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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mira4:
Welcome. What is the username and password for ssh? I can not login. Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TTLucian:
Audio issues

Hello.

I've just installed this image on a MX box and I have one big issue. I use a MELE F10 pro Airmouse remote which has an integrated audio device (speaker and mic). The system outputs sound through the remote instead of it's own audio device. If I unplug the USB dongle from the box and reboot it, the sound plays through HDMI and SPDIF. How can I change the default audio device? And since we're here, how can I mute HDMI audio and play only through SPDIF output (my TV can't decode 5.1 so it just makes static noise and I have to mute it every time)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] VannMann:
Is the wifi better with this build than the factory android build for the Midnight MX2?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dhead666:
root : letmein

---------- Post added at 01:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:13 PM ----------

Unbelievable, this is great news !!! Kudos for all the developers involved (the list is long but I guess Davilla, Theuni, J1nx, ... and Corey for the build).

This means that usb soundcards works (these didn't work on previous builds for 8726-M3).

Tested and confirmed on my MX device (latest 0.1.0).

Anyway I believe your specific issue is with advancedsetting.xml as Pivos hided the options to change the audio output, you'll need to edit it.

This solution shuold have work but I got no idea why it isn't, so maybe wait for updated build from Corey.

EDIT: I didn't realize I was connecting to a different machine.

This should will work but instead nano you should use vi (isn't easy for beginners).

ssh to your machine and:

# cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml /root/.xbmc/userdata

# nano /root/.xbmc/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

Remove the audio output related lines from the file, save and exit.

Now it will be nice to get the internal bluetooth adapter working with wireless headphones.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] VannMann:
Ok, got this installed and it runs good. Only problem so far is that I can't get anything to install from file manager. Got fusion downloaded and try to install anything from it and it says "wrong file structure". Any help, I'm stuck?

EDIT: Used super repo instead of xbmchub. All good now, but can't fast forward or skip streaming content. That a known problem?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dhead666:
[MENTION=4355759]TTLucian[/MENTION],

Regarding my previous post on the usb sound card issue:

I didn't realize I was connecting to a different machine that was running.

So copying the advancedsettings.xml to userdata and editing it will work but you will need to use vi and not nano, sadly it much more difficult editor for beginners.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dhead666:
I've made another test with usb sound card (now with multichannel card) and it looks like only stereo output is working correctly, analog 5.1 doesn't work.

This isn't a big issue as the Amlogic device already got digital multichannels and analog stereo outputs that working correctly, so adding the external usd sound card would be useful for people with usb DACs and they only need stereo output.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
Thank you

Really wanted to thank you for this...have been running MX Linux since I pretty much bought the MX2, and I always loved it. As many others, I was very excited to see after a very long period of silence that the development was still going!!! And here we have it! Ran EmbER for a little over a week, and it works like a charm! Got my advancedsettings.xml in the userdata folder, connected right away to mySQL on my server, downloaded my favorite skin, and it was ready for use! I have a 4k TV, so the EmbER logo isn't fullscreen during bootup, but I wouldn't call this an issue!!

One question I have...I saw that it was recommended, even for MXLinux users, to install the "convert" image. I didn't...I downloaded the MX2REF-update, extracted it on a SD, did the toothpick procedure, and it actually automatically started the install, which worked well. However, once I realized through WinSCP that the old .xbmc folders and files were still there, I went to recovery, did a full wipe and re-install to start fresh. It has been working great since the installation, and I am just wondering why would it be recommended to use the "convert" instead of the "update"? It is working now, will it be an issue later?

Also, when can we expect the "donation" image to come out??? You can count on me...

Thanks again!!

Damien
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sag:
Any chance to keep the system cleaner? Please, I would like options to install addons, repos, skins, etc instead of preloaded modules. In fact, is what I dislike of Armedia. Some addons, skins, etc default installed which I simply don't use and shouldn't install.

Regards.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dru79:
I don't like ETA but when ROM for TLBB will be finished?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
CVBS Video is still not working on ATV1200.... :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Is cvbs supposed to be working with the g18ref build?

Of so how does one get it working
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
EmbER-DE v1.0.1 Released

OTA Update to EmbER-DE v1.0.1 available on these devices:

- G18REF / MX2REF

- G02REF / STVMX

Just so you know:

TLBBM6 build is currently undergoing final testing. Downloads will be up real soon.

CMX build has had some big changes under the hood. We need to finish up the new **** -> EmbER conversion before we can release.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Cvbs works fine but there's no boot logo usally just static till kodi starts
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
I have connected ethernet & cvbs only (3x chinch) and I got black screen only on my CVBS.

No problems on Android.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Its bin tested on atv1200, atv400 and mx2ref... all work on boot u need to wait for kod to start sometimes it will just be black or static till it does... I tested this on my boxs

Default it will use 480cvbs
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batomostar:
seems that download links are broken
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
Any chance a clean DE version will be released? I'd love to have ota, but don't want add-ons.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
This was noted earlier and so no addons have been pre-installed in DE.

Other than the update feature, at this time EmbER-DE also comes with an extra repo and 3 sources installed. All of which can be easily removed if you wish.

Future releases of EmbER-DE will focus on configuring more advanced system settings and giving you the ability to install/configure additional services such as location of samba shares and VPN.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
I told you its not working...

I even dont hear any sound when HDMI is unplugged, so looks like its not booting up then.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
Where are you located? Is your tv av running pal or ntsc?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Im from Poland. Its PAL.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
This is probably the problem. EmbER outputs ntsc when hdmi isn't detected.

We have intentions to employ a system that detects location and selects pal or ntsc based on that location. But this feature is still in early stages of brainstorming.

If you have any ideas on how this could be done, we'd welcome the input.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Maybe this could be configured from Kodi?

I could conenct it via HDMI, set PAL and reboot ;)

Also if it depends on bootloader, then maybe you could share 2 different versions.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] applefag:
Any movement on a build than can be compiled from source ? IM having constant problems (with OE as well) where on reboot PVR will start as disabled and the only fix for this is to remove all PVR add ons except the one I am using. Also have an addon/scrippt free build to work from.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Would it be possible for you to release a build without your advancedsettings.xml

Kodi doesn't seam to be respecting some settings in .kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

I tried editing the squash file but can't get it to unsquash
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulbeast:
How do I know if my device is supported?

It's a bluetimes mx5 . I've read it's a g02ref , but I don't know if that's enough.

Are all g02ref compatible?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batomostar:
cmx

Any news about cmx version :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
CMX and TLBBM6 Downloads

CMX and TLBBM6 builds are up.

http://ember-dev.com/downloads/

Along with these come the OTA updates to EmbER-DE for these devices.

Make sure you flash the conversion ROM when flashing over any other OS (including MX Linux). Not doing so may cause issues later on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
thank you alot:)

i try this with "Whatever to EmbER",the setup start runing with the logo "Ember"'

but in The middle of the installation it's stop and start blinking,

any idea?

edit:i make format to SDCARD and after that the installation was successful.

kodi runing,but stuck after some time,and when i make restart its stuck in EMBER logo...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
If ever you get faults where it isn't booting for whatever reason, my suggestion is tofactory reset then re-flash the firmware. Just in case something didn't convert correctly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
when i run " Whatever to EmbER",it's make factory reset?

if yus i did it twice,

after the intstall kodi start,run well some time and then stuck,and when i restart(plugged out/in power supply)

its suck in the EMBER logo(with some lines on it)...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
Can you post a screenshot of the logo with these lines?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
[IMG="lines"]http://s8.postimg.org/834mucb91/photo_2015_04_19_02_36_54.jpg[/IMG]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
It looks like you got a dud unit there. That is usually a sign of overheating or faulty components on the board.

Try flashing the original Android firmware (following the revert process in our downloads page), and see if the fault follows you to android.

I would recommend if in future you can get it going (if box isn't dead), making sure you run the clock at a low frequency to keep it from overheating. Maybe even lower than 1Ghz.

I have flashed a number of CMX boxes and this is common. They aren’t the best of boxes when it comes to this sort of thing.

I think in the 100 or so that I've flashed/tested, about 10 of them have been highly susceptible to heat and possibly component damage. And several others have been faulty on arrival. Running these boxes on the same firmware as the MX2 (OpenELEC, MX Linux, etc.) puts a lot of stress on them. This is a big reason why EmbER for CMX is different and is clocked at 1Ghz by default and has a number of other CMX specific changes under the hood.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
ok,thank you.

i will check it In the coming days.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Ive bin dealing with some family issues so time is short atm.. But we will consider a second version although we will likely implement it in our ROM to switch.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
I need feedback from ATV1200 users of EmbER's "Donor Edition"...

Can you tell me if you're having any issues with the OTA Update feature? I'm getting mixed reports that it's not working and I cannot test it because I do not have one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
For anyone facing issues with OTA please use WiFi connection during OTA, there is a bug when updating by ETH that will result in a failure to contact our servers.

We will resolve bug soon,

Thanks for supporting EmbER
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Is it possible for you to provide some image for PAL TV?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batomostar:
what about AML8726-M3 devices. I found on ebay mx2 with this cpu. I think it's single core but can I flash it with EmbER
[Miscellaneous Android Development] makis:
1.01 update does not work

Thanks Corey.. version 1.0 was great!!!!!! but DO NOT APPLY 1.01 on ATV 400's.

WE applied the 1.01 update manually on the ember 1.0 and the boxes did not restart anymore we have now 5 bad boxes that need the e prom re-flashed.. Thank GOD we can do that our-self but most people can't.

Please take out the update you listed since it will cause problems to other users . we are using atv400's here

Thanks

Let me know if you have a solution.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulbeast:
I've got a bluetimes mx5 ...

ARM Cortex-A9, AML8726-MX Dual-core 1.5Ghz+ GPU Mali 400

Something like this:

http://foro.androidpc.es/showthread.php?tid=1044

Anybody knows if I can flash this rom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lyor:
Will it be possible to had a SSH option in the next release, like the OpenELEC has?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wotzit:
It's already got it, take a look at the first posts :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] robinthart:
Tlbb ember remote

Hello,

I succesfully installed ember on my little black box V2. Now my rf remote buttons work different. F.e

Home button Goes to settings

Return button takes me to home.

How can i change that? Kind regard
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
You need to change the remote.conf file to one that is correct for your remote key mapping. First you need to find and download a suitable remote.conf file that is compatible with your remote (I do not personally know the black box V2 as I almost exclusively use Geniatech ATV1200 and 1220 boxes). These remote.conf files are pretty small BTW. Maybe somebody here knows the remote.conf file you need and where to find it.

You then need to use File Manager and go to /root/root/etc/kodi folder where you will see the remote.conf file which is obviously not compatible with your remote. Rename that file to remote,conf.orig or something similar and then copy across your new remote.conf file form a USB stick or SD Card to this same folder. Return to your home screen and reboot and all should work fine then if indeed you truly did get the correct remote file for your box.

BTW you will need to enable the deletion and editing of system and hidden files in one of the Confluence system settings first or else you will not be able to carry out the above remote.conf file change from the File Manager. Go to System|Settings|Appearance|File Lists and ensure all six options on that screen are enabled. If you do not see the File Lists option then you need to change the Settings Level option (bottom of left hand column) from Basic to any of the three higher levels. I cannot remember whether you then have to reboot for those File Lists settings option changes to become effective but I think maybe you do not need to. Try it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] phreaq:
I'm getting an error when trying to install on my gbox 2.1

It's currently running Gotham on a linux build, so I used 'EXTRACTME_g18ref-mx2_Android_Revert.zip', and get an error:

E:Bad bootloader arguments
"(null)"
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
*********************************************
Device: Matricom G-Box Midnight MX2 (g18)
Firmaware Varsion: 1.1.9
Android Version 4.2.2 (JDQ39)
Compiled: May 14, 2013
*********************************************
script aborted (no error message)E:Error in /sdcard/matricom_g18_1.1.9.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.

If I try 'MX_LINUX-1.01r2-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip', I get the following error:

Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: getprop("ro.buildproduct") == "g18ref" (and more txt that says the same for "mx2ref")
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.

any thoughts?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batomostar:
Did you manage to install EmbER on this device? I have the same one I would like to try
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batomostar:
wetek play

any chances for porting EmbER to wetek play?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Did you try it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Is there any chance of a build without the /usr/share/kodi/ advancedsettings.xml file

Not being able to edit it delete causes some problems with kodi not respecting advancedsettings.xml in userdata
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kevo420:
Anyone having luck installing this on a MyGica/Geniatech ATV520? All I'm getting is bricks.

Tried to flash the image, get the ember logo as it's flashing and then it goes to reboot. After that it just appears to hang no matter how long I leave it. When i try to reboot it i just get a solid red light (Bricked), have to short the pins to get it to boot and recover with an android image on an SD card.

I've tried flashing multiple times and the same thing always happens, although one time when I shorted the pins to recover it just booted into ember and I was able to set it all up and stream. But as soon as i powered it down it hung on the boot splash and wouldn't start. Haven't been able to re-create that at all but it did kind of work once.

Any ideas? Every time I've tried to flash it's been running mygica android 4.2.2

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulbeast:
No, I haven't tried it.

I have it useless in a box, so I think I can risk the brick
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Please let me know if it worked
[Miscellaneous Android Development] applefag:
HI, can you tel me where I can compile the native linux build (obviously without your own protected addons) and what the terminal command line is for the g18ref model. Experiencing quite a few problems and with the .sqsh file encrypted I cant do much.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CrazyTSTer:
Any news about support for this device?

Also i can provide any necessary information to implement support of SW4 in EmbER, but i can't contact with developers :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] john3voltas:
I've got a Tronsmart VS-ATV-106 "Prometheus" which is based on the AMLogic 8726-M6.

I don't even know if it's a g02ref or a g16ref. Some places mention one but some mention the other...

Anyone knows if EmbER runs on this Android box?

Is there anyway that I can find out if it's a g02ref or if it's a g16ref?

Thanks in advance :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
It is g18ref, you can flash ember.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] iac304es:
Hello, first of all thank you very much for your contribution, my question is this. no possibility of installing this in a xtreamer sidewinder 4?. thanks.

if there is no chance someone knows a Linux distribution for this device?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] john3voltas:
By the way, is it possible to dual-boot between EmbER and Android? I'd love to keep Android installed and boot EmbER from the SD card.

I can have Kodi installed on Android but it lacks stability.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] markcf105:
help

Can anyone please help. I am having the same problem. I have bricked 4 of my boxes...... I have 6 ATV520e 2 have been updated and 4 are not working (red Light) they all had the exact same configuration....

Thanks,

Mark
[Miscellaneous Android Development] john3voltas:
I tried to flash it today and now I apparently have a brick.

Then I tried to reflash the original android FW. I could see the spinning Android logo while it was installing the OS but after the restart I get no video.

I used this image: EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G18REF_MX2REF-convert_v1.0.1

Also, now the box keeps trying to flash the android firmware and restarts. It's on a loop.

I also tried to flash EXTRACTME_g18ref-mx2_Android_Revert but it didn't work at all.

Is it really dead or can it still be brought back alive?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
2 questions:

1) Where can I find version 2 for ATV1200?

2) Anyone tried reverting Ember back to MX Linux?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] john3voltas:
Just to let you know that I've finally recovered my tv box.

It was the SD card I was using. I went and bought a new Sandisk and it worked on my first try.

Also thanks to Corey Moyer from team EmbER who directly offered help to unbrick the tv box.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
I cannot flash anything now.

I got Ember 1.01 on my ATV1200 and when i insert SD card and press reset button, it still boots Ember up :(

Any ideas?

BTW: How can I restore defaults in Ember if it does not boot up to Kodi?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
You may find if you look at your original SD card you may have had the write protect lock set on. This will cause it to fail to flash the image but will not report that this is likely the reason. Just a thought and a worthwhile tip reminder about this easy trap to fall into.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] john3voltas:
I see, but if it had been the write protect lock, how could I even copy the files to the card?

I mean, I did:

- format the card

- made sure it was clean, no files on it and single partition on the whole card

- dd'ed the uboot.bin using w32diskimager

- removed the single partition that appears on the card

- created a 1,5GB fat32 partition after the 500MB

- copy the ROM files to the new partition

- made sure that the ROM files were on the card

Anyway, as I told you before, I have successfully reflashed the original tronsmart ROM on my Prometheus tv box and every thing seemed to be ok.

But then I had to reboot the box and it hanged during the boot up and never finished booting up again.

I tried several reboots but nothing worked.

Then I reflashed the original ROM again and it seemed to be fine but as soon as I rebooted it hanged during boot up and never finished booting up again. :(

I ran this procedure 4 or 5 times already and I always get the same result...

I still can see the green A9 logo. Then it shows me another image and it gets suck on that image.

I thought it needed me to wipe data or cache but then I saw a file in the ROM that has exactly that: wipe data and wipe cache.

Can anyone give me any help with this?

Thanks in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] RayWalton:
Of course you could not have written the image files to the SD card if the write protect lock was on. But it happened to me once that I must have accidentally knocked on the write protect before inserting it into the ATV1200 box. Easy done but before that I too had not realised it would fail with it in the locked position. So was just an idea my friend. At least you said it worked with a new card but now you have a boot loader problem it seems.

All I can suggest is a shorting of those two pins hard reset with a suitable bootable SD card in the slot. I use an empty boot-loader SD card myself for this procedure which works at least half the time I use the pin shorting method but you have to persevere a few times it seems.

Nearly all the bricking that has happened to me personally has only been a few boxes recently and with EmbER flashing only or trying to revert back to Android and then MX Linux being a problem. All new boxes I am now only using MX Linux Helix 14.2 and will only use EmbER again when it is all sorted. I see there is V2.0 and V2.1 out now but do not seem to be able to download them from their site as only V1.0.0 and V1.0.1 available currently and my personal box with my EmbER Donators code entered still reports my version 1.0.1 is up to date ??? So go figure, obviously still not right yet sadly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] batoo:
Can anybody give me a hint how to update to 2.0.1? I have TLBBv2 I have ember 1.0.1 running but I can't find anywhere link for version 2.0.1

Thx a lot!