Kikat - Wasser Firmware for Beelink R89

[mo123]

Besides major hiccups (short freezes from time to time) KK is quite good. Personally I would like to have working "Connect to PC" and see internal_sd as mass storage on my Windows 8.1 x64 PC but you can not have everything .

Other problem is Youtube app which doesn't allow 1080p60 quality (HFR mode is July gift from google to mobile devices) what is also true in Lollipop. Similar situation was for a long time (more than half a year) with youtube and 1080p quality setting but AFAIK thanks to you it was resolved.

More problems I can not remember in this moment therefore I think they weren't major at least for me.

P.S.
One more thing. All known to me firmwares without OC (and some even then) have kernels with locked CPU frequency to 1608MHz. But in light of other problems it really isn't worth mentioning because everyone can quite easily "unlock" this limitation by oneself.

Connect to PC - can change it in build.prop and resource dts file to connect as ADB or mass storage to PC.
Don't think setting is saved on reboot, but manufacturers can add it.

Short freezes - IPTables tweak mentioned somewhere helps, also increasing SDCard cache help, disabling non needed services/apps running automatically.
I think it might also be a problem with the Nexneon boards that are used, slower EMMC than boards from T-Chip.
Also caching SPMC/Kodi to RAM instead of storage is better.

1080p Youtube - Use OGYoutube, easiest solution

Overclock - Have to have a decent heatsink and 3A power adapter otherwise it can be unstable if used for long periods.

[Gormar]

What problems do you still have with KitKat?
So we can make sure most of them don't end up in Lollipop also.

Besides major hiccups (short freezes from time to time) KK is quite good. Personally I would like to have working "Connect to PC" and see internal_sd as mass storage on my Windows 8.1 x64 PC but you can not have everything .

Other problem is Youtube app which doesn't allow 1080p60 quality (HFR mode is July gift from google to mobile devices) what is also true in Lollipop. Similar situation was for a long time (more than half a year) with youtube and 1080p quality setting but AFAIK thanks to you it was resolved.

More problems I can not remember in this moment therefore I think they weren't major at least for me.

P.S.
One more thing. All known to me firmwares without OC (and some even then) have kernels with locked CPU frequency to 1608MHz. But in light of other problems it really isn't worth mentioning because everyone can quite easily "unlock" this limitation by oneself.

[mo123]

wasser
mo123

Do you know if there will be another Kitkat SDK from Rockchip that fixes the remaining bugs ?

Or is it Lolipop and nothing else from now on ?

Only Lollipop, maybe some small fixes for KitKat still if it's big problems.
What problems do you still have with KitKat?
So we can make sure most of them don't end up in Lollipop also.

[mo123]

Thanks, you're right it's better.
But I heard that last version of XBMC will works as well than SPMC on rockchip (it's the case for the video hardware decoding)

From next week, SPMC will be merged(maybe only video playback stuff) with Kodi and from then on you can use the nightly Kodi builds.
It will use an improved Mediacodec for Android devices and RKStagefright that people use on Rockchip devices won't be used anymore.

[bloodgnome]

wasser
mo123

Do you know if there will be another Kitkat SDK from Rockchip that fixes the remaining bugs ?

Or is it Lolipop and nothing else from now on ?

[Kytrix]

Install SPMC 14.2 in order to get true 5.1 surround. It's Kodi that's made for Rockchip.

Thanks, you're right it's better.
But I heard that last version of XBMC will works as well than SPMC on rockchip (it's the case for the video hardware decoding)

[martijn156]

I am using wassers rom voor my UBOX R89 since wasser 1.0, the quality of the roms improved really great with sometimes a bug or mute problem for me.
But This Rom is much better then the stock firmware, so i'm glad with wassers roms i'm using only SPMC 14.2 on my Ubox with wasser 2.09a.
The video quality is great without stuttering, i think once a month the box does a audiomute by itself, and when i pause a movie/serie for ex. 10 minutes and press play after that it seems buffering has stopped working. i have to restart the movie/serie again. (where movie/serie paused).

[amclean123]

After testing wasser lolipop and get no sound, I install this one.
Now sound works on android.
On kodi 15.0 RC1 I can get sound :
-without surroud but plays well
-with surround but with some hangs every few seconds :/

I use the HDMI passtrough on android
and I try lot of settings on kodi :/

any idea ?

Install SPMC 14.2 in order to get true 5.1 surround. It's Kodi that's made for Rockchip.

[Kytrix]

After testing wasser lolipop and get no sound, I install this one.
Now sound works on android.
On kodi 15.0 RC1 I can get sound :
-without surroud but plays well
-with surround but with some hangs every few seconds :/

I use the HDMI passtrough on android
and I try lot of settings on kodi :/

any idea ?

[Gormar]

I wondered why this forum was empty. I didn't see he had put a new rom out for Lolipop. thanks for the tip!

That happens when you concentrate on one thought/subject .

Wasser's Lolipop beta 5 is quite pleasant. But remember that when upgrading you will loose all data.

[amclean123]

I've got similar experience on Wasser's Lolipop.

I wondered why this forum was empty. I didn't see he had put a new rom out for Lolipop. thanks for the tip!

[Gormar]

For some reason Youtube does not give me the option for 1080p on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1BASBt7Ao. I only had the option to choose 720p 60FPS. It played very well at 720p 60FPS. I tried other Youtube videos at 1080p and they work great too on 2.0.9a

I've got similar experience on Wasser's Lolipop.

[amclean123]

I also got some "stalls" in YouTube also but it is connected to global problem with almost all RK3288 ROMs.

But I ask specifically about possibility of YouTube app playing video in 1080p60 quality (HSF - high speed framerate) which was made available to mobile device few days ago.

For some reason Youtube does not give me the option for 1080p on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1BASBt7Ao. I only had the option to choose 720p 60FPS. It played very well at 720p 60FPS. I tried other Youtube videos at 1080p and they work great too on 2.0.9a

[Gormar]

On some youtube videos it's an option to switch to 1080p. On my Tronsmart R28 with the Wasser 2.0.7 rom the 1080p youtube videos skip. I'll try this on 2.0.9a and see if I have the same issue. I'm using gigabit ethernet with a 100Mbps connection so I don't think it's my internet speed.

I also got some "stalls" in YouTube also but it is connected to global problem with almost all RK3288 ROMs.

But I ask specifically about possibility of YouTube app playing video in 1080p60 quality (HSF - high speed framerate) which was made available to mobile device few days ago.

[bluesmanuk]

Is there honestly no resolution to this mute bug without using some third party volume locker? It's a bit ridiculous, considering that bug has always been there...has wasser ever taken a look at the logcats from the people that attached them to this thread?

Where is the problem?

You have a solution using a simple app.

You can always go back to stock ROM and put up with all the issues that has meant people like Wasser improving them for everybody.

Worth considering before you use the word ridiculous in the manner that you have!