Trying to boot Armbian on LinknLink iSG Box SE

[Sancho]

I recently did some trying to boot Armbian on this box and eventually got it not to recognize "Loader" mode using the reset button.

It was working before I eventually flashed an not so compatible u-boot. I knew the risks, sh1t happens

I was trying to boot Armbian from USB by the way, that is why I tried to do this.

 

I discovered that the original firmware is the same as a H96 Max M1 PLUS as we can see from the official firmware file naming: 

rk3528_l001_H96_Max_M1PLUS_6621_64BIT_TAR-20251112.2200.img

 

My question, as anyone had experience with this board?

The idea is to ditch the original firmware and run HA on Armbian (I previously did this with another box using docker).

 

I know the only option now is to "short" the eMMC in order to achieve "Maskrom" mode but there are no obvious pin points on the board.

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Sancho
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[Sancho]

Finally managed to restore the box to stock official Android firmware, everything works as expected. I also tested a firmware for the H96 Max M1, with this one the WiFi is not working, they seem to use a different wifi chip.

Any recommendations on where to start with flashing Armbian on this device?