X96 MAX TV Box BLACK 4/64GB Amlogic S905X2, Android 8.1, Dual WiFi, Gig Lan,USB3.0, BT4.0

[Charlie_Boy]

You can't report to anyone as i think all these boxes, except Beelink and Mecool, are manufactured by a myriad of Chinese factories.

The only thing you can do is waiting until Amlogic or Android fixes something.

For the time being I don't touch any of those S905X2 boxes, however I think they are promising once things get sorted, we only don't know how long it will take.

Remember the S912 boxes also had loads of issues first 6 months after release.

If we can't report errors they may never be fixed.

[Jancales]

I think all of them have issues as you say but who do we report errors to? The sellers know less than us about it in most cases.

You can't report to anyone as i think all these boxes, except Beelink and Mecool, are manufactured by a myriad of Chinese factories.

The only thing you can do is waiting until Amlogic or Android fixes something.

For the time being I don't touch any of those S905X2 boxes, however I think they are promising once things get sorted, we only don't know how long it will take.

Remember the S912 boxes also had loads of issues first 6 months after release.

[Charlie_Boy]

Just thinking loud. As it is obvious that all S905X2 boxes have issues somehow, could it be the Android 8 is the real reason for all these problems?

I think all of them have issues as you say but who do we report errors to? The sellers know less than us about it in most cases.

[Charlie_Boy]

I received my X96 Max this morning and Ethernet seems to work perfectly as does WiFi. However, FTMC will not work with this device and Kodi reports "detected problems with app native libraries" which I believe is an Android problem. Only 2 of my 4 external drives are recognised. These drives do work as they should though.

I tried alternative firmware but it would not install from SD card or from USB Burning Tool, I received the same error as I did from my H96 in fact.

In conclusion I will keep the box this time as most of it works. I must await a firmware update that will allow more USB external mounts. I recall this mount problem in my Minix X8H Plus box but it was corrected in an update.

EDIT: SPMC doesn't work either while Krypton throws up an error "detected problems with app native libraries" on start but does play my external media.

I wonder who I would report errors to in this case? The box is unbranded.

[Jancales]

As I booted the box the very first time, Ethernat was detected and IP adress has been assigned. However, the performance was poor (i.e. I had internet access but it failed to connect to my home server. Then I tried WLAN and everthing worked fine. But since then, I never had Ethernet anymore - even not after a full reset...

I read that I am not alone - may be there are different HW versions around ?

That sounds more like an issue with the Ethernet port.

I have see other Ethernet issues reported, like low speed or not able to performcertain tasks, but nowhere that they couldn't connect at all

[laola]

What do you mean by not recognize?? My box 4/64 have no problem at all using ethernet port since I purchase it 2 month ago

As I booted the box the very first time, Ethernat was detected and IP adress has been assigned. However, the performance was poor (i.e. I had internet access but it failed to connect to my home server. Then I tried WLAN and everthing worked fine. But since then, I never had Ethernet anymore - even not after a full reset...

I read that I am not alone - may be there are different HW versions around ?

[Jancales]

Just thinking loud. As it is obvious that all S905X2 boxes have issues somehow, could it be the Android 8 is the real reason for all these problems?

[omaramiromo]

no improvement regarding Ethernet problems (4/64) - still not recognized :-(

What do you mean by not recognize?? My box 4/64 have no problem at all using ethernet port since I purchase it 2 month ago

[laola]

I believe the X96 Max firmware update that came out this past week deals with the Ethernet connection issue. Hopefully the issue is corrected now. I can't tell because I use Wi-Fi.

no improvement regarding Ethernet problems (4/64) - still not recognized :-(

[Charlie_Boy]

Yes, the default firmware does have OTA. The latest update (4/32) arrived a few days ago. I also use Wi-Fi and so I can't verify the ethernet problem.

Cheers for the info.

[Charlie_Boy]

Yeah, Charlie, there is a blue colored icon named "FOTA" in the App section of the X96 Max. Click on that icon and it will update the firmware for you if one is available. It's idiot proof.

Many thanks.

[Venusflytrap]

Yeah, Charlie, there is a blue colored icon named "FOTA" in the App section of the X96 Max. Click on that icon and it will update the firmware for you if one is available. It's idiot proof.

[glaven]

Yes, the default firmware does have OTA. The latest update (4/32) arrived a few days ago. I also use Wi-Fi and so I can't verify the ethernet problem.

[Charlie_Boy]

I believe the X96 Max firmware update that came out this past week deals with the Ethernet connection issue. Hopefully the issue is corrected now. I can't tell because I use Wi-Fi.

I had no idea there was a recent update. I will look into getting that installed once mine arrives. Not sure if the default firmware has OTA updates though.

The newest version I can find is: X96 MAX TV Box (4GB/64GB and 4GB/32GB) with Amlogic S905X2 (update 20181219)

[Venusflytrap]

I believe the X96 Max firmware update that came out this past week deals with the Ethernet connection issue. Hopefully the issue is corrected now. I can't tell because I use Wi-Fi.