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Armbian for TV box rk3328

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martos

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the boot with bionic-minimal-rock64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img.xz ( it stop at the end )

 

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@martos

will you please make use of the function: Spoiler and Code.  Your posts are kilometers long, for this the forum software offers tools named before.  Thank you

clarkss12

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Thank you Mr. Balbes, for the update to manually change the Device tree.  Now, my crappy Rockshit box (SCISHION AI ONE Android 8.1 TV Box - SILVER US PLUG) has an OS To look forward to.  I tested ALL of the device trees included in your firmware, and finally found ONE that worked reasonably well (rk3328-evb.dtb).   Some of the device trees would NOT boot at all, most would scroll, but not completely install.

 

Now the work begins, I am using it on a 65" 4k TV, so the fonts are soooooo tiny, I can't read them unless I am 3 feet from the screen.  I will be digging to see if I can find a solution, unless some one on here can tell me how, in layman's terms...

 

This is the firmware that I used  >>>  Armbian_5.59_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_xenial_default_4.4.152_desktop_20180831.img.xz   <<<

Thanks.

 

Edit:  After trying to set everything up, I noticed that this Rockshit device is pathetically slow, compared to one of my older Amlogic S905 boxes.  Not sure why it is so slow, more testing then, I will give up this box.

 

One last thing, since you had a correct device tree for this box, I will see if it will work on LIbreELEC or CoreELEC.

balbes150

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  On 8/31/2018 at 5:29 PM, martos said:

boot xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img

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I see a lot of interesting things here ....

Try to erase the bootloader from the SD card with version 5.59, with the command "dd if=/dev/zero of=you_device bs=1 count=400" and try to start the system using a regular u-boot. This may not work because u-boot android may have different settings.

balbes150

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  On 8/31/2018 at 11:27 PM, clarkss12 said:

Now the work begins, I am using it on a 65" 4k TV, so the fonts are soooooo tiny, I can't read them unless I am 3 feet from the screen.  I will be digging to see if I can find a solution, unless some one on here can tell me how, in layman's terms...

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By default, the maximum available screen resolution is turned on (you probably have 3080 x 2160 for 4K), try to enable lower resolution in the screen settings , for example 1920x1080. At the same time minimal screen settings it speeds up the system. By the way, I think the launch Libreelec possible, it is necessary, by analogy with Armbian, if collect the generic version.

balbes150

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I built a new version of the 20180903 image without including u-boot. This option should try to use a regular u-boot (for those who have a problem with determining the type of memory).

balbes150

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Does anyone have any information what sources are used to build u-boot in Android firmware ? Or it is possible to obtain the output of the command "printenv" and "help" from the console UART in u-boot Android.

martos

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For my version the boot delay it's put at 0, so i can't stop it.

I try CTRL+C to stop the u-boot but nothing, if you can find an option to stop it i can try.

balbes150

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  On 9/4/2018 at 7:50 AM, martos said:

I try CTRL+C to stop the u-boot but nothing, if you can find an option to stop it i can try. 

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If you try to use the "space" or "Enter" keys ? Can you show the entire Android startup log ?

martos

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Yes ( i try all the keys) but the boot delay is at 0 so don't stop and i read with google :

 

"It is possible to configure u-Boot at build time so that it will ignore
any character from the console and always do autoboot. a u-Boot
configured in this way is used, for instance, for secure boot."

 

 

 

balbes150

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Show command output on PC "fdisk -l" to SD card with the image xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img

 

Have you tried to move the boot loader from SD card xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64 to SD card with Armbian 5.59 ?

balbes150

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The update  image 20180904.

Added a utility to full backup and restore the entire eMMC "ddbr". Checked mode the backup MVR9. Now if you try to check the recovery mode.

balbes150

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I tried to run Armbian on MVR9 with different dtb files. The test system runs with almost all options rk3328*. When using the (rk3328-evb.dtb) option, the system is very slow. The dtb at a different part of the iron does not work (this is understandable). Therefore, those who try to start the system on their TV boxes, I recommend manually check all options dtb (copy in turn to the root FAT and rename to "dtb.img " all options rk3328*). Perhaps you will find one that will work better than others.

 

During the test I found out (for myself) that on MVR9 the boot block from eMMC is started first and then it tries to start the secondary boot loader either from SD card or, if it does not find it there, from eMMC (on other TV boxes it is possible it is differently). On V88, I see the same algorithm. So there is a chance to use a universal image and only change the secondary loader to run on different models of TV boxes.

balbes150

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New version of the image 20180809.

Changes.

Added the function to install the system in eMMC. Pay attention, this option is available ONLY for TV models Boxing MVR9 and compatible models. If you try to install the system in eMMC for non-supported systems, you will get a brick.

 

The order of installation in eMMC.

 

1. Download, unzip and burn the image to SD card.

2. Start Armbian on the TV box and perform the initial setup of the system.

3. If the system works correctly and you are satisfied, run the utility "ddbr" and create a full backup of eMMC (this is a prerequisite).

4. Rename the file "/boot/mvr9-uboot.img" in "/boot/uboot.img".

5. Run as user "root" script "/boot/create-mbr-linux.sh"

6. To run the script "/root/install.sh"

 

Pay attention to the correct operation of the installation procedure need to comply strictly with the order of the steps.

balbes150

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Added another version of the image 20180909.

On the model MVR9 image Xenial-desktop earned WiFi (maybe will work BT, I haven't checked). To use this version, you must manually add the correct DTB. For MVR9 model you need to copy the file " /dtb/rockchip/rk3328-box-trn9.dtb" in the root of the FAT partition and rename to "dtb.img"

balbes150

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  On 9/4/2018 at 8:04 AM, martos said:

Yes ( i try all the keys) but the boot delay is at 0 so don't stop and i read with google :

 

"It is possible to configure u-Boot at build time so that it will ignore
any character from the console and always do autoboot. a u-Boot
configured in this way is used, for instance, for secure boot."

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Have you checked reaction to u-boot replacement ? I've put together some new u-boot options for different Board models. It will be interesting to check their behavior, whether the system will be able to start with them.

rob0809

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I have my V88 Piano box booting using the 09092018 image but I'm trying to get wifi working.  How can I tell if the onboard wifi is being recognized?  Is there something I can look for in dmesg?  I'm not seeing anything in network setting that would tell me there is a wifi device configured.

balbes150

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  On 9/14/2018 at 2:37 AM, rob0809 said:

I have my V88 Piano box booting using the 09092018 image but I'm trying to get wifi working.  How can I tell if the onboard wifi is being recognized?  Is there something I can look for in dmesg?  I'm not seeing anything in network setting that would tell me there is a wifi device configured.

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You can see the output of "ip a"

martos

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In cpu only s912 la more powerfull only rk3399 have more cpu power. But rockchip give more information than  amlogic to opensource ...

Xiaofan

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  On 9/18/2018 at 6:53 AM, balbes150 said:

 IMHO I would compare rk3328 to s905x2\d2.

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Ref: https://www.cnx-software.com/2017/11/27/amlogic-s905x-vs-rockchip-rk3328-vs-allwinner-h6/

 

CPU wise roughly: RK3399 > Amlogic S912 > Allwinner H6 > Amlogic S905X = RK3328

 

On the other hand, there are very few H6 based TV Box and majority of them are based on S912/S905W and RK3328. Some of the RK3328 based boxes have the advantages of higher memory and storage) (4GB/64G) compared to S912 based (usually 3GB/32GB) and S905W based (usually 2GB/16GB). I like my recently bought X96 Mini but I also ordered Rock64 and RK3328 based box (H96 Max 4GB/64GB) and S912 based box (H96 Pro Plus 3GB/32GB) to play with Android and follow the Armbian development here. The RK3328 based TV box is actually more expensive than S912 based because of the higher memory/storage.

 

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