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

[kevinho040]

Ok.. i manage to revive my device.. but using the rom that flashed that brick my device... i am flashed succesfully using burning tool.. but the trick is.. i short circuit the board.. i open the box and get access to hdmi component..

Here the step:

1 - open burning tool, load the img firmware that u use and cause the stuck at boot logo. As usual, click the start button after load the img.

2 - connect ur box using usb 3.0. Windows will show the device is not connect/ detect..

3- here come the trick.. take a small flat screw driver, go to hdmi port.. connect the pin using screwdriver( just touch and lift), the led will off and on.. repeat the process untill burning tool detect your device. The location of pin is the 2 and 3 from above ( as per picture)

4. Now i manage to boot up the box.. but the problem is now i cannot enter the recovery..

Any idea which pins I need to short at the X96 max? I bricked my device. It arrived with no sound so I trough a custom rom, worked perfect but now it got a boot loop and the reset button doesn’t work with this custom rom.

[kevinho040]

i hope someone with the same firmware can help you then
i had never problems with hdmi only with spdif

good luck

Thanks I now downloaded a custom ROM from this forum and installed and still no sound or HDMI option, looks like its my hardware.

[satstarter]

i hope someone with the same firmware can help you then
i had never problems with hdmi only with spdif

good luck

[kevinho040]

That's strange i have in droid settings audio output hdmi and spdif and there i have hdmi on.....?
i must say however i have the atv firmware on my box
but i think you must also have these setting on the original firmware

- PCM
- SPDIF (which I tried with optical cable but again no sound)
- Auto
- Manual

So no HDMI option. I received the box yesterday with stock android 9.0

[satstarter]

That's strange i have in droid settings audio output hdmi and spdif and there i have hdmi on.....?
i must say however i have the atv firmware on my box
but i think you must also have these setting on the original firmware

[kevinho040]

Sound is working fine over hdmi here the seller of my box has given me a hdmi sound extractor for free so now i have
also sound via spdif did you look at your settings is hdmi on? and surround sound auto?

I don’t have any HDMI settings in my sound menu that’s the weird thing. Surround is on auto! When I connect to my Bluetooth speaker it works but with optical or hdmi cable 0.0 sound.

[satstarter]

Sound is working fine over hdmi here the seller of my box has given me a hdmi sound extractor for free so now i have
also sound via spdif did you look at your settings is hdmi on? and surround sound auto?

[kevinho040]

Hi, guys first of all sorry for my english (i'm from belgium)
i have purchased this box a few weeks ago x96 max 4gb 32mb now my only problem is
the optical out to my receiver dont work i have tried a few roms without succes over hdmi the sound works
i also tried manny settings but none of them works is there some one that have a solution for this
the strange thing is there is a red light in the optical connector from the device when i put the cable in then on the other side of the cable
that goes in the receiver is also red light so that means the signal is ok but no sound if i put the same cable in my sat device then i have sound on my receiver
so its something about the x96 max that doesnt work ??

thanx in advance

So I just bought one of the X96 max 4gb/32gb

i don’t have any sound trough hdmi, optical nothing. I tried different cables, TVs. When I connect trough my Bluetooth soundbar I get sound. I try all kind of setting and options but it looks like my box is broken on arrival?

Anyone has a suggestion?

[janek]

Hi.
How i can unbrick this x96max?

[Fugitive]

Your way off base with this thread

You are correct, i have edited my original post.

[raruba]

For people new to the X96 Max, or type Arm Logic S905X2, expect a lot of tweaking before you have normal use of this device, i have the X96 Max, it's a cheap device, true,
But like i said, you must do some/ a lot tweaking, and if that's no dealbreaker for you, it's okay, for me it's just too much to start with, i switched to a NUC, that's mini very small bare bone pc,
you can mount on the VESA mount of your monitor, or tuck it in a small space, you can flash an image on a USB stick or SD card, put that into the NUC, this process is done in a wizard setup way,
so the first time you need a usb mouse or keyboard connected first time to boot up from the external device.
My NUC has a Celeron cpu, which is enough. barebone pc means that there is no RAM or SSD/HDD present, so this will be more expensive, but you have a stable working solution, my NUC wakes up from a infra red remote control, so i don't need to push a button on this TV-BOX NUC, via hdmi cec the tv can be switched on, so very easy to use.

btw. the software i use on the NUC is LibreELEC, goto https://libreelec.tv and you find all the information you need, also the devices LibreELEC runs on, and these are a lot !
You will also come accross CoreELEC, first, ... this will take up a port, because it does not run internally in the X96 Max, running it internally, brings the chance
that it will brick your X96 Max, for me CoreELEC didn't work.

A Raspberry Pi 4B (4GBversion) can also be a good option.....

sorry for being off topic tis way,

my two cents of experience with this.

Your way off base with this thread

[Fugitive]

For people new to the X96 Max, or type Arm Logic S905X2, expect a lot of tweaking before you have normal use of this device, i have the X96 Max, it's a cheap device, true,
But like i said, you must do some/ a lot tweaking, and if that's no dealbreaker for you, it's okay, for me it's just too much to start with, i switched to a NUC...

[kos25k]

Both Coreelec and libreelec work , Coreelec have perfect amlogic support so much better performance . Under coreelec netflix can be used only with 720p . about Android i use him with latest Sasvlad ATV 2.0 and work very good . Bad thing is that mine and many users report broken spdif out

thanks bro.So I thought it can stream to 1080p.I think I read it on Kodi forums.If it doesn't,I will keep my Vorke Z6.It lags a little,but to a point that it almost isn't noticeable.Any settings I could do to make it run bit smoother?

[Maki_SM]

Hello. i am thinking to buy this box.But i have some inquiries.Have anyone tryied if coreelec/libreelec (bootable from microSD) streams Netflix on 1080p without any issues? Also does the missing statusbar/navbar added with some update? thanks in advance.

Both Coreelec and libreelec work , Coreelec have perfect amlogic support so much better performance . Under coreelec netflix can be used only with 720p . about Android i use him with latest Sasvlad ATV 2.0 and work very good . Bad thing is that mine and many users report broken spdif out

[kos25k]

Hello. i am thinking to buy this box.But i have some inquiries.Have anyone tryied if coreelec/libreelec (bootable from microSD) streams Netflix on 1080p without any issues? Also does the missing statusbar/navbar added with some update? thanks in advance.