[ROM] Mecool M8S Pro Stock & Nano Nexus ROMs (Android 7.1)

[zenix]

As i understand the nexus roms will not updated by magendaz anymore but on the other hand, the AIOs, will have some updates by him. Is that correct?

Yes, and because of the Ethernet differences in the M8S Pro device tree, there will still be a separate build for this device. Like the Nexus GT1, however, it will be based on the AIO ROMs from Shiningworth instead of the OEM ROMs from VideoStrong.

[bolek]

wrong thread... sorry

[droserasprout]

Sup everyone! I've bought this piece of hardware about a week ago and still have a very dissapointing experience with it. Stock ROM is a standard chinese shit. Enter on physical keyboard is recognized as "q" key duplicate, launcher is terrible, stability issues in basic apps. Unusable. Last TVStock ROM by sir Magendanz is very holistic and smooth but for some reason I can't use Chromecast at all. Tried different apps with different devices, no luck. Tvbox appears in device list but that's all, when I hit the cast button nothing happens. Same situation with the last Nano ROM (08/25) but in addition this one's apps aren't adapted for tv screen, for example there's no way to manage with youtube with only arrow keys. I've heard that Beelink G1 has the same hardware inside. Could Magendanz's roms for this device be used with M8S PRO? Can I try it without my my tvbox being bricked? Maybe another OEM base and android base would make some difference with Chromecast and other bugs? Another question is are there some kernel sources for our devices? Tried to google but cand find any, maybe I'm just not chinese enough. Aaaand the last question. Magendanz, do you have paypal or something similar for donations? You're doing great, I wanna buy you a beer man!
ups: oh, I see donate link now, it's in OP

Unfortunately, the Google Cast receiver doesn't really work on any ROM yet other than the Xiaomi Mi Box, NVIDIA Shield TV, Nexus Player and ADT-1. Just today superceleron and I were brainstorming on this, since we thought it was a Widevine L1 issue, but it doesn't work on the M8S Pro+ either.

As for beer money, I appreciate any support you're willing to offer. My PayPal link is at the bottom of the release notes in the original post.

[droserasprout]

Well that's just sad! Gotta sell this junk and buy Mi Box. Even it's less powerful and price is much higher. Who needs TV box without Chromecast? This issue should be mentioned with big red letters at every forum IMO.

[aspittles]

Sup everyone! I've bought this piece of hardware about a week ago and still have a very dissapointing experience with it. Stock ROM is a standard chinese shit. Enter on physical keyboard is recognized as "q" key duplicate, launcher is terrible, stability issues in basic apps. Unusable. Last TVStock ROM by sir Magendanz is very holistic and smooth but for some reason I can't use Chromecast at all. Tried different apps with different devices, no luck. Tvbox appears in device list but that's all, when I hit the cast button nothing happens. Same situation with the last Nano ROM (08/25) but in addition this one's apps aren't adapted for tv screen, for example there's no way to manage with youtube with only arrow keys. I've heard that Beelink G1 has the same hardware inside. Could Magendanz's roms for this device be used with M8S PRO? Can I try it without my my tvbox being bricked? Maybe another OEM base and android base would make some difference with Chromecast and other bugs? Another question is are there some kernel sources for our devices? Tried to google but cand find any, maybe I'm just not chinese enough. Aaaand the last question. Magendanz, do you have paypal or something similar for donations? You're doing great, I wanna buy you a beer man!
ups: oh, I see donate link now, it's in OP

I've seen the problem with the physical keyboard on multiple andriod boxes, not just the M8S Pro.
Check out this post to fix it http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...284#post665284

That's an easy fix. Just change key 28 in the Generick.kl from DPAD_CENTER to ENTER.

[wrxtasy]

Well that's just sad! Gotta sell this junk and buy Mi Box. Even it's less powerful and price is much higher. Who needs TV box without Chromecast? This issue should be mentioned with big red letters at every forum IMO.

Don't get your hopes up.
Even on the official Android TV boxes, the Googlecast/Chromecast software implementation is no where near as good as buying actual Google Chromecasting hardware. I suspect Casting Apps simply are not tested on various Android TV media player products compared to how that are on Google Chromecasting Hardware.

[jzf23]

good afternoon friend Magendanz, I wanted to ask you a question? there has been some progress for the rom of the tv box ms8 pro of 3gb of ram and 32gb of room

I just released a new TVStock variant based on the new V0619 OEM firmware, but haven't gotten around to updating Nano and Stock yet.

[Lolos21]

Hello. I need twrp for "Nexus_q201_Stock_NHG47L-20170825" rom. I want to root with supersu and then to unroot it. Will I make it? If I can not make it how can I full unroot my m8s pro? cosmote tv go (pay TV app) find my device root. Please help me!

[zenix]

Yesterday i received the m8s pro 3 gb ddr4/32 gb.
Good box for the money. I flashed the nexus nano rom. Compared to other two android boxes i have (yoka kb2 & alfawise s92), i can say that, 1st. the colours of m8s are blurry and 2nd. I use a mele f10 lite airmouse and i often loose the pointer of it and have to press the mouse button all the time in order to work again. Any idea what happen with these two problems?
Where i can find the latest stock rom that comes with the m8s pro (not the atv version)?

The new V0619 OEM firmware is actually ATV. You'll need to revert to the older, 20170801.150811.V0321 revisions to actually get one that's not. There's a link to that in the OP.

[zenix]

Finaly i flashed the last stock rom (by Magendaz) and seems to work ok now. The only problem is that this rom will not be updated anymore

Actually, I should have an Android 7.1.2 update for both Nano and Stock variants tomorrow.

[zenix]

Oh, yeah? Will be something good in this rom that worth to upgrade? And if we do it , we must setup again or is going to be OTA?
Anyway, thank you very much for your job.

Not a whole lot new, but going from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 and includes May security updates. Feels a little faster.

Both burn package and OTA update will be posted.

[Guest]

Changelog (20171005):

• Updated to latest M8S Pro L OEM firmware (20170918.111557.V0619)
• Underlying OEM firmware updated to Android TV 7.1.2r11 (NHG47L)
• Added support for all HID devices (e.g. remotes, gamepads, etc.) on latest Nougat firmware for Nexus Player, NVIDIA Shield TV & Xiamoi Mi Box
• The Terminal app now shows only when enabled in Developer Options
• Restored default settings (e.g. animation scale, sound effects) from Nexus Player
• Latest build from Open GApps (20171005)

Download:

• Nano Variant: BURN PACKAGE (909MB IMG file), OTA UPDATE (463MB ZIP file)
• Stock Variant: BURN PACKAGE (1.42GB IMG file), OTA UPDATE (797MB ZIP file)
• Flash burn package with Amlogic USB Burning Tool v2.0.8 or BootcardMaker v2.0.0.2

[zenix]

I believe that this update is not for us that we have m8s pro and not L. Is that true? Will we have another update? Thank you.

No, this update is for the M8S Pro. The main difference between the two is the Widevine L1 support, and so I was able to use the 20170918.111557.V0619 OEM release for both. (This update probably also works on the M8S Pro L, but I don't have that hardware yet and so can't confirm.)

[zenix]

I've just noticed that this is the tv version. Will be any update for normal stock rom?

While this OEM firmware release was the first for Android TV and used the Google Play Store for Android TV, both the Nano and Stock variants here are regular, non-ATV ROMs. They use the standard Google Play Store and the same launchers you'd see on Nexus tablets and phones.

[jzf23]

good morning Magendanz, I want to ask you a question I have installed in my ms8 pro of 3 / 32gb rom Nano Nexus, the update ota (ZIP file 463MB) that is available item # 87, works with rom nano nexu

If I understand the question correctly, then yes. You can install either of the OTA updates in post #87 above over previous releases of the Nano variant. Just go into TWRP, select Install, select your source (SD card, etc), pick the update .zip file and swipe to flash it. A data wipe (factory reset) is also recommended, but you might be able get away without it for incremental updates.