Attention MK908 V3 people! MK908-android-4.2.2-jjhmod-UNIVERSAL-v2.01 Download

[hoabycsr]

Hello there

thanks for the first rom compatible with V3 Board.

Just Installed it last night and problems I found so far :

1. Kernel is definitly non - 1080 ! Checked it with a program ! it's 1280X768
besides the icons and graphics looks like it's taken from rather 480p
then even a 720p kernel (compared to the official ROM that even with it's 720P
kernel everything looks good!

but still, the thronsmart 908 remains useless (for now)

It is a 1080 kernel. The rom is actually setup for on the fly video mode switching I believe, which none of our kernel sources support. I found that running it with a 720p kernel created some video issues. However, running it with my kernel configured for 1080p works better with it. But regardless of it being a true 1080p kernel this rom runs it at 720p regardless. If your screen looks crappy I woulld try changing video modes - It will appear at 720 still but I have had that clean it up.

[pypk]

Antutu

Just ran AnTuTu and got a score of 12,451. Could be better but at least it ran. This is the first ROM that successfully ran the test to conclusion.

[vlsi2000]

1080p on V3 hardware

Use boot.img and system.img from Finless Bob 1.5 and you will get the 1080p view.
My V3 stick is outputting 1080p (smaller and crisp icons etc just like the 1080p screenshots) that way.

[vlsi2000]

Current consumption of V3 stick

While Antutu tortures the V3 stick, current consumption averages just under 0.5A.
Peaks occasionally hit 1.0A but not much beyond that.
Your stock 2.0A supply may not be true 2.0A capable, but I have no doubt it can do 50% of what it is rated at.

[Legitsu]

While Antutu tortures the V3 stick, current consumption averages just under 0.5A.
Peaks occasionally hit 1.0A but not much beyond that.
Your stock 2.0A supply may not be true 2.0A capable, but I have no doubt it can do 50% of what it is rated at.

mine puts out overspec 5.52V bad voltage regulation is worse then not having the amps when you need it I changed one of the Caps in it now it puts out a more livable 5.25
@anyone having stablity issue change the power supply to a GOOD HIGH QUALITY source THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOUR CELL or TABLET CHARGER
a charger is just that its made to charge a battery not provide sustained power

as you apply load that approches the limits of the circuit to a AC>DC diode rectifier or a single phase mofset driver (witch most of these cheap converters are) the voltage will drop Cheaper manufacturers like to cheat the spec and simply make the board output a higher voltage to compensate for the bad regulation of these simple diode and unbuffered mofset systems so inreality AT load you get "cleaner" voltage then you do when the stick is idle leading to all manner of weird issues like random crashes when exiting Antutu because all the sudden you take the load off the power supply and it surges,tripps the resetable fuse in the PMU and causes the device to reboot OR worse it doesn't trip the fuse something gets to much voltage and it glitches out or WORSE fries
a poor analogy would be driving a stickshift car and then suddenly throwing the clutch in @ 100MPH you will either bounce it off the rev-limiter or damage the engine

[Lowteck]

Just ran AnTuTu and got a score of 12,451. Could be better but at least it ran. This is the first ROM that successfully ran the test to conclusion.

Are you sure you have the v3 hardware? When have you bought it?

[pypk]

Are you sure you have the v3 hardware? When have you bought it?

Just got it last Thursday. And none of the other ROM have worked. So, I'm pretty sure I have a V3.

[pypk]

Use boot.img and system.img from Finless Bob 1.5 and you will get the 1080p view.
My V3 stick is outputting 1080p that way.

Have you tested this? What were the results? Wifi Stable? Bluetooth working? Skip Frame? Netflix? Antutu score?

If we use boot.img and system.img from Finless, then essentially are we just using Finless' ROM with this new Kernel? In other words, would putting hoabycsr's new kernel in Finless 1.5 work just the same.

Sorry for the long winded questions. I asked hoabycsr just a few post ago if there was a simple fix to 1080 (suggest replacing the boot.img). He pretty much said no way is that simple.

[Legitsu]

Have you tested this? What were the results? Wifi Stable? Bluetooth working? Skip Frame? Netflix? Antutu score?

If we use boot.img and system.img from Finless, then essentially are we just using Finless' ROM with this new Kernel? In other words, would putting hoabycsr's new kernel in Finless 1.5 work just the same.

Sorry for the long winded questions. I asked hoabycsr just a few post ago if there was a simple fix to 1080 (suggest replacing the boot.img). He pretty much said no way is that simple.

hes right it doesn't work I know I helped him debug it you can not take the boot.img from any other rom other then the tronsmart official rom witch is what hes using know and use it with this kernel for that we need to have the auto switching DISABLED

[TheFonz]

Just wanted to give my thoughts on the WiFi. I was able to copy a 100Mb file from my server at ~1Mb/s over Wifi. No issues streaming 720p.
I have just received 2 small fans which I plan on cooling the unit with, still haven't gone the heatsink route - hopefully I don't need to go to that extreme.

[KesieV]

ill be blunt
your router sucks these devices are made to operate using wireless N your router barely supports Wireless G
cheap dlink junk

Tried another router that don't supports N and... voilat. It worked. Quite puzzled but, hey. My stick is working correctly and is my issue. Thank you for the patience.

[luciust]

Attention MK908 V3 people! MK908-android-4.2.2-jjhmod-UNIVERSAL-v2.01 Download

Glad to know it's at least booting for some people... it seems as though all V3's are not made the same... Or maybe power supplies.. arrr again.

Thank you all for the feedback!

Once I get my V3 I will try very hard to improve on this.

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Hi! I just installed this ROM for V3 MK908 stick and it booted up nicely on first run. Beautiful startup animation! Love it!
Just curious..noted from settings that the device is spoofed as GT-I9300. However, when I tried to install a certain app from Google Play, it says the App is Not Compatible with my device.
When I flashed back to the stock 4.2.2 firmware from Geekbuying, and device name reverted to MK908.. I could then install the App from Google Play.
Is there a workaround to this? I would love to re-flash to Universal v2.01 if there is a fix to this.
Thanks in advance

[KesieV]

More testing - this time Tincore Keymapper.

It crashes at first start.
The other times, virtual controls can be mapped normally but it seems that virtual touches coordinates are "scaled" to a rectangle on the upper left side of the screen that's about 3/4 of the entire screen. Is Tincore seeing a smaller screen? "Beta Version" effect?

[hoabycsr]

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Hi! I just installed this ROM for V3 MK908 stick and it booted up nicely on first run. Beautiful startup animation! Love it!
Just curious..noted from settings that the device is spoofed as GT-I9300. However, when I tried to install a certain app from Google Play, it says the App is Not Compatible with my device.
When I flashed back to the stock 4.2.2 firmware from Geekbuying, and device name reverted to MK908.. I could then install the App from Google Play.
Is there a workaround to this? I would love to re-flash to Universal v2.01 if there is a fix to this.
Thanks in advance

It's all in the build.prop, located in the system folder. You could very likely replace it with the build.prop from the stock rom and have no problems. I used finless's settings to spoof that samsung device, but maybe we don't have to do that anymore.

[vlsi2000]

Have you tested this? What were the results? Wifi Stable? Bluetooth working? Skip Frame? Netflix? Antutu score?

If we use boot.img and system.img from Finless, then essentially are we just using Finless' ROM with this new Kernel? In other words, would putting hoabycsr's new kernel in Finless 1.5 work just the same.

Sorry for the long winded questions. I asked hoabycsr just a few post ago if there was a simple fix to 1080 (suggest replacing the boot.img). He pretty much said no way is that simple.

I think that's the right combination I am currently using with success.
The kernel I am using is the cooler version of the Hoaby's 1080p kernel.

WiFi is stable, BT I haven't tried, skip frame appears to be gone...video looks smooth to me, haven't tried Netflix, Antutu is on the low side of 12000.

Regarding 1080p, I don't know what to tell you but I am getting 1080p screen just like all the 1080p screenshots posted on the internet for this stick.