digicroxx Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 On 11/19/2023 at 8:47 AM, NiTr0 said: I've placed compiled u-boot-rk322x-with-spl.bin at 0x8000 in image and image boots OK Hi @NiTr0, it seems you were able to successfully boot Armbian on a Hongtop H20 tvbox. I'm trying to the same with Librelec, but I have similar issues as you had (boot stops after loading trustos). Can you please summarize briefly me what have you done to solve the issue? Thanks a lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Good evening, I have an H20 box. I've broken it several times and recovered it. I have the backup made with multitool. I can start multitool and, for example, libreelec from SD. but I noticed that when creating the card with whatever the Armbian image is, it never starts and only creates a partition, unlike multitool and libreelec. that I'm doing wrong. Below are photos of the box 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 @digicroxx @Carlos Ervedoso add line overlays=led-conf7 in /boot/armbianEnv.txt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) Good evening, I want to thank you for your help, I finally managed to boot and I already have the box with klipper and mainsail. After dual booting the computer to be able to have Ubuntu. I was able to use rkdeveloptool to completely erase the TVbox's flash and now it starts from SD. Overlays=led-conf7 only Change led. I make more tests Edited December 11, 2023 by Carlos Ervedoso 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 34 minutes ago, Carlos Ervedoso said: Overlays=led-conf7 only Change led. I make more tests What do you mean, that HDMI does not work yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 yes the hdmi works. I even have klipperscreen installed. apparently everything works except the wifi. the wifi I'll try to get the chip model and see if I can get a driver for it or try with an external receiver. Sorry but my English is not very good 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digicroxx Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, Carlos Ervedoso said: yes the hdmi works Hi @Carlos Ervedoso, so you are running Armbian on H20 tv box? Can you please summarize me what kernel version are you using, and what option you selected when you compiled the image? @jock; unfortunately adding overlays=led-conf7 in /boot/armbianEnv.txt didn't help in my case. I have to do more tests. Thanks a lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) Bom dia, não compilei, apenas usei uma versão pronta. o segredo era apagar todo o emmc . Não mostrará nada no HDMI. Eu dimensiono tudo com massa. mas deve estar conectado à internet via cabo. depois de iniciar e usar rk322x-config para alterar as configurações. Escolhi rk3228a, ram ddr3 e ledconf 7. depois disso acende a luz azul e já tenho hdmi a imagem que usei foi esta: Armbian_23.11.1_Rk322x-box_bookworm_current_6.1.63_minimal.img mas inicialize com qualquer imagem Edited December 12, 2023 by Carlos Ervedoso 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 sorry my bad english but translator dont translate correctly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digicroxx Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 57 minutes ago, Carlos Ervedoso said: o segredo era apagar todo o emmc Thank you for your feedback. Can you please explain me better this step? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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digicroxx Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Got it: you erased the internal flash. I will try the same, thank you for the clarification. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k405 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I realized that it's been a few days, anyway, by burning the image using rkdeveloptool after erasing emmc, I successfully booted with Ubuntu using kernel 6.1. I set it up using SSH with everything at default and led-conf7, rebooted and had success with HDMI and ETH. The CPU only exceeded 60ºC during the update, but that was because it was without the case. Edit1: After a complete system update, I ran rk322x-config again and the HDMI and LED stopped working, but that was ok, I decided to use it as a local server and for that I only need the SSH and ETH connection, WIFI would be interesting but it's not a necessity. I am sending you the dmesg, fdisk and journalctl attachment for the board initialization after all this. So I used .dtbo to get led-conf7 working again, but I didn't get to test HDMI. Detail, when the HDMI worked I tried to install LXDE to test the power of the box, it crashed in the middle of the installation and I had to reinstall the entire system, as it was corrupted. Edit2: With the case installed, the card got very hot, so I installed 2 coolers to cool the card, one sending air to the CPU and the other to remove air from inside the case (but I intend to remove the second one). After that, the card doesn't even exceed 50ºC during the benchmark. The objective is to use its useful life to test some applications. I'll wait for system updates to test the HDMI and WIFI again, but like I said it's not really necessary dmesg_k405.txt fdisk_k405.txt journalctl_k405.txt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 18 hours ago, k405 said: After a complete system update, I ran rk322x-config again and the HDMI and LED stopped working, but that was ok, Perhaps you did not select led-conf7 again? rk322x-config is supposed to be run once when system is freshly installed and then it should not be anymore necessary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digicroxx Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Thank you @Carlos Ervedoso, it works. My fault I didn't follow with trust @jock's detailed installation manual. When I tried for the first time armbian and librelec images on h20 box, none of them was booting. Only the multitool worked. But after resetting the eMMC, even the multitool was no longer booting. The Armbian image still seemed not to boot (due to the absence of LEDs and HDMI of the default dtb; at that time I had not yet connections to the serial interface) so I (erroneously) deduced that for the h20 box the eMMC reset was a wrong step to take. My fault. Now it works fine: thanks again for your great job and for sharing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) Também inicialmente não segui bem o manual, depois instalei o Ubuntu em dualboot com Windows e consegui apagar o flash com sucesso. Aí conectei o TVbox a cabo no modem e consegui acessar o TVbox usando o PuTTY. Configurei o ledconf7 e agora tenho led e hdmi. Eu poderia inicializar com multitool e libreelec, mas com Armbian não consegui até apagar completamente o flash. Agora gostaria de conseguir fazer o wifi interno funcionar, mas não consigo identificar o chip Edited December 14, 2023 by Carlos Ervedoso 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k405 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Quote Perhaps you did not select led-conf7 again? @jock I remember selecting exactly in led-conf7, that was more than 1 week ago. Currently I don't have much time, but as soon as I do I will redo the whole process 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLFC Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) Hello My box needs a power cycle if I do sudo reboot and the wifi driver doesn't load so I tried to download its DTS to find the right overlay and rk322x-config correct choices but I'm a bit lost reading it, can someone point me to the right direction? The file is at this link 05_dtbdump_rockchip,rk3229.dts and the backup image file is at tvbox-backup.gz I don't know if it is the correct (or easier) procedure but here is how I get the DTS Spoiler $ pip install extract-dtb $ gunzip tvbox-backup.gz $ extract-dtb -n tvbox-backup Found 10 appended dtbs $ extract-dtb tvbox-backup -o /tmp/dtb Dumped 00_kernel, start=0 end=8571676 Dumped 01_dtbdump_`7@-.dtb, start=8571676 end=9620252 Dumped 02_dtbdump_`7@-.dtb, start=9620252 end=10668828 Dumped 03_dtbdump_`7@-.dtb, start=10668828 end=11717404 Dumped 04_dtbdump_`7@-.dtb, start=11717404 end=26215936 Dumped 05_dtbdump_rockchip,rk3229.dtb, start=26215936 end=41945364 Dumped 06_dtbdump_d0 _.dtb, start=41945364 end=41950656 Dumped 07_dtbdump__8@-.dtb, start=41950656 end=41955800 Dumped 08_dtbdump_@__!!.dtb, start=41955800 end=41957638 Dumped 09_dtbdump_AT.\.dtb, start=41957638 end=1000067848 Dumped 10_dtbdump.dtb $ sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler $ dtc -I dtb -O dts -o 05_dtbdump_rockchip,rk3229.dts /tmp/dtb/05_dtbdump_rockchip,rk3229.dtb My box pictures and info are at Any help or pointers will be greatelly appreciated, thanks! !3runo from Brazil Edited December 15, 2023 by BLFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-2 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Hi everyone, I'm quite new to both these rockchip devices as well as armbian (at least from a developer's perspective), but have quite some experience with OpenWrt (adding BSP for several wireless routers e.g. ath79, ramips-mt7621), so am familiar with device tree files and the low level hardware stuff. For some fun over the holidays, I grabbed a few cheap rockchip boxes from AliExpress - starting with the rk322x ones here. Sorry I didn't read through the full 79 pages of this thread yet, so not sure about how much of this is still relevant, and what is in mainline armbian already. Box #1: "MX Q Pro 4K", eMMC + separate RAM chips. L-shaped PCB "MXQ-18DP58_01" with SD card on the thinner side Could not manage to get it to boot multitool or armbian from SD card, the box would halt with a dim blue LED. Looking at the serial console (booting OEM Android), the TX pin seems to be shared with the external SD card, so there is some garbage visible after "FwPartOffset", when it probes for SD card, but none is inserted: Spoiler DDR Version 2.06 20170316 In 1A1A1C1C 3 DDR3 282C1C1C 3 35351C1C 3 Bus Width=16 Col=11 Bank=8 Row=15 CS=1 Die Bus-Width=16 Size=1024MB mach:2 OUT Boot1 Release Time: 2017-06-12, version: 2.40 ChipType = 0xa, 1385 SdmmcInit=2 0 BootCapSize=800 UserCapSize=3728MB FwPartOffset▒*V▒k%▒▒▒▒0 20 StorageInit ok = 137635 Code check OK! theLoader 0x60000000, 178658 hdr 0x0:0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, hdr 0x0:0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, hdr 0x0:0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, hdr 0x0:0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, ▒ U-Boot 2014.10-RK3128-06-g829baaa (Dec 03 2022 - 17:44:35) CPU: rk3128 cpu version = 0 CPU's clock information: arm pll = 600000000HZ periph pll = 594000000HZ ddr pll = 600000000HZ codec pll = 400000000HZ Board: Rockchip platform Board Uboot as second level loader DRAM: Found dram banks: 1 Adding bank:0000000060000000(0000000040000000) 128 MiB GIC CPU mask = 0x00000001 rk dma pl330 version: 1.4 remotectl v0.1 pwm freq=0xb▒*V▒k%▒▒с= 0 20 SdmmcInit = 2 0 storage init OK! Using default environment GetParam Load FDT from resource image. power key: bank-0 pin-5 can't find dts node for fixed No pmic detect. power hold: bank-16777215 pin-255, active level-0 SecureBootEn = 0, SecureBootLock = 0 #Boot ver: 2022-12-03#2.40 empty serial no. normal boot. checkKey vbus = 1 board_fbt_key_pressed: ir_keycode = 0x0, frt = 0 no fuel gauge found no fuel gauge found can't find power_ctr node for lcdc0 can't find dts node for deviceinfo rk_hdmi_register:fail to read deviceinfo [EDID-EXTEND] It is a CEA 861 Series Extension. no baseparametr,find best edid mode,vic=16 hdmi_dev->video.vic is 16 input_color=1,output_color=3 sucess output HDMI. read logo on state from dts [1] no fuel gauge found checkKey vbus = 1 board_fbt_key_pressed: ir_keycode = 0x0, frt = 0 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 load fdt from resouce. Secure Boot state: 0 kernel @ 0x62000000 (0x0068db18) ramdisk @ 0x65bf0000 (0x00167f08) bootrk: do_bootm_linux... Loading Device Tree to 65600000, end 65617394 ... OK Add bank:0000000060000000, 0000000040000000 Starting kernel ... <hit enter to activate fiq debugger> [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0xf00 [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.104 (txcz@txcz-host2) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 3 17:45:41 CST 2022 [ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fc075] revision 5 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d [ 0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache [ 0.000000] Machine: Rockchip RK3128, model: rockchip,rk3128 [ 0.000000] rockchip_uboot_logo_setup: mem: 0x02000000@0x9dc00000, offset:0x01000000 [ 0.000000] hdmi init vic is 16 [ 0.000000] cvbs init tve.format is -1 [ 0.000000] cvbs init tve.format is -1 [ 0.000000] cvbs init tve.format is -1 [ 0.000000] rockchip_uboot_mem_reserve: reserve 0x02000000@0x9dc00000 for uboot logo [ 0.000000] rockchip_ion_reserve [ 0.000000] ion heap(cma): base(0) size(800000) align(0) [ 0.000000] ion heap(vmalloc): base(0) size(0) align(0) [ 0.000000] cma: CMA: reserved 8 MiB at 9d400000 [ 0.000000] ion_reserve: cma reserved base 9d400000 size 8388608 [ 0.000000] cma: CMA: reserved 16 MiB at 7f000000 [ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writealloc [ 0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 9 pages/cpu @c1672000 s13440 r8192 d15232 u36864 [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 261120 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: vmalloc=496M rockchip_jtag console=ttyFIQ0 androidboot.baseband=N/A androidboot.selinux=disabled androidboot.hardware=rk30board androidboot.console=ttyFIQ0 init=/init mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(uboot),0x00002000@0x00004000(trust),0x00002000@0x00006000(misc),0x00008000@0x00008000(resource),0x00006000@0x00010000(kernel),0x00006000@0x00016000(boot),0x00010000@0x0001C000(recovery),0x00020000@0x0002C000(backup),0x00040000@0x0004C000(cache),0x00008000@0x0008C000(metadata),0x00002000@0x00094000(kpanic),0x00200000@0x00096000(system),0x00020000@0x00296000(radical_update),-@0x002B6000(userdata) storagemedia=emmc uboot_logo=0x02000000@0x9dc00000:0x01000000 loader.timestamp=2022-12-03_17:44:35 hdmi.vic=16 tve.format=-1 SecureBootCheckOk=0 [ 0.000000] rockchip jtag enabled [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) [ 0.000000] allocated 2097152 bytes of page_cgroup [ 0.000000] please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups [ 0.000000] Memory: 1024MB = 1024MB total [ 0.000000] Memory: 964088k/964088k available, 84488k reserved, 483328K highmem [ 0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout: [ 0.000000] vector : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000 ( 4 kB) [ 0.000000] fixmap : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000 ( 896 kB) [ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0xe0800000 - 0xff000000 ( 488 MB) [ 0.000000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xe0000000 ( 512 MB) [ 0.000000] pkmap : 0xbfe00000 - 0xc0000000 ( 2 MB) [ 0.000000] modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xbfe00000 ( 14 MB) [ 0.000000] .text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc0bc6f5c (12028 kB) [ 0.000000] .init : 0xc0bc7000 - 0xc0c26480 ( 382 kB) [ 0.000000] .data : 0xc0c28000 - 0xc0d0c3a0 ( 913 kB) [ 0.000000] .bss : 0xc0d0c3a0 - 0xc0e2c95c (1154 kB) [ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=4, Nodes=1 [ 0.000000] Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation. [ 0.000000] RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled. [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:16 nr_irqs:16 16 [ 0.000000] rk_clk_tree_init start! [ 0.000000] rk_get_uboot_display_flag: uboot_logo_on = 1 [ 0.000000] rkclk_init_clks: cnt_parent = 25 [ 0.000000] rkclk_init_clks: cnt_rate = 17 [ 0.000000] Architected cp15 timer(s) running at 24.00MHz (phys). [ 0.000000] Switching to timer-based delay loop [ 0.000000] sched_clock: ARM arch timer >56 bits at 24000kHz, resolution 41ns [ 0.000000] process version: 0 [ 0.000000] channel:0, lkg:15 [ 0.000000] target-temp:85 [ 0.000000] channel:0, lkg:15 [ 0.000000] channel:0, lkg:15 [ 0.000000] sched_clock: 32 bits at 100 Hz, resolution 10000000ns, wraps every 4294967286ms [ 0.306612] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 48.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=240000) [ 0.306640] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.306857] Security Framework initialized [ 0.306887] SELinux: Initializing. [ 0.307041] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [ 0.308270] Initializing cgroup subsys debug [ 0.308300] Initializing cgroup subsys memory [ 0.308354] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer [ 0.308424] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok [ 0.309021] /cpus/cpu@0 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.309050] /cpus/cpu@1 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.309072] /cpus/cpu@2 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.309091] /cpus/cpu@3 missing clock-frequency property [ 0.309182] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 15, mpidr 80000f00 [ 0.309265] Setting up static identity map for 0xc0861710 - 0xc0861768 [ 0.312817] last_log: 0x7e900000 map to 0xe0804000 and copy to 0xe0886000, size 0x80000 early 0x17e7 (version 3.1) [ 0.384417] CPU1: Booted secondary processor [ 0.384481] CPU1: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 15, mpidr 80000f01 [ 0.404103] CPU2: Booted secondary processor [ 0.404151] CPU2: thread -1, cpu 2, socket 15, mpidr 80000f02 [ 0.423872] CPU3: Booted secondary processor [ 0.423917] CPU3: thread -1, cpu 3, socket 15, mpidr 80000f03 [ 0.424109] Brought up 4 CPUs [ 0.424163] SMP: Total of 4 processors activated (192.00 BogoMIPS). [ 0.424179] CPU: All CPU(s) started in SVC mode. [ 0.425710] devtmpfs: initialized [ 0.434718] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 2 part 30 variant 7 rev 5 [ 0.436568] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem [ 0.437111] regulator-dummy: no parameters [ 0.463872] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 0.467742] DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations [ 0.468507] ion_snapshot: 0x7ea78000 map to 0xe0907000 and copy to 0xc0e01fb4 (version 0.1) [ 0.468782] Registered FIQ tty driver [ 0.471229] console [ttyFIQ0] enabled [ 0.471721] Registered fiq debugger ttyFIQ0 [ 0.473796] rockchip_get_bank_data:name=/pinctrl@20008000/gpio0@2007c000 start=0x2007c000,end=0x2007c0ff [ 0.473967] rockchip_get_bank_data:name=/pinctrl@20008000/gpio1@20080000 start=0x20080000,end=0x200800ff [ 0.474055] rockchip_get_bank_data:name=/pinctrl@20008000/gpio2@20084000 start=0x20084000,end=0x200840ff [ 0.474135] rockchip_get_bank_data:name=/pinctrl@20008000/gpio3@20088000 start=0x20088000,end=0x200880ff [ 0.474225] rockchip_get_bank_data:name=/pinctrl@20008000/gpio15@2008A000 start=0x20086000,end=0x200860ff [ 0.474300] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:name=rk312x-GPIO,type=5 [ 0.474331] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:name=base start=0x20008000,end=0x200080a7 [ 0.474358] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:name=mux start=0x200080a8,end=0x200080f3 [ 0.474385] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:name=pull start=0x20008118,end=0x20008137 [ 0.474411] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:name=drv start=0x20008100,end=0x20008103 [ 0.477410] rockchip_pinctrl_probe:init ok [ 0.480951] syscon 20008000.syscon: regmap [mem 0x20008000-0x200083ff] registered [ 0.487931] rk_iommu 1010e300.vop_mmu: (vop) Enter [ 0.487987] rk_iommu 1010e300.vop_mmu: skip request vop mmu irq [ 0.488096] rk_iommu 1010e300.vop_mmu: IOVMM: Created 0x3ffff000 B IOVMM from 0x10000000. [ 0.488123] rk_iommu 1010e300.vop_mmu: (vop) Initialized [ 0.488435] rk_iommu 10104440.hevc_mmu: (hevc) Enter [ 0.488615] rk_iommu 10104440.hevc_mmu: IOVMM: Created 0x3ffff000 B IOVMM from 0x10000000. [ 0.488642] rk_iommu 10104440.hevc_mmu: (hevc) Initialized [ 0.488966] rk_iommu 10106800.vpu_mmu: (vpu) Enter [ 0.489134] rk_iommu 10106800.vpu_mmu: IOVMM: Created 0x3ffff000 B IOVMM from 0x10000000. [ 0.489161] rk_iommu 10106800.vpu_mmu: (vpu) Initialized [ 0.489465] rk_iommu 10108800.iep_mmu: (iep) Enter [ 0.489629] rk_iommu 10108800.iep_mmu: IOVMM: Created 0x3ffff000 B IOVMM from 0x10000000. [ 0.489657] rk_iommu 10108800.iep_mmu: (iep) Initialized [ 0.491752] hw-breakpoint: found 5 (+1▒ When the SD card is inserted, it boots until "FwPartOffset" with lots of garbage following, i.e. it is apparently reading lots of stuff from the SD card. Couldn't get much further with this for now, so proceeded to Box #2: "H20 4K Ultra HD", green board with eMCP, board label "H20-221-V1.71-2-B HXW23071201 20230714". This one perfectly booted multitool from microSD, made a full backup, downloaded `Armbian_23.8.1_Rk322x-box_bookworm_current_6.1.50.img.xz`, thinking "what could probably go wrong", dared to write this image to flash. Trying to restore the backup, but now it's not even booting to multitool from microSD anymore (This box is probably a new version of H20, as also mentioned in this thread https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29644-h20-box-with-rk3228a-bricked/). Backup: https://mega.nz/file/SZ433bJA#RQZTSJrsjyJWOXlFWV6TLaqxMB0-C4JtExWyQbAyqp8 Tried to enter maskrom to re-flash the backup with rkdeveloptool, shorting resistors to GND as seen in some post here..., but no success yet. Can't see anything enumerating on USB. Is the cable quality relevant here? I built a ~10cm USB A<->A cable based on flat cable, with only GND, D- and D+ connected (the 5V from the H20 power plug go directly to the VBUS pins of the pins, don't want to feed this back to my host coputer). So there is probably no VBUS detection required for enumerating the USB, since it is forced to 5V all the time anyways? Is there any special output to be expected on the serial console to verify maskrom was entered? I only see DDR Version V1.10 20190926 In ID:0xFFF 330MHz LPDDR3 Bus Width=32 Col=10 Bank=8 Row=15 CS=2 Die Bus-Width=32 Size=2048MB mach:14 rd addr 0xC0000000 = 0xFFFF ERR What is located at 0xC000000? The output is the same no matter if an sd card is inserted or not. My understanding is, mask ROM mode will be entered when no other bootable source was detected, that's why we short the eMMC clock line to GND? (i.e. also microSD needs to be removed then) So, how do I know I'm in maskrom mode, can someone show a serial log? Maybe I just need to try different pins, or something was damaged while soldering a push-button to the CLK line (are those tiny capacitors really needed? 😇 ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiobassa Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 @s-2 hello welcome on this thread, and unfornutately is a huge one with sone really interesting pages and some other less. but go staight to answers The first one isn' t a rk322x but a "CPU: rk3128" and thus you'll not find anything interesting on this thread , go search for 3128 (if any) The second is splitting out errors due to incorrect ddrbin ( let' s call it bios...) and you must go in maskrom to correct the problem by shorting pins on the board ( i haven't one so ignore which ones) Surely @jock will share this answer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-2 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 vor 2 Stunden schrieb fabiobassa: The first one isn' t a rk322x but a "CPU: rk3128" Oh wow, that seemed almost too obivous, so these are indeed a completely different family of devices... sorry for the noise. vor 2 Stunden schrieb fabiobassa: and you must go in maskrom to correct the problem by shorting pins on the board Okay thanks, I will just try more pins then, maybe also CLK line from external microSD slot etc. 🙂 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 hours ago, s-2 said: Is there any special output to be expected on the serial console to verify maskrom was entered? I only see Because your board wants ddrbin v1.11 and not v1.10; just use a new multitool and, perhaps, a fresh armbian image from official repositories and not taken here or there on the forums 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-2 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) Okay, finally managed to get this thing into mask ROM mode 🙂 Shorting the resistor arrays on the top PCB layer near the eMCP helped (the visible difference is, there is just no UART output in maskrom). The device is listed, but can not display info about flash (not sure if that's to be expected), will look further into which loader to use from here on etc. $ rkdeveloptool ld DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x320b,LocationID=101 Maskrom $ rkdeveloptool rid Reading flash ID failed! $ rkdeveloptool rfi Read Flash Info failed! // edit: okay, booting multitool rom microSD works just the same way as entering maskrom, by shorting the eMCp pins, simple as that. trying to restore backup for a start, vor 55 Minuten schrieb jock: and, perhaps, a fresh armbian image from official repositories I had used 6.1.50 from https://imola.armbian.com/dl/rk322x-box/archive/ (downloaded ~3 weeks ago, but can try 6.1.63 as well). When using the "Enhanced By Google" search on the official armbian website, it would always lead me back to this thread. Are there any other official download sources for the latest (official) images? Indeed the size of multitool.img.gz linked in the first post also changed since then, using the latest version now. // edit: they're identical, size difference was only reported during download Edited December 17, 2023 by s-2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 30 minutes ago, s-2 said: I had used 6.1.50 from https://imola.armbian.com/dl/rk322x-box/archive/ (downloaded ~3 weeks ago, but can try 6.1.63 as well). try 6.1.63; the new ddrbin has been introduced very recently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djoness Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Hi I had heard that you can install LINUX on a TV BOX, so I got an X96 which has the RK322X CHIPSET. Since I am a Hamradio and I did some tinkering I told myself that I would create an interconnected repeater with the X96 as a server. After installation and configuration I was able to create my repeater which worked very well for more than three months. Here is the photo of the interconnected repeater in working order: I made a tutorial on my site where I described my configuration and installation of the system: https://www.dmr-maroc.com/Repeteur_sans_Raspberry.php 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-2 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 vor 44 Minuten schrieb jock: try 6.1.63; the new ddrbin has been introduced very recently Thanks, works like a charm! I guess I was just a little too early to the party for this particular box 😇 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiobassa Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 @djoness Welcome to the forum, italian HAM here. I also manager to install hblink and hdswitch in a rk322x . If you dont mind i will drop you some Infos in you private message, Just to let clean the forum for hardware and firmware related questions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Best Noob Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Thanks for your work. I have been able to give my old android box an actual use, but I am facing some issues. The LEDs on the box don't work as expected. I've tried them all, but none of them have the correct pinout. I have attached the decompiled device tree from it's stock android ROM. I cannot upload the compiled file. The board is labeled MXQ-4K-3229X3D-20170928-V1.8. devicetree.dts I am also having issues with it's wifi chip. I don't know if this is a known issue, but the sv6051p chip it has disables itself after a reboot. It only re-appears after a power cycle. This isn't as much of a deal breaker as I could use Ethernet, but I'd still like the option to use WiFi. It might be related to user BLFC's isuess. I'm hoping there's a resolution for these problems. It would really improve the functionality of the android box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Ervedoso Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I'm currently running home assistant on my tvbox rk322x with USB boot and for wifi I'm using a usb adapter. for me it works with ledconf7 the light stays solid blue while it is booting and then it always blinks after being in the system. I couldn't get the internal WiFi to work and I'm not going to waste much time on it either. For my application this is fine. I want this just as home assistant learning 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 @Le Best Noob looks like your board is a new one; could you please post a couple of photos of the front and back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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