FWIW, Wifi front end is a bit of a mess, so some loss there - more that most.

Could be done for the legacy Allwinner kernel even without having the device in front of you (see Sunvell R69) but the situation with boards based on the new BSP is entirely different.

I use an OrangePi Zero with 512Mb, and it is sometimes not enough.

Well see what this box is capable of, but I was tempted by 4 times the amount of memory I use on the Zero.

I will test it under Android this week-end, and afterwards, lets the butchery begin.

First shot would be -- If Googles PlayStore is enabled within the stock Android on that box, one might consider getting Termux (its free) and dig around a bit - its sandboxed, but one can still get some decent info about the environment it runs in.

Its the best version of Android I have seen on AllWinner Hx (ok, I only tried OrangePis Android versions on the Zero and the One Plus).

Features: half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae.

Linux localhost 4.4.55 1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 14 11:27:43 CST 2018 armv7l.

Assuming AW 4.4 kernel is really based on DT not some fex style anymore (the had it with 3.4, but from what Ive in mind 4.4 is now also DT based).

You now that this thingie is H3 based, so its only figuring out where and how stuff is connected to it.

DRM, and I understand why content distributors want this, but still.

Before were arguing back and forth for days we collect the infos we think are needed and then go to the bench and start an practical experiment.

Sometimes I feel dump that I missed something mostly I get more information to babblingworking with.

It doesnt matter if this is some sort of a new iteration of H3 (IMO unlikely but can be.).

Or how good the Android support is.

If the goal is still bringing up Armbian you shouldnt waste time with hypothetical issues.

Search for an UART cause debugging low-level issues without is blind flying.

Start with the lowest possible DRAM clock speed assuming that routing on the board is crap.

As long as youre not an expert on board bring up youll probably fail 10 times before you get a step further but it doesnt matter.

Most of the interesting stuff happens before HDMI is initialized.

Have fun find a u-boot which supports NAND and linux mainline also doesnt support it as far as I know.

BTW note the really neat Inverted-F antenna - STB boards do leave a bit of room to be inventive there - although this isnt too terribly clever - but it is cheap, and gives decent enough gain there - maybe unity even.

Drivers Allwinner H3