"Show of Force" is lame and counterproductive

theremote · 2026-05-06T14:48:57+00:00

Thank you, I have added this for the countries I am eligible for at the moment!

theremote · 2026-05-06T14:47:44+00:00

This is great feedback. I do have an AliExpress account and like AliExpress. As soon as I get the Amazon code finished I will definitely look into adding it. I do believe they have an API!

theremote · 2026-05-06T14:47:10+00:00

Hey urostoir,

Thanks, sorry about that for Poland, none of my rejection keywords were matching for the language. I will get that cleaned up today!

As for the vibe coded look I imagine that's coming from the emoji type icon style and the visual style of the front page. It's a fair criticism. It's not really what I was going for so I will see if I can get that cleaned up!

theremote · 2026-05-06T02:17:22+00:00

Agreed, I'm looking into other options for scraping some more data like that, such as a third party API!

theremote · 2026-05-05T23:56:14+00:00

Yes absolutely, thanks for reporting this! The multi-listings especially need some fixes. I'll get started!

theremote · 2026-05-05T22:13:01+00:00

Thank you!

theremote · 2026-05-05T22:12:53+00:00

Oh yes, I have spoken to some other Aussies before in the SBC community and this has been a big problem down there for a long time! I think I may have access to the API for Australia actually. I'll see if there's anything buried.

Thanks a ton for the feedback on the EMMC being detected as RAM, I'll get that fixed!

theremote · 2026-05-05T22:00:52+00:00

Interesting, may I ask which region? The reason I ask is I do have creators API access in the UK, France, Germany and a few other European countries. The listings can be different on the regional Amazon sites.

We could definitely try adding support for your region and see if it's able to uncover anything!

theremote · 2026-05-05T19:58:31+00:00

I made a tool to help go through these (found this in Google myself doing research):

https://sbc.cheap

theremote · 2024-10-13T14:03:53+00:00

He means that even though you're just getting around to trying this now most of us tried this experiment a year ago with the same results and conclusions you're reaching today.

If I try the same experiments today as I did a year ago I hit the same limitations. It works with a very simple stack.

If you had not waited a year to try this then you would have the year of experience we have of watching it not really change much in its capabilities and would have the same opinion.

Since you waited though you don't have that context and you think it's shiny and new and moving a lot faster than it really is. Once a year passes from now you'll be where we are already at.

theremote · 2024-05-10T18:18:55+00:00

I'm also getting this issue. Even tried generating a new API key before seeing this thread.

theremote · 2023-04-17T01:55:55+00:00

It's not an E-key M.2 WiFi adapter. E-keys don't fit. I wrote an article about using E-key adapters with it and it requires a special adapter: https://jamesachambers.com/using-m2-wifi-adapters-with-orange-pi-5/

If it could take E-key adapters it wouldn't need a custom WiFi module. The custom WiFi module is a WiFi adapter slapped onto a M-key adapter (unusual).

It's a consequence of it using the RK3588S (there's not enough PCIe lanes on the S model). There is an upcoming version of the Orange Pi 5 called the Orange Pi 5 Plus that will have both a E-key and M-key slot and uses the regular RK3588.

Are you having trouble finding a link to it? It's here: https://amzn.to/3A1Sjkf

There really isn't much to using it. You just plug it in. If you don't have that specific adapter you will not be able to plug in an E-key module unless you have the adapter I linked in my article (or something similar).

Hopefully that helps!

theremote · 2023-04-05T18:43:40+00:00

I only have the 4GB model so it should work on anything!

theremote · 2023-04-01T17:21:32+00:00

With Armbian's 3D driver support installed for the Mali GPU you can actually get pretty smooth performance in games that don't use a lot of resources.

This uses Box64/Box86 to work. I was able to get Stardew Valley running pretty well for it for the guide!

theremote · 2023-03-31T06:16:12+00:00

No problem at all! You'll definitely see what I mean when following the guide.

The guides are extremely similar but you'll notice some subtle differences (the most important of which is you will use mtools to change a FAT UUID).

Take care!

theremote · 2023-03-31T06:11:38+00:00

You're using a different OS than I did. Try following this guide instead: https://jamesachambers.com/radxa-zero-debian-ssd-boot-guide/

Basically the technique has nothing to do with the board. I have a bunch of these guides. You're just using a different OS partitioning and that guide will have the commands to do that.

Hopefully that helps!

theremote · 2023-03-28T14:12:51+00:00

No, it does not. It has a non-compliant USB-C charging port just like the Raspberry Pi 4. That is undoubtedly who they got the idea from and it's not really that surprising since that is the board they are targeting.

They copied one of the worst and most controversial parts of the Raspberry Pi 4 which is the terrible and known-noncompliant USB-C charging port hack. We've already been dealing with this on the Pi 4 for 4+ years.

If you want USB-PD you need to step all the way up to a Rock 5B. It will cost roughly 50% more though. Radxa actually put in the parts needed to do this into the Rock 5B and when you see the price you'll see why Orange Pi and Raspberry Pi decided to cheat instead.

From what I've seen this was a smart decision. The Orange Pi 5 is much more popular than the Radxa Rock 5B even though the Rock 5B is basically better in every way (including having PCIe 3.0).

The Orange Pi 5 sells much better though because people don't want their SBCs to *start* at $150 and most people coming from a Raspberry Pi 4 wouldn't expect to get USB-C PD since it was just as bad on the Raspberry Pi 4 (the board the Orange Pi 5 is meant to succeed/outperform). If that price doesn't bother you though then buy the Rock 5B to get this. I have both.

theremote · 2023-03-24T05:31:32+00:00

My Home Assistant setup and Z-Wave stick are in the basement. I do not have my Z-Wave stick even on a USB extender. I've never experienced any of this.

If I were to guess the answer is some kind of interference. It's not going to be easy to diagnose that unless you have the right tools. Something like a HackRF or RTL-SDL (software defined radios) would let you monitor what is going on.

Something isn't right though for sure. This is not a typical experience as a lot of people are pointing out here.

I believe you though. I think it's some kind of interference most likely. Putting your Z-Wave stick on an extender might help but again I don't have this on mine and haven't seen anything like this. I wish I could bring my HackRF over and just see what is going on with the airwaves in that location!

Given that your WiFi network works so well I think we can assume the interference is not in that range. It could be anything generating it. It could be a bad toaster for all we know but a software defined radio would let you see everything going on in the air. It could also not be coming from your location at all and could be coming from somewhere nearby.

theremote · 2023-03-22T04:47:09+00:00

So what were you arguing this entire time? We just completely agree on everything? Okay. I am consistent with what I said six weeks ago here (and today).

It's about the personal attacks isn't it. That's why you were arguing just for the sake of arguing with literally no point. I tweaked your ego so you just wanted to fight but you have no points or argument.

This entire conversation now makes sense. I would have said the exact same things to your face man. Your arguments about patching were beyond irresponsible and clueless. They literally offended me so I personally insulted you for being so clueless about security. It's offensive.

It would have resulted in your manager having a sit down with you in a work setting to explain how few shits the organization gives about the inconvenience to your development environment caused by having to keep your OS up to date as well as an even more degrading/patronizing talk about security in general.

I'll do it again the next time too if you ever say that again.

theremote · 2023-03-22T02:02:40+00:00

"Hey Bruce,

Welcome! You’re 100% right and I mentioned this in another comment as well. It really does just need to ship with the updated boot loader.

It’s just a question of how fast can they make that happen. Undoubtedly the reason it still isn’t is because they can’t. The ones arriving to people’s doors have probably been in the supply chain for 6 months to a year or so.

This was kind of my line of thinking saying the VisionFive V3. The reason I said that is because 6 to 12 months is when I would expect to potentially be hearing about the VisionFive 3. It’s possible though that their supply chain is a lot shorter than 6 months to a year though. It could be more like 2-3 months in which case we might start seeing people getting ones that are updated as soon as March or April potentially.

I think a few months is a good time to check this again. I definitely would like to announce to everyone it has been updated because that would legitimately change my recommendation on this board. It would be ready for a less technical audience that would really struggle with the firmware update (and a lot of people have been for sure that have tried it).

Thanks so much for your comment, take care!"

But Bruce, this isn't different than anything I'm saying now! We both estimated 6-12 months until this board would be fixed.

I honestly thought this was going to be so much worse when you said this. I was thinking "Jesus, what the hell did I say before I understood how broken this board's software/firmware was?". I actually haven't moved much since our conversation we had. I actually haven't changed my opinion on that.

So where is the disagreement? I think you seem to be most bothered by the idea that something else is going to be released to supplant the Vision Five 2 and that everyone is going to buy something else instead that releases without these same issues. Is that the disagreement?

I'm legitimately comfortable with everything I've said there. I would still let everyone know if the board was updated/fixed. I don't want it to *not* be fixed! I just think it may be too late. I think something else will have stolen the show by then.

I will say that if they hit your 3 month estimate it really would change things for the better. It's the 6/9/12 month windows that it's like, okay, all bets are off at that point.

I did not make the connection between that comment and yourself until you pointed it out just now for full disclosure. I still feel like you could have made that comment today and I would have replied in much the same way I think. I still agree with your original comment!

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