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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
I've added this to my list of things to do. :good:

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Hey everyone, just a quick update from me...

1.	Over the past couple of months we have received an increasing number of returned emails from ISPs and various other email hosts. This was due to our server IP being blacklisted. We currently have shared hosting with a number of other sites that share the same IP, and this has caused this blacklisting to occur. As a result we have purchased our own server and will be transitioning the EmbER-Dev site and all OTA Update server files to this new location at the beginning of next month. On that note, if you have donated over the past month and have not received an unlock key via email, contact me using the form here with the subject "Problem with your donation". I will get onto that ASAP. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused some of you.

2.	Shortly after the move to the new server, we will intend to bring online our new nightly build system. This will auto-compile the firmware from our beta branch whenever a new commit is pushed. The resulting compiled firmware will be available as a manual OTA update to donating users.

3.	We have addressed a number of issues found in the v3.0.0 release and will soon be releasing v3.0.1 to fix these issues. This will be released first via our OTA system and then shortly after via our downloads page on the newly updated website.

4.	Finally, we have some big announcements coming just around the corner. So if you haven’t already, follow us on Twitter and Facebook to be sure you receive the latest in EmbER-Dev news.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Excellent thanks :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
HI Josh

Good to hear from you again Josh, as was wondering what had happened to you guys over teh past few weeks.

I have sent several emails to you with repeat follow ups due to getting no responses from you. They mainly concern two ATV1200 boxes I have updated to EmbER 3 DE for some friends and contacts of mine, and in each case it was a difficult job updating from EmbER 1 but ultimately I got there using the upgrade code I got okay form your automated reply to my registration, BUT the boxes now both fail to authenticate on the server so I get the fail to authenticate message on boot up of course.

Strangely on another similar box (all ATV1200 boxes previously running okay on EmbER 1.0 BTW) I managed first to upgrade to EmbER 2.0.2 using the downloaded convert file and although this was difficult to get it to reboot it finally did and up and running in EmbER 2.0.2. Then I registered it and the on-line upgrade to DE worked fine though it would not auto reboot and only after going to recovery mode and installing from cache could I get it to upgrade, as I have done before with my own ATV1200 box months ago.

So it seems upgrading directly from V1 to V3 causes the ATV 1200 boxes to fail to authenticate once running on EmbER 3 DE but it works okay if upgrading from from V2 to V3 DE.

Anyway can I resend those emails regarding these two failed to authenticate boxes now running on V3 DE, or can you advise me how to re-authenticate them both here? And if resending those emails do I use the same email address for you as before or have you a new one that we should all use now?

Blocking your or anyone else's emails is to me is a very serious criminal offence by the perpetrators and one of many disgusting crimes it seems supported and encouraged by the sadly now corrupt and anti freedom US Government. That is of course IMHO but seems to be true in the light of so much clear evidence.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ricky0001:
How do i download 3.0.0 version for g box mx2. ? It only shows 2.0.2 version which is helix.

Sendt fra min GT-I9505 med Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Should work if you register for the Donor Edition. It is only US$10 and helps fund the guys who are doing all this excellent work. Once registered you can upgrade to V3 over the air (OTA).

Have to say I do not have a G Box but I understand the procedure is the same as for the Geniatech made MyGica dual core boxes. Without registering and subscribing to DE you cannot get V3 of EmbER which to me seems perfectly reasonable and fair for a one off US$10
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
FIRST

Waiting to see the Amlogic S905 running 64bit Linux....? wait no more EmbER-Dev has completed the first alpha builds of EmbER 3.0.1 for the upcoming ARNU Box

Check out this tweet to see it in action.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ninguemrj:
Hi all,

I have an ATV 1200 running Ember 3.0.0 DE and I'm really happy with it !!

I don't know if this is an impossible desire, but I would like to use it to access my Netflix account.

I have already searched a bit on google and it seems that the NetfliXMBC uses Chrome Browser as its basis... I also see that there is a way to replace the google browser by the Chromium one.

Is there a way to install these browsers in the EMBER3.0 for ATV1200?

Is there a way to access the ATV1200 in a terminal mode? Is there a C compiler on it?

Or how should I set up a linux machine to try to compile it to MX Linux?

Is there anyone trying to do it?

Sorry for so many questions :)

Thanks,

Ricardo Jr.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ricky0001:
Just a quick question. Can I install Ember on my M8N box which is S802 amlogic .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
Suggestion:

Base the standard skin of EmbER not on Confluence, but on the Confluence Zeitgeist mod.

It is a great modernization of the original - now dated looking - skin and is very snappy with EmbER 3.0.0, i'd even say it is faster than the original.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
The Ember website is down completely it seems. Anyone know what is happening, or as I hope is the case, this is just a temporary maintenance outage. ??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Hi, yes the website is down, we are in the middle of migrating to our new server, hang tight it will all be back up and running soon.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
I see the website is back on-line today. Looks good too. Well done croniccorey and Josh. Any idea when the V3.0.1 DE will be rolled out ??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Hi everyone, the website is now up and running on our new server.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Slymobi:
Hi, Just wondering why Whufclee has been removed from the quartz skin ?

Also are you familiar with Lees coding of the community Portal for installing builds etc ? Will you support any logs or issues with the Mach 10 freezing on a force close using the CP ?

I'm a regular user of CP and I'm having issues with the force close as it freezes the box completely.

Don't want to start providing logs etc if you not in a position to support it guys ?

Regards and Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ssammy:
ember on Xtreamer Sidewinder 4

[MENTION=5804734]Josh.5[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION]

Hello,

Is there any chance of installing ember on Xtreamer Sidewinder 4?

These are the specifications of the tv box:

Chipset:

Processor: Dual-Core AML8726 Mx-D (AMLOGIC) ARM Cortex-A9 dual core/1.5GHZ

Memory:

FLASH: 8GB NAND Flash (32M bit nor flash+32GbitMLC flash)

SDRAM: 1GB DDR3

Thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ninguemrj:
Is there any way to add the option "Portuguese (Brazil)" when choosing the "Languages to download subtitles for"?

I only can find "Portuguese", then when downloading subtitles I only get Portugal subtitles...

Could someone guide me?

I'm using the v3.0.0 DE in an ATV1200 box.

Thanks,

Ricardo Jr
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ninguemrj:
I have just downgraded my atv1200 to v2.0.2 and the "Portuguese (Brazil)" option become available again. And the opensubtitle.org add-on successfully downloaded the Brazilian subtitle.

The missing option occurs only in the v3.0.0 DE.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
Hi, I am hoping someone can offer some help please.

I have 2 MX boxes (g18ref) both running the Doner Edition of EmbER and since I moved house last October both boxes have been unused waiting to get things sorted in the new house. Anyway, I decided to put them back into service this weekend but am having a problem with one of them. They were both on v2.0.1 and one of them has updated fine to v3.0.0. However the other one gives the following error: 'Failed to authenticate this box on the update server. Please check your settings and try again'.

I am using a wired network and have checked the internet connection using the 'ARNU Box Speed Tester' app. At first I thought it might be something to do with the move to new servers but if that was the case I would expect both boxes to be effected.

If anyone could offer some advice I would be grateful.

Many thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Hi Russell.

Was the other box maybe still on EmbER 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 by any chance ?? I know that you would get this problem trying to upgrade to EmbER 3 from V1 as a bug in V1 means it cannot verify your old registration on V1. I know because I have been there too some weeks ago and the guys at EmbER helped me out.

You should write to EmbER Dev and mention this to Josh and either ask them to re activate your original registration (give them the original registration code of co urse) or else for only US$10 just register again as the donation does help find these amazing two guys at EmbER.

Might also be worth manually upgrading to EmbER 2.0.2 convert files from the downloadable public version first

Anyway Josh and Croniccory are the experts not I so maybe they will see you post and reply here but I gather that they are very busy right now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
Thanks for the reply Ray,

On the box that won't update when I check the 'System --> EmbER Settings --> About' screen it states that it is on version 2.0.1 and it also correctly states that it is the Doner Edition.

My next thing will be to reinstall from scratch version 2.0.2 as you suggested which, if I remember correctly, will then let me enter my Doner Edition registration code. It is possible that the other box was already on v2.0.2 so maybe there is a problem with updating OTA from 2.0.1.

I will let you know the outcome.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
Hi again Ray,

Well, that didn't work. I updated manually to v2.0.2 but it won't accept my EmbER-DE serial number and just comes up with the 'Failed to authenticate this box on the update server.....' error message.

I have PM'ed Corey with the details to see if he can help. However, regardless of the outcome I will probably make another donation to get another serial number as I may get another box in the near future.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
It's all sorted now. Corey sorted it out for me and all is well with the world again.

I have just ordered another MX box on eBay so I will be ordering another serial number when it arrives this coming week.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] leicesterfan:
Hi, just donated and updated to v3 after using the 'free' version for a few months. One problem though, my mx2 box starts up in the wrong resolution and text is very blurry etc and I can just about navigate to the settings to change the resolution to 1280x720p (I think it's that). I'll save the settings and it'll be fine but when the box is turned off the settings revert back to the 480p resolution and I have to go through the settings again. Any ideas? Obviously I didn't have this ossie before the OTA update.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Air Play bug in EmbER 3

I have noticed I am unable to connect to my EmbER 3 KODI via air play on both my iPhone 4s and iPad Mini both running the latest IOS 9 However on my old and still great faithful iPad 1 which runs only IOS 5 ( last version available for the iPad 1) then the airplay works fine. I have tried with and without the IOS 8 compatibility option checked in the KODI Airplay settings.

I noticed it was the same with Helix 14.2 and the same in Isengard 15.2 so it seems it is an incompatibility with IOS 9 This is a shame as I love my Apple Music on my iPhone and initially used to feed it into my KODI and thus into my Denon AVR, but since IOS 9 I cannot do so any longer and Apple Music will not run on my iPad 1 with only IOS 5 !!!

So does anyone here know how to fix this. Probably Josh5 or croniccorey are the best bet. I feel it is a KODI issue and not a bug with EmbER 3.0.0 which I have to say is still running very well and stable on my main ATV 1200 box. It seems than Isengard or soon Jarvis needs an IOS 9 compatibility option in the Air Play settings.

Feedback appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
I now have another totally unrelated problem in that one of my MX boxes appears to be completely bricked and I don't know why.

Yesterday I turned it on and it just stuck at the EmbER boot screen and didn't progress any further. I attempted many reboots all with the same result. So I tried re-flashing the EmbER v2.0.2 firmware but I get no logo come up and just a black screen that stays there forever. I have tried re-flashing many times now all with the same result, a black screen. I have also tried the EmbER 'Revert to Android' firmware but also with the same result.

If I try just turning on the box normally I also get a black screen. Also, while at the black screen if I press the remote control power button the box will turn off and another press of the power button and the box will turn on so it is accepting remote commands.

I have tried the unbricking method in this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45502307&postcount=12 but with exactly the same result - a black screen.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can try to resurrect my box.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
Einstein was right.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] robikonobi:
[MENTION=5804734]Josh.5[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] - do you have any plans or eta for embedding Jarvis in Ember now that it has been finalized and released?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
We are testing Jarvis now and preparing for release once done.

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freejack2k:
Any idea of timescale Corey? Just the paradox build wont be supporting anything under 16.0 from 29th and i know a lot of people use that
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Sound be 1-2 weeks, we are really trying to test everything out before release, we are also adding option to use beta builds for users who would like to keep on edge of our development.

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bmehalo:
As of yesterday I am experiencing the exact same problem!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
[MENTION=5804734]Josh.5[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] - I see from your posts that you have been testing EmbER on the S805 & S905 platorms with some success. Do you think there will be a public release for these platforms in the near future.

It is just that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get hold of the genuine G18REF / MX2 boxes now and what is available you have no idea what motherboard you are going to end up with. Therefore I would like to obtain an S905 / MXQ Pro box but wanted to make sure that at some point I would be able to run EmbER-DE on it.

Many thanks

Russell
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
We are planning support for a few 805 models publicly to start and Arnubox will be releasing a s905 with EmbER, Also Arnubox already sells a s802/s805/s812 loaded with there custom version of EmbER (Pure Linux as they call it)

I can't give exact time line but it will be within a few months or less that we will roll out 805 builds.

Cheers

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Russell_S:
That's really good to hear. Thanks for all your efforts.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
Ever resolved this?

Have you ever reverted to Android?

Devs, I am having the exact same issue on an MX2. I was a very happy EmbER 3.0 DE, but I recently acquired a Nvidia Shield TV as main living room device. The MX2 has since been collecting dust in a cabinet.

Anyways, I recently wanted to get the box back on Android to see if it could be useful for my kids, so I downloaded the "EXTRACTME_g18ref-mx2_Android_Revert.zip", extracted it on root of an SD card, toothpick, power, gray screen, black screen...nothing happens. If instead I extract "EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G18REF_MX2REF-convert_v2.0.2.zip" on the SD card, gray screen, black screen, EmbER logo, reinstall, no problem.

After the revert files are flashed (Maybe flashed?), there is no more recovery or anything, my the only way out of it is to flash EmbER back. To be honest I am glad knowing that the box isn't bricked...

I have tried many times trying different things, but it seems to always end the same.

I would really appreciate the help.

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
How are you 'flashing Ember back', with no recovery mode ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
After toothpick starting the box with "revert" files on root of SD -> Black screen.

If after this MX2 power off, remove SD card, toothpick method, turn on -> Black screen, recovery never shown.

Place EmbER files straight on the SD, toothpick -> EmbER installs right away without needing to go to recovery

Turn box off, toothpick -> Recovery ok

As long as EmbER files are on the root of the SD card, the flashing process starts automatically without interaction with the recovery...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Hmmm I'll have a play with that tomorrow, I kind of just accepted that the revert to android would work OK
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
Man that'd be great...I tried and tried and tried again, can't revert.

I even downloaded the CMX revert zip to take a look at the aml_autoscript file, saw that it was different, placed that one with the other MX2 bootloader, recovery and update zip but nothing happens.

The good news is that every time going back to EmbER is easy.

Please let me know, again, I'd just want to re-purpose this little Matricom MX2 box for my kids.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Well, as I was writing this reply, a "one more time", deep in my personality, occurred. What I did was to keep the aml_autoscript from the MX2 revert, but I placed the 1.1.6 instead of the 1.1.9 matricom update. Extracted the recovery from the zip, and copied recovery, bootloader and mx2update.zip to the root of the SD.

Then modified the factory_update_param.aml provided by Matricom from:

--update_package=/sdcard/mx2update.zip

--wipe_cache

To:

--update_package=/sdcard/mx2update.zip

--wipe_data

--wipe_cache

--wipe_media

Toothpick, Installed!!!

So the issue for me was the 1.1.9 firmware provided in the revert file. 1.1.6 installed immediately.

Thanks,

Damien
[Miscellaneous Android Development] saby22:
Thanks for good work, will this work on mx3 g?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
I will have a look into the revert when I got a bit of time, that revert is using gbox mx2 fw, it could possibly be incompatible with a generic box so you may need to actually use generic fw from manufacturer of that clone.

Cheers

Sent from my ONE A2005
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
I only have a MX2... I can't answer, sorry.

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Is the Matricom Gbox MX2 considered "generic"?

Honestly, in the end, I flashed 1.1.6, then 1.2.2, Android is working well but... Having used your Linux builds since the very beginning, the Android OS on this box is extremely laggy, not pleasant to use, and Kodi can't play anything properly. Even 720p videos aren't smooth. Especially coming from the Nvidia Shield TV which is a great device.

That being said, after all that trouble reverting to Android, I will definitely convert back to EmbER!!! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Glad you got it sorted, (I don't really have any desire to go back to Android) :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Me neither I absolutely love EmbER 3 with Isengard 15.2 and will in a few weeks be using Jarvis too with the wonderful auto OTA EmbER upgrade system once you are activated with a licensed DE edition of EmbER.

Android KODI is horrid and almost unusable. I only wish there was a good official or unofficial working Netflix KODI add-on. The only unofficial ones I can find both do not work. The only use for Android on these boxes is for an official NetFlix app but it is as usual a kludgy horrid Android interface and not nice to use at all without using a mouse. We do need an official NetFlix add-on maybe from the official KODI folk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jjintn:
Ember won't install...

Hoping someone might be able to shed some light what I'm missing...

I decided to give a friend one of my old Android TV Boxes yesterday and was originally thinking OpenElec when I came across Ember. I followed the instructions included with the EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G02REF_CMX-convert_v2.0.2.zip file. After holding in the reset button powering on and releasing after 10-15 sec the screen only displayed the A9 logo briefly, light stayed red, and no signal. I waited for several minutes per the instructions, but nothing happened.

I was able create a bootable SD with the latest factory rom's uboot bin file and restore the box to android. Figured it may have been a fluke, and tried the install again using a different SD card just in case, but same results, and back to android.

The box is a CMX-AML8726-MX that I bought from geekbuying a cpl years ago. The board has Amlogic 8726mx v1.1 etched on it with a mfr date of 20140410. Pics of the board are attached.

I'm wondering if I downloaded the correct rom... on the Ember site it specifically states that the one I downloaded is for the CMX box with SPDIF next to HDMI (which is what I have), however I remember seeing g18ref in the info screen in android, and the zip file that the Ember site links to (that I attempted to flash) has G02REF in the file name. Haven't tried the rom for the GBOX MX2 which has the G18REF in the file name as I didn't want to risk a hard brick.

If it helps this is the factory Android rom that I have on it right now

CMX AML8726-MX TV BOX LATEST FIRMWARE AND FLASH METHOD RELEASED 20141212

Thanks in advance!

J
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mezger:
I have the exact same box, and I can confirm that you have downloaded the correct file - EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G02REF_CMX-convert_v2.0.2.zip

It took some back and forth to get it working, ultimately the only way I managed it is with these instructions (the first part, not the UART thing. I eventually had to do the UART thing, but it was a PEBKAC error - I'm just not patient enough sometimes)

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player...core-tv-box-android-4-2-2?p=518972#post518972

I suggest you first use the Revert to Android file from the EmbER downloads, try to flash normally, and keep the nuclear option above as a last resort.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
True on the MX2 box (or whatever variant). Android itself is barely usable. I simply don't agree with this statement cause I use Kodi on a daily basis on a Samsung Tab Pro 10.1 and on my nvidia Shield TV, and Android Kodi is absolutely great and very stable!! :p