Minix Neo X7 - Finless 1.7 ROM

[pukipuki]

Sound Dropout Watching Movies!

Hi.. Just wondering if there is a way to fix the sound dropout while watching
movies on BsPlayer and MxPlayer? My Minix Neo 7 is connected with Supra HDMI on my
Sony Bravia KDL-4000. Thanks!!

[Molle]

so if we use finless 1.7 with your custom kernel , would you thinl that my refresh problem in display is going to be fixed? hdmi aka problem...

Can't give any definite answers. Some users experience HDMI problems, others don't. Some users have their X7s freezing and shutting down, others don't. Reverting back to my custom-built pre-007 kernel seems to have stabilised my system. YMMV.

You could also try one of the kernels Phjanderson patched for the Finless 1.6 ROM. If the kernel file name contains the text 'vsfsam', it includes the same video stutter fix from Sam321 which Minix included in the 007 stock kernel.

[Link6381]

Finless 720 o/c kernels flashing, After full ROM/kernel flash

Hi, I have had no problem following the attached instructions to do complete ROM flashes from Finless. But, if I want to just test/try a different kernel on my 1.6 or 1.7 Finless ROMS,

Using the Finless ROM Flash Tool v1.37, do I only check #4 after choosing the kernel, or are others required to be checked from #'s 1-7 along with #4 kernel? And this would leave everything intact on the X7, correct? (I do have a Titanium backup of everything just in-case) Thanks

[Pluto]

Hello!

I'm trying to connect a bluetooth keyboard (microsoft wedge) to my minix. i have managed to get it connected from within 1meter distance (maybe even less). When i move further away it disconnects. I have changed batteries etc. It's not a problem with the keyboard because when i pair it with my Galaxy S4, it works flawlessly (it even works from 10meters away).

Any ideas ?

thanx

did you remove the antenna? i think it's used by BT as well.

[Molle]

Using the Finless ROM Flash Tool v1.37, do I only check #4 after choosing the kernel?

Exactly. Check just the kernel entry and leave all others unchecked.

BTW: While you're doing this, you might want to consider flashing the CWM Recovery as well.

[Guest]

Is the A2 mouse working properly for you?

So i wrote a small peice on a few tweaks I did on the minix forum, thought i would share it with everyone here too.


By the way, is anyone here using the A2 Air mouse? for me it is working quite horrible, major drop outs and unstable performance. Not sure what is causing it, under windows it works fine.


Requirements: Firmware 007 or Finless 1.7, rooted.
Tools that you need to install: Busybox (and update it), SuperSU, File manager (I like Total Commander) & SSH Server (I recommend ssh/sftp Server)
Recommended to make things easier: Universal Init.d


Mounting NFS Shares


First of all, you need to know what NFS share is and you need to have a NFS server that is configured properly. If you don’t, you need to start somewhere else.
If you’ve installed the ssh server, turn it on and make sure that you can log in as root to your X7.


First thing that you need to do is create a directory on your X7 where the NFS share can be mounted on, I created a dir on /mnt/sdcard because you already have read/write acces there.


So: mkdir /mnt/sdcard/storage


You have installed and updated Busybox, so there for you will be able to use the busybox mount command. This kernel has V4 of the NFS support built in so you can call to mount the NFS share like this via :


busybox mount -o rw,intr,hard,nolock -t nfs 192.168.1.2:/volume1/Storage /mnt/sdcard/storage


This will mount the drive read&write, hard (so when it drops out it will restore) , without locking it out for anyone or any process. “192.168.1.2:/volume1/Storage” this is your server’s export address for the nfs share and “/mnt/sdcard/storage” this is the directory you’ve previously created.


Now navigate to /mnt/sdcard/storage and if you have typed in the right addresses and your nfs server is functioning > You should find your data here. Great!


Mounting your NFS Share on every boot automatically using init.d


Of course you don’t want to mount your share every time the system reboots manually so you can automate this if your kernel supports init.d support (as with Finless 1.7). You can verify this with the application ‘Universal Init.d’ and easily add a script there. This is the content of the script you’ll need:


#!/system/bin/sh
#mounting the nfs share
busybox mount -o rw,intr,hard,nolock -t nfs [Please replace with your version of the command]


Try it out, works great for me!


Changing the Play/Pause/Forward/Backwards buttons back the way they used to be in 006c.


Go to /system/usr/keylayout and edit the file ‘Vendor_0c40_Product_7a18.kl’


WARNING: IF YOU DON’T BACKUP THIS FILE YOU MIGHT BREAK YOUR REMOTE IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.


Edit the file and scroll down and edit Key 163, 164 & 165 so that it looks like this :


key 163 MEDIA_NEXT
key 164 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
key 165 MEDIA_PREVIOUS


Save the file and reboot. Now the three function keys will once again pause play and forward in XBMC / Youtube / Music player of your choice.


Removing the status bar on the bottom


For those of you who use the A2 airmouse like me, the status bar on the bottom can be a eyesore as we already have those buttons on our remote.


WARNING: DISABLING THIS BAR WILL REMOVE THE ABILITY TO SWITCH WINDOWS WITH THE MULTITASKING BUTTON AND WILL REMOVE THE WALLPAPER.


Using your favourite file browser, go to /system/app and rename the file ‘SystemUI.apk’ to ‘SystemUI.apkdisabled’. Your file browser will ask for root acces, grant it. Then the box will crash. When it reboots your status bar will be gone. If you want it back, just rename it to .apk again and reboot.


Good luck :-)

[off_d]

did you remove the antenna? i think it's used by BT as well.

Thanx. That was it. I had never installed it as i used ethernet (didn't even imagine it was used for bt too)... Thanx.

[Link6381]

Exactly. Check just the kernel entry and leave all others unchecked.

BTW: While you're doing this, you might want to consider flashing the CWM Recovery as well.

Thanks alot, yes, I do have that CWM already d/l, so I can just add that too. really appreciate everyone's help & knowledge in this forum.

[Molle]

Removing the status bar on the bottom

On the Finless ROM the system bar contains a button for hiding it. There's also an auto-hide option in the Display settings.

[Guest]

On the Finless ROM the system bar contains a button for hiding it. There's also an auto-hide option in the Display settings.

Yes, but it keeps popping up anyway.

Also, apps like XAF XBMC then start rendering at 1920x1008 instead of 1920x1080, which i don't want

Somehow the buttons such as volume up/down make the menu pop up, and in random apps I also find that i keep having to manually hide it very frequently.

[Ravendark]

Thinking of trying Finless 1.7

Hi guys,

I am running stock 007 FW and I have the following problems...

Video is ok, but in some cases (mostly my movies are PublicHD mkvs in 720p), playback is not as smooth as it should...
There is a flickering issue in 1080 resolution, when refresh rate is below 50, that is in 24, 25 and 30Hz.
Playback in 24 is smoother than in 60...
Also, in dark scenes, brightness goes down (video darkens) and it goes up again when subtitles appear...

Do you have a recommended setup for the rom to flash? OC, kernel etc...

Thanks in advance...

P.S. I thought that the stock memory speed was 667, but in the OC kernels I see that stock is 400.
Wouldn't it be too much to push it from 400 to 667 or more?
100MHz increase at the CPU I recon would be kinda safe...

[Spok1]

Hi Bob

I've flushed 1.7 and i'm very pleased.
I have one issue with the a2 mouse. I cannot change the default audio device. I need to change it on every boot. Is there any solution for it?

[focuz]

So from what I've read, some people experience problems when connected to a receiver or blu-ray player with HDMI, right? Is this HW or SW related, you think?

I have not tested this with my X7, but my G4 is displayed at another TV through a Sony blu-ray player, and this causes problems as well. Picture and sound drops out now and then randomly. Black screen and no sound for a second, then it "refreshes" and my TV displays it again as "1080p" in the top left corner, just like the TV got a new device connected through HDMI. Tested many HDMI-cables, different HDMI-ports etc. Directly connected to TV it's fine.

Makes me wonder what the problem really is...

[tvirusx]

T428 Finless 1.7 and Sixaxis

First I want to thank Bob for the great or may be the best rom ever.... It runs great on my T428.. but the only catch is on the Sixaxis.... on the finless 1.6 it works great to connect the ps3 controller, but on the 1.7 it update the address but it does not connect.... any thoughts on this???

TVX

[Finless]

First I want to thank Bob for the great or may be the best rom ever.... It runs great on my T428.. but the only catch is on the Sixaxis.... on the finless 1.6 it works great to connect the ps3 controller, but on the 1.7 it update the address but it does not connect.... any thoughts on this???

TVX

Is this a Blue Tooth controller or wired USB?
If USB it appears that maybe Minix removed the IDC etc files to support PS3 controller.
If so I may be able to fix that by using the files from 1.6 in 1.7.

Bob