Introduction

This technical guide documents the complete process for deploying Linux on the TX10 PRO Android TV Box (Allwinner H313).

Due to hardware variations and kernel compatibility issues common on these devices, establishing a functional Armbian environment requires specific images, DTBs, and configuration steps.

This documentation is designed to streamline the installation process and avoid common hardware compatibility problems.

Technical Specifications & Environment

The procedures in this guide were validated on a TX10 PRO with the following hardware:

Component         Specification

----------------  -----------------------------------

SoC               Allwinner H313 (sun50iw9p1)

CPU               Quad-core Cortex-A53 (ARM64)

Memory            1 GB LPDDR3 (Samsung eMCP)

Storage           8 GB eMMC

Board Revision    WFTECH_V2.0

Device Codename   titan-p1

Product           walley

Stock OS          Android (Modified Build)

Bootloader        U-Boot

Tested Kernel     Linux 6.12.64 (bookworm)

Tested working image: Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_X96q-v1-3_bookworm_current_6.12.64_minimal.img.xz
Kernel: Linux 6.12.64 bookworm
Base OS: Debian Bookworm Server
Target: X96Q DDR3 / Allwinner H313

Although this image is labeled for the X96Q DDR3, it successfully booted on my TX10 PRO with the WFTECH_V2.0 board and Allwinner H313 SoC. Hardware revisions vary, so compatibility with other TX10 PRO units is not guaranteed.

⚠ Crucial Hardware Warning

TV box manufacturers frequently change internal components (RAM layout, Wi-Fi chipsets, and board revisions) without changing the product name.

Always verify your board revision before proceeding.

Using the wrong Device Tree Blob (DTB) can result in an unbootable system.

Advantages & Disadvantages of Running Linux

Advantages:

Cost Efficiency

Much cheaper than a Raspberry Pi or other SBC.

Enclosure Included

Comes with a case and power supply.

Low Power Consumption

Runs quietly with very low power usage, making it suitable for lightweight servers.

Disadvantages:

No Official Support

Linux support depends entirely on community-maintained images.

Thermal Throttling

Cheap passive cooling causes overheating during heavy workloads.

Weak eMMC Storage

Internal storage may wear out under frequent writes.

Slow I/O

USB ports are usually USB 2.0 only.

No SATA, NVMe, or native Gigabit Ethernet.

Driver Problems

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and hardware video acceleration usually require manual setup.

Prerequisite Hardwares:

MicroSD Card (8GB or larger)

MicroSD Card Reader (Cost: 0.45 USD )

HDMI Monitor (Tv)

USB Keyboard

Ethernet Adapter

Integrated Wi-Fi rarely works immediately on bookworm Linux.

A wired Ethernet connection is strongly recommended for initial setup.

Installation Process

Step 1 — Download Armbian

Official Armbian images generally do not include all hardware support for the H313.

Download a trusted community image designed for Allwinner H313/H616 boards using the 6.12.64 kernel.

USE THIS: Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_X96q-v1-3_bookworm_current_6.12.64_minimal.img.xz

Step 2 — Flash the SD Card

⚠ Warning

Avoid using the Linux dd command if you are unfamiliar with it.

Selecting the wrong drive can permanently erase your computer.

Instead, use BalenaEtcher.

Flashing Steps:

Install and open BalenaEtcher.

Insert your MicroSD card.

Click Flash from File.

Select the downloaded .img.xz image.

Click Select Target.

Choose your MicroSD card carefully.

Click Flash!

Wait until flashing and verification reach 100%.

Safely eject the card.

Step 3 — Hardware Setup

Before powering on:

Insert the MicroSD card.

Connect HDMI.

Connect USB keyboard.

Connect USB Ethernet.

Connect power.

Step 4 — First Boot

The first boot performs:

Filesystem expansion

Initial setup

System configuration

This may take several minutes.

Expected boot sequence:

U-Boot ↓ Linux Kernel ↓ Armbian Login Prompt 

Step 5 — Initial Login

Default credentials:

Username: root Password: 1234 

After logging in you will be required to:

Change the root password

Create a normal user

Configure timezone

Configure locale

Step 6 — Verify Network

Built-in Wi-Fi will probably not work.

The board uses the SSV6x5x / SV6256 chipset which requires extra drivers.

Verify Ethernet:

ip a ping -c 3 1.1.1.1 

Step 7 — Update the System

Enable network time:

sudo timedatectl set-ntp true 

Then update:

sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y 

Step 8 — Install to eMMC (Optional)

Once everything works from the SD card:

sudo armbian-config 

Navigate to:

System ↓ Install ↓ Boot from eMMC 

Follow the installer.

After completion:

Shut down

Remove the SD card

Boot from internal storage

Hardware Compatibility

Working - perfectly

HDMI Output

USB Ports

USB Ethernet

Known Issues

Wi-Fi - Not working

Requires manual compilation of the SSV6256 driver.

Graphics

No hardware acceleration.

Software rendering only.

DTB Compatibility

Boot success depends heavily on selecting the correct DTB.

Different board revisions may require different DTBs.

Best Practices

Test from SD First

Never install to eMMC before confirming that everything works.

Backup Android

Create a backup of the original Android firmware before modifying internal storage.

DTB Troubleshooting

If the device:

Boot loops

Shows a black screen

Fails to boot

Mount the SD card on another computer.

Open:

armbianEnv.txt 

Try different H313/H616 DTB files until the system boots successfully.

TV Box Name: Intelbras IzyPlay 

Board name: DV8038
CPU: Amlogic S805X (GXL Meson, Rev D)
Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.821_Aml-s9xx-box_trixie_current_6.18.26_minimal.img.xz
DTB file used: meson-gxl-s805x-p241.dtb
Kernel Version: 6.18.26-current-meson64
Distribution Installed: Debian 13 (Trixie)
Working Ethernet: Yes
Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100 Mbps
Does wifi work: Yes
Does bluetooth work: No
Does HDMI audio work: Not tested (headless setup)

Additional Comments:
- Board has 1GB RAM (908MB available) and 7.3GB eMMC
- HDMI output works (tested on a DELL P2219H)
- Reset button is between USB1 and USB2 ports
- USB2 port is required for booting (closest to power input)
- To boot from USB: hold reset button while applying power, release after 15 seconds

TV Box Name (example: TX3 mini): T9

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): RK3328

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_25.11.0-trunk.367_Rk3318-box_trixie_current_6.12.54_minimal.img

DTB file used: rockchip/rk3318-box.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.12.56-current-rockchip64

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): trixie

Working Ethernet (Yes/No):Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100 Max

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes 2/5

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Yes

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes - after last update , (also analog and spdif ports are available - not tested).

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): IR Receiver yes

5 Digit display working: yes

MASKROM PINS for recovery flashing available on the back side.

SOC RK3328

RAM 4Gx4 D9PQL

VFD DRIVER FD6551

WLAN CHIP SP6330

32 GB EMMc KLMBG2JENB

VT RT9045

vfd.conf rk3318-t9.dtso Log android gpio T9.txt

I have a SDMC Tech STB which is DV8549 
- Processor: Amlogic S905X2 
- RAM: 2GB 
- EMMC: 8 / 32Gb (not sure but will share part number) 
- WiFi chip? Unsure since the part is rubbed off, and its not even necessary to run the wifi.

It does not have the SD card slot unlike the normal TV Boxes. 
it seems to be locked? or rather would not go into any mode. 

it has a debug port, but it would not show any data apart from some wifi related things. in which if we keep pressing CTRL + C it will stop displaying that. 

There is some button given, unlike the TB Boxes, but that button upon pressing only takes into the recovery mode which leads to nothing but only would ask to Wipe Data and factory Reset, that is all. 

Just behind the EMMC Chip, there seems to be a Placment for a small Pushbutton which is not populated, but when we do short it, while plugging in the Power Supply, it would take the device in the WorldCup Mode. 

**What have i tried?** 
1. Did put the device in worldcup mode and followed with a alot of files from Ricky Divjakovski, to try and flash some android images which were provided by other people online, but it would not do anything or would not lead to any flashing to the board.

2. Tried the Amlogic USB Burning tool, but even that would not lead to any of the flashing, did follow a lot of videos online but all the steps were made for the generic TV Boxes and none for my specific, but considering my electronics and embedded knowledge i tried my level best to do all the combinations to check if the usb burning tool would help to flash any rom it did not. 

So, both the standard ways which are meant to be used for the Generic TV Boxes are not available for me. 
The last step which im planning to do is, pull out the EMMC from the board, install it on the external EMMC Reader like the allSocket bga153/163 and copy all the files from the EMMC and erase it. but i have no idea after erasing, re-soldering the EMMC, where do i start and how do i install the armbian or any OS onto the board again? 

what do i expect from you or other users over here from the community? 
what should i do next? is there any way i can get this up and running? are there any steps i might be missing? 

Back of the board.
Highlighted in RED is the button i would short and it would take me into the worldcup mode 
Highlighted in Blue is the button i would press, and it would take me to recovery. 



Front Of the Board

from over here i was not able to attach any more photos to the post, so a humble request to follow up over here 
https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/issues/3214
for all the pictures. 

any help in regards to this shall be very very much amazing. thanks in advance. 

CPU (example: amlogic s805 Meson 8B 4 cores 1.5 Ghz

Armbian build file name:Armbian_5.67_Aml-s805_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_desktop_20181207

DTB file used:

Kernel Version:3.10.108 #14 SMP preenpt

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc):Bionic

Working Ethernet  not tested

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000):

Does wifi work Yes sort of, makes breaks connection continually, it will download updates

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No):NA I don't know if the box has it

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No):Not tested

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

Headphone audio works although it is not perfect.

Keyboard and mouse work fine, I have no remote to test

Sound:AML8AUDIO

Video playback is slow, I'm not sure if accelerated video is working

Video:Mali-450 MP

Booted fine, and updated fine

815 available memory

CPU Amlogics S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_25.8.0-trunk.277_Aml-s9xx-box_noble_current_6.12.34

DTB file used: meson-gxm-t95z-plus.dtb – (my other T95z uses meson-gxm-vega-s96.dtb)

Kernel Version: 6.12.34

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Noble

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): Not sure how to determine...

Does wifi work (Yes/No): No

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Not tested

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

This is my second T95z plus box build. Using as headless server and both seem solid. Confirming what others have said – the build is different inside. This has a different wifi card and eemc. I have a 3rd T95z plus that has the dreaded NAND chip too. Having fun and learning. Using as a simple NAS now with a ZFS pool and works just fine.

CPU Amlogics S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.370_Aml-s9xx-box_noble_current_6.12.23

DTB file used: meson-gxm-vega-s96.dtb (but several seem to work… none with wifi out of the box)

Kernel Version: 6.12.24

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Noble

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): Not sure how to determine...

Does wifi work (Yes/No): YES *** See Below

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Not tested

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes
Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

Tested many files. Ubuntu (noble) seemed much more usable than Debian (bookworm)

Also tested

Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.334_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.12.21 _gnome_desktop.img.xz

Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.334_Aml-s9xx-box_noble_current_6.12.21 _gnome_desktop.img.xz

Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.334_Aml-s9xx-box_oracular_edge_6.14.0 _gnome_desktop.img.xz

Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.334_Aml-s9xx-box_oracular_edge_6.14.0.img.xz

Since I am trying to learn server/media center/adguard or pihole stuff – chose the server headless install eventually. Learning has started.

**** Thank you thank you to @ZuiMelanieForno and their post here:

But basically looks like the easy way is to create a soft link of the ap6330 driver file as the brcm4330 file that must be loaded by default.

sudo mv /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt.old 
sudo ln -s /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac-ap6330-sdio.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt

Not sure of this solution will survive update.   (UPDATE: Confirmed - it does not survive update - but doing the commands again and a reboot seemed to work.)

I have installed pihole and had it running. I had jellyfin running. Rebuilt from 0 again and am trying to do inside of docker containers. Dockers seems running but still some learning to go.

If I write my sd to my eMMC – can reset to 0 again by booting from an sd card … and when ready burn that to eMMC? Or should I keep the writes to the eMMC as few as possible?

I own two of these boxes – Identical on the outside but the newer one (bought probably 1 year later) does NOT have an eMMC. It has the dreaded NAND chip(BiWIN 16GB)… Also a different wifi module I think…. (LTM8830)

Oh and – can I just say I love pulling this thing out of retirement and having a tiny low cost media server in the house. Thanks @balbes150 and @SteeMan and Everyone for their hard work!  This is amazing... until I blow it up again...

TV Box Name: T95 Max+ (Plus)

CPU: S905x3

Armbian build file name: Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.11.img.xz

DTB file used: /dtb-6.1.11-meson64/amlogic/meson-sm1-x96-air.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.1.11

Distribution Installed: jammy (Ubuntu)

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100 Mbps

Does wifi work: No

Does bluetooth work: No

Does HDMI audio work: No

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): Read below ...

I ran these commands to disable some features that could break the system or cause the system to not boot. This is from my experience of installing the system twice.

sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-current-meson64 armbian-bsp-cli-aml-s9xx-box armbian-firmware
sudo apt-mark hold linux-dtb-current-meson64 linux-u-boot-aml-s9xx-box-current
sudo systemctl disable --now systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
sudo systemctl disable --now unattended-upgrades

I wanted to get sound out of the box. So, I purchased a generic USB audio dongle from Aliexpress for $3 USD. (see attached photo). The USB audio device is described in Linux as a Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec (USB PnP Sound Device device 0 USB Audio), and when you run “lsusb” you will see the id numbers 08bb:2902.  I updated the databases for repositories by running “sudo apt update -y” and installed necessary packages to support the USB audio device and to use the XFCE4 graphical desktop. Here are the commands I ran for XFCE4 and for some additional nice bits:

sudo apt update -y;
sudo apt install -y xfdesktop4 xfce4 xfce4-power-manager xfce4-goodies xinit xdm xorg xserver-xorg;
sudo apt install -y arandr greybird-gtk-theme numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme epiphany-browser;
sudo apt install -y elementary-xfce-icon-theme xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xcvt firefox mesa-utils;
sudo apt install -y gvfs gvfs-fuse gvfs-common xubuntu-icon-theme at-spi2-core smplayer;

sudo apt install -y alsa-base alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-utils alsamixergui pulseaudio pavucontrol pavumeter;

Edit the file /etc/modules with the “nano” command and write “snd-usb-audio” at the end of the file. Also, edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and change a few things, but make a backup copy first:

sudo cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf  ~/alsa-base.conf.backup

Put a # symbol in front of every “options snd-usb-audio index=-2” that you see in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf . I found two of them. Add these two lines of text to the bottom of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf .

alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio

options snd-usb-audio index=0

Make sure that you are in the 'audio' group. Run the “usermod” command against a regular user (not root) that you want to use often. And reboot.

sudo usermod -a G audio {username here}

sudo reboot

After reboot, the graphical X Display Manager (xdm) should greet you with a simple gray prompt and you can login to XFCE4. You should see a red LED light blinking on the USB audio dongle. You may want to change the display resolution to 1280x720 or 1920x1080 (whichever is available to you) by clicking on the panel (start menu), Applications, Settings, and Display. The Arandr tool in Settings can also help you adjust the display resolution. Open the volume control program by clicking on the panel Applications, Multimedia, PulseAudio Volume Control. Click the Configuration tab at the far right of the volume control and change the profile to Analog Stereo. * Important – now connect a headset, earphone, or amplifier to the 3.5mm (⅛’’) black 🎧 receptacle on the USB audio dongle and play some sounds, music or youtube.

CPU: Amlogic S905X

Armbian build file name:

• Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.301_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.12.20_minimal.img
• Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.301_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.12.20_xfce_desktop.img

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905x-vero4k.dtb

U-Boot used: u-boot-s905x-s912

Kernel Version: 6.12.20

Distribution Installed: bookworm

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100Mbps

Does wifi work: No

Does bluetooth work: Yes

Does HDMI audio work: No

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

WARNING: RISK OF BRICKING! Only proceed if you know what you're doing and are willing to accept the risk of bricking your device!

If your use case doesn't require Armbian or the latest Linux kernel, you may want to try these solutions first:

• Run `systemctl disable mediacenter` from the OSMC terminal and continue from there
• Simple X11 desktop: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/testing-x11-simple-desktop-chromium-web-browser-in-a-simple-installer-for-stretch/16846
• Headless arm64 Docker: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/non-official-headless-arm64-docker-solution-for-vero4k/108666/4

Toothpick method doesn't boot Armbian, because standard u-boot config expects kernel.img and dtb.img to be present in a different file format than Armbian provides.
Getting Armbian to boot requires changing the u-boot environment to the one provided by aml_autoscript. This can be done from a working OSMC installation or recovery.
The method below ensures you can still boot the original OSMC installation by removing the SD card.

Prerequisites:

• Terminal skills and patience
• Vero 4k with working OSMC installation (https://osmc.tv/wiki/vero-4k/reinstalling-osmc/)
• USB keyboard and HDMI monitor attached to Vero
• High quality micro SD card
• PC with SD card reader
• Toothpick or similar (non-conducting)

SD card preparation:

• Download latest image: https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-tv-box/
• Write image to SD card as described in this post: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33676-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus/

Let's get dangerous! To change the u-boot configuration on the Vero 4k:

• Boot Vero into recovery by applying power and holding the (left) shift button. This might take a few tries
• The device should prompt a tty screen. Login with user osmc and password osmc
• Run the following commands (these are from the aml_autoscript file in the Armbian /boot partition):

IMPORTANT: Make sure these lines are exactly correct, because if not it can mess up the boot process and brick your device!

fw_setenv bootcmd 'run start_autoscript; run osmcfromsd; run osmcfromusb; run storeboot'
fw_setenv start_autoscript 'if mmcinfo; then run start_mmc_autoscript; fi; if usb start; then run start_usb_autoscript; fi; run start_emmc_autoscript'
fw_setenv start_emmc_autoscript 'if fatload mmc 1 1020000 emmc_autoscript; then autoscr 1020000; fi;'
fw_setenv start_mmc_autoscript 'if fatload mmc 0 1020000 s905_autoscript; then autoscr 1020000; fi;'
fw_setenv start_usb_autoscript 'for usbdev in 0 1 2 3; do if fatload usb ${usbdev} 1020000 s905_autoscript; then autoscr 1020000; fi; done'

• To verify, run `fw_printenv | grep bootcmd` etc.

The fun part: boot into Armbian

• Power off the device: execute `poweroff` command, wait until device light is red and remove power.
• Insert the Armbian SD card into the Vero 4k. It should go in upside down and all the way until you hear a slight click sound.
• Apply power again
• After some u-boot and kernel logs the device should show the Armbian boot up screen
• Enjoy Armbian on your Vero 4k!
• Removing the SD card should boot into OSMC from eMMC again.

Many thanks to @SteeMan for helping me with the original troubleshooting here: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/49733-installing-armbian-on-vero-4k-does-not-boot-from-sd-card

Hardware video acceleration, HDMI audio and WiFi don't seem to work out of the box, but I can imagine that with some effort it's possible.

TV Box Name: MXQ Pro 4k 5G (fake 16GB RAM/128GB ROM)

CPU: Allwinner H3

Armbian build file name: Armbian_21.08.1_Orangepipcplus_focal_current_5.10.60.img.xz / Armbian_21.08.1_Orangepipcplus_buster_current_5.10.60.img.xz (both works)

DTB file used: <none>

Kernel Version: 5.10.60

Distribution Installed: focal and buster

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100M

Does wifi work (Yes/No): yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): not available

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): all other functionalities for Orange Pi PC Plus is not available (eg OTG function of USB and no GPIO). You can also run "nand-sata-install" command to install armbian to emmc, works fine, no issues.

CPU: RockChip RK3576

Armbian build file name: Unofficial Release

Kernel Version: 6.1 (vendor)

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Jammy

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000 Gigabit

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): depends on User WorkAround

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

No TF-Card Boot and No USB boot
all done by Rockchip Hardware flash

Mainline development Topic

CPU: Amlogic S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian-unofficial_25.02.0-trunk_Aml-c400-plus_bookworm_current_6.6.69_gnome_desktop.img (built by myself).

DTB file used: meson-gxm-c400-plus.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.6.69

Distribution Installed: Tested bookworm and noble.

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100 Mb (max speed)

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: Yes

Does HDMI audio work: Yes (including 4k)

Additional Comments: Working from USB, SD-Card and emmc using install-aml.sh in root folder. All test make on DDR3 tvbox, there is also a DDR4 version but not tested. Tested all desktop, Cinnamon and KDE Plasma not start graphics interface, XFCE, gnome and i3wm working perfect.

CPU: RockChip RK3566

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_24.8.0-trunk.6_H96-tvbox-3566_jammy_current_6.6.32_gnome_desktop.img.xz

Kernel Version: 6.6.32 
Kernel Version: 6.12.6

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Jammy

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000 Gigabit

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): depends on User WorkAround

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

No TF-Card Boot and No USB boot
all done by Rockchip Hardware flash
Topic 4/32gb
Topic 8/64gb

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): Amlogic S905x3

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community_24.11.0-trunk.273_Aml-s9xx-box_oracular_edge_6.11.3.img (xz compressed)

DTB file used: /dtb/amlogic/meson-sm1-h96-max.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.11.3

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Oracular

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000 Gigabit

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Do not know / Did not check  it

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): No

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

Android firmware version PPR1.180610.11.20230208 and Kernel 4.9.113 built on 08FEB2023 must be downgraded to PPR1.180610.011.20220516 and kernel 4.9.113, May 16 2022 before booting or installing Armbian.

CPU: S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop_201014

DTB file used: meson-gxm-q201.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100

Does wifi work: No

Does bluetooth work: not tested

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments:

CPU : amlogic s912

Armbian build file name:  Armbian_23.8.0-trunk.52_Aml-s9xx-box_lunar_edge_6.2.16.img

DTB file used:    modified dtb: https://github.com/maz-1/h96-pro-plus-armbian-stuff

Kernel Version:  6.2.16-meson64

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): lunar

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): TBD

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): TBD

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):
benchmark:  http://ix.io/4z1N

benchmark.txt

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): amlogic S905X

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop

DTB file used: meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): bullseye

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): No

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): N/A

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): I didn't try all the dtbs, as this is enough for me. If I get around to it and find a better one I'll update.

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TV Box Name: Leelbox S1 (PCB marking: "A95X_DDR4" "V1_1 2160906")

CPU: AMLogic S905X

RAM: 1 GB DDR4 (reported: 860 MiB) - 2 x SpecTek (Micron) "PPE05-075" "F1646"

Armbian build file name: Armbian_community 24.5.0-trunk.226

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb

Kernel Version: Linux 6.6.22-current-meson64

Distribution Installed: Bookworm

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): to be verified

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes (RTL8189ETV)

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Not tested

Comments:

- also sold as ABOX-A1 according to online sources;

- installation to MMC worked without issue using the dedicated script.

TV Box Name (example: TX3 mini): X96 mini

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): amlogic s905w

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905w-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): focal

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100

Does wifi work (Yes/No): No

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): No

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): HDMI was unstable during boot and when connected to a 4K monitor.  Once I connected to a 1080p monitor the display was stable after booting, still had issues during the boot.

CPU: Amlogic S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_23.8.1_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.50_minimal.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-gxm-gt1-ultimate.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.1.50-current-meson64

Distribution Installed: jammy

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 1 GB

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: Yes

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments: Originally installed  jammy_current_6.1.50_minimal on 8 GB SD card.
Then made image file with sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M status=progress | gzip > armbian_20231023_32GB-SD.img.gz  
Followed by restoring to a 32 GB SD card with balenaetcher.  Then added armbian-config followed by system, default, cinnamon desktop.
Board-Configuration:
RAM = K4B4G1646E-BYMA - 2 x 4 Gb chips; Wireless module = AP6255 IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac dual-band radio with Bluetooth V4.0;
Memory = 16GB KLMAG2GE4A-A001 64Gb; ETHERNET = RTL8211F Realtek 10/100/1000M

CPU: S912 

Armbian build file name: Armbian_23.5.1_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.1.30.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-gxm-gt1-ultimate.dtb

Kernel Version: 6.1.50-current-meson64

Distribution Installed: bookworm

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: TBC

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: Yes

Does HDMI audio work: TBC

Additional Comments: Thank you devs. 

I run and install into emmc without problem.

With microSD card only boot from blue USB (with adapter), dont boot from microDS card slot.

I used (No audio, No wifi, No bluethoot, Yes ethernet 1 Gb):

Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.11_xfce_desktop.img

and

meson-sm1-sei610.dtb or meson-sm1-x96-air.dtb (only ethernet ok with both files)

I did many test wiht other files without ethernet (meson-sm1-x96-maz-plus.dtb, meson-sm1-g12a-x96-max.dtb, meson-sm1-x96-air-gbit.dtb ).

After some days  I installed  into emmc, armbian cant boot, so I boot the tv box from microSD card again (I read this from other post),  and the action solve de problem, but after some days the problem return.

Can you help  me to solve this problem?  

Thanks in advance

CPU: Allwinner H603

Armbian build file name: Armbian_21.05.0-trunk_Aw-h6-tv_focal_current_5.10.27

DTB file used: as provided, not modified

Kernel Version: 5.10.27

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): YES

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100

Does wifi work (Yes/No): No (not recognized)

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No (it does not have)

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Not shure

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): 

Hello, Im new at the forum, but I wanted to share my experience with this tv-box, as useful information about H603 processor is not easy to find. Just tried this image (no other works, only trunk ones) and also Armbian_21.11.0-trunk_Aw-h6-tv_bullseye_current_5.10.68. both headless servers, and working. Tried several desktop images but without luck.

HDMI is working, but I haven't tried sound. Hope this helps some one.

Regards.

Gonzalo.

TV Box Name : H96 max x3

CPU: amlogic s905x3

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-sm1-sei610-ethfix.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): focal

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Yes

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Yes

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

wifi+bt with BCM4335C0.hcd

Temperature: <70 C

SD boot: No
USB boot : Yes

TV Box Name X96 mini

CPU amlogic S905X

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): focal

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100

Does wifi work (Yes/No): No after boot. But managed to compile from source (RTL8189ES) and now it is working (see attaching working 8189es.ko)

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): no

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): didn't test

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):

to make the wifi works, using the attached .ko file:

# Enable the driver
sudo cp 8189es.ko /usr/lib/modules/5.9.0-arm-64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe 8189es

In case you want to compile by yourself:

# Install kernel headers
wget https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/deb/linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.10_arm64.deb
or download from https://disk.yandex.ru/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/20.10/deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.10_arm64.deb

# Download the wifi driver
git clone https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux.git
 

# Compile,
cd rtl8189ES_linux/
make -j4 ARCH=arm64 KSRC=/usr/lib/modules/5.9.0-arm-64/build

# Enable the driver
sudo cp 8189es.ko /usr/lib/modules/5.9.0-arm-64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe 8189es

8189es.ko

CPU : Amlogic S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0.img

DTB file used: meson-gxm-q200.dtb (no wifi/bluetooth/hdmi audio with distributed one, need modification, see below)

Kernel Version: 5.9.0-arm-64

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 1000

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: Yes

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments:

modified dtb: https://github.com/maz-1/h96-pro-plus-armbian-stuff

almost everything works except buggy gpu support. The kernel crashes when opengl programs (like glxgears) terminates, and low fps.

CPU: H6

Armbian build file name: Armbian_21.02.0-trunk_Aw-h6-tv_focal_current_5.10.17_210218

DTB file used: sun50i-h6-tanix-tx6.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.10.17

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: not tested

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments:

TV Box Name (example: TX3 mini): T95S2

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): amlogic s905w

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905w-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): focal

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 100

Does wifi work (Yes/No): No

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes first time but after apt-get dist upgrade no sound
I put armbian in French and install the French keyboard. No worries apart from wifi and sound.

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): S912

Armbian build file name: Can't remember, last supported one from Balbes150

DTB file used: meson-gxm-vega-s96.dtb (tested several others working, can't remember which, only this with HDMI audio, none with bluetooth, some with WiFi but HDMI Audio is more important for me.)

Kernel Version: 5.9.0-arm-64

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): Bullseye

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): Tested speed well over 300mbps, not sure if it reaches 1000mbps since don't have any drive to uphold that over USB.

Does wifi work (Yes/No): Wifi is disabled, can't enable it whatsoever.

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): No, couldn't manage to make it work at all.

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes, flawlessly. (not in every tested .dtb files)

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): 

Using a Kingston 32GB uSD Card as primary drive. Not installed to internal yet, nor very convinced to even try it.

Standard USB hard drive bays would not work by just plugging in once the BOX booted on Armbian. (even those that work normally under "factory" Android) Some just won't be recognized, but some will make BOX to freeze.
In order to overcome this, I had to plug them BEFORE turning the BOX on. On some instances I would use an USB-multi-bay with it's own power source that can be turned on and off at will and the BOX will not go bananas.
This box will allow me to plug several hard disks at will be it internal or in any of it's 2 USB ports.

I'm using it as a normal desktop, but also running:

• nginx
• mariadb(mysql) server
• a test java website. (quite heavy)
• and samba server. (primarily is my NAS)

Mostly to fiddle around instead of be messing with the actual servers at production. (Around 700MB RAM required as base.)

Desktop is accessed using VNC and SSH to fiddle with servers.

Made a hole above CPU heatsink to allow heat go out, otherwise mostly all the time would be around 80 degrees, thermaly throtling and making my life misserable. Around 70 to 60 degrees and it will be handlong as any normal desktop.

Planning to add a small fan, just need to find somewhere to connect it in the BOX.
 

Desktop.

CPU: S905X2

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop_201014

DTB file used: meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 1000 (Gigabit)

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: not tested

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments:

CPU: RK3328

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop_201014

DTB file used: rk3328-box.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.9.0

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 100

Does wifi work: No

Does bluetooth work: not tested

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments: this is the newer hw version with SV6051 wifi chip instead of the 8723 found on older boards, so that's why onboard wifi is not working. USB wifi dongle with Ralink MT7601 chipset working perfectly. Small tweaks to the DT gets the blue LED working as it should.

CPU: S912

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_focal_current_5.8.7_desktop_200911 (not sure if this is what this means)

DTB file used: meson-gxm-q200.dtb

Kernel Version: 5.8.7

Distribution Installed: focal

Working Ethernet: Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works: 1000 (Gigabit)

Does wifi work: Yes

Does bluetooth work: not tested

Does HDMI audio work: Yes

Additional Comments:

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): X2

Armbian build file name: 5.3.0-aml-g1

DTB file used: meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb

Kernel Version: Armbian Linux 5.3.0-aml-g12

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc): buster

Working Ethernet (Yes/No): Yes

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000): 1000

Does wifi work (Yes/No): not tested

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No): Yes

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No): Yes

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important): I use it as a NAS

Pay attention. In this thread are only a good or not run the system on specific models TV box. All discussions and questions, post in other topics.

To submit a report of a working TV Box start a new topic in this sub-forum with the name of the TV box as the title and copy/paste this template into the post and provide the requested information.

Note:  Only report status using dtb files that are part of the image and therefore available to all users from a standard source.  If you have used another dtb file, please mention that in the comments along with where the source code for the dtb is located and what the custom dtb improved.

Note: You will need to install/enable a desktop environment to gather all of the below information (i.e. hdmi audio)

TV Box Status Information Template Version 1.0

TV Box Name (example: TX3 mini):

CPU (example: amlogic s905w):

Armbian build file name:

DTB file used:

Kernel Version:

Distribution Installed (focal, buster, etc):

Working Ethernet (Yes/No):

Max Ethernet Speed that works (100/1000):

Does wifi work (Yes/No):

Does bluetooth work (Yes/No):

Does HDMI audio work (Yes/No):

Additional Comments (provide any additional information you feel is important):