Posts by bubblegum57

Quote from e123enitan

Hi, appreciate any advice to recovering my Tronsmart S905 (Meta), somehow I have installed incorrect tree or file into the internal drive, prior to this everything was working fine, now the box only display the power light but nothing is displayed into my TV.

Thanks

have a look at the freaktabs forums

Quote from Stige

If that was the case then it would also stutter on my TV cause that is wired 100Mbps aswell.

try copying the file to a usb stick/hard drive & plug it straight into the pc/tv/libreelec box

If it plays alright it's your network that is the problem.

Not sure if you still have android on the box, if so install SPMC it might play hdr better

Recommended video settings for SPMC, NVIDIA Shield TV and UHD (4K) TVs with 4K GUI · koying/SPMC Wiki · GitHub

Quote from toe-kne3

Hi Kszaq,

Thanks for the build. Been waiting for something like this since i got my box a year ago.

The only thing is that I can't seem to get it to boot from the internal storage. Followed your instructions and used an SD Card to boot, which was fine.
- Enabled ssh
- Issued the "installtointernal" command
- Issued the "rebootfromnand" and removed the SD Card, it wouldn't boot. Just an eternally black screen (and I left it on overnight incase it was one of those first boot situations).
- SD Card inserted - it would boot from it.

Ended up trying the temp-sensor-disabled version of your build but same thing. Am I missing something? Is there anyway to fix this? Has anyone else had this problem?

Any help would be appreciated.

Box - MXQ Pro 4K S905 D16, Ver 1.0 Date 151021

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try installtointernal once again, you have to do this on some devices

There is no video of how to install LibreELEC.

Go to the main page & download the image thread-3588.html use the one without temp sensor to begin with

I use rufus, from the drop down select dd, burn image to microsd card. Then with the downloaded device tree change ***.dtb to dtb.img YES change the file extension. Copy this dtb.img to the sd card replacing the dtb already on there.

With the power lead disconnected Stuff the sd card into the device, use a toothpick, hold the reset button in, plug the power lead in, after a few seconds it should start to go to recovery, release the reset button. It will boot to Libreelec, next reboot, it will automatically go to Libreelec.

This is how you choose the device tree

How to choose a device tree:
Important: Do not use device trees from previous build! You also cannot use device tree from Android firmware as in 99% cases it won't work.

• S905: First look for device tree with your box name in it. In case there is no such image, download generic one. Device trees for S905 boxes start with gxbb.
  
  
  • example: for a box with 2GB of RAM and 100Mbit Ethernet, you should download gxbb_p200_2G_100M.dtb
  • example: for boxes with Gigabit Ethernet download gxbb_p200_1Gbit.dtb
  • for boxes with Realtek WiFi (e.g. K1 Plus or K2 Pro) download device tree with RealtekWiFi in name
• S905X: Device trees for these boxes start with gxl. You can leave a tree that is already present on SD card (fresh install only) or choose one according to your RAM amount. If internal memory of your box is not visible, try a device tree with _nand suffix.

SD card/USB drive:
Note: only 1 USB port is able to boot the box. You have to try them all. Some boxes are unable to boot from USB drive.

Quote from ssarava9

I want Kodi to use this space to download media files but couldn't locate it from Kodi , I have 32 gb card and using only 1gb for Kodi.

Please help.

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I'm not sure about this, but if no one comes back with anything, stick the sd card into a pc & use Gparted to partiton the card.

Quote from kodiuser1

I'm using the method I have always used. I use win32diskimager to write the files to SD Card.
With these files on the sd card LE normally boots, but on this box it boots to Android every time. It's like the reset button is broken and not doing anything.
I can get into recovery but would like to to if I can boot to the SD Card from there or do I have to install to NAND if I update from EXT??

From thread-3588.html

• To boot the system for the first time you have to use one of the following:
  
  
  • toothpick method: disconnect the power supply, insert card/drive, push reset button and connect the power while holding the button. Wait until LibreELEC logo appears and release the button.
  • menu button method (works with very few devices): disconnect the power supply, insert card/drive, push menu button on your remote control and connect the power while holding the button. Wait until LibreELEC logo appears and release the button.
  • recovery method: boot into Android, insert card/thumb drive and choose Reboot to recovery. Your box should boot into LibreELEC.
  • recovery method (2nd variant): if you have "Update" app pre-installed open it, insert SD card with LE/connect USB drive, and choose any ZIP file in the app for update. Your box should reboot to LE.
  • recovery method (3rd variant): if your box is rooted, use terminal emulator app and execute
    
    Code

    reboot update

    
    command

  • recovery method (4th variant): enable ADB (Google it) and issue
    
    Code

    adb reboot update

    
    command

Quote from bandadas

hi, i have an old version installed on internal memory on s905x, i try install a new version with TWRP, but always failed, can someone tell me step by step how i update to the latest version
thanks

Stick the new image with the device tree in the update folder, reboot.

Quote from fermalin

kszaq,
in 012 version very often there is no connect to wifi by usb wifi at start. and in libreelecsettins addon not shown any wireless connections, by internal wifi too.
can it be you "added an udev rule in hope to fix non-working WiFi on boot (you no longer have to toggle it in settings)".
in older releases - no problem with wifi at start.
thank you!

I have this, If I select the so called device tree for my device, but if I use the realtek device tree it works. So, are you sure you have the correct device tree?

How are you writing the file to microsd?

I download the relevant (whatever that is) img.gz file & use rufus to burn it, from the drop down part in rufus select dd, burn to card, then download the correct device tree, & overwrite the one on the card.

Then when holding the recovery button in, it should start libreelec, I never see the recovery console.

Quote from juramusger

exactly, the difference is it works with all skins, even those that don't have the option to set a startup video. like the new default skin that I kinda like

Good point.

What is the difference with this, compared to setting a startup video?

Like in MQ7 or Aeon Nox? I don't think all skins have a startup video.

Quote from juramusger

you could either access the folder with SMB by placing a samba.conf in the configfiles folder that includes

Code

[kodi]
  path = /storage/.kodi
  available = yes
  browsable = yes
  public = yes
  writable = yes

or directly create and edit advancedsettings.xml via ssh

Code

nano /storage/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

Or use coreftp lite

Quote from zorrua

Hello,

I installed this version with "gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit_RealtekWiFi.dtb" in my Beelink MiniMX III (S905).

All works as expected, but sometimes when reboots it get blocked in the boot (Beelink logo) and I need to unplug and unplug the power wire.

Is something wrong with this image?

Regards.

try the image without the temp sensor

Just remove the microsd card

Quote from kszaq

Virtex To run my builds you should always use device tree from the ones provided in download folder. Bluetooth issue most likely isn't related to device tree but my crystal ball refuses to work without logs.

Now we know why you are so good, you have a Chrystal ball.

Quote from pesh

I have new 905x box with android 6. It's seems the kernel do not recognize the NAND. After first boot from SD it took long time Setup Wizard to appear. Remote don't work ( i guess copy .conf from android fails ).

installtointernal output

Cannot parse config file '/etc/fw_env.config': Invalid argument
Error: environment not initialized
Backing up device tree...done.
Writing kernel image...done.
Formatting SYSTEM partition...The file /dev/system does not exist and no size was specified.
done.
Copying SYSTEM files...mount: mounting /dev/system on /tmp/system failed: No such file or directory
umount: can't unmount /tmp/system: Invalid argument
done.
Writing device tree image...done.
Formatting DATA partition...The file /dev/data does not exist and no size was specified.
done.
Restoring remote.conf...mount: mounting /dev/system on /tmp/system failed: No such file or directory
umount: can't unmount /tmp/system: Invalid argument
done.

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I know nothing about logs. I would try writing the image to sd card again with a different device tree. IF it works ok, then install to NAND

Quote from humaxboy

Sorry guys for 2 "stupid" question :

a) when you talk about "connect to your box over SSH" - do i need to set up anything on my box (Beelink MINI MXIII II) ? I still use original Beeling Android 6.0.1 and want to move to LE
b) i am trying to access via network (router). I propably need to configuring my Router for SSH (btw i use Tomato by Toastman on my Asus) ?
I am able to ping my box. On Putty i am currently getting Network error : Connection refused.

BR

a) SSH is not needed to begin with, create image on microsd card, with the initial libreelec setup, there is an option to select ssh, but it's not needed.

b) with the box booting to libreelec note the ip. you shouldn't need to touch the router. with the ip address I use coreftp lite, user root password libreelec ssh uses the same user & password.

If you type \\libreelec in windows explorer, you should see the folders.

I only use ssh when I want to install to NAND,

Quote from cHarOn

sdcard is no issue, it is only as soon as you flash to internal nand then the device can't boot the system.

Not sure if this applies, if you run installtointernal over ssh, you might have to do it twice. I did on my Beelink MiniMX III