Jide Remix Mini (1G/2G) can now (since February) use unofficial armbian

[guidol]

In the past (2019)

there was no chance to use the A64-CPU Jide Remix Mini with armbian, because of a blocked -u-boot

But today I found a site (from February 2025 on github)
https://github.com/r4nd3l/revived_remix_mini_pc?tab=readme-ov-file
which can make the Closed Jide Remix Mini to boot from SDCard with a modified u-boot

There at the github page is a modified u-boot and a modified A64 armbian for the Jide Remix Mini.
Jide did leave us with a closed/blocked device  AT this time the 16GB emmc isnt useable, but using SDCard is a start for upcycling the Jide Remix Mini

 

[Lorenzo Faleschini]

Hi Everyone, 
 

I managed to have it booted off the SD card only without FEL fiddling (also because my A-to-A OTG cable was dumb so I've soldered a UART and get on there trying to dodge the hardcoded protected boot on eMMC by playing with u-boot and tricking it with DTB hacks forcing an internal eMMC disable in favor of SD boot.)

 

I've ultra simplified the procedure for mere mortals:

1- Flash Pine64 Armbian image on an SD card

2- Flash the "magic 1st Magabyte" (dd brutally the first meg)

3- Insert the SD card in your Remix Mini

4- Boom
 

The stupid part is that I've done this in a 24 hours rush and kind of tried of backtrack what I did to make it happen... I'm not able to reproduce it but I have all the notes here:
https://gist.github.com/penzoiders/582bfab2c9265716dd375fb5e7679bcf

if anyone of the deveolpers is interested in this I can ship to the maintainers a couple of units (I have dozens of these used-to-be-ewaste devices).

I'll attach the 1M magic boot sector.

remix_mini_armbian_first_1m_pine64.bin