Need help installing manjaro ARM on the architecture of Rockchip RK 3566 family of devices anbernic 353

/dev/sda3: LABEL_FATBOOT="GAMES" LABEL="GAMES" UUID="8062-D64F" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="c572a2df-03"
/dev/sda1: LABEL_FATBOOT="ANBERNIC" LABEL="ANBERNIC" UUID="9D12-FC2D" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="c572a2df-01"

This is a native SD card with factory firmware :arrow_up:

/dev/sda2: LABEL="ROOT_MNJRO" UUID="e3f7787a-8909-455c-8465-f4a2a449af61" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="primary" PARTUUID="f6b97214-58ee-45e5-a630-5342947c1812"
/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL_FATBOOT="BOOT_MNJRO" LABEL="BOOT_MNJRO" UUID="A953-5ECE" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="primary" PARTUUID="43302a7d-df72-45da-a474-6cb0a20f34e3"

And this is already recorded image on the sd manjaro ARM quartz64 :arrow_up:

if you meant this command

In the anbernic there are missing partitions. There is a chance that the mistery is there.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qVCN_xsQGrvtZzhClBltbslQ86f8Yrji

This is the original firmware, you can disassemble it and look at it

If I need something done, just say so, i will do it

OK

I have look into your image. The disk is ms-dos and not gpt. Nothing more to say. Maybe your device needs this kind of format. I don’t know howto convert.

The u-boot is in the first partition as uboot.img file so you could write this bootloader in manjaro disk.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ANBERNIC/comments/vzasmj/for_rg353_running_the_stock_os_i_made_a_short/?tl=es-es

You should view this video to boot Linux. With the F and select Keys you can change the boot behaviour of your device.

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thank you, but I can only do it tomorrow, wait for the results

I tried this method, and even swapped u-boot from different firmwares.
this is a photo of the folder manager with the original firmware, if that means anything to you.


I think I’ll still open the console and look at the logs, I think the key to the solution is there
… The UART converter will arrive only tomorrow

You’ve already disassembled the anbernic, right? Do you remember what the “hole” for the txd-rxd looks like?

Yes, here

Summary

I found a place where tx/rx should be but I don’t understand where the contact paths are for them

You can try 2 central pads. Don’t forget about GND connection


You need to measure the voltage on these pins, it should correspond to the voltage that your adapter is working with. Most often it will be 3.3V, common UART adapters work with this voltage too

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great, now I just need to figure out how to attach it neatly to these pins

This port is from the converter, right?


I use PuTTY for Linux,
but when I want to run it, for some reason it crashes

On Saturday (UTC) I’ll go to a friend who knows about re-flashing, I think he’ll come up with something.

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We couldn’t meet today, I think we’ll agree tomorrow

If it doesn’t work out, I’ll Drop this idea until better times.

@junari
I have the opportunity to get RG35XX-H for myself.

Do you mind helping me reflash it if I don’t succeed on the first try?

Yes. Ideally any device with a 3.5 inch screen and h700 will work. There is no support for a 4 inch screen in my kernel, but it’s easy to add that, I just don’t have that
You will need to write the image to microsd using usbimager or similar software. Then insert into the main slot and start the console
If you need a different DE - let me know, I’ll try to build new one

Thanks for everything! but i think it’s develop to close this thread because i couldn’t do it and my grandpa’s friends (i went to them 2 days ago) are only good at model airplanes so they couldn’t help me either.