The success of the R36S is attracting all kinds of scammers who want a piece of the pie and are selling clone consoles with inferior capabilities compared to the original console.

The behavior of a clone console when loading ArkOs is that the console remains with a blank screen and the LED flashing in red:

dd if=/mnt/6T/R36S/00-R36S/ArkOS_R35S-R36S_v2.0_02092025_P4.img of=/dev/sde bs=4M status=progress

To resolve this issue, we will need to load an alternative image of ArkOS.

dd if=/mnt/6T/R36S/00-R36S/ArkOS_K36_v2.0_02212025.img of=/dev/sde bs=4M status=progress

Even after loading this image, the console may work but not display anything on the screen. In such cases, we must replace the screen firmware files we have with one of these .

Remember that even if nothing is displayed on the screen, the first time the console boots up, it performs a partition resize. Therefore, it is advisable to leave the console on for about 2 minutes during the first boot before turning it off blindly: FN+Power.

NOTE: At minute 1:02 of the video, you can see that even with the screen inoperative, a restart occurs.

Once turned off, remove the SD card and connect it to the PC to test each of the firmwares until one works:

git clone https://github.com/AeolusUX/K36-DTB.git
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 1/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 2/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 3/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 4/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 5/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/
cp -r K36-DTB/Panel\ 6/* /media/kr0m/BOOT/

Finally, it will boot up:

One of the biggest problems with clone consoles is that no Wi-Fi card will work, completely ruling out NetPlay.

No wifi option - does not support wifi dongles
Runs a little slower and has limited options

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In the following videos, we can see how Wi-Fi cards work without issues on a genuine R36S, while none of them work on the clone:

In addition, the configuration menus are different even when loading ArkOS. In the video, we can see a genuine R36S on the left and the clone on the right.