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[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Thanks for that BootcardMaker link Wotzit as will be most useful. We must assume it is effectively the same software only written in English and as such this would be preferable of course to my Chinese texted linked to utility. Can you confirm this indeed does work if used in place on my Chinese based software using the laid out procedure. ?

IMPORTANTLY This replacement English version of the Amlogic Bootcard Maker utility works straight away in Windows 10 with no need for messing around with compatibility modes and running as Administrator :) Have not tested this version with a bricked box as yet as do not have any now :) But I suppose I could check it by deliberately bricking one. Better though Wotzit if you can confirm this works exactly the same, using it instead of the old Chinese version, with the above posted technique as time constraints mean I do not particularly want to deliberately brick one of my M6 MyGica boxes again. I will once happy use your link in my above instructions and amend the text accordingly.

I appreciate there may be other techniques that work too but so many of them just do not, or are frustratingly hit and miss, and thus why I posted this technique above that I have used successfully on 5 boxes now and it worked first time on each and every box :) It is also a technique that is approved by Josh at EmbER too as he tested it out also before I posted the above instructions.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Same beast Ray i.e. creates a small partition on the SD card and copies u-boot bin (or whatever bin file you point it at) to it. Then formats the main partition ready for your FW files. ;)

Further investigation shows the English version to be v1.0.0.2 and the Chinese one v1.0.0.1 (I suspect the revision difference is simply an indicator of language change, the procedure wouldn't be any different at all)

Just take care (with either version) that you pick the correct drive to format!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Thanks for your confirmation that this is exactly the same utility but just in English and compatible with Windows 10. So I have edited and updated my step by step unbricking procedure above to reflect using this improved later Amlogic BootcardMaker utility. Also sensibly echoing your warning about carefully picking the correct SD Card to partition and format.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
No probs.

It's also worth noting this is the same procedure for all the Amlogic boxes, but u-boot.bin, F/W update file and pins to short on the spi chip are device specific, so do some research first on your own particular device / model before applying this method to devices other than that quoted :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Hello. . . . .Hello. . . . .Hello. . . . .Hello

Coo, quiet round here isn't it? :eek:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Adding usb tether - rndis support to the next version would be good
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lee_stow:
Is the ember dev team still working on these devices. Haven't seen an update on here or on the website in a while? Black mxq support?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
Have a beta image for mxq plastic box. But you need an hd18q with nand flash storage (not emmc). It won't boot on any other PCB.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lee_stow:
I see. How can I tell if I have nand or emmc? Are you guys still working on other boxes? Both my ember boxes capped out on me so I haven't been able to check for updates. Guess that's what I get for buying cheap Chinese boxes. Lol. Thinking of buying new m12 mxq, buy wanted to make sure development was still being done before I bought one since android is crap on these things.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
The MXQ M12 metal cased box is superb with EmbER, OK the box is a bit more expensive but you get what you pay for and it si still very cheap anyway.

Before you install EmbER for the first time boot up with the default Android and change the display to 720P before you start as I mentioned before in this thread in post #1621. That way the boot logo will display correctly full screen. Download and install the latest public edition V3.0.1 and install it as per the instructions and then register and activate and upgrade to the very latest V4.0.0 Donor Edition which comes with the very latest KODI V16.1 Jarvis and is well worth the EmbER registration cost as you will soon appreciate.

I am sure that EmbER will of course still update to the latest EmbER and KODI versions OTA for the foreseeable future as Cory and Josh are both very committed to it. I believe they are currently working on a minor update to V4.0.1 and more goodies on the way. So my advice is to go ahead with getting the MXQ M12 metal cased box and installing EmbER on it as I am as good as certain that you will be extremely happy with the result.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DancesWithChickens:
I upgraded to a different box and wanted to sell off my TLBBv2 here, but out of the blue, the remote decided that the OK button had done its duty and now the thing is basically rendered unusable. -_-

So this is goodbye from me here.

Thx again @ Josh.5 + croniccorey for a great piece of software.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
How do we get to have a look at that Josh?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Hey old friend you can get a new remote very cheap depending on what your new box is. If it is an MXQ M12 metal cased box I have some spare brand new remotes here for those so PM me if you want to buy one (very cheap even with postage to you)

What was the new box you have upgraded to then? Did you take my advice and get one of the metal cased MXQ M12 boxes ?? If you did then those boxes with EmbER V4 really rock, so it is well worth NOT binning it just for a broken remote. You can of course always use a wireless keyboard and mouse with them too. (and note that the "C" key is the one mapped to the Menu function - C = Contextual menu)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
I suspect that he is talking about the remote for the box he was going to sell here

Someone here still might be interested though.

As you say, could always remap buttons, use with external keyboard, use harmony remote etc
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Sure you may be right Wotzit but was not clear which remote of his was broken thus my reply to him. I usually carry spare remotes for MyGica ATV1200/1220, old A11 single core and MXQ M12 metal cased boxes.

---------- Post added at 07:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 AM ----------

If anyone is interested I have a replacement remote.conf file for the MXQ M12 metal case boxes. This will cure the annoying hardware bug that means you cannot reboot your box from the remote power button if you went into suspend mode using that remote power button. This edited remote.conf file will give you the usual old 3 choice menu instead when you hit the remote red power button and by choosing Suspend from the 3 options it will put your box as it says into suspend mode. However now the remote power button will warm reboot the box as it should without the annoying need to power off/on reboot your box. This appears to not be an EmbER problem as I have noticed from testing that this same fault is also often there with the default Android OS as supplied with the virginal new boxes.

If you want this amended remote.conf file (ONLY FOR MXQ M12 metal cased boxes running EmbER) then get it here " https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17319514/M12 remote (fixed).zip " from my Dropbox public folder (it is very small file) unzip this file called "M12 remote (fixed).zip" and using file manager (with access to hidden files and deletions enabled as usual) add it to the folder /root/Configs/kodi/ and then reboot your box for it to take effect.

I hope Josh may be able to incorporate this into the next EmbER update V4.0.1 but I gather that is still some weeks away yet.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
Hmmm Must be a secret.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
OK guys - I'm moving on, getting ignored here for way too long.

Having excellent results with the S905 and LibreElec builds, so see you all later when you catch up.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Kill two small bugs with one fix

See my post above #1651 re the edited remote.conf file fix for the suspend mode bug.

Well the great news is that it also clears the well known bug that when in the original remote enabled suspend was used then the system clock lost around an hour a day. That of course then required a full cold reboot to reset the clock to correct the time, which of course defeated the big benefit of the suspend hot quick reboot. Well using the edited remote,conf as above, and selecting Suspend from the three options, that gives you what is a normal suspend mode BUT now the clock no longer loses time. I have discovered this after some extensive testing.. This clock bug is NOT an EmbER bug at all as it appears to be the same even in Android so is likely a base box related bug.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
NEW EmbER V4.0.1 Nightly Build now available

Hot news. For those with the metal cased MXQ M12 boxes with the S805 EmbER build then there has just been released a V4.0.1 Nightly Build for those who feel competent enough to try this new Beta build which has a raft of bug fixes according to Josh at EmbER . Please be aware that this is a Beta Build so could well have bugs so only for those who are wiling to test it out and please feed back your experience of it here too.

I have now installed it and the update went smoothly and all boots up okay and looks to be all working fine. I have also now removed the edited ntp.conf file some of us had to use to get the correct date and time at boot up and so far it works fine without that ntp temporary fix we used before, so this is fixed for sure it seems. Josh has apparently considerably reworked the power management so please test to check that the past related issues are fixed. Certainly I have removed my temporary fix remote.conf file too, and we are now back with the instant suspend mode when pressing the remote red power button. However from this instant suspend mode when trying to reboot from the remote then I still find it fails on first attempt every time, but now it always works on the second attempt unlike before. Now I will be also testing to see if the time loss is still occurring in this default suspend mode, so will report back on this issue tomorrow or Sunday after it has been in this instant suspend mode for many hours overnight.

Thanks to Josh and Corey for their continued work on this excellent S805 EmbER build.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Watersnapper:
Revert Ember 4.0 to Android Issue

Hi All,

I have a ATV1200/3200 with Ember 4.0 and due to Ember not picking up the internal HDD I'm going to have to revert back to Android, as much as I don't want to.

I've downloaded the ATV1200 - g02ref/STVMX revert back to Android files and put them onto a SD Card. However when I try to revert back to Android by pressing the upgrade button and inserting the power, the Ember Splash screen comes on and then goes though the progress of flashing the device. I end up and the Ember recovery menu. I get an error message and nothing happens, if I reboot the device it just boots back into Ember.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Well I am going to be blunt here and say I would ditch the internal hard drive and keep EmbER 4 rather than try to go back to the Android kludgey bloatware.

I had a USB 1TB external drive plugged into my old ATV1200 and ATV1220 boxes (now use an inexpensive MXQ M12 metal cased quad core box) but I hardly ever used that hard drive as everything is available to steam online of course. I only kept that hard drive available for if and when the internet was down and I had lots of material on there that I had not seem so acted only as an emergency fall back. though my internet hardly ever fails these days since switching to fibre optic.

I honestly never see the point in downloading stuff from KODI unless it is say some special concert that I want to archive just in case it becomes unavailable online. All the other movies and TV series are available on demand whenever I want to watch them of course and see no point in archiving them as I only tend to watch once anyway, but that is obviously different for each person. The only folk I know around here who regularly download from the KODI add-ons is where they have a crap internet which will not stream in the busy evening peak period. So they download say a movie during the day ready to watch later in the evening and usually save that to their installed SD card or a USB stick and wipe it after watching it.

If you really must go back to Android then you will likely need to use the boot up disc prepped using the instructions for unbricking your box (on Page 1 of the http://forum.kodi.tv/ thread) but probably there will be no need to open the box and short pins. That should take you into recovery mode and you should then be able to power off and then install Android back to the box in the normal way using your SD card.

Hope that is of some help to you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Pavlo87:
Same box, same problem.

Anyone have any ideas? Maybe it has something to do with the bootloader name?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bonyz:
Hello, everyone.

Just wonder how to get analog output on g18ref working with Ember 3.0.1. I can see that /sys/class/display/mode is set to 480cbvs. But still "no signal" on TV. Can anyone help with suggestion of possible reason of this. Thanks in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NINJATHREE:
MXQ M12

It seems it is getting difficult getting the MXQ 12 Metal box. Aliexpress says they no longer have it. Do you have a Link or Source ? Or should I get the MXQ HD18Q instead as it appears Ember is close to releasing for this box ?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] startreksuite:
I just bought a license for the mx2 version of ember. Had to go through my wife's name since she had a PayPal account (with her permission). The email did go to her spam folder, which she fished out. As soon as I entered the code it worked for me. I downloaded the update, which installed on reboot. So far so good.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mauriziogalli:
I have the same issue trying to revert and get the following error: "stvmx" II getprpop("ro.product.device") == "stvmx" Installation aborted. Can anybody help please?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sanelbilas:
sidewinder 4

Hi to everyone

I have a sidewinder 4 and i flashed it with ember g18ref... now i'm stuck on the boot immage or a black screen. i can't go in the recovery mode to flash it back to android or whatever else. can anyone help me please?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sanelbilas:
anyone?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lee_stow:
I'm guessing Ember is dead? What a shame. Great firmware.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] startreksuite:
Its got a donate section. Its up to 16.1.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mauriziogalli:
kodi 17

Any idea on if/when we can expect an update with kodi 17?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Yes within a month or two of the official KODI 17 being released. Currently only a release candidate version is out 17.1 RC . Personally I don't like it much and quite happy with Jarvis. Estuary skin in KODI 17 Krypton is IMHO awful but you can revert to the well tried and tested, stable and good Confluience skin thank goodness.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
I see KODI 17.1 full release version is now out. Seems pretty stable and I have to say I have got to like the Estuary skin a little more, though be warned it is a major change in the way the GUI works. You can though always install the original Confluence skin with KODI 17.1 but I am feeling it may be well worth persevering with the new Estuary skin as it does have some merits too and more become apparent as you get more familiar with it.

So now KODI 17 Krypton is officially and fully released maybe the EmbER boys will work to bring out EmbER V5 with KODI 17.1 (or later) But it does take a lot of time and effort so be patient and enjoy KODI 16.1 for now as it is still a great stable KODI version especially along with EmbER 4. Josh/Corey any feedback on this yet ???
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Steven Dunne:
Hi when I put in my code it runs through everything then goes to reboot but it just stays on tat and doesn't do anything
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tomas3352:
help

Hi I have a mygica atv1200 I have installed the firmware linux mx the last version available seems that this is not updated years ago, I would like to be able to integrate the addon web louncher but it is not possible for the dependency any solution? How could update the dependencies? Any way to access some kind of console, terminal ... etc? Thank you very much I hope to solve the problem and I hope an answer or some solution thanks again
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SirRufio:
Revert to Android

Using your 'revert' package for the g18ref results in an error - symlink: some symlinks failed, Installation aborted.

I was enjoying EmbER, but wanting to try LibreElec fork so that I can use Kodi 17.3. Any update that does not require $10 going to be available anytime soon ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rangerxlt:
17.3

Just made a donation and updated to 4.0.3 , just wondering when kodi 17.3 will be available??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
I have heard that it is currently under development, but may be yet a further month or two. If Josh is around maybe he could give more important information on this straight from the horses mouth so to speak.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] startreksuite:
I have a strange issue with being unable to shut down my box through Kodi. I posted it through the support section but no response for days. They must be busy.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rehan707:
hello guys please help me i want to flash firmware in my amlogic s905x smartbox there is no port to connect usb cable to flash only 2 usb port for connecting mouse pendrive please help me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] suppenkasper0815:
Hi,

I read already since a few weeks and don't d find a solution.

I have a Gbox Midnight Ver. 2.2 from 2012.

It has a 8726-m3 Single Core A9 Processor, Mali 400 Gpu, 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM. It seems to be the same like a Pivos DS Box.

It is no Gbox Midnight MX or anything else. The Board type seems to be a g16ref.

At the moment I run the latest MX Linux with Kodi 14.0 as OS. No Android OS anymore on the Box.

The problem is that I often have to repress a channel selection to get my punctures. Tested with Pvr Plug in Vu plus and with VDR.

I don't know how to fix it and wanted a newer Version of kodi because everything seems to be outdated...

There was something from J1nx in the past and still a Git, but I don't know how to compile something or to get an working img file to update.

I tried a lot of different images with toothpick method, but without success. There are always problems with validation during the process.

For me it makes now sense because I tried to install images for MX Boxes which is dual core...

So could anyone please help me with an working image or how to get ahead?

Honestly thankful in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LaFemme69:
Mygica atv520E running embER v1.0.1......

I want to revert back to android os but my atv520e cannot boot into recovery mode after following the instructions to press the reset button and plug in the power....

plse help!!

thanx.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] r0ot$harp:
hi all

i work on new project that i install new custom rom on AML8726, but i don't enogh information about it. my board is Amlogic Meson6 g02 customer platform and current version is android JDQ39.

1) how to install twrp on this board?

2) how to create custom rom?

3) how to switch in recovery mode? my board doesn't any reset button.

thanks very much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tenchiman:
I had an ATV1200 that I have already installed the "donation" version and works okay.

Have a second ATV1200 that I am looking to install Ember as well. Is this project still alive?

I don't see a donation section on their website anymore.

Are they any alternate ways to get the latest version installed - if they no longer support our boxes?

I am aware that the previous method was to install the free version, then get a key and the box will OTA update to latest version.

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnniegtg:
They are going thru a server transition. Look for more devices and newer OS versions coming soon!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Hatty 9 Keys:
Can Ember only run Kodi for watching videos?

I was looking more for a general purpose Linux typewriter box to keep some notes on, do a bit of browsing and maybe (maybe!) receive emails. Is Ember a fit for this purpose?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] coolpixs4:
dropbox link not working, please help

my tvbox not boot

the tvbox look like this [IMG="tvbox"]http://i60.tinypic.com/28i5nqt.jpg[/IMG]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DCC2019:
G18REF AV Out and other Questions

Hello,

First, before I go on about the other difficulties I am having I'd like to know if the build downloaded from the site I mention below will support the Analog AV Out port on the device. I have to connect it to an older CRT TV. I tried LibreElec but that is not an option there.

I'm too new on this forum to be allowed to post links, the closest I'm able to get is....I downloaded EmbER for my g18ref box from:

ember-dev . com

The instructions included in the README state I must reboot with an SD card inserted that has the extracted files from the Archive in it. I don't have an SD and when I tried with a USB flashdrive nothing loaded automatically as the README indicated would occur on SD. I'm wondering if I can utilize the .zip file that was one of the files required to be on the SD to flash via recovery?

Thanks in advance if anyone is still monitoring this discussion at all.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Andybrody:
Hi just thinking of using EmbER

I have the ATV1200 and KR60 remote (also have KR34 but would prefer to use KR60)

did you get an answer to this problem.

Thanks

Andy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Hatty 9 Keys:
Hey, everyone! Whatever happened to Ember?

Ember-dev is dead... I see a github repo only still up. Tried to configure a build to make my own, but it is way over my head. Thousands of unfamiliar options.

I only want to use my g18ref MX2 box as a typewriter for LaTeX, a bit of email sending/reading, and minimal browsing on the web. Might even go VNC thin client route to my "real" PC. Basically, I am looking for a regular Linux box with Xorg and no multimedia is needed.

Can anyone help me get up and running?

So far I could not find an image that would burn EmbER onto the box. If I have to go make menuconfig/make route, are there pre-configured files out there that could build an MX2-ready image?

Anyone?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daigo26:
Is there any development of Tizen Os Kodi?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mitnits:
Sorry my bad, its f16ref.... The other box I have is g02ref though, can't wait to get rid of android and run xbmc on it....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] awaldram:
This is for UK HD content ?

Seems strange that there would be an amplayer variant out there with the correct support

My suspicion is Linux amplayer supports annexB raw H264 but not NALU packets
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
I only play scene release mkv's in 720p or 1080p
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Joining the request for Bluetime mx5, anything we can do to help to support it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] deshwal:
VOB stuttering

I have tried multiple linux build on my gbox midnight mx2, the VOB always stutter, no problems with mkv or avi. Any one seen this?