Hello, I am trying to install different versions of libreelec on my box. However, every time I try to boot from the SD card my box stalls in bootloop and never actually boots. I've also tried booting Armbian and it runs without a problem. Please would there be any advice on what I am doing wrong? I've also tried installing to different SD cards but that didn't help. I'm desperate 
thanks!
S905D sml5442tw - Won't Boot
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September 27, 2024 at 2:28 PM -
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Display Morereading s905_autoscript reading KERNEL reading uEnv.ini reading /amlogic/meson-gxl-s905d-sml5442tw.dtb load dtb from 0x1000000 ...... Amlogic multi-dtb tool Single dtb detected find 1 dtbos dtbos to be applied: 0 Apply dtbo 0 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK kernel loaded at 0x01080000, end = 0x02958a00 Loading Device Tree to 000000001fff2000, end 000000001ffff01f ... OK Starting kernel ...I stripped the noise out to show the essentials. It looks good to that point, and there's nothing more recorded except
Codebl31 reboot reason: 0xd bl31 reboot reason: 0x0 system cmd 1It's rather nice to see one of these boxes "in the wild" .. I only have a couple of pre-release samples shared by an O2.cz product manager we met during the Embedded Linux Conference in Prague back in 2017
Can you share the UART/boot output from Armbian? .. I'll see if I can spot any differences.
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Hello, I'm sorry I spelled the name of the box wrong. It is S905D - sml5442tw. Yes my box is from O2.cz
i have a few pieces unfortunately they are discontinuing support and without paid services from O2 the box can not be used so i am trying to reflash to Libreelec to be able to use them further. Yes... tried searching the internet for something regarding this reboot reason at the end unfortunately I couldn't find anything anywhere. 
Sure I can send the boot output from Armbian here it is. -
Anyone got any ideas?
i tried the new LE13 image but still the same problem. 
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I'll need to dig out the box and test. I'm rather time-poor at the moment though so can't promise that happens quickly.
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I'll need to dig out the box and test. I'm rather time-poor at the moment though so can't promise that happens quickly.
Ok I understand. I would be very happy if it could be made to work. Thanks for your time!
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I'll need to dig out the box and test. I'm rather time-poor at the moment though so can't promise that happens quickly.
Soo any news?
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I dug out one of my boxes. It was already installed with a working LE 11.0 install, but I updated using the latest LE13 image in my test share and the update overwrites/replaces all the boot files, and it rebooted fine afterwards.
The boxes I have are still running the original pre-production boot firmware as I'm not an O2 customer (or in CZ) so the boxes have never been been updated. Yours probably has been, and may also be a newer hardware iteration; although I believe the only change made over time was a different WiFi/BT module, that won't prevent boot, and if Armbian boots the box can boot LE.
You probably need to do a 'toothpick' reset to ensure u-boot searches/finds and loads LE boot scripts from the SD card. These define what boot files to use, and LE uses different files to Armbian.
