Don’t Throw Away Your Old Android TV Box! Turn It Into a 4-Watt NAS !

Stop letting your old Android TV boxes gather dust! In this video, I’ll show you how to breathe new life into an old HK1 (Amlogic S905X3) Android TV box by transforming it into a fully functional, ultra-low-power Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. Using Armbian Linux and a simple Samba configuration, we can turn this under 4-watt device into a powerful file server for your home network—perfect for backups, media streaming, and document storage without the high cost of a dedicated NAS device. In this video, you will learn: • How to prepare your micro SD card with Armbian. • How to boot your TV box into Linux. • Setting up a static IP for your server. • Configuring Samba for easy file sharing on Windows, Mac, and Linux. • Why these little boxes are the kings of energy efficiency. Hardware used in this video: • HK1 Android TV Box (Amlogic 4 core S905X3 / 4GB RAM/ 64GB eMMC) • Micro SD Card Useful links: https://www.armbian.com/ https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-... https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33676... == ⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰ == 0:00 Run NAS on old Android TV Box! 1:12 Armbian Linux minimum requirements 1:50 HK1 draws less than 4 Watts ! 2:10 Flash microSD with Armbian OS 3:25 Armbian Minimal vs Desktop 4:50 Flashing microsd with BalenaEtcher 5:45 Modify Armbian boot partition on microSD 6:45 Mount boot partition 7:40 change name of u-boot to u-boot.ext 8:05 set correct dtb file in extlinux.conf file 10:10 unmount microsd and insert to Android TV Box 10:30 find RESET button on Android TV Box 11:15 Connect and start Android TV box with RESET button pressed 11:35 Booting from Armbian OS 11:50 ip address of Android box for ssh 12:05 Configure root and user accounts 13:50 SSH to Android Box (run headlessly) 16:55 armbian-config to move Armbian from SD to internal memory 18:10 armbian-upgrade command 19:25 Install Samba on AMLogic Android TV Box 19:55 Confiugure Samba on AMLogic Android TV Box 22:15 Create shared folder for samba 23:00 testparm to test samba configuration 24:30 Connecting to Samba share on Android TV Box 25:30 Testing Samba copy speed with test file == ⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰ == Business Inquiries: [email protected] == 101 ==