{"id":894,"date":"2018-04-04T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netpipe.ca\/?page_id=894"},"modified":"2019-01-24T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:33:01","slug":"s905-s912","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/?page_id=894","title":{"rendered":"s905 s912"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.ebay.ca\/itm\/M8S-PRO-L-Android-TV-Box-Amlogic-S912-OctaCore-64Bit-3GB-16GB-4K-WiFi-BT4-1-F7R7\/202122787944\u00a0 might want one with android &gt; 7 to run newer linux kernels<\/p>\n<p>i bought this one for $50 iirc<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forum.armbian.com\/uploads\/monthly_2017_04\/x98-pro-amlogic-s912-3gb-32gb-android-6-0.thumb.jpg.baea2d48a5dc05c9e75e92964c00c1b3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs5-1.4pda.to\/10602669.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>S905 \/ S905X \/ S912 Linux Image &#8211; &#8211; These are compatible with all 3 amlogic processors mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.xda-developers.com\/4\/4\/2\/6\/8\/1\/1\/AMLogic_S905x_S912x_Backup___Root_Recovery.tar?key=GXEymImGvQ_2lAH0DwfKqw&amp;ts=1537578969\">AMLogic_S905x_S912x_Backup___Root_Recovery.tar<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make a backup put recovery.img onto a fat32 formatted pendrive with 4+ gb<\/li>\n<li>backup the system select source and choose usb_otg or whatever its called.<\/li>\n<li>copy the twp backup folder to your computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Optional &#8211; for watching video&#8217;s on android better<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>i used kingoroot to root my android after and you&#8217;ll want an app called ezymount it you dont have experiance setting up busybox init script to get ext2 support (works better for copying large files.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>installing linux<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>https:\/\/github.com\/150balbes\/Amlogic_s905\/wiki\/s905_multi_boot<\/p>\n<p>download https:\/\/yadi.sk\/d\/bqV6MEL-sWKmv<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>switch on the console and will load the regular firmware<\/li>\n<li>connect the flash drive or the card to the device<\/li>\n<li>select the update mode (Update&amp;Backup)<\/li>\n<li>to select as an archive for the updates aml_autoscript.zip<\/li>\n<li>start update mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>get the images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yadi.sk\/d\/5_32km_EsCV2A\/ARMBIAN\/5.44\/kernel_3.14_20180729\">https:\/\/yadi.sk\/d\/5_32km_EsCV2A\/ARMBIAN<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>i used startup disk creator on linux to burn the images after uncompressing<\/li>\n<li>i used Armbian_5.44_S9xxx_Ubuntu_bionic_3.14.29_mate_20180729.img<\/li>\n<li>if installing to a usb use kernel 3.14 otherwise use sd for 4.xx kernel (untested for me)<\/li>\n<li>once its done writing then insert into device and power on.<\/li>\n<li>login with user root , password 1234 setup user account once done it will reboot<\/li>\n<li>volia , ready to go should startup mate desktop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>mate linux image.<\/p>\n<p>sound through hdmi, bluetooth and network working. had to use usb wifi stick<\/p>\n<p>seems very responsive, 1.2 ghz x 8 cores<\/p>\n<p>after system update i get black screen for 1+ish min on reboots now then init text appears.<\/p>\n<p>vlc plays video&#8217;s fine, seems to not get very warm. will post updates if i need one.<\/p>\n<p>set font size to 20 in appearence to make screen more readable<\/p>\n<p>the gpu user space binary driver is available to download for linux<\/p>\n<p>i was able to get full screen movie playback working without it. had to compile multithreaded ffmpeg 2.8 and i use &#8220;ffplay movie.m4v&#8221; might put my package list used to compile it here soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ns3qivTj1w\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bootlin.com\/blog\/mali-opengl-support-on-allwinner-platforms-with-mainline-linux\/\">Mali OpenGL support on Allwinner platforms with mainline Linux<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mali OpenGL support on Allwinner platforms with mainline Linux&#8221; &#8212; Bootlin\" src=\"https:\/\/bootlin.com\/blog\/mali-opengl-support-on-allwinner-platforms-with-mainline-linux\/embed\/#?secret=HMxjojrpI7#?secret=ns3qivTj1w\" data-secret=\"ns3qivTj1w\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.ebay.ca\/itm\/M8S-PRO-L-Android-TV-Box-Amlogic-S912-OctaCore-64Bit-3GB-16GB-4K-WiFi-BT4-1-F7R7\/202122787944\u00a0 might want one with android &gt; 7 to run newer linux kernels i bought this one for $50 iirc S905 \/ S905X \/ S912 Linux Image &#8211; &#8211; These are compatible with all 3 amlogic processors mentioned. 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