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[Miscellaneous Android Development] mikeymoose:
hi, I have just installed EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G02REF-convert_v2.0.2 on a sumvision cyclone x2/ATV 1200 when it finished the install it said that it failed to wipe/delete the data/cache

I selected reboot, but nothing happened, so i rebooted manually, it then booted into ember fine so i set every thing up and rebooted the box but it lost all the settings.

I have tried to change the setting a few times and rebooting but it loses the setting every time.

I then then tried to reinstall ember with the toothpick method but it wont boot from the sd card it just keeps booting into ember even though im holding the reset button,

also i got a system setting script failed error message while using ember

Can any one help?

before i installed ember i was using theater in a box

has anyone got a link to EmbER 1.0.1?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
I think Ray was referring to Kodi running in Android on the MX TV box and have to agree with Ray on this. I just don't think the dual core Amlogic Soc is powerfull enough to run Android AND Kodi especially if connected to a 1080p TV with the resultant scaling involved. I have a recent MX box which I been unsuccessful in flashing to EmbER so I still have the Android OS on it and Kodi is completely unusable on it particularly playing movies/TV shows stored on my server. Some files play sound but no video and the ones that do play are nowhere near smooth with a lot of frame skipping. However the two MX boxes I have with EmbER-DE play everything I throw at it and the playback is completely smooth.

Comparing Amlogic dual core 8726MX based boxes to the Samsung TabPro and the nVidia Shield TV is a completely unfair comparison. The samsung has an octa-core Exynos CPU and the nVidia has a Tegra X1 Quad or Octa core CPU. From what I understand, Android/Kodi is far better on the Amlogic S805 and above Soc's as these are quad core and so much more powerful. Personally I would still want to do away with the Android system and run a pure Linux/Kodi system whatever the box involved.

So I agree with both of you that Android/Kodi is fine in general just not on an MX TV box.

EDIT: Ok, I've just re-read your post and realised that this is sort of what you said anyway. I read it with a hangover and it obviously didn't quite sink in properly. So I think we are all saying the same thing really. :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
Lol!! Despite being hungover you were spot on on your everything you said!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] saby22:
Boys, anybody knows if this work on MX3 ? Big thanks for any info:)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
No, I'm afraid not. At the present time this is only for the Amlogic 8726MX dual core Soc's. The MX3 boxes on the other hand use the Amlogic S802 quad core soc and so is not compatible.

However, the EmbER developers are working on supporting more up to date platforms and I believe a release is due in the next few months. However whether the S802 based boxes will be supported I don't know.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] saby22:
Thanks alot, but isnt mx3G S812?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Boot up Ember and try the 'Reboot to Recovery' option in Ember Settings ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freejack2k:
We any closer to a release guys?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mikeymoose:
yeah I tried that but nothing happens, is there another way to go back to android?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
Sumvision Cyclone X2 Media Enclosure (ATV3200)

Hi There,

I have a sumvision cyclone X2 media enclosure (ATV3200) which is the same as a (ATV1200) with the support to put an internal HDD in the enclosure. I flashed the device with EmbER v2.02 and it bricked the device after a reboot once the install had happened. I've managed to unbrick it by shorting the two pins on one of the chips on the board and managed to get the original androis o/s back on to the device.

I had a look around and read that this was a problem with EmbER v2.02 with this device.

Has anyone got this to work with a ATV3200 and how did they do it? or where can I get V3.0.0 to try if this has been fixed by a newer version. I'd rather use a Linux base version of Kodi where it doesn't use all the resources that android does.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
I have found with the ATV1220 box which is very similar to the ATV1200 and your Sumvision box that to avoid bricking it then do NOT install EmbER V2.0.2 public convert edition directly to your Android box. Instead install MX Linux KODI Helix 14.2 using Auxbox's 14/04/2015 build. Once that is installed you can then install EmbER V2.0.2 convert with no problems and then pay your US$10 and upgrade on-line to V3.0.1 (latest version released today for registered EmbER boxes).

That should work perfectly but let us know how you get on and share here any problems you may get of course.

I am using as my personal box a MyGica ATV1200 box now running EmbER V3.0.1 KODI Isengard 15.2 and it is very stable and very good. EmbER are apparently going to release an update EmbER within a month or tow with the new KODI 16 "Jarvis" and this will auto update OTA for registered activated EmbER installed boxes of course :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
3.0.1 updated without problems on my TLBBv2. The audio bug is fixed, which is a relief. Small thing: after the update, region (and therefore clock) was changed to United States.

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dru79:
What audio bug is fixed in TLBB? I though that date/time bug (1970) is fixed but it doesn't.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
What you describe is no date/time bug.

This default date only gets shown if KODI starts without an internet connection.

There was a bug in 3.0.0 where under system/audio output/audio output device the same source was there twice. You had to switch sources after every boot to enable surround sound.

But it is fixed now in 3.0.1.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
Thanks i'll give that ago. I've had a look at the Auxbox page with the 4 different versions and have downloaded the one you have suggested. However I noticed further down the page there is a heading for Version 4 Geniatech and there is a download for a fresh install. Would I need to do this one first seeing as my device has android on it at the moment. Would this convert it to Linux before using the image you have suggested?

Thanks for you help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5804734]Josh.5[/MENTION]

Would it be too difficult to add an option in Ember Settings to 'wait for network before starting Kodi' (the same as that in OpenElec) :confused:

It would sure cure a big irritation for those with slow starting networks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
I will add it to the list of requests, and once we have time should be no problem to add it.

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION]

Excellent! Thanks :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
No Version 4 is a very old build You need the one I pointed you to for Helix 14.2 and dated 14/04/15 from Auxbox. This will install fine directly over the top of Android but please read the instructions and follow it to the letter. Once that is installed and working you can then install EmbER public edition version 2.0.2 and the version applicable to your box.

Once EmbER 2.0.2 is up and running then register with a US$10 donation and request the activation code which will be emailed to you automatically and very quickly. The rest is straight forward to update OTA to the latest V3.0.1 DE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dru79:
This is a great news. Many people have internet connection but date always shows 1970 year.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
Thanks for clearing that up, I'll give it a go over the weekend and let you know how I got on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] botioni:
Please update amremote_config to the last version and irblaster driver to .

Please can you give me a link for the latest atv1200 kernel source code .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Well the OTA update is as dysfunctional as ever. :(

Hope that gets fixed soon, what a pain :eek:

Update:

It seems, in my case at least, that there is a problem with the OTA if you are using SD as USERDATA. Once I removed the SD then the OTA worked fine - EXCEPT that when I replaced the SD (to maintain my setup) I could no longer use the Ember Setup addon.

After backing up .kodi and (in my case, Run to set the clock correctly) and restoring them to a new SD USERDATA, this appear to be working OK. Lot of hassle, hope the OTA issue gets fixed soon.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Sorry to hear about this issue, I will have a look at it asap and test it on my box.

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
That worked thanks, managed to get Ember installed. Donated to get a code to update to version 3.0.1 had a little issue with it updating as it just sat at the prepping reboot screen. I managed to upgrade it via the recovery boot. The only thing that's not working is picking up the internal HDD. I've put the HDD into a machine an deleted the partition created a EXT4 partition and mounted it dev/media/sda1. However when I put the hdd into the ATV3200 it doesn't pick up the drive. Any ideas?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
No idea re an internal hard drive as never had a box with one, used one, or indeed need one as 99% of my viewing is via direct internet streaming and thus I see little point in downloading stuff unless you have a flaky internet connection of course particularity say in the evening. Many with such connection problems, download what they want to watch in the evening in the day when they are out and when the connections are good, and then watch from their download area storage media; mine is simply saved on to a permanently installed 8GB SD card (with the last 3 of my EmbER Backups stored on there too), where I delete the downloaded media after viewing, or in very rare cases, where I do for some odd reason want to keep it, I then transfer it from the default SD card location to an external HDD or NAS Drive

Okay the main reason I picked your post up is to let you know that if you installed the update manually from cache (as I had to do on one of my boxes) then you will find the EmbER update file (just over 100MB) is left in the cache and needs manually deleting. If not then future EmbER update downloads will not have room to store in cache and to carry out the auto install. To clear this cache area you must boot into recovery mode using the EmbER Settings relevant option and select clear the Cache and then when confirmed select Reboot. This manual cache clearing from recovery mode is important for anyone who has had to manually install the EmbER update.

I also know that from version 3.0.0 Josh has fixed the problem where the waiting to reboot be patient massage does not proceed to the needed auto reboot and install of the new update. I have tested this fix and can confirm all is well now with auto installing of EmbER updates OTA so should not be a problem in the future. This was caused apparently because some boxes seem to have only 204.7MB total cache instead of the more usual 220.5 MB. However this smaller size no longer matters since V 3.0.0 where the cache bug has been fixed. You can check your Storage areas by using System | System Information and look at the top Cache item. Usually I have found that there will be just 4.2 MB used from the total cache size.

Thanks to Josh for his great help and the fix for this problem, which should now be a thing of the past
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
Great thanks, I'll do that I'll make sure I clear the cache. I appreciate all the help you have given me over the past week.

No problem ref the internal HDD, I'll try and figure it out or ask the developers on here.

I really use it to catolog my collection into the library within Kodi as well as using streaming addons.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ricky0001:
Can i install ember on my MXQ box as well ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
For CC/Josh's information the 'Revert to Android' routine didn't work for my MX2 either (as reported earlier) - regardless of which Android image was on the SD card
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
That is an S805 box I believe. Anyway not yet Ricky but I understand it will be soon available from EmbER for S805 boxes so stand by.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Are the nightly builds supposed to be appearing as available updates with build 3.0.1 ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
EmbER not seeing internal HDD

Hi All

I have a Sumvision X2 Media Enclosure which is a re-badged Geniatech ATV3200. It's the same hardware as the ATV1200 (G02REF) except that you can put an internal SATA HDD in the enclosure.

Basically to cut a long story short I wanted to get rid of the Android O/S as it uses to much resource and comes with lots of bloatware that's not really needed. I wanted something like Openelec to run on this Media Enclosure and came across EmbER. I flashed the Enclosure and with support from [MENTION=5755021]RayWalton[/MENTION] (Massive thanks) and managed to get EmbER onto this device. I've donated and got myself a code and updated the device to 3.0.1 I must say I'm really impressed with the build.

I have one issue though which is I can't see the internal HDD. As this build is a Linux based I thought it was because the HDD was NTFS and that's why I couldn't see it. I've now deleted the partition and create a EXT4 partition and mounted the partition. However I still can't see the HDD within EmbER.

Is there a way I can get EmbER to see the internal HDD?

[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5804734]Josh.5[/MENTION] is this possible?

I willing to try what you suggest to get it working and report back.

Many Thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
. . . or are the nightly builds not built nightly?

I ask as the latest "EmbER-Dev news", suggests that we should be seeing something in the Manual update list . . .

4) Nightly OTA Build Server: Part of the website rebuild was the introduction of our new nightly build server. This is now fully operational . . .

All I see is the usual stable releases
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mickw99:
i'm trying to update a MX box that has MX Linux on it. Can I go ahead and update to the lastest ember just following the directions? i've searched and read just want a confirmation. thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] r3nej:
Custom Linux Firmware

Hello there I am working towards a more complete home automated solution I have come across LinuxMCE and this is brilliant Media Centre platform os this would be brilliant if it could be ported across to a custom rom for s802 s805 s905 and the coming Rk3368 this would as a great Linux base os for the MBOX Sorry android

On a wider note is it possible to write a custom rom that is standard Bios Based pc system with witch you could pixie Boot ( to be use in conjunction CCboot or a pixie server) or to install win7/Linux on to. The ROM would Need to incorporate appropriate drivers for win 7 ect

Then you would be able to install you own os systems but more importantly could pixie boot the same image across several mbox'es meaning when you make changes they happen accorss all machines

Also this might be a bit far what's the chance of a MBOX Base ROM incorporating Grid Computing ( Tieing all the mbox processors on a network together) so when it boots its finds other mbox's on the network with the same rom and share the processing power between the machines this would only Really be advantageous on the RK3368 BOX as it Gigabit Network socket but over all would give you an extremely powerful home media network giving you processing power where its needed Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Have not tested it yet as waiting for a new MXQ M12 box I have ordered from AliExpress to arrive, but there is now a released version of EmbER V3.0.1 public edition for the S805 quad core MXQ M12 box. It is there to download from the EmbER website.

Looks very promising indeed and I know that EmbER are very excited about it as it is as I see it a major step forward. So this to my knowledge is the first public release of any Linux quad core firmware, but note this is not for the generic MXQ boxes as yet. Anyone here who gets this installed on their M12 S805 based boxes then please report back to us here, as indeed I shall once my new M12 box for testing arrives through the post and is flashed with this new EmbER firmware.

Congrats to EmbER Developments and thanks Josh and Corey for all their hard work in making this possible. It will be good for us all to be able to fully support them on this great new project.

Enjoy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crystyan28:
update

Hi , how can I put myself on mygica atv520e ember v3.0.1? I tried but not to install anything , I downloaded version for atv1200 I think that they are compatible, the same hardware.

Now I am version ember v1.0.1
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
The ATV 520 and ATV1200 are not compatible. EmbER is not stable on the ATV520 primarily because the 520 unlike most other boxes including the ATV1200 uses the Broadcom WiFI chipset of which there are no drivers available to any Linux builds since Frodo 12.2. As said before I am reliably informed that currently EmbER MUST, by design, see a working WiFi system, even if you are not going to actually use the WiFi connection.

They are so cheap just use the old ATV520 with MX Linux Helix 14.2 but without any WiFi and connect it wired by Ethernet cable or via something like BPL system (Lan connection via the electric mains wiring). Then get yourself a modern new quad core MXQ M12 box for not much over US$50 and with the new EmbER 3.0.1 firmware for it (see their download site). Register that EmbER firmware and get OTA automatic firmware updates for the foreseeable future. A no brainer AFAIC, though I am personally yet to test this new EmbER build as still waiting for my new M12 box to arrive. Exciting times indeed :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
When i updated to 3.0.1, it was enabled by default.

The CEC option seems a bit hidden to me in EmbER settings, maybe it should be made more prominent.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
I've just ordered an M12 box myself from AliExpress. I just really hope we don't get into the same situation as with the MX2 boxes where the market is flooded with lots of fake boxes with completely different electronics which are not compatible and you never knew what you were going to end up with until it's too late and the box is bricked.

I'm really excited about this though and I would like to add my appreciation and thanks to Josh and Corey for their hard work and dedication.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Should be okay Mick. Certainly with the ATV1200 and 1220T boxes the latest Ember installs fine over the top of MX Linux KODI HElix 14.2 dated 14/04/2015. Of course as always you carry out such firmware changes at your own risk.

You do not say what make and model of MX box you have as it is important you install the appropriate version from the EmbER download site. The ATV1200 build is fine for the ATV1220 too as long as you have first installed MX Linux as stated above. For reasons so far unknown, it bricks these boxes if EmbER is installed on top of a brand new box's virgin default Android though this is being investigated currently so with some hope a fix will be forthcoming though it is it seems being an obscure bug to fix.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
I have just heard from Josh that there are no nightly builds available at the moment or will now be for V3.0.1 but there will be with EmbER 4 when it arrives most likely next month.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Mystery solved, thanks :good:

---------- Post added at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:03 AM ----------

Presumably, replacing asia with au in each of the first four lines will help those in Australia. ;)

Nah, just tried it - don't work :crying: (back to my script then)

Does apparently work if File Attributes are set
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Yes it should work but you must install the latest EmbER V3.0.1 dated 22/03/16 as the earlier version will not it seems commit the edited ntp.conf file from the /root/Config folder. Of course also make sure you use a non formatting text editor to edit the ntp.conf file. like notepad and do not save as a .txt file of course. Without changing your V3.0.1 version you could try changing teh /etc/net.conf file for the edited one but note that will be overwritten to the default one with the next EmbER update of course. But at least it will prove a point and show if the Au ntp servers will work for you.

If you still have problems with the Ozzy ntp servers then maybe you have a poor local connection that is too laggy even for the Au servers. Try pinging them and see what the results are.

This can also be done for the other continental region ntp servers too but I think it only seems a problem in the Asia and Oz regions with laggy connections to the US ntp servers currently. So if your date/time is booting up correctly and not with 1970 date then best leave alone. Please note, I am no expert on these issues but am learning fast with thanks to a very busy hard working Josh for his help so just happy to pass on what I have gleemed so far and now fully tested here.

The Setclock script file never did work for me after extensive tests and even edited that for Asia ntp servers too. You need to restart the s49ntp daemon it seems which you can do from an ssh command using say Putty but that is getting too involved for most folk I feel and indeed it is not an area I am that knowledgeable with, but learning slowly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
It actually does work IF I set the file attributes - Easy enough to do with WinSCP and the date/time does (at least so far) seem to be correct instantly, so a tad faster than my script in the /root/run folder. Good job, thanks

Not working if box is left off for a long while :crying:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dru79:
Which attributes file must have?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
It's now just thrown up the 1970 again, so the jury is still out on this one :eek:

The file attributes might just have been a coincidence :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dru79:
Did you change localisation from asia to other?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
I've tried it with the Aussie and the Asian servers but it isn't very consistent for me.

For now, I'll continue using a script which waits for a valid date but, sometimes, does take a second or so the set the clock as a consequence.

I am looking forward to when the devs get the time to implement the "wait for network before starting kodi" option (as seen in the openElec builds) as this will be the real fix for any with slow network initialisation. :fingers-crossed:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mickw99:
it worked out great. those boxes just fly now. thanks for the help and thanks to the developers.