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It is best to keep the flash that is installed with the image, because it performs much better than any other that you install. The problem however is that in the UK at least, that BBC iPlayer, Demand 5, 4OD, and YouTube Shows don't work with this version of flash. If you uninstall the one that comes with the image, you can then install one that will work with these sites, (latest market version) however, the quality is really poor. The main problem is with stuttering and glitching sound. I have decided to keep to the one with the image. There are plenty of other ways to watch catchup tv, just ashame I can't do it with this device, if I could it would be complete!
 
musogeek said:
It is best to keep the flash that is installed with the image, because it performs much better than any other that you install. The problem however is that in the UK at least, that BBC iPlayer, Demand 5, 4OD, and YouTube Shows don't work with this version of flash. If you uninstall the one that comes with the image, you can then install one that will work with these sites, (latest market version) however, the quality is really poor. The main problem is with stuttering and glitching sound. I have decided to keep to the one with the image. There are plenty of other ways to watch catchup tv, just ashame I can't do it with this device, if I could it would be complete!
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i can watch youtube perfectly with stock flash(flash that comes with image), bbciplayer will play live tv well but not catchup, itv player will play but very low framerate
 
As some may now i am another guy that bricked his ATV2000, ...

Independently if I use Putty or Teraterm the response after powerup or reset is:

Firmware start at: 0x000098d6
RSLR0=00000249 RDGR0=00000249
Stage 00 Result 00000000
Stage 01 Result 00000000
Stage 02 Result 00000000
Firmware started, now starting u-boot...
0x12345678
Boot From SPI0x12345678
Enter Exception:0x00000001
0x8f036020

also independently if there is an sd card with whatever data is inserted or not.

according to the two "unbrick step by step instructions" that i know there should be a much longer response...

any ideas?
 
musogeek said:
It is best to keep the flash that is installed with the image, because it performs much better than any other that you install. The problem however is that in the UK at least, that BBC iPlayer, Demand 5, 4OD, and YouTube Shows don't work with this version of flash. If you uninstall the one that comes with the image, you can then install one that will work with these sites, (latest market version) however, the quality is really poor. The main problem is with stuttering and glitching sound. I have decided to keep to the one with the image. There are plenty of other ways to watch catchup tv, just ashame I can't do it with this device, if I could it would be complete!
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The flash player that is shipped with the firmware has been modified to use the hardware acceleration built into the device. That works fine for most non protected content, but iPlayer etc. is DRM'ed. It would probably need Adobe themselves to provide hardware support for this chipset to make them work correctly. The bad news is that Adobe are dropping support for Flash, so I wouldn't hold your breath expecting it to happen.
 
i have the same issue with the "online update", it finds new version, download, reboot, installs but when u check is the old version and it suggest to update and repeat the process. hope in future this option will be in working order.
and i still have issue with the display position. each time i start it, the display shifts a bit to left or right, up or down, not much but to enough to hide the white line. so every time i start the box, i position the display. cant it remember the position somehow??
the rest seems to be ok for now.
 
I have updated the latest Enjoy TV New Android 2.3 Firmware Version.20120111. Everything is fine. It is no longer lagging anymore during using air mouse to control the app.

But one thing should improve about videoplayer apk,its font size of subtitles film should be changed any size you want (maybe the maximum > 50 ). Because the current maximum size is only 30, too small to watching it on big Screen TV.

Thanks,
ZZ

szemo77 said:
There is new official Android 2.3 update on Geniatech web: :) ok we know about it but its an official news.

Geniatech Enjoy TV New Android 2.3 Firmware Version.20120111 Released!

Upgradeing instruction:
http://www.geniatech.com/news/Geniatech-Android-2.3-20120111-upgrading-instruction.pdf

New HiDTV1.9.2 APP: (unzip)
http://www.geniatech.com/down-eng/Androidtvbox/HiDTV1.9.2.zip
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ziczac said:
I have updated the latest Enjoy TV New Android 2.3 Firmware Version.20120111. Everything is fine. It is no longer lagging anymore during using air mouse to control the app.

But one thing should improve about videoplayer apk,its font size of subtitles film should be changed any size you want (maybe the maximum > 50 ). Because the current maximum size is only 30, too small to watching it on big Screen TV.

Thanks,
ZZ
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just download mobo player from the market or mx video player,you can change the subtitle font to much bigher then 30
 
Fezinio, glad u got it working. what was wrong, so we know in future.
indeed sub size should be bigger, at least 40 for my 42' plasma
 
VITALIJ said:
hello friends.
I went back.
I found the right wire,
and now I have the correct connection to the device.
I tried and it's almost good. but there is an error message:
ERROR: can't get kernel image!STV # ERROR: can't get kernel image! <INTERRUPT>
For which the process of stopping. I need your help. What should I do to fix this?
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I have been tying to get my unit reflashed/repaired but I cannot get the STV# up. Any Ideas as to how?

As I understand, once you have #STV up on the screen, you have access to the chip and you can start the repair process and reflash the various bits and pieces as per the previous posts. Anyway that is what I would/will do if I can get the #STV up.

Further, as I undersatnd it, the process and the subsequent updtaes will fix up your current error.

BTW could you post the way you have set up your wiring, ie Rx Tx & Pos Earth.

I note the Russian site uses a 3 wire system Rx Earth TX
 
Hi All,

I bricked my NeonIQ android tv last night.. long story ... any of the guys looking to unbrick theirs have any luck?.. :)

Thanks
Scud
 
@enviro8

regarding wiring:
There is a pinout of the connector on the ATV200 at the KGD-Team website.
I only use RXD, TXD and GND.
On the "other side" I use a "USB to TTL cable" with FTDI chipset and I connect
1.) RXD from ATV to TXD of TTL cable (connect receive with send)
2.) TXD from ATV to RXD of TTL cable (connect send with receive)
3.) GND from ATV to GND of TTL cable

after setting up the terminal program at my PC (e.g. putty) i switch on my atv and then i instantly get "responses" from my atv on the terminal window. unfortunately it does not get to the #STV line but stops somewere before and i don't have the possibility to enter any commands (see my post above).

i don't know if that answers your question...
 
You must have to interrupt the boot process.
Hit any key to stop autoboot immediately after power on.

If you write some other U-boat then you have now only a nice box.
You don't have tools to program the flash. They are usually available only for the box manufacturer from the flash chip manufacturer. Software is confidential.
TTL line pins connection is only for debug or operations on U-Boot command line (based on present U-boot). To rescue U-boot you must use UART interface on pcba.

Look at my log from rescue ATV300:
Code: 
Firmware start at: 0x0000999c
lane00 Success05
lane01 Success05
lane02 Success05
lane03 Success05
RSLR0=00000249 RDGR0=00000249
Stage 00 Result 00000000
Stage 01 Result 88000000
Enter Debugrom mode at /home/steven/source/u-boot/board/amlogic/stv_mbx_m3_512/firmware/lowlevel_init.c:0x00000039
>
>q

[B]In this point I take power plug off.
Power On.. booting start.[/B]

Firmware started, now starting u-boot...ucl decompress
5R&#355;dy
U-Boot Version: 2010.06-V1.3.4(20110621.175140)
DRAM:  512 MiB
NAND:  Amlogic nand flash uboot driver for m1, Version 1.0 (c) 2010 Amlogic Inc.
NAND device id: ad d7 94 9a 74 42
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xad, Chip ID: 0xad (Hynix B revision NAND 4GiB H27UBG8T2A)
1 NAND chips detected
nand0 initialized ok
SF: Got idcode c2 20 16
SF: Detected M25X32 with sector size 4096, total 4194304 bytes

SPI NOR Flash have write protect!!!
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
KGDB:  ready
MMC:   SDIO Port A: 0
Net:   select eth clk-1,source=400000000,out=50000000
Apollo EMAC
Dcache status 1
Icache status 1
ENTER U-BOOT SWITCH MODE !!!!
SF: Got idcode c2 20 16
SF: Detected M25X32 with sector size 4096, total 4194304 bytes

SPI NOR Flash have write protect!!!
4096 KiB M25X32 at 0:0 is now current device
efuse mac is : 00:0d:fe:6b:00:14
Saving Environment to SPI Flash...
Erasing SPI flash...Erase:0
Erase:1000
SF: MXIC: Successfully erased 8192 bytes @ 0x3e000
Writing to SPI flash...done
get_adc_sample(4): 0x3ff
get_adc_sample(4): 0x3ff
get_adc_sample(4): 0x3ff
get_key(): 0
Normal Start...
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
STV #
STV #
STV # mmcinfo;fatload mmc 0:1 82000000 spi_M3_256.bin;

Partition Map for UNKNOWN device 0  --   Partition Type: DOS

Partition     Start Sector     Num Sectors     Type
    1                  247         3991433       6
Device: SDIO Port A
Manufacturer ID: 0
OEM: 0
Name: ATran Speed: 40000000
Rd Block Len: 512
SD version 1.10
High Capacity: No
Capacity: 2044723200
Bus Width: 4-bit

Partition Map for UNKNOWN device 0  --   Partition Type: DOS

Partition     Start Sector     Num Sectors     Type
    1                  247         3991433       6
reading spi_M3_256.bin

1975596 bytes read
STV # sf probe 2;sf erase 0 200000;sf write 82000000 0 200000
SF: Got idcode c2 20 16
SF: Detected M25X32 with sector size 4096, total 4194304 bytes

SPI NOR Flash have write protect!!!
4096 KiB M25X32 at 0:2 is now current device
Erase:0
Erase:1000.....
 
everst said:
how did you bricked your box?
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Its very easy to brick the device, i first went into recovery mode and THEN put the SD card in to update the SPI, well the stupid remote did not work so i couldnt choose option 3 or whatever i was meant to, so i went to get my usb keyboard i had read tons of enviro's posts so i knew the remote thing can happen sometimes and usb keyboard is all you need, so i plugged the keyboard in but still didnt work so i figured i have to reboot it with the keyboard plugged in, i did just that... rebooted into recovery mode and forgot to take the stupid SD card out... it instantly booted up and "updated" my device into a brick worthy of being a nice black paper weight.. :)

as fun as unbricking sounds like it might be, i've only had it for a few days so i'll see if i can get a replacement for a DOA... lol i was following the actual instructions from geniatech so i figure if they could actually write better instructions or made a better way to update the box i wouldnt end up in the mess ... so im gonna return it they can reflash it n sell it to someone else it would probably take them about 5 mins .. just have to hope they'll replace it for me.. hehehehe (yes yes in the end it was my fault for forgetting etc... )
 
Possible re-brand of Genaitech player by Sumvision, what makes this interesting is the TV UI screenshot (assuming it's not faked) it has a media center interface which other Geniatech boxes lack. It has Amlogic chipset and also has the same Android logo from Geniatech recovery menu.

I wonder could you extract the alternate launcher from it and use it on other boxes.
 
next121 said:
Possible re-brand of Genaitech player by Sumvision, what makes this interesting is the TV UI screenshot (assuming it's not faked) it has a media center interface which other Geniatech boxes lack. It has Amlogic chipset and also has the same Android logo from Geniatech recovery menu.

I wonder could you extract the alternate launcher from it and use it on other boxes.
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from there support page: very interesting!!

Can I Play BBC iPlayer?

Unfortunately the player is not optimised to play BBC iPlayer. While you will be able to view programs, playback is very slow




Also my box has a media ui, also Im sure all Geniatech do its an option to use main app or launcher when you start
 
Fezinio said:
from there support page: very interesting!!

Can I Play BBC iPlayer?

Unfortunately the player is not optimised to play BBC iPlayer. While you will be able to view programs, playback is very slow
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The Genaitech will do the same if you put in an official version of the flash player rather then the modified one supplied with the firmware.
 
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