Hi,
Deepak here from India. I am building my new business platform for which I am running my App on Android TV Boxes. I have tried many Android TV Boxes and there are few issues I have faced right from the beginning:
1. Availability of the right version of the FW
2. No support for configuring device/running apps in native-portrait mode. Of what I understand, Android TV makers lock the native orientation because thats how people watch TV. TV boxes with Amlogic processors so have this option but the performance of Amlogic devices is very poor compared to Rockchip ones
3. Non-availability of Rooted FW
I have been looking around a lot to build a custom firmware, but am unable to do so with my specific requirements. After pretty much giving up in my efforts, I call for help.
Is there anyone/any forum/any website where I can have a custom firmware built for my specific use? I don't mind paying for the efforts. What I am looking for is:
1. Android 4.4.4 rooted firmware (5.0/5.1 can also work)
2. Ability to run apps in portrait mode (orientation based on app request)
The above should be compatible with any of the latest available Rockchip based Android TV Box hardware (MXQ, MXQ 4K). Any bit of help in this regard would be truly and greatly appreciated.
Thanks a ton in advance.
Regards,
Deepak
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Hi,
I hope that this is the right forum in xda to discuss this; but I'd like to introduce CuBox-i; a tiny 2"x2"x2" scalable mini computer that has up to quad ARM processor; quad GPU shader, up to 2GByte memory that is based on Freescale i.MX6 SoC.
The machine is powerful in it's specifications and already has a community around it that fully supports it from software point of view (kernel 3.10 LTS, also upstream work in parallel, lots of distributions etc...)
The biggest advantage of this machine vs. others is it's 64bit DDR memory interface that provides a thick pipe that the GPU, processors and video engine can utilize without hitting walls on 1080p resolutions. Within the interesting features is 1080p HDMI with CEC, power USB hosts, infra red receiver and transmitter, Gigabit Ethernet etc...
We already provided Android 4.3 images and now working on Android 4.4. Look for github rabeeh/android-imx6-kitkat (I can't send the link since this is my first post on xda).
There have been numerous Linux ports already done, including XBMC support; mainly by the community around CuBox-i -
(Again, can't send link; just google "CuBox-i wiki" or "CuBox-i forums" and you will find it).
What we are trying to achieve now is perfecting Android on CuBox-i; with that we are looking for developers that are willing to provide from their spare time to contribute to this project. We have issues already posted on the github issues tracking system.
Needless to say that we will be providing the hardware for the developers for free
Please PM me if interested.
Best Regards,
Rabeeh
Bump!!!
Did you use perhaps the cubox i pro 4?
I am really searching other guys who try to bring the android-os forward.
First I use OpenELEC/kodi - Helix, but I want more from that great hardware, so decide to install android (android-4.4.2-1.0.1b-ga-aaf118bb78-gapps.img.xz). Works good but not perfect.
-There is no IR-Sensor Support or CEC to controll the interface with e.g. Samsung-TV remote
-Another launcher (I mean the gui) should be neccesary. I like this here:
-I think this is the android rom- ->This is not for the cubox!
-Here some more Android-FW's- ->They are not for the cubox!
-I think the hardware is not 100% supported. Antuntu gives worse scores and some app crashes again and again or some video stock while playing.
-My Teufel Decoder-Station don't recognice dolby or dts.
I you have no cubox and wanna help I can only replay:
Needless to say that we will be providing the hardware for the developers for free
-Full source code support is available here-
Greetings by I_did_it_just_tmrrow
http://www.solid-run.com/community/ ENJOY i have the i4pro there is like 3 differnt versions of XBMC there
I am using the beautiful product that Rabeeh c.s. made: the cubox has a nice spot in my network. It is my NAS and my media-server among other things. And it's all based on Android (in my case 4.3). I am impressed by the things that developers can do in this Linux-environment. There seems to be a solution for every wish or problem. Thanks to you all. I am hoping you can also find a solution for the problem I posted on the cubox-community: "The one thing that is missing on my amazing cubox-i-installation is the possibilty to remotely control the android "desktop" on my cubox-i from my tablet or phone. There are several sollutions for it, but all my attempts fail on the same error: the apps all give the message that there is no internet-connection. I don't understand what is happening here. Obviously I do have an internet-connection to my cubox-i. I use it to download the apps. The only explanation I can think of, is that the android-app expects a Wifi-internetconnection and unfortunately, my cubox-i only has an ethernet-connection. Can anyone tell me what to do to let the app find my internet-connection? For example: which modifications should i make on the driver of the ethernet-adapter? The apps I tried to install, all look promising: Teamviewer, Bomgar, google remote desktop. They all will install without any problem, but they refuse the final step of getting an ID for remote access because of connection-problems."
hello,
i bought the easycap viewer android application,
and installed it on my devices
The easycap viewer needs an easycap frame grabber , connected via usb to the device and connected to a camera (via bnc or s-video or rca connector)
the devices i have are these:
- Acer iconia tab a500 (tegra 2 , android 4.03)
- Created N7 (china phablet, mt6592, android 4.4.2)
- Xiaomi m2s (qualcomm snapdragon, miui v5)
The application does work flawlessly with the Xiaomi m2s,
instead:
on the Acer, when i start the app, the screen become black, and the app is not responding
on the Created N7,, the appl starts , but when i connect the camera, i cannot see the video coming from the camera
I dont understand why on these devices the app does not work,
and need help to understand what is the cause of the problem.
The app includes an option to send log report to the developer
(autodroid), i sent it, but autodroid told me to try with a powered hub, but this did not help...now they are working on other project, so they told me they cannot help
Could you please help me to find the cause of the problems?
By the way, on the Acer i cannot send the report, because the appl is not responding:
so i enabled the logcat, and i was able to see in it that the appl is hanging when it tries to load the streaming library...
Could yoy help me?
I can send you all the data you need to debug the appl..
or, if not possible to fix it, could you suggest me an alternative frame grabber application/usb dongle that can work with my devices?
Thank you!!
Lodovico
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist Not all apps are universally compatible So apps support only certain set of devices whose Specifications match with application and hence for your devices its not supporting
Thank you
I know that sometime, with some simple fix to an application, it can work for a broader range of devices...
Or, sometimes, the issue can be solved with an upgrade to the os of the device ... (for example, i could try to upgrade my Acer A500 to the 4.4 Omnirom and see what happens...)
Perhaps the developer has stopped working on this application, but with some simple fix it could work also with my devices
Are you sure that this is not the case?
By the way, i faced a problem like this with an other application, the IrDroid, (available for free on the Play Store)
It didn't work with my Sony tv, but then i was able to find the sources (it was open source), debug them ( i installed the SDK on my pc), do a simple fix, compile them, and get an IrDroid app that now works also with my Sony tv , flawlessly...
The easycap is not open source, but i found some russian language forums, where there is an active thread about the easycap application,and applications like it (example... carcam) ...perhaps there some program sources are available...
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
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Hi guys.
I bought 30pcs CS918 Q7 rk3188 Android tv boxes (android 4.4.2). And now i have some questions :
1) Maybe someone can offer full screen supported browser ar startup. Becouse it will be kiosk project.
2) It is possible to make some scripts that when some1 connects to this device over telnet then script will be executed. (done same thing at ubuntu)
Thanks for your answers. (at least i hope so )
Picked up one these tablets its a commercial built android tablet running KitKat 4.4, this has a bespoke install specifically for retail management in the form of integrated MokiManage software. While the software can be turned off and your left with a big standard Android tablet (seriously the onscreen keyboard is massive), i would though rather have a standard android install than one with features enabled & disabled according to the manufacturer requirements.
It is possible to access the recovery to implement an update but;
1. Would it be possible to replace the bespoke install with a standard KitKat ROM?
2. Its brand new & built to withstand Saturday morning kids playing whack a mole on it, would YOU risk bricking it?
Hi!
I can't find anything at all on xda about that device. You could try a Google search, or try asking here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
I really doubt you can do much with it though. You would need to have something created for your specific device, and I can't find anything.
Good luck!
I have an APC390R RTD1295 HDMI-In Industrial PC, (Geniatech) – Android Embedded ARM. Specific information can be found by going to geniatech's webpage and searching for APC390r. Sorry, I cannot post the direct url.
Does anyone have experience installing a custom Android image onto these devices? I purchased this from a company that is going out of business and they have quite a few of these.
They already have software installed, but the image is customized for a senior living community and you cannot even get to the normal settings screen.
We want to install a clean install of Android (or Android TV specifically). Does anyone know how to even drop to the bootloader on these devices to be able to install a clean image? We purchased quite a few of these to be able to use on all of the TVs in our home and family members home, and need a clean install so we can install other apps, specifically Plex and Kodi.
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers.