Hi,
Just bought this tv-box and while trying to update it with a different rom bricked it. It shows just red LED and nothing happens, also while trying go into recovery (toothpick + power cable).
Does anybody have detailed tutorial how to unbrick the box ?
Thanx in advance.
I am in your very same situation. Tried the sd card burning method and also the usb one, but no success at all. Hope there is some solution.
resadent said:
I am in your very same situation. Tried the sd card burning method and also the usb one, but no success at all. Hope there is some solution.
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Maybe someone could place a foto with indicated pins (to make circuit on flash chip) to go into recovery mode ?
etemmu666 said:
Hi,
Just bought this tv-box and while trying to update it with a different rom bricked it. It shows just red LED and nothing happens, also while trying go into recovery (toothpick + power cable).
Does anybody have detailed tutorial how to unbrick the box ?
Thanx in advance.
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Head over to FreakTab, they have tutorials on how to unbrick it
Patrck744 said:
Head over to FreakTab, they have tutorials on how to unbrick it
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We, or at least I, have tried all the tutorials on freaktab and read a lot of things on the matter but nothing seems to do the trick. It's really frustrating.
rubbish
resadent said:
We, or at least I, have tried all the tutorials on freaktab and read a lot of things on the matter but nothing seems to do the trick. It's really frustrating.
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There might be a hardware change for those boxes, the Nexus ROM TV Stock thread has pics on what changed. Best to watch that thread since a solution might be posted soon
I am in the same situation. I tried the sd card burning method and also by the usb cable, but no success at all.
I have got m8s pro+ 2/16gb s905x, The device was purchased on the gearbest website.
some news from my yesterday fight:
sd card burning - many variants of rom, after restart, but on the mainboard there was not observed the reset button, only place named "k1" -> I soldered two points from "k1 place" to make a reset
after that
try by male-male usb cable and usb burning tool 2.0.8, Error result: [0x10105002]Romcode/Initialize DDR/Read initialize status/USB Control setup error
I tried 4 different firmware's, and the same happens every time. Can anyone suggest something?
I can copy whole error if it can help determine the problem.
found on the internet
Romcode / Initialize DDR / Read initialize status / USB Control setup error
-> An error occurs when memory chips do not match. Firmware with ubut for some, but sew on others. It remains to ask the seller about the original firmware: (or shovel (look) available.
resadent said:
We, or at least I, have tried all the tutorials on freaktab and read a lot of things on the matter but nothing seems to do the trick. It's really frustrating.
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I'm in the same situation!
gearbest give me a link for downloading yhe firmware but that don't work for me :
mega.nz/#F!gqgXwSCa!sFNDXrV_EMzAYAcJ68dV0w
If that can help someone.
Regards,
Cody57 said:
I'm in the same situation!
gearbest give me a link for downloading yhe firmware but that don't work for me :
mega.nz/#F!gqgXwSCa!sFNDXrV_EMzAYAcJ68dV0w
If that can help someone.
Regards,
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I gave up after 3 days of wasting time with tools and this box... Ordered xiaomi mi box this time.
etemmu666 said:
I gave up after 3 days of wasting time with tools and this box... Ordered xiaomi mi box this time.
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I will do the same....
i brick mine.....
Any help?
Where can i find *.img file and instruction to brink back in life?
Please help
I can help. My xiaomi mi box has just arrived, after a couple of hours of testing i can say, put that **** (m8s) to trash, buy xiaomi. I am happy that m8s was hard bricked now.
leonkoum said:
i brick mine.....
Any help?
Where can i find *.img file and instruction to brink back in life?
Please help
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I trie so many roms... without success....:crying:
Cody57 said:
I trie so many roms... without success....:crying:
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it's not the deal with ROM but with bootloader and recovery. Because it's not working rest of the problems are what box buy now ? Xiaomi or if are rich, nvidia. Screw that chinese scum. Try MI BOX and you'll find that xiomi is the real proffesional android tv (it's quick, responsive and my wife can handle it so it's the best user freiendly commercial )
etemmu666 said:
it's not the deal with ROM but with bootloader and recovery. Because it's not working rest of the problems are what box buy now ? Xiaomi or if are rich, nvidia. Screw that chinese scum. Try MI BOX and you'll find that xiomi is the real proffesional android tv (it's quick, responsive and my wife can handle it so it's the best user freiendly commercial )
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I have a nvidia shield and I order a xiaomi mi box....
it was just to test a new box and it wasn't too bad.... before testing a new firmware
HELLO the solution for reinstall your rom
hello i have found the solution for you i have received my mecool m8SPRO+ today and i search button recovery
i have found this on freaktab :
You need to press the hidden reset switch (accessed via pinhole on bottom of case) when you connect the USB cable, and it's got to connect to the USB OTG jack, which is the one closer to the power jack.
or see on this video youtube on front panel : xxxxs://XXXX.youtube.com/watch?v=WpThZ2sgkhUt
or maybe same at this video an other place : xxxs://youtu.be/N27pAxtcDSg?t=268
if is not clic take a pinhole if is ok you arrived after bootloader MECOOL ON menu
and take a factory reset
if you don t boot
try method with microsdcard take on sdcard the firmware ota here only the file M8SPRO ota
xxxxs://mega.nz/#F!gqgXwSCa!sFNDXrV_EMzAYAcJ68dV0w
and renom on update.zip
then take power off if is ok you screen apperead with logo android green updating
or do method with usb burning tools
replace xx on web link the correct http
Unbrick the M8S Pro+ 2/16
Hi everyone,
I know how you're guys feel... Is there any new idea or suggestions to unbrick the devices?
After OTA Update the box only shows red and blue at the same time, no boot, no detection of windows with reset button or / with holding the circuit shortcut at "K1".
Can't believe that Amlogic is even worse than the Rockchip boxes to unbrick...
How to factory reset mecool m8s pro plus ? S905w android tv os
Guys i am in trouble with new mecool m8s pro plus ATV i bought..
I am new to xda ..
On the setup
Ipaired my remote
And then connected to my wifi
I then chose the option to put my email and password for the account..it signed in but in the end it was asking for location access i gave it but then i receive an error saying google sign in has stopped
And now i am stuck ..even whei restart box always stuck at the same loop
Guys i dont know what to do...i havent even seen its home screen ..i am in the loop of setting up device
I think maybe faftory resetting it may solve it...but i dont know how to do it ..as i dont know how to open recovery mode...
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.
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.
Hello,
After trying to flash a Nexus rom on my tvbox, It bricked ( red led, not image, reset only working if I short 2 pins on the Nand ) . Now I can't find any rom for it, all of the firmwares I had tried to install stuck at 7% ( [0x32030201]Uboot/Get result/Disk Initial error ) with Usb burning tool. As for the SD card tries with Burn card maker, they do try to load the firmwares but stop at like 2-3 percent.
Is there any working, be it even stock firmware for this revision ?
Thank you.
Hi. Tested on my rev.2.3 if still looking for it
https://mega.nz/#!7IsxCKCS!ZDzQ9P3cCnmKjnl9s5dRJAFJTvGnxvxLSImlZr2PiHQ[/url
hi have you got the key for mega?
One year later bump. I bought a Tanix TX3 last year since I couldn't find a fix to my issue with the M8S Pro W but today I found the box while doing some cleaning so why not post again, maybe someone can help me with this bricked box issue.
Getting this error with usb burning tool with all the IMGs ( even Lunn ones ): 7% ( [0x32030201]Uboot/Get result/Disk Initial error ) M8S Pro W rev 2.3, p21x blue board, Spectek nand.
My original post from other forums:
Mecool M8S Pro W rev. 2.3 after trying to flash the Nexus rom on it. It bricked, red led, black screen, reset working, the only thing that worked was shorting the pins on the Nand flash. Now it gets detected by pc everytime I plug the usb into it. But...I can't find any good images to flash on it ( tried more than 15 of them ). Most of them get stuck at 4% with Usb burn maker or 7% ( [0x32030201]Uboot/Get result/Disk Initial error ). 90% of them aren't bootable with SD card maker, and those who do work, get stuck at like 2-3% on tv at "upgrading..." ( Lunn-NHG47L-20190418.114957.V0213.img , this one is among the few that is accepted by the tvbox on the SD card ). I am running out of ideas on how to get it working. Can anyone help me with a good firmware image ?
The board has a P21X motherboard and someone from another forum told me that I have SpecTek MLC-Nand FBML95B71KDBABH6-10AL
https://i.imgur.com/9YDyo4m.jpg
Edit: these are the IMGs I have tried so far =>*https://imgur.com/Yebndyl
Hi. Another link to download . img
https://mega.nz/file/7IsxCKCS#ZDzQ9P3cCnmKjnl9s5dRJAFJTvGnxvxLSImlZr2PiHQ
If its s905x you can try my rom
https://youtu.be/0uci6Rl70t4
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