Booting only from SD

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Hello,

after update my box - Alfawise S95 (S905W) - not booting, I can boot only from USB.

tried USB Burning tool and got these errors :

[14:03:18 300][HUB4-3][Err]–ResetDevEx ret=-5 error_msg=libusb0-dll:err [reset_ex] could not reset device, win error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

[14:03:28 456][HUB4-3][Err]–[0x32030201]Uboot/Get result/DiskInitial error

but I can boot CE from USB - is there any way how to fix this ?

Thanks

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The following method should work with your original device firmware.

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Thanks for reply, actually I have problem find FW with u-boot.bin file. I just found only one img file or ZIP file with boot.img, recovery.img … etc … the device is exactly same as Tanix TX3 mini.

Thanks

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Thats good news, glad to hear you got it working again.

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Hello Adam,

Do you know of any Linux similar utility that can do this? I sure would like to recover my MX Pro S905 device. However, I don’t have a Windows computer.

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There is some instructions below for linux but its not for the faint hearted.

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No its not. I have sutcked here

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@argento as I said previously, you need the original firmware for your device (img format).

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I found one - original. But I dont know, how can be used, tried USB burning tool -

[20:17:21 910][HUB4-4][Inf]-------------ERASE FLASH-----------
[20:17:21 910][HUB4-4][Inf]–disk_initial 1
[20:17:21 910][HUB4-4][Inf]–Send command success
[20:17:22 136][HUB4-4][Err]–failed:[20:17:22 136][HUB4-4][Err]–Check command return failed
[20:17:22 143][HUB4-4][Err]–[0x32030201]Uboot/Get result/DiskInitial error
[20:17:22 143][HUB4-4][Inf]–Close device handle 0x00000864

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Try creating a magic sd card with the guide I posted previously.

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Yes, I tried, but I used u-boot.bin attached BootcardMaker. For my device i have just one .img file as a firmware.

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Adamg,

That’s what I’ve been looking for. Hopefully, it will help to recover my MXQ-Pro S905. Now, I need to look for the original MXQ-Pro S905 firmware. If you know where I can download the original IMG firmware for an MXQ-Pro S905, that will be great. Thank you.

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Have a look on geekbuying blog or chinagadgetreviews, they have quite a lot on both those sites.

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@argento the u-boot is in the img included. Just use the Amlogic Burn Card maker and create a recovery SD card. It will flash u-boot and system.

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Hello,

thanks for replies, I already downloaded Amlogic Tools - and there is one tool for customization - so I found the files… also know how to use Burn Card Maker - extracted those 3 files on sd -

aml_sdc_burn.UBOOT
aml_sdc_burn.ini
S95FW.img

But nothing helped… my box is still dead, black screen. I can boow CE from SD - is there any way to fix the internal storage through this OS ?

Thanks for your time folks!

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did you ever find a way? I ask because I seem to be in a similar situation (CE from SD works, no obvious way to restore).

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Burncardmaker burn also u-boot on sector 0 to the uSD so please use only this tool!
Then use the toothpick method, press and hold with insert uSD and then apply power.

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thanks for your response.
burn cards did nothing for me but burn tool 2.08 worked (2.2 didn’t).