yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
1. Not "pissing and moaning," but relating what I've read on Xiaomi's own forums. You should try it, because, if you did, you'd know: 1. That's an "illegitimate" download of a Beta version and 2. Some people have bricked their MiBoxen trying to install it.

No thanks. I'll wait for the OTA--if it ever happens. And if, unlike Oreo, it doesn't cause more problems than it solves.

I don't need to stick my hand in fire to know it's hot. I don't need to load wonky software to know it's wonky.

Near as I can tell, Xiaomi doesn't pay much heed to anything anybody tries to tell them, so, no thanks.

I feel just fine about myself, thank you very much. How to you feel about yourself, being an unmitigated shill and fanboi for Xiaomi?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Thanks for more examples of your vapid complaining. Truly validates you as nothing more that an inveterate kvetch with nothing to contribute to the discussion. Last of all, you resort to name calling, which will probably degenerate into hurling Nazi epithets.

Don't bother to respond, you're useless and eminently forgettable.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] minofunny:
For {deity's} sake don't do it!

You'll be stuck with an "a-z" keyboard, it won't even display the ASOP keyboard if you sideload it, and I can't fine any working alternative to Gboard :rage:

Navigation no longer works properly in Stremio, Aptiode, and a host of other apps

And that's after a couple of hours, I'm sure there's more crap lurking.

Upside at least Kodi has it's own keyboard and still works fine :D

Mi Box 3
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
From field reports it would appear the second (or third, depending upon how you count) update Beta breaks as much as it fixes--which wasn't anything I needed fixed, anyway. Since our two MiBox 3s are working "ok" for our needs, I'm going to identify Xiaomi's update servers and block them at the border router, so Xiaomi's incompetent software goons can't break them.

This is what often happens when you buy C³. Should have come as no surprise, I suppose. *shrug*
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
In spite of the doom and gloom you love to project, you should know all the abortive flashes resulted from user-inflicted syntax errors, poor English recognition or simply pushing the wrong button in manual recovery.

Correcting the missteps results in successful flash of 2179 with all the benefits that accrue.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Zeljko1234:
Did you identify Xiaomi update servers? Or how to block update besides disabling play services?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
All Xiaomi OTAs originate at this url

https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/xiaomi_once_once
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Zeljko1234:
So blocking that on FW or router should do the job? Have you tried?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] claishem01:
sorry if this is out of topic, but anyone here knows which specific system apk file holds the wallpaper of mibox? i already tried overwriting the wallpaper file in /data/system/users/0/ folder with another wallpaper but it doesnt change the wallpaper. when you reboot, the orignal wallpaper is again in /data/system/users/0.

anyone?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
Probably not practical, unless you have an HTTP/HTTPS proxy and can block by URL. Observe:

$ host android.googleapis.com
android.googleapis.com is an alias for googleapis.l.google.com.
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.4.202
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.5.10
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.8.170
googleapis.l.google.com has address 216.58.216.106
googleapis.l.google.com has address 216.58.192.138
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.6.10
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.4.74
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.1.42
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.4.234
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.4.106
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.9.42
googleapis.l.google.com has address 216.58.192.202
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.4.42
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.6.106
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.0.10
googleapis.l.google.com has address 172.217.9.74
googleapis.l.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4009:802::200a

You'd have to block all those, and if they moved any of them, or re-addressed them, you'd be out-of-luck again.

Plus, I imagine that URL is whence app updates originate, as well. And perhaps other functionality.

Better to just not purposely install Xiaomi updates, as they only seem to make things worse, and pray the thing doesn't force you to do so or do it on its own.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] noam212:
I just updated my box to the latest release and since then my remote can't turn on the box. Did anyone else experience it? Any possible solution?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
You would have been well-served to have checked the xiaomi.eu site, first: Build 2303 - Bug Feedback

Amongst the many other problems this update introduced:

That last one has existed ever since the Oreo release.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
Btw: Don't know why I didn't think of this before: To prevent an (un?)intentional Xiaomi update from trashing your MiBox 3 (even worse than it may already be): Settings -> Apps -> System apps -> Google Play services, then Force stop, followed by Disable.

You won't get

any

updates, then, and that might prevent you from installing new apps or manually updating apps you have, but at least Yet Another Broken Xiaomi Update won't (further) trash your MiBox 3.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
The ONLY way to invoke an update is to affirmatively click on 2 different dialog boxes.

It cannot happen without confirming these 2 steps, PERIOD.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
That is what I would normally assume to be the case, yet there've been people that have claimed their MiBox 3's updated "on their own."

There was a platform, I recall not which one it was (Android, iOS, if Android: Which mfgr) that, after pestering one for X amount of time would finally just force the update.

Better safe than sorry, I'm thinking.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Zeljko1234:
Yeah, confirmed sever times and I saw on my box. Update start itself, PERIOD ;)
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] blade_:
Hello guys.. I recently updated(?) from a nexus player to mi box 3 4k android TV.. Is there any way to update to oreo? It seems stuck to marshmallow
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] nakata1954:
you have pm
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
You probably don't want to do that. Oreo was a flaming disaster and, from what I can tell, it looks like Xiaomi has stopped even trying (for some value of "trying") to fix the many, many flaws in it.

If I could back our two MiBox 3's out to MM I'd do it in a heartbeat, w/o a 2nd thought.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Crescendo Xenomorph:
and I'm yet to find a way to downgrade to MM...

xiaomi should give a way to downgrade or at least let the users to unlock the bootloader....

this is beyond insane already...
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Juanito216:
Recently there was another update, to improve wifi performance etc. I have yet to find an issue. Hopefully mine will continue to wake upon pressing the power button, as that was my biggest issue that a factory reset didn't fix, after the previous Oreo updates.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
Yes, and that update appears to be bricking MiBox 3's right and left. Bricked both of mine. Only one was recoverable.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] stopa10:
Yes, I also updated and everything seems fine so far. No Netflix issues yet.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] zdgrunf:
There is no Croatian language anymore on mibox??? Speach recognition is useless now. Anyone know how to add system language?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] gbarkov:
Hi Guys,

I have bought Mi box 3 several weeks ago. And there was no update to Android 8.0 over OTA.

Starting from yesterday it's suggesting to update, what do you think? It's a new version of Android 8.0 with fixed issues or it's still a bad one? )
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] jseymour:
You pays your nickel and you takes your chances. Xiaomi MiBox 3 updates have a nasty reputation for bricking boxes. Particularly, it would appear, the last one. That one, which I didn't even manually initiate, bricked both mine. (One of which I was able to recover. The other for which I'm awaiting a shipping label from Xiaomi US.) If it's a brand new box from an authorized reseller, and you have a valid receipt, and the update bricks the box, you should be able to return it to Xiaomi for a replacement. I've read they're pretty good about that.

N.B.: Xiaomi support admitted to me the last update has resulted in an abnormally high number of support requests.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] grobide:
You're right, it does not worth the risk.

I was very happy with that box but since Oreo, it's all messed up. I tried everything, from factory reset to downgrade to a "less buggy version" of Oreo. I see no hope for that box anymore, Xiaomi totally failed its consumers. I wonder if those firmwares are ****ty on purpose. Well, with Mi Box S and Mi Box 4, they may be trying to kill the Mi Box 3, pure and simple ?

Now I just ask myself : what box can I get for 40€ that let me watch Netflix and Amazon Prime Video in full HD. I know American have a lot of choice, but here in France, it's the Xiaomi Mi Box (never again !) or Nvidia Shield (too expensive).
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] astroboye:
[MENTION=9564371]grobide[/MENTION] agree with, french too, and since Oreo and even with the last updates, sames issues, lags, I must reboot and Molotov is really bugged in that version...too pity
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] goodguysoft:
Unfortunatelly, I have to confirm that Oreo update to Xiaomi Mi Box 3 is disaster. I bought one with Android 7 and liked it despite many bugs (for example, it hangs when I remove flash drive even I unmounted it via GUI, it hangs after a long sleep period, etc). But from the other hand it could use YouTube, Netflix and it could play videos directly from flash drive, so I loaded it with cartoons for children and just run in random order. It was OK for me, and because device was cheap, I was happy and I was ready to ignore bugs. I also installed browser here, os my wife could see her movies online.

Oreo update came automatically, it never asked me whether I want the update. One day I just saw the caption that I am happy owner of updated device.

I had to reinstall all apps. And here I realized that USB flash is mounted in nonstandard way, the only app that could see files on flash was ES Explorer; it can not however play multiple movies, so you have to open manually each 5-minutes cartoon from flash drive for your children, I was shocked with it. Sometimes sound disappears until reboot. It can play multiple movies from internal memory, however, it is 8 G only, and OS uses 50% of this space, so without flash you are very limited; copying movies that you watch now from flash to internal memory and overwritting them here when your children want another cartoons series is not something acceptable. Conclusion: don't try to save money on cheap device from China, buy the Android TV from adequate brand!
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Juanito216:
Mine has been working fine, albeit with it not waking sometimes.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] 921201tv:
Mi box error google connect

Hi, im buy MDZ-16-AB(firmware 2396) Telebee mi tv box

i cant login into google account, Error: "Do not connect to google servers" alltime.

The Internet works 100%. Videos are downloaded from YouTube without any problems.

Installed various updates (firmware 2167,2179,2303,2396) Step by step for each version: From recovery -> Wipe to factory and cache -> Reboot -> Install automatic update from usb(--update-package=udisk/update.zip) -> Install correctly and successfully -> Google server will not connect (Google server does not connect when you first set up, and if I skip the initial setup process).

Date and time correct Moscow +3 (automatically or manually).

Tried to change routers and providers, to prescribe static ip or dhcp. Nothing helps.

Tried to connect the Internet through a mobile access point and a mobile operator, the usb-etnernet cable also does not help.

Because of this, do not download any application from the google play market, the prefix is useless.

The only thing I can do is to put applications through adb over the air through ip.

But they also do not work in the login accounts. It feels like a crash at the javascript level of the embedded browser.

Enter them after ~ 50 attempts, and there are always different errors javascript.

Help plz.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Perform full system reset from settings menu

Try using vpn or alternate DNS provider

try to update latest google play services apk via sideload
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bharat.bkj:
mi box 4 (s) wifi issue

i purchased rhe mo box s (mi box 4)

i have terrible wifi issues in this box .i have 50mbps line and cant seem to get go over 2 mbps....somehow mobile hotspot works ... something's very wrong .anyone else facing this issue ...any fix to this???
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Remove current SSID, reboot router, add SSID
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bharat.bkj:
it did not work...moreover the mi box deteriorates my wifi connection brings down the entire network ...there is something wrong..i did a factory reset twice . .pls help
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] sylvio2000:
Any news for a new official release?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] sylvio2000:
Anybody tried ATXexperience already? Does it work better than original Firmware?

https://www.atvxperience.com/
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] tavoc:
There is a new official update to OPR6.170623.013.2550
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] sylvio2000:
changelog 2550:

1. improves wifi stability and connectivity for random disconnect issues

2. fix for wake up problems

3. fix for Netflix red artifacts on exact frame

4. improves stability for Bluetooth remote disconnect issue
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] rogerlucas:
5. auto framerate switch

Enviado de meu MI 6 usando o Tapatalk
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] zyonee:
I certainly hope the wakeup issues fix actually does what it says. It's the only issue I've been having with this device and it's a bit annoying. Happy to see they're still updating it, even if it's still Oreo.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] tavoc:
one of the best things is auto framerate switch works finally ;)
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] runtime_Err0r:
How it can be enabled?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] tavoc:
Activate auto resolution in mibox settings and then in Kodi define Whitelist

e.g. 1920x1080 23,x Hz, 24 Hz, 50 and 60
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] sylvio2000:
I use MrMC. I cant see an option to use a whitelist
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] venioni:
Has anyone this 2550 firmware rom to give me to installed on my tv box 3?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
For MDZ-16-AB, it is available via normal OTA update process.

As alternative, you can download build latest public build 2562 from

https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../2c49569c61c055db0b4f8dee8d49e4b04ecf9100.zip

and perform manual update from usb thumb drive that is formatted FAT32 and matches Xiaomi performance parameters
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] venioni:
I have already this update, just explain my problem . I am on beta tester for mi box 3 mdz 16-ab , i was on build 2551 and see on Facebook beta group that has released a new beta update for beta testers but when i checked for new updates on my mi box 3 my mi box is displayed that is updated . So after that i flashed a previous version rom like 2167 or 2179 to checked if there is any new update and i see that my mi box 3 is updated and there is no new update again and i wondering why happens that to my mi box , do you know the reason for this ?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Have you previously corrupted the serial number of your device, normally happened when trying to downgrade to MM from Nougat betas....
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] venioni:
No, my sirial number is ok and Netflix and of course Google cast working properly and i don't understand why i cannot received new updates. Do you believe that any dev on beta ROMS blocked accidentally my mi box 3 to receive new updates ?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] venioni:
ok, the problem with OTA updates on my mi box 3 solved.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] enreka_tr:
This latest update has f.cked up my wifi speed again. Lately I have been getting 25-30 mbits but now it is 5 mbit at it best no matter the 2.4/5g.it iş on v. 2562 now, can somebody explain me to how to roll back to previous version without losing my data?

Man it is so frustrating to see those chinese to see how they uncapable of fixing such a simple device after all these years this is my second mibox and I am really tired of setting everything again and again all over. Man..
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
That you resist resetting since you are "really tired of setting everything again and again" suggests you have overloaded your device.

Perform a full system reset to clear out every possible conflict. Try your wifi before you sideload unsupported apps and start making willy-nilly configuration changes.

Many Android apps are designed on earlier sdk versions that do not play nice with latest Oreo 8.1 and the advanced underlying Linux base code.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] french-anonymous:
Hi all.

Since the very first Oreo update, the Mibox became useless. I've tried everything ; reset by menu, hard reset, once I made a downgrade to a version supposed to work better, re-reset... Nothing make the box working good as it was on Nougat. I have important freezes in any video I watch, either on Netflix or on a USB key. It's just horrible to watch.

I since bought a Amazon FireTV Stick wich is great but don't have any USB port. That's a con, but it's not so important as I can use Plex to watch videos on it from my PC.

Anyway, yesterday I tried again to reinstall the Mibox on my TV. I had a new update and guess what ? It's still a mess.

It there any way, even risky, to get back to Nougat so I could use the Mibox again ? If it works it's great. If it doesn't, not a big deal as I have the Amazon FireTV Stick anyway.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] stopa10:
Guys, to be honest with the latest update my MiBox is working just fine.

Previous ones had endless hiccups, but now things seem to be ok.

Just to let everybody know about a different experience.

Cheers.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Zebnastien:
Working nice for me : no more HDCP related black screen, all is running smooth (not as smooth as my Nvidia Shield, but close enough). Vocal search is working fine. I don't see any problem.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Not possible as downgrade from Oreo to Nougat requires full system access. Since there is no viable root escapade for Oreo, nor any userdebug rom, root access is a non-issue.

Sorry

You should flash latest update, build 2562, that is the most bugfree version as yet.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] french-anonymous:
That's the one I have. I literally can't do anything no more with this box. I wish there was a real fix but it seems Xiaomi is very happy with the situation.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
You'll be surprised what a good, thorough factory reset (or three) will do for your box.

Avoid sideloading obtuse apks and stick with approved apks from playstore.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] noam212:
How do you suggest to do the factory reset? From the menu? It seems like there is no more access to the recovery.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] enreka_tr:
I mostly use netflix and mxplayer for local/network streaming. So i do not push my device. Also i do not mess with dev settings or smt else. The reason was configuring apps every single time after uninstalling/resetting or update.

I switched to 5g and speed is now ok. But sometimes device is really different from boot to boot. Sometimes it lags sometimes ok. But for my case - thank god- I have almost none problem with my box. I still see People who are not satisfied with device because of individual issues they have both globally and locally.

But being far from a stable Software is disapponting time to time and all the hustling give no solution sometimes. That is what a want to point out. Have a nice one.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] french-anonymous:
I can't count how many time I did it. It does not solve anything. And I've never installed anything else that what is already installed in a fresh setup.

Well to be 100% honest, when I hard reset the box, freezes in videos go away for about 15-30 seconds, but always come back as before the factory reset.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Noter2017:
I actually had the same problem when I enabled HDMI-CEC on the box. Somehow CEC and my TV don't get along. I had freezes in all video apps including Netflix and Kodi.

Disabling HDMI-CEC solved all freezing issues for me
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] french-anonymous:
Well I'll try that. Can't hurt.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] french-anonymous:
Well, it was not activated. I want to burn this Xiaomi ****box ?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] emanuelx:
Anyone has issues with sound of mi box, sometimes box stops giving sound, but this thing is very random. i don't know how this happen, but this only happen on my lg tv 4k 2019.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] :
Why the hell cant I shutdown the box anymore?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] ender7:
Is fixed external hd write from usb?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] MauroRTR:
Hi, anyone know how to enter in recovery mode?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] noam212:
As far as I know and based on my experience there is no way to enter the recovery mode.

Xiaomi blocked it during the last couple of updates
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
1000% incorrect as to recovery mode
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] noam212:
Please enlighten us.

How do you go in to recovery mode from the latest build?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] imperator74:
BIGTalker - no response so far. R there anyone solving this issue?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] MauroRTR:
The new update fixed the access to recovery mode.
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] gtoussai55:
Hello,

Any news about official Android TV 9.0 Pie update to the Xiaomi Mi Box TV 3?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] bigtalker:
Have you not learned anything from the debacle related to Oreo 8 update???

Be very careful about what you ask for!!!