Amlogic p281 Kernel 3.14.29

Rbee · April 5, 2019 at 10:56 AM

Hi, I would appreciate any assistance with helping finding the correct firmware for my box. Is a box I got from cable records but any other identifying information is not possible I was told it is a mxq but I don't find that information and majority information refers back to the Builder I guess or model is p281 device p281 inboard tol, q81 updated for months and not clearing if I am getting the right firmware and build so I can finally get this box updated because. Don't know if it's an mxq or what because the in the box is labeled able Wreckers and I am hoping with the information I provideb3,the box is labeled as a Cable Wreckers Box and I am coming across s905w if someone can't confirm or maybe point me in the right direction for a build confirm

Brand Amlogic

Model p281

Device p281 it M C

CPU Mode. Quad Core ARM

Render. Mali-450MP

pspablo_pl · April 10, 2019 at 5:51 PM

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Hey. Try to install the coreelec 9.01 image on the sd card from https://coreelec.org/. My Vorke Z5 device is also based on the p281 platform so it can work for you. You can also try the image from https://test.libreelec.tv/ by selecting S905. For the image to work, it may be necessary to copy the p281 dtb tree to the root directory and change its name to dtb.img. How will it not work, combine, try again.

Rbee · April 15, 2019 at 11:25 PM

Thank you

pspablo_pl

I will try it right now and I really appreciate your feed back. I have 3 projects I am working. Just for fun and to learn more about LibreELEC. I have installed it on a All-in-one pc which makes for a great move around HTPC and also trying to figure out how to get this Intel C8 dual boot tv box to come back to life. Had it about 3 days and it just went to some sort of brick mode. Red light on but will not boot, I will update you soon on the p281 to let you know of any success, thanks again,

buzzmarshall · April 17, 2019 at 7:12 PM

if your at all comfortable opening the box up then the best way to figure it out is to look for board markings and try and identify it that way. there is a lot of clone boxes around so its hard to say for sure.

a sure fire way to know tho is to look on the board for a serial port connection which is probably unpopulated pads but its only 3 wires to hook up a usb/serial uart adapter and get a serial port connection running. If you get the serial connection working you can use any terminal program on windows or mac or linux to freeze the boards boot loader (u-boot) and capture the boards required info to help steer you in the right direction.

pspablo_pl · April 20, 2019 at 12:05 PM

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You can try still images from this page https://yadi.sk/d/J9pHkMo0uHcKU/LEIA-18, but wifi may not work.
( https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/12330-test-libreelec-images-with-kodi-18-for-s9xxx/?pageNo=1 ; >>>>>
Test LibreELEC images with KODI-18 for S9xxx ) greetings.

try2hack · April 20, 2019 at 7:16 PM

can i use "installtointernal" on TX3mini-L 1g

**chewitt** · April 21, 2019 at 5:02 AM Official Post

Not supported.

Rbee · April 30, 2019 at 2:54 AM

thanks for all the help guys, I took buzzmarshall's advice and opened the box and it is running on a s905w chipset, But I then downloaded an app to tell me device specs and this is what shows up.

DEVICE: AMLOGIC p281

RAM: 1GB

KERNEL: LINUX 3.14.29

SOC:1: S905

CPU:Amlogic P281 Quad-Core Cortex A53 28nm Processor 2.0GHz

PLATFORM: AMLOGIC

BOARD: p281

BOARDF:> p281

cores: 4

family: Cortez-A53

machine: ARMV8L

AABI: armbaei-v7a

GPU: Mali-450

OS: Android 7.1.2

Support H.265 hardware decoding, H.264 up to 4K 30Hz

Playstore, XBMC pre-installed

Support Mira-cast DLNA

Supports Dolby and DTS

Does this at all make sense? it list s905 as the chip set and not s905w as it did when I opened the box

Also Mr Chewitt, can you recommend a couple of TV boxes with Gigabit Ethernet and at least 2-4 GB ram and between 16-64 GB ROM that will not break the bank and is also supported by LibreELEC. Don't want to go the MXQ route.

ALSO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CHIMED IN TO HELP ME OUT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!