Amlogic-ng does not boot on MECOOL KII Pro (S905D)

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I had the same problem on the new installation of a release 9.2.5 (latest stable).

I have Mecool KII pro Android 7.1 wirh a S905 Rev. 2 (S905D) then I used the tree DTB suggested on the installation instrution but don’t boot remain in a booting.

Then I used a workaround using one old DTB I used in a Librelec and started also if telling me a warning with a message that the tree is out of date.

Maybe the tree inside the installation directory isn’t right or corrupted?

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Are you saying you are using an old LE dtb and your Kii Pro is booting with CE NG image ?

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yes, telling the message that the devoce tree is out to date but booting and working like this. Otherwise with CE dtb not booting.

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Which old dtb did you use exactly?
So you say you get a warning, but it still works?
Better than a black screen with the “official” dtb :slight_smile:

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if i can put it here I put … its the dtb taken by last Libreelec image written for aml cpu before interrupt if i remember well was 8.2.3.1

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dtb.img (55,2 KB)
i change some values between dtb’s so now i have working ng image on my Mecool KII pro. This is some kind of “Fun Build”. Maybe someone want to test it

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@Rom3k

Your dtb looks completely different, not just a few values changed. What did you take as the base for your dtb?

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Can you do something similar for Mecool KIII Pro?

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@zuka1977 I don’t have mecool KIII pro hardware so it’s impossible at the moment.

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Finally tested your dtb, works even with the final Matrix release from today.
Thanks!

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@Rom3k I compared it to our gxl_p230_k1_pro dtb and the only diff is that you use external ethernet, isn’t it?

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“i change some values between dtb’s so now i have working ng image on my Mecool KII pro.” Yes base dtb is coreelec gxl_p230_k1_pro. Ethernet config and dvb-s was copied from gxl_p231_2g_dvb - That’s all, I never claimed that the DTB was made from scratch by me🙂

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I only see ethernet is different to our current gxl_p230_k1_pro. There are no changes to the dvb part. So it’s possible to to add a new dtb and name it 1gbit. It’s 1gbit then I guess?

Can you try a test dtb for CE-19 Kodi Matrix when I build one?

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Yes, I can - this is not a problem for me

It’s 100M

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my fault, default is 1GBit, this KII pro is 100mbit only.

please use this dtb as dtb.img and test if LAN & DVB is working, thx.

gxl_p230_k1_pro_100mbit.dtb (55.2 KB)

Maybe you are also able to dump the Android dtb?
dd if=/dev/dtb | gzip > /storage/downloads/dtb.img.gz

In our database it’s written gxl_p231_2g_dvb should be used. This will be this dtb for a test, thx:
gxl_p231_2g_dvb_100mbit.dtb (52.6 KB)

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I tested both

  • gxl_p231_2g_dvb_100mbit.dtb = Black screen after MECOOL logo, same problem as I originally reported with gxl_p231_2g_dvb.dtb
  • gxl_p230_k1_pro_100mbit.dtb = Both DVB and LAN working
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Thx, can you make a dtb dump like describe above?

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I do not have an android, I have coreelec installed in the internal memory.

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Does extracting the “android dtb” work with dd from /dev/dtb while running CoreELEC from sd?

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Yes, just run the cmd