Hello,
I've purchased this one: http://www.dx.com/p/x96-tv-box-andr...-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-us-plug-449347#.WPuxONryuUk
Just wondering what ROMs and recoveries work. I've searched a bunch and found some dead links and conflicting information so I'm hesitant to flash it especially where I do not have a stock image to go back to if it renders it bricked.
If anyone can help out, it would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Scott
Note: Keeping a repository here as I find more information about this box: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzj6JjnAJZjjczVIbFlHS3VUWlU
Working on it
Custom TWRP and stripped down/modded firmware is on the way.
I hope we can get a pure Android Rom working on it
Again: Working on it
Fully unbranded and hopefully with unlocked custom bootanimation (Original Google would be my prefered option over Mbox).
Give me a bit of time and you will find flashable ZIP soon
All done
Another question about the box: is-it possible to have Android TV instead of a modded android marshmallow? Because the interface would be a lot easier to use.
Android TV is a complete different story and you can't really compare the two like this.
Android TV uses the Leanback launcher if I am not mistaken.
Already tried to include it into a testrom but so far no real luck as it uses a lot more binaries that are not included in the standard system.
Will have to create some symlinks, add binaries and do a lot of testing - not to mention finding all the included apps for android TV and figuring out how to make them work.
If the interface is your only trouble check some nice launchers first, like Apex for example.
Once I have something cooked up that actually works as expected you will find it in this section somewhere
Also interesting to test that , as mine is not even root ^^
Rom
Any news about the firmware for this device?
Nope, still no updates coming from the chinamen, seems they already abandoned firmware updates and moved on to different devices.
See this thread (beta 6 I used for.mine)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...gic/rom-x96-2-16gb-root-supersu-twrp-t3596525
I join the thread because because of a storm my X96 looks brick. I've been looking everywhere but I do not find the guide for unbrick. I wanted to save it not to throw it but I do not know where to download the firmware how to do unbrick. I know I'm in the wrong thread but I did not want to open it a lot like this and make it confusing. Thank you all
As long as you get into the TWRP recovery on the SD card all should be fine - assuming the box is a X96.
If that fails only the burn tool or burn card maker can help with a genuine firmware to get going again.
Hi guys sorry to bump an old thread. I'm still trying to find the TWRP zip for these so I can do a complete back up and then paste on other boxes.
Have an X96 Amlogic S905X Quad Core 2G/16G Android 6.0 Wifi HD 4K TV Box.
I flashed the FULLY UNBRANDED Kodi 17, everything looked fine but the box's red light just stays on after the reboot.
Does not go into TWRP at all or nothing on screen.
It now a paperweight?
Downloaded the Stock firmware (Android 6.0.1 X96 Amlogic S905x 20161122) and am trying to start box with a bootable SD-card.
BurnCardMaker asks for an IMG file with all the relevant (aml_autoscript, factory_update_param.aml, firmware.zip, recovery.img, u-boot.bin, etc) files in but i cannot find this IMG file.
Without these BurnCardMaker does not work at all or nothing happens on TV box at least.
Must also say, i use a 64gig SD card but it worked for the initial flash.
Am i wasting my time with this box now?
Thanks for help.
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My M9S-Pro finally arrived. It's a modest AmLogic S905 chip with a Mali-450, notably only because it has Ethernet, three USB ports, 3 GB of RAM and a 32 GB ROM.
My kids use the Nexus Player as a gaming device, but I am constantly running out of space even with Marshmallow's USB space reallocation (which does not work perfectly by any means). I bought this hoping to replace the Nexus Player which only has 8GB (+ whatever Marshmallow offers, and whatever some apps will allow transfer to external storage).
Right off the bat, it boots quickly and is stable. It included Kodi, some generic TV streamer with pay TV streams in foreign languages, a file manager, Antutu, various video players, and Netflix. The USB port puts out enough current to power an external 2.5" HDD.
Antutu score is 31,300 if that matters to you.
I found a version of TWRP that worked great and I rooted this by flashing the same beta-SuperSU as I used on my Nexus Player.
It uses an IR remote with shortcuts to different apps and a mouse function. It's slow but usable. I use it with an airmouse with a better experience.
I am running HAL Launcher which is just about the best experience you can hope for with a Chinese box. I also added the keylist for the Bluetooth controllers from the OUYA that I had years ago, and my kids use it for a gaming box.
It's a good value for me, but if you use Android TV boxes for streaming only you don't need the space and should probably get a cheaper box - maybe one running 6.0+ so it supports the latest version of Kodi.
Now that I have TWRP and root, I am looking for an AOSP experience.
Are these available for AmLogic systems? I've seen RemixOS for certain AmLogic boxes, but they're all a bit different and haven't tried experimenting with that yet.
How did you get this device rooted and how did you boot it into TWRP?
If rooted the Docooler, could I run a Long Term Release of Ubuntu or Mint on it. I've used Linux with our Brother MFC-J835DW and its simple to print from any Application. Android not good at all. 2nd is with Ubuntu I can set up multiple guest users in various Languages "English" " "Spanish" etc. so a guest can log on , browse, print, done.
On Android it seems to remember Users, not sure how to delete,
Very hard to print "share",
Doesn't appear to allow set up to multiple users so can only run as 1 language.
I really like that these boxes have separate monitors, keyboards, and appear not to require a fan as we are at the beach with a lot of salt air. All my connections require DiElectric Grease from Autozone so as not to corrode. Even better would be a sealed heat sink case.
Ken PlayaLindaHotel.com
root m9s-pro docooler amlogic s905 how
how root and install twrp in that model please tell me
Send me the links of software that must to download
hello, i have the m9s pro 32gb and i have slow speed in WiFi connection. Does anyone have the same problem and how can i solved? thanks in advance
Hello everyone, where can I get the original stock firmware? tnx
shdware said:
My M9S-Pro finally arrived. It's a modest AmLogic S905 chip with a Mali-450, notably only because it has Ethernet, three USB ports, 3 GB of RAM and a 32 GB ROM.
My kids use the Nexus Player as a gaming device, but I am constantly running out of space even with Marshmallow's USB space reallocation (which does not work perfectly by any means). I bought this hoping to replace the Nexus Player which only has 8GB (+ whatever Marshmallow offers, and whatever some apps will allow transfer to external storage).
Right off the bat, it boots quickly and is stable. It included Kodi, some generic TV streamer with pay TV streams in foreign languages, a file manager, Antutu, various video players, and Netflix. The USB port puts out enough current to power an external 2.5" HDD.
Antutu score is 31,300 if that matters to you.
I found a version of TWRP that worked great and I rooted this by flashing the same beta-SuperSU as I used on my Nexus Player.
It uses an IR remote with shortcuts to different apps and a mouse function. It's slow but usable. I use it with an airmouse with a better experience.
I am running HAL Launcher which is just about the best experience you can hope for with a Chinese box. I also added the keylist for the Bluetooth controllers from the OUYA that I had years ago, and my kids use it for a gaming box.
It's a good value for me, but if you use Android TV boxes for streaming only you don't need the space and should probably get a cheaper box - maybe one running 6.0+ so it supports the latest version of Kodi.
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dow did you root the device?
@alexxdj,
You'll need to do two things.
First, download TWRP for AmLogic devices. The link is below for a whole bunch of them.
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/amlogic-based-tv-players/16228-twrp-for-amlogic-devices
I don't remember which one I used, but I believe it was for a Minix S905 device. As long as it's S905, they are similar enough that you should be okay. Make sure it is scaled properly when you use it.
Then you'll need to download ChainFire's SuperSU.
https://download.chainfire.eu/743/supersu
Copy both files to a SD card. TWRP will be bootable, but you will need to press/hold the button that's hidden in the audio out jack. I simply used a pin. So, unplug the unit, insert the SD card, insert the pin, then plug it back in and wait for it to boot to TWRP.
If all looks well, great. You will need a mouse for this part.
Flash SuperSU as normal. Reboot.
After I booted, I actually had to run the supersu APK to make it work properly. I used Root Explorer (since it opens files in zip files with ease) to do this.
I hope this helps.
thanks for your information but where is this hidden button? I cant find it!!!
It's in one of the audio jacks in the back of the unit. Open it up if you need to see it: it comes apart easy and goes back together easy.
Otherwise get a long pin or needle and poke in the jacks until you feel it click.
shdware said:
It's in one of the audio jacks in the back of the unit. Open it up if you need to see it: it comes apart easy and goes back together easy.
Otherwise get a long pin or needle and poke in the jacks until you feel it click.
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i found it is the spdif jack thanks. do you remember if needs to rename the recovery? Because i downloaded the recovery for minix s905 but i cant boot it to twrp
Try naming it 'recovery.img'
The recovery should not be zipped. Extract the IMG file if it is.
yes i know that. maybe i tried wrong recovery. after 2 times failed to boot to recovery. when i release the button? when i show the android and starts to erase?
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i found it is the spdif jack thanks. do you remember if needs to rename the recovery? Because i downloaded the recovery for minix s905 but i cant boot it to twrp
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I press and hold it until the TWRP logo appears.
I think you have the wrong recovery. Try the MINIX MX one. AmLogic makes a lot of devices, and the S805, S812, S905, and S912 all require different recoveries.
You need to make sure it's for the S905. Google is your friend here.
After I successfully rooted, I ultimately decided to flash TWRP itself on my box.
i tried 50 recovery for s905 form yesterday but nothing. Cant boot to twrp!!
alexxdj said:
i tried 50 recovery for s905 form yesterday but nothing. Cant boot to twrp!!
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Apologies, I didn't realize the URL to Freaktab was truncated. I've corrected it now.
TWRP for AmLogic Devices
Try a few of these. There are only 31, and over half of them can be discounted because they are not for the S905.
If I remember right, I used this one:
/TWRP_MiniMX.img
shdware said:
Apologies, I didn't realize the URL to Freaktab was truncated. I've corrected it now.
TWRP for AmLogic Devices
Try a few of these. There are only 31, and over half of them can be discounted because they are not for the S905.
If I remember right, I used this one:
/TWRP_MiniMX.img
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You remember right!!!! this recovery was. thanks for your help friend.
@Gi3drius, @k_graham, @stilonas -
I've provided a tutorial. Read the comments and let me know if they help.
is there any update for this tx box?? and why do you want to install TWRP? I use it only fr install roms but I can´t find any for this model
I managed to create a fully unbranded firmware for the X96 that also allows to use custom bootanimations.
Since the hardware of a lot of S905X boxes is literally identical this should work on other boxes as well !?
Mine has 2/16GB but it should be possible to remove some things for 1/8GB models.
I tried a lot of firmwares from other boxes on mine with various success rates (did not modifiy anything in the firmwares).
AFAIK all it takes is a custom recovery for the box in question and that problem should be quite easy to fix anyway.
Has anyone done firmwares that work on multiple boxes?
Would anyone be willing to de-brand their box?
Could not let it rest, so I started playing with TWRP 3.1 in the meantime.
Although I manage to get all partition included, so a few more than with TWRP 3.0, it seems to be impossible to mount the external SD for any good use.
Backups and restores work from internal or USB only
TWRP 3.0 does not backup the logo, bootloader and /tee or the original recovery for that matter.
IMHO that means without the means to flash a genuine firmware in case something goes wrong I am stuck now.
Not 100% certain how important a backup of the other stuff would be these days but I would prefer to offer the option of a full nand backup instead of just system, data, cache and boot.
Still, the mods to the firmware are basically completed and it should work on most if not all S905X boxes with the same hardware.
Working on including more WiFI drivers though.
Very interesting I got a T95X that I wanted to use a "netflix machine" and the android version is atrocious.
The only thing about is that it uses a wifi chipset (9082xs) that it seems there is no sources yet.
Are you progressing?
Progress is relative here...
Several S905 boxes are conform to the same standard in terms of partition layout and hidden partitions, while other manufacturers brew their own.
One thing that would need fixing is a routine to check what WiFi chipset is used and activate the corresponding drivers, or one would need to flash this after the actual firmware.
The other thing, as said, is the partitions.
Could make sense to actually collect and list the data of the various boxes out there to join what can be joined.
This way we should be able to do with just 3 or 4 firmwares to suit all.
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Progress is relative here...
Several S905 boxes are conform to the same standard in terms of partition layout and hidden partitions, while other manufacturers brew their own.
One thing that would need fixing is a routine to check what WiFi chipset is used and activate the corresponding drivers, or one would need to flash this after the actual firmware.
The other thing, as said, is the partitions.
Could make sense to actually collect and list the data of the various boxes out there to join what can be joined.
This way we should be able to do with just 3 or 4 firmwares to suit all.
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OK, so let me know if I can help you.
You can take the WiFi folder from your firmware and replace the one in a suitable firmware to get it working on your box.
If rooted and the bootloader is unlocked you might even be able to just install the Open GAPPS TV package.
Just because it always fails on my box might not mean it fails on all boxes.
I am starting to think a "universal" firmware is only possible by creating a system partition that is happy with whatever kernel and startup routines are present on a device.
But even then there are still problems depending on how the security and additional security features are implemented in the kernel.
Not to mention managing partitions that are not available on all devices.
s905x
sorry for the presumptiousness but i dont know where else to turn. my m9c pro 4k 1/8gb box which has the marshmallow OS has stopped working. i had formatted my sdcard as internal memory forgot took the card out and gave it away now when it boots it continuosly shows the mbox boot screen runs my iptv in the back ground i can change channels up/down but cant see any thing because the mbox boot screen is still there.can you help me to recover using an sd card, please. i had a stroke so my memory is bad. thanks. also need link to the files. this box has a reset button underneath but it apparently only works when it has a bootable sdcard in it.
Downunder35m said:
I managed to create a fully unbranded firmware for the X96 that also allows to use custom bootanimations.
Since the hardware of a lot of S905X boxes is literally identical this should work on other boxes as well !?
Mine has 2/16GB but it should be possible to remove some things for 1/8GB models.
I tried a lot of firmwares from other boxes on mine with various success rates (did not modifiy anything in the firmwares).
AFAIK all it takes is a custom recovery for the box in question and that problem should be quite easy to fix anyway.
Has anyone done firmwares that work on multiple boxes?
Would anyone be willing to de-brand their box?
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will your fully unbranded firmware work with T3X Mini............if yes will you like to share please
Hi folks.
I'm an Android firmware developer (you can see my posts here in xda) that got a yoga book yesterday. For me it works at it should (by now) but my hacker soul speak to me and said: "at least take a look to see what you can get from this device". I don't have many time, so I can't spend time doing roms or fixing things by myself, but I can share with you some info I get and help you with my knowledge if someone is interested in "play" with this device.
First of all, I'm not responsable of anything that you can break following these steps. Almost all of them are tested and with some common sense you will not break anything, and if you break anything I will try to help you to fix it (if you are polite), but this is a work in progress and hacking and the possibility of brick the device is always there.
I only have the Android version without LTE, so I only tested in my Book.
So, here we go:
1) Secret codes:
I get this codes decompiling EngineeringCode.apk with apktool. Be carefull with them:
####0000# - Display version info
####7599# - Display hardware info
####8375# - Display baseband info
####1111# - Factory test
####2222# - Display SN
####7777# - Factory Reset???
####5993# - Display internal frameWork version
####7642# - Cut the power off to reload the PMIC - This command shutdowns the device. Just press the power button to reboot.
####5236# - Display LCD name
####2834# - ES close test
####8899# - open the ums mode default for debug
####3333# - offline log
####3334# - offline modem log
####9527# - Mediaplayer setting
####78646# - RunIn test
####6020# - switch country code
####59930# - Display current country code
####8746# - Enter engineering mode
####4227# - Enter engineer test
####357# - DLP_TEST
To use these codes, open the contacts app, press the search button and enter the code in the search bar.
2) OTA Images
You can get OTA images directly from lenovo servers. Just open your browser and paste this url:
http://fus.lenovomm.com/firmware/3....WW06_BP_ROW&action=querynewfirmware&locale=en
Change device model if needed (LenovoYB1-X90F or LenovoYB1-X90L)
Change curfirmwarever to a valid OLD firmware, this way you will get the next one in age.
Change locale if needed.
With this url you will get a download url at the end of the result page. In this case: http://tabdl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v...S000426_1705080316_WW06_BP_ROW_WC80C2A0F2.zip
These images are not full ota images, they are diff versions. This means that we can't use them to mod the image, or recover a bricked device, but this is a first step
3) Custom images
We don't have real sources to build a custom image (the lenovo's open source files are useless), but this doesn't mean that we couldn't modify stock images to take out useless apks or get better performance.
We can get this using an Android Kitchen and a full update image for the device.
As Android kitchen you can use SuperR kitchen (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...chen-superr-s-kitchen-v1-1-50-v2-1-6-t3597434)
As full image, I only tested the one here (https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=19521) because I can't download any newer one.
I tested uncompressing it, deodexing the apks and doing a new image. But I don't test it in the device because I need to install twrp to flash the new image and I don't have time to test. But this should work, I did it many times so if someone is interested I can give steps to do it and support for testing.
If someone can get the latest full images, send then to me and maybe I can get some time to do some tests.
PD: Probably we could use this as a base to get LineageOS 14.1 working: https://github.com/latte-dev/android_device_xiaomi_latte/tree/cm-14.1
So, if you are interested in some hacking with the Yoga Book, contact me and we could team to get the most of this device.
First of all thank you for your post, it´s really useful
if you could somehow manage to boot windows on this machine it´s by far the greatest war we have right now.
Il promise you a lunch or dinner on Lisbon whenevere you want!
joao1979 said:
First of all thank you for your post, it´s really useful
if you could somehow manage to boot windows on this machine it´s by far the greatest war we have right now.
Il promise you a lunch or dinner on Lisbon whenevere you want!
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Sorry, my knowledge of Windows is only user level . Install it in personal computer to play games .
But I really don't know why people wants to run Windows there, it will go slowly than Android and its less touch oriented... but I suppose that this is a chat for another thread
corvus said:
Sorry, my knowledge of Windows is only user level . Install it in personal computer to play games .
But I really don't know why people wants to run Windows there, it will go slowly than Android and its less touch oriented... but I suppose that this is a chat for another thread
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in my particular case, i´l admit that is for football manager the touch version
joao1979 said:
in my particular case, i´l admit that is for football manager the touch version
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Have you tried running it through Crossover? It may be in its infancy but i have got a few apps running OK with it.
I have the full "YB1-X90F_USR_S000196_1611040312_WW06_BP_ROW" I can upload somewhere if anyone can suggest a good site to do so without signing up? The file is about 2.5gb
It will be great if we could get the latest version, because maybe these older versions have older files that we have updated in our tablets.
Mixing files could give unknown problems
The current TWRP is based on the new Yoga Tab 3
I am starting to think they do not do full roms for this in the same way they do for a lot of their other devices.
We know the otas are available from tabdl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6/ and are named according to the 2 builds that it bridges. As easy-firmware had the december full rom under the file name B1-X90F_USR_S000196_1611040312_WW06_BP_ROW-flashfiles.zip I had hoped that I could work out the file path to pull it down.
There were some interesting ideas here, https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/how-download-stock-roms-lenovos-ota-t3109507 but it seems there is a difference between phonedl.ota and tabdl.ota
Queries to full roms that work for phones, don't seem to work for the yoga book.
Anyone with more web knowledge able to pick this up? I am not sure the files are there but I feel they should be.
Good luck
Update: the downloads seem to be hosted via CloudFront. An Amazon service, but I can not find out a way of listing the available files. The latest full rom would be
http://tabdl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6/YB1-X90F_USR_S000426_1705080316_WW06_BP_ROW_WC80C2A0F2.zip
But the Last 8 chars are random and we do not know what they are.
So we have two hopes. First work out the right query to the link from fus.lenovomm.com or two find a way of listing files available in tabdl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6
Not sure I have got much further but ill keep trying when I can.
Hey, I should mention that I have some files that you may find helpful; I got them from the easy firmware website. They're all the .img files for each partition in Android (ie. boot.img, cache.img, config.img, factory.img, recovery.img, system.img) as well as: biosupdate.fv, bootloader, firmware.bin and gpt.bin. However, these of course aren't in the normal "flashable .zip ROM" format. So unless you know how to take apart these .img files they aren't very useful. If you need any more help or have any other questions about how far we've come on our own, feel free to ask. danjac also has great knowledge of our efforts.
Yes, I know how to use them, unpack, modify, etc. But what I want is the latest version, no a old version (I hav these files too). If you have them I can do some changes, debloat, etc.
Anyway, I see little interest in custom roms in this forum ( probably because it's not a device with a lot of users or the users are not the techy kind), so I prefer to help others with info than do a custom rom that only 2 or 3 people will use. Doing custom roms is a time hungry task and probably it doesnt worth the effort. Anyway this device is not full of bloatware like samsung ones, so it useable as it is.
As I said in my first post if anyone is interested I can give some hints and support to modify the full image (but only the latest one).
It's so sad that there are only a few interested owners of this tab - it's such a nice device but i fear the day lenovo decides to end their support for it. There will be no custom roms to switch to and keep the device alive - it will be a soon to be bit of old tech garbage BTW. I still use my Asus Transformer Prime because of the nice community
@NiffStipples I fully agree. This device is so powerful and its a suprise that it is invisible to the "market". In my humple opinion the normal ROMs aren't that bad besides missing updates but I would love to see all the power served through a custom rom. unfortunately programming is not my business
Stefan
Broomfundel said:
Have you tried running it through Crossover? It may be in its infancy but i have got a few apps running OK with it.
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Interesting - is Crossover good (and does it require factory reset)?
Hi, It works well with some things and not others. Often the why and where are not obvious. It is basically "wine" the layer that allows some windows apps to run on a linux install. Tweeked to work with android. Just an install to put crossover on. Then another install (Within crossover), to put you app on crossover. If it doesn't work out of the box, there windows libraries you can switch out and dependencies you can install. (Eg: directx , .net) Even if your not technical. I would say get on the beta program and give it a try.
Hi! what do you mean by "lenovo's open source files are useless"? do you refer to this packet on lenovo's suppport site? download.lenovo.com/consumer/open_source_code/lenovo_yb1_x90f_l_osc_201608.zip
I've entered the Android YogaBook's BIOS and noticed that VT-X is enabled by default! With Limbo x86 we could get a fully working virtualized Windows or Linux, if it wasn't for... KVM. It seems like it's not enabled in Lenovo's default kernel. Could we get to recompile the kernel with this option on? i'm not a big android/ROM expert but i surfed the open_source_code folder from Lenovo and it seemed, to me, that we could rebuild the Kernel at least.
This could really change things!
morrolinux said:
Hi! what do you mean by "lenovo's open source files are useless"? do you refer to this packet on lenovo's suppport site? download.lenovo.com/consumer/open_source_code/lenovo_yb1_x90f_l_osc_201608.zip
I've entered the Android YogaBook's BIOS and noticed that VT-X is enabled by default! With Limbo x86 we could get a fully working virtualized Windows or Linux, if it wasn't for... KVM. It seems like it's not enabled in Lenovo's default kernel. Could we get to recompile the kernel with this option on? i'm not a big android/ROM expert but i surfed the open_source_code folder from Lenovo and it seemed, to me, that we could rebuild the Kernel at least.
This could really change things!
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How did you enter the bios? Can you boot from usb?
anyone managed to use swiftkey keyboard?
Hi,
I've been trying to find a custom recovery for the new Asus Tinkerboard, which is based on a RK3288 chipset, running Android 6.0.1, so I can install zip files from sdcard etc.
The generic CWM 6.0.5.1 by @Oma7144 *almost* works, but it usually hangs after saying can't open /dev/block/...../misc (no such file or directory).
The one time it got past this it gave me the menu option for reboot/install zip etc, but I couldn't move up and down the menu with my USB-attached keyboard.
Does anyone know if there's a later build, or a tinkerboard-specific one anywhere?
Thanks,
Iain
iainfm said:
Hi,
I've been trying to find a custom recovery for the new Asus Tinkerboard, which is based on a RK3288 chipset, running Android 6.0.1, so I can install zip files from sdcard etc.
The generic CWM 6.0.5.1 by @Oma7144 *almost* works, but it usually hangs after saying can't open /dev/block/...../misc (no such file or directory).
The one time it got past this it gave me the menu option for reboot/install zip etc, but I couldn't move up and down the menu with my USB-attached keyboard.
Does anyone know if there's a later build, or a tinkerboard-specific one anywhere?
Thanks,
Iain
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Hey lain,
Did you solved your problem till now?
i think the big problem is that the Tinker board is not so popolar at the moment and you see this specialy on xda that there are not much to find about it.
I have the TB too and i am actually very active at the Tinker board community Forum but also there are not much solutions for some things i need or want for example bluetooth functions to use it as a headset.
But try your luck there and ask your question.
Greets
Check out TWRP Builder
iainfm said:
Hi,
I've been trying to find a custom recovery for the new Asus Tinkerboard, which is based on a RK3288 chipset, running Android 6.0.1, so I can install zip files from sdcard etc.
The generic CWM 6.0.5.1 by @Oma7144 *almost* works, but it usually hangs after saying can't open /dev/block/...../misc (no such file or directory).
The one time it got past this it gave me the menu option for reboot/install zip etc, but I couldn't move up and down the menu with my USB-attached keyboard.
Does anyone know if there's a later build, or a tinkerboard-specific one anywhere?
Thanks,
Iain
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They already compiled a working I'm going of TWRP and it can be downloaded thru the site or app. Heads up thou, I have a TB S with 7.1.2 and it would not work, just bootlooped or wouldn't return to recovery at all. Let me know if that works for you, the img number is 630 I believe, just follow the instructions, I already rooted and installed play on mine before doing this
supasleeze said:
They already compiled a working I'm going of TWRP and it can be downloaded thru the site or app. Heads up thou, I have a TB S with 7.1.2 and it would not work, just bootlooped or wouldn't return to recovery at all. Let me know if that works for you, the img number is 630 I believe, just follow the instructions, I already rooted and installed play on mine before doing this
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had same issue, not sure if mine is s or not, i think it's just the regular TB.
the port poorly ported or it's just intentional anti-leech. if you look in the fstab files, you'll see it...
honestly, the best way would be to port it by yourself. i'm gonna try doing that sometime this month, no guarantees though
I had this TV Box I'd bought from Wish. I thought I would share a (nearly) stock image. I pulled it after having to play around with the Google Play Store for a while because it ceased functioning.
I had noticed several other people having issues with obtaining a stock ROM, possibly on other forums.
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtYTbQWzzbfRiBZEsUFK73q2H-pX
Thought it thru some more today and I'm adding a raw image of boot, bootloader and system. There may be more on this device that someone will find useful, if it's the case, let me know so I can dumped and post it.
File availability
Hi engineerchad
I am seeking the files you previously linked to, however they no longer appear available.
I'd be very grateful if you could make them available again please, if you do not mind?
Thank you
Andy
Link dead
engineerchad said:
Thought it thru some more today and I'm adding a raw image of boot, bootloader and system. There may be more on this device that someone will find useful, if it's the case, let me know so I can dumped and post it.
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I am searching for this ROM but the link seems to be dead. Can you re-upload it?
abpdora said:
I am searching for this ROM but the link seems to be dead. Can you re-upload it?
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I will go ahead and put it back up, give me a little bit seems like I lost the files on my online drive so I'll have to go ahead and either pull from a backup or take it off the device again. Check back later today or tomorrow and I should have a new link posted for you.
Onedrive:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Am__eYU6nzsDgYMcl4D4gdMkAnLIuw
Mega:
https://mega.nz/#F!u8t3ECYS!HH8I-DPraAsc1CwMeTt-1Q
I hope it helps! I would post the link for the TWRP recovery that I used, but it was specifically stated to -please- not link up to it, reproduce, copy, re-upload, etc by the author. I located it with a Google search for "TWRP Amlogic S905W" or something of the like. It doesn't function perfectly (on my high-def TV, it displays on the top half of the screen, with the bottom half just kind of filled with garbage and you NEED a mouse hooked to the box to use it, but it's workable).
engineerchad said:
Onedrive:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Am__eYU6nzsDgYMcl4D4gdMkAnLIuw
Mega:
https://mega.nz/#F!u8t3ECYS!HH8I-DPraAsc1CwMeTt-1Q
I hope it helps! I would post the link for the TWRP recovery that I used, but it was specifically stated to -please- not link up to it, reproduce, copy, re-upload, etc by the author. I located it with a Google search for "TWRP Amlogic S905W" or something of the like. It doesn't function perfectly (on my high-def TV, it displays on the top half of the screen, with the bottom half just kind of filled with garbage and you NEED a mouse hooked to the box to use it, but it's workable).
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Pull original recovery and send me a link ill try porting a fully functional version
Ricky Divjakovski said:
Pull original recovery and send me a link ill try porting a fully functional version
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It should show in both links "recovery.stock.img" is the filename.
The conventions of naming partitions on the box are quite simple /dev/block/system /dev/block/recovery /dev/block/boot etc (I believe. I actually haven't plugged this one in for a minute after I got a slight upgrade for it that I'm using now.) I had originally intended to do this myself, but have been trying for a long time to recover from the mental/physical effects of a quarter million dollar set of injuries last year and it's been pretty brutal.
I see where someone has done an unofficial TWRP in https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-stick--console-computers/amlogic/recovery-twrp-3-0-2-0-touch-recovery-t3454549 for this device with 8GB ROM, so I'm not sure if this would work just as well, or if it needs to be remade (this box is labelled as A95X and it's the amlogic s905x chipset with 2GB/16GB so I'm not sure if it would somehow be different from the link above or not.)
I figured I'd update, it seems like I may have misread the post originally on freaktab the author requested people share this link as opposed to mirroring. Here it is (had to search it up again, by coincidence it's also working for my a95x max + box which is also OTT TV brand I'll try to get an image up from that but my computer shows it has a root trojan in the stock image?)
http://konstakang.com/devices/nexbox_a95x/TWRP/
twrp complete backup
Hi Can you post a full backup with all partitions?
I have a a95x pro s905w too, and lost L1 widevine
Thanks for your support.
Best Regards from Spain
Here you have the last update.zip from the vendor:
A95X(905w2_16)_PRO-7.1.2-201806201412 2018062016101756843 zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aSNU51sA3hm2bI-S1w7fz2l_jrmjD6Ks
try and see if it solve your problem
afaik, the OTT TV BOX stock firmware has a su included. There's just no SuperSU or other app to control access to it from what I've seen (and it's been pretty touchy while trying to install one, IME)
hi
i have A95X R1 Android 7.1 CPU Amlogic S905W 2.0GHz GPU Mali-450MP5 RAM 2G ROM 16G, anyone have a firmware or ROM for it pls??
is-serb said:
hi
i have A95X R1 Android 7.1 CPU Amlogic S905W 2.0GHz GPU Mali-450MP5 RAM 2G ROM 16G, anyone have a firmware or ROM for it pls??
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seeking that same firmware ..
firmware
deetucks said:
seeking that same firmware ..
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I have a95x 1g 8g and was at android 6 (this has 2 g 16g as well posted below)
Link posted is for ALL firmwares for the ott nexbox devices. Pretty sure some of you will need this. The listing does not say 7.1.2 but it is. It says 7 or 7.1 no worries. I got it, used it.
It is nexbox... so if you have the nexbox logo on your screen this is your stock 7.1.2 as I have just upgraded my box today.
You can use twrp, but do it from SD and never install it as you don't need to. Put twrp .img file NOT the zip with the blank update zip below. Never need to lose stock recovery.... I think. Not sure about custom roms yet but will lknow in an hour I'd say. Also included a zip of a program that will format your sd card fat32. I had a 64 gig card and windows won't make it fat32. Stupid.
As far as making the bootable sd card, I kept only getting 2 files when I ran the burn card maker you may have seen. That uboot one never was put in. Then by mistake I loaded the main img file after one completion. So not sure if you have to hit make twice or maybe because I used a 64 gig card. But with all 3 files there, I stuck in the sd card, nothing except hdmi plugged in.... held the reset button in and powered on..... got the android guy and a long update bar.......updated!
If you can put stock by SD card... do it! That other method via USB with USB burning tool app? If it works, yay. But I never got it working. That fat32 maker was very handy!
Link if you have nexbox:
https://mega.nz/#F!F9xjTSSa!R0vJfTC2U6Qc2skNMrr1iQ!4wpwzJyS
Has twrp but all crappy like mentioned earlier... pretty sure. But all firmware from 5 to 7 and I got 7 from there.
its not a nexbox..and its 2g 16g.. i cant find its stock rom anywhere,, the ds card thing does not work either ..i tried with numerous custom rom jus dont boot with the ds card,,
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its not a nexbox..and its 2g 16g.. i cant find its stock rom anywhere,, the ds card thing does not work either ..i tried with numerous custom rom jus dont boot with the ds card,,
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That sucks. The link posted has 2 gig 16 gig. All firmwares... think my board is the same.
hmm.. think it is the same box. I will re-read your specs if you listed them
How did you get firmware to sd card, is it fat32 and only stock will work... so not sure but I think if you try from the link I posted, it won't screw you up? I think?
Ott tv box
model: R1
cpu: Amlogic s905w
ram: 2gb rom :16gb
[email protected]
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i can always try ,, i definately will look into it and give a try,,
deetucks said:
Ott tv box
model: R1
cpu: Amlogic s905w
ram: 2gb rom :16gb
[email protected]
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oh you got the w.....have you looked on freaktab? Some site I just discovered. There is a good chance you'll find it there or someone can help.
I just tried looking and there is almost nothing. Weird because I could have sworn I saw a lot of s905w when I first started this.. Now you got me looking.
trust me i,m on freaktab cant find nothing.. request help nothing so far..
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trust me i,m on freaktab cant find nothing.. request help nothing so far..