USB won't boot

Hard puzzle.. extract vendor fw and see if the *.ENC files exist. If you find any then your board is encrypted and in this case only using the vendor fw would be possible. Try to narrow down all possible causes.. )

Larsen most boxes will boot from a USB, but usually only one specific port on the box. All boxes should boot from an SD card though. It's unlikely that an S905W box has encrypted boot, so I wouldn't run down that rabbit-hole before trying an SD card.

Quote from chewitt

LarsenIt's unlikely that an S905W box has encrypted boot

Well why..

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X96 mini Amlogic S905W Bricked after wrong update

hi all

i have a new X96 mini Amlogic S905W Bricked after wrong update

so after try many ways to unbrick it still dead only red flash



box spec

Amlogic S905W

ram 2GB/16GB Rom



Ram: sec 524 K4B4G0446E ( i think is samsung)

eMMC: KLMAG1JETD-B041 ( samsung)



i connect uart and log the box

i get

this log only



LOOP:1;EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:A7;READ:0;CHK:A7;READ:0;CHK:A7;SD:800;USB:8;

LOOP:2;EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:A7;READ:0;CHK:A7;READ:0;CHK:A7;SD:800;USB:8



and keep same loop with nothing

after i make some search i find out…

wae23

September 21, 2021 at 9:38 PM

I suspect you've followed the legacy image style of boot configuration (renaming files to dtb.img) instead of following LE instructions which are different. GXL boxes are all rather similar and except for user-error, it's unusual for devices to not boot.

Are you reading the SD creation instructions here: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/hardware/amlogic#box-images ?? - Instructions from anywhere else are likely wrong.

I have a couple of S905W boxes that boot/work fine so there is nothing lacking in support for the SoC

chewitt Hello! I encountered a problem when trying to boot OpenWrt from a SD card on s905w (TV box x96 mini) - when the reset button is pressed and power is applied, the Android Recovery page starts and the Linux terminal does not load. I would be grateful if you tell me what I'm doing wrong. OpenWrt firmware from https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-openwrt/releases. I've tried openwrt_official_amlogic_s905w_k6.1.29_2023.05.25.img.gz

Quote from account001

I would be grateful if you tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Two things:

a) You hijacked someone else's thread to make a post about a different issue.

b) Your post is about a distro that I've never booted (and is not LibreELEC).

In summary: You're seeking help from the wrong person in the wrong forum.

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