Dead or bricked MX1?

[Deadbeef]

This MX1 was flashed weeks ago with the 29-11-2012 rom

Turning on my MX1 this weekend the following happened:
The Imito Splashscreen with the robot and jellyBeans appeared. Then instead of the colored wavy Imito text across the screen, it flickered very briefly and remained black. Using the reset button I sometimes managed to get the repair Android with opened door on screen, but that is all.

Tried all evening to get the drivers installed, but no success.

Is the MX1 dead or am I doing something wrong.

Tried the shorting of the two pads (restore rom) but that didn't work either.

[mrfunnyman]

This MX1 was flashed weeks ago with the 29-11-2012 rom

Turning on my MX1 this weekend the following happened:
The Imito Splashscreen with the robot and jellyBeans appeared. Then instead of the colored wavy Imito text across the screen, it flickered very briefly and remained black. Using the reset button I sometimes managed to get the repair Android with opened door on screen, but that is all.

Tried all evening to get the drivers installed, but no success.

Is the MX1 dead or am I doing something wrong.

Tried the shorting of the two pads (restore rom) but that didn't work either.

Instructions taken from the other board .... Credit to enviro8

How To Restore iMiTO MX1 Firmware

To escape from the brick due to an update failure you need to reload a working ROM firmware.

I have used the following method with iMiTO AM801 Tablet and have now trialled it with the iMiTO MX1 now that I have received a HDMI cable connector.

Firstly you will need a known working firmware.

Next find and download “Rockchip_Batch_Tool_v1.5.zip”.

Unzip it and move your firmware to where you can find it easily and rename it “update.img”.

Connect the MX1 to your TV but with the power disconnected.

There is a small hole next to the HDMI connector on the end of the MX1. This is a Reset.

Getting the Driver

If you already have the driver installed, you may skip this step.
Insert and hold in with a paper clip or equivalent and while still holding it in, connect to your PC via the USB OTG socket.

Your PC will find and try to install a new USB device. This will take some time. You may be lucky and it will install as something like RK30. Most likely it will fail. You will then need to open Computer (in Windows 7) and click on System properties --> Device manager.

In there you will see an error.

Click on the error and click on Driver and then click on Update Driver.
Click on Browse for driver software and click on Let me pick from a list of drivers
Click on Have Disk and navigate to where you have unzipped the Rockchip Batch Tool. In there you will find a folder called RockusbDriver open it and drill down to the drivers that match your system.
Click on and install the appropriate driver.

Installing your ROM

Go to where you unzipped the Rockchip Batch Tool and run RKBatchTool.exe.

With the power disconnected, insert a paper clip into the reset and hold it in. Connect the MX1 to your PC via a USB connected to the MX1’s OTG mini USB socket.

If everything is OK, then the box numbered 1 will light green.

Go to FW Path: at the top and click on the box in the top right.

Navigate to your firmware and open it. The program will check the firmware and report if there is a problem.

Then click on Restore and the firmware will be installed after a while. If everything is OK a message will pop up confirming success or failure.

Your MX1 will then reboot and load up.

NOTE: The TV screen will remain blank through the above process.

Good Luck!

[Finless]

FYI, the original MX1's that first came out did NOT have the reset pin hole! Mine for instance does not.

In that case the only way to unbrick those early models is to take it apart and short the pads next to the nand chip like on the ug802. See this thread on Armtvtech

http://www.armtvtech.com/armtvtechforum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13

Bob