MECOOL M8S Pro + TV Box Amlogic S905X Android 7.1 2/16GB Fast Lan, WiFi 802.11b/g/n

[P.X]

Hi,

My second box arrived from BG - Quick 10 days to arrive.

Good news - The power supply is from a different manufacturer and ADSL is now back to running 100%

Bad news - Initially seemed OK testing with OEM ROM 7.1.1 NMF26Q 20170829.121624.V0321 but then it started freezing. Can be 20 seconds or 15 minutes but if freezes a lot - it seems to be every time !
Box doesn't seem to be getting hot, but that would be my guess.
Don't want to re-flash as it might happen during and .... BAD !

Seems to be a bit of a lottery going on. Some good , some bad

Video of a couple of freezes (Shaky, hand held, excuses, excuses etc.)

https://youtu.be/3SE1ro4GxEo

Pete

p.s.
Update : Stayed on OK for just over an hour. I powered it OFF/ON by remote and it froze after 30sec ???

[scooter2014]

scooter2014, if I would be able to do that, I wouldn't have asked... I have ordered one today, but that won't help me in finding out the answer until probably mid next month...

Mine plays live tv no issues. Netficks no issues. Dont know what interlacing issue?

[wrxtasy]

Hmmm !

Just got my M8SPro+ really quick delivery - only 8 days from CN

Short story - This box destroys my ADSL connection - When HDMI is connected it stops the ADSL-Router from working.

Simple question here, are you using a Router assigned Static IP address for the M8SPro+ ?

Because there looks like a solution when you do that over on the Whirlpool forums

[P.X]

Simple question here, are you using a Router assigned Static IP address for the M8SPro+ ?

Because there looks like a solution when you do that over on the Whirlpool forums

Thanks, very interesting link, but not my issue - The ADSL would stop whether there was a link or not - I tried turning off Wi-Fi and removing Ethernet.
The issue was when the HDMI was connected and seems to be a strange issue with the box and it's power supply !?

[~Spyne~]

Wow, so many pages to read through...
Hey all, new here. Ordered one of these boxes a couple of weeks ago and it turned up last week. Unfortunately, seems I'm having the same issues a quite a few here with constant freezing.
The very first time I powered mine on, it worked fine - at least enough that it booted, went through setup and got to main menu where I could navigate around. Ran out of time to play so came back the next day and didn't even get through boot - froze on boot. Same result after power cycle.
Came here and loaded the ATV rom thinking it might be a software issue. Nope Having the same issues with ATV - have only managed to get as far as the second page of set-up ('Do you have an Android device - complete set-up with just a few simple clicks"), just a handful of times out of numerous attempts.

I've contacted the seller where I purchased, but if a return is on the cards, Aus > US shipping will be roughly the cost of the box in the first place.

Any tips to try before I throw it in the bin

[Randomoneh]

Wow, so many pages to read through...
Hey all, new here. Ordered one of these boxes a couple of weeks ago and it turned up last week. Unfortunately, seems I'm having the same issues a quite a few here with constant freezing.
The very first time I powered mine on, it worked fine - at least enough that it booted, went through setup and got to main menu where I could navigate around. Ran out of time to play so came back the next day and didn't even get through boot - froze on boot. Same result after power cycle.
Came here and loaded the ATV rom thinking it might be a software issue. Nope Having the same issues with ATV - have only managed to get as far as the second page of set-up ('Do you have an Android device - complete set-up with just a few simple clicks"), just a handful of times out of numerous attempts.

I've contacted the seller where I purchased, but if a return is on the cards, Aus > US shipping will be roughly the cost of the box in the first place.

Any tips to try before I throw it in the bin

Today, after a week of use I experienced same freezing behaviour. Took the cover off, drilled about 10 holes with hot screwdriver through the cover and placed it back. Took an old cheap PC case cooler, placed it on top of the box and connected it to USB port.

Temperature dropped by about 15°C. I have to test it for freezing tomorrow.

[~Spyne~]

Today, after a week of use I experienced same freezing behaviour. Took the cover off, drilled about 10 holes with hot screwdriver through the cover and placed it back. Took an old cheap PC case cooler, placed it on top of the box and connected it to USB port.

Temperature dropped by about 15°C. I have to test it for freezing tomorrow.

I wouldn't imagine heat is the issue, the box is on for less than 1 minute before it freezes (in majority of instances, for me).

[Randomoneh]

I wouldn't imagine heat is the issue, the box is on for less than 1 minute before it freezes (in majority of instances, for me).

I really really hope you're super wrong but we'll see.

Anyone knows what B-something and MGMT-something processes do? They appeared in notification bar and I removed them with an uninstaller app. And can you switch between opened apps with a remote? I had to connect a keyboard to multitask by Alt+Tab...

[A600]

I think I read somewhere that the M8S had a bitcoin miner app installed. I did a google search but couldn't find it so probably I'm mistaken...

[Randomoneh]

I think I read somewhere that the M8S had a bitcoin miner app installed. I did a google search but couldn't find it so probably I'm mistaken...

Could be. I wish I checked the CPU usage before I removed BCenter and MGMT-somehing.

[ready]

What is the most correct way to make the upgrade to ATV?

[A600]

Could be. I wish I checked the CPU usage before I removed BCenter and MGMT-somehing.

I didn't dream it From an user review at banggood:

A surprisingly compact device with lots of vents (probably to compensate for the small heatsink) but it doesn't seem to exhibit any thermal problems. Mediawise, it gets the job done and as for Netflix in 720p, about 1GB/hr of data get consumed while streaming Netflix. According to their FAQ, SD should consume up to 0.7 GB so it seems Widevine 1 DRM works as expected. A big minus is yet another, different diameter power plug, not present in a typical tv box psu. Not sure why some bitcoin app is installed and running, seems suspicious.

and another one:

Very good Android TV box, full of latest technology. Everything works great. Definitely recommend upgrading firmware, the one it comes with has some strange programs running. Great value for money.

[Randomoneh]

I didn't dream it From an user review at banggood:

I think they just assume two processes in notification bar are bitcoin miners. I have no idea what they are and have found no information about them online. Could be bloatware, could be malware, could be development tools.

Anyway, I deleted

MgmtSupport - 1.8 MB
BMgmt - 0.7 MB
BCenter - 1 MB
BService - 4.8 MB
BUpdate - 0.5 MB

[Shimon]

I think they just assume two processes in notification bar are bitcoin miners.

If you open BCenter it shows a 0.0 BC balance. Could be a wallet of some kind.

[P.X]

Nothing happening on my Stock box 0-2% CPU when nothing is loaded/running - Can't do much testing as still randomly Freezes/Powers-Off ?

Freezes at any Temp.
May be a memory issue as can be running a video fine but crash after a couple of key presses. Then not crash whatever I try to do to make it.
Seems pretty random so far ...