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Please correct me or add to my discussion. I bought a Tronsmart S95 Telos many years back which uses the S905 chip. Its last version of android is 5.1.1., finless 2.0 rom from freaktab. My question is why do android boxes go out of date quickly. The box is currently in a stack of pile of old tech that is ready to be sold off. The hardware is fine, it can run 4k, have plenty of memory, it just the software that goes out of date. Why can't I find or no one will develop a 7.1.2 software for it. Would these chips not support it? Or am I missing something here. It forces me now, that if I want to run 7.1.2 I have to buy something else. Every few years, I have to upgrade to a box that supports updated roms, I recently upgraded to a T95Z which uses a S912 chip. Which I now have that is running the Posion Rom 7.1.2. So if Android 8 or 9 comes out, the T95Z becomes obsolete? The question is why?
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I have talked with a few Chinese suppliers, and know that the 6.0 head units are on there way. I am having a hard time pinning down a specific release date, but I do have in writing we should see the new units by the end of this month (October).
I'm not sure if we will get a better CPU, but they should all be coming with 2gb of RAM, and be running 6.0
Not being a dev, I'm not sure if that will really be of any huge benefit or not... But I'm guessing the standard improvements from 5 to 6 will be present.
Just putting this out there, in case some individuals are thinking of getting a new head unit. If the CPUs aren't changing, I imagine it will be simple enough to flash most of the older units with 6.0 anyways, when we have an official ROM.
All this aside, I think I'm going to switch to the AVH-4200NEX either way =)
Interesting, noting new unfortunately see Joying posts "due october" then, maybe later
Also beware of the Pumpkin 6.0 units right now.
They say they are running 6 but there are lots of clues that it's a hacked up KitKat 4.4 install.
Saw ownice have one for my car. Not sure if it's legit or not:
http://s.aliexpress.com/Mbe226NV
Even have 4g lte built in..
Hello,
I received one of the new Android 6.0.1 Pumpkin radios (SKU: 27-AQVW71):
http://www.autopumpkin.com/android-...fi-usb-sd-dvr-obd-steering-wheel-control.html
I'm not yet very happy with it. Seems to have some problems:
- No paid apps from play store can be installed
- Steering wheel control not working at all
- PDC not fully working
I wonder if I can install a custom ROM. Tried to find out MCU and processor. But "Settings - About device" doesn't give anymore detailed information, only "Build number K2001_JC_S212103.20160812.14592646".
But I found something in the "car settings". There is "APPVER K2001_JC_S212103.20160812.14592646.N0011", "PlatformVER K20-2016/08/08[15:24:12]-4.04", "BTVER GOCBC8_V1.0/2016:06:28:14:48:31" and "MCUVER V1.3-FF01-20160812-A02-CAN0000-DVD01044101 TYP99"
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Nothing about RK3188 or RK3066 as processor or on of the MCU listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61291848
Attached some more information from CPU-Z.
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Is this a completely new hardware where no custom ROMs are available yet?
Regards,
Klaus
Klaus. You're running an allwinner a23 1.5ghz mali-400 quad core, from the looks of it. Not a very great chip. Surprised it's running 6.0.1 properly.
I wish I could give you other details. Chances are you could root and ROM it. There should be builds available, that's a common generic CPU.
When are these Chinese HU going to get anything decent in them???
The new ownice C500 is listed with a Cortex-A53. Does someone know how good that is?
Also it would be interesting to know what LTE frequencies are supported.
It has 2 GB Ram and Android 6 and is currently available for just 274 EUR as a mobile only deal (41% off). Seems like a really good offer, or what do you think?
Link is http://s.aliexpress.com/6ZRjU3iy
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Hi,
This is a plea for help from anyone out there who knows something about the Allwinner 32GB Tablet. I bought one a few years back when 4.4.2 was all the rage, but since then, have pretty much ignored it.
I now find that I have a use for it so I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade the OS on my machine, just to make it a little better at absorbing Apps and making them work - so far, I have not had much luck
in trying to download apps from the Shop. I have a copy of Android Magazine, issue No 45, which showed me how to do the upgrade but unfortunately, nothing it refers to is there any longer, or at least in the form it is shown in the magazine. However, I do see the SDK website, but on it, nothing at all about the Allwinner Android Kitkat or the model number BS1078. The Firmware version is 4.5, and the kernel is 3.3.0, and it has a
Quadcore - A31 Series Processor Type (most of this is double dutch to me, but it may mean something to someone).
Regards to any and all,
Philip.
Greetings, fellow devs and fans. Hope that you are doing fine. I do hope that this would be the right place to ask anything, including what I have in mind right now.
I may have been ditching Android as my daily driver for Windows 10 Mobile for like two years now, but that didn't stop me from keeping tabs with the latest news about Google's mobile OS, and the latest news about the Go Edition of Android 8.0 Oreo do catch my attention. I would definitely love to see how Android Oreo Go stacks up against my current favourite mobile OS from Microsoft.
But that's not what I wanna talk about. I actually wanna talk about Motorola Droid 4 XT894 aka "maserati". I've been yearning to own what is undoubtedly the last ever Android - indeed, the last EVER smartphone with horizontal QWERTY keyboard. But that got me thinking: Since Android Oreo Go only needs 1GB of RAM and "maserati" is indeed only have 1GB of RAM, I wonder if there is(are) a way(s) of porting that particular Android into that Motorola?
Don't get me wrong - I'm not asking for tutorials or suggestions about steps on doing it, because I don't even know if someone else is thinking similar line as me. But who knows... in the future... maybe it is possible after all?
That's all for me. Would love to hear your thoughts.
fat8893 said:
Since Android Oreo Go only needs 1GB of RAM and "maserati" is indeed only have 1GB of RAM, I wonder if there is(are) a way(s) of porting that particular Android into that Motorola?
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I would even be happy if the "normal" OREO 8.1 (Lineage 15.1) was released some day.
But here are some sad but unconfirmed news: https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-4/development/rom-cm14-1-nougat-t3499338/page22#post76220740
Maybe you could ask the developer "stargo" https://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3457922 directly if he will publish an Oreo (Go) version for the XT894 maserati
So, I was at Menards a couple weeks back and saw a generic looking android set top box for around 30$, and so I came here, and find there are a few different kinds of chips that they may use, so... my first question is...
What are the differences between those chips, which is the best, and how can you tell before purchasing, what you are buying, as well as how to buy a good one, as in what to look for, to avoid a bad purchase, and what specs to look for
The next question is, once I buy a generic looking set top box,(the one I saw was labeled abx-12 as a model) how easy is it to find roms for them, and will one rom work on them all
To be fair, I do know about phones, but im out of my depths here, but would like to get into set top boxes, and possibly putting custom roms like resurrection remix (my favorite), on them... i would like this thread to eventually be a guide for every set top newbie, such as myself, and this is the best android modding, and well, anything android, website in my opinion... if these answers can be found elsewhere on this site, condensed into a single thread, please link it, else, if you guys can help me and others like me, I would appreciate it...
I edited it with the right model... i put upx 12, when it was abx 12...
Oh... and id also like to know how much android version matters in set top box discussions as well...
Here's the link to the one I saw at Menards...
https://www.menards.com/main/electr...x-and-wi-fi-router/abx-12/p-1518075021952.htm
i just picked this QFX ABX-12 cheapo ATV box at Menards on Clearance for $20.
Pretty much what i expected, pos china thing.
the rom that is on it is ancient android 7.1 from 2018.
update does not work.
came searching here on XDA to see if maybe someone had easy way to root/re-flash this model box and put a decent ATV rom on it, newer os at least.
but, seems no one cares about these cheap china no name boxes.
Hi, you woukd need to find out what SOC is in your box (amlogic,rockchip ect...) and what model (s905x, s905w ect...) or what bootloade (eg p212, p281 ect...)
The QFX ABX-12 uses the Amlogic S905X, has 1 GB RAM and 8 GB flash. At $25 I might grab one just to mess around with.
I picked up a Transpeed_6k from a Chinese supplier for under €30 to play around with an as a stopgap for my dead Humax box. It runs Android 9.0, has 4GB/64GB memory. CPU-Z tells me that the SOC is Allwinner H6 @ 1.49 GHz, with 4 ARM A53 cores. Bootloader is unknown and no root.
The operation is fast, but the navigation is painful - you have to constantly toggle the mouse mode on and off and you can't scroll the screen. I contacted the supplier because the lack of scrolling prevents Netflix from working. The solution was to install a previous version of the Netflix app. It's still awkward to use. BBC iplayer works with limited scrolling which means you have to use the search function to find TV shows.
I also thought of maybe using it as a Chromecast receiver (like my Mi TV stick does), so I installed Allcast Receiver, but it wouldn't work.
I've also tried using a phone as an external mouse, but that too doesn't let you scroll.
That's it. I haven't managed to find any way of changing the ROM or OS. I suppose not many people are spending time on these boxes.
Hello everyone,
I was searching for Android One topics here and unfortunately found nothing ( probably because of the confusing name)
So can someone explain what's up with this Android One software overlay.
I read some info on wiki but still have some questions:
Is it like normal firmware that only comes with certain smartphones, or you can flash it yourself?
It's a near stock android but, which version is it based on,
does it come out every time new android version rolls out, or it just gets updated to the new one.
and lastly let's say I have android one phone, and after three years they stopped regular updates,
it's still android one compatible phone right, so I can update to the new version myself?
Thank you.
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Hello everyone,
I was searching for Android One topics here and unfortunately found nothing ( probably because of the confusing name)
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and lastly let's say I have android one phone, and after three years they stopped regular updates,
it's still android one compatible phone right, so I can update to the new version myself?
Thank you.
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Hi, Android One are phones that run a lite weight version of Android for budget phones with small specs (under 2Go of RAM, entry level processor,...) called Android Go. It's supposed to give a fluid experience to phones with limited capacity. Each Android Go version (for each Android One device) is in consequences very specific to the device, in order to use efficiently all of what the different specs has to offer.
You can still build ROMs/TWRP for those devices, and use it as a normal device, but the experience will be much slower. So to answer your 3 questions:
1)It's firmware that only comes with certain phones, it's build to use perfectly the SoC and memory, so it's very specific (not generic like GSI)
2) Android One are phones, Android Go is the Android version. Your phone may or may not receive an update to the Next Android version, on that side it's the same as other phones. If it receives an update, you'll run (for example) Android 10 Go Version. So update exists for Android One phones, they won't stay for ever at the same Android version they had at the beginning.
3) when your phone won't be supported anymore, you won't be able to update your phone to another version of Android Go. You'll still be able to flash ROMs or stuff like that, but since Android Go builds are very specific to each devices, you can't flash them "cross devices".
PS: at the moment I've not heard of Android 10 Go Edition, it's still at Android 9 if I'm correct. But it will be updated, the goal of Android one is to support cheap and often not long lasting phone over time.
Read more here : https://www.android.com/versions/go-edition/