Rock 3a does not enter maskroom mode

the most interesting thing is that via the android terminal I can go to the bootloader at least it seems to be but the command “sudo rkdeveloptool ld” always returns no device found.

Model: Rockchip RK3568 Evaluation Board
PreSerial: 2, raw, 0xfe660000
DRAM: 4 GiB
Sysmem: init
Relocation Offset: ed357000
Relocation fdt: eb9f8c48 - eb9fecd0
CR: M/C/I
Using default environment

no mmc device at slot 1
dwmmc@fe2b0000: 1 (SD), dwmmc@fe2c0000: 2, sdhci@fe310000: 0
Bootdev(atags): mmc 1
MMC1: Legacy, 52Mhz
PartType: EFI
DM: v1
boot mode: bootloader <-------- Here
Android 11.0, Build 2021.8, v2
Found DTB in boot part
DTB: rk-kernel.dtb
HASH(s): OK
ANDROID: fdt overlay OK
I2c0 speed: 100000Hz
vsel-gpios- not found! Error: -2
vdd_cpu init 900000 uV
PMIC: RK8090 (on=0x10, off=0x00)
vdd_logic init 900000 uV
vdd_gpu init 900000 uV
vdd_npu init 900000 uV
io-domain: OK
Model: Radxa ROCK 3 Model A
enter fastboot!
Rockchip UBOOT DRM driver version: v1.0.1
VOP have 1 active VP
vp0 have layer nr:6[0 2 4 1 3 5 ], primary plane: 4
vp1 have layer nr:0[], primary plane: 0
vp2 have layer nr:0[], primary plane: 0
disp info 0, type:11, id:0
hdmi@fe0a0000 disconnected
CLK: (sync kernel. arm: enter 816000 KHz, init 816000 KHz, kernel 0N/A)
apll 1416000 KHz
dpll 780000 KHz
gpll 1188000 KHz
cpll 1000000 KHz
npll 1200000 KHz
vpll 24000 KHz
hpll 24000 KHz
ppll 200000 KHz
armclk 1416000 KHz
aclk_bus 150000 KHz
pclk_bus 100000 KHz
aclk_top_high 500000 KHz
aclk_top_low 400000 KHz
hclk_top 150000 KHz
pclk_top 100000 KHz
aclk_perimid 300000 KHz
hclk_perimid 150000 KHz
pclk_pmu 100000 KHz
Net: eth1: ethernet@fe010000
MMC error: The cmd index is 1, ret is -110…
Card did not respond to voltage select!
mmc_init: -95, time 21
Enter fastboot…OK

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now in the lsusb command it appears as xiaomi.
disconnecting the usb it disappears

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it really seems to be the usb cable my fourth cable started to give a signal in windows it appears in the deposit manager only in linux it is appearing with xiaomi

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but the app still pops up that it didn’t find the device

finally solved, thanks to everyone who helped me.
These were the steps I took in case someone has the same problem:

1. jumper two first pins

2. I took a USB-A Y cable for an external HD case (I took a USB-A Y cable for an external HD case).

!!! just be careful the unmarked usb is just for power

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3. be careful with this switch, it has to be on the opposite side of the usb 3.0 (blue usb) on the board.

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thanks for sharing this experience,
I would not trust this kind of usb cable, also there are some issues with some usb ports on laptops so it’s always worth to double check our setup :slight_smile:

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