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Richard123

Richard123

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I'm curious what the most up to date firmware is for the standard M8, currently I'm on kitkat and I'd like to know if Lollipop or higher is supported as unfortunately Kodi's latest version 17 is unsupported on my device.

I've had a quick look over the internet but drawn a blank.
 
Richard123 said:
I'm curious what the most up to date firmware is for the standard M8, currently I'm on kitkat and I'd like to know if Lollipop or higher is supported as unfortunately Kodi's latest version 17 is unsupported on my device.

I've had a quick look over the internet but drawn a blank.
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As with all these cheapo devices like M8, MX, MXQ, it all depends when and who made it. Most of the current ones seem to be coming with either Lollipop or Marshmallow now. As for upgrade from an older Kitkat one, check with the vendor where you bought it.
 
I've had mine for about two years, fairly certain I got it from some Chinese eBay vendor although can't remember for the life of me.

Does anyone share the latest firmware?

Or is it possible to rip the software off a newer one?
 
Standard M8, Mali 450 8 core.
ARMv7 processor rev 1.
Android version 4.4.2.
Kernal version 3.10.33.

That's about all the information I know how to look up, does any of it help?
 
You can try to open tv box and you will see revision of your mother board and chip like rk3188 ....etc.
You need to know your mother board and chip to flash rom
 
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Hey sorry for the late reply I didn't see your message until last night, opened the box for you to see, noticed the steel plate for extra weight lol...

Will I need to take the heat sink off the chip as well?
 
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Look on video tutorial how to get in recovery mode,from there you have option to backup and restore,or from tv box system
Save backup file on pc just in case if something goes wrong.
 
Richard123 said:
I really can't find a decent guide on backing up stock firmware on these TV boxes.
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I can tell you I didn't backup my device but I un-bricked the device with the image below, the only problem I faced is that my small infrared remote does not work.

TWRP is the needed software to backup your device. Try the link below for this backup:

Then to flash your device you need a shield USB cable A-A connected to the most left USB port of the device, the one near SD slot. Then using USB burning tool perform the below steps:
press the toothstick and keep it pressed, with no power supply connect the USB cable but having the USB Burning Tool opened. You will see connected. Then import the image below and flash the device, you will have a nice surprise of working device with Lollipop 5.1.1

https://mega.nz/#F!mtlkSYba!ynMZU6b6iPPdOjlmhzYBTw

Best regards,
 
Kropex said:
I can tell you I didn't backup my device but I un-bricked the device with the image below, the only problem I faced is that my small infrared remote does not work.

TWRP is the needed software to backup your device. Try the link below for this backup:

Then to flash your device you need a shield USB cable A-A connected to the most left USB port of the device, the one near SD slot. Then using USB burning tool perform the below steps:
press the toothstick and keep it pressed, with no power supply connect the USB cable but having the USB Burning Tool opened. You will see connected. Then import the image below and flash the device, you will have a nice surprise of working device with Lollipop 5.1.1

https://mega.nz/#F!mtlkSYba!ynMZU6b6iPPdOjlmhzYBTw

Best regards,
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I'm not 100% sure my CPU will support 5.1, at the moment I will probably just stick with what I have as I really don't want to brick the device.
 
For my device it works great and I can tell you that I had it bricked (a black box non usable), I had no chance just to try. And now, I have the image saved, and I can try anything I want to upgrade or to change in flash, because anytime it seems bricked I reflash with the image already working. So I'm happy that I'm not afraid of any try of flashing, to discover the best package for my desire BOX TV.
 
My device is OTT M8S. The hardware is, just what I know written onto the board, M9&M8_8bit_V1.1 2015/09/2
I attach two links with images with my device print screen got it remotely, because I'm also using TV for getting control from anywhere.
http://1.1m.yt/zx-V2RB.jpg
http://4.1m.yt/1rvGBx1.jpg

So I can say that I have M8Splus software with Lollipop 5.1.1 over a device M8S. One single part which is not working at this moment is the remote control, not available, so I'm using the USB wireless keyboard for the moment.

In this link you can see my device as picture and remote control:
http://chinagadgetsreviews.com/down...tock-firmware-m8s-tv-box-2.html#comment-21208
 
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Yeah the M8S uses a later chip set than the M8 I'm afraid, and again at this time I will wait until potential bricking my device.

Thanks for you input and knowledge though.
 
Chetnick said:
OpenELEC-Amlogic-MXiiiG - http://adf.ly/12297117/mxiiig-update
OpenELEC-Amlogic Minix x8HP6.0 - http://adf.ly/1Vfxnq
OpenELEC-Amlogic-M8-6.0 - http://adf.ly/1VLUcI
OpenELEC-Amlogic-M8S-6.0 - http://adf.ly/1VLV3J
OpenELEC-Amlogic-M8S+-6.0 - http://adf.ly/1VLUvn
OpenELEC-Amlogic-S82-6.0 - http://adf.ly/1VLV89
OpenELEC-Amlogic-MXQ -6.0 - http://adf.ly/1VLqJz
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The links download and want me to open "installer.exe", is it OK to download because my anti-virus says it's malware.l

Thanks
 
KAWHI said:
The links download and want me to open "installer.exe", is it OK to download because my anti-virus says it's malware.l

Thanks
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I think your AV is correct. Those URLs that were posted two years ago, now just show gambling and pr0n ads. So whatever they're trying to download is almost certainly malicious and should NOT be installed.

If you want openelec, suggest you just go to their official website. https://openelec.tv/

I use openelec myself on a Raspberry Pi 3.
 
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Yep I bricked my MXQ trying to use the above OpenELEC MXQ 6.0 firmware.

So I'm looking at the TWRP video above to flash from a spare MXQ box, but my MXQ doesn't have an OTG port. Any other options?
 
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