Mini M8S II V3.1_20160615 revived - Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers

Hi @ll,
today i revived an old bricked MiniM8S II which i rediscovered in the junk-bin.
I bricked it by flashing an incompatible FW, which led to bootloops and a read-only-serial console. No matter what i tried, i couldn't make it boot from microSD, it kept on booting from eMMC and running into a bootloop.
When i bridged the pads marked in green
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it booted into recovery mode
It looks as if there's supposed to be a pushbutton, so i added one.
I made a burndisk in linux as outlined here using this rom image, inserted the microSD into the device, held the new button down and powered it on.
And then it started flashing :good:
Hope this helps someone, since i haven't found anyone else mentioning this method.
HF @ll

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lemmz said:
Hi @ll,
today i revived an old bricked MiniM8S II which i rediscovered in the junk-bin.
I bricked it by flashing an incompatible FW, which led to bootloops and a read-only-serial console. No matter what i tried, i couldn't make it boot from microSD, it kept on booting from eMMC and running into a bootloop.
When i bridged the pads marked in green
View attachment 4425163
it booted into recovery mode
It looks as if there's supposed to be a pushbutton, so i added one.
View attachment 4425164
I made a burndisk in linux as outlined here using this rom image, inserted the microSD into the device, held the new button down and powered it on.
And then it started flashing :good:
Hope this helps someone, since i haven't found anyone else mentioning this method.
HF @ll
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lemmz said:
When i bridged the pads marked in green
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Hi,
When you say bridged the pads it means soldering ? Or short pin is enough ?
So you do it then power on and it will boot to recovery ?
Do you think it could fix this issue also ? As it is running almost the same board.
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards,

jojoju said:
Hi,
When you say bridged the pads it means soldering ? Or short pin is enough ?
So you do it then power on and it will boot to recovery ?
Do you think it could fix this issue also ? As it is running almost the same board.
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards,
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Shorting the pads tempratoly to simulate the button

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Hey Guys!
I purchased two android TV boxes few months back. and one box got stuck at the android logo and i flashed it using MATRICOM_MX2_115_FULL_AUG_09_2013.imgc image file, and now it works fine.
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Kick4U said:
Thank you, I opened my box and had to short the terminals since the reset button wasn't there.
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I already gave that box away to a friend, but should have my hands on another.
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saleen_gt said:
bro you can not brick these boxes i have 4 amlogic chip boxes always play around with different roms and if end up bricked just open box and short two pins together and volla.
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Got the new box from store
Hope this one will not brick again
Bad luck.
This time flashed with Slimhouse v11.4 but he same happened.
Perfect time for using the screwdriver
Succesfully unbricked via NAND mask mode.
Had to connect this pin to USB ground. Straight forward job.
This time I flashed my box with Slimbox ATV V11.6
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Everything works
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Succesfully unbricked via NAND mask mode.
Had to connect this pin to USB ground. Straight forward job.
This time I flashed my box with Slimbox ATV V11.6
It booted correctly this time.
Everything works
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