Stock Firmware - Beelink S82/M8 - MXIII 1/2G - Official FW Releases from Beelink - user feedback thread

[Veronica]

Oman there is a problem when the box is in suspend mode...
a. Sometimes after put the box to sleep/suspend the led will turn red as it should BUT seconds later the led will turn blue for very few seconds then goes back to red, it keeps repeating that behaviour while in suspend mode randomly. When that happens i can't wake it from my remote control which works great when suspend mode works properly as it should, so the only way is to press the power button to wake it.

b. There is also another weird behaviour right after you flash the rom (fresh install) if i put the box in suspend mode it willl do the red - blue led change AND i'm able to wake the device from the remote control, BUT then the remote control will stop working properly and only a reboot will fix the remote control.
However this problem stops at certain point and problem a. above takes it's place.

Note that i'm not using the remote control that came with the box and that when the led turns blue from red while suspended, my TV display remains the same, so i don't think the box even partially wake.

Here's my story with the problems mentioned:

Fresh installed 108k4 stock rom, i restored my apps and as soon as i could i placed the custom keyboard layout for my remote control in the respective path, used it to suspend the box and problem b. arrived. I reflashed several times with other recoveries and tried different things like NO data restoring, etc but still problem b. would be present. I gave up and decided to leave it like that for a while, so i turned off the box this time after a fresh install. Next day i powered it on, used the box for hours and then used my remote control to put it to sleep/suspend. later on tried to wake it using my RC and this time IT WORKED!!!, even better it kept working great UNTIL one day it stopped working and problem a. began. I really can't tell what exacly caused problem a. to start but i remember to have messed with XBMC and installed finless CPU patch 408/1992 Mhz Interactive before that PLUS the HDMI output stopped working, so i had it fixed but i'm still stuck with problem a. .
Power off trick doesn't work anymore and i won't start from scratch to see if it make it work again.

That was all lol i think is enough information for you to look it up AND WOULD BE NICE IF OTHERS CAN CONFIRM THIS, eather problem a., b. or both.

Thank in advance!

[no_spam_for_me]

If I remember correctly a. is a known issue and I think maybe b. too

[kotobide]

Last couple of days with this rom movies pause themselves like they are buffering periodically.

Like watching Ghost Ship every few minutes the movie stops pauses and restarts a few seconds later.

The box is connected via wifi to my usb drive on my pc but this buffering/pausing never happened before upgrading to this one.

I haven't had this issue on past releases anyone else have this problem and or know of a solution?

[Biatsch]

Oman there is a problem when the box is in suspend mode...
a. Sometimes after put the box to sleep/suspend the led will turn red as it should BUT seconds later the led will turn blue for very few seconds then goes back to red, it keeps repeating that behaviour while in suspend mode randomly. When that happens i can't wake it from my remote control which works great when suspend mode works properly as it should, so the only way is to press the power button to wake it.

b. There is also another weird behaviour right after you flash the rom (fresh install) if i put the box in suspend mode it willl do the red - blue led change AND i'm able to wake the device from the remote control, BUT then the remote control will stop working properly and only a reboot will fix the remote control.
However this problem stops at certain point and problem a. above takes it's place.

Note that i'm not using the remote control that came with the box and that when the led turns blue from red while suspended, my TV display remains the same, so i don't think the box even partially wake.

Here's my story with the problems mentioned:

Fresh installed 108k4 stock rom, i restored my apps and as soon as i could i placed the custom keyboard layout for my remote control in the respective path, used it to suspend the box and problem b. arrived. I reflashed several times with other recoveries and tried different things like NO data restoring, etc but still problem b. would be present. I gave up and decided to leave it like that for a while, so i turned off the box this time after a fresh install. Next day i powered it on, used the box for hours and then used my remote control to put it to sleep/suspend. later on tried to wake it using my RC and this time IT WORKED!!!, even better it kept working great UNTIL one day it stopped working and problem a. began. I really can't tell what exacly caused problem a. to start but i remember to have messed with XBMC and installed finless CPU patch 408/1992 Mhz Interactive before that PLUS the HDMI output stopped working, so i had it fixed but i'm still stuck with problem a. .
Power off trick doesn't work anymore and i won't start from scratch to see if it make it work again.

That was all lol i think is enough information for you to look it up AND WOULD BE NICE IF OTHERS CAN CONFIRM THIS, eather problem a., b. or both.

Thank in advance!

In suspend mode the box just get on with orig. or programmed ir remotes

(MY BOXES ARE STILL ON ..... IT RESOLVES THE PROBLEM)

[maroot]

Hi, which stock FW should I use for my tronsmart s89-h. This one or the other one here?
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...OTA-UPDATE-ETC.

/TIA

[Basinus]

Oman there is a problem when the box is in suspend mode...

The problem is I don't have any issue you mentioned in you post . I put the basic control from original IR on my Marantz IR, but this is only for suspend / shut down and switch on again. Normally control will be done by an airmouse (RC11 clone) nearly perfectly.

But and this could be a real problem I think, there is a post in a German forum with nearly exact the same issues you mentioned. The box was an Orbsmart S82 model, identically with a Tronsamrt S89.

[skruff]

Hello, I updated my M8 firmware by the SD card method.

After doing so, I cannot use the IR remote that came with my device (even after enabling it in settings).

Also, I cannot access the play store. No matter if I try to sign in with an existing account or create a new one, it says it cannot access the play store or it tells me that username is already in use.

I searched this thread for a while and didn't see anyone else having this issue.

Can anyone please spread some insight?

[lex_q]

I had the playstore issue before. It turns out if youve been using adaway or adfree it alters the hosts list or something. . And when you flash new software without reverting the hosts file it does that.. why?? No idea. Anyway I just install adaway or adfree and update the hosts file with the ad blocking one and it normally fixes the problem with the play store log in

[no_spam_for_me]

Hello, I updated my M8 firmware by the SD card method.

After doing so, I cannot use the IR remote that came with my device (even after enabling it in settings).

Also, I cannot access the play store. No matter if I try to sign in with an existing account or create a new one, it says it cannot access the play store or it tells me that username is already in use.

I searched this thread for a while and didn't see anyone else having this issue.

Can anyone please spread some insight?

If you talk about this box

http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/04/04/m8-android-tv-box-powered-by-amlogic-s802-unboxing/

then you are at the wrong sub-forum and use the wrong FW and you should have a look at http://www.freaktab.com/forumdisplay...Box-AML-Device

[scooter2014]

Hi Oman

Any response to the BT stack flow issue for the m8 yet??? Id really like to see a resolution for that then we can start playing with ps3 controls.

also Bob found new software for the m8 but i noticed it has a handy dandy andriod remote ill test tonight but nice add on no?

( too those that noticed my poor spelling and gramar )

[kabuk]

several streaming video apps dosn't work properly

hi @oman,
i noticed that this apps have a jerky playback video:
popcorn time 2.2 beta:

http://www.time4popcorn.eu/popcorntime.apk

russian movies hd:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.russianmovieshd.gurkha&hl=en

football live tv free:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streamer.soccergame

Русский ТВ Russian TV Channels:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streamer.russiantv

i checked this apps on your official versions 108k4 and down and also wasser 1.0.3.
this apps works perfectly on other android devices so i think the problem is in hardware codecs.
i saw there is a known issue called jerky playback for Xvid avi so may be this is the cause of the problem although i think there are movies which aren't with xvid avi and dosn't work so may be it something else.
Do you know if in the next release you will handle this issue?

i appreciate your work,
thanks allot.

[Biatsch]

@kabuk & oman
Iam waiting for this fix, too (jerky playback xvid & avi)

[fikhl]

Oman there is a problem when the box is in suspend mode...
a. Sometimes after put the box to sleep/suspend the led will turn red as it should BUT seconds later the led will turn blue for very few seconds then goes back to red, it keeps repeating that behaviour while in suspend mode randomly. When that happens i can't wake it from my remote control which works great when suspend mode works properly as it should, so the only way is to press the power button to wake it.

Yeah this happens *most* of the time. But from what I've seen it's possible to turn it back on from the remote.

I personally keep this box on 24/7. The power usage while idle is so low that it doesn't make much sense putting it to sleep. Better yet, it's always ready to go!

Perhaps the bigger issue here is that, when this happens, the box prevents the local HDDs to go to sleep. (or at least that's the case with mine)

Minor bug, rather annoying however. Hope it's fixed soon.

[fikhl]

Last couple of days with this rom movies pause themselves like they are buffering periodically.

Like watching Ghost Ship every few minutes the movie stops pauses and restarts a few seconds later.

The box is connected via wifi to my usb drive on my pc but this buffering/pausing never happened before upgrading to this one.

I haven't had this issue on past releases anyone else have this problem and or know of a solution?

This has happened for me a couple of times. Very rarely though. I have two HDDs connected via the USB so it shouldn't be network-related.

[Veronica]

Yeah this happens *most* of the time. But from what I've seen it's possible to turn it back on from the remote.

I personally keep this box on 24/7. The power usage while idle is so low that it doesn't make much sense putting it to sleep. Better yet, it's always ready to go!

Perhaps the bigger issue here is that, when this happens, the box prevents the local HDDs to go to sleep. (or at least that's the case with mine)

Minor bug, rather annoying however. Hope it's fixed soon.

Yes, IT IS ANNOYING, plus using the stock remote for wake/supend/shutdown? purposes ONLY, i find it a waste, dumb and not optimall at all. I mean i already have tv, satellite box and dvd remotes very close plus my fully equiped remote control to control my S89 box in my livingroom.Why would i want another one to only use it's red power button?

As i mentioned at some point it started working and it did for days.