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<xyyhaa> Hi, can someone please help me install armbian? Badly need it for our final project.
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<xyyhaa> 😭😭😭
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<ajshell1> What SBC do you want to install Armbian on?
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<xyyhaa> I dont know what SBC means. But my tv box has rk3229
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<ajshell1> Single board computer
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<ajshell1> What exact model is your TV Box?
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<xyyhaa> It says ARM cortex a53, but its only cortex a7
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<ajshell1> Does it have a microSD slot?
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<xyyhaa> Yes it has
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<xyyhaa> I think i bought the fake one.
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<xyyhaa> Can I still install armbian?
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<ajshell1> I'm not sure yet. Maybe?
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<xyyhaa> Help me please 😭
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<ajshell1> Are you okay with trying something that would wipe the stock android install?
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<xyyhaa> Yes, anything as long as it helps me 😭
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<xyyhaa> I need to install apache2, ssh, and mariadb.
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<amazingfate> Can you take a picture of the board after taking off the case?
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<xyyhaa> Okk, wait.
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<ajshell1> I'm a complete noob and I have barely any idea what I'm doing, but I think one of the images here could help. Hold on, I'll link you one
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<ajshell1> When you say you tried all if it, did you follow the forum post instructions to burn the multitool image onto an SD card?
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<xyyhaa> Yesyes, but the armbian.img is not showing.
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<ajshell1> Wait, so does the box boot with that multitool sd card?
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<xyyhaa> We tried to reboot it too, still no img to be found.
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<xyyhaa> It does.
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<ajshell1> Okay, let me think for a second
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<ajshell1> If you put it in the images folder...
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<ajshell1> Maybe its' because the images were compressed with .xz
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<ajshell1> So, you downloaded something like
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<ajshell1> Armbian_23.5.1_Rk322x-box_bookworm_current_6.1.30.img.xz and put it straight in the images folder, right?
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<xyyhaa> Wait let me check.
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<amazingfate> It's said to be Amlogic S905W
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<amazingfate> Not a rockchip board.
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<ajshell1> Well, Chinese suppliers like these can SAY anything they want
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<xyyhaa> Yes but it says rockchip on device info hw
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<xyyhaa> And we tried installing amlogic s905w armbian, and it didnt work.
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<ajshell1> @xyyhaa Does your computer have 7z installed?
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<ajshell1> As in, it wouldn't even boot properly? In what way did it not work
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<ajshell1> @xyyhaa Does your computer have 7zip installed?
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<xyyhaa> Nope, I use winrar.
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<xyyhaa> It's not booting.
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<xyyhaa> Nothing happens.
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<ajshell1> Okay, use Winrar to extract the name.img.xz file.
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<ajshell1> Then put the resulting name.img file in the images file on the SD card
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<ajshell1> Well, that certainly seems like it's rockchip too me. I think.
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<xyyhaa> It's .img
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<ajshell1> Are you saying that you already tried that?
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<xyyhaa> Can we know the cpu if we check the backside of the board?
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<xyyhaa> Yes 😭
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<xyyhaa> We've been doing that ever since.
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<ajshell1> Maybe. We could try
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<xyyhaa> Okkk, please dont sleep.
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<xyyhaa> I will get one.
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<ajshell1> While you're at it, get a picture of the text on this chip. I can't read it. I'm not sure if that's a memory module or a storage module
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<Tenkawa> @ajshell1 I've just been doing this forever so they all sit beside me... I need room....
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<xyyhaa> Can we remove the heatsink using a heat gun or blower?
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<Tenkawa> wow they really got that thing "obscured"
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<ajshell1> Honestly, I'm willing to believe that it's a rockchip. Does the multitool give you any information about the board?
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<ajshell1> And try one of these images
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<Tenkawa> Being an android tv box... With either AW or RK most of the core to just boot it will be baked in one of the the 2 images so it should be at least easy to find "which" type it is.
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<Tenkawa> then isolating more afterwards will be easier
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<Tenkawa> I know those Android kernels tend to throw in everything so unless we are stripping them down (which I don't "think" is happening) start with one.. if it doesn't work.. try the other
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<xyyhaa> We havent checked.
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<xyyhaa> We dont know how to 😭
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<ajshell1> I don't have a tv box like this, so I don't know what the multitool looks like
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<Tenkawa> there's a forum category about these
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<Tenkawa> (I have a few...I just build software for them... don't use them though)
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<ajshell1> All I have to test with is a T95 Mini, which I only bought because of Innovato's Quadra
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<ajshell1> Dang, it only tells us Cortex-A7
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<xyyhaa> Machine model: Generic RK322x tv box board
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<xyyhaa> This worked too
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<ajshell1> Okay, then it probably is one
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<ajshell1> Now, have you tried sticking one of these images on the SD card?
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<xyyhaa> I will try now.
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<Tenkawa> just a sec...
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<Tenkawa> do you still have it booted?
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<xyyhaa> The tool???
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<xyyhaa> Multi tool???
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<ajshell1> Yes, that's what he's talking about
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<Tenkawa> found it... its one of those "unofficial chips"
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<xyyhaa> Ohhhh
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<xyyhaa> U want me to boot it again?
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<xyyhaa> Is it impossible to install armbian?
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<ajshell1> I'm pretty sure it is possible
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<xyyhaa> Ohhh okokkk
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<Tenkawa> looks like its a Fake AMLogic S905W
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<xyyhaa> I will now insert this.
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<ajshell1> Makes sense, that's what it was advertised as
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<xyyhaa> Yes its fake. I got scammed 😭
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<xyyhaa> @ajshell1 should I insert it now?
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<Tenkawa> bummer... sorry to hear 😦
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<xyyhaa> I still see hope
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<Tenkawa> Indeed...
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<ajshell1> Yes, unless Tenkawa has any other ideas first
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<EfeCTN> Lol
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<xyyhaa> Im flashing it now
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<Tenkawa> Since I don't know what they really threw in there.... who knows
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<EfeCTN> Tvboxes are really awful
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<Tenkawa> Seems to be getting worse too
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<xyyhaa> I know, but i cant help it since its our final project this sem.
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<xyyhaa> Our professor is really old school
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<ajshell1> Yeah, at least with shitbox RasPi clones you usually get at minimum a previous debian release image that will work
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<Tenkawa> I wish Broadcom hadn't dropped the ballon their "learning" computers
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<EfeCTN> Doesn't he/she allow sbc?
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<Tenkawa> but don't get me started on Broadcom....
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<ajshell1> xyyhaa appears to be from the Philippines
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<ajshell1> So he/she probably couldn't afford a Pi...
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<xyyhaa> Yesyes, we bought something thats cheap.
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<Tenkawa> @xyyhaa there are some "decent" tvboxes out there... but as you see.. some really bad ones
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<xyyhaa> @ajshell1 do i have to put it on multi tool?
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<xyyhaa> Or i flash it directly?
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<ajshell1> Yes, I would try putting it in the images directory in the multitool
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<ajshell1> I'd also do the "Backup flash" first
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<Tenkawa> @ajshell1 hey... I was going to ask.. where did multitool come from? nice ncurses interface.. (I do everything manually usually but I thought I'd take a look if the utility is available)
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<ajshell1> That way, if we fail, you can still restore it usable TV box, which you could sell or something
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<xyyhaa> I dont know if you can see it but its all winner h313
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<ajshell1> I can see
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<xyyhaa> @ajshell1 is it still possible?
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<ajshell1> I don't know
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<ajshell1> Hold on a second
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<ajshell1> I'm starting to think that the answer is no
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<ajshell1> I'm sorry
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<xyyhaa> Why?
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<xyyhaa> 😭😭😭
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<Werner> Besides the fact that this is the wrong channel for Allwinner stuff I don't think we have any code for h313 in the build framework (yet). At least I am not aware of.
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<Tenkawa> @werner about 75% of it was trying to figure out what this "mislabeled" device was
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<Tenkawa> This is one of those "its not what they are really selling" devices
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<xyyhaa> Hi, i've successfully installed it. I created my own build