Older - Minix Neo X5 Finless Custom ROM 1.0

[mv_best]

Re: NEW - Neo X5 Finless 1.0 ROM

Thank you my friend,keep up the good work.:thumbup:

Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2

[jlunse]

Sv: NEW - Neo X5 Finless 1.0 ROM

This ROM works fine for me
Installed and running for one month now without any issues.
I mainly use it for Netflix and other media stuff.
Many thanks for an excellent ROM!

[UncleBrian]

Power Supply?

CWM is not installed on my ROM. But it is easy to do:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?3793-CWM-recovery-for-rk3066-devices

I just do not know if it will work for the X5 as I have not tried it yet.

As for the other stuff, I do not have any reboot or freezing issues myself. But I have upgraded the power supply to a 3 amp unit.

Bob

My X5 came with a 3A supply, which is what Minix advertises. I haven't had the Finless 1.0 ROM ever crash or freeze, and I've left the unit running for days just to see what would happen.

Did you change to a supply with an even higher current rating (>3A)?

It's almost eerie having an Android TV box do what it's supposed to do after struggling with other models and ROMs for the last six months...

[Finless]

Thats odd... Mine came with a 2 amp power supply

But I have so many of these damn sticks and power supplies it's possible I mixed them up.

Glad to hear they are shipping with a 3 amp model!

Bob

[jkd]

Hi,

I've installed the 720p kernel but in the screen resolution menu shows 1080p selected. Is this right?

Thanks for the great work.

[Finless]

Hi,

I've installed the 720p kernel but in the screen resolution menu shows 1080p selected. Is this right?

Thanks for the great work.

Yes with a 720 kernel, it will do what is called as up-scaled 1080. It's not a true 1080 but it looks better than 720.

Bob

[jkd]

Before Minix X5 I owned the MP016 and it have some nice additions made by cheeyee from XDA (or ch33y on DX): USB device manager and Keylayout editor.
Whith the former you can change pixel density, load drivers, etc.
The keylayout you can associate HW buttons with touch events.
Both coded in the firmware.

So i think the source codes of the minix are needed, and could not be that easy...

The DX forum:

http://club.dx.com/forums/forums.dx/threadid.1193433

Here are the sources:

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1l0lU88rphYSWprUkw0ZXk5ZkE/edit?docId=0B1l0lU88rphYaDJJenNlSWp6OGc

[Finless]

Minix would put themselves in a "good light" even more if they would release sources!

NO OTHER Rockchip TV stick maker has done this!

Why you might ask? Because Rockchip makes them sign an NDA to get the SDK and they are told they cannot release sources! I have actually seen this document from Rockchip myself!!!! TOtal BS... Almost makes me want to BOYCOTT Rockchip for their practices!

Then there are hardware sources for things like wifi, etc. These CAN be held without sources IF they are not in the kernel like a .KO file. This is how Mali and EGL drivers work.
BUT....This is an interesting ground because SURE you can have proprietary code in Android BUT IT CANNOT BE in the Kernel! Yet we are seeing this now with wifi drivers which is another reason we are not seeing at least kernel sources released! TOTAL violation of GPL!!!!

So why has something not been done with Rockchip about this?
Because not enough people care and are willing to make it happen. There are only a few of us "user Devs" out here and it is not making enough waves. So to protect revenue and sales, they are willing to violate GPL. I think one day "something" is going to "crack" in this area.



I would love it if at least Minix released GPL kernel sources! We could do a lot with just that! And whats funny is, it "could" be in thier best interest!. User ROMs are very popular. So some people thinking about buying a TV device and start reading and seeing a huge user base of support, customizations, etc...... GUESS WHAT? They BUY that product over one that has no one doing anything! So honestly, it's in the companies best interest to OPEN IT UP and make the product popular!

I think the Neo X5 is a GREAT device even out of the box! But if you look around here or anywhere else, you will see the Rikomagic MK80x devices are the most popular! Why? Because generic kernel sources exist that work with it AND much progress has been made with kernels and ROM's by users! Us users are not trying to say we are better than the ROM makers at Rikomagic or Minix, but we can react faster and customize things "some" users want. I work for a company and I know cost and time involved with making a "product" that is from a "company" and must represent them to everyone. But allowing user ROMs just makes the product more popular for those that care! Then the companies can take what they learn from users and user ROMs and use it to make thier own company ROMs even better.

IF THAT IS NOT A WIN-WIN for everyone! I do not know what is!

My .000003 cents!


Bob

[UncleBrian]

Sixaxis Works on Finless 1.0 ROM

I wanted to mention that the Sixaxis app available in the market works great with the Finless 1.0 ROM. A variety of games now feature native support (e.g. Bards Tale, Zen Pinball).

SetCPU also seems to work fine. I haven't experimented a lot with this, but the 'stress test' gives me the impression that adding heat sinks might not be necessary.

Way cool...

[andre1961]

Tv goes to sleep after 30 minutes

With my new finless rom1.0 my tv goes to sleep and tune in radio stops playing. Unfortunately i can't turn goning to sleep not off, 30 minutes is the longest time. Anyone knows how to change this?

[Finless]

There should be a never settings for sleep. However some people do or install something that causes that choice to not be in the list anymore. I have been unable to recreate that!

Try installing extended settings APP from google play.

Bob

[FBK2904]

Hi, Bob!

Do you think that we are getting for our X5 the JB 4.2.2 ROM as an Easter present?

That would be great!

I wish you all a happy Easter!

Greetings
Frank

[Finless]

4.2.2 requires a 3.0.36+ kernel. So we will have to wait and see if Minix makes a 4.2.2 update.

Bob

[vikidroid]

swap between Finless and stock firmware?

@Finless

hello! i'm new at forum, i pass trough lot of pages about minix x5 box, and i didn't find one answer. or just not look good enough.

so, i saw there is 0117 official/stock firmware on minix download site. yours 1.0 rom is based on that rom - you wrote that in readme file.

while ago i used to brew also roms for similar android boxes, but that was all based on gingerbread versions. hc and ics i didn't even try to work with them. but there, update was simple - just put file on sd card and voila, there is new, or old rom, no difference.
but, here i have doubts. aside different kernels, and many good things you make in rom, i didn't find info or tutorial what if i want to revert to stock rom? just hipotetically. stock rom has rkbatch tool, and from some reason they insist on "recovery", not "upgrade" option. but in your case, you have complitely different update tool.

so, for example. i bought box, tryed it a while with stock rom, and i tryed yours. little after, minix produced new version, and i want to try it. how or which procedure i must follow to do that? or, simply, for stock firmware - stock tool, for your firmware - yours tool?
is that correct or i/users must pay attention on something else?

hope you understand my question!

thanks in advance and i'm happy to follow your work on this device!

regards!

[Finless]

For the Minix stock firmware you use the RKbatch tool just like they say. Do a restore which will erase and put on the stock ROM. My tool will not work with the stock ROM as it is a single file.

Bob