Bl301 injection, problems, help,

[Portisch]

All about BL301 injection!

How-to:

CoreELEC BL301 Wake-Up feature [inject_bl301]

BL301.BIN Injection Some Amlogic devices do have problems with wake-up from suspend/power off by IR remote, CEC or WOL, this is related to a poorly configured bootloader. This is the reason for the new tool that we have created, inject_bl301! This tool is written by Team CoreELEC and exclusive for Amlogic devices running CoreELEC! What is the purpose of this tool: If you own an Amlogic device that have issues with wake-up features like IR remote wake-up, CEC or WOL wake-up then you can use …

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[daveraver]

Hi, it seems that N5 Max bootloader is not too friendly, the BL301 injection doesnt work with it, yesterday @anon88919003 says something about poor bootloader coded by the brand… N5 Max doesnt obey to the injection… well, I think I am doing all on right way… somebody could confirm my unsuccess on inject BL301 ??? thank you!

[Portisch]

Try tomorrow the next nightly. There are changes almost every day now to finish the bl301 implementation. Like I currently working on automatic update of the bl301 if the user is using it. A backup of the original bootloader will also be done. This is not a must have as you can restore the bootloader by a update with the vendor Android image.
And post the output of the tool for debug!
No log, no error!

[daveraver]

Hi @Portisch !!

BL301 injection completed. I modified the file config.ini with 3 codes, and it doesnt power on the box… Magicsee N5 Max… here the messages of injection and a dmesg to see whats up with the non working power off/ON button

injection BL301:
https://pastebin.com/s9Gs3ikb

config.ini:
https://pastebin.com/L1uPXK6S

dmesg:
https://pastebin.com/PgGnqAv3

thank you,
Regards

[boot2k3]

you need to remove # before required strings

[daveraver]

WTF!!!

thank you!!!

[boot2k3]

I think you forgot to execute command mount -o remount,rw /flash before changes in config.ini
or just forgot to remove #
And lines that doesn’t contain values should be commented (1st line in your file above)

[daveraver]

first line doesnt appear as commented for a copy/paste error, I think magicsee N5 dont catch this, if someboby achieve it, please, comment it, thank you

[Portisch]

Use this guide for the IR wake up:

How to configure IR wakeup code

This HowTo applies to following devices: Odroid N2 Odroid C4 Odroid HC4 Amlogic devices with bl301 injection About bl301 injection: CoreELEC BL301 Wake-Up feature [inject_bl301] Use predefined IR wake up code There is a list of predefined IR power codes available in CoreELEC settings. Settings CoreELEC Hardware IR Remote Power Code [IR-power-code] Obtain IR wake up code by command line Sometimes there is no matching IR power code predefined. Use this option to find your unique IR power …

[daveraver]

yes it has been done this way, I will repeat, and I can put here the screens step by step but I think it is rightly done… So if somebody has achieved it on a magicsee N5 Max, please, comment it, beacause I dont know if I am doing something wrong… thank you

[Portisch]

Show us how you run a ir-keytable -u and then the new config.ini. Otherwise we can’t tell you what’s wrong.

[daveraver]

ok thanks @Portisch
this is what I do to get the key code, same power off button:

root@192.168.1.105’s password:
##############################################

CoreELEC

https://coreelec.org

##############################################

CoreELEC (official): nightly_20190814 (Amlogic-ng.arm)
CoreELEC:~ # systemctl stop kodi
CoreELEC:~ # systemctl stop eventlircd
CoreELEC:~ # ir-keytable -u
Protocols changed to irmp
Waiting for IRMP decode event. Please, press CTRL-C to abort.
Received IRMP code: remotewakeup=‘0xbf40fe01’, decode_type=‘0x0’, remotewakeupmask=‘0xffffffff’
^C
CoreELEC:~ # mount -o rw,remount /flash
CoreELEC:~ # nano /flash/config.ini

here the full config.ini

thanks a lot for your efforts and to be patient,
Regards,
David

[Portisch]

Looks ok, please run this command in a SSH connection and post the output:
fw_printenv bootfromsd

[daveraver]

hi @Portisch !

here the info:

CoreELEC (official): nightly_20190814 (Amlogic-ng.arm)
CoreELEC:~ # fw_printenv bootfromsd
bootfromsd=mmcinfo; if fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} kernel.img; then run sddtb; setenv bootargs ${bootargs} bootfromsd; bootm; fi

Regards,
David

[Portisch]

Thanks, now I see the problem! The autoscript is not getting updated. I know this issue already but there is no fix yet. Please try this:
fw_setenv upgrade_step 3
And then reboot.
After reboot you can try the IR wake up again!
Also please post again after reboot the result of:
fw_printenv bootfromsd
Thx!

[daveraver]

hi ! good morning! You mean with ‘try the IR wake up again’ to repeat with this?

systemctl stop kodi

systemctl stop eventlircd

ir-keytable -u

mount -o rw,remount /flash

nano /flash/config.ini

Or you mean to push the wake up button on de IR??

I have done the first, the process to map the wake up button to the IR, and the result after reboot → fw_printenv bootfromsd is:

CoreELEC (official): nightly_20190815 (Amlogic-ng.arm)
CoreELEC:~ # fw_printenv bootfromsd
bootfromsd=mmcinfo; run cfgloadmmc; if fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} kernel.img; then run sddtb; setenv bootargs ${bootargs} bootfromsd; bootm; fi

Thanks a lot, I hope we will be near to get success

Regards,
David

PD: Yeeeeeeessss!!! We have achieved it!!! well, you guide me on the success way, Thank you very much @Portisch !!! Hope This trial have been good for all to get working right more tvbox!!

[Portisch]

It should work already
By the command fw_setenv upgrade_step 3 the bootloader got forced to reload the aml_autoscript.
And the ouput of fw_printenv bootfromsd shows the update: ...cfgloadmmc...
So since now you config.ini get loaded and IR wakeup should work now…

The forced update of the aml_autoscript will be tomorrow in the next nightly, thank you for testing it!

[daveraver]

Yes I tried it and it works ok, thanks a lot!!! I had PD my previous message… jeje… really fun this challenge… thanks again

[alegol]

Hello, I injected the script and configured the config.ini but I can’t wake up my X96 MAX with IR, any other ideas of what can I be missing? Thanks.

[Portisch]

Run ce-debug in SSH connection and post the resulting http link.