[ROM] OpenELEC for Amlogic-based TV boxes (M8, MXQ, TV110, MX2/G18)

[@kafka]

Very nice indeed!!! Thank u Codesnake. I have a "Xunity Aurora" box the version before the android version. It was shipped with kodi 13.2. I downloaded the T8, https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELE....arm-6.0.3.zip and extracted to the root of the SD-card. Went into . Xunity Maintenance and to "All Linux" and did an update and after 15 seconds I was up and running with openelec.

[Friffy1]

Flash ember helix zip, no matter what you do do not let go of the reset button until you see something on the screen give it a shot

No luck. Blue light, no display. Tried for hours. Any other ideas?

[Nemsis72]

No worries. So, strangest thing. That box is now bricked. Light comes on, but no display at all. Can't get into recovery. I don't know what the heck to make of all this. Have you seen MX2 boxes that won't even get into recovery? Any ideas as to a fix?

Flash ember helix zip, no matter what you do do not let go of the reset button until you see something on the screen give it a shot

[Friffy1]

Yeah. Im at a loss why it wont work on you boxes.. because not only is working on my box but also my family members also as well as my co workers box... Sorry bro...

No worries. So, strangest thing. That box is now bricked. Light comes on, but no display at all. Can't get into recovery. I don't know what the heck to make of all this. Have you seen MX2 boxes that won't even get into recovery? Any ideas as to a fix?

[Nemsis72]

According to this, I will have to install ember, then your zip file. Is this correct?

It will make transition much better.. ember includes a formating script to partition the nand flash.

It helped alot because it formated the nand partitions that i screwed up when trying to revert back to OpenELEC after messing it up trying to revert back to android without reformatting the nand partitions for android install. OpenELEC formats the nand differently than android does. That why in the post you will see a revert to android zip from ember. It does not matter if you have OpenELEC you can use that zip to reformat your nand and revert back to the included android installation zip.

[startreksuite]

no u dont have to go to 4.2.1 just clean flash OE 7.0 after flashing ember zip.

Here it is: https://mega.nz/#!8cgXjRhI!mu8wGyY14...ujItOf8HdrXS2E

Extract all 3 files to a fat32 formatted sd card not usb...
But before you do atemp to clean flash my zip u are going to have to flash this ember zip.. here: https://mega.nz/#!hN5mWShZ!Qnp3RB-Ub...3kgwYBxqjJEzo0

To format your nand to proper sized filesystem after making a mess with ur tar update fiasco.
After a clean boot from ember, turn off then flash my zip file.

And if you want to revert back to stock android you are going to have to flash this zip. https://mega.nz/#!QUhiEQiS!wY-E2uWBk...KOkIkvNHLhBwBc
In order to reformat those same partitions for its included android zip.... Goodluck!!!

According to this, I will have to install ember, then your zip file. Is this correct?

[Nemsis72]

So how to did you remedy it?

Read post #2395 thats how i remedied my issue! Or go back to stock android after a successful boot. Turn off then reflash OE 7.0.

[startreksuite]

Yes i had same issue when i tried updating my box from his build.

So how to did you remedy it?

[startreksuite]

So how to did you remedy it?

[Nemsis72]

I'm certainly glad it's working for you. But are you saying you're out of ideas on why your build won't work these two boxes? (Also, CodeSnake's 6.0.3 build.) It's weird the Ember build works fine. I only tested that one on box, but it worked great. Just it's only Kodi 14.2. Also I just tried reverting back to Matricom's Android build again and that still works fine, too. This is all very odd.

Yeah. Im at a loss why it wont work on you boxes.. because not only is working on my box but also my family members also as well as my co workers box... Sorry bro...

[Friffy1]

Thats the same box i have and my build if working awesome on it. Havent had a problem with my build since I've compiled and installed it...

I'm certainly glad it's working for you. But are you saying you're out of ideas on why your build won't work these two boxes? (Also, CodeSnake's 6.0.3 build.) It's weird the Ember build works fine. I only tested that one on box, but it worked great. Just it's only Kodi 14.2. Also I just tried reverting back to Matricom's Android build again and that still works fine, too. This is all very odd.

[Nemsis72]

Yes i had same issue when i tried updating my box from his build.

[startreksuite]

Sorry, I have Codesnake's 5.95.5 build. I dumped your .tar file in the update folder. will this only work if I have ember first?

[Nemsis72]

I tried updating with your OE 7, and received an error message saying that there were some missing files, something like a m5 checksum.

Update tar has md5 files, update flashable zips don't. Hope you did not try and dump a zip file in the tar update folder. Or dump an oe tar into embers update folder... It could all get confusing at times...

[Nemsis72]

I tried updating with your OE 7, and received an error message saying that there were some missing files, something like a m5 checksum.

Updating over what? Ember update folder or clean flashing? After flashing ember..