[S905X] No Wifi - Mini M8S III

kazuhiro · November 3, 2017 at 8:54 PM

I got a RP3 with LibreElec and everything works like a charm.

But..

Now I got a Mini M8S III Amlogic S905X TV Box - 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM from gear best.

It has the S905X chip but every device-tree i try it won't let me use wifi.

Am i doing something wrong or does wifi not work for these devices?

Wifi Chip: AP8723

**kszaq** · November 3, 2017 at 9:04 PM

There is no such WiFi chip as AP8723, it is probably a Realtek chip.

Please SSH to your device after a fresh boot and provide:

Code

dmesg | paste
udevadm info /sys/bus/sdio/devices/sdio*

kazuhiro · November 3, 2017 at 9:22 PM

So Fresh boot you mean clean LE bootable device with your Device-tree?

kazuhiro · November 3, 2017 at 9:32 PM

Pro

Quote from kszaq
There is no such WiFi chip as AP8723, it is probably a Realtek chip.

Please SSH to your device after a fresh boot and provide:
Code
dmesg | paste

http://sprunge.us/iaDe

udevadm info /sys/bus/sdio/devices/sdio*

P: /devices/d0070000.sdio/mmc_host/sdio/sdio:0001/sdio:0001:1
E: DEVPATH=/devices/d0070000.sdio/mmc_host/sdio/sdio:0001/sdio:0001:1
E: MODALIAS=sdio:c07v024CdD723
E: SDIO_CLASS=07
E: SDIO_ID=024C:D723
E: SUBSYSTEM=sdio
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**kszaq** · November 4, 2017 at 7:36 AM

It look like you need RTL8723DS driver. It is not included in my builds. I will compile a test build for you in 2 weeks since now I don't have a machine to compile on.

headhunter.657 · November 4, 2017 at 7:41 AM

That's excellent as I'm experiencing the same issue, nice one Kaszaq you is the man😎, very much appreciated.

**kszaq** · November 4, 2017 at 9:41 AM

headhunter.657 Please post the same logs to make sure that you have the same chip. Please also tell me if the box has Bluetooth support (check it in Android!).

Like I said, you will need to wait a bit for a test build as my old laptop broke down and a new one will arrive in 2 weeks.

kazuhiro · November 4, 2017 at 10:12 AM

Quote from kszaq

headhunter.657 Please post the same logs to make sure that you have the same chip. Please also tell me if the box has Bluetooth support (check it in Android!).

Like I said, you will need to wait a bit for a test build as my old laptop broke down and a new one will arrive in 2 weeks.

Thank you very much kszaq for releasing new build.

The box has Bluetooth.

If you need anything else please let me know.

headhunter.657 · November 4, 2017 at 5:55 PM

Can confirm box has working BT and same WiFi chipset, kszag thanks for all your time, effort and hard work, coffee on route 😊

**kszaq** · November 5, 2017 at 3:49 PM

Please test this build (upgrade from 8.1.x or 8.2.x): LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.0.1-8723DS_v1.tar

headhunter.657 · November 5, 2017 at 8:09 PM

Thanks kszag, will try tomorrow and give you feedback, much appreciated mate 😎

kazuhiro · November 6, 2017 at 10:09 AM

Quote from kszaq

Please test this build (upgrade from 8.1.x or 8.2.x): LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.0.1-8723DS_v1.tar

I will try this evening, That was a hell of a lot quicker then 2 weeks

Will keep u posted within 10 hours

kazuhiro · November 6, 2017 at 8:53 PM

kszaq

I can confirm that the wifi works :). You are my hero!
The BT doesn't work but thats fine.

Thanks you soooo much.

Edit: I tested a little but the build doesn't seem very stable but i can work with this. I will test some more tomorrow.

headhunter.657 · November 7, 2017 at 6:36 AM

Can also confirm WiFi is working, thanks very much 😁

ha33 · November 9, 2017 at 4:11 AM

I have the same box. mini m8s III s905x 2gb ram 8gb emmc..and i flash the stock android to another android rom with twrp..no wifi and bluetooth after that.

i plan to install librelec on sd card with new ones provide by kszaq.

question is how can i get wifi and bluetooth back to android rom? any zip that i can flash via twrp?

or can somebody provide with stock android rom to flash back?

thanks

smuperman · November 12, 2017 at 5:54 PM

Quote from kszaq

Please test this build (upgrade from 8.1.x or 8.2.x): LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.0.1-8723DS_v1.tar

Thank you. Is there a chance do get BT working as well?

**kszaq** · November 12, 2017 at 7:22 PM

I have an idea how to achieve this but you have to wait 1 week until I get a new laptop (it's on its way).

pinoy_ako · November 20, 2017 at 9:33 PM

same here kszaq, and im willing to wait i

Code

dmesg | paste

http://sprunge.us/aSbI

udevadm info /sys/bus/sdio/devices/sdio*
P: /devices/d0070000.sdio/mmc_host/sdio/sdio:0001/sdio:0001:1
E: DEVPATH=/devices/d0070000.sdio/mmc_host/sdio/sdio:0001/sdio:0001:1
E: MODALIAS=sdio:c07v02E7d9082
E: SDIO_CLASS=07
E: SDIO_ID=02E7:9082
E: SUBSYSTEM=sdio

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