Excelent, some one will need to isntall any apps that roots the devices thats all. so you can root the mediaplayer with 1 click
examples:
SuperOneClick
4zroot
or any other you will need to try.
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Excelent, some one will need to isntall any apps that roots the devices thats all. so you can root the mediaplayer with 1 click
examples:
SuperOneClick
4zroot
or any other you will need to try.
hansmaiser
Newbie
I tried these apps, but had no success to root it...
My findings on working with Measy X7 and trying firmware from other boxes.
1. Geniatech firmware - Cannot be used since the MTD partitioning naming is different.
2. MBX tagged firmware seems most compatible. However with all of the firmware combinations I have tried, you loose the WiFi capability. i.e Measy was supporting RTL819x USB adaptors. Other have either a built in or even if they support other it is the Realtek (or is is Ralink) 2870 chipset.
The upgrade which worked well for me was the Sumvision firmware (however no Wifi support). It comes with market working, saving screen position, resolution, two launches the Measy type and the Gingerbread native. Dont recall if the Root is built it or not now. However it should be easy enough to do via a custom about 2-3 MB update.zip package.
It seems that the Sumvision firmware too would work here. Only just need to tweak the updater-script to bypass the checks, replace remote.conf and repackage and sign and run upgrade using the factory_update_param.aml method.
The 2.2.1 and 2.3.4 firmware is available at SUMVISION - We Sell PC Hardware, Software, Digital Media, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Components, Networking Equipment and more...
Choose the Cyclone Android media center firmware and not the nano firmware. The nano seems to an oem of Geniatech.
NOTE: Upgrading to ICS firmware does not seem to be successful in any form.
For this I was using the M6 ICS firmware from http://www.refeedigital.com/page/download.html.
The M6 upgrade download however has a corrupted refee1210.zip inside the rar file.
So I could not try out the proper way of M6 v2.2.1 -> M6 v2.3.4 -> M6 ICS
What I tried out was Sumvision 1.0 -> Sumvision 1.1 -> M6 ICS which failed
1. Geniatech firmware - Cannot be used since the MTD partitioning naming is different.
2. MBX tagged firmware seems most compatible. However with all of the firmware combinations I have tried, you loose the WiFi capability. i.e Measy was supporting RTL819x USB adaptors. Other have either a built in or even if they support other it is the Realtek (or is is Ralink) 2870 chipset.
The upgrade which worked well for me was the Sumvision firmware (however no Wifi support). It comes with market working, saving screen position, resolution, two launches the Measy type and the Gingerbread native. Dont recall if the Root is built it or not now. However it should be easy enough to do via a custom about 2-3 MB update.zip package.
It seems that the Sumvision firmware too would work here. Only just need to tweak the updater-script to bypass the checks, replace remote.conf and repackage and sign and run upgrade using the factory_update_param.aml method.
The 2.2.1 and 2.3.4 firmware is available at SUMVISION - We Sell PC Hardware, Software, Digital Media, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Components, Networking Equipment and more...
Choose the Cyclone Android media center firmware and not the nano firmware. The nano seems to an oem of Geniatech.
NOTE: Upgrading to ICS firmware does not seem to be successful in any form.
For this I was using the M6 ICS firmware from http://www.refeedigital.com/page/download.html.
The M6 upgrade download however has a corrupted refee1210.zip inside the rar file.
So I could not try out the proper way of M6 v2.2.1 -> M6 v2.3.4 -> M6 ICS
What I tried out was Sumvision 1.0 -> Sumvision 1.1 -> M6 ICS which failed
excelent news, that is not difficult to doit im doing a similar update on ainol / ainovo paladin tablet rom.
also you may be able to update the wifi driver to make it start with the other rom.
Thought about getting from the Measy v1110 update but they have not done it modularly. It seems have been built into the kernel.
What need to find out is 8192cu.ko and a compatible kernel (boot.img???) that goes with it and then have to package. Plus there should be a firmware (xxxx.dat) file also.
This you can find plenty for 2870 chipset but not for 8192 chipset
@hansmaiser. Could you please post here your MTD partition table layout.
If you have ssh / terminal access the command to execute is cat /proc/mtd
Is your box a Measy X7 or someother make ..
My Measy X7 is now showing something like this...
mtd0 0080 0000 0010 0000 aml_logo
mtd1 0080 0000 0010 0000 recovery
mtd2 0080 0000 0010 0000 boot
mtd3 0C90 0000 0010 0000 system
mtd4 0400 0000 0010 0000 cache
mtd5 6D70 0000 0010 0000 userdata
mtd6 0000 2000 0000 1000 ubootenv
mtd7 0020 0000 0010 1000 ubootwhole
ubootwhole seems to be where spi.img is copied.
Then what is recovery mtd used for?
Most of the incompatibilites with trying out other firmware are
a. boot vs uboot
b. aml_logo vs logo
Thought about getting from the Measy v1110 update but they have not done it modularly. It seems have been built into the kernel.
What need to find out is 8192cu.ko and a compatible kernel (boot.img???) that goes with it and then have to package. Plus there should be a firmware (xxxx.dat) file also.
This you can find plenty for 2870 chipset but not for 8192 chipset
what a pitty.... thre may be other way to load a wifi driver. thought a script. or something like that.
From the various things I have experimented with, compatible firmware seems to be that which says m1ref / co3ref as the model number
The attached pdf has it summarized. Hope this helps others who are looking to upgrade.
I have both a RT2870 (EDIMAX 7811UN) and RA8192SU USB WiFi dongles.
RA8192SU was recognized on the original Measy X7 firmware.
However with
Firmware sources have been take from references in the following forums
1. www.dealextreme.com - Forum Firmware upgrade for mbox
2. www.androidforums.com - For Visson box (search for posting by hansmeiser). This box appears to have SATA disabled by default in the build.props file.
3. www.nikingstore.com and www.refeedigital.com for M6 box. Take the m6-1210.zip from the niking store website.
4. SUMVISION - We Sell PC Hardware, Software, Digital Media, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Components, Networking Equipment and more... - For Sum Vision Cyclone Android box. (do not download the nano firmware).
The few ICS updates available definitely much smoother experience and faster responsiveness. Unfortunately I was unable to get Ethernet / WiFi up in ICS so had to rollback to 2.3.4 where atleast Ethernet was working.
Geniatech firmware I am a dead end since it is using a different mtd setup. The naming of the partitions are different. If someone reading this can help me with the contents of /proc/mtd from a ATV1000 I can probably put in effort to reformat the nand and see if the GeniaTech firmware can be used.
The attached pdf has it summarized. Hope this helps others who are looking to upgrade.
I have both a RT2870 (EDIMAX 7811UN) and RA8192SU USB WiFi dongles.
RA8192SU was recognized on the original Measy X7 firmware.
However with
Firmware sources have been take from references in the following forums
1. www.dealextreme.com - Forum Firmware upgrade for mbox
2. www.androidforums.com - For Visson box (search for posting by hansmeiser). This box appears to have SATA disabled by default in the build.props file.
3. www.nikingstore.com and www.refeedigital.com for M6 box. Take the m6-1210.zip from the niking store website.
4. SUMVISION - We Sell PC Hardware, Software, Digital Media, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Components, Networking Equipment and more... - For Sum Vision Cyclone Android box. (do not download the nano firmware).
The few ICS updates available definitely much smoother experience and faster responsiveness. Unfortunately I was unable to get Ethernet / WiFi up in ICS so had to rollback to 2.3.4 where atleast Ethernet was working.
Geniatech firmware I am a dead end since it is using a different mtd setup. The naming of the partitions are different. If someone reading this can help me with the contents of /proc/mtd from a ATV1000 I can probably put in effort to reformat the nand and see if the GeniaTech firmware can be used.
Just letting people know.
Please do not try to upgrade / modify your Measy X7 with GeniaTech firmware. I tried it and now my box the light glows but I dont get any display on the TV screen.
So please only work with the firmware I had listed in an earlier post with a PDF attachment. i,e the ones that say board as m1ref or c03ref. With those I have flashed in various orders and combinations and never managed to brick the box. It has always been able to recover.
Seems like the the UART method is the only way to go now.
I am good with Linux, some basic electronics to solder cables and such and have with me a Nokia Serial to USB cable. But no where can I find the schematic or image to figure out where on the circuit board I can find the UART pins. Does anyone have contacts at Measy.com to get this piece of information.
Please do not try to upgrade / modify your Measy X7 with GeniaTech firmware. I tried it and now my box the light glows but I dont get any display on the TV screen.
So please only work with the firmware I had listed in an earlier post with a PDF attachment. i,e the ones that say board as m1ref or c03ref. With those I have flashed in various orders and combinations and never managed to brick the box. It has always been able to recover.
Seems like the the UART method is the only way to go now.
I am good with Linux, some basic electronics to solder cables and such and have with me a Nokia Serial to USB cable. But no where can I find the schematic or image to figure out where on the circuit board I can find the UART pins. Does anyone have contacts at Measy.com to get this piece of information.
Send a email to support@measy.com.cn also add sales3@measy.com.cn and put in the subject measy x7 bricked please help.
In the body ask for the schematics .
Then let us know if you reveived and ppst it
Hi blrdude39, what's happened?
Why have you tried this dangerous test?
I hope you can solve...
LOL. Must say I was either out of my mind or just in a too much experimenting mood.
In order to try out the geniatech firmware I decided that first I would have to do a spi upgrade for which I prepared the update package using the 20110907SPI.zip from Geniatech and removed the timestamp and stvm3 check on it. Pointed to use the 512MB related files. Resigned the package and did the upgrade.
Once it got to the reboot stage, after that I did note get any display on the HDMI output. So checked with the regular TV output cable no luck there too.
My guess is either the SPI is not compatible or the startup settings in the env_512 files is using some setting that causes the video out to be messed up.
So no I cannot figure out what is happening since there is no video output visible.
So unless my email to Measy yields some results in the form of getting schematics or where to connect a UART cable I am stuck. The dealer in India where I bought this box does not have servicing facility where they can reflash the device. I would have to send it back to China which would work out too expensive.
Worst case I guess I will replace the box with another box if some friend of mine is coming down from the US
Android Full HD 1080P Media Player w/ USB/SD/HDMI/RJ45 Ports - Black (2 x AAA) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme . This box looks like the best deal at USD 75 (with free shipping to the US).
or pay almost double around USD 150 and get the rebranded GeniaTech ATV1000 in India from
Mobility Makes A Difference . This one comes with the Fly mouse (that I already have) and 4GB ram insteam of 2 GB ram.
Yes, just sent an email to Measy and keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for a response
@blrdude39:
I have this box (dx.com/android-full-hd-1080p-media-player-w-usb-sd-hdmi-rj45-ports-black-2-x-aaa-102992), currently running 2.3.4. It shows as a MBX c03ref, and I was thinking to upgrade it to ICS 4.0.3, using the M6 firmware. Could you please guide me through the lashing/modification steps ?
Btw. sorry for your broken Measy. Any news about it ?
Thanks !
I have this box (dx.com/android-full-hd-1080p-media-player-w-usb-sd-hdmi-rj45-ports-black-2-x-aaa-102992), currently running 2.3.4. It shows as a MBX c03ref, and I was thinking to upgrade it to ICS 4.0.3, using the M6 firmware. Could you please guide me through the lashing/modification steps ?
Btw. sorry for your broken Measy. Any news about it ?
Thanks !
i have not done the test but 2.3.x android version is not a bad version and is very very compatible with most applications. much more thant 4
by the moment no one was able ton install 4.0.x to the x7 device.
Yes, I understand that, but blrdude39 was very close... He wanted to attempt the ICS firmware from M6, but had to abandon it because of a corrupted file. I managed to obtain the whole/correct ICS M6 firmware, so I thought this may be a good starting point for picking it up from where blrdude39 left it.
nitromethanol
Newbie
Hi tatubias. I appreciate you job. There is another thread that explain and develop an Android v4.0x firmware for the same ARM cortex SoC, but there is a difference on board type.
http://androidforums.com/google-tv/...i-google-tv-box-arm-cortex-a9-firmware-7.html
The difference is that the firmware look for a "c03ref" board, and Measy X7 have an "m1ref" Board. I don't know if there is another restriction to install this firmware.
I saw at dialextreme forum than some device change this flag with firmware upgrades. Firmware upgrade? [Update: Download Link here]
My intention , if you agree, to exchange your experience and join effort with stane1983 . This will be appreciate for the whole measy x7 owners community.
If you agree, i will post this on the other thread to promote synergy.
Sorry about my English.
Thanks a lot for your time.
Thank you very much for the invitation, i dont have any longer the palyer so im not doing more research on it. now im using a tablet with android 4.0.3 as a media player withthe HD connected to it.
it is not the best way to do it but it works as expected and also i have the option to use a tablet. for 50 to 70 usd less.