Upgrading firmware on a CS918 android box

[nmalik]

Hi all,
I bought a quad core unthethered CS918 android box from ****. It comes with a load of addons and Beyond XBMC but doesn't seem very stable to me - its laggy and the screen flashes ever few minutes both in and out of XBMC. I only need Mashup and good HD movie playback. I was thinking of flashing the ROM from this post: http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...ing-works-fine. The box doesn't come with a cable that can connect to the OTG port - can I put the new firmware on a SD card and flash from there. If yes, how would I do that? Sorry for the basic questions.
thanks

[no_spam_for_me]

1. are you sure your box use this pcb?
If not => http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post186517

2. I think all rk3188 come without a cable USB to microUSB cable... but I advise to buy one...
There exist a way, but it is really difficult (and I never try it):
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Update.zip via recovery menu from SD card - Modifier+Creator

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717437

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23087370&postcount=261

http://www.mediafire.com/download/22o6ez2pvav5eoa/Update.zip+2.0+ModifierCreator+%5BScript%5D+DragDrop+Support+%5BWindows%5D.zip

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http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?5957-K-R42-Hybrid-Firmware-(HFW)-1-1-0-by-lewy20041&p=155422&viewfull=1#post155422

Hello,
finally i found the tool that signs correctly all the zips i create
and also the tool that helps to create the zip and the updater script, putting in it all the stuff i want (kernel.img, boot.img, and so on) to make a complete zip to be flashed via recovery menu from SD card, without the need of connection with pc, rkbatchtool, rkandroidtool and so on
It is an XDA thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717437

My device find the zips created with these tools valid, so i can do any update i want
I already tried a simple updater scripts that only prints some informations on the screen with ui_print

Now i have only to learn the sintax of the updater script language, and to build the zip with all parts i need to recover my system...

Thanks

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i created the updater script
with four statements write raw image:
for boot.img, kernel.img,misc.img,system.img
(img extracted with a tool from the stock whole img)

signed the zip,
moved to sd card,
applied update...
and...
Yeeeesss!!

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package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");
write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "boot");
delete("/tmp/boot.img");

... and so on

for the other three img (kernel,system,misc)
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[nmalik]

Thanks for your reply,
I will get hold of the cable. I would be really grateful if you could look at my mainboard (below) and let me know what version I have got. Many thanks!

[no_spam_for_me]

You don't have a rk3188_box_szy_x6 ...
=> http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post185540
You have a K-RK3188-V4.3 BUT without bluetooth, so I don't have an idea which FW works for your pcb...
=> http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post182381 till #70 ...

[nmalik]

Sounds bad!!! Is there any firmware I can experiment with?

[mitchell4you]

See

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?13628-Urgent-help-needed-Which-version

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?12035-firmware-for-K-RK3188-V4-3-board

Goodluck

[no_spam_for_me]

NO, both threads are talk about PCB with BT...