Tronsmart S89 Finless 1.4 ROM

[Finless]

Stay tuned on the CPU settings. I will be playing with those tomorrow and see if I can tweak them. They did make some significant changes to an RC file describing CPU capabilities.

If I come up with something I will make a patcher to test especially for those folks that have 1 CPU running at low speeds. I believe it is a hotplug issue. Some hardware is just not running properly. There must be something in these CPUs that sense something and down clock! As you can see some work fine others don't.

Now if this is in the kernel, without sources I wont be able to fix it. So keep your finger crossed.

As for SD card issue. Be aware that fat32 is very easily corrupted! Anytime you have an issue always put the sdcard on your PC and format it fully with windows. Also I have seen sometimes recovery boots and cant see the sdcard. When that happens to me I just unplug the sdcard and plug it back in while recovery is still up and then it will see it.

Bob

[londonshore]

Will this be the last rom update ? For the s89?

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[Smokez]

Stay tuned on the CPU settings. I will be playing with those tomorrow and see if I can tweak them. They did make some significant changes to an RC file describing CPU capabilities.

If I come up with something I will make a patcher to test especially for those folks that have 1 CPU running at low speeds. I believe it is a hotplug issue. Some hardware is just not running properly. There must be something in these CPUs that sense something and down clock! As you can see some work fine others don't.

Now if this is in the kernel, without sources I wont be able to fix it. So keep your finger crossed.

As for SD card issue. Be aware that fat32 is very easily corrupted! Anytime you have an issue always put the sdcard on your PC and format it fully with windows. Also I have seen sometimes recovery boots and cant see the sdcard. When that happens to me I just unplug the sdcard and plug it back in while recovery is still up and then it will see it.

Bob

Thanks Bob would be much appreciated. Thanks for all your hard work
I have faith in you!

Amen

[cerm78]

...So keep your finger crossed...

Fingers crossed here... Do you think that this can be claimed to Geekbuying as a warranty and get a replacement box?

I think Geekbuying should test every Vega box he sells to discard those having the "1 core at 698Mhz" problem with 101k4 Stock ROM, it's an unacceptable problem in my book.

[cuezaireekaa]

Sir Finless to the rescue! Fingers crossed most definitely.

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[londonshore]

1.4 works like a charm so far better then the 101k4 .. im happy im using a s82 . Great work

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[fredphoesh]

Fingers crossed here... Do you think that this can be claimed to Geekbuying as a warranty and get a replacement box?

I think Geekbuying should test every Vega box he sells to discard those having the "1 core at 698Mhz" problem with 101k4 Stock ROM, it's an unacceptable problem in my book.

of course it is unacceptable!
the product must do what it says or it should be returned.
if mine arrives running at this speed I will return it immediately.
Mark

[FrankyH]

XBMC download

Hello all!

New ROM update

First:
THIS IS A FULL ROM!
It is only for the Tronsmart S89 series! Flashing this on another box MAY brick you! You have been warned!

Why do I say this? Because this is a full ROM and flashes bootloader, recovery, etc! Thus it is not generic in any way. I will work on a generic ROM next.

This was made from the 101K4.

This is a "common" ROM for both the S89 Standard and the S89 Elite. If you have the Elite you will need to also flash the elite wifi patch.

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3) Debloated of junk APPs and Google Apps you can get from Google Play.
There was quite a few useless hidden apps in this KitKat release! Some of them did not even work.
I did remove XBMC and other pre-install APPs as well. I like a CLEAN ROM that you the user can setup the way you want.
Having APPs in /system leaves that junk in there forever (unless you delete them by hand with a root explorer).
If you want the original XBMC APP then download it from Geekbuying.com



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OK so here is the download!

READ the README.TXT in the zip for instructions!


ROM -> Tronsmart S89 - Finless ROM 1.4 (311 megs)


Bob

I am considering to buy the Tronsmart Vega standard

But on the site of geekbuying i can't find a download option to download XBMC.
Furthermore i would like to know if this ROM, in combinition with the mentioned XBMC app, can run the XBMC's addons Mash up and Istream.

This is for me the most important issue.
Can somebody confirm that the combination of this rom, addons and downloaded version of xbmc will work?

TIA

[londonshore]

Why not use xbmc.org and download xbmc from there or in playstore there is an app called update xbmc use that...

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[Masterx]

Im new to this forum. First i like to give many thanks for the Rom!
The stock 101 update messed up my Play Store (also with the latest version).

Now i want to install XBMC. Can any1 give me some advice what version i should use with the Vega S89 elite and the 1.4 ROM? There are so many versions/builds..

[londonshore]

Re: NEW - Tronsmart S89 Finless 1.4 ROM

Im new to this forum. First i like to give many thanks for the Rom!
The stock 101 update messed up my Play Store (also with the latest version).

Now i want to install XBMC. Can any1 give me some advice what version i should use with the Vega S89 elite and the 1.4 ROM? There are so many versions/builds..

I have the elite s82 its the same unit all I did was get the 101k4 build then I updated the 1.4 finless and added wifi patch and it works like a charm ... after that I got update xbmc from playstore and donloaded gotham beta 13.1 works good so far and cpus seem normal both work .. im happy and the internet seems faster

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[Ice_Coffee]

I did some comparitive testing between Finless 1.4 and 101k4

101k4

Antutu
31320@ 607*1080 resolution CPU 1992*4 Mhz


29182 @ 1080p resolution CPU 1992*4 Mhz


Wi-Fi 38 Mbps
Wired 30 Mbps


Finless 1.4


Antutu
31339 @ 607*1080 resolution CPU 1992*4 Mhz
22531 @ 1080p resolution (Force closed 3D test) CPU 1992*4 Mhz
Wi-Fi 30 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5G 40 Mbps
Wired 62 Mbps

Finless data throughput is generally better in every way with the only exception being wifi @ 2.4 Ghz, it is unfortunate finless force closed on the 3D test

[Smokez]

Stay tuned on the CPU settings. I will be playing with those tomorrow and see if I can tweak them. They did make some significant changes to an RC file describing CPU capabilities.

If I come up with something I will make a patcher to test especially for those folks that have 1 CPU running at low speeds. I believe it is a hotplug issue. Some hardware is just not running properly. There must be something in these CPUs that sense something and down clock! As you can see some work fine others don't.

Now if this is in the kernel, without sources I wont be able to fix it. So keep your finger crossed.

As for SD card issue. Be aware that fat32 is very easily corrupted! Anytime you have an issue always put the sdcard on your PC and format it fully with windows. Also I have seen sometimes recovery boots and cant see the sdcard. When that happens to me I just unplug the sdcard and plug it back in while recovery is still up and then it will see it.

Bob

Strange thing, may be of some interest to you and those getting the shockingly low antutu scores - after testing a few roms - bearing in mind my box (tronsmart s89 standard 16gb) shipped with 101k4 pre-installed....

i flashed your 100k4 stock zip and for the first time saw scores of 31k+ in antutu - i have tried going from that straight to finless 1.4 but scores dropped immediately with noticeable lag in comparison - i am gonna try going from 100k4 stock to 101k4 - 100k4 to finless 1.2/1.3 etc etc to see (HOPING) if i find a combo that will get me to the place the rest of you are @ - i.e finless with respectable scores sitting at higher than 696khz!! -


100k4 finless zip gives me 4 cores running at at least 1608 and best results so far considering the issues reported....

hope its of some use to you bob and those stuck at low cpu speeds

regards

Smokez

[londonshore]

Antutu

i just ran Antutu "my gt-19300-27845

[darqan]

Strange thing, may be of some interest to you and those getting the shockingly low antutu scores - after testing a few roms - bearing in mind my box (tronsmart s89 standard 16gb) shipped with 101k4 pre-installed....

i flashed your 100k4 stock zip and for the first time saw scores of 31k+ in antutu - i have tried going from that straight to finless 1.4 but scores dropped immediately with noticeable lag in comparison - i am gonna try going from 100k4 stock to 101k4 - 100k4 to finless 1.2/1.3 etc etc to see (HOPING) if i find a combo that will get me to the place the rest of you are @ - i.e finless with respectable scores sitting at higher than 696khz!! -


100k4 finless zip gives me 4 cores running at at least 1608 and best results so far considering the issues reported....

hope its of some use to you bob and those stuck at low cpu speeds

regards

Smokez

Have you tried installing it, using "delete files and media" or whatever the two boxes show? Once I pressed that, my internet speed went up from 1 mbit/s to about 15 mbit/s with wifi and my cpu from 1 core at 1100 to 4 core 1900. And antutu from 17k to 32k.

Give it a try I updated from Finless 1.3 to finless 1.4.

BTW BOB U ROCK! I'll send you a small donation so you can buy urself a beer from me!
Cheers!