Hi all,
It took me a lot of time to find out how to setup my Logitech Harmony remote with my M8S amlogic S812 TV Box. My goal was to link more keys of the Harmony to keys in Kodi. Finally I found the solution on the net and want to share it for others who are struggling with this as well.
The solution should also work for M8 amlogic S802 boxes and perhaps with other boxes that have an build-in IR receiver that uses the NEC protocol.
You need access to the /system partition on the box. Use a root filemanager or setup a ssh server (quicksshd works for me.)
All steps are also explained in the attached file.
1. In Logitech MyHarmony software add the Pivos XIOS DS Media Player. This remote uses the right protocol and Logitech adds some extra keys additional to the fysical keys on this remote. You can link these keys to keys on your Harmony.
2. The All-off button on the Harmony uses the standard power-to-sleep function that doesn't work anymore with these new settings. You have to add the CodecInfo-action, which is linked to the POWER_SLEEP action, to the startup and shutdown actions of every activity of the Harmony that uses your android box.
3. The box uses a file to link the ir codes to android key codes: /system/etc/remote.conf. Replace /system/etc/remote.conf with the contents of the attached file (with thanks to Johan van Zoomeren who created it).
4. Run remotecfg /system/etc/remote.conf to activate the new settings.
Hope it works for you.
Joost.
Just come across this and just thought I would say thanks for the post... Works a treat with my harmony touch ?
hello. I want to start of by thanking you for the great post. i have a couple of questions tho and was hoping you can help me. i have the OTT BOX M8S+ which i am assuming is a similar box to yours:
1. what is the "codec info" that i need to add in order for the power button to work on the harmony
2. i want to use the colored buttons since i have an stb emulator. but everytime i press the green button my box jumps to the web browser.
3. also when i program the logitech, OTT box is in the database and seems to be working fine (copying the same remote keys)
appreciate your reply and feedback and hope to hear from you soon
Hello, i just bought an android tv box (nexbox a95x). It comes with a remote that has a "kodi" button on it, that starts the app Kodi when pressed. Thing is i don't use kodi and i would rather it start a different app. Is there a way to change either what the tvbox does when it receives the signal from the remote or change the other app's id or something to make the tvbox think it's kodi and start it ?
Any solutions?
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So, I had bought Onida 43" Smart TV back in 2016 as it was one of those first Android TVs in India. However looking at actual Android TV OS , you can make out that they literally ported phone OS (4.4.4) onto this TV and make it "Android TV". The ROM is also one of the developer ROMs that was ported without any end testing. Now with regular app updates TV has slowed down and apps crash often. TV in itself has never received any update from manufacturer and customer care has no idea what "update" for the TV is.
So can a clean wipe be performed and current ROM be replaced with pure Android TV ROM instead?
Thank you
Finally found a lag free ROM from a LCD/LED repair center. The lag and freeze issues have resolved after the update. TV is still on 4.4.4 but now a new list of problems have started, power button on TV has become inactive and TV now responds to Channel Down as Power On/Off. Remote control Power On/Off button no longer responds. Rest all works perfectly fine. Just my luck
Hello! I too have an onida 'live genius' android 4.4.4 tv.
my device says that it is an mstar android tv.
I'd like to upgrade it 5.0 but I couldn;t find any info on it.
does anyone have a custom recovery for this tv?
or a 5.0 ROM?
(noob here)
EDIT: How to enter recovery?
I bought a nexbox a1 android tv box with an s912 soc and running android 6. I'm using it to run my virtual pinball machine arcade that I built. I have real arcade buttons hooked up to a Zero delay usb controller. I've already bought two other android boxes that didn't work because I wasn't able to get the tv screen to rotate to portrait mode because they took the option to activate screen rotation out of Android 7+ because this firmware is for android tv and most people would be using them on tv in the landscape orientation, and probably to streamline the amount of code needed they took the option in the build.prop right out. Now my issue is this version of Android, for whatever reason, doesn't recognise the usb controller, the one of the other boxes registered the directional keys and I needed to root that box to be able to setup touch emulation, but at least that one recognised the buttons. This android 6 box doesn't. I need to know if there is a driver or app I need to get the buttons working
I've just received my first android TV box, this one
https://banggood.onelink.me/zMT7/wda08nyk, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I can go to get alternative ROMs for it? I'm specifically looking for Android TV based ROMs, as it ships with standard android (pretending to be a pixel 3).
I haven't found any. It's still a very new device. There are updated stock FW, though. Not much of an improvement. Here are updated stock Images.
Hello
Same problem here, it is pretending to be Googlre pixel 3
Any idea when would someone make Android TV based ROM?
If you own one of these H618 devices, can you please run the following command on your device to see if it has malware similar to the T95 H616?
Code:
adb shell "getprop ro.product.device ; [ -d '/data/system/Corejava' ] && echo 'Corejava exists' ; ! [ -d '/data/system/Corejava' ] && echo 'Corejava not present'"
Thanks!
Hi I am trying to connect my android box T95z plus to a Samsung tv, but when I try the signal is not getting though, although the hdmi connection is found there is a red cross symbol by the hdmi icon on TV.
However I can connect the Bix to my other fire tv with no issue and same cable!
This is really driving me mad.
And advice greatfully received thanks in advance
Jonnybourne said:
Hi I am trying to connect my android box T95z plus to a Samsung tv, but when I try the signal is not getting though, although the hdmi connection is found there is a red cross symbol by the hdmi icon on TV.
However I can connect the Bix to my other fire tv with no issue and same cable!
This is really driving me mad.
And advice greatfully received thanks in advance
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this issue is common, the tvboxes don't support every possible resolution out there, your tv may have a specific resolution or refresh rate that isn't supported by the tv box, so the tv box can't switch to the correct resolution because it doesn't exist.
i'm not by my tv box now, but if i recall correctly, there is usually an option to disable automatic switching to the correct resolution, you can turn that off so the box doesn't automatically switch to a resolution the TV chooses. then plugin the box to a monitor or another tv, choose a resolution manually on the tv box, then plug it back to the samsung tv, if still no signal, repeat the process with a different resolution.
this worked for me with 2 tv boxes Q96+ and HiMedia Q5 or Q7 i can't recall, but also hasn't worked with every box that did that, so it's a hit or miss.
good luck
You may want to try something like THIS. I had similar issues with both h616 and h618 boxes. In the settings for display, the h616 had a toggle for TV HDMI control.