NEW - Lollipop - wasser firmware 3.0.6 for Minix Neo X7

[henk32211]

henk32211, I'm pretty much a n00b like you are but I believe the only kernel available from wasser for this ROM is THIS one and it might not help your flicker issue but might be worth a try.

thx fore the support

[henk32211]

So Molle should I click the RUN button?

Also would henk32211 maybe fix his issue by starting all over and flashing the ROM again?

try it don't work
thx for the support

[flhthemi]

Have you also tried to use a different HDMI cable? It's not likely but worth a try. Oh, and maybe try changing the display settings to a lower resolution? Like instead of 1920X1080 try the next lower one and see if it's gone...I don't know if the X7's do that. Or maybe mess with the TV itself or a different TV or A different HDMI port.

[konnichiwa]

Hi, Can I flash this rom on minix V7 mini ? I want run lollipop on my V7 mini. Thanks

[Molle]

Hi, Can I flash this rom on minix V7 mini ? I want run lollipop on my V7 mini. Thanks

Basically yes, but you'll most likely lose BT and/or WiFi due to different hardware.

[Molle]

I think I broke it????

Nothing's broken if you can still flash and different ROMs give different results.

[Molle]

Have you also tried to use a different HDMI cable? It's not likely but worth a try. Oh, and maybe try changing the display settings to a lower resolution? Like instead of 1920X1080 try the next lower one and see if it's gone...I don't know if the X7's do that. Or maybe mess with the TV itself or a different TV or A different HDMI port.

Excellent advice to all who suffer from display problems.

[henk32211]

Have you also tried to use a different HDMI cable? It's not likely but worth a try. Oh, and maybe try changing the display settings to a lower resolution? Like instead of 1920X1080 try the next lower one and see if it's gone...I don't know if the X7's do that. Or maybe mess with the TV itself or a different TV or A different HDMI port.

(and maybe try changing the display settings)
Yes its working great now many thx

[henk32211]

For all the support many thx all
greeting
its working great now

[flhthemi]

Love success! Glad it was that simple! Now, go enjoy your box!

[Pluto]

Even the tool in Finless rom does not seem to work with me. All i set is min freq to 1ghz, altough sub1ghz frequencies are being used, and 1.5 and 1.6 barely make it above 2-3%. 1.7 and 1.8 remain unused.

I surely know i dont have the rk3188t variant as i have OCd this one before with the same rom.

just in case, have you guys flashed the kernel together with the rom or after?

EDIT: attaching a catlog, not sure if helps but...

[Molle]

just in case, have you guys flashed the kernel together with the rom or after?

I usually flashed the ROM and the additions back-to-back. First the ROM with RKBatchTool, then the oc'd kernel (and my modified boot image) with RKDevelopTool. Here's the complete procedure:

1. Start RKDevelopTool
2. Connect device
3. Erase IDB twice
4. Disconnect / power off device
5. Start RKBatchTool
6. Select ROM image
7. Connect device
8. Flash ROM with "Restore" option
9. Disconnect / power off device
10. Start RKDevelopTool
11. Select partitions and images
12. Connect device
13. Flash images
14. Disconnect / power off device
15. Connect device to TV etc, and power on
16. Profit...

[distlists]

Can anybody point me to a nls_utf8.ko kernel module, which will work with the kernel in Wasser FW 3.0.6?

I did a clean install of version 3.0.6 and I'm trying to mount a share via CIFS, but utf8 doesn't seem to work. "mount -o iocharset=utf8" results in "cannot access a needed shared library". When I remove the iocharset=utf8 option, everything works fine, but then some of the file names aren't displayed correctly (I get only question marks). I realise that the kernel is not configured with nls_utf8 and that's why I'm looking for a nls_utf8.ko module, which I can load before mounting a CIFS share.

There was a nls_utf8.ko module posted in this thread for an older version of the FW, but I cannot find such module for the 3.0.x series.

Any help is much appreciated! Thanks!

[distlists]

I have managed to solve the utf8 problem by compiling the module from the kernel sources mentioned in the topic 3.0.101 Kernel Released. I am attaching the file, should anyone else be facing the same problem.

On a side note automatic frame rate switching doesn't seem to work in Kodi. I can confirm that it works when a video file is played directly from the pre installed file manger app, but in Kodi it doesn't work.

I seems that Kodi 17 doesn't support rate switching on Rockchip any more, but at least Kodi 16.x looks for the file in /sys. It just happens to use a different path, which results in

ERROR: RKEGL: no rw on /sys/class/display/display0.HDMI/mode

The actual location is

/sys/class/display/HDMI/mode

and I assume that if /sys/class/display/display0.HDMI can somehow be symlinked (/sys/class/display/HDMI itself is a symlink by the way), then it will fix the frame rate switching problem.

Is there another way to work around this?

[Pluto]

I usually flashed the ROM and the additions back-to-back. First the ROM with RKBatchTool, then the oc'd kernel (and my modified boot image) with RKDevelopTool. Here's the complete procedure:

1. Start RKDevelopTool
2. Connect device
3. Erase IDB twice
4. Disconnect / power off device
5. Start RKBatchTool
6. Select ROM image
7. Connect device
8. Flash ROM with "Restore" option
9. Disconnect / power off device
10. Start RKDevelopTool
11. Select partitions and images
12. Connect device
13. Flash images
14. Disconnect / power off device
15. Connect device to TV etc, and power on
16. Profit...

The IDB erase, i've never done it, EVER. I thought it bricked the boxes...definitely will try again.

Is that the same boot.img that you've shared quite a while ago?