S905X Android 8.0 Oreo (Tested on Mini M8S II. Possibile to work on other GXL/S905X boxes. Testing needed! "WIP")

[xmun]

You need kernel.img and dtb in the root directory of your sdcard or pendrive

I did this. It just come to the boot logo and freezes there. This wasn't happening before I flashed your ROM.

Is there anyway to flash .img from within android?

[lewy20041]

You need kernel.img and dtb in the root directory of your sdcard or pendrive

[xmun]

Hi lewy20041
I installed your ROM on my Q-BOX 4K (2GB_16GB) and it's working fine. Except now I can't multiboot. I have tried using libreelec as per your instructions but it doesn't work.
I am also unable to flash firmwares by creating boot card using BurnCardMaker + AV button (which is what I used to flash your ROM). Any advice to restore my original ROM?

[scottmu64]

I'm using the 2.0.8 version of the customization tool. I just unpack the first level.

Hi - Yeah it will unpack the first level but then it wont display anything once unpacked

[lewy20041]

From what i remember it was enough with oreo. As to progress still waiting for some one to share 8.1 sdk

[nikanuka]

hi

Also i changed the default UI resolution to 720p for performance.
If you wish to have UI in 1080p you need to change /vendor/mesondisplay.cfg and also /system/build.prop lcd.density to 240. Later will add switch to change ui resolution in the firmware. And also ota updates.

any progress?
but as i know editing build.prop and mesondisplay.cfg is not enough, dtb.img should be changed also.

[01520717]

Hi what version of custom tool are you using, mine wont unpack properly to access DTB.

I'm using the 2.0.8 version of the customization tool. I just unpack the first level.

[Headset]

Thank you very much for this rom! I've been using my Mini M8S+ (a clone of the Mini M8S II) steadily for almost 2 years now and i'm very happy with it, even happier now that it supports Oreo.
Some bugs I found:
-Enter key on physical keyboard not working properly (when searching apps on Google Play or using address bar on browser)
-Can't drag & drop apps from home screen.
-strange mouse behavior in settings, selecting a different item than the one pressed.

Is there a way to prevent the box from sleeping when i turn off the TV? i tried disabling CEC but it didn't work.

[scottmu64]

I was working on another project when I realized why this isn't loading on my Android box.

In the boot log, I noticed I have one of those boxes that was sold as having 2GB RAM but only one rank is recognized so only 1GB is usable. I edited Lewy's DTB for 1GB of RAM and now it runs fine on my box.

If Lewy's image won't boot on your box, use the Customization tool to unpack the first level then replace the _aml_dtb.PARTITION with the one attached here and repack the image. Then it should run on your box. I even took Lewy's update and it applied fine, i.e. it didn't change the DTB.

Hi what version of custom tool are you using, mine wont unpack properly to access DTB.

[hjpca]

anyone having any luck changing wifi coders in this ? i try,d the newest CustomizationTool it will not let me open img

[01520717]

Tried installing it on a "Sammix r95" box (Amlogic s905x chipset, p212 board). Seems to install properly with provided burning tool yet when I try to boot all I get is a black screen. No Android logo or anything at all. Tried pulling the power and restarting and met with the same results. Tried to boot into recovery and the same results. Any suggestions as to how I can make this work?

The DTB in Lewy's Oreo image only supports boxes with 2GB of RAM. Since your box only has 1GB, you have to change the DTB to the one I posted earlier in this thread.

[hjpca]

what custome tool you use on this software

[hjpca]

burn card maker and the img for your box will get you back up and running ..or USB_Burning_Tool and just jump your chip

[Cleve]

Tried installing it on a "Sammix r95" box (Amlogic s905x chipset, p212 board). Seems to install properly with provided burning tool yet when I try to boot all I get is a black screen. No Android logo or anything at all. Tried pulling the power and restarting and met with the same results. Tried to boot into recovery and the same results. Any suggestions as to how I can make this work?

[hjpca]

having a hard time to try put wifi codes in this rom..anyone have any luck yet