Modded ROM's for Tronsmart R68 "Tronsplant your ROM"

[androidfr33k]

Unlocked bootloaders.
You need a micro USB to USB male cable, used for cellphones to flash.
Then hold a paperclip in the recovery hole wile pressing the on button.

So there is not other way to get at least TWRP onto the box because if I can then I have to assume I can use TRWP to flash the ROm image making things much easier. Maybe a trwp image file onto the Sdcard and enter recovery then bootloader to flash image? No other way to do this?

Edited:

I just realized I had this cable from my Nexus 7!! The flash went perfectly thanks. So from this point I can now use TWRP and the Otg micro to USB A female cable they provided to mount a flash drive with either twrp updates, kernels, apps etc etc?

[zivco]

Hi all,

the Kodi 16 relesed last week and the "TronZid-Kodi16.zip" is RC4

anyone who want final version i found Rockchip Kodi 16 final at GeekBox forum
i replaced the rc4 Kodi from lonix zip to the final version download Here

Flash with TWRP


lonix Thank's for the TronZidoo it's simply the best firmware for the R68!

[lonix]

Hi all,

the Kodi 16 relesed last week and the "TronZid-Kodi16.zip" is RC4

anyone who want final version i found Rockchip Kodi 16 final at http://forum.geekbox.tv/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=35&start=20"]GeekBox forum[/URL]

i replaced the rc4 Kodi from lonix zip to the final version download Here

Flash with TWRP

lonix Thank's for the TronZidoo it's simply the best firmware for the R68!

Thanks zivco,

I'll add your link to the main post.

[lonix]

So there is not other way to get at least TWRP onto the box because if I can then I have to assume I can use TRWP to flash the ROm image making things much easier. Maybe a trwp image file onto the Sdcard and enter recovery then bootloader to flash image? No other way to do this?

Edited:

I just realized I had this cable from my Nexus 7!! The flash went perfectly thanks. So from this point I can now use TWRP and the Otg micro to USB A female cable they provided to mount a flash drive with either twrp updates, kernels, apps etc etc?

Yes TWRP can now be used for updates, apps kernels etc
even full roms if they use the same partitions laid out in the parameter file.

[VonHesdin]

Thanks zivco,

I'll add your link to the main post.

hi @Ionix, yu only added the link for kodi 16 final zip, so i assume we don't need to replace librkffplayer.so, then i (again) assume it is already replaced in your rom, right?

TIA

[VonHesdin]

@Ionix, but then again I see this package is too small compared to official one, it must be missing PVR addons as usual (and I really cannot understand why most Android devs decide to remove these addons, they are nowhere else to find and they are stable), and this package is of no use to me without them. I will have to wait! Keep up the good work!

[mo123]

@Ionix, but then again I see this package is too small compared to official one, it must be missing PVR addons as usual (and I really cannot understand why most Android devs decide to remove these addons, they are nowhere else to find and they are stable), and this package is of no use to me without them. I will have to wait! Keep up the good work!

PVR addons are not build by default and not included in Kodi github source when you build your own Kodi.
You can try to use my NTMC that has included PVR addons made for Nagrace Times HPH NT-V8.
You can find it in the last post here
You can post a link but not include it in other firmware.

[VonHesdin]

PVR addons are not build by default and not included in Kodi github source when you build your own Kodi.
You can try to use my NTMC that has included PVR addons made for Nagrace Times HPH NT-V8.
You can find it in the last post here
You can post a link but not include it in other firmware.

thanks mo123

[lonix]

Guys,

Have released v8 ROM here in flashable .zip

Changes:
- Kernel Tweaks and updates
- Now boots without HDMI plugged in
- Updated to ZDMC aka Kodi16, this version has "PVR addons", I have only tested tvheadend htsp.

Instructions:

- Please Install only over v7 rom, older versions may work too but I haven't tested.
- Copy .zip to USB stick or Internal Memory
- Reboot to recovery using quickboot.
- Flash the .zip
- on first boot please wait a few minutes for kodi to install, then reboot your box, kodi may give message of not responding otherwise.

[VonHesdin]

Guys,

Have released v8 ROM here in flashable .zip

Changes:
- Kernel Tweaks and updates
- Now boots without HDMI plugged in
- Updated to ZDMC aka Kodi16, this version has "PVR addons", I have only tested tvheadend htsp.

Instructions:

- Please Install only over v7 rom, older versions may work too but I haven't tested.
- Copy .zip to USB stick or Internal Memory
- Reboot to recovery using quickboot.
- Flash the .zip
- on first boot please wait a few minutes for kodi to install, then reboot your box, kodi may give message of not responding otherwise.

Great work!

[myshedy]

hi
for some weird reason my recovery is gone...
lonix if you recall when I bured v7 my box didnt load, so I burn the you original tornsmart kernel and the box was alive...
so now when I wanted to burn the new v8 I tried to "Reboot to recovery using quickboot."
and I got a blank screen....
what to do?

[lonix]

To install TWRP connect to an ADB shell and issue the following commands

su

cd /system/twrp

dd bs=1024 if=twrprecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/ff0f0000.rksdmmc/by-name/recovery

or you can use a terminal emulator app like this

If this does'nt work you may need to flash the kernel.img and resource.img using android tool.

Geek explanation.
The version of TWRP that comes with v7 is only a initramfs wrapped with rockchip mkkrnlimg tool and since it doesnt contain its own kernel it looks for the kernel in the kernel and resource partitions. That's why it's important to have a valid kernel and resource partition, in the next version I will make the recovery.img with its own kernel and resource.img which means that it will still boot even if these partitions get messed up.

[razor_x]

Hi!

Great job with the v8 Zidoo custom ROM! However, I've detected a few issues after one day of use:

- Lock screen does not work, even though the "Lock screen on boot" was selected, and there is no way to force the lock screen anytime. This is a big problem when multiuser is activated,
- HDMI passthrough does not work so far. It neither worked with the official ROM. I have my Samsung TV connected to an Onkyo A/V receiver with HDMI ARC and I successfully play videos through DLNA from TV itself, so Dolby Digital and DTS are passed through HDMI to the receiver. But with my Tronsmart, sound is muted when I enable sound passthrough in ZDMC. I had previously set HDMI bitstream in Settings.

Any suggestions? I am using Google Now Launcher, in case it helps.

Thanks in advance!

[tsukaza]

Beelink i68, upgrade to v8 from v7 using TWRP, loaded Spinztv wizard on Kodi 16 and working great with no stuttering. Great ROM.

[lonix]

Hi!

Great job with the v8 Zidoo custom ROM! However, I've detected a few issues after one day of use:

- Lock screen does not work, even though the "Lock screen on boot" was selected, and there is no way to force the lock screen anytime. This is a big problem when multiuser is activated,
- HDMI passthrough does not work so far. It neither worked with the official ROM. I have my Samsung TV connected to an Onkyo A/V receiver with HDMI ARC and I successfully play videos through DLNA from TV itself, so Dolby Digital and DTS are passed through HDMI to the receiver. But with my Tronsmart, sound is muted when I enable sound passthrough in ZDMC. I had previously set HDMI bitstream in Settings.

Any suggestions? I am using Google Now Launcher, in case it helps.

Thanks in advance!

Sorry, i don't own a receiver, so I can't test these things, thanks for letting me know that it doesn't work.

As for lock screen, this is something that would have to be fixed by zidoo