Hi,
a few weeks ago, I ordered my Mini M8S II at Gearbest:
http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_390235.html
Yesterday I tried to flash this image:
http://amlinux.ru/image/905/7.0.2.003/LibreELEC-Amlogic.aarch64-Mini_M8S-7.0.2.003-update.zip
onto the M8S II, unfortunately the M8S images are not for M8S II... -.-
I flashed via "Backup&Restore" and got an error and the box stays black after reboot. I wanted to flash a bootable with the Bootcard Maker, but couldn't find an official image with the u-boot.bin. Can someone tell where to get it? Now I'm waiting for an USB-A -> USB-A cable to use the USB Burning Tool.
Is my procedure correct so far? What also could I try?
Greetings
im0nKeY
Have you been able to fix your device yet? The M8S is a S812 chip. I think you can probably try using any S905X u-boot for the M8S II. I have access to one from 20160929 if you still need it.
Also do you have serial console access to the device?
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Hello, I have this tv box (MXQ Pro+ S905) 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM
The stock firmware is horrible, can you help me to upgrade it?
Do you have some firmware?
I tried to flash some firmware, but i think they was incompatible, i got only errors
Originally bought two identical MXpro Android TV Boxes. Since one of them freezes at startup on Android logo (won't enter launcher). My question: is there any way to copy certain files & folders directly from the other identical box to get it to boot up correctly once again? *issue is that I have no use of any computer at the moment. Either this method or any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! -Dave.D.
LordMauryZ said:
Hello, I have this tv box (MXQ Pro+ S905) 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM
The stock firmware is horrible, can you help me to upgrade it?
Do you have some firmware?
I tried to flash some firmware, but i think they was incompatible, i got only errors
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If you have s905X with blue board than try this one :
https://mega.nz/#!jQ8HWIoQ!ubMpueVYGPA_PtE9snE1buZXjLUeFJP-mOd6vX91wkw
what you need to do is procure the factory image. i may be wrong but there isn't a S905 with 2 gb ram and 16gb nand. the first ones were S905x (excluding capabilities of the S912). there are plenty of alternative roms available including linux based. search around and you will find your firmware. you can even contact the seller you bought it from including amazon and ebay. check chinagadgetreviews.com also. alot can be found there. theres other forums too. once you find your correct firmware, reflash it and see if that resolves your issues. if not. boot twrp on the other one and make a full backup. take this backup, and move it to an area on your sd where you can find it then restore it on the buggy box. make sure you keep a backup copy of everything that works, especially if you cannot find the original. if you look really really hard, you may even find some fully compatible generic images that some developers are kind enough to maintain. you may need to make friends with a ruski to get it tough. thats the best hint im willing to give without provoking any admins or mods (sorry guys if i broke any rules).
im going back under my rock now.
oh and another tip, not all devices are the same. even if they say the same brand. there are differences in wifi chips. you should be able to figure this out. usually theres some model or sticker on the bottom or on the box it came in
LordMauryZ said:
Hello, I have this tv box (MXQ Pro+ S905) 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM
The stock firmware is horrible, can you help me to upgrade it?
Do you have some firmware?
I tried to flash some firmware, but i think they was incompatible, i got only errors
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I HAVE SAME PROBLEM HERE...JUST 1MONTH BACK I PURCHASED MXQ PRO 2GB 16GB ROM...S 605W BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS STUCKED WITH A LOGO ....NOTHING MORE...
SEVERAL TRIED TILL UNABLE TO DETECT PC
I have android tv 7 roms for s905x and android tv 9 roms for s905x s905w and s912 based boxes https://aidansrom.wordpress.com
aidanmacgregor said:
I have android tv 7 roms for s905x and android tv 9 roms for s905x s905w and s912 based boxes https://aidansrom.wordpress.com
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not detecting box by usb burning tool...
mbox55980 said:
not detecting box by usb burning tool...
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ahh, you may need to figure out "Mask Rom Mode" to force your device to be detected by burn tool, assuming you have already tried different usb port on pc, reinstalling burn tool & Also tryed adding power at same time connecting the usb cable
Hello, attempting to flash [S905X][FINAL]atvXperience seems to have hard bricked my Beelink Mini MX II III. Flashing failed with an X in front of the android guy, and now the box shows no signs of life. Any ideas for a fix?
Pictures of the board
https://imgur.com/a/ODPBNoZ
joeshmoe1 said:
Hello, attempting to flash [S905X][FINAL]atvXperience seems to have hard bricked my Beelink Mini MX II III. Flashing failed with an X in front of the android guy, and now the box shows no signs of life. Any ideas for a fix?
Pictures of the board
https://imgur.com/a/ODPBNoZ
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Same hear, thats will happen when we flash some Andriano ROM and whatever they are called!! Nooobies rom
I have this device, try my android tv 9 rom and here is a video i made of how to unbrick your box
And see my rom here https://aidansrom.ml
aidanmacgregor said:
I have this device, try my android tv 9 rom and here is a video i made of how to unbrick your box
And see my rom here https://aidansrom.ml
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Your rom bricked mine device. Mine device dont have TP
Formingus said:
Your rom bricked mine device. Mine device dont have TP
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TP? not sure what you mean here, and are you installing using USB Burning Tool? this is the only way to upgrade to android 9, the SD card method wont work as android 9 has significant changes to partitions that the SD card method cant make
aidanmacgregor said:
TP? not sure what you mean here, and are you installing using USB Burning Tool? this is the only way to upgrade to android 9, the SD card method wont work as android 9 has significant changes to partitions that the SD card method cant make
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Actually, i write to you on message and on the forum also and describe mine problem. Probably you didn't get or missed.
Downloaded all your ROMs for s905x and decide to test them.
Flashed few times two ROM's and everything was OK. Flashing via USB Burning Tool
1.[v7.5] (Nexbox) Aidan's ROM [S905X] Nexbox a95x 1GB 2GB+.img
2.[v7.5] (UNIVERSAL) Aidan's ROM [S905X] 1GB 2GB+.img
After i flash [v7.5] (MXQ) Aidan's ROM [S905X] [P212, P214 & P242] MXQ Pro 4K 1GB 2GB+ (720pUI & 210DPI).img
Box won't go anymore in Recovery mode.
USB Burn Tool will not recognize as a device anymore even reinstalled LIB Drivers and tested on 2 PC with Win 7 and Win 10
Via SD Card will not be recognized too - Fashing not start at all possible due missing recovery.
This Box don't have TP. There was no need to press the reset button to be connected when i flash with success, only inserting USB was enough. Now Box will start and hang on Aidans TV Logo and stay there forever. About Hardware its not 100% .
Mine Box is Beelink Mini MXIII 2GB-32GB S905X AnyHelp will be appreciated.
This is mine Box from hardware
Formingus said:
This is mine Box from hardware
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Heres My Board & Points To Short
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Try just waiting.
Open USB, load other image which you knows it worked before, press Start immediately in USBT, than plug in your USB A-A and push the recovery button with toothpick. And than just wait. 5-15mins
Works every time with my box. No need to short anything.
Mxq Pro 4k s905w brick no blue light not red light.
tried to SD flash a few firmware bootloader but always get errors.
Waiting for USB male - male cable to try that way.
MXQ S905W
1C+8C+6051-ZF180122WW17110554-3
MXQ_S95W_V2.0
20170921
any help appreciated
Regards
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GuichoDR said:
Mxq Pro 4k s905w brick no blue light not red light.
tried to SD flash a few firmware bootloader but always get errors.
Waiting for USB male - male cable to try that way.
MXQ S905W
1C+8C+6051-ZF180122WW17110554-3
MXQ_S95W_V2.0
20170921
any help appreciated
Regards
.
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hello i have the same tv box, were you able to fix it?
This box was constantly freezing. Read somewhere that it requires a new firmware. The firmware that was on the box when I got it was 20181229. Tried to install a new firmware TANIX TX3 MAX & MINI "DUAL OS EDITION from usb stick using the method according to Tanix-box.com website " UPDATE FROM TF/USB MEMORY" . The software was loading fairly slowly so I stepped away for a moment and when I returned I had a blank screen on TV. Rebooted the box but only received the boot display and a black screen. realized I had bricked the box, Tried to download the same software using the usb burning tool but no go. I then tried the firmware TANIX TX3 MINI 20171220 using the usb burning tool. It downloads for about 7 seconds and then stops with an error. Obviously the wrong file. Here are the pics of my card. Sure hope someone can help me out. If I have to short a pin can you give me some details as I am pretty new at this. I do now have the original firmware and have looked everywhere, but can't find it. Thanks for any help on this issue, I've been reading and looking for a solution foe quit some time now.
Latest development, using USB Burning tool I loaded TX3Mini-20181210.img with no errors. I connected to TV and the T3 Mini logo cam on and the the android logo came on and was booting for just over 1 minute and then stopped and the display on the box was 0001.
billyfreeman said:
This box was constantly freezing. Read somewhere that it requires a new firmware. The firmware that was on the box when I got it was 20181229. Tried to install a new firmware TANIX TX3 MAX & MINI "DUAL OS EDITION from usb stick using the method according to Tanix-box.com website " UPDATE FROM TF/USB MEMORY" . The software was loading fairly slowly so I stepped away for a moment and when I returned I had a blank screen on TV. Rebooted the box but only received the boot display and a black screen. realized I had bricked the box, Tried to download the same software using the usb burning tool but no go. I then tried the firmware TANIX TX3 MINI 20171220 using the usb burning tool. It downloads for about 7 seconds and then stops with an error. Obviously the wrong file. Here are the pics of my card. Sure hope someone can help me out. If I have to short a pin can you give me some details as I am pretty new at this. I do now have the original firmware and have looked everywhere, but can't find it. Thanks for any help on this issue, I've been reading and looking for a solution foe quit some time now.
Latest development, using USB Burning tool I loaded TX3Mini-20181210.img with no errors. I connected to TV and the T3 Mini logo cam on and the the android logo came on and was booting for just over 1 minute and then stopped and the display on the box was 0001.
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I installed TX3 mini 20181210.img on the box nd it worked. But the box is still freexing. Anyone else having this issue?
billyfreeman said:
I installed TX3 mini 20181210.img on the box nd it worked. But the box is still freexing. Anyone else having this issue?
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Yo could try my custom Android TV 9 ROM, there are tx3 versions available, may work for you but no guarantees,
aidanmacgregor said:
Yo could try my custom Android TV 9 ROM, there are tx3 versions available, may work for you but no guarantees,
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No doesn't work. Keep getting getinitial error
Hi dear friends,
thank you in advance for your help. I have a strange stuation (at least for me) with this box from Foyu x96 mini.As you can see in photo and also written on paper box , it has Amlogic S905W 4G 32G rom, but if i go inside Kodi for example in System it says it has Rockchip 3229... then also on recovery mode on boot mode it states "android recovery rockchip 322x ..... I've tried with Amlogic burning tool but it doesn't recognize the hub connection and it doesn't burn another rom for S905w. I've tried shortening nand pins..nothing
Have you got any suggestions to erase all and burn an Amlogic s905w Rom , considering there's an S905w cpu?? i don't think it's a false one! there's no Rockchip inside!
thank you
Isn'it strange? Any suggestions?
..seems i found the million dollar question.. the only post that puts in crisis all the forum...
ive seen amlogic devices recovery reporting as rockchip, its usally just a mismatched recovery, i would try and figure out mask rom mode for this board, see my video here for some info
aidanmacgregor said:
ive seen amlogic devices recovery reporting as rockchip, its usally just a mismatched recovery, i would try and figure out mask rom mode for this board, see my video here for some info
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Thank you for your kind answer,but i tried also with mask mode,it only sound but no connection. For me it's a fake chip,otherwise why with rockchip tool it normally connects? Also on kodi it's incredibly slow,and in system maximum resolution is 1280*720!! Absurd
Hi , I have exactly the same problem with a tv box x96 mini locked in the logo screen. If you find a way to recover, please post it.
gherghe said:
Hi , I have exactly the same problem with a tv box x96 mini locked in the logo screen. If you find a way to recover, please post it.
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I can't see if yours has amlogic s905w chip,anyway mine it's not locked,you can try with rockchip tool to burn image if you got Rockchip inside
yes I have a S905x chip, it doesn't look very good but I managed to take a picture.I tried with usb burninig tools but my box is not seen by the computer and I don't know how to use the nand method.
If your x96mini is not locked, you can help me with a stock firmware of your box, to try a rewrite of my box with the sd card method. Thanks anyway for the help. I have been looking for a solution to unlock the box for some time.
gherghe said:
If your x96mini is not locked, you can help me with a stock firmware of your box, to try a rewrite of my box with the sd card method. Thanks anyway for the help. I have been looking for a solution to unlock the box for some time.
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Yours is s905w, seems same situation.. i haven't got original firmware,in my case mine is made by Foyu,you can try to find them on internet, i don't know.. don't know why they're recognized as Rockchip..
ok , thanks
cipposo said:
...i don't know.. don't know why they're recognized as Rockchip..
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Maybe, because is it "faked" remarked RK3229 as S905W.
Try to setup mSD card with LibreELEC...
Release RK322x first mainline release · knaerzche/LibreELEC.tv
Kernel 5.5.0 uboot 202001 lima drm / mesa 20.0 (beta) hdmi up to 2160p hantro video hw decoding for MPEG2/VP8/H264 up to 1080p Wifi only for chipsets that have mainline support no preconfigured rc ...
github.com
mAtvXk said:
Maybe, because is it "faked" remarked RK3229 as S905W.
Try to setup mSD card with LibreELEC...
Release RK322x first mainline release · knaerzche/LibreELEC.tv
Kernel 5.5.0 uboot 202001 lima drm / mesa 20.0 (beta) hdmi up to 2160p hantro video hw decoding for MPEG2/VP8/H264 up to 1080p Wifi only for chipsets that have mainline support no preconfigured rc ...
github.com
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Sure,probably it is,but with librelec would be only kodi...
Hello, thank you for your help. If I install the firmware from the link you sent me, can I then write another firmware? If I find the original firmware.
cipposo said:
Sure,probably it is,but with librelec would be only kodi...
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Just to confirm if you have Rockchip inside, anyway LE is runned from SD card, nothing will be installed onto the box.
Ok thank you.
Hi, I tried LibreELEC but it doesn't work. I'm attaching the image with the received error, maybe you know what the problem is. Thanks
gherghe said:
Hi, I tried LibreELEC but it doesn't work. I'm attaching the image with the received error...
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Did you create bootable media...
Create Media - LibreELEC.wiki
wiki.libreelec.tv
Yes I created a bootable sd card, with LibreELEC rk322x the box does not start, the LED remains off.
Well it look like you guys have a fake amlogic like me on the tag is 4GB RAM and 32GB flash store. All the inside chip has been marked like the real one but are fake. Main chip is RK3229 and the ram is just 1GB and 8GB flash. I successfully unbrick this **** using rkfactory tool and a rom for RK3229 chip. step to follow: 1. install rockcip drivers, 2. start factory tool, 3. load firmware in factory tool, 4. conect USB A - A cable to pc, 5. tooth pick in the AV port and pres the restore switch from inside, 6. connect USB A - A to the OTG USB port on the box the port is the one next to the tf card reader, 7, the hub is recognized by the pc and it be detected by the tool factory, 8. flash the firmware, enjoy.
Files:
1 Drivers: https://mega.nz/file/q8kk0ayA#XA3ZCoZK-Lu0LW1alqq6qKBmzFTj4gDDnlLWqq0Joso
2 factory tool: https://mega.nz/file/ihVnBC5L#Ri-IY7uVxcbaXEMkgb_bSXKMcwbkbAnYFxnEuizREaE
3 firmware: https://mega.nz/file/2k8EzJxY#cY_NWvIyof8Rnd7syOK9OYc5Fot19Ub76L46nzTrAAU