Mod for Tanix TX5 Pro MiniM8SII and Nexbox A95X COOLEME MB1 X9 Frankenstein Firmware WIP

[atvbca]

I have turned that off, but the other 2 should remain on?
Sorry to sound dumb, but is the amcodec something to do with the s905x chip?
Best wishes

I only enable MediaCodec (Surface). If I enable the other MediaCodec option the audio is ~0.4 seconds behind the video. amcodec is an old method for hw acceleration and not needed with newer SoC's (S905X, S905D,S912, etc).

[sd26]

Anybody else having problems with settings->keyboard->current keyboard [Android keyboard (AOSP)]->Configure->Languages. I toggle Use system language off and select 2 active input methods but it doesn't stick. It will revert to use system language toggle on after reboot and sometimes during use.

Disregard. Now using google keyboard app instead.

[Wingchundub]

I only enable MediaCodec (Surface). If I enable the other MediaCodec option the audio is ~0.4 seconds behind the video. amcodec is an old method for hw acceleration and not needed with newer SoC's (S905X, S905D,S912, etc).

Thank you kindly

[Krisshin]

Hi, After juggling with Tanix TX5 Pro and Mini M8S II, here are my findings;

1. Mini M8S II: BT does not work.
2. Both: pop-up confirmation panel in some apps are not clickable.
3. Both: some apps disappear in orath application screen, but reappear after removing Nova launcher.
4. Both: MicroSD card 32G(UHS-I or class 10 speed) read/write speed is slow as attached.
I didn't test it with orig F/W, so I am not sure if it's the same or not..

[BubuXP]

1. Mini M8S II: BT does not work.
2. Mini M8S II & TX5 Pro: pop-up confirmation panel in some apps are not clickable.
3. Mini M8S II & TX5 Pro: some apps disappear in orath application screen, but reappear after removing Nova launcher.
4. Mini M8S II & TX5 Pro: MicroSD card 32G with UHS-I speed read/write speed is slow at attached

2. The non-clickable windows are caused by some apps. In the TX5 stock firmware there is an app pre-installed to rotate the screen, that causes this behavior. You can uninstall it or change the overlay permissions of that app to fix this bug.

3. I found Asus Zen Launcher to be more suitable than Nova for use on TV box, if you want a phone-like launcher. Or search for Simple TV Launcher for a better alternative to Orath.

[Krisshin]

2. The non-clickable windows are caused by some apps. In the TX5 stock firmware there is an app pre-installed to rotate the screen, that causes this behavior. You can uninstall it or change the overlay permissions of that app to fix this bug.

3. I found Asus Zen Launcher to be more suitable than Nova for use on TV box, if you want a phone-like launcher. Or search for Simple TV Launcher for a better alternative to Orath.

Great, thanks for the tip!

[scooter2014]

You can add neomodes line to build prop for rotation and pull all rotation apps

[bluesmanuk]

Hi, After juggling with Tanix TX5 Pro and Mini M8S II, here are my findings;

1. Mini M8S II: BT does not work.
2. Both: pop-up confirmation panel in some apps are not clickable.
3. Both: some apps disappear in orath application screen, but reappear after removing Nova launcher.
4. Both: MicroSD card 32G(UHS-I or class 10 speed) read/write speed is slow as attached.
I didn't test it with orig F/W, so I am not sure if it's the same or not..
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n595976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n595975[/ATTACH]

The MicroSD card speeds are par for the course for this kind of box.

They don't support UHS speeds and so are essentially still stuck in the past.

[Krisshin]

The MicroSD card speeds are par for the course for this kind of box.

They don't support UHS speeds and so are essentially still stuck in the past.

Added MicroSD for torrent, but it was so laggy and tried to figure out why..guess I will just remove it and use remaining storage.. Thanks

[esloudan]

Has anyone been playing games with the tx5 pro. Some games play fine while other have a bad lag. Not sure why cause some that play fine run more resources then some that lag.

[bluesmanuk]

Has anyone been playing games with the tx5 pro. Some games play fine while other have a bad lag. Not sure why cause some that play fine run more resources then some that lag.

Any examples for others to test and confirm?

[esloudan]

Any examples for others to test and confirm?

Angry birds starwars is real bad. Rip tide has lag and gets kinda glitchy at times.
I gotta update post. I think it was cause of me having xposed installed with xprivacy. I used it to do a lot of spoofing to get another app to work with the box. The other app did work and worked well but not sure why it messed with the games. After uninstalling the games played way better with only a slight lag here and there.

[bluesmanuk]

Yes I have found that having Xposed on other boxes can cause issues with apps and general feel of a device but glad that you recognised it and will be a useful pointer to others that may come across the same issue.

One other thing that I have found can also help with freeing up resources is to use a startup manager.

It's amazing how many apps want to run in the background at startup that really don't need to be there, so i alway pick only the ones I want and deny the rest access until I want them to run.

[esloudan]

What manager do u recommend for this box? Now im wondering if that would help with the rest of the lag in games.

[bluesmanuk]

There are quite a few free utilities on the Play Store that do it but the one I first encountered and have used ever since is this

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.startupmanager&hl=en_GB

Might also be worth looking at this too, which is a crap cleaner as well, so more functionality in one.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full&hl=en_GB

Just be careful when looking at system apps as many really do need to run at startup but there are a few that are not really required.