M201 - S805 model with RTL8189 Wifi

[rouletabille]

Hello All,

Im openning this thread about a box i have bought on Aliexpress and all issues, trick or roms and info.

MODEL: M201 - S805 - Wifi Chip RTL8189

Here the link on aliexpress

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-French-Arabic-IPTV-Package-Quad-Core-S805-Android-TV-box-with-APK-Account-MBC/32264568660.html

Here the box: (no name)


Here the motherboard:



Here the remote:



Info:
S805 quadcore with 1go Ram and 8go stock
cheap remote non gyroscopic
no reset button
2 USB port
Micro SD Card reader
Built in lan/wifi chip RTL8189ETV with 8189es.KO lib

Stock Roms:

Firmware from 06 january 2015 KOT49H.20150106.V0823 test-keys
not root, buggy, gapps but many not working, unable to install some apk like Antutu, CPU Z, No gamepad detected.

Root:

Thank you to Finless for the root method fully working for this box
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...-ROM-quot-ROMs

Custom Roms:

- Because my stock rom backup was faulty (boot.img file was he problem with boot loop)
i was unable to reinstall a full working custom rom wih 8189 wifi lib.

A BIG THANK TO CSGABE for helping me, and spending his time for a custom rom fully working with infrared remote and wifi, and most of the issues of stock rom.

http://goo.gl/LPvmxx

- Daemonium Stane Mod: OK but no wifi and infrared remote working with remote.conf.
(Thanks to Csgabe for the help to reinstall remote.conf)

https://mega.co.nz/#!M88mgYYZ!pb6-jGNCmyUi6qwNDft5FQSrG71LKh219EAwFRReR7k

- Stane rom: NOK

TWRP:

Thank you to Daemonium for the TWRP method

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?19782-TWRP-for-minix-x6-tv110-Beelink-s85-and-Acemax-MXQ

Tips and trick:
- Twrp with tv110 recovery image is ok to flash or backup but my backup restore goes in boot loop maybe bad backup process

- For Mele F10 user, the soundabout apk can be used to choose sound output and disabled F10 mele sound output

Unbrick box:
- Cause of no reset button if the box is going to boot loop or no boot at all:
1/ insert sd card with TWRP mod from Daemonium
2/ shorcut nand on pin 8/pin 9 with a niddle
3/ power on box with psu
4/ enter TWRP

[rouletabille]

I have a twrp backup from this rom but maybe i have missed something when i did it.
Restore backup is running well but at restart i have a boot loop on s805 logo.
- Maybe i have missed to select some file to backup under twrp cause only 3 files were checked on 6 possibles to check for backup
- Maybe the fact to install xposed framework creates this backup problem cause i have made the backup after some rom change and not with a clean rom (btw xposed framwork and fakewifi were working well)

With twrp recovery and pin trick i have reflashed the Daemonium firmware with two majors issues:
- the remote infrared no more functiunning (not a big deal cause its realy a pain)
- the rlt8189etv wifi isnt functiunning anymore (i presume its the right name of the wifi chip ) but the ethernet is working well

If someone knows how to confirm the wifi chip in use; and a way to add the drivers in the rom ?

Thank you for feedback

[csgabe]

You can fix remote problem, by copying remote.conf from original firmware(or backup) to /system/etc/
on rooted firmware.
There is recovery marked on pcba(right lower side, below usb), isn't there any button? Or maybe you have to shortcut the two points(if there are points).

[rouletabille]

You can fix remote problem, by copying remote.conf from original firmware(or backup) to /system/etc/
on rooted firmware.
There is recovery marked on pcba(right lower side, below usb), isn't there any button? Or maybe you have to shortcut the two points(if there are points).

- I have a TWRP backup but restoring this backup bring boot loop and for the moment i dont have original firmware (i asked to the store on aliexpress !!)

If you know a way to access at this file in the TWRP backup ?

- I saw this mark on pcb but no luck with shorcut. But i have tried with succes the shorcut on nand (pin 8 and 9) like on my mk808 and i can go in TWRP recovery to flash another rom.

[csgabe]

If I rembember right, twrp makes a system.zip, tar.gz or system.img. If it's a zip or tar.gz file then it's easy, the system.img should be ext4 partition that can be mounted. If you upload it somewhere, I can extract remote.conf for you.

[rouletabille]

thank you for offer, i will upload somewhere tonight at home.

Maybe some lib for the wifi could be extracted too, i have too look after this too.

[csgabe]

system.ext4.win should be a tar archive, you can open it with 7zip, peazip.

[rouletabille]

Thank you csgabe, with 7zip, remote.conf file extracted and copied in system/etc.

Now the stock remote is fully available to rule the box.

For the moment only RTL chip wifi is out.

Any clue about this; i have found a rom for beelink with RTL8188.

Is this only a drivers problem with some files to paste and copy, or kernel is involved too ?

[csgabe]

Most probably wifi driver is a module, you can find it in /system/lib, it's name is something like 8188 .ko
You can try to copy it (if kernel version corresponds, should be 3.10.33) & do an insmod driver.ko
Also /system/etc/wifi has some config files which have to be copied to new firmware. Finally boot.img contains kernel & ramdisk, on ramdisk there are some commands being run on startup which may be needed for wifi to work, but maybe you can put that in /init.d folder to be run on startup.

[rouletabille]

Thank you for your help.

2 questions:
- About TWRP backup, do we need to check all files to make a good backup or only files already checked are sufficient (for exemple i made another backup yesterday and bootloader wasnt checked neither some other file)

- Maybe giving a try by simply switching boot.img from my backup to the daemonium set could be the answer ?

[csgabe]

Yes, try to flash boot.img from original firmware & copy driver.ko & config files like I said above.

[rouletabille]

I re-flashed my boot imgage from my initial backup, unfortunately it must be faulty and causes the boot loop.

i re-flashed Daemonium boot image and all is working except wifi.

8189es. ko wifi extracted and copied to /system/lib/; the same for files from /system/etc/wifi/

But no success with terminal use and insmod. Any guidance or link to do this ?

[csgabe]

Download and install terminal emulator:

http://jackpal.github.com/Android-Terminal-Emulator/downloads/Term.apk

Run it. Enter command these commands:

su
insmod /system/lib/8189es.ko

Then run this command to see if insmod was successful:

dmesg | tail

[rouletabille]

I have an ( error exec format)
With
Su
insmod_/système/lib/8189es.KO

File vérified un right folder

With dsmeg i have saw a l'une
8189es.ko version magic 3.10.33 should be 3.10.56 or simething like that

[csgabe]

Daemonium rom is based on stane's rom which has newer 3.10.56 kernel, that's why the driver doesn't work.
Why did you change the firmware? You have a new firmware on it. The most recent firmware for my TV110 is from November.
Please post 8189es.ko file. Will try to modify a firmware for you.