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For the record, I got the nand boot working. Was way simpler than I expected.
 
Got a Nand Lubuntu image from here http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/a20-cubieboard/lubuntu/cb-a20-lubuntu-12.10-v1.06/
Used PhoenixCard to send it to a spare SD card.
Booted from this card and it installed itself to Nand (yaay !)
Booted from my first SD Card and ran nand install script.
Everything went as expected, it booted form nand a minute ago !
 
I'm currently loged in, wirelessly, without any SD card.
 
Thanks again for the images and forum. I found a lot of information and I wouldn't be that far without it.


Little google keywords for anyone looking for some help with this box  :  TXCZ_A20_V3.0  TXCZ_A20 V3  debian linux nand img firmware 

Hi,
 
I'm quite new to all this Linux Arm thing and I don't have any setup to create the build myself.
I do all the setup from a Windows machine and that's mostly why I haven't got a proper setup to try my own build.
I'm learning a ton about the A20 and linux, this is quite a change from my daily "coding on windows machine" job!
 
I've been trying to run some of Igor images on that Chinese Android TV box : http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2014-Hot-Smart-TV-box-A20-Dual-Core-Google-Android-Allwinner-Cortex-A7-1GB-4GB-Flash/1714972998.html
 
From what I can tell with the PCB out of the shell, it has the "basics" of most of the supported board, but the included wifi adapter is USB and it's the same RTL8118ETV as the Orange Pi A20.
I can provide high resolution picture of the PCB if needed. 
 
I can run the Cubieboard 2 built without any issue, apart from the missing Wifi. 
lsusb doesn't list the onboard wifi, but I can use a random d-link usb module and it work flawlessly.
 
As I'd like to use the internet wifi module, I've dug some more into it and tried the Orange Pi built
This one doesn't load fully and the kernel stop at "Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p1"
 
I'm using the same SD card for both build, went back and fort 2-3 time between Cubieboard2 build and Orange Pi and I always get the same result.
I've also tried the Banana R1 built at it use the same wifi module (from what I can tell).
 
Looking at the source, I'm quite sure it shouldn't be to hard to figure out how to enable the "onboard" wifi on the Cubieboard2 build or "fix" my loading error on the Orange Pi one.
 
Having spent 2 nights on this, I came here to request any help you can provide.
 
Thanks a lot for all the effort that was put into making those script/builds.
 
Edit :
 
I found some more info about the Tv box here : http://linux-sunxi.org/TXCZ_A20     I have V3.0, but it look exactly the same.
How hard would it be to load the provided fex ? I've played a bit with Fecx on windows, but didn't get anywhere.
 
Edit 2:
 
This is "exactly" the same board http://linux-sunxi.org/YBKJ_A20minus the optical out connect (replaced by a flimsy wired on/off switch on my device)

For the record, I got the nand boot working. Was way simpler than I expected.
 
Got a Nand Lubuntu image from here http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/a20-cubieboard/lubuntu/cb-a20-lubuntu-12.10-v1.06/
Used PhoenixCard to send it to a spare SD card.
Booted from this card and it installed itself to Nand (yaay !)
Booted from my first SD Card and ran nand install script.
Everything went as expected, it booted form nand a minute ago !
 
I'm currently loged in, wirelessly, without any SD card.
 
Thanks again for the images and forum. I found a lot of information and I wouldn't be that far without it.


Little google keywords for anyone looking for some help with this box  :  TXCZ_A20_V3.0  TXCZ_A20 V3  debian linux nand img firmware