M8S read before flashing firmware

[stevemp]

M8S Media player SoCs (S8 family)
Amlogic S802 - quad-core ARM Cortex A9-based SoC with ARM Mali-450 MP6 GPU.
Amlogic S805 - quad-core ARM Cortex A5-based SoC with Mali-450 MP2 GPU running at 500 MHz, with hardware support for HEVC/H.265 decoding up to 1080p.
Amlogic S812 - quad-core ARM Cortex A9-based SoC with ARM Mali-450 MP6 GPU running at 600 MHz with hardware support for HEVC/H.265 decoding up to 4K.
Amlogic S812-H - quad-core ARM Cortex A9-based SoC with ARM Mali-450 MP6 GPU running at 600 MHz with hardware support for HEVC/H.265 decoding up to 4K, DTS HD and True HD, also Dolby Digital.

I have found M8S tv boxes selling on **** that are using S802 with nand flash and S812 with eMMC so make sure firmware is correct for your device. You can use TWRP to backup before flashing, check to see which one you need. http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...devices/page32
It is best not to replace the bootloader so delete it from the firmware before flashing.

[JDfense]

Thanks. Good to know before it is too late.

JD

[dwtk]

It was too late for me . Bricked my box got it back but not usable state . Any ideas of a good rom to flash . So far none I have tried worked and just put mx3 back in bricked state . I think I got an s802


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[stevemp]

If you have the correct specs from the seller then search for similar tv box. Otherwise open your box, get numbers from chips and use google to search for hardware. I can't find any M8S tv box that has the same hardware as mine so stuck on the stock rom.

[JDfense]

Maybe you can post your hardware specs on FreakTab and someone could help to the fitting firmware type.

Have you checked for ROMs on Baidu.com?

[stevemp]

Here are some links for S802 firmware, keep trying one should work.
Tronfy MXIII http://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot....mware-for.html
Beelink MXIII http://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot....mware-for.html
Justme v1.6c s802 http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...rom-now-public
MXiii bricked might help http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...only-red-light

[JohnRB]

I bricked my M8S (I have the newest M8S with Amlogic S812 flashing OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8S-6.0.0.zip from amlinux.ru. I have always been able to (with my prior android TV box M8 clone) flash dif builds and even wrong versions and worst case scenario just reflash via AML usb tool. But it looks like that something has changed with the new M8S making software built for the older M8S S812 chips not compatible. I have not had time to really look into it extensively so I figured share some info and see what happens.



EDIT: FYI ALOT OF THE NEW M8S HAVE A BCM4335 WIFI/BT CHIPSET THIS IS THE CAUSE FOR MANY PEOPLE LOOSING THERE WIFI AND BT , feel free to shot me a msg I will help if I can

[stevemp]

Minix NEO X8-H Plus and WeTek Core are two tv boxes that are using the Amlogic S812-H that I know about. Amlogic added Dolby Digital hardware decoding to the S812-H, not compatible with other cpus. You can try firmware for one of those tv boxes and see if it works.

[alialali]

Hello I bought (( M8s - S812 - 2G/8G with wifi chip RTL8723BS )) from Akaso and ihave TWRP and root
my problem Bluetooth does not work as well as Wi-Fi Direct does not work, so i can not cast any think to m8s
>>>>>>>
pleas Can you help me find the firmware: or Backup For the same device with wifi chip RTL8723BS.
Sorry for my weak English...

[Akash5044]

M8s not work. How can i back my tv box. Plz help me to provide usb stock rom link