Originally posted by Wanderer190
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Here is what happened in my scenario: (SPOILER: my bad box has a bad wifi / bluetooth chip)
I found the correct version of TWRP for the box that worked for me (twrp.q20x-3.2.1-0_2.img). I renamed it to recovery.img and copied it over to a blank 32GB SD Micro. Placed it in my good box.
I then finagled and shaped a paper clip to short the pins on the box from the front vent holes (the 1st & 2nd slots on the right of the blue light), I found a picture of the board on here somewhere.
With a little patience I held the paper clip in place, you will feel the paper clip hitting the holes on the board if you are in the right spots, then I plugged in the power and booted it from the SD and used TWRP to do a full backup of the good box.
I then put the SD card in the bad box, booted it to the SD card, done a full restore. The box now boots right up and functions well, however it does NOT have bluetooth or WIFI. The original remote works, but the voice functions do NOT work. I bought a cheap voice remote ($15) off of Amazon that uses a USB dongle and it semi works (you have to activate the voice on-screen then use the dongle remote).
I will try to do a clean backup of the box after the Remote Pairing in the next day or two and then upload TWRP and the Backup files to Google drive or something so at least you can get the box functioning again. And if your hardware is good, everything should work correctly. You will have to manually pair your remote.
If your chip is bad, like mine, then you can at least still get some use out of the box. Mine went to a spare bedroom for grand kids and works great for kodi and such (wired network). I had a Microsoft 360 controller dongle and he even uses it to play game using a 360 controller.
Hope this helps
I found the correct version of TWRP for the box that worked for me (twrp.q20x-3.2.1-0_2.img). I renamed it to recovery.img and copied it over to a blank 32GB SD Micro. Placed it in my good box.
I then finagled and shaped a paper clip to short the pins on the box from the front vent holes (the 1st & 2nd slots on the right of the blue light), I found a picture of the board on here somewhere.
With a little patience I held the paper clip in place, you will feel the paper clip hitting the holes on the board if you are in the right spots, then I plugged in the power and booted it from the SD and used TWRP to do a full backup of the good box.
I then put the SD card in the bad box, booted it to the SD card, done a full restore. The box now boots right up and functions well, however it does NOT have bluetooth or WIFI. The original remote works, but the voice functions do NOT work. I bought a cheap voice remote ($15) off of Amazon that uses a USB dongle and it semi works (you have to activate the voice on-screen then use the dongle remote).
I will try to do a clean backup of the box after the Remote Pairing in the next day or two and then upload TWRP and the Backup files to Google drive or something so at least you can get the box functioning again. And if your hardware is good, everything should work correctly. You will have to manually pair your remote.
If your chip is bad, like mine, then you can at least still get some use out of the box. Mine went to a spare bedroom for grand kids and works great for kodi and such (wired network). I had a Microsoft 360 controller dongle and he even uses it to play game using a 360 controller.
Hope this helps
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