UPDATED - CX919 - 4.2.2 - Finless ROM 1.6b

[icezar]

Im going to ask a silly question now have you got the drivers installed.

Any other thoughts?

I use cx-919 4.2 finless1.6 or RKDevelop Tool 1.37
use the rom tool in file.... ROM FLASH TOOL 1.37 or RKDEVELOP TOOL 1.37
ERASE NAND (IDB).... THEn FLASH ROM.
You need to connect thru Computer to device. connect with cable USB Computer mico to mini usb
hold FN on side of device untill it tells you FOUND
XBMC WILL RUN SMOOTH

I cannot see the device in those tools. I explained why above.

[codger64]

Re: bdaddyb I use cx-919 4.2 finless 1.6 or RKDevelop Tool 1.37

I use cx-919 4.2 finless1.6 or RKDevelop Tool 1.37
use the rom tool in file.... ROM FLASH TOOL 1.37 or RKDEVELOP TOOL 1.37
ERASE NAND (IDB).... THEn FLASH ROM.
You need to connect thru Computer to device. connect with cable USB Computer mico to mini usb
hold FN on side of device untill it tells you FOUND
XBMC WILL RUN SMOOTH

Hellob daddyb: can you tell me how to erase the Nand "exactly" - I am not familiar with that process? Also when I flash the ROM do I use the "restore" buttopn in the flash tool or the "update" button? You say you used the finless rom 1.6 but is that the 1.6b version and did it solve the issues with using it with XBMC? Thanks in advance for your reply!

[bdaddyb]

AVOID RK3188T

Well, I wish I could using the method given but as the thing keeps on disconnecting, I don't even have the chance to click on it in Device Manager.

What I did do though was to manually install the driver by right clicking on the .inf file and selecting Install. I was hoping that might solve it but it did not.

To answer your question, I was unable to install the drivers through the recommended method. Also, while using a workaround to install them, there was no change in behaviour.

I use cx-919 4.2 finless1.6 or RKDevelop Tool 1.37
use the rom tool in file.... ROM FLASH TOOL 1.37 or RKDEVELOP TOOL 1.37
ERASE NAND (IDB).... THEn FLASH ROM.
You need to connect thru Computer to device. connect with cable USB Computer mico to mini usb
hold FN on side of device untill it tells you FOUND
XBMC WILL RUN SMOOTH

[icezar]

Im going to ask a silly question now have you got the drivers installed.

Well, I wish I could using the method given but as the thing keeps on disconnecting, I don't even have the chance to click on it in Device Manager.

What I did do though was to manually install the driver by right clicking on the .inf file and selecting Install. I was hoping that might solve it but it did not.

To answer your question, I was unable to install the drivers through the recommended method. Also, while using a workaround to install them, there was no change in behaviour.

[bdaddyb]

(T) STANDS FOR TROUBLE

Hello all - I'm new here and new to this whole internet streaming stuff so please don't assume I know how to read between the lines yet we all had to start somewhere - right .
My CX-919 Rockchip RK3188T 1.4Ghz speed is rebooting constantly and sometimes won't even stay on when I move the mouse or anything. I tried a restore from within Android 4.2.2 (and I have the stock ROM with no changes) but that did not solve anything. Next I went to the Geek Buying site and downloaded the stock ROM from there and the Rockchip Batch tool v1.6 and USB drivers for windows and I believe I got the drivers installed for my 64 bit machine installed OK as I was able to find the CX-919 0715 update image file and the light at the bottom of the batch tool turned green and it seemed to install fine and it said it was OK at the end but now the CX-919 won't boot. Just shows the blue Android icon like it was loading but stops part way through and disconnects from the TV. Now that I think about it maybe the trouble is that the instructions on the Geek Buying site said to click the restore button in the batch tool but the image is labeled "cx-919 0715 update.img" - could it be that the instructions are incorrect and the upgrade button should be used and not the restore button?

My second question is: would this Finless CX-919 4.2.2 1.6b Rom posted here work better on my CX-919 Rockchip RK3188T 1.4Ghz and solve the rebooting issue or should I try the KitKat 4.4 upgrade here:

http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2014/03/31/rom-download-official-android-4-4-kitkat-firmware-for-rk3188t-tv-box-and-tv-sticks/

I just want this stick to stream properly to my LG smart TV from the net using XBMC and the like and hopefully be able to cut the Cable Company cord soon. Sorry for the long winded explanation - any help would be much appreciated.

Have tried all roms even kit-kat ..still have blinking issues, or re starts... Need to stick with RK3188 1.6z
it works great with XBMC
(T) IS TROUBLE.

[codger64]

CX-919T reboots constantly

Hello all - I'm new here and new to this whole internet streaming stuff so please don't assume I know how to read between the lines yet we all had to start somewhere - right .
My CX-919 Rockchip RK3188T 1.4Ghz speed is rebooting constantly and sometimes won't even stay on when I move the mouse or anything. I tried a restore from within Android 4.2.2 (and I have the stock ROM with no changes) but that did not solve anything. Next I went to the Geek Buying site and downloaded the stock ROM from there and the Rockchip Batch tool v1.6 and USB drivers for windows and I believe I got the drivers installed for my 64 bit machine installed OK as I was able to find the CX-919 0715 update image file and the light at the bottom of the batch tool turned green and it seemed to install fine and it said it was OK at the end but now the CX-919 won't boot. Just shows the blue Android icon like it was loading but stops part way through and disconnects from the TV. Now that I think about it maybe the trouble is that the instructions on the Geek Buying site said to click the restore button in the batch tool but the image is labeled "cx-919 0715 update.img" - could it be that the instructions are incorrect and the upgrade button should be used and not the restore button?

My second question is: would this Finless CX-919 4.2.2 1.6b Rom posted here work better on my CX-919 Rockchip RK3188T 1.4Ghz and solve the rebooting issue or should I try the KitKat 4.4 upgrade here:

http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2014/03/31/rom-download-official-android-4-4-kitkat-firmware-for-rk3188t-tv-box-and-tv-sticks/

I just want this stick to stream properly to my LG smart TV from the net using XBMC and the like and hopefully be able to cut the Cable Company cord soon. Sorry for the long winded explanation - any help would be much appreciated.

[blinkone]

Apologies, forgot to mention, tried the original cable, 2 other cables that I had laying around, tried different USB ports also tried running it on an old Windows XP laptop with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports. Same behaviour...

Im going to ask a silly question now have you got the drivers installed.

[icezar]

Try another lead sounds like a bad connection

Apologies, forgot to mention, tried the original cable, 2 other cables that I had laying around, tried different USB ports also tried running it on an old Windows XP laptop with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports. Same behaviour...

[blinkone]

Hi guys,

New to the Android mini PC world although I have some background in Android ROM cooking.

What I know is that every Android device needs to have a boot loader, a recovery and a kernel besides the system, data and cache partitions.

Now, this flash mode that everyone is talking about I assume is the recovery mode. I don't seem to be having problems getting there but for some reason the device connects/disconnects from the PC intermittently meaning that I follow the procedure to get to "flash mode" and the PC just starts playing the USB connect and USB disconnect sound one after another for about 10 times until the device decides to reboot into Android.

To make it simple:
USB device connect sound: DING
USB device disconnect sound: DONG

What happens:
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
...x10

Then reboots to Android.

Any hints?

Try another lead sounds like a bad connection

[icezar]

CX-919 repeatedly connecting/disconnecting

Hi guys,

New to the Android mini PC world although I have some background in Android ROM cooking.

What I know is that every Android device needs to have a boot loader, a recovery and a kernel besides the system, data and cache partitions.

Now, this flash mode that everyone is talking about I assume is the recovery mode. I don't seem to be having problems getting there but for some reason the device connects/disconnects from the PC intermittently meaning that I follow the procedure to get to "flash mode" and the PC just starts playing the USB connect and USB disconnect sound one after another for about 10 times until the device decides to reboot into Android.

To make it simple:
USB device connect sound: DING
USB device disconnect sound: DONG

What happens:
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
DING -> Windows message "USB device not recognised...bla"->DONG
...x10

Then reboots to Android.

Any hints?

[blinkone]

Will someone please fix the download site? I just got my 919 in and wanted to flash it and... nada. First the site was down, now it's responding but redirecting to this board and rejecting the links to the ROMs due to non existing files. What happened, guys?

FTP server is down. They are working on it. It wont be fixed until Monday as the hoster is not there on weekends

[naerylan]

Will someone please fix the download site? I just got my 919 in and wanted to flash it and... nada. First the site was down, now it's responding but redirecting to this board and rejecting the links to the ROMs due to non existing files. What happened, guys?

[kbuster]

I'd like to follow in your footsteps

Wanted rooted Rom on my cx919. Had a knock off which worked well with finless 1.6b but hdmi output died. Purchased tronsmart version but finless 1.6b Rom caused screen to intermittently blank out. I think hdmi signal was intermittently dropping. Flashed updated stock Rom then Flashed finles 1.6b on top but kept stock kernel. Everything seems fine now!

Would you please give me baby steps of how you did this. Link to updated stock ROM and how did you flash finless "on top". Excuse my noobness!

[selv]

cx919 non stock 1080p and 720p kernel fail

UPDATE! 10/20/2013
New ROM is 1.6b
1.6b fixes:
1) Latest recovery.img from CX. If you have a older stick you may not get a screen while recovery is formatting.
If you don't (my old stick doesnt) just wait at least 5 minutes. Recovery still works you just get no screen.
The newer sticks the screen works in recovery and it also solves some NAND issues.
For you older stick guys if you want recovery to have a screen, just copy recovery.img from my CX-919 1.5 ROM.

2) Fixes touch screen issues with real USB touch screens AND for APPs that need to emulate touches like Joy Center or Tinecore APP.
I replaced some lib files and added virtual_touchscreen.ko. The lib files were the key to fixing touch!

Link has been updated below

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OK folks... I spent a good amount of time on this ROM doing what you all asked!
This is not a rip of the Neo X7 ROM. It is actually more the MK908 ROM 1.6 I did with parts of other tablet ROMs, TV sticks, etc!

I have not done any work on the CX-919 in a while and sorry to say it was needed
I really like this ROM myself and have now moved the CX-919 into my living room TV.

Folks if you like this ROM I could use a few donations. Sorry to ask but donations have been few and far between lately.

On with the show.

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Features and release notes for my 1.5 Android 4.2.2 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.
Your device will show up in google play as Samsung device nopt a CX-919 or RKSDK! Understand this please.
I also left the original build.prop in the ROM called build.orig.
If you want to go back, just use ES FIle Explorer or a root file explorer and rename build.prop to build.old
Then rename build.orig to build.prop.
Go into settings, apps, all and go into the Google Play app. Clear the cache and data.
Reboot! You should be back to showing up as a 908.
WARNING if you do this, you need to be using the 1080 kernel or your screen will be oversized!

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

10) Kernel choices:
Special thanks to Freaktab user Sam321 (Simon) for his Frame Skipping fixed kernels!
I also give you the stock latest kernels but these still have the frame skipping issue!
They are supplied for people that want to use them anyway.
Kernels:
kernel720_stock.img
kernel1080_stock.img
kernel720_simon_no_oc.img - 720P No Overclock with frame skip fix - This is the default.
kernel1080_simon_no_oc.img - 1080P No Overclock with frame skip fix

Special note: PJ Andersons pacther does not seem to fix the frame skipping on the stock kernels.
I did not test overclock patching with his patchomatic tool so I do not know if that works.
If you want to try overclocked kernels, go here:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?6185-overclocked-kernel-and-Frame-skipping-fix-for-the-new-Ap6210-WiFi-MK802-IV-or-UG007B-or-cx-919

11) I fixed the double Camera icon showing up in the APP drawer.

12) Various wifi patches and updates for performance.


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

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Here are the links for Android 4.2.2 Finless 1.6b ROM

ROM -> CX919 - Android 4.2.2 - Finless 1.6b ROM (239 megs)




Enjoy,
Bob

hi and thank-you for your good work .am new to this site but not to plc/flashing and i recently attempted to flash this ROM to my new cx919 device i first attemped the default settings ROM with 720p no oc etc and ended up with no screen output (tv message= unsupported signal) so i tried the same thing but with 1080p no oc and 1080p boot etc and got same result . so i figured part of the rom isnt compatable with tv (samsung full hd 1920 by 1080p le40aa656a 1fxxu) so i tried the stock 720p and 1080p with a good result the device booted and all worked apart from wi fi (after a power down and reboot .still no wi fi )but my main concern was the output the only reason i wanted to flash this was to stop the skipping issue so i was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem and/or any fixes or maybe a new 720p kernel out there that solves the skipping issue and will work on my cx919

be gentle its my first time on here lol

thanks in advance

selv

[MARIANOTE]

It should allow you to choose a file from the sdcard, which you can load with a sdcard reader on your PC.
Steps: http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php...cks-is-coming/

I dont know if normal .img ROMS can be installed from this CWM recovery, or if you need a flashable .zip file with install script built in.

i think the same, CWM needs a zip to install roms, not img...
best luck

any rom with kitkat for c919? to try, this bob rom y awesome a stable, but i wish kitkat! regards!