Anyone working on firmware for the Eny M8S Amlogic S812 square box?

[Guest]

Hi
I'm new to the forum. I just received my m8s and it's working perfectly. The wifi and ethernet working great. Wifi down speed are about 20 Mbs. On the ethernet its 90 mbs. My router is about 8 meters from the box. No internet hangups what so ever. The rounded romote works good and the keys arranged correctly. The box came rooted. I won't update it as I'm affraid it won't do any good as all works perfectly.
The firmware info:
Build number: m8s.bmc4335.201509251818
Kernel: 3.10.33
Ubuntu@google-server #1
Fri sep 25

I see a lot of people have difficulties finding a good build so I want to help as much as I can.
If there are any questions drop me a line. ☺

If everything is working great ..stick with it dont update...i have my box with no wifi and bluetooth av not working since i started updating box to a different firmwares

[PHYSC]

The M8s is supposed to be un upgrade for the infamous M8 square box. The firmware could use some tweaking though. The device is incompatible to most apps according to the Playstore and the box has some audio synch issues.

Is anyone working on this? I know I should ask Eny but you all know how that turns out

I here you how long before we get this there is a person working on it and he has a beta but won't release it not when i asked them any way,the mbox firmware is far to blant it needs to go up to lollipop on this device as it's going to be 2 generations of software out of date by the 1st quarter of 2016 when android 6 marshmallow is released.Come on guys make a firmware for f@cks sake,i'd do it my self if i was a developer without a single thought,there already is one someone uses for personal and doesn't share i bet a grand to a penny that there is.

The box is old now so it's in the hands of a developer with the aptitude to make a firmware sure;y.

[Saris]

I'm a fresh owner of OTT M8S box. It comes with preinstalled "KOT49H.20150827 test-keys". Some functions were not working well so I decided to install firmware mentioned in post #176. I used the update app and selected the .zip file from SD card. The installation process was smooth and ended up with a booted new version (wifi was not working). After plugging off the device and starting again the device did not booted at all (blank black screen).
I have tried some firmware versions posted here (SD card method with the toothpick). But the situation is still the same. Any ideas how to fix this issue?
Any help would be appreciated.

[athlonx]

Maybe can try this http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php...183846-151026/ since yours already having problem. I also have the same "KOT49H.20150827 test-keys" , apparently there are many versions of m8s. Although mine is working now. I had another similar box but with this firmware "m8s.ap6330.201509251800" , still searching whether is latest version that can be compatible with "KOT49H.20150827 test-keys"

[marez]

Hi:

On Baidu is new version m8s_20151029.zip

http://pan.baidu.com/wap/share/home?uk=775698826&third=0

[ra111]

i just ordered this one from here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ilpage_o00_s00
Wonder if that was such a smart decision....? hoping there is a 5.1.1 update firemware for this? would plan on installing NovaLauncher to remove the extra rubbish pre-installed on it...

[ra111]

Hi:

On Baidu is new version m8s_20151029.zip

http://pan.baidu.com/wap/share/home?...698826&third=0

but needs a login account to download

[orlie]

I'm a fresh owner of OTT M8S box. It comes with preinstalled "KOT49H.20150827 test-keys". Some functions were not working well so I decided to install firmware mentioned in post #176. I used the update app and selected the .zip file from SD card. The installation process was smooth and ended up with a booted new version (wifi was not working). After plugging off the device and starting again the device did not booted at all (blank black screen).
I have tried some firmware versions posted here (SD card method with the toothpick). But the situation is still the same. Any ideas how to fix this issue?
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, In post #176 there is a link with a BCM4335 wifi chip and you need a firmware for AP6330 or AP6335 chip. Open the box and post pictures of the board from both sides, so somebody could see if he has the same board and would be able to help.

[orlie]

Hi all,

I have made a boot card with uboot.bin and ROM from cyx_m8s_ap6330_8g2g_150728_SD .
I have released the tooth stick when I saw the S812 logo and when it disappeared. From then the signal to the HDMI disappeared too and only the blue led is on (and the spdif laser too). No red light at all from LED, only blue. It didn't started any recovery or visible ROM updating. I waited for about 5 -6 minutes but nothing since then. It is a blue lighted BRICK.
Please anybody to help with sugestions : what is the right ROM / uboot.bin for the box with the following board:


Thanks for the help in advance!

[karako]

Hi all,

I have made a boot card with uboot.bin and ROM from cyx_m8s_ap6330_8g2g_150728_SD ...

Do you have the OTT? I don't know my hardware.
You can try a different TV or an AV cable instead or cover the m8s with a pot before turning on (to block wifi, don't laugh!),
If you have no other TV/cable, try upgrade to a different version with no TV connected.
Let us know if it helped.

[orlie]

Do you have the OTT? I don't know my hardware.
You can try a different TV or an AV cable instead or cover the m8s with a pot before turning on (to block wifi, don't laugh!),
If you have no other TV/cable, try upgrade to a different version with no TV connected.
Let us know if it helped.

I don't think that wifi is really important, I never used it or ever turned on. It is not from the tv or HDMI cable, they worked nice until I made the brick.
I think I have a wrong u-boot.bin and probably recovery.img. I am sure that the CPU is S812 since I tested it with H.265 and it is 4 core Amlogic CPU at 2GHz. It was performing well - BD3D ISO was played well in Vidon XBMC. The only problem was that I could not install many of the applications from Google Play.
I even tried with USB Burning Tool and shortening pins 29 and 30 on the NAND chip. Not recognised device. The same with boot SD card -no blinking LED for flashing.
Just a permanent blue LED and red laser from the SPDIF and no any other sign of life.

[karako]

You can still try...

[mike808]

Alright guys, I also got a few M8S from Aliexpress, and I think they might be a clone. It's working good otherwise on stock firmware except for the fact that I can't turn off HDMI auto detection, upon every boot up or reboot, it just detects the default resolution setting from the TV and uses that. Also, I don't think it has a AP6330 chipset. I can't post pics right now however, the chipset where the wifi chipset should be is black chip with KM3208070. Also, it has one of those small glued on heat sink, instead of the one with springs.

One thing is that I can't get into recovery to backup the image. I tried many different twrp recovery for this including one recommended earlier in the thread but no luck. Please, if someone could direct me towards how to backup the rom image, it would be very helpful.

[orlie]

One thing is that I can't get into recovery to backup the image. I tried many different twrp recovery for this including one recommended earlier in the thread but no luck. Please, if someone could direct me towards how to backup the rom image, it would be very helpful.

I also tried TWRP specially compatible with S812 boxes, but it couldn't run and finally I got a bricked box. I thought I could easily unbrick it if it happens, but now I see that it seems I am the only owner of such box with this u-boot.bin and damaged recovery. The seller doesn't provide any support unfortunately.

[mike808]

I also tried TWRP specially compatible with S812 boxes, but it couldn't run and finally I got a bricked box. I thought I could easily unbrick it if it happens, but now I see that it seems I am the only owner of such box with this u-boot.bin and damaged recovery. The seller doesn't provide any support unfortunately.

Yeah, it's weird, I also tried a few times however, it doesn't boot into twrp for me. The only thing I don't like about the stock rom is that the resolution settings don't stick after a reboot even though HDMI auto detection is turned off. Also, on the bottom of my M8S the sticker that says M8S also says v4. So, maybe this is a newer design for this box as the firmware is dated October 21st.