Teclast T60 AI rooting + armbian possibility Allwinner A733

[Taz]

Hello armbian accomplices, I though I would share my little journey about getting this tablet rooted with magisk so that hopefully one day armbian could run on it.

 

Steps:

1. on android become developer

2. enable oem bootloader unlocking in developer options

3. adb reboot bootloader

4. fastboot oem unlock

5. reboot, the system will be wiped clean

6. install Magisk apk from github releases

7. get Teclast T60 AI firmware from their site it contains Firmware.img

8. ./sunxi-fw extract -n "wty:init_boot.fex" -o stock_init_boot.img Firmware.img

9. transfer to device and patch with Magisk app

10. adb reboot bootloader

11. fastboot flash init_boot_a /path/to/magisk_patched_init_boot.img
12. fastboot flash init_boot_b /path/to/magisk_patched_init_boot.img

13. fastboot reboot

 

Now do people know about what needs to be done to get xfce with armbian booted on this apparatus?? I think I need better AI agent for this than Deepseek as it is a bit sloppy as usual, Gemini Pro 2.5+ or some Claude probably. I ended up battling with this for a few days.

Edited April 5 by Taz

[Werner]

moved to tvboxes

[Taz]

Okay slight update, I have successfully booted https://forum.armbian.com/topic/56130-radxa-cubie-a7aa7z-allwinner-a733 linux 6.6.98-vendor-sun60iw2 kernel and debootstrapped Bookworm (Debian 12) on it using userdata as root fs.

Basically I got in using:
aliexpress.com/item/1005009243708714.html Micro SD Sniffer
aliexpress.com/item/1005010529282186.html in 1.8v mode(important!)

And fiddling with the u-boot endlessly after i first sabotaged the auto-boot process.
Display is alive, usb subsystem does not work, does not probe. Wifi would be next so I can ditch the tf uart. All your bases belong to us, resistance is futile!

Edited May 5 by Taz

[Taz]

Had to debootstrap trixie because depmod version mismatch. Wifi 2.4 + 5 GHz + BT headphones, keyboards all work. USB is still stuck in plain charge, no micro SD. According to Gemini 3.1 Pro which I have been using, Imagination Technologies (PowerVR) BXM-4-64 MC1 would need 6.12.x kernel or newer which I have not been able to boot yet. This actually feels a bit faster than the Teclast Android even though without accel youtubes playback is quite slow. Battery life probably 5+ hours.

 

aliexpress.com/item/1005009649297050.html keyboard + touchpad I have is a bit shady miss-clicks a bit once in a while. Might have to AI haxor some software filter to get it behave a bit better but that should not be that big of a deal. I have kind of already made up my mind, this ain't going to boot Android anymore, have to see if I grab another one at some point.

 

Edited May 7 by Taz

[YODAI]

Hi guys
1: First, I'm happy to register on your forum.
2: I needed to root my TECLAST T60 IA tablet to test it with some software, and I found this post on your forum.
3: My problem is:
#: I followed the rooting steps up to step 5.
#: Thinking it was better to install the new firmware first and then proceed with rooting.
#: My big mistake was starting the firmware update with PhoenixSuit and the bootloader unlocked. After a while, I got a firmware error, and after restarting, I got this message.

4: I tried to enter fastboot mode by pressing the power button, volume down button, and volume up button, but I can't get into fastboot mode.

I hope you can help me figure out how to enter fastboot mode, install the firmware, and then try to root the device.