[ROM] Beelink GT1 / Alfawise S92 TVStock Nexus ROM (Android TV 6.0)

[joelkolb]

Guest, what do you think about my idea above on getting the stock remote to work for powering on the box? Do you think using DD to backup the stock bootloader would work?

Alternatively, do you know of a way to extract individual partition images from Amlogic all-in-one images?

[joelkolb]

Alternatively, do you know of a way to extract individual partition images from Amlogic all-in-one images?

So I've been playing with the Amlogic customization tool for the first time and now I see that's probably where I should have started. So, now I am going to scrap the idea of using DD and swap the dump of the bootloader partition from this ROM with one from the stock ROM and rebuild. I'll throw in the stock remote.conf while I'm at it.

[Guest]

...what do you think about my idea above on getting the stock remote to work for powering on the box? Do you think using DD to backup the stock bootloader would work?

Yes, I think that's a good approach. You can grab the bootloader with a dd dump (which will copy the entire partition, even the unused space), or you can get it from the latest OEM burn package using Amlogic CustomizationiTool (which will place it in /tmp/level1/bootloader.PARTITION).

[joelkolb]

Guest, how did you get the app drawer at the bottom of the home screen on this ROM? I noticed there is /system/app/AppDrawer/AppDrawer.apk. Is that where it comes from? Is it as simple as installing that apk or are there other dependencies? In theory could I sideload it onto an Nvidia Shield TV or Xiaomi MiBox and get that app drawer?

[Guest]

Guest, how did you get the app drawer at the bottom of the home screen on this ROM? I noticed there is /system/app/AppDrawer/AppDrawer.apk. Is that where it comes from? Is it as simple as installing that apk or are there other dependencies? In theory could I sideload it onto an Nvidia Shield TV or Xiaomi MiBox and get that app drawer?

Yes, that's an app that was created by the CyanogenMod team for the PureNexus ADT-1 project. You should be able to sideload it on other boxes. I think it's a particularly elegant solution, and I'll probably be making some changes of my own to tweak the icon spacing and resolution.

[joelkolb]

Yes, that's an app that was created by the CyanogenMod team for the PureNexus ADT-1 project. You should be able to sideload it on other boxes.

Thanks!

[ozzman666]

This works great on my t95 U Pro even using retroarch so kudos Megendanz much appreciated, just thought I'd give a little back, for anyone who is using this rom for playing games and would like to use a wired ps3 gamepad or one of the DragonRise Gamepad ( usually chinese gamepads that are made to look like n64 or snes controllers).

Simply unzip these two .ko files (hid-dr.ko and hid-sony.ko) from the zip attatched to the bottom of this post to your box and open terminal, cd to the folder you copied them to and type

insmod hid-sony.ko

for the ps controller and

insmod hid-dr.ko

for the dragonrise controller. Took me a while to find these ones that worked with the previous rom I was using so was glad to find they still worked with this one.

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Do you know a way to have a script or something run to install the drivers on startup or are you manually installing them every time you reboot?

[lcann25]

Hi All, Sorry for the noob question but I've been reading and I just can't seem to figure it out. I've got Superceleron's V8 firmware running on my GT1 right now but I'm curious to try this one. I tried to use the USB burning tool but it now seems not to want to recognize my GT1 now that it has the TWRP recovery on it. Can someone help me with what steps to do to be able to flash this firmware?

[joelkolb]

Hi All, Sorry for the noob question but I've been reading and I just can't seem to figure it out. I've got Superceleron's V8 firmware running on my GT1 right now but I'm curious to try this one. I tried to use the USB burning tool but it now seems not to want to recognize my GT1 now that it has the TWRP recovery on it. Can someone help me with what steps to do to be able to flash this firmware?

I have a different box but I've never been able to get the USB burning tool to work. On the other hand, I've had great success with the Amlogic Burn Card Maker which makes a micro SD card with your firmware image that the box will boot from and automatically flash if you follow the normal procedure for booting your box into recovery (pinhole method usually) with the card in the slot. Below is a link to a tutorial.

[ramen]

Great job, like this firmware,
one question/request from a newb (I realize the point of this rom is to be slim)
one feature that doesn't appear to be in your rom compared to superceleron's is network sharing (from the media box side)
If it happens to be hidden somewhere or theres an easy way to do it I would love to know (have tried a few apps but didnt work right, much prefered how it was in settings in superceleron roms)

I would if I could just use network sharing from the router but unfortunately have no access to the router.

Otherwise great job on the rom. Will definitely use it if I can figure out the network sharing issue.

[lioram]

Well, assuming you've got the Android TV Remote Control app installed on your phone, you just need to be on the same local IP network (WiFi or Ethernet). Bluetooth paring isn't needed.

Do you have any clue for this problem? I also have sometime the android remote service broken.

Thanks for the help

[Matt_E]

Do you know a way to have a script or something run to install the drivers on startup or are you manually installing them every time you reboot?

I was manually doing it until the other day now I got my arcade stick working I thought I'd do it properly now. You need to use an app called script manager which is free on the play store but not available on the android TV version so you have to find the apk and sideload it. ( or use an alternative App Store)

In it it you can create a script which is basically

cd [I]insert the location you saved the ko files to here[/I]
insmod hid-dr.ko
insmod hid-sony.ko

then save it and you will see some boxes to select to run as root and one to run at startup.
You also have the option to run the script there and then to test Sorry can't be more detailed because I'm not at the box at the moment.

[ozzman666]

I was manually doing it until the other day now I got my arcade stick working I thought I'd do it properly now. You need to use an app called script manager which is free on the play store but not available on the android TV version so you have to find the apk and sideload it. ( or use an alternative App Store)

In it it you can create a script which is basically

cd [I]insert the location you saved the ko files to here[/I]
insmod hid-dr.ko
insmod hid-sony.ko

then save it and you will see some boxes to select to run as root and one to run at startup.
You also have the option to run the script there and then to test Sorry can't be more detailed because I'm not at the box at the moment.

Thanks! Appreciate you putting those driver files up too. I remember trying to find that dragonrise one a year or 2 a go and couldn't find it anywhere.

[joelkolb]

Guest, It seems like the initial setup cannot be completed with just a remote control. From the very first step when you have to select your language, you can scroll through the list with a remote but you can't actually click OK to make a selection. It simply won't register the button press. This is with both the stock remote and third party USB air mouse type remotes. The only thing that works is using a mouse to click on your selection. Do you have any idea why this is?

[tillaz87]

Guest, It seems like the initial setup cannot be completed with just a remote control. From the very first step when you have to select your language, you can scroll through the list with a remote but you can't actually click OK to make a selection. It simply won't register the button press. This is with both the stock remote and third party USB air mouse type remotes. The only thing that works is using a mouse to click on your selection. Do you have any idea why this is?

pressing the power button and rebooting seems to fix it