Hi folks, I'm hoping someone can help me unbrick my MXQ Pro 4k. I've searched high and low for the stock firmware but it is nowhere to be found. My box seems to be a peculiar variant and the specs are as follow:
S905x 1GB/8GB S905XQ_V2.0 2017.05.16
SV6051P Wifi
SK Hynix H27UCG812ETR DDR3
It became bricked when I tried to flash different atvXperience firmware img files with the Amlogic USB burn tool. I had successfully flashed it with a version posted by minixfreak on the freaktab forums.
Although not with exactly the same specs, it worked pretty well except for the remote control wouldn't function. So I tried to flash again with what I thought was the stock firmware but unfortunately, that bricked the box pretty good. I tried to revert to the atvXperience firmware that worked from the post, but it now always fails at 7% when trying to format with USB tool. In all cases, I've tried every possible combination of pushing in the reset button in the AV port, shorting the NAND pins, switching the order of USB ports... The box always has a red light when powered and is always recognized by the USB Burn Tool driver when connected to the OTG port on the box but always stops at 7% when it attempts to format.
I hooked up a serial usb/ttl cable to capture boot output, turned on the box and it seems the box is in an infinite loop with the following output:
LOOP:8F;EMMC:800;NAND:85;SD:800;USB:8;LOOP:90;EMMC :800;NAND:85;SD:800;USB:8. It appears the bootloader is corrupt or maybe has been erased.
I tried making a bootable sd card using both burncard maker and bootcard maker but that didn't work either as it can't get past intial boot attempt, even pressing reset or shorting nand pins. I'm not sure if it's because of the boot loop or perhaps incorrect firmware. I haven't been able to find the definitive stock firmware anywhere. I would appreciate help in finding this elusive firmware.
I've scoured the internet for a solution and tried many different things but nothing can get me out of this loop. I'm now at a dead end.
I once had a bricked router that I was able to fix by connecting usb/ttl and putty and repeatedly hitting Ctrl-C after rebooting to get a CFE prompt. At that point I was able to manually flash the router with firmware and revive it. Maybe there's a tool available that would possibly do something like that with the android box?
Also possible I guess that something in the hardware is toast and it's just a paper weight now. Anyway, any help and suggestions would be appreciated.
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Since ContelUSA is out of business, I have no place to get the firmware for it. Tried to back it up but it seems that some of the images are corrupt. Never got the system.img. Tried the Wayback Machine (
HTML:
archive.org
) but they only keep pdf files and txt documents. I have a Sophix TAB-740G with a RK3168 Dual core and 7" (800x480) screen and realtek wifi. If anyone has the stock firmware for this tablet and could upload it, I would sure appreciate it. The Board ID is ZM729-MB-V2.0
Hopefully someone out there has the files archived somewhere on their PC or a DVD. Right now It is so bricked that I have to put it in MASKROM mode because of a failed flash. The tablet had a bad usb port and a bad battery. They are now fixed but need firmware.
Right now everything I try to flash to it says fails boot download. Read that you will get this if you are upgrading you need to flash stock back to it.
Got something to work...
Well its not the original firmware but it works. Also starts in Russian but, it can be changed in settings. :good:
Note: gsensor needs work it doesn't flip screen, and the camera doesn't work.
So, for all you owners out there with this tablet Sophix Tab-740G here you go!
first here is how you change the language:
visihow. com/Change_Your_Android_System_Language
Here is the image to fix the tablet(make sure you use restore):
https://yadi. sk/d/s5OMs2j9grxXL
If you find any problems with this firmware it can be edited with adb through total commander. take spaces out of links im not allowed to post them.. If you are total bricked you still can flash to this rom... heres how
http://ugoos.net/image/data/0.0.2brk3368/Micron_29F64G08CBABA.jpg
short the two pins with a nail, tweezers, whatever you can think of then plug your tablet into your computer with the usb cable. If it does not work. Hold the power button down for 30 seconds then try shorting the pins and plugging it in.
Hope this helps!! If anyone finds the original firmware please still post it :fingers-crossed:
Hey there!
I somehow managed to red light brick my x96 mini s905 1gb/8gb, p282 board!
Now the reset button does nothing. I can't boot from any Burn Cards I've made.
Using USB Burn Tool, yields an error at 4% (for every ROM I try including stock rom)
I now have to short the pins to get my pc to even recognize the box and when it does, it fails at 4% in usb burn tools. No matter what settings I use (erase bootloader, erase flash ect)
I've been told these amlogic devices are next to impossible to actually KILL! So is there anyone around XDA that can guide me here?
I'm not new to flashing ROMs (been doing it since my samsung s3 lol) and I have flashed plenty of android boxes without error until this one!
I have a feeling I somehow deleted the bootloader! WHAT DO I DO NOW?!?!
Thanks in advance. Hopefully I've given enough information.
no solution ever for this brick?
found a possible solution
Hi, I just openend a thread where I was able to unbrick my x96mini box
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...lved-bricked-x96mini-red-led-display-t3992403
I think the problem with this is the power cable is not being conncted after USB detection.
The board doesn't have enough power through USB alone to properly work, so connecting the power jack is mandatory. I failed the first flashing attempt for this reason.
Hope this helps, even when it has been months since OP.
Hello,
In this days i got an mxq pro 4k from a friend of mine.
The problem was that the mxq pro randomly didn't work for him, and just went to recovery every time. He preferred to buy a new one.
I tried to fix it with the sd card and eventually i got some positive fixes. But i didn't like the firmware installed. "It was slow and horrible" "i don't remember the name"
So i decided to reinstall another firmware but this time with a usb male-male cable.
First of all a lot of firmwares didn't work, they weren't loading in rk batch tools or usb burning tool.
"USB burning tool doesn't even find my device".
Then a day i ****ed up with android tool and i did an EreaseFlash, and now i think i got it bricked because i can't even get in the recovery.
I saw some troubleshootings that said to short the nand pins, but i don't find them, and i don't know what to do neither.
I would really aprecciate it if someone could help me.
I don't know how to get the links for the photos of the board, because i can't. I'm a new user.
Hi All
I'm hoping somone has run into this and can share some advice.
Looks like i might have loaded the wrong firmware as my device is no longer being detected by AMLogic Burning Tool or Windows. Here is the device i have https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32811389146.html
I've tried the reset within the AV port which worked when I first flashed atvX-v4.1-S905W (which i should have kept it as it worked flawless) but i was curious and ended up loading the wrong version.
Now when I power it on, i just get red light. nothing on the screen. Nothing else. No response from the AV reset port.
I've read some people talking about shorting pin's but every box seems to be different and couldn't find anyone with instructions for the box i have.
Anyone run into this by any chance?
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Hi All
I'm hoping somone has run into this and can share some advice.
Looks like i might have loaded the wrong firmware as my device is no longer being detected by AMLogic Burning Tool or Windows. Here is the device i have https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32811389146.html
I've tried the reset within the AV port which worked when I first flashed atvX-v4.1-S905W (which i should have kept it as it worked flawless) but i was curious and ended up loading the wrong version.
Now when I power it on, i just get red light. nothing on the screen. Nothing else. No response from the AV reset port.
I've read some people talking about shorting pin's but every box seems to be different and couldn't find anyone with instructions for the box i have.
Anyone run into this by any chance?
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Just tracing through back what I did and I believe I flashed it with S905X. Since then, all that I see is red LED and the windows no longer detects the device when pressing the reset button.
Anyone have any suggestions or is this box pretty much scrap at this point?
hey, no this box is far from scrap, you need to identify what nand/EMMC chip is in your box to figure out pins to short
Hi have same problem what I do box not deciding TV box on standby mood please help me if you do
Hello,
First of all I want to apologize for my probably poor english and if I post in wrong category.
I bought a TV Box as in title. It was stuck on original logo. So I started to read...
I've tried to flash firmware. Tried several firmwares from the internet that (I think so) matches to my box. Nothing worked...
I can connect the box to pc and use USB Burning Tool but none of the firmwares worked. I've tried options like "Normal erase" and "force erase all". Checked "Erase bootloader". Burning was always succesfull but did not give me working system.
I've tried sdcard update method also but it always gives me errors like "no /sdcard", "read only", "no such directory" etc. (I'm sorry...after hundreds of attempts I cannot remember exactly word by word).
Tried update from pendrive but also failed.
May it be a problem with version of my device? On the sticker inside are: M8S, 2G/8G, AP6330 and 20150813 an on the board there is "M8 v9_0 20 50307". I found the method where there are some pins to connect but I have a FORESEE chip without any legs.
Right now I don't know if the firmware files I've dowloaded were all bad, were they for another version of M8S or maybe it's a hardware problem.
Also some firmwares gave me larger Amlogic logo and some gave me a smaller one. Don't know if it means something. Once or twice it passes Amlogic logo and show next, animated one but it hang at that point.
After 7 hours of fighting I have no ideas what I'm doing wrong.
Would appreciate any help...
Thank you in advance