NEW - Finless 1.8 for EM8 Square Box

[gggg602]

I am currently testing Kodi 14 alpha 2, apparently there was a big Amlogic S802 fix in it. Only been a day but so far very stable

I finally got around to install Kodi xbmc and did some additional tweaks. My reboot/android crash doesn't occur as often now and when it does it is when Kodi xbmc running.

What i did was:

1. install Kodi on finless 1.7 rom. Left all 3 settings for the HW acceleration on. Also set HQ scaler to 10%.
2. added advancedsettings.xml
3. installed cpu fixer 1008.zip
4. set background process to no background process from Developers menu (Seemed to speed things up)
5. I also stopped using the stock web browser to stream videos and switched to Chrome browser to stream videos.

Anyways box seems much more stable, but i have only been able to test for a few hours a night.

The remaining issues i have noticed is:

1. when i power off the box, the blue light stays on and will boot back up after few minutes. Seems like the power button is set to reboot the box and not set to power off or put the box on standby. I started using this remote power plug recommended by washere to power off the box. So far seems to work to power off the box.
2. Occasional crash with Kodi xbmc. This seems to happen when i tend to switch between video menus while a video is already playing.

[snake007]

Backup

Hi I am going to update to this rom today.

I am new to this but love getting my hands dirty and learning new things when I get a new toy.

What is the best way to back up my box and what program?

I noticed someone saying about a program called Titanium? Is this the right program and all I need?

Thanks Daz

[no_spam_for_me]

To backup your app's and settings with TitaniumBackup (https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...TitaniumBackup) is the right way, BUT you have to root your device...

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?12076-EZ-root-update-ZIP-for-s802-(all)-quot-Stock-ROM-quot-ROMs

[snake007]

Thanks I allready have root and running 1.7 rom as it was allready set up that way when I purchased it. I managed to back everthing up onto a sd card. Only thing im unsure about now is the advanced xml settings after I have installed the 1.8 rom.

[Dataking]

Re: NEW - Finless 1.8 for EM8 Square Box

I have running 4 XBMC's mediacenters at my home. PC, Ipad and Galaxy I9505 are loading movie's very fast. Only on my M8 square box it takes a long time before the sources are loading and after selecting again a long time to start the movie. I have a fiber connection speed of 50MB. Using Omans XBMC and advancedsettings.xml and of course Finless 1.8. Any advise how to optimize my configuration? Thanks a lot.

[handroid]

I have running 4 XBMC's mediacenters at my home. PC, Ipad and Galaxy I9505 are loading movie's very fast. Only on my M8 square box it takes a long time before the sources are loading and after selecting again a long time to start the movie. I have a fiber connection speed of 50MB. Using Omans XBMC and advancedsettings.xml and of course Finless 1.8. Any advise how to optimize my configuration? Thanks a lot.

My take: It's all about better hardware and the corresponding price. On the other hand my M8 performs quite well with Finless 1.8 using the stock XBMC and no advanced settings.

[messi1986]

Hi mates.. Can anyone confirm that this box and firmware is able to play RM/RMVB (Real Media) files?

Thank you..

[Phrozin]

@messi1986 , I can confirm that it does play .rm files. I downloaded a few test samples from net and tested. I'm on finless 1.8 on my M8 tomato. It played the video clips just fine with no sync issues or video problems on MX-player. I did have trouble getting it to play on XBMC, but that could be from some of my settings like HW acceleration in Xbmc

[tampametal]

I don't see how people can tolerate the interlacing issues on 1.8. I guess some can't see it or don't mind

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[handroid]

I tried to upgrade the XBMC 13.1 Finless included in this rom to Gotham 13.2. Just installing was not possible due to a conflict. I uninstalled 13.1 and installed 13.2. That brought back some of the old problems with video like black screen and such.

Looks like the XBMC 13.1 provided is a patched version. Has anyone found a 13.2 that works?

[thedude2014]

@ handroid - I will test this for you...I've been wondering how 13.2 and the new Helix beta will perform.

[thedude2014]

@ tampametal - What exactly are you seeing? I haven't noticed anything, but my setup or media files might be different...

[TMx]

@ tampametal - What exactly are you seeing? I haven't noticed anything, but my setup or media files might be different...

[tampametal]

Re: NEW - Finless 1.8 for EM8 Square Box

.... Exactly

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[tampametal]

Doesn't so it every time but hella annoying.

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