UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

[blinkone]

You need to use the side microUSB slot (which should be the OTG port). The DC port if for power only and is not used or necessary when flashing as the stick get's its power from your PC.

Noooo The OTG port on the cx919 is the one on the top next to the full sized usb port,,its normaly the one on the side on most sticks but not on the cx919..

[smithmal]

i cant get my computer to see the tv player.
i have it off hold the button on the side.
the put the USB cable from computer to usb DC port so it boot it boot into recovery mode.
should I change and have the usb cable from computer into the other USB port.
and how.
should I have it of.
hold the button insert DC power cable then usb to computer and let it boot into recovery mode.
is that right or how to.

You need to use the side microUSB slot (which should be the OTG port). The DC port if for power only and is not used or necessary when flashing as the stick get's its power from your PC. Here's what I do:

1. Start up the Flashing tool (it should say no device recognized)
2. Unplug everything from your Android stick except the microUSB cable (which came with the stick (VERY IMPORTANT that you use this cable)) which should be plugged into your OTG slot (side slot).
3. Hold down your flash button on your Android stick
4. While holding down your flash button, plug the other end of your USB cable into your PC (use USB 2.0 slot and don't use a USB hub). It's preferable to use a USB slot in the back as that hooks straight into your motherboard.
5. Once you've plugged your cable into your PC let go of the stick's flash button
6. You should here the familiar "bong" from your PC which indicates that it has recognized that a USB peripheral has been connected to your PC. If you don't then re-try. You must make sure that you are holding the flash button while connecting the cable to the PC.
7. At this point your computer should have recognized your stick (if you've already installed the proper drivers) and the flash tool has also indicated that your stick is recognized. If you haven't installed your drivers, then you will be asked to do this at this point. Use the drivers that are included in the ROM pack that Finless provides.
8. Flash your stick with the ROM as indicated in the instructions located within the ROM pack.

Hope that helps.

smithmal

[Nomad13]

I am game but fill me in.... What are they?

Maybe we work on a ROM together if you like?

Bob

Hey, Bob.

Thanks for the offer, but I do not know much about Android internals and ROM building I simply fixed annoying things, that's all.

My mod is described on the page 12, message #227 and can be downloaded from there. Basically, I've replaced misaligned cursor, changed boot image/animation to a less annoying and swapped sdcard/external_sd mount points.

[PsyDonia]

i cant get my computer to see the tv player.
i have it off hold the button on the side.
the put the USB cable from computer to usb DC port so it boot it boot into recovery mode.
should I change and have the usb cable from computer into the other USB port.
and how.
should I have it of.
hold the button insert DC power cable then usb to computer and let it boot into recovery mode.
is that right or how to.

[w_mccombs]

That's weird. I thought the flash tool wouldn't recognize your stick at all unless it was in flash mode. Have you tried uninstalling the unknown USB device in device manager, reboot and see if the PC requests a driver? From my recollection, getting Windows to "forget" a bad driver is not easy although it is possible with some work. Has your PC ever recognized your stick in the past? My suggestion would be to try and find a Windows 7 box and try connecting your stick to that.

smithmal

I've attached a usb tool call USBDeview, it's freeware. It lets you view usb devices currently attached or that you've connected in the past. It's a little tricky to use but I've found it to be invaluable with all the flashing that I do to tabs and phones. Sometimes it's easier to delete them with this tool and start over. You need to watch the items you're deleting or you may delete something you don't want to delete. HTH Bill
PS I do NOT know if this works with Windows 8 as I've only used it with Win 7 x64 and x86

[w_mccombs]

OK, I've tried 1.4, 1.5, and the latest 1.6 to no avail. All i get is flickering flickering flickering.

I've even loaded it back to "stock" which was linked else where, still flickers.

I even used a clockworkmod recovery image and it flickers even in there!

It did not flicker before i started doing all this, regardless of 720 or 1080. In one build i saw, when i dropped it to 480, it flickered the least.

I'm starting to think either it broke at the same time as the first re-flash, or the re-flash broke it. I've even tried mixing different recovery/boot images into the latest version to no avail. Nothing I do makes it stop flickering. I have never had any problems erasing or flashing for 20 or so times either.

Any suggestions? Think i'm going to load it stock again and try to send it back, lol. Who knows if that will work.

I had the flashing to the point of unusable but when I could get into Settings - Screen - HDMI Mode I changed it to the last of the 3 options and the flashing went away. That was right after flashing the ROM then trying to setup. Once I got it to my TV I then changed to the option that I wanted and all was good. My monitor just didn't like the default setting after flashing the new ROM

[sga000]

I had this identical issue. I absolutely could not get my windows 8.1 machine to recognize the device properly. I had to flash finless1.6b using my windows 7 machine.

Read this thread. My post #39 shows how I finally got ONE of my 3 USB ports to work with Windows 8.1. But no one has ever responded and said that this worked for them.

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?7259-Drivers-for-Windows-8-1

[Gets]

I tried every USB port on my PC. I am using the original USB cable that came with my Android Stick. I am running Win 8.1 and flashed FinlessROM 1.4 on the same PC with no problems. The device manager is showing this: Unknown USB device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) I go to update driver and it says windows already has the best driver installed and wont accept the updated driver. It doesn't even give me the option to make Windows update the drive, damn Win 8!!!! Funny thing is when I plug it in normal (not flash mode) the Flash tool shows it connected. Im about to smash my PC!!!

I had this identical issue. I absolutely could not get my windows 8.1 machine to recognize the device properly. I had to flash finless1.6b using my windows 7 machine.

[smithmal]

I tried every USB port on my PC. I am using the original USB cable that came with my Android Stick. I am running Win 8.1 and flashed FinlessROM 1.4 on the same PC with no problems. The device manager is showing this: Unknown USB device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) I go to update driver and it says windows already has the best driver installed and wont accept the updated driver. It doesn't even give me the option to make Windows update the drive, damn Win 8!!!! Funny thing is when I plug it in normal (not flash mode) the Flash tool shows it connected. Im about to smash my PC!!!

That's weird. I thought the flash tool wouldn't recognize your stick at all unless it was in flash mode. Have you tried uninstalling the unknown USB device in device manager, reboot and see if the PC requests a driver? From my recollection, getting Windows to "forget" a bad driver is not easy although it is possible with some work. Has your PC ever recognized your stick in the past? My suggestion would be to try and find a Windows 7 box and try connecting your stick to that.

smithmal

[louser]

Regardless of whether or not you have the drivers successfully installed, when you put your stick into flash mode and connect it to the PC, the PC should recognize that something was plugged into it. If the drivers weren't installed correctly it should say "Unrecognized Device" and ask you for drivers. If it's not doing this then my assumption is:
1. Your USB cable or USB port is an issue
2. You are not putting your stick into flash mode properly
3. Your stick is defective

In the past, my issue was due to issue #1. You need to make sure you use the cable that came with your stick as these sticks seems to be very sensitive to the USB cable. I had like 4 or 5 USB to microUSB cables that were fine for other peripherals, but would not work with the CX-919. My PC would not register that I had plugged the stick into a USB port until I identified the one that actually came with the stick. It would be great if someone could post a USB that they bought that actually works with this stick b/c if my cable goes bad, then connecting the stick to the PC is going to be a problem for me.

Try connecting to a USB port on the back of your PC (i.e. direct connection to your motherboard). Make sure it's a USB 2.0 port (a USB 3.0 port may not work). If you still have connection issues remove all connections to your PC except your mouse and keyboard as there may be a device conflict that you're not aware of. Finally if none of this works, try another PC. At a minimum, your PC should recognize that you've plugged something into it when putting your stick into flash mode. Whether or not it actually recognizes what that "something is" is a driver issue which you can troubleshoot later. BTW, what OS is your PC on? I know this stick works with Windows XP and 7, I'm not sure about Windows 8.

Hope that helps,

smithmal

I tried every USB port on my PC. I am using the original USB cable that came with my Android Stick. I am running Win 8.1 and flashed FinlessROM 1.4 on the same PC with no problems. The device manager is showing this: Unknown USB device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) I go to update driver and it says windows already has the best driver installed and wont accept the updated driver. It doesn't even give me the option to make Windows update the drive, damn Win 8!!!! Funny thing is when I plug it in normal (not flash mode) the Flash tool shows it connected. Im about to smash my PC!!!

[smithmal]

he flash tool doesn't recognize it at all I have tried everything but I cant uninstall the driver win 8 used when I first plugged it in. I wanted to reformat my PC but I get some error about missing files. Im gonna beat myPC with a sledgehammer lol

Regardless of whether or not you have the drivers successfully installed, when you put your stick into flash mode and connect it to the PC, the PC should recognize that something was plugged into it. If the drivers weren't installed correctly it should say "Unrecognized Device" and ask you for drivers. If it's not doing this then my assumption is:
1. Your USB cable or USB port is an issue
2. You are not putting your stick into flash mode properly
3. Your stick is defective

In the past, my issue was due to issue #1. You need to make sure you use the cable that came with your stick as these sticks seems to be very sensitive to the USB cable. I had like 4 or 5 USB to microUSB cables that were fine for other peripherals, but would not work with the CX-919. My PC would not register that I had plugged the stick into a USB port until I identified the one that actually came with the stick. It would be great if someone could post a USB that they bought that actually works with this stick b/c if my cable goes bad, then connecting the stick to the PC is going to be a problem for me.

Try connecting to a USB port on the back of your PC (i.e. direct connection to your motherboard). Make sure it's a USB 2.0 port (a USB 3.0 port may not work). If you still have connection issues remove all connections to your PC except your mouse and keyboard as there may be a device conflict that you're not aware of. Finally if none of this works, try another PC. At a minimum, your PC should recognize that you've plugged something into it when putting your stick into flash mode. Whether or not it actually recognizes what that "something is" is a driver issue which you can troubleshoot later. BTW, what OS is your PC on? I know this stick works with Windows XP and 7, I'm not sure about Windows 8.

Hope that helps,

smithmal

[sarcher3]

OK, I've tried 1.4, 1.5, and the latest 1.6 to no avail. All i get is flickering flickering flickering.

I've even loaded it back to "stock" which was linked else where, still flickers.

I even used a clockworkmod recovery image and it flickers even in there!

It did not flicker before i started doing all this, regardless of 720 or 1080. In one build i saw, when i dropped it to 480, it flickered the least.

I'm starting to think either it broke at the same time as the first re-flash, or the re-flash broke it. I've even tried mixing different recovery/boot images into the latest version to no avail. Nothing I do makes it stop flickering. I have never had any problems erasing or flashing for 20 or so times either.

Any suggestions? Think i'm going to load it stock again and try to send it back, lol. Who knows if that will work.

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The flashing is likely related to a defect in hardware. That was my problem. Reproducing the error was relatively simple:

Set the resolution (on any ROM core) to 1080p. Even if the kernel/boot is lower and setting the higher resolution won't actually change the display, but triggers the hardware failure which causes the screen to flicker/flash.

In only had it on the CX-919. I had mine unit replaced and the problem went away.

[Finless]

Thanks for feedback. Do you have original single-antenna Tronsmart CX-919?

I hope finless include some of it in 1.7. I can provide all sources (so he can easily put geekbuing logo back) if he needs it. Just PM me.

I am game but fill me in.... What are they?

Maybe we work on a ROM together if you like?

Bob

[Echo7]

OK, I've tried 1.4, 1.5, and the latest 1.6 to no avail. All i get is flickering flickering flickering.

I've even loaded it back to "stock" which was linked else where, still flickers.

I even used a clockworkmod recovery image and it flickers even in there!

It did not flicker before i started doing all this, regardless of 720 or 1080. In one build i saw, when i dropped it to 480, it flickered the least.

I'm starting to think either it broke at the same time as the first re-flash, or the re-flash broke it. I've even tried mixing different recovery/boot images into the latest version to no avail. Nothing I do makes it stop flickering. I have never had any problems erasing or flashing for 20 or so times either.

Any suggestions? Think i'm going to load it stock again and try to send it back, lol. Who knows if that will work.

[louser]

Does the flash tool recognize your stick when you put it into flash mode when connecting it to the PC? If so, I wouldn't worry about the drivers. I notice issues with my PC not recognizing my stick constantly, but what really matters (in terms of being able to flash ROMs and firmwares) is if the flash tool recognizes the stick after you put the stick into flash mode.

smithmal

he flash tool doesn't recognize it at all I have tried everything but I cant uninstall the driver win 8 used when I first plugged it in. I wanted to reformat my PC but I get some error about missing files. Im gonna beat myPC with a sledgehammer lol