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CPU: 4x Cortex-A53 @ 1.2GHz
GPU: Mali-450 MP3
Memory: 1gb Linux 2gb Android?
Ethernet: 100M
Wireless: 2.4GHz, 802.11b/g/n
Video Decoding: H.265 4K@30fps, H.264 4K@30fps
Video Encoding: H.264 1080p@60fps
Official OS: Android 9 // Tablet version it seams
Unofficial OS: Armbian Linux // no GPU Support
Mine the CPU is Downclocked from 2.0Ghz to 1.2Ghz because it runs Hot, Proably because of the stupid layout of having the Board inside upsidedown with a aluminum heatshink that gets vertically no airflow and if you flip it upsidedown it runs cooler
--You Can Run Armbian on this device turning it into a very low power server
To Run Armbian you will want to get the latest s905w bullseye debian or noble ubuntu .img.gz from this link
https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases
"Altatively get it in Mirror dir at this Capsule's home"
Then Flash the .Img with a program of your choice or just use dd
tar -xf Armbian_24.5.0_amlogic_s905w_bullseye_6.1.87_server_2024.05.02.img.gz sudo dd bs=1M if=Armbian_24.5.0_amlogic_s905w_bullseye_6.1.87_server_2024.05.02.img of=/dev/sdx # < your drive
Once your done flashing put the micro sdcard in the tv box and when it boots up it should show armbian linux if not go and find a app in android that has updater in the name and click local update it should show and file in the micro sd card for you to use
It should guide you trough a setup process once you are done make sure to run
sudo apt update
before trying to install any packages
--It can be used for the following things