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Android 2.3 & 4.0 WiFi Internet HD 1080P HDMI Google TV Box ARM Cortex A9 Firmware

schaum said:
Am I supposed to see something on the screen while the box boots and recovers from SD?

I have tried again, multiples times, but no luck. Still no picture on TV at all :(


Board is a raspberry pi? I have one comming my way, looking forward to run XBMC on it :)
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no. its not a raspberry pi. it is the c03ref atv-108.
 
schaum said:
Am I supposed to see something on the screen while the box boots and recovers from SD?

I have tried again, multiples times, but no luck. Still no picture on TV at all :(


Board is a raspberry pi? I have one comming my way, looking forward to run XBMC on it :)
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Yes, you should see picture on screen during recovery from SD.
Do you have Visson board? c03ref or f16ref?
Most likely you installed wrong firmware.

Are you sure it's Visson's c03ref?
c03ref works like charm with recover SD (f16ref have some problems with recovery SD) - if you're sure it's Visson c03ref then I bet your issue is with creating recovery SD)

btw. there is no XBMC for Android yet.
 
wlodeka said:
When uploading new firmware error occurred.
Now I can not run the box.
It does not help hold reset when switching box, will not start.
How else can I upload the new software, now what do I do?

enable box to hold the reset button does not do
LEDs are still
no picture

where to download a file?
u-boot-aml-ucl.bin

What should I do?
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Please give us more info about box, firmware you installed...
 
LeftyVz said:
Stane is developing firmware for Visson ATV-108.

http://androidforums.com/google-tv/559562-visson-atv-108-faq-info.html

If you properly make recovery SD card I believe you'll be able to repair your box.
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Hello!
I read this post
but I wrote above
...
I can not run at all box
Hold down the "reset" switch on the power ... and nothing
both LEDs are lit and the end, I can not upload firmware this way.
---
it has no image
---
how can I cure this box, or upload the firmware?
 
wlodeka said:
Hello!
I read this post
but I wrote above
...
I can not run at all box
Hold down the "reset" switch on the power ... and nothing
both LEDs are lit and the end, I can not upload firmware this way.
---
it has no image
---
how can I cure this box, or upload the firmware?
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you need to use SDTOOL on windows xp to make a 'special' bootloader sd card. get SDTOOL from stane1983's vplay site.
 
Pompem71 said:
1. Y Chrome isn't working on the ICS c03ref? Maybe coz of the (missing) hardware acceleration but not sure
2. Do you know when the remote control support will be added or is there a fix already available?
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I think these units do have hardware acceleration (I'm sure someone will correct me if need be). I bet the problem is the box is probably not properly registered as a device with google to offically use the market. It probably acts like a device that is... and that device might not have the reqired specs.

So... one possible fix might be to change the device it is acting like... in the image.
 
Well, as I see many guys, beginners usually as I am too, are confused following informations trying to create sd recovery card to activate their devices, therefor I repeat all steps I did, when my device ATV-108 (c03ref) was stuck, with no reaction at all, both lights on, blank TV screen etc.

Creating SD recovery card:
1) Make a format on a small SD card, 1Gb or less, but not HCDC card.
As about me, I used micro SD 250Mb with adapter.
2) Insert SD card into XP machine. On desktop you should have the selected android firmware for installation.
3) Download and unzip SD tool. Open "SDtool_v1.4_EN.exe" and select the above SD card.
4) Click "browse" and select "u-boot-aml-ucl.bin" file, the one of 7 files of the firmware.
5) Click "Make SDcard", then normally the SD card burning begins. Wait a short period of time until a window pops out indicating "Success". Click OK to complete. Now SD card is already automatically unmounted.
6)Remove SD card out of computer and re-insert it back in.
7) Now, copy-paste all 7 files of firmware on the root of SDcard
8) Seurely remove card out of PC.

Upgrading process, activating device:
9) With TV Box powered off, (unplugged) insert SD card.
10) Keep pushing reset button behind the box, using toothpick or smth similar, plug in power TV box and when red light will blink 3 times, let reset button free. Upgrading will start, red light stays on, blue light blinking, procedure takes some minutes. During upgrading, device should be connected with TV to watch procedure. (loading bar). Make sure power is not interrupted during the upgrading process. In case power is interrupted, you need to upgrade your Android TV box again.
11) When upgrade is over, unplug TV box, remove SD card and plug it back, to restart device.
(Upgrading process might have to be done twice)
I hope my English are understandable.
You are ready! I hope I helped.
 
matinaki said:
Well, as I see many guys, beginners usually as I am too, are confused following informations trying to create sd recovery card to activate their devices, therefor I repeat all steps I did, when my device ATV-108 (c03ref) was stuck, with no reaction at all, both lights on, blank TV screen etc.

Creating SD recovery card:
1) Make a format on a small SD card, 1Gb or less, but not HCDC card.
As about me, I used micro SD 250Mb with adapter.
2) Insert SD card into XP machine. On desktop you should have the selected android firmware for installation.
3) Download and unzip SD tool. Open "SDtool_v1.4_EN.exe" and select the above SD card.
4) Click "browse" and select "u-boot-aml-ucl.bin" file, the one of 7 files of the firmware.
5) Click "Make SDcard", then normally the SD card burning begins. Wait a short period of time until a window pops out indicating "Success". Click OK to complete. Now SD card is already automatically unmounted.
6)Remove SD card out of computer and re-insert it back in.
7) Now, copy-paste all 7 files of firmware on the root of SDcard
8) Seurely remove card out of PC.

Upgrading process, activating device:
9) With TV Box powered off, (unplugged) insert SD card.
10) Keep pushing reset button behind the box, using toothpick or smth similar, plug in power TV box and when red light will blink 3 times, let reset button free. Upgrading will start, red light stays on, blue light blinking, procedure takes some minutes. During upgrading, device should be connected with TV to watch procedure. (loading bar). Make sure power is not interrupted during the upgrading process. In case power is interrupted, you need to upgrade your Android TV box again.
11) When upgrade is over, unplug TV box, remove SD card and plug it back, to restart device.
(Upgrading process might have to be done twice)
I hope my English are understandable.
You are ready! I hope I helped.
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WELCOME!

I do not do this the first time!

firmware on my tv already changed the box a few times and never had a problem
recently tried to upload a version with 21062012 (before I was soft from 11,062,012 ref03) and that's when it happened:
An error occurred when uploading new firmware

As I said now I can not run at all box
and even more so in the new firmware upload mode.

LED lights do not respond at all still
despite the fact that I'm doing fine:
First power off
Second I press and hold down the reset button
Third plug in the power
...
and nothing
LEDs still, nothing happens
dumb video
---
what can I do?
Please help! :mad::mad::mad:
 
matinaki said:
Well, as I see many guys, beginners usually as I am too, are confused following informations trying to create sd recovery card to activate their devices, therefor I repeat all steps I did, when my device ATV-108 (c03ref) was stuck, with no reaction at all, both lights on, blank TV screen etc.

Creating SD recovery card:
1) Make a format on a small SD card, 1Gb or less, but not HCDC card.
As about me, I used micro SD 250Mb with adapter.
2) Insert SD card into XP machine. On desktop you should have the selected android firmware for installation.
3) Download and unzip SD tool. Open "SDtool_v1.4_EN.exe" and select the above SD card.
4) Click "browse" and select "u-boot-aml-ucl.bin" file, the one of 7 files of the firmware.
5) Click "Make SDcard", then normally the SD card burning begins. Wait a short period of time until a window pops out indicating "Success". Click OK to complete. Now SD card is already automatically unmounted.
6)Remove SD card out of computer and re-insert it back in.
7) Now, copy-paste all 7 files of firmware on the root of SDcard
8) Seurely remove card out of PC.

Upgrading process, activating device:
9) With TV Box powered off, (unplugged) insert SD card.
10) Keep pushing reset button behind the box, using toothpick or smth similar, plug in power TV box and when red light will blink 3 times, let reset button free. Upgrading will start, red light stays on, blue light blinking, procedure takes some minutes. During upgrading, device should be connected with TV to watch procedure. (loading bar). Make sure power is not interrupted during the upgrading process. In case power is interrupted, you need to upgrade your Android TV box again.
11) When upgrade is over, unplug TV box, remove SD card and plug it back, to restart device.
(Upgrading process might have to be done twice)
I hope my English are understandable.
You are ready! I hope I helped.
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when I turn to the point. 5
the program displays a message

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wlodeka said:
when I turn to the point. 5
the program displays a message

Capture.PNG
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Well, I also tested many firmwares, I also turned device to factory settings many times, but nothing happened ever.
One time, returning to factory settings..grrr..crash..
Don't be dissappointed, solution will be found.
My box was defected for one month.
Now I use mediafires firmware because with others I have some problems on streaming video reproduction.
Message on step 5 is not visible to me, what does it say?
 
matinaki said:
Well, I also tested many firmwares, I also turned many times device to factory settings many times,but nothing happened ever.
One time, returning to factory settings..grrr..crash..
Don't be dissappointed, solution will be found.
My box was defected for one month.
Now I use mediafires firmware because with others I have some problems on streaming video reproduction.
Message on step 5 is not visible to me, what does it say?
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points. 5 instructions above
link to screenshot

http://www.kamery-alarmy.com/Capture.PNG
 
or flash bootoader not lined up correctly to partitions for firmware - this is a good solution, if so, how?

or RS232 cable to connect the TX RX GND on board and see what crashes. - How to do it?

if you have a package ready to rom

Help, how to save my box?
 
wlodeka said:
or flash bootoader not lined up correctly to partitions for firmware - this is a good solution, if so, how?

or RS232 cable to connect the TX RX GND on board and see what crashes. - How to do it?

if you have a package ready to rom

Help, how to save my box?
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Problem is in SPI chip where is bootloader. Read post above... Are you using WinXP ???

You'll probably get nothing from ttl (TX, RX, GND) while SPI is bricked with wrong bootloader.
 
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