X96 Mini TV Box Amlogic S905W + Android 7.1.2 + Quad-core Cortex-A53 + 4K VP9 H.265

[manu_manu4]

some others miracles

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-stick--console-computers/amlogic/amlogic-s905w-x96-mini-tanix-3-mini-t3718658

[manu_manu4]

Your case is a miracle.

Good to know.
If you visit Paris, i can show you my box.

[xanadu89897]

I downloaded it from tanix site with the mega link send by mail

The Tanix's TX3 ROM is signed with their own manufacturer's key, how did your X96 Mini encrypted bootloader got decrypted by another manufacturer's key during the flashing process? Your case is a miracle.

[xanadu89897]

you speak about micro sd but i flashed it with USB_Burning_Tool

You can use either Amlogic Burning Tool or Card Maker NEITHER ways will work because the fact is the boot loaders from Android 6 onwards are encrypted by their box manufacturers with stock firmware. They will not release this keys to their competitors to protect their own works.

Only ROMs which are SIGNED with the correct keys known only by the manufacturer will be able to update/flash write the contents to your box. For the cases of custom ROMs that you find around this site, you'll know that the developer will tell you which box's original stock firmware he use to work on. If he says it's he's from Mecool, Tanix, Beelink, Ugoos or whatever brand, the customized ROM inherits the same decryption SIGNED keys that the original stock ROM which was used for to make his project. You have to start from somewhere, not out of nowhere.

In the case of open source projects, the roms used by the manufacturer on their boxes are encrypted by PUBLIC released keys meaning any developer can acquire them publicly to SIGN their own customized ROMs.

These China TV boxes aren't open source, every brand and manufacturer need to protect their own development works and interests. They won't entertain rogue developers because who knows if some of these rogue developer is a spy for another company and steal their source codes after using their keys to decrypt their stock ROM contents?

TANIX is not stupid to spend money and develop a dual boot Android OS/LibreELEC ROM only to be stolen by another unbranded competitor and helping your rival to boost sales?

[manu_manu4]

you speak about micro sd but i flashed it with USB_Burning_Tool

[manu_manu4]

You sure? My X96 Mini bricked hard right after flashing with that Tanix Dual OS ROM.I did this twice! When the box is turned on, you'll only see red light and a blank black screen on your TV.
Where did you get that ROM? Mine was downloaded from the MEGA cloud account given by Tanix themselves. I do not know how your box could allow Tanix SIGNED roms on it, it's impossible for it to happen.

I downloaded it from tanix site with the mega link send by mail

[xanadu89897]

I always use USB cable with a netbook (if there is an electrical problem or a power cut)
And i install TX3 dual os with out any problem and all is working on it (remote, ethernetr & wifi)

You sure? My X96 Mini bricked hard right after flashing with that Tanix Dual OS ROM.I did this twice! When the box is turned on, you'll only see red light and a blank black screen on your TV.
Where did you get that ROM? Mine was downloaded from the MEGA cloud account given by Tanix themselves. I do not know how your box could allow Tanix SIGNED roms on it, it's impossible for it to happen.

[manu_manu4]

I always use USB cable with a netbook (if there is an electrical problem or a power cut)
And i install TX3 dual os with out any problem and all is working on it (remote, ethernetr & wifi)

[xanadu89897]

This is the method I use for flashing most of my TV boxes. It's more reliable than using the burning tool which requires Worldcup drivers to detect your boxes or worry about bad cables being too long, plugged into extended ports and underpower faults.

The Amlogic Card Burning method is regarded as the most safest way to flash your device or to unbrick your box should it hard bricks with no more detection on your PC's drivers.It is very safe because the app will warn if the card was not created properly.I've unbricked more than 5 Amlogic TV boxes with 100% success rates everytime with this method. You can also use this method to flash your unit the same way that you would with the Amlogic burning tool using (.img) files with less worries.

[xanadu89897]

yo root una caja mxIII 4k con kingroot y luego use supersu-me pro.apk para quitar kingroot y seguir usando supersu como app default y me esta funcionando bien
se podria hacer lo mismo a la x96 mini box?

no puedo probar porque el x96mini lo usa mi nieto y no lo deja ni un minuto y no quiere perder sus logros con clashroyale
ojala alguien lo pruebe

The box is already ROOTED on first boot, you will know it is rooted because if you install a system uninstaller app, immediately you can uninstall system apps without it asking for root permission. This means the ROM is already ROOTED by default. Try with other apps that requires root permissions, you will see that all of them can work without asking for root permission unlike your other boxes which the SuperSU or Magisk manager will pop-up a prompting window asking for permission to allow root.

[xanadu89897]

anyone?

The X96 Mini is rooted out of the box with the recent latest firmware. You do not need to install SuperSU or Magisk managers to update the binary files. Every Root permission that your apps make will be silently granted in the background.If you want better control of root permission being granted, just install the SuperSU manager apk but NEVER update its binaries, it will brick your unit.If you install the latest Dec 2017 firmware by th manufacturer, your binary files should be the latest shown in SuperSU manager, just use it to detect root permission granting to any apps that request for it.

[xanadu89897]

Hello,
You speak about X92mini but it is a x96mini
What version do you have 1 or 2G ?
How do you flash your rom ?

I have a x96mini with 2G of ram
and i install img (flash with usb cable) on my x96mini
i have tested a lot of rom from other brands without any problem.
Beelink W95
Mecool M8s pro W
Tanix TX3 Mini
TANIX TX3 Max & Mini - DUAL OS EDITION
Vorke Z5

Sorry about the typo error there, should be X96 Mini not X92 Mini.

It is impossible for you to flash a customized firmware meant for other S905W branded boxes on your X96 Mini because they're SIGNED by their respective developers..Just like I said before, if it was possible no one's going to buy the more expensive brands, just by a cheap unbranded one such as the X96 Mini(P281) and flash them with more expensive models.

Have tried both method through the burning tool and card maker.

Do you know how a customized ROM is made? It inherits the same boot partition/driver properties as the original stock ROM from the box manufacturer except the system apps are modified accordingly, then recompiled/repackaged.

You said you've tested the Tanix TX3 ROMs and successfully flashed it on your X96 Mini? I don't think you're telling the truth. My unit immediately bricked as soon as the flashing process halted half way through with a RED X on the Android, thankfully the manufacturer's original stock ROM (.img) revived my unit. You're going to get a lot of furious readers out there by telling something which is very irresponsible and making them brick their boxes over false claims.

The Card Maker tool by Amlogic is way more reliable than the Burning Tool, that's for sure.It is used to revive units which were hard bricked to the point that even your PC drivers wouldn't detect your box.

[manu_manu4]

Where is the guy in that forum after posting so many claims of successfully flashing ROMs from different box manufacturers/brands who suddenly went missing?
I will like to know how he managed to flash the Tanix TX3 Dual boot ROM successfully to a X92 Mini as claimed. Tried doing the same suggestions made by him on my X92 Mini and all I got was a hard bricked BOX with a black screen after flashing. This guy won the lottery?

Thankfully I was not an amateur in this stuffs and prepared a backup stock copy of the actual manufacturer ROM image on standby to revive my box.

Hello,
You speak about X92mini but it is a x96mini
What version do you have 1 or 2G ?
How do you flash your rom ?

I have a x96mini with 2G of ram
and i install img (flash with usb cable) on my x96mini
i have tested a lot of rom from other brands without any problem.
Beelink W95
Mecool M8s pro W
Tanix TX3 Mini
TANIX TX3 Max & Mini - DUAL OS EDITION
Vorke Z5

[scooter2014]

or root a box mxIII 4k with kingroot and then use supersu-me pro.apk to remove kingroot and keep using supersu as default app and it's working fine
Could the same thing be done to the x96 mini box?
I can not prove because the x96mini is used by my grandson and he does not leave it for a minute and does not want to lose his achievements with clashroyale
I hope someone tries it.


English please. Use Google translate if needed.

[angry bird]

No, you don't need a superuser program with this firmware. The su binary is present in /system/bin and all root requests are granted by default so there is no need to have one unless you would like to have more control over the privilege requests of certain programs.

It took me 2 days to realize what exactly was going on because I've never come across an Android firmware which had the ability to just grant root permission by default. I was under the impression that root access could only be achieved with a combination of an su binary in a system path along with a superuser app to delegate root access. If you want to use SuperSU, the only method I managed to get to work was by just downloading SuperSU from the play store and NOT updating the SU Binary when SuperSU starts up each time. If you update the binary you will end up with a boot loop after restarting the box. If you just ignore the update request each time SuperSU starts, then it will be able to handle the privilege requests but I have found issues with some apps where they fail to detect root. If I don't use a superuser app then those apps that had issues will work fine. The only solution I've managed to come up with for having root and a normal functioning superuser app was to install Kingroot which will report they system as being rooted with issues, then click fix root and use KingUser from that point.

In the end I just decided to reset the device and use it without a superuser app and Its been flawless the entire time. Also, I have the 1GB/8GB variant and I found that if I enable th option to disable background processes from developer options and set the process limit option to 0 then the system performs flawlessly... I took it a step further by using a 64 GB usb drive and adopting 80% of the storage to use as internal storage (done with Root Essentials app from PlayStore) and then I used the app "Swapper" to create a 2GB swap file with the remaining 20% of the USB storage and now this damn thing is performing like its a top of the line product. I highly recommend everyone to try it out if you're having performance issues.!

yo root una caja mxIII 4k con kingroot y luego use supersu-me pro.apk para quitar kingroot y seguir usando supersu como app default y me esta funcionando bien
se podria hacer lo mismo a la x96 mini box?

no puedo probar porque el x96mini lo usa mi nieto y no lo deja ni un minuto y no quiere perder sus logros con clashroyale
ojala alguien lo pruebe