I use Armbian Linux with my Orange Pi PC (H3 CPU, 1GB RAM) and Orange Pi PC2 (H5 CPU, 1GB RAM) and both of them work fine.
However no luck with the Android image. Previously I tried H3Droid but it seems to be the old Android 4.4.
Then from an Orange Pi Facebook page, someone recommended the Sunvell R69 H3 rom running Android 7.1.2 for the Orange Pi PC and it seem to work perfectly.
The R69 H3 Android 7.1 ROM works very well with Orange Pi PC. In fact even my generic remote works fine.
Then I have Orange Pi PC2 board with Allwinner H5 CPU and 1GB RAM. I also have Orange Pi One Plus board with H6 CPU and again 1GB RAM.
Xunlong, the vendor of Orange Pi boards, provides Android 5.1 image for the Orange Pi PC2 (no Google services) and Android 7.0 image for Orange Pi One Plus H6 board with Google services. I tested both image and both seem to work fine. It needs Xunlong’s remote which I did not have but I can use my wireless mouse and keyboard. The power button works fine.
Orange Pi PC H3 board: HDMI display output resolution up to 1080p 60Hz.
Orange Pi PC2 H5 board: HDMI display output resolution up to 1080p 60Hz and 4K 30Hz
Orange Pi One Plus H6 board: HDMI display output resolution up to 1080p 60Hz and 4K 60Hz.
I only have small heatsinks for the three boards (meant for Raspberry Pi 3B+) and they do run a bit hot. Still the H6 board CPU temperature only hits about 80 degrees C with a small fan blowing at the bare board. Not as bad as the Tanix TX6 which hits 90 degree C. Of course the board has less stuff, for example no WiFi.
The experiments tell me that even Low end 1GB RAM based boards can be useful for multimedia usages.
Armbian Linux works well with the two H3/H5 based boards, but it is still only at "suitable for testing" stage for the H6.
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