Amlogic CPU Boxes

ey i have a SDMC DV8040 stb ,SoC-Amlogic S805X,CPU-Quad-core 1.2 GHz,GPU-ARM Mali-450,RAM-1GB,Storage-8GB it currently runs custom made android 9 i want to install Armbian linux to it .. i tried almost every youtube video methods to install but none of them worked .. but i was able to serial communicate with it but functions are limited ..please help me

Hi, I have the following box mini m8s with specs: Mini M8S technical specification CPU – Amlogic S905 quad core ARM Cortex-A53 @ up to 2.0GHz GPU – Penta-core Mali-450MP Up to 750MHZ, OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and Open VG 1.1 support Memory – 2GB DDR3 Storage – 8GB NAND flash + Micro SD card slot (up to 32GB) OS – Android 5.1 https://androidtvbox.eu/mini-m8s-new-tv-box-android-5-1-powered-amlogic-s905-promo/ I am trying to install armbian but without any success. From different places I downloaded images and dts, but it does not boot and no way I can boot. If anyone has a working configuration I would be grateful to share links and instr…

Hello all, First straight to the point. Are there some issues with using Amlogic boxes as headless servers with armbian? For some reason ethernet "dies" if I boot it without HDMI connected and it doesn't "come back" even if I connect it back to the monitor and power it on again. I have to reflash SD card with fresh armbian to get it back up. Is this some known issue when using android boxes or is this something else? I tried two DTB files for S912 but there was no change. Now for the whole story. With prices of SBC currently being what they are I thought to try using one of my old Android boxes for simple server. In this case it was Sunvell T95U Pro box…

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…

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…

I have Android TV box Tx3 mini with 4GB RAM and 32 GB ROM. I install Armbian followed a guide. When I logged in it showed Memory usage: 20% of 918 MB, Usage of /: 57% of 5.8G. How can I get it recognized full memory the box has? Thanks.

Hi, I was successfully installing the "Armbian_23.02.0_amlogic_s912_jammy_5.15.96_server_2023.02.27.img.gz" image to the eMMC of my new alived Android TV box "Vorke Z6 Plus". Now, it is running as my Linux server for OpenHab and working fine. The "Vorke Z6 Plus" has a small LCD Display which usually shows the text "boot" if its booting in Android system and then showing the current time + some other information. With Armbian it shows continiously the text "boot". Here a general picture of the box (no, this is not my box, but a picture from the web, to show how the box looks like): I'm interested, if it is possible to change the display behav…

I found the TV box that played couple of years ago... and bricked 😞 The box looks like this one https://bestedshop.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=213 Seems like I flashed it with Khadas VIM bootloader and now it enters a boot loop because it's failing the vim_check preboot script. I tried all sorts of images via the SD card but it seems it ignores all of them. The serial console output: GXL:BL1:9ac50e:a1974b;FEAT:ADFC318C;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; TE: 138075 BL2 Built : 11:58:42, May 27 2017. gxl gc3c9a84 - xiaobo.gu@droid05 set vcck to 1120 mv set vddee to 1000 mv Board ID = 1 CPU clk: 1200MHz DQS-corr enabled DDR scram…

Hello, I am currently using a TV BOX X96 Mini running Android TV 9 and using AMLOGIC S905W CPU. Then I was intending to run on ARMBIAN, so I followed the instructions on this WEB: [https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0316.html] After doing the full setup steps, I used 2 ways : Method 1: Press the reset button on the TVBOX to boot (But not in armbian but in android ] Method 2: I used the application available on the TVbox which is [UPDATE] to run [aml.autoscript.zip], and after I press the update button it enters the Download Mode of the TV box and gives an error, and that's me Can't get into ARMBIAN

Hi due to repository balbes 150 offline, you can share the linux headers and 8189es.ko? thanks

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?

I own a T95Z Plus box and tried that armbian build (lunar and sid). It works, but none of them have sound working. Sid does not have wifi working either. Tried also this and the sound works there. What may be a problem? https://github.com/debiangamer/build/releases/tag/v2021.05

hi gusy, i have a question. I have an android tv box mecool m8s pro L, I have installed it with armbian linux 5.90 20.10 desktop environment, using dtb meson gxm q201. it's working and can use the internet via LAN cable, but the problem is the wifi doesn't work, the wifi chipset is KM63350510, is there a linux driver for my wifi chipset?

Hello, I am trying to add support for H96 Max X4 android box Here are the specs of my box: SOC: amlogic S905x4 RAM: 2GB Pictures I am trying to run this box as a raspberry pi alternative as I can't find a pi anywhere. I know that there is no official or unofficial support for this chip so I plan to add support for this box myself. After some research, I found that there are 4 variants according to coreelec community and they have already added support for generic S905x4 boxes. So my first intuition was to boot coreelec and try to move on from there. I tried their prebuild image and followed their guide but no succe…

I want to install linux on rkm mk12 tv box because its pretty much useless with its ancient android and i want to use it as a server mainly alongside my raspberry pis, now i tried to do some research but guides and forum posts are very few and outdated so can anybody help me and tell me what steps do i need to do to install linux on this tv box? Also its powered by an amlogic s812 soc, full specs can be found on this website: https://hometheatrelife.com/rikomagic-mk12-review/ Thanks in advance!

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 was dumb enough to try and update uboot on this little box and then it got sort of bricked. When connected using serial I could see it loop trying to boot from EMMC so I tried the reset button recovery to no avail. Shorting the EMMC pins works putting the device in recovery mode but the usb burn tool is stuck on formatting at 7% after it seems to sucesfull removed (and maybe flashed) uboot but the serial connection still shows it looping on EMMC. So I tried the next thing, shorting EMMC while connected using serial and I could the looping change to include sd and usb. So I made a sd recovery card using the burn card tool and it can boot from it, I can see ub…

Hi After booting from the SD card, I try to write to the internal memory and the following error appears. Can anyone help?

Hello, I’m working on an s905x3 Armbian system, and having issues with an intermittent watchdog: The hardware watchdog: Meson GXBB Watchdog I’ve got the watchdog service installed. Expected behaviour, happens 4/5 times: when I kill the watchdog service, it starts wd_keepalive, which keeps on pinging the watchdog. Kill wd_keepalive and after a few seconds the device power cycles, as is expected. But sometimes that doesn’t happen, and the device just continues running. The watchdog device is also then writable (which it usually isn’t, due to being kept busy by the above processes) I’ve found this because sometimes the device doesn’t power cycle after…

Hi, I have an Alfawise H96 Pro+ tvbox, and installed a community version of armbian image Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_sid_edge_6.0.12_xfce_desktop. I replaced the dtb with the meson-gxm-q200-mod.dtb, and copied all the firmware to the lib, and it works great! I was able to install HomeAssistant to it, and everything is perfect. To keep the sd card health status longer I planned to put all the HomeAssistant stuff to an external HDD with an USB to SATA extension. Unfortunately the drive does not working. The informations I collected: - dmesg output for the usb [177983.143635] usb 1-3.3: new high-speed USB d…

I have an Alfawise H96 Pro + Box with Android 7, how can I boot it? When i press the reset button it boots into Android Recovery

I have MagicSee N5 Max x4 TV Box run on aml s905x4, i can not boot to armbian by SDcard

The latest releases of armbian 23.01 with kernel 6.1 do not run from SD cards on the HK1 box S903x5. If I use USB flash, armbian starts. At the same time, old releases of armbian with kernel 5.9 from balbes150 run from SD cards - but the image with a green background. If you rename U-boot.usb to -boot.ext on the old release 20.10, then USB flash starts and the screen color is normal. Renamed u-boot-s905x2-s922.bin in u-boot.ext - does not help. I've tried a lot of u-boot.bin to try to boot from the SD card. (there is no suitable one). Tell me, please : how to build U-boot_HK1.bin with the correct parameters for HK1 box s905x3 - what w…

Hello. Please tell me how to set armbian to Xiaomi Mi MDZ-16-AB CPU "Quad-core Cortex-A53 2.0GHz" something I can not find the firmware for it, tell me please

I got my H96 pro+ to boot into Armbian using the S912 .dtb file (meson-gxm-s912-libretech-pc.dtb) and u-boot-s905x-s912 I get the loading screen, then a black screen with a cursor, and then repeated [FAILED] messages: about a dozen "Failed to start access point and authentication server for WiFi and Ethernet", then "Failed to listen on OpenBSD Secure Shell server socket" Then [ 177.5586911] systemd-journald[1045]: Data hash table of /var/log/journal/e8131ef5db8049a6a008b6f40cd0e8eb/system.journal has fill level at 75.0 (3415 of 4551 items, 2621440 file size, 767 bytes per hash table item), suggest rotation. [ 177.5586911] systemd-journald[1…

Hello, could you tell please, does x96 max plus(s905x3) armbian see all 4gb of memory?

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.

Hi, I have A95X F4 android tv box with Amlogic S905X4 processor I'm trying to run Linux OS but it is not working, please help me to get appropriate Linux OS for this device. Thanks in advance.

The Android TV box I would like to install armbian on say T95 on the top but inside on the board it says S905-248G-6330. Can anyone help me turn this into a armbian server to run Klipper on please? I have pictures of the board but not sure how to upload them here. Thanks in advance.

can I use a flash drive , or shell I only use sd card. thanks

I Followed the 2 tutorials, .zip install and toothpick install and i cant even boot from sd card, i dont know what im doing wrong, i changed dtbs in extlinux.ext and tried all the u-boot and with no luck. Any suggestion is welcome.

Hi with the curiosity of being able to install Armbian I got a friend to give me an MXQ PRO 4K similar to mine in aesthetics but with different hardware this one has a s905 processor below I release the info screens. I renamed u-boot-s905 to u-boot.ext with .dtb p200 because I understand from the info that this model mounts the hardware, then I boot with the toothpick method and it stops on the screen in the picture below, I tried both from SD and from usb pendrive same result! extilux.conf LABEL Armbian LINUX /uImage INITRD /uInitrd FDT /dtb-6.1.0-meson64/amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-p201.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlo…

Hi, I am using the Debian from below location. Running Containerized Home Assistant on my H96Max X3. After I started using that distribution instead of the very old balbes one, I have started to get crashes about every 5-7 days or so. Did slow down CPU in case it was heat etc, but no luck. Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this ? It just freezes and becomes unresponsive on network (ethernet and Wifi). I have not tried with keyboard/screen. I do have a WiFi power switch connected to it, so one of my other devices can power cycle it, but that is not the right solution. Tried a few upgrades. Downloaded from a source that uses Armbian's name without pe…

I am using armbian on TV box S905W. with 32gb EMMC memory. actually the free memory in my EMMC is about 24gb i.e. only 8gb. used Currently, I have an additional box of s905w with the same version but with EMMC with 16gb memory. I used emmc 32gb partition backup using dd command and extract to usb, I use gparted to reduce the partition size ( ROOT_EMMC and BOOT_EMMC) to 12gb. I copied 2 downgraded partitions to 1 16gb usb, repackaged it as an img file. Proceed to use dd method to restore img file to emmc of 16gb device. The recovery did not give an error, but after rebooting using the EMMC internal memory, the device failed to boot. I want to know can we back…

Hi, I have a H96 prop plus tv box, which I managed to install and works fine. I want to highlight the work done here, where the dtb modified to be "meson-gxm-q200-mod.dtb" which works well, except that the OS cannot be moved to eMMC. Can I check if this dtb can be the default in the device selection list (203 is the number for this device) . Currently thr default dtb is meson-gxm-octopus-planet.dtb, which does not have the wifi and bluettoth working. Also, can the mainline boot file can be dafaulted to "u-boot-s905x-x912x.bin" file? TIA, RP.

im using x96 max plus, and i built rtl8822cs driver and the wifi + bt is working, but i think the default meson-sm1-x96-max-plus.dtb setting is incorrect, because it keep throw a warning sdio read error (-84) can someone help me to fix the dtb configuration? im using my own driver source that i have fixed all the error and warning https://codeberg.org/Hiyurigi/rtl88x2cs

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

Need DTB Files for S905x3 100W for ethernet is not working the ethernet speed is 100MBPS, i tried so many DTB files but its not working.

Hi, my previous Armbian (21.08.1 focal 5.10.60 desktop) was successfully installed to emmc. (install_aml_gxl_emmc.sh) After I tried the latest firmware (Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_kinetic_edge_6.0.12_xfce_desktop), I felt a big change in speed. The problem is, I've tried several times to move it to emmc and it always fails to boot. (install-aml.sh) Any suggestions I need to look into before running the script again? Thank you

I installed the latest version on an armbian sd and after the update and upgrade it doesn't start anymore. At the end, the terminal shows the following:ln: failed to create hard link '/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64.dpkg-bak' => '/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64': Operation not permitted update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64 The version used is from here:https://github.com/armbian/community-aml-s9xx-box📁📁kinetic-edge-xfce-1319M-6.1.0. I am also attaching a picture. Can someone help me what I need to do to be able to update && upgrade?

Hi, on my MXQ Pro S905x I managed to install the Armbian_5.88_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190611.img.xz version in the emmc and used meson-gxl-s905x-khadas-vim.dtb........when I ran the ls command I only got 2 options Install2018.sh or install.sh I chose install.sh. At startup I have to press the "X" on the keyboard to start the graphical environment, how can I solve it!? thank you!

@balbes150 leaving is surely a big loss for all TV-boxers... Could you please elaborate - is requirement form "Getting started" regarding install " NAND: kernel 3.4.x and NAND storage " applied to his builds too? Years ago I successfully installed Armbian to NAND of MXQ 805 box (with nand-sata-install these days, I guess), and it worked like a charm, but now I can't find any s805 image with kernel 3.4, the earliest ones are 3.10 already. Thank you in advance if you could give a tip.

Hello, i have m96x max tvbox on s906x cpu, i install armbian and all fine works. But. Sometimes when tvbox power turns off and i power on - it won't boot. At monitor i can't see nothing, black screen, monitor go to sleeping mode. This can happen after 2-3 sometimes 5-6 incorrect shutdowns. To fix the problem i disconnect my usb-hub and wifi dongle, insert SD-card with Armbian - and voila, tvbox boot ok from sd card. I see on the monitor until the boot is complete and turn it off by pulling the power out of the outlet.Then i unplug SD card, connect the usb hub and the wifi dongle and turn ON it, boot from the internal memory goes fine. This solution always saves the day, b…

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

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.

Hello, I am a owner of a Nokia streambox 8000. I have been trying to install Armbian on it, but without luck. The board specification of the tv box: Board: Amlogic S905X3 ARM Mali-G31-MP2 I have been using the images from here: (external link to site not affiliated with Armbian). I tried the S905X3 jammy and bullseye versions. The installation procedure that I have been trying out is as following: 1. Download armbian_s905x3 img from github repository releases. 2. Use balenaEtcher to burn the image into a USB stick. 3. Once burned; Open the BOOT drive. 4. Rename u-boot-s905x2-s922.bin to u-boot.ext 5. Edit …

Hello and thanks for this great posting. I have a Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos. The boot logo from AmLogic says simply S905 and that matches my understanding of the unit. I managed to boot Armbian from the SD card using the reset button. I played with it for a while and all seemed very good. So I went ahead and executed the /root/install-aml-s905-emmc.sh script. In general it seemed to work. Took a huge amount of time, especially in copying USR. But it did complete. However, when trying to boot thereafter all I get is a black screen for many minutes. Finally, I gave up and pulled the plug. Has anyone any idea what I might be doing wrong here? Thanks so…

I dug up an older box, a Transpeed 8K, S905X3, 4GB...tried Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_kinetic_edge_6.0.10.img.xz, with the dtb for X96+ unhashed. I tried multiple times holding the reset button for 15-30 seconds, but it never boots. I'm pretty sure this one was sold under a different name, but haven't confirmed it yet. Anyone got any ideas on how to get this one running Armbian? Thanks, KC

Anyone try to install the OS into nokia box?? The box has amlogic s905X3 chip, but when I press reset button and try to start from usb, the box boot on recovery mode android. How should i proceed?

Can this Community build upgrade by running apt update & apt upgrade?

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

@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

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.

Hello everybody, I am french. I bought a Retrostation on X96 Max+ support I used "Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Aml-s9xxx_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205.img" with BalenaEtcher and I changed some files like explained on this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_V50MuJ7DE&ab_channel=AmirsafeTechnology But when I boot on my support with Linux, I have a strange display, like not normal ^^ I wanted to know if I can do an update maybe for the display or maybe I choose a wrong dtb file ? If someone know this problem, please help me ^^ Have a nice day/night ^^

Good Morning. I have an MXQ Pro box with Amlogic P231 GLX. How to install an Armbian on it and which version?

im trying to install armbian or any kind of linux on it cuz i want a small home assistant but cant get any to work It has a S905 cpu, i removed the heatsink and 1g of Ram with nand storage If any of you can help me with a image for it would be awesome

Good evening I am new to the forum and I have a request, who can help me with the wifi solution for my T-TV box S10 Amlogic S912. I have installed armbian version Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_kinetic_edge_6.0.9_xfce_desktop with DTB meson-gxm-q200 - mod. Bluetooth works but not WIFI. The chip is Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377. I have no experience in linux. Thank you

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…

Hi, I have M8S+ ( it's run normaly android 5.1). I have tested many images and many dtd. Nothing works. Only one image works it is LibreELEC-M8S-Plus.arm-9.2.8.6.img.gz from http://libreelec.dtech.hu/images/S8X2/ I change the uEnv the name of dtb. Last teste /Armbian_20.09_Aml-s812_bionic_current_5.9.0-rc7.img. from https://disk.yandex.ru/d/-MwoNitZonsRCg/Armbian/20.09/20201002 I do not know what else to do.

Hello, Some update after this topic : Find here a possible solution : https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-on-amlogic-tv-box/34662/659

I bought a TX3 Mini with Amlogic S905w, I'm following all the steps to boot, but the board does not have the reset button, and it simply ignores the connected SD Card and starts Android. I also tried resetting Android to see if it would boot, but it didn't work, has anyone experienced this? Thanks!

How to put armbian on this tvbox? 8GB+128GB Media Player H.265 Q96 MAX Smart TV Box Android 11 Amlogic S905L Quad Core 2.4G WIFI 4K Set Top Box Home Theater. The latest TV Box in 2022, supports 4K resolution, enjoy super-definition images and breathtaking viewing effect. H.265 decoding technology saves half of the bandwidth than H.264, so it can show vivid and rich image details. 2/4/8GB RAM and 16/64/128GB ROM, large capacity allows you to download more applications and games in your TV box. Amlogic S905L quad core processor is adopted for smooth and flexible operation, no worries about slow running problem. The latest Android 11.1 system, with open-sou…

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My MXQ TV box died today, I was running Armbian stretch, and I had been listening to Mplayer playing Mp3s for several hours as background music, when the player stopped because it ran through the list, I went to change directories, but there were none found( I was running off the SSD), so I tried the root directory, also no files found. I closed the terminal window, and tried to restart, which just resulted in a boot loop. Thinking the file system was corrupt, I disconnected the SSD,and tried to boot the Android system from the internal Nand? which also resulted in similar behavior, I tried a different monitor, and removed all peripherals , Android partially booted, then…

I recently came into possession of a Z69 Android TV Box (3/32GB) with a S950X chip. I tried @SteeMan's Amlogic guide, but can't seem to find @balbes150 files referenced in the post (only RK/Allwinner). I then tried compiling an Armbian img from https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian (build jammy; s905x; kernel 5.10.135_5.15.50). I tried amending the config file but found it quite different from the ones in youtube videos or on the forums. There was a "u-boot-s905x-s912.bin" which I renamed to "u-boot.ext". However, when I did the toothpick method, the S905x bootscreen came up, followed by the splashcreen of the android box. The screen was …

Hi guys, I have a generic tv box from a local Internet Provider in my country. They called it Fiberhome HG860p. This TV box is powered by Amlogic S905X and has eMMC installed with Android TV 6. I can ran armbian server with micro sd card on this box, is it possible to copy, browse or delete eMMC files via armbian server? If possible, what is the command or is there an app like file manager to do it? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, I am new here. I have a generic board powered by armlogic 905x. I have installed armbian on this board with this image : Armbian_21.08.1_Amlogic-GXL_bullseye_current_5.10.60.img.xz. Everything went OK, I could ssh the server, but when let server idle for about an hour, I couldn't ssh again, ping also didn't work, seem like server went on sleep mode. How to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.

Hello, I have amlogic s905w device with sp6330 chip on which wifi is working but not able to start bluetooth. Which driver we can install for bluetooth to start and able to pair with other devices. Thanks

G'day all this is my first post here, the title describes the brand model, apparent ram size and storage capacity of my tv-box, I know the chip has to be an S905* because I can boot coreelec with the dtb of s905W, but in armbian's case no luck yet. The device doesn't have an sd slot, however I was able to boot coreelec by using a usb drive and ADB. basically adb-connected to it and issued "adb reboot update". I have a similar device as this guy I think if not exactly the same: https://forum.atvxperience.com/viewtopic.php?t=6432 So what options do I have? Any help is welcome 😀

Hello everyone, My Tmall Magic Box 3 emmc clear Unable to boot what should I do. Repeated display:EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:AA;SD:800;USB:8;

I have an older A95x box, S905X, 2GB I am trying to install Armbian on. I hate to admit it, but I am lost with what to do with the dts file entry. Anyone feal like pointing me in the right direction to get this thing working? I flashed the SD with Armbian 20.1.0_Arm-64_buulseye_current_5.9.0.img Thanks, Kenneth

Hello, Thank you for the guide how you do that? I've succesfully installed armbian in my X96max+, but the "thootpick" doesnt work anymore, so cant use any usb_burning_aml to "rollback" into original android.

hi is possible run armbian on x96 max plus ultra Amlogic S905X4 4GB/32GB ... openelec working I tried run armbian and it does not boot , maybe someone help thanks

So my mxq box with a amlogic s805 wont boot from the sd card and just bootloops and never starts and i dont know why i even tried the paper clip in the av port trick or used a reboot manager app and that didnt work. What do i do @balbes150

Hi, the only stable running build ive found is Armbian_5.67_Aml-s805_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_20181207 its a 2018 build so pretty old. what would be need to done to compile latest armbian for this device, and would dtb also need to be updated? thanks in regard

Hi there, I'm a newbie in armbian. I have a generic amlogic s905x2 android box and used "Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz" (downloaded from "https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/") to boot from my SD. I saw in some videos that after logging in, it continues to desktop environment. (I've attached those images together with my test result) But when I started armbian and logged in, after appearing the message "Please use this account for your daily work from now on." it continued with terminal and did not start the desktop environment. I've tried a couple of times but it continues with terminal. How can I start the desktop environm…

For a beginner like me this is a difficult box to install Armbian on. Before attempting the installation I had managed to install Armbian on a NexBox A95X (S905), and a M8S (S812). I want to share my experience with others because even though every box is different, what I did to install Armbian may give other users ideas on what to try on their own boxes. It is also good to record what I did in case I have to do it again years down the road 😅 The problem with the unit is that it is heavily customized, specially the boot loader. Even though it has a reset button, the usual toothpick method always result in the built-in rescue, i.e., it ignores am…

All the steps described by @SteeMan are fine. The details are the particularities of each TV BOX, in case of Brazil, the box are the low quality and price (the cheapest box of the market). I had many difficulties with a RUPA A9 Diamond with S912. Initially, the problem was the network, so I created new dtb´s files based in a post of someone. All the steps are described here: linux_variety/notes.txt at master · claudiosa/linux_variety · GitHub some steps to generate dtb and dts Later, the sound was not working, fortunately I tried some others dtb without the procedure describe above, i.e. without network. Fortunately, the first experiment with "MeCool K…

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 i need help to decode 720p H264 videos using meson-vdec or any other solution , is it possible ? im using balbes Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop (X96 mini S905w)

I`m tried to install armbian from USB and Micro SD. I usage image from balbes150. When boot from USB - TV Box show green screen, and the router does not show that the TV Box is online. When boot from Micro SD TV Box restert to recovery. for USB I usage image 20.05, for Micro SD 20.10

To run latest desktop build on F3 Air one can use below steps. I am not sure if there is an easier way exist. 1) Downloaded the image Armbian 22.05 Jammy XFCE from Odroid HC4 section. 2) Write to SD CARD, this will create ext4 partition. 3) Use Partition tool of your choice and create another Partition at the beginning of disk and format as FAT type. 4) copy the files from /Boot to FAT drive and place the u-boot.ext file from old release which worked for you earlier. 5) Place the extlinux folder with extlinux.conf file and update the FDT. 6) Rename the files like image and initrd as required. …

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Hi everyone! my name is Maximos and i want to install armbian to H.265 mxq pro 4k 5g armlogic TV BOX and i can't find a topic for my tv box (!!!!!!I'M NOOBIE IN THIS AREA!!!!!) can someone help me? 😅😄 Thanks for your replies and sorry for bother!!! Thanks✌

Hello, I need your help to solve my problem with the eMMC internal disk of my TV box. This is the VONTAR X96 mini model, purchased in June 2019, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB disk. The processor is an Amlogic S905W. I transformed this Android TV box into a Linux server several years ago and I was satisfied with it. A few months ago, during a reinstallation, the internal 16GB eMMC disk became READ-ONLY! It is still visible and accessible (mmcblk1) but I can no longer update it! I tried to transfer the contents of the SD-Card to the internal eMMC storage, but no update is done. Thank you in advance for your help ! Ricardo PS : 1) I used these settings during installa…

Can the S805 boot from usb? I would like to connect a SSD to a usb port, and boot from it. I have a great working system, and a SSD is much more durable than a SD card.

On my S805 with stretch I used this: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4471 with this driver, and Python to be able to use the TV box with python, and GPIO like a Raspberry Pi https://github.com/nonNoise/PyMCP2221A i am reading 1 of the i/o pins and writing to 2 I/O pins for a color changing LED for a MP3 jukebox conversion.

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

Hello to everyone, i have a China no name tv box with s905 cpu. I try to install armbian but no success, don't have any experience in amlogic procedure. Can anyone point me to the right img file and some instructions please. My box is named as mxq pro 4g but i know its a fake one. Thank you very much.

Today I was installing bullseye on it, then when me try to ssh with wifi, it just shows me : kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer Connection reset by 192.168.1.X port 22 I installed the 20.10 version of Armbian, so if someone knows how to fix this, please reply. Thanks.

X96 mini 2 gb-16 gb I have followed this tutorial.. https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux I can't get the X96mini to boot. installed image: Armbian_20.10_Arm 64_focal_current_5.9.0.img.xz. renamed the file 'u-boot-s905x-s912' a 'u-boot.ext'. The extlinux.conf file contains: LABEL Armbian LINUX /zImage INITRD /uInitrd #aml s9xxx #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200. dtb FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxm-q200. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-g12b-odroid-n2. dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw conso…

I have a X96 air P1 TV box，I burn Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img to SD card and rename u-boot-s905x2-s922 to u-boot.ext it boot successful (use meson-sm1-sei610.dtb)，when I was run /root/install-aml.sh write the systemOS to emmc it also can boot successful，but the wifi and hdmi audio don't work，so i search from google and download a new u-boot file name with u-boot-new，I copy the u-boot-new file to SD card and rename it to u-boot.ext then insert the sd card to tv box, the wifi and hdmi audio work great, I'm very excited, but when I run /root/install-aml.sh again, the tv box boot failed , it endless echo "missing envitonment variable: bootfile" and "…

I need to use this UART on an S905 system installed with Armbian 22 and Kernel 5.15 through Python. I am able to do this by changing the permissions of /dev/ttyAML0 from 640 to 660. However I need to avoid having to issue the CHMOD command each time I power up. I have written a service in systemd to do this automatically at startup but the CHMOD command has no effect on the port permissions or else they are being overwritten later on during startup. The service is functioning correctly since CHMOD on another dummy file alters permissions as expected. Any suggestions please?

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…

Hi, I'm trying to install armbian on my old Magicsee N5 Plus. But I have an Error Failed to map file (See picture here : https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhhHb6kGus27i8sO_dCKJlSu9VWZrA?e=Or9XyL). I was on SlimboxTV (ATV 14) system. I also reflash with N5 Plus official firmware and try also with N5 Max official firwmare (very closed hardware). But I always this message ... Any Idea ?

Hi, I plan on installing Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0.img.xz on my rather old wetek play 2, to be used as a home server. I just want to confirm, I have been trolling through the forums that this version appears to be the latest one that can be installed? Am I also correct in assuming debian is more stable than ubuntu? Since majority of my containers are networking related, this is what I value most above, bluetooth wifi etc...

Hi, this is my first post so please be generous. After much experimentation I have managed to to set up Armbian on an old Zidoo x5 box. I may add that neither the .zip or the toothpick method worked for me but finally got the booting sequence to run the S905 Autoscript by altering some variables using the setenv command through the serial interface. I have installed several OS's and finally settled on the 20.10 focal 5.9.0 desktop image. Most things work but I am getting problems with setting up an Access Point through the armbian-config program. I have left the default settings as proposed and was able to "see" the hot spot…

Hello guys, I have a HK1 Box 4GB/64GB with s905x3. I have followed all the necessary steps. Tried using dd on linux or elena on windows. Tried debian and ubuntu versions from https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/ Followed this page https://zhangyuqing.cn/2988.html as well as this forum's own page https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus (same procedure) The blue light just keeps blinking no matter how long i hold the reset button. Any ideas/clues? Is this chip hopeless? Should i get a box with S905X4 or rockchip, allwinner?? I just want a box with gigabit working for a micro serv…