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Geniatech Enjoy TV

I am running android version 2.3.4 kernel version 2.6.34 v1.3.0.33
I have updated the google services framework and market using root explorer so that the market is on version 3.4.4 build and i can pretty much download any app from the market. Ive downloaded voodoo ota rootkeeper so that i can watch movies from market too ( so that it hides the root) . Whilst HD movies stutter normal ones dont and thats the same for bbci player , itv player 4od and the modified sky go app from xda. Perfectly acceptable watching on all of them. Apart from getting the box to play content from my external hard drive now Ive got it running pretty much as i'd wish.
Before the iplayer and flash player updates this week i would have agreed with you that it was pointless as it was stuttering and not worth bothering with . But im well pleased with the performance now..
 
atters72 said:
I am running android version 2.3.4 kernel version 2.6.34 v1.3.0.33
I have updated the google services framework and market using root explorer so that the market is on version 3.4.4 build and i can pretty much download any app from the market. Ive downloaded voodoo ota rootkeeper so that i can watch movies from market too ( so that it hides the root) . Whilst HD movies stutter normal ones dont and thats the same for bbci player , itv player 4od and the modified sky go app from xda. Perfectly acceptable watching on all of them. Apart from getting the box to play content from my external hard drive now Ive got it running pretty much as i'd wish.
Before the iplayer and flash player updates this week i would have agreed with you that it was pointless as it was stuttering and not worth bothering with . But im well pleased with the performance now..
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Interesting.
I take it you got the instructions from here?
http://androidforums.com/google-tv/442783-video-guides-tests-previews-geniatech-devices.html

If not can you please point me in the right directions for what you have done.
I guess I also need a link to the orig Geniatech version of Flash 10.2 (with the hardware support). That way I have a way to back out Flash 11 in case I am not happy with the results.
Any help appreciated.

MD.
 
next121 said:
I got the ATV2000 from Asiapads took about 4 weeks from ordering to get it.

Anyway to cut a long story short it's a poor media player with good hardware let down by the software. Oh yes there are no manuals at all so your completely reliant on guesswork.

It is powered by an Amilogic 8726 chipset with a 1GHz Cortex A9 CPU and Mali400 GPU with hardware acceleration for H.264, MPEG2 and VC-1. 1080p WMV samples played fine and H.264 1080p video I have with average bitrate of 40Mbps played fine for the most part so that's it's upper limit.

1) The supplied media player software from Geniatech played most media formats I threw at it but the software only reads USB sources, you must use another supplied app to mount network sources first but it doesn't work at all with my NAS refusing any supplied username/password even when there isn't one.

The remote control isn't really suited either to controlling the media player as your expected to use the virtual mouse to handle play/pause/rewind etc controls via an OSD.

2) Certain features do not work over ethernet like customizing the home screen (hold down left mouse button) in addition certain apps will not work over ethernet either like the Plex app so you must use wireless.

3) The built in HiDTV app did not work at all for me, I will re-test with the updated version available to download from Geniatech's website. Watch out the firmware update to this player will delete the HiDTV application.

4) Google market is only available when installing the firmware update above, it does work fine from there as does other markets like Amazon's app store.

5) Android compatibility is mixed as it is classed as an unknown phone so some apps will not be available, even if you do get them through other means some apps will not run and there is a major lack of any decent DLNA media player apps on the Android market so I've had no luck replacing the shoddy built in media player for network playback.

The Plex app is about the only decent front end available and it does work but in my tests I was getting audio sync problems but that could be down to my crappy wifi network but they were iPhone videos so should have been okay.

If they had actually developed a decent media center front end this could have been a pretty good media player but it's not and probably never will be until the official GoogleTV app store is up and running then someone makes an alternative media center program for Android.

Other odd's and end's;
About the missing HDMI resolution switcher, you can get that back by adding a shortcut on the home screen.
* Hold down the left mouse button on the remote
* Select shortcuts->settings
* then pick the display resolution shortcut

There is an Amilogic HDMI switcher in that apk collection linked above this could also be related.

Avoid QQLauncher after installing it locked up the box which then went into an automated recovery mode thankfully the firmware HT1 linked to was able to repair the damage. The box may already be rooted according to Titanium back up.

The remote is actually pretty decent for typing and browsing the web.

Don't plug in a USB mouse it causes the player to spaz out.

The firmware update change your browser homepage to Hantarex.it some sort of kiosk provider, Geniatech does business with them from the looks of it and it's just another item over looked.

The Eminent DLNA player was one of the few I could get to work and access my NAS and it was able able to play 720p/mkv videos no problem, now correct me if I'm wrong but Android does not natively support mkv and this DLNA app relies on native playback so it must be leveraging the built in Geniatech video player. The bad news is that Eminent was never designed to be used at 720p or higher and the video has overlay issues with the app. Maybe the developer could update his app as it seems the most promising.
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I upgraded to beta ICS 4.0 my ATV2000 , after downgrade to 2.3.4 i lost the DVB application.
I installed the latest 1.9.2 Hidtv but when i try to start i receive the USB dongle missing...my DVB-T is built-in. help me please!!!
 
Ciao Silvano, hai risolto? sono nel tuo stesso casino...
Ho provato la 1.9.1 e 1.9.2 ma il mio atv2000 risponde che vuole dongle usb...
cavolo che palle!
 
webcris77 said:
I upgraded to beta ICS 4.0 my ATV2000 , after downgrade to 2.3.4 i lost the DVB application.
I installed the latest 1.9.2 Hidtv but when i try to start i receive the USB dongle missing...my DVB-T is built-in. help me please!!!
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When I updated to ICS, I got the same message.

It appears that the HiDTV app is not yet compatible with ICS. We will have to wait until an update is released.
 
enviro8 said:
When I updated to ICS, I got the same message.

It appears that the HiDTV app is not yet compatible with ICS. We will have to wait until an update is released.
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Hi, aftere the restore procedure to 2.3.4 i have missing hidtv app and if i install hodtv 1.9.2 i receive the same error messagge.
 
atters72 said:
Yep you may have to reboot a few times and I had to clear cache but all worth it in the end.
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OK, I'll give it a go, but could do with a link to the Geniatech tweaked version of Flash 10.2 should I decide to back it out.
If anyone has this link I'd appreciate it.

Cheers
 
meggiedude said:
OK, I'll give it a go, but could do with a link to the Geniatech tweaked version of Flash 10.2 should I decide to back it out.
If anyone has this link I'd appreciate it.

Cheers
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If you have carried out the Geniatech updates you should already have the tweaked market installed and running on your TV box.

To get a copy, all you need to do is to follow my post #984 and access it.

Then copy it and save it to your SD card where it will be available to be reinstlled.
 
gio965 said:
Hi retspan, in these days I have made various tests and I have noted that,
particularly, there are two factors that make an android device compatible
(or not) to an app from Android Market: permissions and fingerprint.

....You can download "full_permissions" folder here:

full_permissions.zip
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Thanks again for all your trouble gio! Unfortunately, while not having used this box at all for a few days, the market will now crash upon selection of an application in 3.4.4, provided I have your permissions folder present. If I uninstall the updates and try it with 3.3.11, or move back to the original permissions folder, then the crashes are gone. To my surprise the usual tricks to stop the market from updating, involving market-updater and/or vending-updater, no longer seem any use, as it turns out the market is now perfectly able to update itself without either of these even being present at all...

Are you or is anyone else having the same issue?
 
gio965 said:
Hi ziczac, I don't know if in the meantime you solved... surely your problem is not due to permissions folder
or fingerprint...(they can't give this kind of problem)
but probably (even if in my video I was able to enter Market without issues, at first attempt),
you need to try more times before you can have results.
So, if you have (always) this message of error ("an error has occurred - Please try again later"), then
you must reboot (every time) your device and try to enter Market (even once or twice more).
If your problem is another...please, you should specify better.
Let me know...
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Hi gio965,

I reset the firmware, everything is ok. And then I tried to update permission folder , build.pro as your guide again, I couldn't access internet from web, market. v.v app.
I don't know reason why I got it.

Thanks
 
arrrhh ooops hi guys may of done a fail was following said guide here (nikking store)

and were it says remove sd card immediatly i may have done it too soon now i have a green screen
+ blocks then it goes into update failed and sits there not wanting to regonise stuff any ideas? :S
 
Hi retspan and ziczac, I can't give a certain answer but I can tell you that
I decided to realise my two videoguides only when I was sure of my results and
indeed I have never had problems.

At this moment, I have a 2.2.5 release (update20110909) and if you have the latest 2.3.4
(update20120111), probably, difference in firmware could be a reason of your issues.

Is there any other user that (with latest firmware) has successfully updated to
a complete Market, using permissions and/or fingerprint trick?

Then indeed, it's right to say that, if permissions trick has been tested by me, only on a 2.2.5
device...instead, fingerprint trick is a well-known method, tested by many android users
on more different devices and firmware releases, so at least, this one should work quietly.

I could suggest, as last solution (but in my opinion, it should be the first), a complete wipe
and the reinstallation of firmware, so that you can be sure to have made "tabula rasa"
(previously, you must take care to make a copy of your data and apps, using for example mybackup pro.apk),
then you should try these tricks separately, so that, more easily, you can understand the wrong passage.

Let me know (I hope positively)...
 
smokeydog1 said:
arrrhh ooops hi guys may of done a fail was following said guide here (nikking store)

and were it says remove sd card immediatly i may have done it too soon now i have a green screen
+ blocks then it goes into update failed and sits there not wanting to regonise stuff any ideas? :S
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I have something very similar and you now must perform a recovery by connecting it up to a PC and flashing it.

I have not been successful.

The reference sites are:

KGDTeam • Ver Tema - Recovery por RS232 los Mygica ATV300 - ATV1000 - ATV2000

Which is Spanish, and

ICONBIT.RU • ???????? ???? - ?????????????? Toucan W ????? ????????? ????????

which is Russian

There are also some earlier posts on this thread that discuss the matter
 
gio965 said:
Hi retspan and ziczac, I can't give a certain answer but I can tell you that
I decided to realise my two videoguides only when I was sure of my results and
indeed I have never had problems.

At this moment, I have a 2.2.5 release (update20110909) and if you have the latest 2.3.4
(update20120111), probably, difference in firmware could be a reason of your issues.

Is there any other user that (with latest firmware) has successfully updated to
a complete Market, using permissions and/or fingerprint trick?

Then indeed, it's right to say that, if permissions trick has been tested by me, only on a 2.2.5
device...instead, fingerprint trick is a well-known method, tested by many android users
on more different devices and firmware releases, so at least, this one should work quietly.

I could suggest, as last solution (but in my opinion, it should be the first), a complete wipe
and the reinstallation of firmware, so that you can be sure to have made "tabula rasa"
(previously, you must take care to make a copy of your data and apps, using for example mybackup pro.apk),
then you should try these tricks separately, so that, more easily, you can understand the wrong passage.

Let me know (I hope positively)...
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I also had a problem connecting to the internet after editing the build.prop. I was also using 2.2.5, but I did not follow your instructions exactly. Instead of editing the original build.prop, I copied the original and replaced it with an edited copy. I don't know if that made the difference or not.

The only way I was able to restore internet access was to upgrade the system to 2.3.

I also tried the permissions folder trick on both firmwares and had no problems, so it must be the build.prop trick that caused the internet problem.
 
cajen said:
I also had a problem connecting to the internet after editing the build.prop. I was also using 2.2.5, but I did not follow your instructions exactly. Instead of editing the original build.prop, I copied the original and replaced it with an edited copy. I don't know if that made the difference or not.

The only way I was able to restore internet access was to upgrade the system to 2.3.

I also tried the permissions folder trick on both firmwares and had no problems, so it must be the build.prop trick that caused the internet problem.
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Hi cajen, regarding to your different procedure for fingerprint trick, I think that it's the same thing
(in fact, you must consider that, even if in my video I edited original build.prop, instead during my trials
I used an edited copy of it).
In the next days I will update my firmware to latest release (20120111) and I will make my tests...
 
Hi retspan, ziczac, cajen and everyone...
I updated my firmware to latest 20120111 release and after various trials,
I have found the solution for a correct upgrade of permissions folder and
fingerprint, also on ATV1000 with 2.3.4 release.

Pratically, using the same "permissions" folder and fingerprint line, we must
follow a different procedure...

First of all we must go to ---> Settings ---> Applications ---> Manage applications
---> All ---> GoogleServicesFramework ---> Clear data and Force stop (back) --->
Market ---> Clear cache and Force stop ---> (back home)

Then we enter Rootexplorer ---> go to: /mnt/sda/sda1 and copy "full_permissions" folder
from pendrive (long press on left click) ---> go back to: /system/etc ---> click on "Mount R/W"
---> rename original "permissions" folder (for example to: permissions_backup) --->
paste "full_permissions" and rename it to "permissions" ---> give same attributes of original folder
---> (back to the root)

Now we edit build.prop and change original fingerprint line:

so, we go to: /system ---> we open build.prop using text editor (long left click on file)
---> delete original fingerprint line:
ro.build.fingerprint=MBX/stvm3/stvm3:2.3.4/20111212/20111212.163332:user/test-keys

and insert new fingerprint line:
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon_wwe/htc_mecha/mecha:2.3.4/GRJ22/206244.9:user/release-keys

(automatically, a backup copy of build.prop will be created)

Remaining in: /system ---> we enter "app" folder and (temporarily) uninstall GoogleServicesFramework.apk
(we can do that renaming it, as for example, to: GoogleServicesFramework.apk1 ...if we check and go to:
Settings ---> Applications ---> Manage applications ---> All
we don't find the application)
then rename again: GoogleServicesFramework.apk1 to GoogleServicesFramework.apk ---> (back home)
(This last passage makes the difference and resolves all difficulties with internet connection)

At this point, we reboot device, enter Market, insert our Google account and a more
complete Market will be there for us!!
So we will find missing apps like facebook, tweetdeck and more...

Referring to everyone would try this method, I can say that I'm not responsable for everything could happen
(I suggest a previous backup of data and apps)

In the next days, I will make a video guide, to show visually all passages

Edit:
For more working apps, you must add this missing file: com.google.android.maps.jar
to "framework" folder in: /system/framework and change its permissions to rw-r-r

For more compatibility, I suggest to use this fingerprint line:
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon_wwe/htc_mecha/mecha:2.3.4/GRJ22/206244.9:user/release-keys
(if you have a 2.2 "froyo" firmware release)

and this fingerprint line:
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion:2.3.4/GRJ22/121341:user/release-keys
(if you have a 2.3 "gingerbread" firmware release)

More fingerprint lines here: Google Nexus One - OpenGL ES performance and system information
(go to --> "Browse the GLBenchmark"--> choose your device --> (ok) --> "System Information" -->
scroll down to --> "android.os.Build.Fingerprint" --> choose your fingerprint line to test)

If your market release is 3.4.4 or superior, you must remove this file: android.hardware.nfc.xml
from "permissions" folder in: /system/etc
 
enviro8 said:
If you have carried out the Geniatech updates you should already have the tweaked market installed and running on your TV box.

To get a copy, all you need to do is to follow my post #984 and access it.

Then copy it and save it to your SD card where it will be available to be reinstlled.
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Thanks, but I was actually after a link to the original Geniatech tweaked FLASH 10.2 code, in-case I need to back out the flash 11 code.
I'm prepared to give the Flash 11 upgrade a try, as per atters72 suggestions, but want a get-out-of-jail in case I am not happy with the results.
 
after all updates and firmware have been done,im still getting out of audio sync with the video...has anybody got any ideas what will fix this please....thanks
 
gio, hi! one question. i bougjt another notonlytv android box. so far, all is going ok. but i have two questions. one-on my first box, i was able to connect it to pc monitor via DVI-hdmi cable, and that worked ok. now, with this new, i can only get picture via hdmi connector. is that ok or not.
but, my second question matters more to me. i have tweetdeck on sd card, and when i try to install it i says "installation not completed-it is incompatible with device". will this "permissions fix" fix that incompatibility? i must say that i didnt try to searchit trough market, only direct access to .apk file.
thanks!!

EDIT:
i done "permissions fix", i get FB, TW and other apps, but tweetdeck does'nt work. so, can anybody confirm that tweetdeck works or not (no matther before or after permissions fix).

thanks!
 
vikidroid said:
gio, hi! one question. i bougjt another notonlytv android box. so far, all is going ok. but i have two questions. one-on my first box, i was able to connect it to pc monitor via DVI-hdmi cable, and that worked ok. now, with this new, i can only get picture via hdmi connector. is that ok or not.
but, my second question matters more to me. i have tweetdeck on sd card, and when i try to install it i says "installation not completed-it is incompatible with device". will this "permissions fix" fix that incompatibility? i must say that i didnt try to searchit trough market, only direct access to .apk file.
thanks!!
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Hi vikidroid, regarding your first question, I can't give any answer because I have never tried
to connect via DVI-HDMI cable...
Instead, for your second question, I can confirm that if you add "full_permissions" folder
(following my last videoguide), you will fix incompatibility with tweetdeck...:):)
 
gio965 said:
Hi vikidroid, regarding your first question, I can't give any answer because I have never tried
to connect via DVI-HDMI cable...
Instead, for your second question, I can confirm that if you add "full_permissions" folder
(following my last videoguide), you will fix incompatibility with tweetdeck...:):)
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hi gio!
dvi - later. maybe somebody will know. i dont have monitor with both connectors, so i must look at pc in one room and second floor, and google box is downstaris on big lcd. so, i must run up and down. ;-)

apropos tweetdeck. i done all as described in latest video. i changed that one row in video from yesterday - alternative procedure (LINK).
but in first video with two procedures, in first You didn't change anything in system files (LINK).
maybe that is problem? i get tweetdeck, it starts, i sign in my account (i use it on pc also), but than it crashes.
any idea?
thx!

EDIT:
tried with original and changed build.prop file still nothing. tweetdeck install ok, start ok, i enter my twiter data, press ok, and in that moment it crashes. android is 2.3.4, from "update20111102.zip", with no added applications and rooted from the beginning.

for now, it seems that i must try with some other firmware, or wait for 4.x
 
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