[Help] No Boot on Allwinner H313 TV Box (Board IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1) - LPDDR3

[gabriel_altoe]

Hello community,

I am looking for help to boot Armbian on a generic TV Box sold as "MXQ Pro 4K 5G". I have tried multiple images (including official and community builds from sicXnull), but I only get a black screen or signal loss immediately after the boot attempt.

Device Specifications:

Model on case: MXQ Pro 4K 5G

Board ID: IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1

SoC: Allwinner H313 (identified as sun50iw9p1 in Android)

RAM: 1GB (Single chip configuration)

Storage: 8GB eMMC

 

Current Status: I am able to boot into the stock Android. To attempt the Armbian boot, I am using the reboot update command from a terminal emulator within Android.

 

The issue: Upon executing the reboot command, the Android system shuts down, the display signal cuts off (or stays black), and the device never initializes Armbian (no HDMI output, no LEDs blinking differently).

What I have tried:

Builds from sicXnull repository (Kernel 6.x).

Ophub community builds (H616/H313 variants).

I have updated the extlinux.conf / uEnv.txt to point to the sun50i-h313-x96-q-lpddr3.dtb (and others like x96-mate), but the result is always the same failure to initialize.

Has anyone successfully booted this specific board revision (IK316Q_V4.1)? Is there a specific bootloader argument or a different DTB required for this MXQ clone?

Photos of the board are attached. Thanks!