Tried a bunch of OpenElec Roms for M8S and all of them brick it !!! HELP NEEDED

[versus4582]

I got my hands today to 3 M8S boxes as i did not have the option to buy my favourite Tronsmart MX3 box S802 1gb Ram anymore, since the sales representative told me that those are out of production.
So this is my first experience with those M8S boxes, and i have to say that its the worst exer i had with any other box !!
As i want my boxes to run on OpenElec ,, i tried flashing that at first: OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8S-5.95.5-update which bricked my device.
The only way to unbrick was with USB Burning tools which i did and afterwards i tried the following ROMS all with no luck :

-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8S-5.95.5-update with 5.95.3.3 bootloader.img
-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8S-5.95.3.3-update
-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8-6.0-devel-20151016160520-r21649-g2dcc30b
-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-MX3G-5.95.5.5
-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.S806-S812.arm-5.0.8-update
-- OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-S806-S812-5.95.5-update.zip


Every time i brick it i spend a lot of time to unbrick it, then wait to rebuild its Android OS and try to flash by going through Android's update app since i cant get into the Root restore menu with the toothpick method.

I have already consumed so many hours trying to find a working openelec rom for this M8S box and i am now desperately seeking your help.

Anyone please share some knowledge here !!!

Thank you all in advance !!!

[perpetual]

there are so many different hardware / pcb versions of the M8S

the bootloader doesn't seem to be universal for these models

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...406#post529406

OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8S-5.95.5-update.zip with 5.95.3.3 bootloader.img
works like a charm and is the one to use for now

[versus4582]

Perpetual,

First of all thanks for your reply, but as i have already stated i did tried the 5.95.3.3 bootloader.img with the 5.95.5-update and that didn't work either.I arleady read the link you shared with me. I did my research before ending up posting a thread as nothing else solved my problem.
If this deems unsolvable , what is the best box out there now to have Openelec installed on it?? ( no s802 boxes though since they are being taken out of production)
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.

[redliquid]

Post PCB photos (top and bottom). This will help us identify Your hardware. I have now exactly the same problem as You have and I'm looking for answer too.