@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

@George tried and older image with kernel 5, and tried to unseat and clan the cable of the monitor with 99% alcohol, still no video device

@george
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 1c4f:006b SiGma Micro USB Keyboard
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 1a86:8091 QinHeng Electronics USB HUB
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0bda:b85b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio

image is 20241004-ubuntu-24.04-preinstalled-desktop-arm64-laptop-v20

kernel 6.1.75, i have no video0 device under /dev/ and cheese for example doesn't show a webcam either, any idea?

@george that did it, wireguard works now, thanks

@george sudo modprobe wireguard gives me:
"modprobe: FATAL: Module wireguard not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.75"

I rebuild the Kernel and upgraded it, seems that it doesn't support Wireguard or openvpn

@george did that, but these are the same files i already have on the machine, so there must be an issue with the repository

modprobe cant start openvpn or wireguard? Seems there are kernel-headers missing

@George The latest Ubuntu image won't boot from either a usb stick nor if its imaged onto the laptop from my Macbook using ums mode,
both Debian and Arabian boot fine.

@george i also flashed the image to the emmc of the laptop, ubuntu didnt boot there either, meanwhile i tried the armbian image, that booted too.

@george i can confirm that the debian image boots normally,, only the latest Ubuntu wont start.