NAND Chip Mask ROM Mode Short Location

[Hotrod1]

I appreciate the help, I'll try, I have nothing to lose. Thank you for your kindness

I've been in that same place. But I got it done even after I thought there was no hope. I recently asked for help finding the pins for a friends box over at XDA Developers forum and this guy xfury94 He showed me which pins no problem. Also there is aidanmacgregor He actually makes custom ROM's. If you can get him to help you all he needs is the brand and the part number of your NAND chip and he can tell you exactly which pins. Also don't forget some people have success using Burn Card Maker when they can't connect with Amlogic Burn Tool. I wouldn't get head of myself and try anything crazy but that box is pretty outdated. So you're not going to be out must if you can't fix it. I bit the bullet and bought an Nvidia Shield TV Pro. I now use My generic Transpeed 8k Ultra-HD solely for testing and tinkering. Anyway good luck I hope you have success.

[walassan]

I was unable to find the pins for your box but I've got some pins for you to try. First image is of your NAND chip. You'll notice in the top right of the image a tiny arrow pointing down. That is pin #1.

https://i.imgur.com/d124G0Q.jpg

This next chip has pins 29-30 marked to be shorted.

https://i.imgur.com/3AjytgR.png

From the research I've done your chip is likely to need pins 6-7,7-8,8-9 or 29-30
You can try shorting these pins at your own risk. I don't know what will happen if you short the wrong pins. The author of This post claims that you can just start shorting pins on the NAND chip until you find the right ones. No one corrected him so maybe he's right.
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/mai...555#post764555
Wish I had more info for you but this is the best I can do Good luck and remember try this at your own risk.

I appreciate the help, I'll try, I have nothing to lose. Thank you for your kindness

[soldiaz]

please which one is the EMMC chip?

you must try! I dont know which. Try backside EMMC pin

[Hotrod1]

Good afternoon. Could someone tell me where I can short this card for the computer to recognize
Tv BOX: A96X
PLACA: RK3229_D16

link photos : https://imgur.com/a/uUuRb8H

I was unable to find the pins for your box but I've got some pins for you to try. First image is of your NAND chip. You'll notice in the top right of the image a tiny arrow pointing down. That is pin #1.

https://i.imgur.com/d124G0Q.jpg

This next chip has pins 29-30 marked to be shorted.

https://i.imgur.com/3AjytgR.png

From the research I've done your chip is likely to need pins 6-7,7-8,8-9 or 29-30
You can try shorting these pins at your own risk. I don't know what will happen if you short the wrong pins. The author of This post claims that you can just start shorting pins on the NAND chip until you find the right ones. No one corrected him so maybe he's right.
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/mai...555#post764555
Wish I had more info for you but this is the best I can do Good luck and remember try this at your own risk.

[walassan]

Good afternoon. Could someone tell me where I can short this card for the computer to recognize
Tv BOX: A96X
PLACA: RK3229_D16

link photos : https://imgur.com/a/uUuRb8H

[Hotrod1]

I tried those 2 pins together and each with GND but still nothing happen..
thank u veryyyy much for u patience )

Did you follow the proper procedure? You first load the ROM into The Amlogic burner app. Then you click start. Then you short the pins then you plug in the USB to the box. And on some boxes the USB must be plugged into a 2.0 port on the PC and the 2.0 port on the box. Also on my Transpeed box I've had to still depress the reset switch at the same time as plugging in the USB. I've also read that in some cases when the box cannot be unbricked people have had luck using SD Card Burner.

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If you look at the image I posted above the pins that need to be shorted are in side of a tiny red circle. The chip is on the opposite side of the board from those 2 pins. You cam short those 2 pins together or short one of them to ground. I'm not sure which.

I tried those 2 pins together and each with GND but still nothing happen..
thank u veryyyy much for u patience )

[Hotrod1]

please which one is the EMMC chip?

If you look at the image I posted above the pins that need to be shorted are in side of a tiny red circle. The chip is on the opposite side of the board from those 2 pins. You cam short those 2 pins together or short one of them to ground. I'm not sure which.

[samepic]

try short any pin on EMMC Backside to SD card's housing!

please which one is the EMMC chip?

[soldiaz]

try short any pin on EMMC Backside to SD card's housing!

[samepic]

This should be the right pins.
https://imgur.com/OwMpn10

i tired to short those 2 pins togther and i tired to shot with GND , but it didnt work for me..
Thanks a lot anyway for ur reply ?

[Hotrod1]

Hello guys..
please my T95Q box is stack on logo after having install a new rom.
i tired to flash it but the computer didnt connect with the box
can u tell me which pins i need to short so i can install a new rom.
thank u so much ^_^

This should be the right pins.

https://imgur.com/OwMpn10

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Hello guys..
please my T95Q box is stack on logo after having install a new rom.
i tired to flash it but the computer didnt connect with the box
can u tell me which pins i need to short so i can install a new rom.
thank u so much ^_^

[Hotrod1]

I'm glad you were able to get it working. The X96 Plus on the Slimbox site has like 10 ROM's to choose from. Some will brick your box if you don't choose the right one.

[bertdf]

Hi Hotrod1, I was finally able to "revive" the box, I leave below the step by step that has worked for me (Option 2).

Option 1 (for most cases)

- Get the box without power or USB connection
- Open the software Amlogic USB burning tool
- Select the image to burn
- Connect your male to male USB cable to the PC
- Put something metallic (a screwdriver) between the pins which are in the orange circle of this image and hold -verify that the board is the same than the picture
- Connect your male to male USB cable to the box to USB 1 port
- When you hear the sound on the PC that has detected the box, remove the screwdriver
- Plug the box into electrical power
- Click on the ‘Start’ button to proceed with the burn

Option 2 (when Option 1 it doesn't work)

- Get the box without power or USB connection
- Put something metallic (a screwdriver) between the pins which are in the orange circle of this image and hold -verify that the board is the same than the picture
- Plug the box into electrical power and wait for about 5 seconds
- Disconnect the box for the electrical power
- Follow the steps in Option 1

The only ROM that I found where everything works (bluetooth, wifi, etc) is this Slimboxtv X96 Max Plus Q1

Thanks, Bernardo.

Sorry forgot to put the video link into my last post.
https://youtu.be/OyZJVD5SbSY