Newbie with 805 box

floatingshed · July 1, 2017 at 12:31 PM

Having successfully got LE working on my 905 box I dug out the old 805 and I have tried burning all three builds (HD18Q/MXQ/m201d) but I cannot get it to boot from the sd. When I followed the instructions for the 905 I needed a dtb.img file but I could find no mention of this for the 805, could this be the problem?

I am stumbling about in the dark here, please can someone shine a light? Thanks.

negt · July 1, 2017 at 1:29 PM

IIRC, there is no dtb.img file needed with s805. You are booting with the 'toothpick method', right?

If you are, make sure you

1) actually press the button (should hear a faint click)

2) press the button long enough (until the logo, give or take)

I guess it is also possible that the button is faulty.

floatingshed · July 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM

Yes, using toothpick and the button is working as the box will not boot at all as long as I hold it in. As soon as I let the button go it boots into Android. No errors or indeed any indication that it is even looking at the sd card....

I just checked, the sd card is visible under Android so I guess it is OK.

negt · July 1, 2017 at 5:45 PM

Even though the SD card is visible under Android it's always worth a try to use a different card.

After that, I'm out of ideas. Hope you get it working, though!

floatingshed · July 1, 2017 at 11:19 PM

Doh! I feel stupid. It turns out that this box has two buttons, and guess what..... the second one worked exactly as expected!

All sorted now! Thanks for the help.