[ROM] Unofficial OpenELEC for MK808B+ and MXQ

[hockeycraze]

ok i seem to have fixed the problem finally, i reverted back to 6.0.1.1 and went to openelec settings, then network, and turned wired networks off. then i enabled "wait for network before starting kodi" and set the timeout to 60. i have done several hard reboots and the wifi driver seems to be loading each time. will continue to test...

[jed]

[USER="78902"]

@Everybody It seems like your lockup issues with newer boards may be scaling governor and CPU voltage related. Amlogic bumped voltages for higher CPU frequencies a bit in their latest release (which is not that easy to find, unfortunately) so we may try if that fixes anything. I'm a bit busy this week so I need to ask you for a bit of patience.

kszaq I guess this applies to me and my new all black MXQ. I'd never seen this before - ok on android but just froze with OpenElec. So I have a dilemma do I send it back while I can or do I trust that its fixable, what do you think ? Thanks.

[kszaq]

kszaq I guess this applies to me and my new all black MXQ. I'd never seen this before - ok on android but just froze with OpenElec. So I have a dilemma do I send it back while I can or do I trust that its fixable, what do you think ? Thanks.

If you can wait a few hours then I'll post a test version with bumped voltages so you can test it from an SD card.

[jed]

If you can wait a few hours then I'll post a test version with bumped voltages so you can test it from an SD card.

Yes that would be great, thank you ! I guess the Android bumps the voltages at the moment then, that why that works ? Will the SD version boot with stock Android bootloader ? Thanks.

[kszaq]

Yes that would be great, thank you ! I guess the Android bumps the voltages at the moment then, that why that works ? Will the SD version boot with stock Android bootloader ? Thanks.

Bumped voltages are my guess why OpenELEC doesn't work, it may as well be something else. Do you have factory firmware image for that box? I may have a look if the voltages are bumped. They are set in device tree. As for bootloader, I recommend keeping a factory one. SD version should work fine after applying uenv update.

[jed]

Bumped voltages are my guess why OpenELEC doesn't work, it may as well be something else. Do you have factory firmware image for that box? I may have a look if the voltages are bumped. They are set in device tree. As for bootloader, I recommend keeping a factory one. SD version should work fine after applying uenv update.

No, I dont have factory image, all I have is a TWRP backup that I took and used to restore last time.

[kszaq]

No, I dont have factory image, all I have is a TWRP backup that I took and used to restore last time.

If your backup is from factory firmware, it'll be OK. I need only kernel image (boot partition).

[jed]

kszaq It wont let me upload it here, (says invalid file format) I tried zipping it too and tried a few times. Can you PM me an email address and I can email it to you ? EDIT: I found a 24hr expiry place to upload it to. It is at: https://dropfile.to/gLeH0 Thanks. hope you see the EDIT kszaq

[phinc]

Anybody had any luck with Anynet+ (HDMI CEC implementation on Samsung TVs)?

[jawadm]

Thanks great work

[mbramwel]

MXIII (with a red [4K] on top)

I have loaded this Openelec on my MXQ boxes without issue. Now I am pondering the MXIII...

I was wondering if anyone has tried the firmware on a MXIII? They seem to have similar specs, just more RAM.
If you did, which version? MXQ or the HD18Q (which I think is mostly a remote.conf change)

[jed]

MXIII (with a red [4K] on top)

I have loaded this Openelec on my MXQ boxes without issue. Now I am pondering the MXIII...

I was wondering if anyone has tried the firmware on a MXIII? They seem to have similar specs, just more RAM.
If you did, which version? MXQ or the HD18Q (which I think is mostly a remote.conf change)

Be careful using MXQ/HD18Q builds on an MXiii might brick your box if you try it let us know :-) . I also have an MXiii (2Gb with Bluetooth). There are OpenElec builds specially for it but not here - this is for MXQ. As far as I know only Kerber does these at the moment, although Codesnake might too. The latest Kerber build, which I use can be found here http://www.amlinux.ru/image/6.0.0/ and you want the S82 version. Note that this is supported in another area of this forum, not in this thread so if you have any issues/comments etc. with it you'll have to go there. Good luck !

[kszaq]

kszaq It wont let me upload it here, (says invalid file format) I tried zipping it too and tried a few times. Can you PM me an email address and I can email it to you ? EDIT: I found a 24hr expiry place to upload it to. It is at: https://dropfile.to/gLeH0 Thanks. hope you see the EDIT kszaq

jed I have downloaded your kernel and looked at DVFS table. Your voltages are the same we use in OpenELEC so issue may be somewhere else. You may want to try a test release with bumped voltages if you want: http://s805.eu/test/6.0.1.2-test1/

Anybody had any luck with Anynet+ (HDMI CEC implementation on Samsung TVs)?

phinc I use my boxes with "F" series TV and it works well. With a "B" series TV it's a bit hit and miss but I solved it somehow by resetting CEC at boot. You can do it by adding the following code to autostart.sh:

echo 0x0 > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config
echo 0xf > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/cec_config

[jed]

jed I have downloaded your kernel and looked at DVFS table. Your voltages are the same we use in OpenELEC so issue may be somewhere else. You may want to try a test release with bumped voltages if you want: http://s805.eu/test/6.0.1.2-test1/

kszaq OK thanks for looking. I tried it, it didn't work. I flashed the uenv first and then booted off SD. Froze straight away and would occasionally unfreeze but 99% frozen, same as normal voltage. Thanks for trying, I will probably return it. Funny thing is, its fine on Android.

[kszaq]

Guest OK thanks for looking. I tried it, it didn't work. I flashed the uenv first and then booted off SD. Froze straight away and would occasionally unfreeze but 99% frozen, same as normal voltage. Thanks for trying, I will probably return it. Funny thing is, its fine on Android.

Can you try if 6.0.0.1 works? Don't flash bootloader - after changing uenv you don't have to do this and it might brick the box. Simply copy KERNEL and SYSTEM from 6.0.0.1 tar file to your SD card and rename KERNEL to kernel.img. That way you'll be able to tell if OpenELEC works if you change CPU governor back to hotplug - 6.0.0.1 uses it.