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[Android TV General] fleisch80:
I think the restore package is in a single zip package , however the links and website

that have it do not go into much details on reverting back .

For respect of this forum and intellectual property I won't post the site ,

However its the one on YouTube if you search how to flash lineage on the Wal-Mart onn box.

that users video , underneath he has the links .

Your right , I would like to see more info about reverting back also .

For right now as of April 2022 ,

Flashing lineage onto this box is more problematic than its worth .

Further the benefits don't seem to outway the problems you will encounter.

anyone thinking of doing this . your onn box is a nice little box ,

nothing more and nothing less . I would leave it be .

I flashed mine last week , and afterwards an update hit the box and

broke it . it was stuck were the update forced itself , but could not complete

anyway. It was basically soft bricked for lack of another term.

could not get back into a running system .

THESE WORDS ARE ONLY MY OPINION , and my experience on

What I've noticed personally .

I'm just a other guy with another opinion.

No disrespect meant to any devs who may be associated with the project.
[Android TV General] fleisch80:
I wish we could block evasive updates . that would help things absolutely .
[Android TV General] dwreck420:
i type in adb reboot bootloader and it reboots and just gets stuck at the onn. splash screen, but it sounds like its not worth the hassle. i just picked one up cause it was $20... i have a 3rd gen fire stick with lineageos and thats been ok
[Android TV General] dammitman1:
The Onn splash screen you see means you're in fastboot mode. After you type "adb reboot bootloader" and you get to the Onn screen, type "fastboot devices" and you'll see your device. From there you can fastboot unlock the bootloader and boot LineageOS recovery.
[Android TV General] Tigerevo:
I had mine rooted from guides on here . I been trying to enable adoptable storage . Need another cable I think . Anyways it was Feb update . I used es file explorer to open up root and under cache folder you find update . I uploaded to my drive to get it. I'll try and attach patched bootimg for anyone wanting root . It is also patched for vbmeta. The good news is bootloader was still unlocked so just hook to computer adb reboot bootloader and later fastboot flash boot and drag and drop this .img and your rooted again !
[Android TV General] binjinx:
Just picked one of these bugger's up yesterday feel like messing with it now that i've seen it's repeated use besides onn. Are we any where with STOCK andtroid TV 12/13-beta (not doing lineageOS so don't offer). Where we at with HW renaming (deadpool/adt3) or if anyone knows if BELL's unit will see 12 atleast?
[Android TV General] castone123:
I cannot factory reset or update system rom. i also cannot boot into recovery mode or bootloader. this device is rooted with magisk but i did not install lineageos just the lineageos recovery. when trying to fastboot, i always get waiting for device, can get into adb shell though.
[Android TV General] treypop:
I tried to root mine yesterday but when I get to fastboot mode my computer can't see it. I type fastboot devices and nothing is listed. Any suggestions to fix this? Edit- nvm
[Android TV General] Chicharito Nguyễn:
hi bro i need a rom for onn stick fullhd

can you help me bro

please ,

im from vietnamese

thanks all
[Android TV General] rub1k:
Anyone successfully root the new 20220523 (1.01.36 firmware) build using Magisk yet?

I patched the boot.img file and flashed using fastboot as usual and the Magisk app doesn't detect successful installation. Hmm.
[Android TV General] BTK19:
I rooted it the way you did and it worked for me
[Android TV General] rub1k:
Thanks. Using the latest stable Magisk (25.2)? That's what I used but will try again...
[Android TV General] BTK19:
Yes i used Magisk (25.2)
[Android TV General] treypop:
if anyone wants I have created an apk that is a shortcut to magisk so it will appear in the app menu
[Android TV General] fathergweedo:
I was about to ask for a link to 20220523. Thanks for the update!
[Android TV General] atun:
I pick up onn android tv box 2 days ago. Have one question..

The right side of the volume key looks like CH +/- (change channel) but not working with the Samsung TV I paired. Also I haven't found any use in android UI and apps too.

So what are those keys for?
[Android TV General] alienclone:
those keys are to change the channel on your TV, you need to redo the pairing setup for your tv but chose "no" after the first code so it can try a different code. sometimes universal remote codes only work for some of the tv features, that is why there are usually more than one code for popular brands.

EDIT: of course if you dont watch over the air stations on your tv you may not even have a need to change the channels, therefore those buttons are useless.
[Android TV General] atun:
It will be great if we can re-purpose those keys to the media/playlist previous and next keys then we can skip YouTube videos and songs. But I don't know those keys numbers.
[Android TV General] xela19115:
On my ONN 4K which I picked up last Sunday, I am experiencing frequent and random reboots while using apps like Youtube or Netflix. Especially if I am using trick modes like REW or FF. Latest FW and all of the apps on the latest versions. Not rooted, modded, etc. Connected to Vizio 4K set.

Is anyone else seeing this?
[Android TV General] :
It could just be that you have a bad onn device, but do you have another tv that you could test the onn device with?
[Android TV General] alienclone:
Button Mapper: Remap your keys - Apps on Google Play

Remap hardware buttons to launch any app, shortcut or action

play.google.com
[Android TV General] fixsony:
Try another power supply.
[Android TV General] johnnyjtav:
On new Onn box it installed the newest Firmware and I d/l Xfinity Stream App on my Onn from TroyPoint when installing it was problem parsing. Any fixes?
[Android TV General] noorelec:
Is there a specific section/thread for developement for this box on here? I just picked one up seems pretty sweet for 20 bucks! Like This
[Android TV General] BTK19:
Thread '[OFFICIAL/UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 19.1 for Amlogic G12*/SM1 Family Devices' https://xdaforums.com/t/official-un...1-for-amlogic-g12-sm1-family-devices.4313743/
[Android TV General] johnnyjtav:
While searching on Net I found at APKMirror Xfinity Stream 6.9.2.001 I was able to d/l and install. It works.
[Android TV General] ooftymcgoofty:
Anyone try making system read/write?
[Android TV General] anton lany:
Hello evry one can someone help with firmware km6 classic
[Android TV General] neekzz:
Hi all! I recently bought ONN and now I'm setting it up. Everything works well, except for the USB hub. The box does not see flash drives in the hub. The hub itself works. The indicator is on, there is power, and if I connect the phone, it is charging. Can't see keyboard, mouse or flash drive. Not visible in explorer. I can't connect a keyboard to manage recovery items. Power supply 5V 2A. The box is connected via a Y-shaped OTG cable with power. Tell me, please, what needs to be done?
[Android TV General] alienclone:
you probably havnt enabled OTG in the settings.

not sure if this will help you, but following this guy's tuts worked for me...

if my link doesnt work, just search youtube for

Supercharge Walmart Onn 4K Android TV Box TROYPOINT​
[Android TV General] skippyd:
They are page up and page down buttons.... go to a program guide (plextv) and you will see what I mean.
[Android TV General] cnoevl21:
My Onn Streaming box keeps disabling Cyberflix. Ive already turned off 'verify apps'. I can install cyberflix, but within the day, the box puts it into some hidden 'disabled' folder and i cant get to it.
[Android TV General] treypop:
I'd suggest using Stremio with some addons instead
[Android TV General] cnoevl21:
Thanks, but I got it to work. I just needed to disable Play Store, which then disabled Play Protection which was the issue.
[Android TV General] EngineerMind:
You should be able to disable just play protect in the settings of play store.
[Android TV General] PPL2020:
I did a factory reset on my Walmart ONN Android TV and now it cannot reach Walmart Update servers. It won't let me boot up without the the update.

Looking for some help and suggestions.

Thank you
[Android TV General] Tigerevo:
Yeah mine was resetting and used different adapter it worked better. Not sure if there was a power surge but mine started freezing and Android screen. So took me forever to factory reset it but said it couldnt format udisk. Also had mine rooted w adoptable storage. Still froze at android screen. Only when tried factory reset with y adapter and usb drive did it successfully reset ! Think need new usb cause its messed up. Well got on here cause remember reading these last few posts and think can help. See with root access when an update comes. You can find it ! Last update was may 5 2022. Well just saw I uploaded to zip to my drive its about 600 mb ! So maybe later on can send a link so people can use it. Also noticed plugging in keyboard while on didnt work. Plug it in while its off. It doesnt rec usb unless adoptable storage . You can get bluetooth keyboard And it pairs fine
[Android TV General] Tigerevo:
I believe this was the may 5th update . https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdyMyDPYI5rlfKSpvncz5cB02LgOOavW/view?usp=drivesdk
[Android TV General] Four2zero:
Once this Firmware gets polished, will the DRM Keys be lost after flashing to this ROM ?
[Android TV General] alienclone:
curious if the new Walmart onn Google TV 4K Streaming Box will be discussed in this thread still even though it has Google TV instead of stock Android TV.

and also curious if anyone here plans to buy one.

I personally will buy one because I want to play with GTV's multiple profile options and other things but dont want to buy a CCwGTV,, also i dont like the shape of the remote for the CC.

Walmart onn Google TV 4K Streaming Box
[Android TV General] fathergweedo:
Huh? This is the stock rom. All mods are performed by the end user. Unless I'm missing something?
[Android TV General] treypop:
I'm gonna get one as soon as I see them at my local Walmart. I'm hoping the AV1 support helps with some torrent streaming the original one lagged when streaming torrents a lot. It should be the same process to root it.
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Somewhat, but not quite.
[Android TV General] treypop:
Has it been rooted yet and has the process been documented anywhere?
[Android TV General] Functioner:
I haven't seen the process documented anywhere. This version of the onn device is easily bootloader unlockable using the standard process, just the same as the prior version. What's different is the use of multi-ramdisk, which can make patching with magisk more difficult.
[Android TV General] treypop:
I have the bootloader unlocked but no boot.img file so I can't root it if I wanted to
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Note that the multi-ramdisk is not contained in the boot partition. Below is the link to the initial ota update, which contains firmware "onn/onn_4k_gtv/YOC:12/SGZ1.221127.063.A1/9885170:user/release-keys", which should match the firmware on your device, if an ota update was installed during setup.

h..ps://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/package/7f458c58073555f202dda7c4f0cd90b149ef98e1.zip

Replace ".." with "tt".
[Android TV General] treypop:
Alright I did the reading about the multi-ramdisk. If I understand it correctly it'll need a custom kernel or custom recovery to root. Am I correct in the assumption?
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Right, the kernel is fine. It's just a matter of the magisk patcher being able to recognize the multi-ramdisk format, extract it, apply the patch, and repack it all.

I didn't notice any PR build that works, but yes, eventually some build should work. Or, I may have not noticed some PR build that works.

I have confirmed that it can work by doing the patch manually. Although, even with the manual patch, I had to use manager from canary 25205. I couldn't get 25210 or 26100 to work.

Sooner or later some current official build should work.
[Android TV General] treypop:
magiskboot: add basic support for vendor_boot v4 by nilz3000 · Pull Request #6620 · topjohnwu/Magisk

This PR addresses Issue #6460 and adds the following functionalities: * un- and repack multiple ramdisks * un- and repack bootconfig There is currently no support for adding or removing ramdisk fra...

github.com
[Android TV General] Functioner:
I thought I tried that sometime last week and it didn't work. Did it work for you? I will check it again later.
[Android TV General] treypop:
I haven't tried it yet I need to re read it to make sure it's actually merged yet there were some conflicts I read about

Edit: it appears that it should work. I'll try it later tonight
[Android TV General] treypop:
I don't know how to flash magisk with out having a custom recovery. I can test stuff if someone explains what I need to do.
[Android TV General] fixsony:
Did you know that the new onn has two slots and I was able to download a full dump as well as images.And it no longer uses the original burning mod, but call ADNL and also there is no recovery as a separate image

https://xdaforums.com/t/using-adnl-burn-mode-with-khadas-vim4-and-other-modern-amlogic-socs.4444057/
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Attached are some internal images of the 2nd Gen onn device. There are thermal pads on the top and bottom of the SoC, which transfer heat to aluminum sheets glued to the top and bottom of the plastic case. The shielding around the components is not soldered, it is only clipped down.
[Android TV General] Functioner:
What adnl commands did you use to "download a full dump" as well as images?

Usually adnl has only a few functions whitelisted on secureboot devices, and reading is not usually one of the whitelisted functions. Although I didn't check it yet on the new onn device.
[Android TV General] fixsony:
To download the full dump, I used a temporary download in the generic TWRP recovery for S905Y4 I also connected UART to control the process.
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Yeah, that works, I did that too (although not with TWRP). Adnl itself should be restricted though to just a few commands.
[Android TV General] fixsony:
the problem is how to write it back if the box does not work at all, earlier on the first onn I did it from under the burning mod. since the new onn has a boot.img vendor_boot.img, I patched both but did not get access to the root.
[Android TV General] Functioner:
If a new 2nd gen onn device was ever in a state where it couldn't boot at all, then you'd probably still need to use burn mode. As you mentioned, adnl is the new burn mode on the new onn device. But unlike the burn mode on the old onn device (which isn't restricted at all), adnl burn mode is restricted. It has only a few whitelisted commands working. One of the commands that is whitelisted is flashing using burn mode. So, it still may be possible to use adnl burn mode to fix a 2nd gen onn device that won't boot.

That's because of the multi-ramdisk issue mentioned previously in this thread.

The vendor_boot image is "BOARD_HEADER_VERSION 4".

If the vendor_boot image is supplied to magisk, it does not recognize version 4. Or, it mistakenly identifies the image as already having been patched by magisk.

Even if magisk reports that it has patched the vendor_boot image, it probably really hasn't. If a hex compare is done between the "patched" copy of the vendor_boot image and the original vendor_boot image, they'll be the same, or at most have a few bytes different.

That is because of the multi-ramdisk and header_version 4.
[Android TV General] fixsony:
As I understand there is no solution at the moment?
[Android TV General] Functioner:
As far as I can tell, nothing official that has at least been upstreamed to the canary channel.
[Android TV General] treypop:
Is there a link to this TWRP recovery?
[Android TV General] fixsony:
This recovery cannot be used as a system recovery, but only temporarily for technical needs.
[Android TV General] treypop:
Can you boot the recovery to flash stuff?
[Android TV General] fixsony:
Yes
[Android TV General] treypop:
Still think it might be useful. I couldn't find a link to it e with my little the bit of googling I did
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Adb can be used to install apks, and fastboot can be used to flash partitions (as long as the bootloader is unlocked). There shouldn't be much need to use twrp rather than adb/fastboot commands in the normal OS.
[Android TV General] Kate6:
This took me a while to figure out so I thought I'd share... For any one looking to replace the stock launcher with Wolf, you need to disable both of these before Wolf will launch on boot and respond to the Home button -

pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx

pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith
[Android TV General] Functioner:
It's the same for FLauncher. Those same two pm commands are listed in the FLauncher installation instructions on gitlab.
[Android TV General] ktdt00:
Just got a brand new Google TV version from WM a couple days ago. Read through this thread and nothing sounded ominous in terms of letting it update, so I did. Finally got it all setup, enabled Dev Options and OEM Unlocking is not available. Says "connect to internet or contact carrier". Thoughts?
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Setting the OEM unlocking toggle in developer options isn't required to unlock the bootloader. Just using the standard fastboot commands will work irrespective of the toggle.

Using fastboot to unlock the bootloader will erase the userdata partition, which has an effect similar to a factory reset. So, setup will need to be repeated from scratch.

The bootloader can be left locked unless you have something particular in mind that requires unlocking it.
[Android TV General] rester555:
I have not bought this device and have a couple of questions compared to the Chromecast with Google TV device. I am having issues with my Google Chromecast with Google tv device casting things reliably for a long time. Does anyone experience this with the Chromecast with Google TV when connected wirelessly? I am sure it works better wired but I don't have that capability.

Saying that, does this device work better when it comes to streaming things wirelessly whether it's casting or not?
[Android TV General] CrysisLTU:
Thanks for updating the post with the latest OTA! Wasn't expecting anymore updates now that there is a newer device available
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
is rooting this and roms a go? just got this today. if anything root would be nice. dont like the stock launcher

edit. did some looking. gonna try it out. thanks.
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
when i tried to flash the patched verion it said failed remote. cannot find partion
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
how can i use these?
[Android TV General] alienclone:
if you are talking about the gen 1 model, you dont need to root to change the launcher.
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
not sure. got it changed. would still like root tho. i have the one with the white remote.
[Android TV General] BTK19:
They both have white remotes
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
idk which version i have then.. its a box. not the stick.
[Android TV General] BTK19:
If it's android 10 it's the first one if its android 12 its the new one
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
its the android 12 one. wanting to root it but my understanding is it cant be?
[Android TV General] Functioner:
It can be, it's just that magisk hasn't been updated yet to support multi-ramdisk (header v4). It probably eventually will be supported.
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
oh! okay. im that case where can i get the latest version of the os for it? got it i think a few days ago and the os has been updated. the last version isnt the same boot.img file i need or would need.
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Yeah, this thread has mixed discussions of the first and second generation devices. It probably was a mistake to discuss them both in the same thread. The version most recently mentioned in this thread is for the first generation device.

The ota for the second generation device is mentioned in post #111.

It's not the boot image that is used, but vendor_boot.
[Android TV General] treypop:
I made a separate thread for the 2023 ONN Google TV https://xdaforums.com/t/walmart-onn-google-tv.4586587/
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
so for the 2023 model we need multi disk ram root for magisk?
[Android TV General] fathergweedo:
Thank you for this. I could see the confusion already, so this is a great idea.
[Android TV General] treypop:
Yes there is a merg request waiting for it to be looked at and approved to be put into magisk. We are just waiting at this point.
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
good stuff! ive already got the bootloader unlocked. im not too sure how to work github...there a way i csn download the beta/modded version of magisk? from what i seen and read the magisk guy wont mess with the approval? thats what i gathered from the thread i seen. perhaps was looking at the wrong one. idk
[Android TV General] Functioner:
Probably should post any further comments about the 2023 device to the other thread for that device.

The magisk patcher needs to be able to recognize multi-ramdisk and patch the appropriate ramdisk accordingly.

I manually patched the multi-ramdisk to confirm that it works, but I did it all manually using command like tools and a hex editor - not using a modified magisk patcher script. So, it is just my guess of how magisk might do it.
[Android TV General] this.guy.lol:
will do thanks any chance you can give me instructions on how to do this?
[Android TV General] JSquare:
I got a few of these back in July 2022 and followed the steps to root it but can't get Windows 11 to recognize the device. Developer Options and USB Debugging enabled.
[Android TV General] darylzero:
the processes to root onn. gen 1 android tv box on latest security firmware

onn-user 10 QT 20230222 - Firmware 1.01.38 - Security Feb 5 2023 - Kernel 4.9.180 (Feb 22 2023)

would b to download the ota with the boot.img ,extract this boot.img,magisk patch this img and then write it back via computer and otg cable

will this b enough??
[Android TV General] Kate6:
Sooooo question... I have my 2022 Onn4K box rooted but it still won't let me remount the root partition (on which the /system folder is located) to read-write... Anyone know if there's anything I can do about this? I'd really like to install something on it that could disable its Bluetooth visibility, but that apparently requires a permission that's only available to apps installed in the system app folder...
[Android TV General] castone123:
Is there a way to remap the buttons on the remote without root? This device is amazing i basically uninstall most of the apps including the launcher and it boots up fine.
[Android TV General] criscodecookies:
New update posted, changelog: HBO MAX remote button fix.
[Android TV General] cglasener:
Which magisk did you use to patch the firmware's boot image? Since I cannot get the OEM Unlock option to become available (stays greyed out no matter how many resets I do/how long it stays connected to web), I assume others MIGHT be simply transferring the boot img to a device where Magisk app is installed, patching the boot image, transferring boot img back to device via fastboot flash (or fastboot boot "path-to-patched-img)? I noticed there's a vendor_boot as well and the file sizes differ a lot but not sure how to go about this particular img. I'm using the Onn 4K codenamed "Yoc" device.

Thank you for any advice/input, it is greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Clint
[Android TV General] BTK19:
You don't need OEM Unlock just go to bootloader and issue the unlock command