[ROM] Unofficial OpenELEC for MK808B+ and MXQ

[vn800art]

kszaq, thanks for your interest, I want you to be assured I have a original Mxq with red stripe, square on/off button in the middle and Bluetooth! When trying to connect BT the two devices, also they BOTH display the exchange code to be confirmed... and after confirming or nothing happened or the whole Openelec setting interface breaks (in this case maybe I also had pressed the request to abilitate the Obex service) and I had to switch off by pressing on/off button.
If you need some more test do not hesitate to ask, I am more than happy to help !

[michaelchen]

good day all.
Board AM_MXQ-A 20150825, been working with 6.0.1.1 MXQ BUILD ARM for some time.
connected through hdmi cable to my tv set and from the tv connected with 3.5 mm jack to my samsung 2.1 sound system(sub+soundbar).
when playing iptv/online movie all speekers work,sound works on all audio formats dts+dd5.1+aac,
lan connection+wifi works well,
have no BT device onboard so it dose'nt matter to me,
remote works well,
spdif+av dose'nt work,so no need for spdif passthrue.
ip changes on reboot.

updated my all black MXQ with the test 6.0.1.3, and want to point out that for me the only issue that was solved was the ip changing on reboot, now ip stay's fixed.
still spdif connection does'nt work (tryed to connect directly from mxq to samsung with the 3.5 mm jack).
av connection works(directly from mxq to samsung) but!!!! only one front speeker works,tryed to change to 5.1/2.1 channels but no go,still only one front works.
tryed upmix still the same.
another issue ......the cpu temperture showing at work 70c, and at rest 58c, is that ok? isnt it a bit high?
on 6.0.1.1 the cpu tmp' shows ?,so i have no way to know the true tmp' on 6.0.1.1
reverted back to 6.0.1.1
kszaq thx for the great work.

[bellad]

hello,
congratulations for the work
your openelec have icplus ip101g ( ethernet ) and ap6330 (wifi ) driver ?

[vn800art]

Well, tried connecting Bluetooth and exchanging audio file in Android and no problems. I have regular version of Suoerceleron, so it's AP 6210 or 6212. Tried to register a log on ext Usb card, not found. Loaded log viewer and registered some photos of the screen. Edit: will follow with what Michelchen has done and post results but I need more time to replace my Panasonic sound bar with all the connections and also try to use my Samsung LCD with anynet cec!

[kszaq]

kszaq I flashed the MXQ version of 6.0.1.3 and perfect. everything is booting up nice. Thanks for all your time

pigbait I'm glad to hear that. That makes us a step closer to a stable 6.0.1.3.

kszaq Can you add this open source linux Ubuntu 15 Broadcom 43xx (b43) driver https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx and http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ to the next test release? It will be sweet to use my wDNA3100v2 USB stick with Openelec on the MK808B plus.

lsusb from my stick :

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v2 802.11abgn [Broadcom BCM4323]

Forums say I would need this driver :

Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_32_64bit_v2

and I see that it does exist on the latest version of openelec :

OpenELEC:/lib/modules/3.10.94/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko

sammaz There's no Linux driver for your WiFi adapter: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNDA3100v2 The one you mentioned is a Windows driver that needs NDISWrapper, available only for x86 Linux.

kszaq: Thanks for your efforts on HDMI CEC on old Samsung TVs. I installed 6.0.1.2 as well as the libcec test build. Both with the CEC enabler addon and the line added to autostart.sh. Unortunately the TV can`t find the MK808+. Maybe my TV is too old...

@phinc I bet it's not that old as I've successfully used CEC with an older Samsung TV. I think your cable is an issue. Do you use the one that was supplied with MK808B+? CEC doesn't work with that one. Personally I use miniHDMI-HDMI adapter and a regular HDMI cable. Don't use the libcec build, it does not work for me at all.

kszaq, thanks for your interest, I want you to be assured I have a original Mxq with red stripe, square on/off button in the middle and Bluetooth! When trying to connect BT the two devices, also they BOTH display the exchange code to be confirmed... and after confirming or nothing happened or the whole Openelec setting interface breaks (in this case maybe I also had pressed the request to abilitate the Obex service) and I had to switch off by pressing on/off button.
If you need some more test do not hesitate to ask, I am more than happy to help !

vn800art That's a bit odd, I'll need to check that... just give me a few days.

good day all.
Board AM_MXQ-A 20150825, been working with 6.0.1.1 MXQ BUILD ARM for some time.
connected through hdmi cable to my tv set and from the tv connected with 3.5 mm jack to my samsung 2.1 sound system(sub+soundbar).
when playing iptv/online movie all speekers work,sound works on all audio formats dts+dd5.1+aac,
lan connection+wifi works well,
have no BT device onboard so it dose'nt matter to me,
remote works well,
spdif+av dose'nt work,so no need for spdif passthrue.
ip changes on reboot.

updated my all black MXQ with the test 6.0.1.3, and want to point out that for me the only issue that was solved was the ip changing on reboot, now ip stay's fixed.
still spdif connection does'nt work (tryed to connect directly from mxq to samsung with the 3.5 mm jack).
av connection works(directly from mxq to samsung) but!!!! only one front speeker works,tryed to change to 5.1/2.1 channels but no go,still only one front works.
tryed upmix still the same.
another issue ......the cpu temperture showing at work 70c, and at rest 58c, is that ok? isnt it a bit high?
on 6.0.1.1 the cpu tmp' shows ?,so i have no way to know the true tmp' on 6.0.1.1
reverted back to 6.0.1.1
kszaq thx for the great work.

michaelchen For mono audio and non-working SPDIF output, try HD18Q build (or MXQ if you're using HD18Q already). The assignment for audio pins is a bit different between them and one of the builds may work for you.

Don't worry about the CPU temperature, it's sometimes reported wrong - I think that's the reason why it was disabled in official WeTek builds. There's no way to display CPU temp in 6.0.1.1 as I've added it in 6.0.1.2 - have you seen the changelog?

hello,
congratulations for the work
your openelec have icplus ip101g ( ethernet ) and ap6330 (wifi ) driver ?

bellad IP101G is a transciever and it should work. No AP6330 driver in my builds. I haven't seen a MXQ with that chip.

Well, tried connecting Bluetooth and exchanging audio file in Android and no problems. I have regular version of Suoerceleron, so it's AP 6210 or 6212. Tried to register a log on ext Usb card, not found. Loaded log viewer and registered some photos of the screen. Edit: will follow with what Michelchen has done and post results but I need more time to replace my Panasonic sound bar with all the connections and also try to use my Samsung LCD with anynet cec!

vn800art The resolution of your photos is too low to see anything. You can collect OpenELEC logs in a very simple way: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?ti...upport_logs.3F

[michaelchen]

kszaq Thx for the fast reply, im using mxq build and will try the hd18q and will report. Again big thx for your work.

[bellad]

thank you kszaq for your answer

my mxq ( s805 ) at AP6330 and IP101g chipset

[vn800art]

kszaq You have PM! Thanks for your support!

[michaelchen]

kszaq ,Evening all
enogh flashing and testing for one day
Report following my earlier post
Hd18q----- remote obviously not working(not a problem)
Wi-Fi work but disconnects a lot
Av analog no sound at all and the same with spdi f.
M808b-------remot doesn't work
Ethernet not recognized
Wi-Fi works well
No sound through av/spdi f
Staying with the mxq arm build 6.0.1.3
Good night.
Thx for the advice kszaq any way.

[jesusodin]

MK808B Plus stick updated NAND from 5.9 to 6.0.1.1 with no issues

Just dropped the .tar in the update folder...Everythiong working great! Thanks Kszaq

Hello Sammaz; can you please let me know how you put the .tar file in update folder??... I put the address of my mk808b+ in my pc but only a blank page appears with some tabs on the top...

Thanks for your help

[vn800art]

Hello Sammaz; can you please let me know how you put the .tar file in update folder??... I put the address of my mk808b+ in my pc but only a blank page appears with some tabs on the top...

Thanks for your help

Same happened to me with Putty!
If You get an Android phone I used X-plore file manager, activate hidden files, activate view of all types of external connection and you will see SSH FILE TRANSFER, just input IP, id name: root, password: openelec , test it, save it and you are in, find storage and in there, grayed a bit, you will find .update ! That's it, copy there the .tar file Mr. Kszaq provided. Than off the box, when you switch on it will upgrade!

[phinc]

phinc I bet it's not that old as I've successfully used CEC with an older Samsung TV. I think your cable is an issue. Do you use the one that was supplied with MK808B+? CEC doesn't work with that one. Personally I use miniHDMI-HDMI adapter and a regular HDMI cable. Don't use the libcec build, it does not work for me at all.

kszaq Okay, I reverted to 6.0.1.2 from the libcec build. I don't know your definition of "older", mine is about 6 years old . I know that the stock cable does not work with CEC, so I bought a cable from amazon and the description mentioned its CEC functions. But well, you actually never know whether you can trust these descriptions. Maybe i will just buy another cable...
This is what my autostart.sh looks like:

(
echo 0xf > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config
) &

should be okay, shouldn't it?

[mylle]

I just updated to 6.0.1.2 but the unofficial repo is missing so i cannot install openVPN. What can i do to fix this?

[pigbait]

I just updated to 6.0.1.2 but the unofficial repo is missing so i cannot install openVPN. What can i do to fix this?

i believe you need to install in under the official OE repo

[kszaq]

thank you kszaq for your answer

my mxq ( s805 ) at AP6330 and IP101g chipset

bellad Can you please give me a link to an original firmware? I'd like to have a look at the device tree before declaring possible support for your deivce. Thanks.

kszaq Okay, I reverted to 6.0.1.2 from the libcec build. I don't know your definition of "older", mine is about 6 years old . I know that the stock cable does not work with CEC, so I bought a cable from amazon and the description mentioned its CEC functions. But well, you actually never know whether you can trust these descriptions. Maybe i will just buy another cable...
This is what my autostart.sh looks like:

(
echo 0xf > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config
) &

should be okay, shouldn't it?

Make it:

(
echo 0x0 > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config
echo 0xf > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config
) &

To force CEC reset. This worked for my older-than-yours Samsung TV.