For anyone who has a similar issue like me, it turned out the nvme ssd i was using didn't agree with the notebook when it came to sleep states. I swapped it with an WD Blue SN570 and now everything works as expected.

@george okay, i tried it again from a bare-metal win machine and that seemed to do the trick, thanks!

Now entering disk mode to write to emmc doesnt seem to work anymore, is there any formatting that needs to be done using the rkdevtool? I tried the formatting through armbian on a usb stick.

@george that’s basically what I’m doing, got the backplate off. There’s also a green led on the SOM that’s glowing green, I thought this means it’s in Maskrom mode too?

@George tried the tool, that gives me an error

I tried to update the boot loader using dd as described but then the device failed to boot. Using another computer and rkdeveloptool, I tried to flash the spi with the files from onedrive,

rkdeveloptool db */Image/loader.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x00001000 */Image/uboot.bin
rkdeveloptool rd

but the laptop still seems to be stuck in maskrom mode.

i was trying to build the kernel, but after following the instructions i only get a blinking cursor on reboot.

After letting the Laptop rest for a few days, the cam was back shortly, went away after a few seconds though.

Would love to daily-drive this laptop, but i kinda need a webcam to do that

@Momo-0 I tested both Pins with and without the LCD cable attached, but I get no connectivity between them and ground. No beeping

@george is there any chance i could get a replacement screen/camera?

@George any idea what else I can try? I see no reason the camera would be damaged, im pretty careful around my stuff