Posts by crsnwby

I have a box that I figured out last year how to install I think version 8.0.2, I installed it to device but now I cant seem to install a newer version. Its a Tonbux QBox 2GB device and I tried lots of different versions and tree DTB files but it just does not get past the Tonbux logo with the USB/SD connected and booting with the toothpick... what am i doing wrong?

Quote from DMG

ok cool, will give it a try then, fingers crossed i don't brick it.

Backup first as I thought it was good but it's slower on NAND than android is see my post about usage on page 155. It's laggy and images don't load properly. Playback and audio is much better but the experience is not good for some reason.

UPDATE I had the sd card still plugged in after flashing to NAND and it seemed to be running from there still instead of internal memory so remember to remove it and it's better and faster....
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I still cant map the back button in keymap editor as the button I'm trying to map is the back button. When I attempt to map it to back it issues the command it seems and exits the mapping instead of actually mapping it. Any ideas?

Quote from Notna

What type of SD card are you using? I used a no brand before and it was awfully slow. Got a UHS I, Class 10 card from EMC now and it is nice and fast

I flashed it to NAND for speed it seems to be something not using the ram to store the cached images etc

Whybis it so slow to load images and forgets images it's already loaded when I scroll past them? Also searches take around 4 full minutes to return...

I have it on a 2g/16g device so can't be memory?

Quote from Magnum

Hi guys,

I'm in testing with LE via USB with my S912 Mecool BB2 Pro Tv Box and LE work very well.

Anyway I've just bought the Beelink M18 S905 Tv Box and I 'd like to test LE via USB.

Specs:
Brand: Beelink
Model: M18
System: Android 5.1
CPU: Amlogic S905 Quad Core
GPU: Mali-450
RAM: 2G Type: DDR3
ROM: 16G

So the question: what kind of device tree should I choose?

This one "gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb" or gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit_OTG_Port.dtb ?

In M18 there is an OTG port... you can see here.

Logically I should use the gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit_OTG_Port.dtb

It is so?

Thanks

Magnum

If you are running from USB dont worry and try them one by one, check network, video and audio works. As your not installing it to NAND it wont harm anything if its the wrong one.

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Quote from crsnwby

How to I install it to NAND? I have the sdcard version working fine so how to I put it on NAND for better speed? Is it as simple as rebooting to recovery using the toothpick and updating from the sdcard or do I need to use the zip etc

Never mind used ssh
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One question I do have is about my remote. When I press back when in an add-on it usually using android goes up a level but in libreelec it does go up a level in a menu but when in an add-on it goes all the way out to the home screen instead. Anyone know how to fix that?

It's an air mouse remote rather than the standard one.

How to I install it to NAND? I have the sdcard version working fine so how to I put it on NAND for better speed? Is it as simple as rebooting to recovery using the toothpick and updating from the sdcard or do I need to use the zip etc

going to take the plunge and flash it to internal storage instead of running from SD Card as its too laggy. How do I do this as the guide has different types of install but doesnt tell me which will write it as the OS replacing android.

Quote from Fredouye

You can find firmwares (even some custom Android TV ones ) for S905 boxes here : S905 - FreakTab.com

All you need to flash back Android is a male to male USB cable, and the "USB Burning Tool" from Amlogic.

is there no way of pulling one off the box just in case I cant find one online?

The OS i got from freaktab last time killed my old box

Quote from Fredouye

What box are you using ? And is LE running from NAND or a SD card/USB key ?

Sorry should have put that in...

Its a Tonbux Q Box S905 2GB/16GB rooted I believe already.

Im currently running it from SD Card but its very slow to respond and load box art etc so was going to backup android and use LIB as the OS hoping it will speed up. Sadly my good san disk ULTRA SD Card is now borked locked as read only so using a chap one which I think is why its slow.

Can someone point me in the direction of backing up my box so I can install LIB directly on it and recover if needed. Lots of different guides online but all seem to point to phones with a recovery available online but my box doesnt have one online I need to get it from the box itself.

Quote from kszaq

Yes, a fast SD card is recommended. The slower the card, the bigger the lags.

Thanks will try a better one as just using a cheap one I had at hand.

Got it working, didn't realize it was a side load off the SD card along side the android OS, the instructions are a bit google translate so hard to make sense of, so some guess work was needed.

Got a working version for my Tonbux QBox which operates and passes through DTS MA and DD HD which was my goal but have a couple of questions... if anyone could help as they might just be features of the hardware I'm using.

1. First thing I noticed is my air remotes back button sometimes seems to get confused with context menu until I use mouse mode from the remote button and then disable mouse mode.
2. Its a lot slower than running android OS and kodi on top of it. Lag in menus and delays navigating etc. Is this because its running from my SD card rather than being the internal OS?

Apart from that it works great but with the delays in menus I may switch back and only use when I have to for DTS MA files.

Quote from mmpp

Method and image file is the same for all type of S905(X) boxes and described in the first post of this thread.

Use any android cpu-analysing app to find out about your cpu and ram. Then chose the correct device tree and copy/rename according to first post.

Will it work if I put the 905 image on a 905x device as the last box I had died when I used the wrong one.

I have a Tonbux q box and would like to use this but android is a bit of a mystery to me. I can't find out if it's a s905 or the 905x variant as sites have conflicting info. Does anyone have one that could advise which file and method I should use to put this on?

Would like to use dual boot if I can so I can easily revert. Reason for wanting to do it is because both kodi and spmc give me problems when trying to pass DTSMA