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    MK908ii Finless ROM 1.4a

    UPDATED 9/29
    Finless 1.4a

    I found an issue with 1.4. Developer Options were not showing in the settings menu. That is now fixed. Tronsmart tried to be smart to stop editing of build.prop and in turn it would hide developer settings. Stupid honestly.

    Google also updated a couple base APPs so I updated those to the latest again.

    Bob

    _________________________________

    Hey folks. So I finally finished the MK908ii ROM. I just had to play with it a bunch and figure it out.
    There is some new things in this ROM that I believe came from RockChip. Or they used on of Sam's or pjandersons kernel patches to fix frame skipping. Bottom line this stick and ROM has the best video playback I have seen!

    The odd thing about the stock ROM is the kernel is a 1080P kernel!
    I found this out by editing build.prop
    changing this to a 0
    video.use.overlay=0
    caused it to reboot at full 1080 and Antutu or other tools reported it as 1920x1080. With that set to a 1, Antutu reported it at 1280x720.
    So I patched the kernel to a 720 kernel and got an increase in performance! Thus I give you my ROM with the 720 kernel and you can go back to 1080 kernel if you like.

    Features and release notes for my 1.4 ROM:

    1) Rooted and new SU and Superuser applied that supports Android 4.2.2

    2) Stock ROM was only 2 Gig of APP space.
    BUT you also have parameter file options!
    There are also 1gb, 2gb, 4gb and 6gb options.
    Read below for how to change that in the flash tool.
    Realize if you use this 6gb option, internal SDcard will only have about 600 megs of free space!

    3) Debloated of junk APPs and Google Apps you can get from Google Play.
    I also updated Google Play and required Google APPs to the latest version.

    4) As always, full init.d support! If you do not know what that is... ignore it. For geeks that want to use it. It is there!

    5) I re-enabled location services. This is now in the settings menu.
    Tested and working with all APPs that use it.
    Remember to turn off GPS as we have no GPS.

    6) I also re-enabled accessibility options in settings.

    7) Gameloft fix. This fixes Gameloft games from crashing to the desktop.
    Many of them do not run and crash to the desktop. This is due to a license check based on the device.
    Special thanks to Christian Troy for inventing this fix. I modded it for this ROM.

    8) Build.prop edit to open up the Google Play store to APPs that normally say "not compatible".
    I am spoofing a Samsung device that will show almost any APP as compatible.

    9) I added a reboot APP that will allow optional reboot options like reboot to bootloader (flash mode).

    10) 1080P Kernel if you want it! Tronsmart released a 1080 kernel but faked it back to 720.
    I have unpacked it from boot and made it a choice in this ROM package.
    See instructions below for how to choose the correct boot.img and kernel.img
    720P boot and kernel is the default setup in my flash tool.

    11) Factory Data Reset did not work. I have fixed this.

    For more information ALWAYS read the README in the ROM kit!

    ________________________

    Here are the links for 1.4a ROM

    ROM -> Tronsmart MK908ii Finless 1.4a ROM (237 megs)



    Enjoy,
    Bob
    Last edited by Finless; 30 September 2013, 00:05.
    "Pzebacz im, bo nie wiedzą, co czynią"
    "Прости им, они не ведают, что творят"
    "Perdona loro perché non sanno quello che fanno"
    "Vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun"
    "Vergeef hen want ze weten niet wat ze doen"
    "Pardonne-leur car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"
    "Perdónalos porque no saben que lo que hacen"
    "Oprosti im, jer ne znaju što čine"
    "Forgive them as they know not what they do"





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    #2
    Legend mate, great work!!

    Is this you main stick now, what do you actually use on a day to day??

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      #3
      Does this rom work for the MK908 v3 sticks as well ?

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        #4
        Originally posted by The_Ace View Post
        Does this rom work for the MK908 v3 sticks as well ?
        I too am needing this for my MK908 V3. Us poor V3 owners really got hosed by Tronsmart, with no real rom support and the roms that do work severly limiting performance.

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          #5
          yeah for the v3 would be great too indeeed .

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            #6
            I will see if I can work on the V3 later but I do not have one so it makes it rather difficult!

            However, geekbuying said they just released a new ROM for the MK 908 that is suppose to support the V3 too.

            Bob
            "Pzebacz im, bo nie wiedzą, co czynią"
            "Прости им, они не ведают, что творят"
            "Perdona loro perché non sanno quello che fanno"
            "Vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun"
            "Vergeef hen want ze weten niet wat ze doen"
            "Pardonne-leur car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"
            "Perdónalos porque no saben que lo que hacen"
            "Oprosti im, jer ne znaju što čine"
            "Forgive them as they know not what they do"





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              #7
              thanks for you great builds

              hopefully you can build some roms for the v3 too . Would be very awesome to test some finless Bob roms on my mk908 v3 .

              i use my mk908 mainly for VoD services like Watchever (offical App from the playstore no browser client) youtube etc. Does Netflix videos running smooth on your builds ? no jitter/frame lags etc?


              best regards from Germany

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                #8
                Originally posted by Finless View Post
                I will see if I can work on the V3 later but I do not have one so it makes it rather difficult!

                However, geekbuying said they just released a new ROM for the MK 908 that is suppose to support the V3 too.

                Bob
                When and Where is new rom for MK 908???

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by The_Ace View Post
                  Does this rom work for the MK908 v3 sticks as well ?
                  To answer my own question, this rom does not work on the MK908 v3.

                  Originally posted by hilltopper06 View Post
                  I too am needing this for my MK908 V3. Us poor V3 owners really got hosed by Tronsmart, with no real rom support and the roms that do work severly limiting performance.
                  yeah. When I ordered the last two sticks, I was hoping it'll be the v1s as the v1s with the custom rom worked great but to my dismay, it is v3.

                  Originally posted by Finless View Post
                  I will see if I can work on the V3 later but I do not have one so it makes it rather difficult!

                  However, geekbuying said they just released a new ROM for the MK 908 that is suppose to support the V3 too.

                  Bob
                  Would greatly appreciate it f you can work on a v3. AFAIK, geekbuying released only the stock rom image. Its the same rom they ship the v3 with.
                  The biggest issue with the stock rom for me is that screen rotation is messed up. In the v3, if regardless of the screen resolution, the moment you rotate the screen, the resolution goes crazy and it shows only a quarter of the screen (the top left part). This does not happen with the v1 stock rom or your custom rom.

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                    #10
                    I haven't seen a new stock MK908 rom since 08/02? Did I miss something?

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                      #11
                      Re: NEW - MK908ii Finless ROM 1.4

                      Hello ,

                      First of all, Bob many thanks for your great work .

                      Can i use this rom with the mk908 v1 ?

                      Thank you

                      Sent from my HTC One X+ using Tapatalk 2

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by shosh View Post
                        Hello ,

                        First of all, Bob many thanks for your great work .

                        Can i use this rom with the mk908 v1 ?

                        Thank you

                        Sent from my HTC One X+ using Tapatalk 2

                        Was wondering the same myself.

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                          #13
                          Happy not being alone about V3 disaster. And I have 2 of them

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                            #14
                            got it working on the V3 by simply replacing the kernel and boot.img v1 should boot with the V3 stock kernel uploading now
                            current devices(rockchip sucks)
                            Hardkernel ODROID C1 running android kitkat
                            Hardkernel ODROID XU3-L Running Linux/openelec (primary media server)
                            rPi model B+ running nothing ... bricked

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Legitsu View Post
                              got it working on the V3 by simply replacing the kernel and boot.img v1 should boot with the V3 stock kernel uploading now
                              Thanks man! works great on my v3

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