LibreELEC & OpenELEC for Tronsmart Vega S95

[bluesmanuk]

Has anyone tried the amilogic usb tool to write firmware as boot from sd card yet ?

When you try and load the image into the tool it returns error 'parse burning image fail'

[balbes150]

Wait not a lot, I'm working on a universal u-boot. Which will allow to install on internal memory Openelec and Linux etc.

[trebor]

Gets better all the time.
Excellent
Cheers

[RISCy Dude]

This will answer the hopes of many.
Balbes150 has expanded the S95's world.
Good work.

[e123enitan]

Wait not a lot, I'm working on a universal u-boot. Which will allow to install on internal memory Openelec and Linux etc.

Nice, I shouldn't tell this to wife/children, else I will be nagged to hell until it happen, can't wait to have same approach to Vega S802 (Amlinux.ru/Imagine) the OE is flashed to internal memory but the box is now dead, too bad you won't accept anyway appreciate your efforts.
Cheers!

[ute]

This will be perfect !!

[e123enitan]

@baibes150, Thanks for your continuous support and improvement of this build, just a question is it possible to incorporate your build in such a manner http://devupdate.leopold.me.uk/, in that any future update would prompt users for upgrade once it is ready for use.

Thanks

[Doggyofone]

I've been struggling to get openelec to boot on my MXQ Pro+box and need some confirmation. The SD has been formatted prior to copying and pasting the required files.For setting up dual boot I put update.uboot.7z (renamed to zip) and from the meta file I put S905_uboot_vega_s95_vega.zip as shown on post 10 onto the sd card. I boot the box, insert the SD and then go to update and backup and then to select. Both files are there and I select the update.uboot file.

I started the update, the screen went blank and then TWRP opened and there was an error - update failed. I did this a second time and TWRP opened with same error. I'm not sure why TWRP opens, but because it does I can't proceed. Do I need to flash the original recovery on the MXQ Pro+ to get this update done, or is there something else I need to do.

Any help is appreciated.

[kamacnik1]

from meta file You must download aml.autoscript and putt on sd card together with update.uboot.zip

then go in update and backup , select etc etc

or try with another sd card, usb key ...

[Doggyofone]

I have tried 3 different cards and put these exactly named files on - aml_autoscript from the Meta folder and update_uboot.7z . I copy them to the card but update and backup doesn't see either file either after a reboot and inserting the sd card, or rebooting with the sd card inserted. I have also done the same by renaming update_boot.7z to .zip and it does not show in update and backup. I must be missing something simple here, but I can't figure it out.

Thoughts/help!

[RISCy Dude]

Hello Doggyofone, The file update_u-boot.7z is a compressed(zip) file containing two files, aml_autoscript and aml_autoscript.zip. Unzip the contents of update_u-boot.7z to your SD card.
So now the SD card has the two files, aml_autoscript and aml_autoscript.zip. No other files are needed on the card for this step.

Boot your box to Android, insert the SD card containing the files(aml_autoscript and aml_autoscript.zip). Open the Update and Backup app, under the Local section click select, locate aml_autoscript.zip click it and select update. Your box will reboot. You won't notice much and it will reboot to Android.
That is all for step one, u-boot should now have been modified This is all for step one, go to step 2, to prepare an SD card for the OpenELEC OS.

[Doggyofone]

Thanks RISCy Dude. I am guessing I got the dual boot working. I burned the openelec img to an SD card and rebooted and the screen stayed blank for a long time and till I gave up. I'm also guessing that now I have to play around with SD cards. I tried a usb card reader, but no go with that. I have an Adata 32gb, a Transcend 8gb and a Patriot 2gb , all Micro sd via an SD adapter. Off to Canada Computers tomorrow. Also thanks for the list of SD cards to try.

[RISCy Dude]

I'm fairly certain that you will get it going.
First boot can take a bit, but if it takes longer than 5-7 minutes, power down and reboot. I have had to do it as many as three times. After a successful boot, it will boot more reliably.
Keep us posted.

[e123enitan]

Thanks RISCy Dude. I am guessing I got the dual boot working. I burned the openelec img to an SD card and rebooted and the screen stayed blank for a long time and till I gave up. I'm also guessing that now I have to play around with SD cards. I tried a usb card reader, but no go with that. I have an Adata 32gb, a Transcend 8gb and a Patriot 2gb , all Micro sd via an SD adapter. Off to Canada Computers tomorrow. Also thanks for the list of SD cards to try.

I had similar experience, very frustrating, kindly post the type of sdcard that works for you, I will head to Canada Computer to procure sameone, as I have tried with aleast 3 nothing seem to work except for a usb scan disk pro, but this i used for my windows 7 Generic Openelec. So I stayed away from purchasing additional sdcard. i am hopping for OE on internal memory, then I will revisit this subject or when a proven or workable sdcard is posted here then I will go an purchase.
Hope it work for you, and I am sure it will be patient.
Cheers

[Doggyofone]

At last SD Card success and openELEC

I was fretting about the SD Card and blank screen again this morning. Last night I tried 3 SD cards and all three through a USB/SD card reader in usb port 4 and then again in 4. I reimaged several times and repeated. Nothing. So I ordered a couple SD cards on line and settled in to wait a week or so. It dawned on me a few minutes ago that I had a second USB/SD card reader, some cheap thing that was thrown in on a purchase of something else. So I plugged it into USB 4 with an imaged 8 gig SD Card and rebooted. It took literally less than a minute to boot up into the openELEC start up screen.
Its amazing how reduced the draw is on ram and processor with openELEC.
A question, there is a folder named 6.95.3 on the same yandex page which I think is newer than 20160419. The 4 files are in the folder. Can I copy and paste those to the SD Card as an update, or is there a different method?
I also noticed that when I updated openELEC with a kodi build called pulse ccm that openelec did not boot up. Just sat with a blank screen. Reimaged and OE booted.
Thanks to all that helped and suggested card readers, et all.