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Renate · 07-22-2024, 04:46 PM

I don't know much about the old Onyx stuff. The RAM is 8 Gbit, i.e. 1 GByte.
That single core Freescale iMX6 processor is the same as the B&N Glow series from Netronix.

I don't see a conspicuous UART on this thing, but you might check the gold dots near where the power switch goes on. The dots by the USB and the eink connector are probably not anything. It's probably all 1.8V logic. If you have a terminal app you can stop it booting and make it run fastboot.

I wrote a utility for booting this if it becomes bricked (running off the iMX6 ROM bootloader) but you need a copy of the uboot and the Android boot image. See imxlink.exe in my sig.

07-22-2024, 04:46 PM	#2
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,973 Karma: 17500001 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	I don't know much about the old Onyx stuff. The RAM is 8 Gbit, i.e. 1 GByte. That single core Freescale iMX6 processor is the same as the B&N Glow series from Netronix. I don't see a conspicuous UART on this thing, but you might check the gold dots near where the power switch goes on. The dots by the USB and the eink connector are probably not anything. It's probably all 1.8V logic. If you have a terminal app you can stop it booting and make it run fastboot. I wrote a utility for booting this if it becomes bricked (running off the iMX6 ROM bootloader) but you need a copy of the uboot and the Android boot image. See imxlink.exe in my sig.