UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

[sga000]

tucker973, I was writing my 2nd post while you answered. Thanks so much. I'm much more long-winded than you are, so no problem!

I'm in the middle of trying something, so I'll get back to you soon on what you wrote. I only had time to see your first question so far. I only want to back up the entire stock system, just in case something goes wrong....and I don't know what I'll be left with! I saw other threads where someone wished they had been told to do the "dump" before going ahead with the flash. Unfortunately, that requires root, which I'm not.

So I was hoping there was a stock rom that was "easily restorable", without me having to go through rooting and then doing all the dumping of the partitions.

I'll read the rest soon. Thanks again for your help!

[tucker973]

I don't have experience with Windows 8 or specifics on drivers, unfortunately. But basically, once I got the device connected with the properly installed drivers, plugging it in holding the button down got it recognized in the flash tool. I can't really help much beyond that, so I'll leave it to others in the forum, sorry! You might want to start a new thread with questions about getting set up, or consult some of the other threads about installing drivers under Windows 8.

[sga000]

Since there are no answers yet about my previous post, I thought I'd at least try to get the drivers installed on my laptop. I won't flash the rom until I hear some answers to questions in that post.

But of course, I have more questions! First, I tried the reset button method to get into flash mode. I do hear the BONG. I can go into device manager and see the yellow triangle for "Unknown USB device (device descriptor request failed). I proceed as instructed, browsing the the 64-bit Windows 8 driver. However, when I tell it to "update driver software..", it tells me that "The best driver for your device is already installed. Windows had determined that the driver software for your device is up to date". There is an option to "uninstall" rather than "update". I can certainly try that. But I thought I'd give up on that and try the next method.

Now I went on to trying the flash tool method to get into flash mode.....
There was only one USB cable included with my device. I'm using that for this step 2.
"2) Connected the supplied USB cable from the device to your PC. It will power up and windows
may detect the device. DO not worry about that. We need it powered up."

Then I proceeded to step 3 (Rom Flash tool). In my case, I get "No Found RKAndroid...". So part of step 3 says:
"If at the bottom of the tool you see "No found RKAndroid rock usb". We need to make changes in settings to turn on USB storage. Go into settings and click on developer options. Make sure USB debugging is OFF......." etc.

So now I'm stuck with one of the same questions I had before in my prior post. In order to going into settings, I have to connect the device to the TV through HDMI, right? And I had been using that same USB cable that was mentioned in 2 for connecting the DC port on the dongle to the USB on my TV to get power (I haven't used the adapter that came with it yet).

So...I'm assuming I need to use another USB cable that was not supplied to me? I certainly can do that because I have others, but I don't know about compatibility with all of these cables and this device.

I hope I'm not being too dense here. I'm trying to follow this very carefully, but I guess I'm not reading between the lines very well. Thanks for any help.

[tucker973]

I'm new here...just received my CX-919 yesterday and am preparing to flash this rom.

I'd like to do a backup first, and I found a post by Finless on another thread about how to do this. But it said I need to be rooted first. My stick did not come pre-rooted.

So....I've been looking at that rooting method. But if there is an "easier" way, like a backup of the stock rom that I could use, similar to how the instructions in this README tell us how to do it for the Finless rom, I'd sure like to use that. Does that exist? Sorry if it's staring me in the face and I just don't see it! EDIT: To be a little more clear, I mean I'd rather not do a backup at all...just use some existing stock files to restore.

Also, part of the README for installing drivers talks about turning off USB Debugging, etc. So that means we have to be connected the HDMI with the system booted up, right? And we're connected to the PC at the same time? It's a little awkward for to have it attached to both, just because of positioning of my devices. At some point, can I just be connected to the PC, not the HDMI? Again, apologies for these beginner questions.

Hey, sga, welcome to the world of Android sticks! Is there anything in particular you're looking to backup from your stick? I know it can be a pain re-doing settings over and over on certain apps, but if there's nothing specific that you need to keep from the stick, I find it's almost always worth the time to just wipe out and start from scratch.

As for the process, I always wipe out completely and flash like this (assuming you have the drivers installed):
1: CX-919 not plugged in. At no point does it need to be connected to HDMI through this, but it helps verify results in the end. So you might want to find long cables or move stuff around, but it's not necessary to be hooked up to the TV while flashing. I'll note where you might want to wait a few minutes if you're not connected to the TV when you're flashing.
2: Connect microUSB cable to your PC. Holding down the button on CX-919, plug the microUSB cable into the port on the CX-919. Computer should "dun-DUN!" and recognize you plugged it in. When you run the flashing software, it should indicate it's connected.
--At this point, with the software seeing the device, you're good to go. The additional instructions all pertain to booting the device and putting it into a flash-ready state all through software. If you have a new device and just want to get the latest ROM on it, you don't need to do any of that. [this is what my whole post assumes, so I apologize for wasting your time if this is not the case]
3. Wipe NAND per instructions in Readme.
4. Flash ROM per instructions in Readme.
5. When it's done flashing, if you're connected to the TV, you should see a boot screen and all the misc. loading stuff. If you're not connected to a TV, wait out like 5 minutes or so to let the device do its initial boot, then disconnect and hook up to the TV to verify your boot and whatnot.

Hope that helps, sorry if it was long-winded. I'm fairly new with this but have done quite a bit of work with the CX-919 device recently, so I'm happy to help as much as I can!

[sga000]

I'm new here...just received my CX-919 yesterday and am preparing to flash this rom.

I'd like to do a backup first, and I found a post by Finless on another thread about how to do this. But it said I need to be rooted first. My stick did not come pre-rooted.

So....I've been looking at that rooting method. But if there is an "easier" way, like a backup of the stock rom that I could use, similar to how the instructions in this README tell us how to do it for the Finless rom, I'd sure like to use that. Does that exist? Sorry if it's staring me in the face and I just don't see it! EDIT: To be a little more clear, I mean I'd rather not do a backup at all...just use some existing stock files to restore.

Also, part of the README for installing drivers talks about turning off USB Debugging, etc. So that means we have to be connected the HDMI with the system booted up, right? And we're connected to the PC at the same time? It's a little awkward for to have it attached to both, just because of positioning of my devices. At some point, can I just be connected to the PC, not the HDMI? Again, apologies for these beginner questions.

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AW: UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

Sorry, you are right and the whole ot discussion should be deleted actually... i would have hit the thanx button, if there was one.

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[tucker973]

Even if it is just an arrangemet without someone signing something it is "something like" a contract bob... ;-) however, that is exactly what i wanted to tell...

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Can you please take this somewhere else? This thread is for reporting feedback and issues with the 1.6b ROM. I think the mods have been more than gracious in not removing these posts and/or moving them to somewhere they are relevant. Please start a new thread in the parent forum if you would like to continue airing your grievances. Plenty of people have no problem or interest in your retail issues. This thread is for discussing this firmware and software only.

Again, the mods have been very polite in allowing this off-topic hijack of the thread, but I'm putting in an "official" request to end this discussion or move it elsewhere. For the record, I have no opinion of the retailer one way or another - in fact, I was about to send my device back until I worked with the community to get it working. However, I'm tired of coming back to a thread *about the ROM* thinking there are updates or information only to find an extended unrelated issue. Enough already!

Mods, please feel free to remove this post (as long as we clean the rest of the thread as well! Let's get back to talking about the ROM! Yeesh!)

[Javinator]

Re: UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

im still looking for this ;P

Have you tried an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...d.hidesoftkeys

Haven't tried it myself, but it's worth a shot.

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AW: UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

Even if it is just an arrangemet without someone signing something it is "something like" a contract bob... ;-) however, that is exactly what i wanted to tell...

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[Finless]

You didnt get what he wanted to say, ge meant bob should stop advertising for geekbuying in his roms.

However this wont happen, as afaik bob receives free sample devices from geekbuying so he can release his roms for the devices. And geekbuying officially supports his roms in turn. This means there is some kind of contract bitween them.

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I have no CONTRACT with GB. But as you say they send me a device and I will do a ROM. I add GB on the boot screen if they do. I would do that with anyone that send devices. It is a fair trade!

Not all customers are unhappy with GB. I would say more are happy then not. Yes they screw up sometimes and in fact I told Eric to FIX HIS CUSTOMER PROBLEMS or we would no longer do work together. If it keeps up, I will stop doing it and use someone else.

But I wont go removing something just because one person asks me and is upset with a vendor! It takes more than one person.

Bob

[DiSrUpTeR]

Ok back on topic........Nice rom 1.6b

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AW: UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

What do you not understand about asking a dev to remove something from a rom.? You want to hurt gb? Well your going about it the wrong way. First, post in the right place. Second, everyone knows what the relationships are between devs and that company. Your not going to get support from people by going at it like this. You need to deal with the company. Do some reading and learn what others have done to get it dealt with. Earn some empathy. Being arrogant is not helping.

Omg, you are not able to read, and to differe two people, makes no sense to try telling you something. I give up, you win.

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[peety]

What?

As i say, you didnt get it, it doesnt bother him, ok it does, but he wants to hurt geekbuying this way, nobody should see that ad. I also dont agree with him, but i can understand his thought.


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What do you not understand about asking a dev to remove something from a rom.? You want to hurt gb? Well your going about it the wrong way. First, post in the right place. Second, everyone knows what the relationships are between devs and that company. Your not going to get support from people by going at it like this. You need to deal with the company. Do some reading and learn what others have done to get it dealt with. Earn some empathy. Being arrogant is not helping.

[capache]

As i say, you didnt get it, it doesnt bother him, ok it does, but he wants to hurt geekbuying this way, nobody should see that ad. I also dont agree with him, but i can understand his thought.


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I created my own boot animation. it is not hard to do.
Ps: I am a software engineer.

but the problem is not the boot animation it self.

I am very angry. This site is not serious. they got my money for nothing.

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AW: UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

No, I understand. Im just saying if it bothers him. Change it. Asking the dev to do it....Not going to happen. Have you posted in the gb thread? Tried thier facebook page? Again, I do hope they will step up and do the right thing.

As i say, you didnt get it, it doesnt bother him, ok it does, but he wants to hurt geekbuying this way, nobody should see that ad. I also dont agree with him, but i can understand his thought.


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