Odroid U3+ emmc card won't boot

[pzmatek]

Hi Everybody,

I've got a few old but good odroids U3+. They work fine using micro sd but can't get them to work with emmc cards.
I've got two orange 8GB emmc's - one is red box and the second one is blue dot. I was trying to find some information about the compatibility of these cards
https://wiki.odroid.com/accessory/emmc/ ... rom_the_50
but I must admit I got lost and finally I don't know if it's possible to make them work with my devices.

Firstly when I connected them the blue light didn't even react. When I made the recovery procedure from here viewtopic.php?f=53&t=6173#p49359
I've got the dimmed blue light. When I connected to the serial console I got the messages like below:


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CPU: S5PC220 [Samsung SOC on SMP Platform Base on ARM CortexA9]
APLL = 1000MHz, MPLL = 880MHz
DRAM: 2 GiB

PMIC VERSION : 0x00, CHIP REV : 3
TrustZone Enabled BSP
BL1 version: 20121128


Checking Boot Mode ... EMMC4.41
REVISION: 2.0
[ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 1
[ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 1
MMC Device 0: 0 MB
MMC Device 1: 0 MB
MMC Device 2 not found
[ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 17
mmc read failed
*** Warning - using default environment

USB3503 NINT = OUTPUT LOW!
ModeKey Check... run normal_boot
No ethernet found.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
do_fat_cfgload : cmd = fatload mmc 0:1 0x41000000 boot.ini
** Bad device size - mmc 0 **
[ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 1
[ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 1
>>> Load Boot Script from mmc 0:1 <<<
** Bad device size - mmc 0 **
>>> Load Boot Script from mmc 0:2 <<<
** Bad device size - mmc 0 **
>>> Run Default Bootcmd <<<
reading kernel..device 0 Start 2455, Count 16384
MMC read: dev # 0, block # 2455, count 16384 ... [ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 18
mmc read failed
-19 blocks read: ERROR
completed
reading RFS..device 0 Count 18839, Start 2048
MMC read: dev # 0, block # 18839, count 2048 ... [ERROR] response timeout error : 00000104 cmd 18
mmc read failed
-19 blocks read: ERROR
completed
Wrong Image Format for bootm command
ERROR: can't get kernel image!
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I put a fresh image to the cards using Win32DiskImager-odroid-v1.3 but still have the same messages.
Please take a look at this and let me know what you think.

Cheers

[odroid]

As far as I remember, the Orange eMMC is not compatible with U2/U3/X/X2.

BTW, did you try this recovery process?
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=969

[pzmatek]

Yes, I recovered the card using the method you posted and using an image from here https://odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id ... ecovery_u3
After that when I start the device I got the messages from above. When I put some image on the card the messages are the same. Looks like U3 can't recognize these cards and can't read from them.