X88 PRO X3, Choose DTB and Install to EMMC

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It’s confirmed the X88 Pro is a fake box with only 2g assembled:

X88 Pro X3 with fake 4GB RAM

Hi all, I just want to share my experience with this box. First, it is working great with CoreELEC 19.1 when booting from SD or USB stick using the 2GB dtb (I used sm1_s905x3_2g_1gbit.dtb). Install to emmc did not work for me as partition layout was reverted at boot time to original android layout. My box was sold as X88 Pro X3 with 4GB RAM and 64GB flash storage. The box use encrypted bootloader (probably to make it hard to detect the fake RAM!) Here are pictures from top and bottom of the…

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