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**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:37

How To - Root CX-01

Here are the instructions to root it:

note: a user hss reported that unlock root bring a malwared installed so be aware of this method. below is an other methot to do the rooting

Download Unlock Root http://www.unlockroot.com/. NB: The download link does not appear to work right now, but the filename is unlockroot23.exe, so here are some alternative untested download links.
Find Unlockroot\driver\android_winusb.inf in the directory where you install Unlockroot
Open the file in a text editor, and add the following lines:
For Win 7 (64-bit):
[Google.NTamd64] 64-bit]
;TCC8920
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\Vid_18D1&Pid_DEED&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\Vid_18D1&Pid_DEED&Rev_0231&MI_01
For WinXP (32-bit):
[Google.NTx86]
;TCC8920
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\Vid_18D1&Pid_DEED&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\Vid_18D1&Pid_DEED&Rev_0231&MI_01
Connect CX-01 to your PC via USB, it should then detect your new device. If it doesn’t simply press “fn” key on CX-01 TV Stick.
Select the driver that you edited in Unlockroot\driver\android_winusb.inf
Once the driver is installed, run unlockroot
Press ROOT, then reroot device.
Reboot CX-01 mini PC
Done!

Read more: http://www.cnx-software.com/category...#ixzz24E6Gia2j

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:38

How To - CX-01 Custom rom.

We are happy to announce the launch of the FIRST (public released) custom rom for the CX-01 Android TV stick.
I would like to thank Pandawill for supplying the device, tatubias for the tweaks and testing my/our roms & FUN for the apps to build the rom.

The rom comes in 1 flavor.

Phat which is the "normal" rom supplied but with the tweaks applied, rooted, with Holo Launcher as the home screen/launcher & with hackers keyboard installed, a few apps have been removed like the manual and the old market. (& busybox 1.22 has been installed)
This includes the following extra apps installed (in user space so they can be removed if you want)

AdFree
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.17
Amazon Apps
Cifsmanager
Fing
Mediahouse
Mizuu lite
Moboplayer
MortPlayer
Opera Mobile Web Browser 12.0.4
Solid Explorer
QuickPic
SD Maid
Stericson Busybox Installer
Terminal Client
Wifiadb
YouTube HD

1 - Stable Android Market.
2 - build.prop Tweaks.

Full Market.
Improve touch responsiveness through Hardware Rendering.
GPU try to handle User interface.
Some other video performances added.
Max events UI can handle in 1s set to 240.
Increase "touch" responsiveness.
Dalvik Tweak updated Values 15 August.
Screen Wide fix (images used to get out from the tv screen from the side (fixed)).
Other little tweaks.
Enhance JPG Quality.
Interface Set to English.
Disable logcat – Android Logger.
Disable Extended JNI Checks.
Improve performance in video playback and streaming.
Added Googles DNS.
Improve Scrolling Responsiveness.
Bootanimation added.

3 - Ads Block via host file - update using adblock
4 - "Google blocking apps writing to SD cards" (fix).
5 - Default WallPaper changed
6 - Instalation menu options and updates.
7 - init.rc enabled
8 - Framework tweak (mouse pointer Resize 50% smaller Than original).
9 - Rooted
10 - wifi tweaks
11 - Droidmote (ready)

Many more tweaks done, including installation of settings for some of the main apps.

There is both a 4Gb and 8Gb version - Choose the right one for your device.

Download Link:

8GB Version: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t6hx8106e...8Gb-v1.rom.rar
4GB Version: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t6hx8106e...4Gb-v1.rom.rar

Release History:-
V1 -- 1st public release - 7 Sept

Known bugs:-
Opera seems to need lauched twice, I have no idea why, it works but closes on the first lauch.

See HERE for details on how to flash the rom, use this downloaded rom inplace of the stock in the instructions, and you should only need lk.rom loaded but NOT checked only the rom should be ticked for installation. (This is the case with the 8Gb rom)

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:39

How to - Building the Linux Kernel 3.0.8 For CX-01

Thank you CNXSoft for this article.

Yesterday, we got Linux kernel 3.0.8 source code from Telechips, as well as some files related to Android 4.0 (Webkit + OMX). Today, I’ve had a look at the kernel source code and found a few very interesting things.

First let’s get the code from github:

git clone git://github.com/cnxsoft/telechips-linux.git

Good news! The code for the latest Telechips TCC892X is present in arch/arm/mach-tcc892x, and there is support for 3 types of boards:

board-m805_892x – TCC8923 M805 board
board-tcc8920 – TCC8920 evaluation board
board-tcc8920st – TCC8920 STB evaluation board

TCC8920 STB evaluation board appears to be relevant to products such as Diyomate A6, but if it’s also used for TCC8925 HDMI Dongle such as CX-01 mini PC, Zero Devices Z900 or ValuePlus TizzBird N1.

Now let’s have a look at the default config directory for arm (arch/arm/configs):

ls | grep tcc89
tcc8920st_defconfig
tcc8920st_hdb892s_defconfig
tcc8925st_dongle_defconfig
tcc8925st_donglehs_defconfig
tcc8925st_hdb892f_defconfig
tcc8925st_isdbt_module_defconfig
tcc892x_defconfig

Nice! tcc8925st_dongle_defconfig and tcc8925st_donglehs_defconfig look particularly interesting!

A quick comparison shows that the only difference is that tcc8925st_donglehs_defconfig sets CONFIG_HDMI_DONGLE_CLOCK_HIGH_SPEED=y.

Looking further in the source code:

#define TCC_CPU_FREQ_HIGH_SPEED 812500
#define TCC_CPU_FREQ_NORMAL_SPEED 716500

So tcc8925st_dongle_defconfig configuration file sets TCC8925 to run at 716.5 MHz and tcc8925st_donglehs_defconfig to 812.5 MHz.

The kernel configuration enables the Android stuff, so it’s probably the kernel we’ve got in the device running Android. Let’s try to build the kernel with TCC8925 clocked at 812.5 Mhz (High Speed config) assuming you’ve got the ARM toolchain already installed (run apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf in Ubuntu, if you don’t):

make ARCH=arm tcc8925st_donglehs_defconfig
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j2 uImage
....
Image Name: Linux-3.0.8+
Created: Wed Jul 18 20:22:07 2012
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 3136392 Bytes = 3062.88 kB = 2.99 MB
Load Address: 10008000
Entry Point: 10008000
Image arch/arm/boot/uImage is ready

NOTE: read the article How to Create a Custom Android Firmware for CX-01 mini PC it has important information about how to compile the kernell for exactly the CX-01

Build new kernel
You may need to re-build the kernel and some modules to add features or apply stability / performance patches.
The instructions are available in Building the Linux Kernel 3.0.8 For Telechips TCC8925 mini PCs, but use cx-01 config instead:
make ARCH=arm tcc8920st_cx-01_defconfig
tcc8920st_cx-01_defconfig is the config file extracted from /proc/config.gz in CX-01 HDMI stick.
After build, the kernel binary is available as arch/arm/boot/Image.

Good! It can build! We now have got the kernel (zImage and uImage) in arch/arm/boot. Let’s build the kernel modules:

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j2 uImage INSTALL_MOD_PATH=build_modules modules
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j2 uImage INSTALL_MOD_PATH=build_modules modules_install

The kernel modules are located in build_modules directory. There are only 2 kernel modules: gspca_main.ko (video driver) and scsi_wait_scan.ko.

I cannot give it a try now, as I haven’t received the hardware yet. The other thing I would like to get before hacking CX-01 mini PC is a recovery firmware, and the eventual tools to recover the device when something bad happens. I’ve contacted PandaWill to try to get it. The bootloader code would also be nice, but not an absolute must. However, I believe it’s unlikely we’ll get the bootloader source code since Telechips does not appear to have released it for the older versions of its TCC processors.

SOURCE: http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/...0-tizzbird-n1/

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:40

How To - Tatubias tweak patch for CX-01

This was already posted but im cleaning a little the forum. this links has the tatubias tweak 0.4a it has some typos fixed of the original 0.4

ALWAYS DO BACK UP OF YOUR SYSTEM BEFORE INSTALLING ANY PATCH (BETA SCRIPT)

ok here it is the Tatubias tweak 0.4a beta for the CX-01 device.

Tweak patch. for rom version - CX1-V1.0-v12.05_r1-4096-8189-en

1 - Stable Android Market.

2 - build.prop Tweaks.
* Full Market.
* Improve touch responsiveness through Hardware Rendering.
* GPU try to handle User interface.
* Some other video performances added.
* Max events UI can handle in 1s set to 240.
* Increase "touch" responsiveness.
* Dalvik Tweak updated Values 15 August.
* Screen Wide fix (images used to get out from the tv screen from the side (fixed)).
* Other little tweaks.
* Enhance JPG Quality.
* Interface Set to English.
* Disable logcat – Android Logger.
* Disable Extended JNI Checks.
* Improve performance in video playback and streaming.
* Added Googles DNS.
* Improve Scrolling Responsiveness.
* Bootanimation added.

3 - Ads Block.
4 - "Google blocking apps writing to SD cards" (fix).
5 - Installs any apk that is inside the apk directory (dont put apks with Spaces in their name edit them first).
6 - Instalation menu options and updates.
7 - Dalvik cache Cleaning.
8 - Framwork tweak (mouse pointer Resize 50% smaller Than original).
9 - Install WIFI ADB into /system/app directory. ( this is for you sending commands like this script Thought WIFI to the cx-01)

Download: http://www.4shared.com/zip/-Fn3219d/...k_Fix_04a.html

How to install:

1 - Root the cx-01
2 - un compress the cx-01CX-01 Tatubias Tweak Fix 0.4a
3 - copy any apk that you want to auto install alone into the apk directory
4 - connect the cx-01 to the PC and wait some minutes until is finished to boot.
5 - run the patch.bat file
6 - reboot

That´s all

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:44

How To - Map NFS shares with CX-01

I have been playing with my cx-01 again.
Now I use Linux 100% of the time, so I use nfs shares not cifs shares.
On the cx-01 to map drives from nfs servers use the following format:-

Code:

#!/bin/sh
mo="busybox mount -o nolock,ro,hard,intr,vers=3,proto=tcp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096 -t nfs "
$mo <share> <mount point>

e.g. share is nas:/exports/TV and mount point is a folder called TV under /sdcard

Code:

$mo nas:/exports/TV /sdcard/TV

You don't have to use the mo= line but if you are mounting several shares it saves typing

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:46

How To - usb nic & Logitec drivers For CX-01 Custom rom only.

Download the modules.7z from here

Copy the .7z file to the cx-01
extract it there using a file manager
Make sure the /system is WRITEABLE (its a setting in the file manager)
Move the CONTENTS of modules to /system/lib/modules/
Change the owner to root:root on the new ones
Move the CONTENTS of init.d to /system/etc/init.d/
Change the permissions of 08setperm to 777 (or all on)
Change the owner to root:root on the new ones
Sync (open terminal and enter su <enter>sync<enter) or wait for a few minutes so the changes are fixed.
Reboot with your devices connected - if using a usb nic then it must be connected to the hub for it to work.

You should get an ipaddress from the router via the usb nic - I have only tested with an asix (Ax88x72A) as that is the only one recognised that I have.

(The above is included in the .7z file)

When you have done all the above, checking /system/lib/modules should show the extra modules you have installed there, and /system/etc/init.d shoud have 2 extra files in it 08* and 50*.

With this you can use a logitec* wifi keyboard/mouse and a usb lan adaptor - bypassing the crappy wifi on these devices. You WILL need to PURCHASE a dongle but they can be found for a few £'s on **** etc.
Make sure you get a dongle with an Asix chipset though.
*You Don't NEED a logitec keyboard but if you have one it will install the driver for it

NB This will NOT WORK ON A STANDARD ROM/FIRMWARE it requires the extra features I have built into my custom rom.
As new drivers are built I will add them to the files.

As I said in the wifi thread I am looking for drivers for:-
DM9601

Update 23/1/12
Updated with RTL8150 & Pegasus I&II drivers.
If you have d/led the origional 7z just redownload it and it will now have all the drivers I have in it.

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:48

How to - pack tccutils. (telechips pack un pack roms)

How to pack tccutils.

Compiling applications needed:
based on debian linux: sudo apt-get install gcc libssl-dev git

Code:

[B][SIZE=4]Compiling the tools[/SIZE][/B]

$ mkdir rom
$ cd rom
$ git clone https://github.com/naobsd/tccutils.git
$ cd tccutils/
$ cc -o tccpack tccpack.c
$ cc -o tccunpack tccunpack.c
$ cd ../

$ git clone -b ics-telechips-naobsd https://github.com/naobsd/cm_system_core.git
$ cd cm_system_core/mkbootimg/
$ cc -o mkbootimg mkbootimg.c -lcrypto
$ cc -o unpackbootimg unpackbootimg.c
$ cd ../../

$ git clone -b ics-telechips-naobsd https://github.com/naobsd/cm_external_yaffs2.git
$ cd cm_external_yaffs2/yaffs2/utils/
$ make mkyaffs2image
$ cd ../../../

$ git clone https://github.com/ehlers/unyaffs.git
$ cd unyaffs/
$ make
$ cd ../

Copy compiled binaries to somewhere you like.

Code:

[B][SIZE=4]using tools[/SIZE][/B]

[B]MTD image[/B]

$ tccunpack MTD.img
(boot.img, system.img, and recovery.img will be extracted)
$ tccpack boot.img system.img recovery.img MTD_new.img

boot.img/recovery.img

$ unpackbootimg -i boot.img
$ mkdir ramdisk
$ cd ramdisk
$ gzip -cd ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i
(modify files)
$ find * | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > ../boot.img-ramdisk_new.gz
$ cd ../
$ mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-zImage --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk_new.gz --cmdline `boot.img-cmdline` --base 0x`boot.img-base` --pagesize `boot.img-pagesize` -o boot_new.img

system.img

$ unyaffs -d system.img
(check page(chunk) size and spare size)
$ sudo unyaffs system.img system
$ cd system
(modify files)
$ cd ../
$ cd system
$ sudo mkyaffs2image -c (PAGESIZE, e.g. 4096(not 4)) -s (SPARESIZE, e.g. 128) . ../system_new.img

[B]Example for 4gb: sudo mkyaffs2image -c 4096 -s 128 . ../system_new.img
Example for 8gb: sudo mkyaffs2image -c 8192 -s 256 . ../system_new.img[/B]

source: http://androtab.info/arm/telechips/customize-firmware/

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:49

How To - Repack scripts telechip roms (CX-01)

The full scripts are shown below.

ex.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=~/bin:$PATH # delete if you have your tcc* etc files in a different location
tccunpack CX1*en.rom
unpackbootimg -i boot.img
mkdir ramdisk
cd ramdisk
gunzip -cd ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i 
cd ..
mkdir system
unyaffs -d system.img
unyaffs system.img system

mk.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=~/bin:$PATH # delete if you have your tcc* etc files in a different location
if [ "$1" = "8" ]; then
    page=8192
    step=256
else    
    page=4096    
    step=128
fi
echo Page=$page Step=$step
cd system
mkyaffs2image -c $page -s $step . ../system_new.img

cd ..
tccpack boot.img system_new.img recovery.img CX-01.$1v0.0.rom

use mk.sh 8 to make an 8Gb rom defaults to a 4Gb one.
I use ~/bin to hold my compiled files, like tccpack etc then the "PATH=~/bin:$PATH " adds the ~/bin to the path while the script is running, you can delete it if you have the files already in the path or ~/bin in you path already.

**tatubias** · 03 April 2013, 18:52

How to Create a Custom Android Firmware for CX-01 mini PC

Special thanks to Hairybiker for his scripts also fun for his utilities

1 - Download The ROMs (in the rar are for the 4gb and 8gb device):
Official roms: http://www.pandawillforum.com/soft/R...TV%20CX-01.rar

2 - Download the tccUtils (already compiled)
* - Follow the upper post related tccutils.

3 - Download Un Packing / Packing Scripts
* - Follow the upper post related tccutils.

4 - a) if you are running as root copy the tccutils and packing and unpacking scripts into /sbin
b) if you are running as a user copy tccutils and packing and unpacking scripts into ~/bin

5 - un pack the rom ROM for android TV CX-01.rar

You will get 2 directories:
V1.0-4096-8189_en (Directory for 4GB firmware)
CX1-V1.0-4096-8189_en.rom (this is the file we are interested for 4gb version)
lk.rom
NAND Data.fai

V1.0-8192-8189_en (Directory for 8GB firmware)
CX1-V1.0-8192-8189_en.rom (this is the file we are interested for 8gb version)
lk.rom

Note: this example will be with the 4gb file (CX1-V1.0-4096-8189_en.rom ).

Make a directory called ROM
copy CX1-V1.0-4096-8189_en.rom into the ROM directory.
enter to the ROM directory and run:

Code:

sudo ex.sh

This will un pack all the rom and will also unpack the boot.img

Make all the changes you are interested in.

Then run:

Code:

 sudo mkall.sh

This will repack all the system img and the boot image and will provide a final ROM to be flashed into the cx-01 called: CX-01.v0.0.rom

note: if you are packing the 8gb version run the following command.

Code:

 sudo mkall.sh 8

Extras:

Tccutils soruces:http://androtab.info/arm/telechips/customize-firmware/
To be able to compile applications run and install all dependencies: sudo apt-get install gcc libssl-dev git

Un packing Packing Scripts:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
tccunpack CX1*en.rom
unpackbootimg -i boot.img
mkdir ramdisk
cd ramdisk
gunzip -cd ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i 
cd ..
mkdir system
unyaffs -d system.img
unyaffs system.img system

Make complete Rom

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
if ( "$1" == "8") then
    page=8192
    step=256
else    
    page=4096    
    step=128
fi

cd system
mkyaffs2image -c $page -s $step . ../system_new.img

cd ..

cd ramdisk
find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > ../ramdisk_new.gz
cd .. 
mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-zImage --ramdisk ramdisk_new.gz --cmdline "console=null" --base 0x80000000 --pagesize $page -o boot_new.img
tccpack boot_new.img system_new.img recovery.img CX-01.v0.0.rom

This script does only compile the System and build the rom.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
if [ "$1" = "8" ]; then
    page=8192
    step=256
else    
    page=4096    
    step=128
fi
echo Page=$page Step=$step
cd system
mkyaffs2image -c $page -s $step . ../system_new.img

cd ..
tccpack boot.img system_new.img recovery.img CX-01.$1v0.0.rom

**canadien** · 11 June 2013, 17:51

Thanks to sambartle on pandawill forum this is the latest official cx-01 rom, is the best one and has nothing to compare with other ones.

I suggest to everyone!!!

Compiled .ROM (4GB Device): http://ul.to/1kx3h1w4

Use with
lk.rom – BOOT
NAND Data.fai – NAND Data

Like in the above Tatubias' post.

It will give a second life to your cx-01. Will make it shine.

**tatubias** · 11 June 2013, 17:57

Originally posted by canadien View Post

Thanks to sambartle on pandawill forum this is the latest official cx-01 rom, is the best one and has nothing to compare with other ones.

I suggest to everyone!!!

Compiled .ROM (4GB Device): http://ul.to/1kx3h1w4

Use with
lk.rom – BOOT
NAND Data.fai – NAND Data

Like in the above Tatubias' post.

It will give a second life to your cx-01. Will make it shine.

its a newerr one?
be carefull therare clones of the cx-01 and the wifi chip is different.

let me know how did you went.

im not providing more support on any pandawill forum .

yes the best post and support on the cx-01 was at pandwill forum. but no longer the people that was helping there also my self does not help panda will any more.

**canadien** · 11 June 2013, 18:15

Originally posted by tatubias View Post

its a newerr one?
be carefull therare clones of the cx-01 and the wifi chip is different.

let me know how did you went.

im not providing more support on any pandawill forum .

yes the best post and support on the cx-01 was at pandwill forum. but no longer the people that was helping there also my self does not help panda will any more.

I know hairybiker had a dispute with pandawillforum admin saying he was lacking of support from them but never explicitly told what was the dispute about.

I was in the first buyers batch and followed you pdw thread from the beginning. This one is really much faster then all the others you posted. Browsing is faster, there is a turn off button and is encapsulated into two default launchers. You should give a try and come back here to tell us ;-) I just updated recently and did not try much apps yet. But just for browsing it's worth it.

**tatubias** · 11 June 2013, 18:31

Originally posted by canadien View Post

I know hairybiker had a dispute with pandawillforum admin saying he was lacking of support from them but never explicitly told what was the dispute about.

I was in the first buyers batch and followed you pdw thread from the beginning. This one is really much faster then all the others you posted. Browsing is faster, there is a turn off button and is encapsulated into two default launchers. You should give a try and come back here to tell us ;-) I just updated recently and did not try much apps yet. But just for browsing it's worth it.

good to know i have sent an email to hairybiker letting him know

**canadien** · 11 June 2013, 18:39

Originally posted by tatubias View Post

good to know i have sent an email to hairybiker letting him know

I think he already know since he left the forum some time after this was posted by smbartle/gtrmnc...

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