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megaduo

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  On 11/29/2020 at 3:12 PM, jock said:

We're on the right way but maybe something still has to be refined.

I have another suggestion: take the two dtbo I gave you in this previous post, put them in the proper place.

Try first overlays=wlan-alt-wiring wlan8189-etv-ah and, if does not work, try overlays=wlan-alt-wiring wlan8189-etv-al in armbianEnv.txt

 

The error -110 is the standard linux error for timeout, so probably the sdio works because wlan-alt-wiring fixed the GPIO wiring of the bus, but the power enable GPIO pin has the inverted polarity (al=ACTIVE_LOW, ah=ACTIVE_HIGH) so we still need to catch this to let the wifi chip correctly being powered on.

 

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The wireless is fully working with overlays=wlan-alt-wiring wlan8189-etv-al.Thanks again!!!!!!!!!:D

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jock

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@megaduo Thanks for your patience too, reporting every step was very useful to pinpoint to issue ;)

 

Another hint: use rk322x-config to configure your box with the proper overlays. if the chip is a rk3228b/rk3229 it will gain 200 Mhz and the eMMC will be set to run in DDR mode for much faster speed. You will need to add back the wifi overlays manually after to get them working back.

 

I would also like to add the led setup of your box to the list of led configurations. I see 5 leds on your board, am I right? What is the commercial name of the tv box? I confirm the board is very peculiar and would require some study because its hardware is not the common hardware of cheap rk322x tv boxes

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zero48

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  On 11/29/2020 at 3:12 PM, jock said:

We're on the right way but maybe something still has to be refined.

I have another suggestion: take the two dtbo I gave you in this previous post, put them in the proper place.

Try first overlays=wlan-alt-wiring wlan8189-etv-ah and, if does not work, try overlays=wlan-alt-wiring wlan8189-etv-al in armbianEnv.txt

 

The error -110 is the standard linux error for timeout, so probably the sdio works because wlan-alt-wiring fixed the GPIO wiring of the bus, but the power enable GPIO pin has the inverted polarity (al=ACTIVE_LOW, ah=ACTIVE_HIGH) so we still need to catch this to let the wifi chip correctly being powered on.

 

edit: thanks for the photos, that's definitely not a board I have ever seen and does not resemble any of the common boards we encountered here on the forums.

 

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I'll Do this tomorrow  and brief you guys back 

 

My family is killing me to stay away from PC ... LOL 

 

Thanks once again 

 

Cesar

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jock

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  On 11/29/2020 at 5:15 PM, zero48 said:

I'll Do this tomorrow  and brief you guys back 

 

My family is killing me to stay away from PC ... LOL 

 

Thanks once again 

 

Cesar

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Unless you have rtl8189etv as wifi chip you don't need that.

Just configure the board with rk322x-config so can you get back soon to spend some time with your family ;)

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zero48

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  On 11/29/2020 at 5:18 PM, jock said:

Unless you have rtl8189etv as wifi chip you don't need that.

Just configure the board with rk322x-config so can you get back soon to spend some time with your family ;)

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Just realised that replied to wrong thread ... Thanks

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zero48

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Gents, 

 

Cant wait until tomorrow. :D

 

I'm trying to install the Armbian legacy to NAND according to https://www.armbian.com/rk322x-tv-box/

Quick installation instructions on NAND:

 

Build or download your preferred Armbian image and a copy of the Multitool; Check

Burn the Multitool on an SD card; once done, place the Armbian legacy kernel image in images folder of the SD card FAT partition;Check

Plug the SD card in the TV box and plug in the power cord. After some seconds the blue led starts blinking and the Multitool appears;Check

OPTIONAL: you can do a backup of the existing firmware with “Backup flash” menu option;Check

Choose “Burn Armbian image via steP-nand” from the menu, then select the destination device (usually rknand0) and the image to burn; I  can't see this option  “Burn Armbian image via steP-nand” Picture attached

Wait for the process to complete, then choose “Shutdown” from main menu;

Unplug the power cord and the SD card, then replug the power cord;

Wait for 10 seconds, then the led should start blinking and HDMI will turn on. The first time the boot process will take a couple of minutes or more because the filesystem is going to be resized, so be patient and wait for the login prompt.

On first boot you will be asked for entering a password for root user of your choice and the name and password for a regular user

Run sudo rk322x-config and select your board characteristics to enable leds, wifi chips, etc…

Run armbian-config to configure timezone, locales and other personal options

Congratulations, Armbian is now installed!

 

Here attched picture and logs

 

Thanks once again in advance

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imgtoll1.5m.txtFetching info... imgtool115200.txtFetching info...

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fabiobassa

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@zero48
Well remember to use  LEGACY IMAGES since main line kernel HAS NOT drivers for nand.

Those board are so many different each from other that is always a jungle to decide the right thing to burn on it
rk3228a or 3228b.. maybe 3229...ddr 2 or perhaps ddr3, emmc instead of nand , ssv6051 as wifi or better rtl8189 and why not an 8188, trust os or better trust_with_ta or the last trust you tested      :unsure::wacko::blink:

But once the picture is complete I can only say you those board work quite well

p.s calcutating the time shift.. you did at 4 in the morning ( madrugada ??) ??
If yes ,well nerd people are egual in every part of the world ahahahahaahh :beer:

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megaduo

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@jock

Yes,there are 5 leds on the board.i uploaded  two photos to explain this,While running official firrmware,the led's  logical are define like this,the led on the right it's a single led(green) ,it's  blink  once when it recieves IR signal,the leds on left and middle are two leds(green/red) in parallel.while the box on stanby mode,only the red led on left is on ,after power on the box,the leds on left turn to green,the red led in middle turn on ,after a while when the os was fully loaded,the middle one turn from red to green.This box is customized by ISP for IPTV application which manifacutured by Huawei,the model is EC6108V9E.Please excuse my poor English.:rolleyes:

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zero48

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  On 11/30/2020 at 8:57 AM, jock said:

@zero48
Apparently you have emmc and not NAND flash, so use the other instructions

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Hello, 

Busy monday ...

Perfect So imagetool will shown if your box has NAND or EMMC depending of the chip... Understood.

 

I flashed both legacy Images and it does not boot on Armbian after flash and reboot .

If there some other images that I can use for testing Since it looks like you need the "perect fit" for you the board.

 

This is a Microcosmos and I really enjoy the ride .

 

Cesar

 

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zero48

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Gents, 

 

Finally got it Installed , I'm so happy !! 

 

Now I'll check whats working or not (not interested in WIFI in case of failure) .

 

I used Armbian_20.11_Rk322x-box_buster_current_5.9.10_minimal.img  ( I dont need Desktop for my purpose)

 

Thanks Very much @jock and @fabiobassa for your patience and guide .

 

Sincerely

 

 

 

 

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jock

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  On 12/1/2020 at 8:38 PM, Flávio Lima said:

Hi,
looking for ubuntu bionic image for rk322x. only focal encounter, but my equipment only has 1GB Ram and is slow. all the links I found are broken.
Thank you very much in advance

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Hello, Ubuntu bionic is kind of deprecated by Armbian itself, so it is not in the archive directory anymore.

I don't really know if it is even possible to build an image.

Why you really need Bionic anyway? Focal is way better because packages are just more up-to-date and if you really need stable older packages you may want to try a Debian Buster build.

 

edit: sorry, my mistake. Ubuntu Bionic is deprecated as a building OS, but it is still supported as target OS, so it is possible to have an Ubuntu Bionic image, but you have to build it yourself because it is not in the archives anymore. Suggestions above are still valid (use Focal if you can, or Buster if you need older stable packages)

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Flávio Lima

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  On 12/2/2020 at 10:08 AM, jock said:

Hello, Ubuntu bionic is kind of deprecated by Armbian itself, so it is not in the archive directory anymore.

I don't really know if it is even possible to build an image.

Why you really need Bionic anyway? Focal is way better because packages are just more up-to-date and if you really need stable older packages you may want to try a Debian Buster build.

 

edit: sorry, my mistake. Ubuntu Bionic is deprecated as a building OS, but it is still supported as target OS, so it is possible to have an Ubuntu Bionic image, but you have to build it yourself because it is not in the archives anymore. Suggestions above are still valid (use Focal if you can, or Buster if you need older stable packages)

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Hi, @jock

my box only has 1gb of RAM, the focal is heavy in it. I would like bionic to see if performance improves. I saw that there is no more to download, but usually someone has gdrive. do you know who might have it? Thank you very much in advance

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jock

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  On 12/2/2020 at 6:29 PM, Flávio Lima said:

 

Hi, @jock

my box only has 1gb of RAM, the focal is heavy in it. I would like bionic to see if performance improves. I saw that there is no more to download, but usually someone has gdrive. do you know who might have it? Thank you very much in advance

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It depends what you want to do. 1Gb is plenty of memory if you want to build up a little home server or media center, but of course if you want to browse the internet with a recent full-featured browser in a rich GUI it is way too low, either if you use Focal or Bionic.

 

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Flávio Lima

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  On 12/2/2020 at 9:33 PM, jock said:

Depende do que você quer fazer. 1 Gb é bastante memória se você deseja construir um pequeno servidor doméstico ou centro de mídia, mas é claro se você deseja navegar na Internet com um navegador completo recente em uma interface gráfica rica, é muito baixo, se você usar Focal ou biônico.

 

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I want to make a service terminal, for companies. can you get this bionic image with someone?

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zero48

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Gents, 

All Boards I have I have been properly flashed with Armbian and installed the application I wanted flawlessly. 

 

However I do Have the one that I did handle a lot that I have this error below . Any advise on it ( I did try the Shorting Pins Method ) .

 

Thanks in advance 

 

 

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jock

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  On 12/5/2020 at 4:15 PM, zero48 said:

Gents, 

All Boards I have I have been properly flashed with Armbian and installed the application I wanted flawlessly. 

 

However I do Have the one that I did handle a lot that I have this error below . Any advise on it ( I did try the Shorting Pins Method ) .

 

Thanks in advance 

 

 

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What's wrong with that? It does not boot anymore? If so, maybe your installation is corrupted.

By the way, you're using a very outdated armbian image, a lot happened in the meantime and it is preferred to download a new one from the download page.

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fabiobassa

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@zero48
Please zero48 really no needed to short pins . The concept of multitool is booting WHATEVER is in the board ( android, other linux, whatever)  and flash in the EMMC or NAND  " something"  that will boot later , when multitool has set GPT, boot environment ( u-boot and trust os) and root file system.

As you can see the ddrbin ( the very first first first part ) is booting, it says to you that you have a ddr 3 at 600 Mhz and also is booting u-boot 2020.04

After this no more messages from uart !
Well some scenarios:
1) the uart speed in the beginning is different after u-boot start (EXAMPLE : ddrbin at 1500000 and then u-boot at 115200 )
2) something went wrong in flashing image
SOLUTIONS ( maybe... )
1) set 115200 FROM BEGINNING : you will see some wrong characters and then correct booting or set from beginning 1500000
2) flash another armbian may be more recent as @jock already suggested

 

EDIT post scriptum
where did you downloaded this image?


 

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zero48

zero48

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  On 12/5/2020 at 5:25 PM, jock said:

What's wrong with that? It does not boot anymore? If so, maybe your installation is corrupted.

By the way, you're using a very outdated armbian image, a lot happened in the meantime and it is preferred to download a new one from the download page.

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Thanks 

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zero48

zero48

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  On 12/5/2020 at 7:09 PM, fabiobassa said:

@zero48
Please zero48 really no needed to short pins . The concept of multitool is booting WHATEVER is in the board ( android, other linux, whatever)  and flash in the EMMC or NAND  " something"  that will boot later , when multitool has set GPT, boot environment ( u-boot and trust os) and root file system.

As you can see the ddrbin ( the very first first first part ) is booting, it says to you that you have a ddr 3 at 600 Mhz and also is booting u-boot 2020.04

After this no more messages from uart !
Well some scenarios:
1) the uart speed in the beginning is different after u-boot start (EXAMPLE : ddrbin at 1500000 and then u-boot at 115200 )
2) something went wrong in flashing image
SOLUTIONS ( maybe... )
1) set 115200 FROM BEGINNING : you will see some wrong characters and then correct booting or set from beginning 1500000
2) flash another armbian may be more recent as @jock already suggested

 

EDIT post scriptum
where did you downloaded this image?


 

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Thanks

 

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fabiobassa

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@zero48
well also could be physical damage of EMMC or bad bga chip solder
In that case you could try to start with multitool , press exit to shell ( menu 4 ? ) , do a list block lsblk and try to manually mount the emmc or nand somewhere ( under /mnt or under /tmp) and inspect it

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zero48

zero48

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  On 12/5/2020 at 7:39 PM, fabiobassa said:

@zero48
well also could be physical damage of EMMC or bad bga chip solder
In that case you could try to start with multitool , press exit to shell ( menu 4 ? ) , do a list block lsblk and try to manually mount the emmc or nand somewhere ( under /mnt or under /tmp) and inspect it

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Well I play a lot with this one (the original first Timer) it does not recognise the SD , with multitool.

The others 3 are fine and working flawlessly. 

I think this one Die with Honors ... LOL 

 

PD. By the way 1.5Mb speed is not showing nothisn , the image was taken with 115200 Speed.

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fabiobassa

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But with the sd-multitool have you at least a try-to-boot ?

Those boards are UNBRICKABLE because the real bootstrap is in the soc itself. I have many with broken nand or emmc that I desoldered and they boot flawlessly from SD of course with right ddrbin U-Boot and the hellish trust-os.

Later if is phisically broken the sdcard reader, well YES it died with honor LOL 

( And.... ... There still is last thing to try but the process is long)

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