, however the wifi still doesnt work 

 

I read all around and aware that the HK6334Q chip will need the builded rom "Support AIC8800" to get wifi working 

 

Appreciate if you or someone else helping me to find way out for this wifi? And any recently builded rom support for both Alwinner H618 and HK6334Q (or AIC8800) drivers

 

Many thank in advance

 

[Nick A]

@Nguyễn Lân The HK6334Q Wi-Fi/BT chip uses the brcmfmac4334 firmware. If your Wi-Fi chip is detected by the kernel, the dmesg log will show the names of the .bin and .txt files it is looking for.

[Nick A]

@kvvvp I don't have any issues building from branch v20250306. Do you have docker installed? 

Edited Thursday at 02:59 PM by Nick A

[Nguyễn Lân]

@Nick A 

I flashed your latest build in Dec.2025 which is named to use for Transpeed, and in addition, manually added brcmfmac4334 firmware. Wifi is working now but bluetooth. Other malfunction in previous rom version April.2025 also disappear.

 

Thank for your time to advise me 

 

 

[BoringName]

This is a great thread.

 

I've had a magcubic android 12 box I've been using for a while just to watch things off a USB when we stay at hotels. It looks like the one in this video but the chip ID's are different.  Mine seems to be running with Samsung memory, the clock chip? is FD650 instead of FD6551 and the wifi chip is labelled as HK5236F.

Most hotel TV's don't support modern video codecs so this has worked ok. But I want to look at accessing my NAS remotely and this box is a bit of a dud if you want to install your own apps. Play store doesn't work, aurora store doesn't work. Tried sideloading Tailscale and it just crashes.

 

While doing some research I noticed it also seems to be sold under the Vontar brand so I flashed @Nick A "Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Vontar-h618_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img" to an SD card and it booted up. Happy days. It appears to have ethernet but I have not plugged it in yet. No wifi though.

 

I just have 2 questions.

1. Is there any way this can be made to boot from internal storage or do I need to keep the SD card in if I want to run Armbian on it?

2. Is there a driver available for this wifi chip and do I need to mess around updating the boot image or can I just run a command for it?

 

I'm not a regular linux user but I've got a bit of experience messing around. I don't currently have an environment setup to build my own image but I've played around with WSL before so I could probably set something up.

 

Thanks for everyone that has contributed to this. It's good to make use of these boxes considering how cheap they are.

[Nick A]

@BoringName I wonder if this wifi chip is a aic8800. Try booting the x98h image.

[John Taylor]

25 minutes ago, Nick A said:

 I wonder if this wifi chip is a aic8800. Try booting the x98h image.

If you can get termux app to run in android, you may be able to dump the dtb, which may give you clues as to the compatability of the chip. I have issues with some tv boxes with termux versions, but there are older versions available if the current one in playstore won't load or just doesn't work.

 

su -c 'dd if=/sys/firmware/fdt of=<USB_PATH>/device.dtb'

or simply

su -c 'cp /sys/firmware/fdt <USB_PATH>/device.dtb'

 

 

[Change USB_PATH as required, of course]

The path /sys/firmware/fdt is correct for accessing the in-memory DTB on most running Linux/Android systems.

 

The link http://nskhuman.ru/allwinner/krugh618.php?np=3 refers to what looks like your box or similar:

 

"The board contains a microcircuit with the designation HK5236F - this is a hybrid microcircuit, its possible analogue is AW869A manufactured by Allwinner.

AW869A is a dual-band WiFi6, BT5.2 highly integrated module, supporting WLAN 1*1 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax and BT 5.2 standard, can realize WLAN/BT, has low power consumption"

The links after that text give more info....

Edited 1 hour ago by John Taylor

[BoringName]

45 minutes ago, Nick A said:

I wonder if this wifi chip is a aic8800. Try booting the x98h image.

 

I tried apt-get update and apt-get upgrade thinking it might grab what it needs but that was a bad idea as it will not boot at all now. So I may as well start from scratch and try the x98h image.

 

28 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

The link http://nskhuman.ru/allwinner/krugh618.php?np=3 refers to what looks like your box or similar:

 

The wifi chip is the same but item 3 on mine is samsung and item 7 is an FD650 which is referenced on that page as a possible alternative. It might be worth noting the units digital clock display was blank using the vontar image, I expect that was due to the chip mismatch. I'll see how the x98h image goes, if that fails I'll look into termux.

 

No wifi isn't the end of the world as I can find a use for it just using ethernet but wifi (and bluetooth) would be nice.
 

Thanks.

[BoringName]

I didn't mention earlier but after I ran the update/upgrade commands I also manually updated the locale file. During the original setup I accidentally selected the wrong locale, I went into armbian config, deselected the wrong one and selected the correct one but the incorrect locale was still being referenced constantly. So I manually removed it from etc/default/locale. I thought this may have been a reason for it no longer booting and not the update/upgrade commands.

 

I'm just explaining that so you understand why I also tried update/upgrade with the x98h image. Turns out it wasn't me messing with the locale that stopped it booting as this image also will not boot now after apt-get update, apt-get upgrade.

 

This image originally booted ok and it seems the ethernet works better. Downloading from the commands listed above took about 20 seconds vs 30 minutes on the vontar image. But wifi/bluetooth still will not work. One other difference is when I select the bluetooth manager app it actually loaded whereas the vontar image would state something about a service not running. The app loaded but had no devices listed.

 

I'll see how I go with termux. The play store doesn't work on it but I was able to sideload a couple of apps.