Amlogic CPU Boxes

Hi all, I have this Amlogic S905x2 (ddr3l) android tv box which I'm trying to boot Armbian on. Firstly, I was having issue with the default bootloader always booting into android, no matter if I used the sd card or usb. So then I lifted the emmc chip, in hope that it will then choose to boot from the sd card. However, I failed to notice that BL2 is stored in the emmc, and as you guessed, I need BL2 to boot into linux. Now I've read that you can use USB burning tool to send and start BL2 from RAM. However, I've no idea what to do next and what file am I even supposed to send via the USB Burning tool. I would be very thankful …

I have found my old Media-Player and I will use them for a special task. It´s labeled "MK808B Plus" OpenELEC 5.95.5.2 is installed. Now I will run Armbian_5.67_Aml-s805_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_desktop_20181207 from @Balbes150. I use the meson8b_mk808bplus.btb. But the WLAN is not working. For the first run I have change the "armbian_first_run.txt" the value "FR_net_wifi_enabled=1" How can I use the WLAN? How can I make a new "fresh" run that the "armbian_first_run.txt" is execute? How can I put the armbian to the NAND?

Hi! Is it possible to install this assembly on Ugoos AM3 S912?

Hello all, I installed armbian on my TV box. It work correctly (I installed home assistant and It work properly). however, I have a problem with bluetooth. It doesn't work. I do some investigation : install the bluetooth support with apt-get update && apt-get install bluetooth check if this work with : service bluetooth status and it return bluetooth is running I try to connect device with bluetoothctl and it not working. It return No default controller available version : v25.02.0 for Aml.S912 running Armbian Linux 6.6.67-merry-christmas Packages: Debian stable (bullseye) I use this dtb file : meso…

Hey all! I hope i can find here some help for my problem.. Beelink GT1 (Amlogic S912) Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) with Linux 5.9.0-arm-64 Installed from this file: "Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img" Moved everything to emmc xorgxrdp version (1:0.2.12-1). xrdp version (0.9.12-1.1). Enabled RDP in armbian-config, tried editing startwm.sh in /etc/xrdp/ ... While trying to connect with RDP from Windows or MAC, the screen looks like that: rdp glitch (Same on windows) (desktop via hdmi works great) Any suggestions? 🤔

Hello. Please tell me how to set armbian to X98 Plus CPU "Amlogic S905W2 64bit Cortex A35" Tried to put S905W but it doesn't work anyway.

I want to install armbian for my board. I like the 3.10.XXX version. Currently tested: 1. Armbian_5.64_Aml-s812_Ubuntu_xenial_default_3.10.108_20181022.img 2, Armbian_5.77_Aml-s812_Debian_stretch_default_3.10.108_20190326.img 3. Armbian_5.77_Aml-s812_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_20190326.img After the above version is installed, the startup screen will be blurred, how can I solve it? I tried "Armbian_21.02.0-trunk_Aml-s812_buster_current_5.10.0_.img" dtb can run normally with meson8m2-m8s.dtb. But I want to use the 3.10.xxx version. Can you help me?

Hi, My STB run latest Armbian from ophub Armbian_24.11.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.6.58_server_2024.11.01.img.gz. it run on microsd with change the dtb file location in uEnv. But i made mistake with remove partition on eMMC and format it to BTRFS. Now my box is just bootlop. I try to recover using USB Burning Tool with oem Firmware but it always end with romcode error. I Try using TWRP with boot maker it can enter TWRP. i need to press the toothpick on AV jack. When i try to install the oem Firmware it say that emmc is 0mb. I try to change the file system with advance wipe option but got error that the storage can not mount. I guess the TWRP not recog…

Hello, I'm trying to get Armbian (Ubuntu 24.10 XFCE Desktop) running on a retro game stick device with the following specs: CPU: Amlogic S905M RAM: 8 GB Samsung (2x K4B4G1646B) Storage: Samsung 128 GB MicroSD (new, flashed via balenaEtcher) Ports: 1x USB-A, 1x MicroSD slot, 1x MicroUSB power (possibly supports OTG), 1x HDMI male output Original firmware: EmuELEC (working fine from factory SD card) What I tried: Flashed Armbian Ubuntu 24.10 (from debmfc GitHub) to the SD card Tried box=s905_generic in the config file Replaced dtb.img with several DTBs, including: meson-gxbb-p200.dtb meson-gxbb-p201.dtb meson-…

Hello everybody, I need help because I screwed up when trying to install the system on emmc. The emmc is formatted and does not allow to initialize a boot sequence😢 A connection on JDEBUG1 shows that the box loops on this initialization sequence again and again. GXM:BL1:dc8b51:76f1a5;FEAT:ADFD718C:0;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; TE: 136356 BL2 Built : 14:17:47, Apr 18 2017. gxl g95dc662 - xiaobo.gu@droid05 set vdd cpu_a to 1120 mv set vdd cpu_b to 1050 mv set vddee to 1000 mv Board ID = 1 CPU clk: 1200MHz DQS-corr enabled DDR scramble enabled DDR3 chl: Rank0+1 @ 912MHz - PASS Rank0: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 Rank1: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 DataBus test pas…

Hi, I would like to know if its possible to boot from SD card in my model of Android TV BOX. It does not have a reset button but has an update app. Its a Giga TV Box HD890 4K. It has an Amlogic CPU I do all the process of installing Armbian in the SD card, Android starts an update and it says: "Map file is too short". I really dont know what I have to do to enable multi boot. Installation is aborted. Im getting really upset for not being able to install Armbian. Any help to this issue would be really welcome. Sorry for my bad english

Hi. I have an old Tanix TX3 box that I want to use as a backup [1 part of the 3-2-1] drive. I installed Armbian_24.8.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.6.46_server_2024.08.15.img and I'm currently in Armbian OS 24.11.0 Noble with Linux 6.6.53-ophub. I tried to mount several USB drives and even an nvme external drive and can get it to work. Can, anyone, please help me? Thanks. Miguel

Hi, I'm new to the Armbian community, but I have used Linux before. Recently, I followed this tutorial: https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0316.html to flash Armbian 20.10 Bullseye on what I suspect is a fake TX3 Mini. It has a red motherboard probably not a p-281 board, it could be a q201_N device as twrp said before installing Armbian. Anyways, Armbian detects 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage in it. It most likely has either an S905X or S912 CPU since I used "u-boot-s905x-s912" during the process. After flashing the SD card with Armbian, I was able to boot successfully. I then installed Armbian using the terminal with "inst…

Hi guys, I try to install Armbian on my Amlogix G11pro (S509X2 based) TV Gamebox. It keeps booting only into my Emuelec SD card, if I plug it or with anyhting else it only boots into Android that is on eMMC. I understood that I have to use the toothpic method to press the reset button to get into the recovery mode. I tried this but failed as my toothpic didnt reach anything I could click, it just went through. so I opened the box and found that behind the audio jack there is nothing (see attached pic). there is empty space with three connectors on the board, maybe that is the place where usually the micro switch for the reset button sits, but I am not sure. Before …

Hi there I bought X96Q box without warranty, supposed to be 4gb\16gb, allwinner h313, android 11, but turned out to be fake box with soc amlogic s905w, with android7.1 rooted (fake android11), I tried to flash it with different firmwares but it is stuck on blue light, the usb flashtool recognizes it but nothing responds, I tested all the methods on the forums without success please is there a solution thank you here are the pictures of the box https://1drv.ms/u/s!At0NUPMBpbubbsXudVg-DCPQL1c?e=qWZI5L

Hi new here i am trying to run Armbian on a Kingnovel X10 MAX TV box these are the common as muck $40/£40 TV boxes called the x10 max you see all over ebay, now I cannot use termux to build this dtb tried it fails to make the file and I my self other than being able to copy and paste text know nothing about how to make it, I have however recently made a spare one of these X10 MAX TV boxes with a bad nand into a Arcade system using this file dtb sm1_s905x3_2g.dtb in the device tree folder of emuelec on an SD card for this X10 MAX S905X3 chipset box it actually has 4gb ram but the 2gb file is what works for emuelec, now all I need is a way to run linux using Armbian maybe …

I manage to build and make working latest Armbian and mainline kernel with the Sunvell T95Z Plus Amlogic S912 TV box. See: https://github.com/debiangamer/build/releases/tag/v2021.05

Hello! Can someone help me with installing Armbian on this tv box: eu.strong.tv/en/products/ip-tv-receivers/leap-s1 ? This does not have the recovery button in AV slot so i am accessing the android recovery boot through adb from my pc. But the "apply update from sd card" doesnt have any files. I can see the folder structure on the sd-card but i dont have any file to choose. I am using this build: Armbian_23.5.1_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.1.30.img. I also have chosen the correct u-boot.ext file. Thank you in advance!

Next Minix Mediabox 16 GB Android 11 TV Box armbian s905y4 image download please link??

Hi, I've attached a photo so you can help me figure out where to connect it to create the short circuit and get the USB Burning Tool (Maskrom Mode) to recognize it. https://ibb.co/xKPt529n I couldn't upload the image, error -200

I have successfully booted armbian 20.10 bullseye 5.9.0 on a tx 3 mini powered by an S905W chip. I am trying to control the diplay on the front and while searching for answers came across this openvfd library for the tx 3 mini. I've followed the instructions but to no avail have succeeded in controlling the display. One key difference i've noticed, is that the controller on the board is an FD6551 model, as opposed to the standard FD628. After some reading I came to the conclusion that FD655 is supported, so i'm under the impression that this library should support my board (picture below). When following the install instructions from the openvfd library, I m…

Hi all, I have some x905 boxes and I'd like to use one (an old TX95 -> x905w IIRC) as a midi sequencer with fluidsynth. I found the hard way that the default kernel has no midi sequencer support (in kernel or module) so there's no way to use aconnect and have it as a midi box. The only solution seems to be rebuild the kernel with the added module support but it's been decades since last time i rebuilt a kernel and S905 kernels (with added balbes150 mods and stuff to have it working on those cheap boxes) seems a bit too complex for me. So the question is: is there a way to get a working kernel with midi support, and how to put it in. If this was…

I need your help, I'm not an expert in this, so I'll ask you to explain in as much detail as possible ☺️ as I understand it, I have version q2, which supports gigabit LAN. I want to install lxqt de, but I couldn't find such an assembly. What version exactly do I need to download? I tried to install this version, downloaded it from github: (Armbian_25.05.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.12.21_server_2025.04.01.img) installed it, through armbian-config I installed xfce de, but for some reason I logged into the system as root. and that's why i couldn't do anything with the sudo command. I created a second user, installed lightdm, but when I logged out of the system, everything just…

Hi im trying to install Armbian on my X96 Max 4g/32g the old threads are all locked so i start this threat to try to get answers. Here user @pcconsult gave the following instructions: now at step 3 "3. Boot on X96 MAX. Insert prepared with image USB drive or memory card. From Android select UPDATE... from applications. Select file From your /Boot/...zip on the bottom. Then press Update." there doesnt seem to be any zip files on the burned image on my sd card that i could choose from when im trying to install the image via the android update menu? (this is the image that im trying to use: Armbian_20.11_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.10.0-rc4…

I use Armbian_21.11.0-trunk_Aml-s812_focal_current_5.14.0 and tried to find the method on the website. But I still don't understand. Thank you.

Did anyone know how can I see if my TX3 has NAND or EMMC? I not sure if this is right but I'm facing some issues when trying to install armbian in my TX3, I burned and image with balenaEtcher in my sdcard but always says kernel panic or mainline 'bootfromsd is not defined' when booting armbian. It could be because of mem type?

hello , it's possible upgrade armbian Linux vegas812 3.10.108 #5 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 13 10:50:53 MSK 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux if yes how to ? thank you

Hi, I run Armbian 20.10 with kernel 5.9.0-arm-64 on a S905x TV box and ~20 times a day the following lines appear in the logs : 525418.166366] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1966008 at kernel/time/hrtimer.c:932 hrtimer_forward+0x88/0xc0 [525418.166372] Modules linked in: nfnetlink bnep 8192eu zram nls_ascii rtl8xxxu mac80211 cfg80211 crct10dif_ce hci_uart btqca meson_vdec(C) btrtl btbcm v4l2_mem2mem btintel videobuf2_dma_contig lima bluetooth videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 gpu_sched meson_ir videobuf2_common rc_core ecdh_generic videodev dw_hdmi_cec ecc rfkill mc ao_cec display_connector fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6 [525418.166505] CPU: 2 PID: 1966008 Comm: k…

Hello, I use armbian on a mecool m8s pro+ but i want now to use a x96 max for usb 3.0 and 1000mb network. I start armbian on a sd card, it's ok but i don't have wired network acces. I try with static and dhcp configuration but i can't ping on my network. I don't understand why ? My x96 max have an amlogic s905x2 with 4G of ram and 64G emmc. I use the file Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img and i've select meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb. Thank you for your help

my board S902x I have download Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.9.0.xz from https://disk.yandex.ru/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/20.10/20201014 I extract xz -d Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.9.0.xz then burn using balena some changes are extlinux/extlinux.conf LABEL Armbian LINUX /zImage INITRD /uInitrd FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 boot.ini become ODROIDN2-UBOOT-CONFIG if test "${devtype}" = ""; then setenv devtype "/dtb/am…

I need help, I don't quite understand how the support for this processor is, but I tried to find an image for the amlogic s905x3 and I can't find a specific one, so I come to you to see if you can send me a download link for this specific processor.

I’ve been testing Armbian on an Amlogic-based TV box, and wanted to share a short user experience. The device originally runs Android, but thanks to the Amlogic S9xx platform, it can boot Armbian from an SD card without touching the internal firmware. In my case, the system booted reliably and was usable for basic tasks like SSH access, light services, and general Linux testing. Ethernet and USB worked out of the box, while Wi-Fi and power management still required some manual tweaks, which seems common for community-supported TV boxes. For reference, the hardware I used belongs to the category of Amlogic TV boxes that are widely available on the m…

I recently pick up an TX9 Pro Android box and want install Linux desktop to it. I have tried a few guides and images with no luck. I'm able to either load the image and gets stuck loading Ethernet or loading the kernel or will not reset at all with the tooth pick method. I was wondering what I'm doing wrong. I know the DTB file needs to be correct with the right configure. Every guide i tried seem to get stuck somewhere if anyone can help thank you. https://www.tvbox-manufacturer.com/product/tx9-pro-android-tv-box/ This is the box

hello i'm having a issue with my old tx9 pro s912 3g 34gb the problem is the wifi sometime will stop work and when i do a apt upgrade i have to replaced the dtb file because it get delete, i using a dtb file that a user post on github, i wonder if any of you have this issue, it cant be the wifi controller is dying, or my dtb file is wrong

Old TV Box stucks on GoogleTV screen. As i read in this forum its not possible to find firmware and rewrite it? So whats the best option? To do dual boot? Is there are detailed guide how to do it and what OS to write into SD card for TV Box?

Hello, I'm new to ARMBIAN, a very poor linux user, but I think I can handle myself. I have a X96 Max Plus android TVBox, and I want to put it on a remote place with home assistant and be able to access it with teamviewer. I've managed to make all this. The thing is I can only access the box shell, so I cannot open a web browser to use HA directly on this box. (but I can access from other device on network without issues). So I thought of installing a desktop platform on armbian that there I can install a browser, so I'm then able to access the place router if needed and also home assistant web interface. I've manage to install a desk…

Dear Forum, After reading a lot in the forum I have maganed to run get an Armbian version up on my T95MAx+ tv box with network (normally network was not get recognized). Followed the instructions in the forum With the IMG file: Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_bullseye_current_6.1.11.img.xz but tested several DTB files untill the file (/dtb-6.1.11-meson64/amlogic/meson-g12a-sei510.dtb) got me network up with DHCP getting an IP from my router. Run the armbian-install and all went well. but.... I bricked the box, because after shutdown, the box is not booting. Only get a black screen. Now I need any help to: 1- Flash bac…

Help, with my TV box, it keeps restarting and does not load Armbian. Its specifications are as follows: Processor: Amlogic S905X quad-core, 64-bit, Cortex-A53 at 1.5GHz (4-cpu) Graphics Processor: ARM Mali-450 MP3 RAM: 2GB Internal Storage: 8GB Operating System: Android 10 api29 Audio Formats Supported: AAC, WAV, MP3, and others Video Formats Supported: H.265 10-bit 4K * 2K @ 60fps, VP9 4K * 2K @ 60fps, H.264, MPEG, MKV, MP4, and other video formats Image Formats Supported: JPG, BMP, PNG, and other formats Network: Wi-Fi 2.4G / 5G 802.11a / b / g / n / ac; RJ45 10M / 100M Power: Input AC100-240V 50/60Hz – Output DC 5V/2A

Hello guys, im trying to install armbian to internal emmc, but armbian-install neither the other file exists, please help, thanks

I have the old image and it works on my box Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_kinetic_edge_6.0.11_xfce_desktop. I try to put new image Armbian_23.8.0-trunk.53_Aml-s9xx-box_lunar_edge_6.2.16_xfce_desktop and it doesn't start it shows black screen. You know what I'm doing wrong ?

Hi, I have an old Android 6 TV box that is slow (1GB ram), i think it's an S905 because it's the only kernel that can boot and its mainboard is a "gxbb p200" as I see on Aida64 : I just tried to boot the Armbian_community_24.8.0-trunk.139_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.6.33_minimal.img I flashed it on a 16GB microSD card on an SD card adapter. Then I added the line : FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200.dtb just after the lines label Armbian_community kernel /Image initrd /uInitrd fdtdir /dtb/ into extlinux.conf file. and then I renamed the u-boot-s905 file to u-boot.ext But the s…

I have a SDMC DV8040 stb ,SoC-CPU-Quad-core 1.2 GHz,GPU-ARM Mali-450,RAM-1GB,Storage-8GB it currently runs custom made android 9, i tried various methods , none of them work , it doesnt boot with Amlogic S805X,, earlier i tried to boot armbian , nothing happen, i found a way to get the uboot shell , i soldered wires on uart pins , i can interrupt booting process ,i attached the printenv file , now i want is command to manually boot from sd card via uboot and write the os on flash memory permanently. i want to know what is the suitable .dtb file ,,all i know is s805X is low cost version of s905 Amlogic soc. its been 2 years im trying to boot amlogic to stb ;-/. need your h…

Hi there, I'm very knew to this forum. Yesterday I successfully installed armbian 20.10 on my bqeel M9C MAX on sd card following this thread (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8/page/48/) I had no desktop manager available and tried several times to fix it by installing xfce4 and lightdm but with no success (I always had "xserverrc x not found" error). After that I accidentally run the script install-am.sh which properly completed the installation. After removing the SD and reboot I can no longer access Android :-o I surely went wrong running the script. The question is: there's any possibility to fix …

Good morning all, I share my Armbian experience on the Beelink GT-King Pro, and therefore after several tests where the system often ended up frozen, I currently have a stable armbian system running. I was able to install my web-server at home (Yunohost) and everything seems to be working fine .. So I share : I used Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img from https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/? which I flashed on a USB key I recovered the meson-g12b-gt-king-pro.dtb file from the last Manjaro Manjaro-ARM-xfce-vim3-21.03.img I recovered the uboot.ext file on the debian 5.10 build by @darkstar => http://forum.bee-link.com/forum.php?mod=…

Hello, i have a tv box H96 Pro+ with 3Gb ram and S912 processor. I used instructions from here, used balenaEtcher to copy data to SD card I adjusted the /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file and copied the 912 uboot to u-boot.ext When i try to boot the SD card, i am getting an error Failed to mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 as root file system. Full error in the attched image. What is confusing me is that it looks like the system is expecting /dev/mmcblk1p1 to be ext4 but when i check it in Gparted, it is FAT32 Would you please push me to the right direction? Thank you

Hello guys! I have a T95Z Plus TV BOX with 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, and an arm S912 CPU. I can run Armbian just fine from the SD card, but when I try to install it on the eMMC, I get an error message saying something like, "You're already running from eMMC, or the eMMC was not found." And, obviously, I'm not running from eMMC, so it seems like the system just isn't detecting it. I did some research, and it seems like there might be different eMMC manufacturers for the same T95Z Plus model. So, I might need to adjust the "Max frequency" parameter in the .DTB file for the T95Z Plus in order for Armbian to recognize the eMMC on my device. D…

A while ago I bought a TV box that claims to be a TX9 but, by the specifications, it resembles a tx3 mini, I exchanged the standard android for an armbian and the screen stopped working, how can I discover the processor pins for the screen or some script ready?

Hi, I have problem to enable multiboot on TV BOX Evolveo H8 ( https://www.evolveo.com/en/android-box-h8 ) Amlogic S912 3gb Ram 16gb rom 1gbit WiFI LTM8830 CoreElec starts from SD card without any problems. Box don't have Backup&Update app (only OTA update) so I try to use dedicated reset button and adb reboot update but always finished with recovery menu and massage " Support Api.3 Recovery is listening adb sideload... Waiting adb sideload command.. E: cannot load volume /misc!" I tried differnt sd cards (32gb/64gb) and dtb files without any success with balbes armbian compilation. Some photos of box board : https://photos.app.goo.gl/8wmR329H…

Hello ! I have a new x96 mini that comes with stock android 11. Model X96 Mini B00-M96-EMCP-REV1.4 Kernel 4..9 113 #87 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 9 20:08:30 CST 2023 Android 11.1 The design is different the usual u-boot and dtb don't work. I connected it by UART and I have this boot log and console mode. boot&env.zip Is it possible to find working u-boot and dtb?

I saw there is some firmware at https://github.com/LibreELEC/meson-firmware/tree/master/meson . Just wonder if any of you has apply it to s905x tv box ? Does it utilize HW video decoder to play video ? Regards ! Guofu Han

@SteeMan - in case you want to experiment (i.e. not sure if it really works), you might play around with chainloading the g12a-u-boot.bin (s905x2) and sm1-u-boot.bin (s905x3) from https://github.com/hexdump0815/u-boot-misc/releases/tag/200926-01 or gxb-u-boot.bin (s905) or gxl-u-boot.bin (s905x) from https://github.com/hexdump0815/u-boot-misc/releases/tag/200718-01 ... basic chainloading goes like this - https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/blob/master/boot/boot-amlogic_gx-aarch64/s905_autoscript.txt - maybe compare it to the balbes150 boot scripts for fancier ways and most probably better armbian integration ... the files mostly exist in a serial version for seria…

I just bought the Q96 Mini TV Box with 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004079154677.html I have managed to boot Armbian in desktop mode with "Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img" But the problem is that it only allows me to use 1GB of RAM What do I have to do to be able to use the 8GB? I have tried decompiling "meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb" and changing the value to: memory@0 { device_type = "memory"; reg = <0x80000000 0x80000000 0x80000000 0x80000000>; }; and I've recompiled it, but I'm still able to use only 1GB of RAM I don't know what else to try any idea is welc…

hello mr. @SC Nik Bed i have t95x with 2/8 rom, i want to install armbian with that. can you help me which tutorial work with it? i follow tutorial on youtube but no change. thanks

Hello everyone, I have two identical-looking "arm-64" Amlogic TV boxes (S805X-based, meson-gxl-s805x-p241.dtb), both running the same Armbian image (kernel 5.9.0-arm-64 from balbes150 build). Both boxes have BCM43430 WiFi+BT combo (AP6212 module) on SDIO (mmc1). Problem: - STB 1: WiFi works perfectly (BCM43430/1 stepping) - STB 2: WiFi fails to initialize (BCM43430/2 stepping) — always ends with "HT Avail timeout (1000000): clkctl 0x50" Key dmesg from STB 1 (working): [ 7.719726] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1541a9a6 [ 7.736079] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1 …

Hi Everyone I have one Matricom G-Box Android with Lollipop 5.1.1. But, they discontinued an Android for this box. So, after a well succeeded Armbian installation in a MXQ PRO with RK3228A, I want to do the same with this box. As I can not find nothing about these steps, except the kernel generation (https://github.com/SLAzurin/armbian-aml-s8xx-kernel-build-steps). Well, someone could be provide all the steps by-steps for an ARMBIAN installation in this box? How to generate a SD or USB card? Which kernel .Image or zip file should burn it? For instance, for box with Rockship are well described here in Armbian site, but nothing for Amlogic boards,…

@hexdumpI have a s905x box with secure boot enabled, I can run armbian from usb drive with your chainload uboot, and trying to run it on emmc. It looks like both chainloaded mainline uboot and armbian cannot find any partitions from emmc. My box have secure boot enabled so there is no way to replace the original u-boot. I have no idea how to deal with that.

Hello Please help to install armbian on this box. What dtb should be used to have internet and wifi+bluetooth

Hello GUYS I want to install new firmware for my tv box but i can't find please help me about that. (Mxq pro 4k 5g (Amlogic meson8b))PLease help me. Because I am fed up . It slows down day by day.

i was installed armbian on hg680fj with schipset amlogic s905x2, replace dtb with spesific hg680fj and change xtlinux config, after that starting boot, but looping on armbian screen. please help ehat shoud i do.

Hi All, So i have decide to update my system with a clean install. First of all i have a Beelkink Mini MXIII S905 box, i had running so far 19.04 Ubuntu (updated to 19.10). I have downloaded this image: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz and wrote to an SD card, booted up. extlinux.conf: FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 I use s905 u-boot > u-boot.ext The dtb should be the good one as i used that for my pr…

Hello. I installed an armbian TV box for home automation. Everything works fine, but if the hdmi cable is removed, the TV box does not start. It starts successfully only when the hdmi cable is inserted into the TV box. Tv Box X96 Mini the system is installed on a USB drive I ran it according to this instruction https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux

Anybody got Armbian working on MINX NEO U9-H? Basic solutions from balbes150 didn't work for me: I can't get it to boot from SD card. MINIX ignores it

I have a box with a s905w cpu. The idea is to install Linux to run klipper in my 3d printer. My age doesn't help a lot (65). But still love to learn new things. So the box will be used as a server. Am I in the right direction if I use this instruction to install? Any help is well appreciated.

I have an old MXQ Pro S905 box I wanted to install Armbian on. I'd done this in the past, then I had coreelec on it, then decided to go back... But that's irrelevant. I got the image Armbian_23.11.1_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.1.63.img.xz from https://armbian.lv.auroradev.org/dl/aml-s9xx-box/archive/ and went through the whole process of getting it ready to boot. I started up the box and went about some other stuff because I remember it taking some time on the first boot. When I came back there were a lot of messages on the screen so I pressed Enter to see where the cursor was. It showed me a prompt, I typed `ls` to make sure things were …

Hi,anyone intrested in porting armbian linux to Ugoos AM9 s905x5(64bit) I can provide necessary files from root partitions,device tree and stuff like that. Any help is appreciated 😊

Hello there, I have found another problem. My setup: Monitor Samsung syncmaster 2032mw Windoze 10 reports 1280x768 60Hz T95Z plus box cpu amlogic meson(s912)arm cortex-a53 mali t820 gpu dtb used: amlogic/meson-gxm-t95z-plus.dtb everything works including WIFI. But I have overscan in the terminal and in de Cinnamon desktop I am looking for info https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Advanced-Configuration/ enable a custom screen resolution whitin x.org for a resolution when i open a terminal and run xrandr --listmonitors the result is: Monitors: 1 0: +HDMI 1920x1080/90+0+0 HDMI-1 then i type cvt 1628080 1768 but the next c…

Hi all, I’m working with an Amlogic S805X (P241) board and I’d like to run Armbian on it, but I need a kernel 5.15 LTS build that boots reliably (especially from USB/SD). I see Armbian community builds with kernel 6.x for Amlogic TV boxes (e.g., Armbian_community_26.x), but these do not boot successfully on my P241. I previously successfully booted Armbian with kernel 5.9, but I want an image based on the 5.15 LTS kernel if possible. Is there an existing downloadable image for S805X/P241 with kernel 5.15? If not, can you share build parameters (BOARD=, BRANCH=, kernel target) to compile a minimal Armbian image with 5.15 that uses…

i am trying to install armbian on a vorke z6 plus s912 amlogic box. As there is no S912 dtb, i tried using /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-t95z-plus.dtb with this iamge: Armbian_26.02.0_amlogic_s912-t95z-plus_trixie_6.18.15_server_2026.03.01.img.gz renamed u-boot-s905x-s912.bin to u-boot.ext After inserting and pressing the reset button, before applying power, i get into the recovery menu What dtb file or image can i use to get armbian running?

Recently I've installed armbian on my 905 TV box using this article as a guide: https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0269.html After some experiments with dtb files and tuning everything seems to work fine except of one thing: the box can't be turned off, it boots immediately after shutting down. I've found a similar problem described in several articles, for example: https://gist.github.com/george-hawkins/a897a6fe116093a4c1f29ad19df088de It is suggested to enable XHCI HCD quirks in grub. But there is not such file in the system I've installed, the closest thing I found was config-5.9.0-arm-64 file. What is the right way to modify it to add XHCI HCD qui…

Hello everyone! My sound is only output via hdma, there is complete silence via spdif. And I need spdif specifically Any ideas on how to fix this? My tv-box is H96 max x3, I boot up via the Ugoos x3 device tree. Who has sound via spdif on a tv-box with Armbian? On which tv-box exactly?

Hi. Wifi on x96mini (SV6051P) still not working?

Hello! I recently started to play with this box and couldnt boot anything at all, as if reset button on AV port didnt work. So I downloaded terminal app for android and typed "reboot update" as suggested here https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/4076-mxq-box-won-t-boot-into-sd-card-le-or-recovery/?postID=29844#post29844 (toothpick method doesnt work at all), and managed to enter recovery, so then I put ARMBIAN on SD and did "reboot update" from Android and booted Armbian. It worked fine... Until I wanted to try LibreELEC or EmuELEC and now the box doesnt boot Android (stuck at MXQ 4K Pro logo) and wont boot anything on SD as LibreELEC, EmuELEC, it only boots Armb…

Hello. I installed an armbian TV box for home automation. Everything works fine, but if the hdmi cable is removed, the TV box does not start. It starts successfully only when the hdmi cable is inserted into the TV box. Tv Box X96 Mini the system is installed on a USB drive I ran it according to this instruction https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux

is there gpu acceleration support/drivers for s905w? if yes, where can i obtain that?

Help me find information on installing armbian on the S905L processor on the X96 MINI TV set-top box. I used to buy an X96 MINI on an S905W processor and there were no problems with the installation. I read that the processor S905L and S905W are almost the same, but I can't run armbian. Now I'm trying to start armbian from a USB card, before connecting the power, I press the button to start the download from USB, but the console freezes until I release the button. __________________ Помогите мне найти информацию об установке armbian на процессор S905L в приставке X96 MINI TV. Раньше я покупал X96 MINI на процессоре S905W, и про…

meson-gxm-m8s-l.dtb I created a working dtb for Mecool m8s pro L: LAN+WiFi+Bluetooth; H1601SG + QCA9377. The Bluetooth GUI doesn't work under XFCE, but you can use "bluez" console app. meson-gxm-m8s-l.zip

Hi folks, Very new to this community, very new to flashing Android boxes.. But I wanted to give this a shot and make use of an old TX5 Pro that I had in a drawer. Pleased to say, boots from the SD card fine, managed to get logged in and set up... all is working, WiFi, Bluetooth etc... However, I am just not able to get this to boot from the eMMC. I got to the point where I bricked it and had to re-flash Android onto it.. just to find myself in the same loop. I'll provide as much info as I can here, but let me know if you need something more specific. I'm no expert here, so here goes. Booting from the SD starts like this: When booted, all is wo…

Hi, I am returning to Armbian after quite a few years. I was trying to follow guidance from nexbox-a95x-armbian and after a search found the debian & Ubunt images (https://www.armbian.com/uefi-arm64/) which I downloaded and wrote to a USB using Rufus (also balenaEtcher). I then tries to look at the FAT32 partition contents but the GPT was corrupt - tried many windows tools and Linux.I "repaired" the GPT using Linux tools but then the FAT32 filesystem was corrupt. What am I doing wrong? any help much appreciated

dear, please help me, my trouble is can't run after running install_aml.sh. i am use image from :https://disk.yandex.ru/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/20.10/20201014 version Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz hardware used STB ZTE ZXV10 B860H RAM 1GB, detail log version dtb detail after run Sdcard and install_aml.sh status success after i am halt and unplug sdcard, armbian not running. sincelery yours, yunus

I have recently found this great project and have converted my old unused and dusty s9xx TV Boxes to ARMBIAN for use as remote NAS and other applications. I have X96 Max Plus 2 T, Beelink GT1, and 2x Beelink MiniMXIII II (total of 4 boxes). For the Beelink MiniMXIII II I used the meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb out of the box and it works great (100Mbit Ethernet and WIFI) For the X96 Max Plus I had to go to https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases and extract and use the meson-sm1-x96-max-plus.dtb file (Gbit Ethernet works but WIFI doesn't) For the Beelink GT1 I again extract and used (from https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-…

Friends, as shown in the image, I am trying to install a Linux system on this BTV: OTT BOX, model B11 with an Amlogic S905X3 CPU. However, I am not succeeding because it cannot read the USB drive. I have already tried changing the .ext, attempted to burn the image using Rufus, Balena, and nothing worked. I am using a Multilaser USB drive which I believe is 2.0. At the moment I don’t have another USB drive or memory card to test. Any suggestions?

Hello. I'm a newbie, so bear with me here. I managed to install Armbian on a TV box with the Amlogic s905w CPU. Everything seems to be working fine except for the wi-fi, which is expected based on what I've read on the forum. I had a USB wi-fi adapter with me so I tried to use that as an alternative but it doesn't seem to work no matter what I do. My question is very straightforward actually, and probably a dumb one but it doesn't hurt to ask. When we say wi-fi doesn't work on Amlogic CPUs, we're talking about Armbian recognizing their built-in wifi card, right? If I use something external to that it should be ab…

Anyone have Armbian image for Amlogic S805? Android Box Infomation FDT: m8b_m201_1GB UART Log: QA5:B;SVN:B72;POC:1DF;STS:0;BOOT:0;INIT:0;READ:0; U-boot-00000-ge0c1103-dirty(m8b_m201_v1@) (Feb 02 2018 - 15:47:12) clr h-ram DRAM: 1 GiB relocation Offset is: 2fec4000 aml_card_type=0x200 MMC: [mmc_register] add mmc dev_num=0, port=1, if_type=6 [mmc_register] add mmc dev_num=1, port=2, if_type=6 SDIO Port B: 0, SDIO Port C: 1 power init out reg=c110804c,value=dfffffff IR init done! register usb cfg[0][1] = 3ff67d4c register usb cfg[2][0] = 3ff6ac98 NAND: EMMC BOOT: not init nand do not init nand : cause boot_device_flag without nand get_boot_devi…

Thanks to this forum I had installed Armbian buster and it's been running really well and stable for 3 years. For the first time I've arrived at an issue which makes me revisit and also because I have forgotten most of the stuff. Back in the day balbes150 had a bunch of ready made images available and you picked the correct device tree after flash. Appears those links no longer work. I don't want to do a massive upgrade, just from buster to bullseye on my week play 2 box (s905h only uses 4w when running) My question is where can I get those old images again. Or a newer resource for ready made images that will work on my box.

I have one Beeling GT1 with Balbes150 Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img and meson-gxm-beelink-gt1.dtb. Only get Eth0 or Wlan0 to connect if I go to Android and then reboot with USB pen inserted. If reboot directly to Armbian with previous boot to Android, get an error with Failed to raise. What can be done to insure Eth0 or Wlan0 will allways start at boot?

Hello everybody, My Box is a oxtagon shaped t95z plus 2 mb 16 mb chipset: processor arm cortex -a53 mali T820 GPU AP6255 wifi ac + bluetooth 4.2 sandisk SDINAD1F4-16G 16G emmc 16G rom lanson L5TC4G63CFR x2 dram 2GB I try to install armbian_community_26_2 _0-trunk.100 aml-s9xx-box_noble_current_6.12.63_cinnamon_dektop.img.xz I use meson-gxm-vega-s96.dtb And u-boot-s905x-s912.dtb copy and rename as u-boot.ext It boots to ash then it stops No asking for password and user I have no clue what to do next I have entered armbian-config but this returns a error Any tips?

I would be immensely if anyone bright enough to help me. I have an android TV box running Android 7.1 on a S912B Mygica 1960. I have tried for days a while back to get this device to boot up with Ubunta and have given up. I opened a case about this some time ago, and have actually given up and now I am tackling it again. The issue, I have let it be via the android os - updates (which does not detect any files) or using the toothpick reset method which gives me the option to select aml_autoscript.zip. Running this results in the following error 21 (see below); — No package file selected. -- Install /sdcard/aml_autoscript.zip Finding updat…

Hello, I have a problem after update on strong leap s1, it is stuck at the android tv loading screen, I found this method (1) Mecool KD3 Stick recovery reset | XDA Forums . Basically because this box doesn't have reset button, this method is can be used to get into recovery mode from where you can factory reset the box. Problem is that it's not working for me, is there anyone with same problem ? How did you solved it, please ? Thanks

I've been trying to install linux on a S912 chip, there are tons of tutorials on how to do it but when I check for the img file it is not there I've been referring to this forum p.s I know this has been outdated for a loooong time

Hi. I can't boot my HK1 S905X3 1000m box 4GB 32GB. I've tried many dtbs, u-boots, and releases. I've attached a copy of the picture of the box I have. I've tried these releases, among others. https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases/download/Armbian_bullseye_lts_2023.05/Armbian_23.05.0_amlogic_s905x3_bullseye_5.15.110_server_2023.05.13.img.gz https://armbian.chi.auroradev.org/dl/aml-s9xx-box/archive/Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_bullseye_current_6.1.11.img.xz I renamed u-boot-s905x2-s922 to u-boot.ext. I changed the DTB in extlinux.conf. I've tried fdt /dtb/amlogic/meson-sm1-hk1box-vontar-x3.dtb among many others. …

Hello, I have a problem with a tvbox named "powerme 4k", with a board MX4VB0200R MX4VB-V02 and 1gb of RAM. The Android version is 6.0.1. I coundt find the "BACKUP&RESTORE" app, because of that, I cant load the aml_autoscript.zip file. I trie to load another firmware to the tvbox, but all the firmware that I find, dont work. Finnaly, I find a firmware to this board, but it doenst have the "BACKUP&RESTORE" app. My question is: exist another way to load the aml_autoscript.zip and the aml_autoscript? Thanks to all and sorry for my english.

Hello everyone, I have a Beelink GS king X android box with 2 hard drives. I want to be able to install a jellyfin server to share and synchronize my videos, audios and images on my other devices. On these other devices, I will use either Kodi or Corelec for playback. Is it possible and reliable to install Armbian on Beelink GS King X to be able to install a Jellyfin server, but also a samba sharing server to share all my files? Or should I rather opt for another CoreElec or Manjaro type solution for example?

Hi, booting from sd is okay, but ihave this message after i try to boot from emmc.Is there any chance to get armbian booting from emmc?

Hello, I have a ZTE B866V2 tv box that has an Amlogic S905X2 - b processor. Try to install armbian in all possible ways, with different versions and methods, always following the instructions on the forum. My problem is that when I try to boot from the SD, the TV box simply starts its own operating system and does not load armbian. I got my TV box because my television company gives them to watch programs, but after I no longer paid for the service they gave them to me. They run a modified android tv system. I mention all this because I keep in mind that it could be the root of my problems. I leave you the link of the exact model: https://www.androidtv-g…

I have no problem installing Manjaro , emuelec , or ALT Linux. I was trying to get a buster distro working , or figure out how how to set up the SMB.conf , I'm trying to use it as a Samba share for the Playstation 2 an OPL I can't seem to get the SMB up an running at all though. Any help would be appriciated also a bit new to linux stuff i have class 10 sd cards booting from them , so I dunno I guess let me know what other info you'd need to help me figure this out. I'd like the be able to use something like OMV but I have no idea how I'd get it to boot. Thanks for your time everyone . I've set it up on a Pi4 before but that was a while ago an seemed a lot easier to do.

Hello Everyone, I'm an armbian user since 2020 and i'm having issues trying to run armbian on a custom TV box made from a company that sell iptv solutions for business. I've got this from one of the company manager as the device was failing HDMI and didn't want to bother themself with RMA, i've got few but really they trew out like 50 pcs. The device has a Amlogic s905x3 soc with 2gb Ram and 16gb memory. 1 usb 2.0 and 1 usb 3.0 otg, micro sd slot and many other component. wifi and bluetooth board and it's PoE. I know that S905X3 isn't supported very much but i've seen some posts from users succeding, so why don't try to let armbian run? …

Good evening everyone, I bought 10 x96mini TvBoxes to give / donate to schools in my city. I wanted to install Armbian Ubuntu but I couldn't start it, one of the many guides is the following: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/15864-pi-hole-on-x96-mini-tutorial/ When I hold down the reset button it does not boot and the x96 mini screen does not appear, what can it be? I have tried several sign but without success. I hope you can help me to give these minipcs to children. p.s attached photos https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rNc1ifkqKefaZONrktLT4aM8GwLskqPa/view?usp=sharing https://drive.go…

Hi, I cant run armbian (balbes150 version) from SD - TVBOX MINIX U9-H (Amlogic s912 2/16) just dosent boot. TV shows dark screen more than hour. What I'm doing wrong? 1. I downloaded https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz 2. Flashed it with balenaEtcher to SD 3. Renamed u-boot-s905x-s912 => u-boot.ext 4. Made changeds in extlinux.conf LABEL Armbian LINUX /zImage INITRD /uInitrd FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q200.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifname…

One question, how do i install kernel headers? I tried using armbian-config but it installed linux-headers-6.1.11-meson64 but the kernel is 6.1.30-meson64

While clearing out a load of old computer bits I found an old Keedox M8N android TV box I had years ago. Before I dump it, is it usable for anything now? Can I install Linux on it for example?