CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.arm-20.1-Nexus-Generic.img.gz boots nicely with the toothpick trick on my H96 Max X4 (S905X4). I want a CE only system. It’s just an amazing system!!
Two concrete questions:
- do I have to root my system? The manual says it needed to be rooted (For a successful migration, the device requires to have at minimum rooted Android 7 firmware installed). I’m experienced in Linux but I completely failed at rooting the box. Kingroot and Kingoroot fail. Do I have to use Magisk? Better asked: what’s the easiest way to root it? (I put devel mod on in Android, it doesn’t have a root switch option). With a RK box I was able to install armbian without rooting… why is it necessary here?
- though I only want to use CE on this box, it is of advantage to backup the android rom? How? With a RK box it was easy (multitool), but ceemmc only backs up the CE install, right? What’s an easy way to secure the ROM? Is this what the manuel calls the “firmware”? (“Since the firmware was overwritten, the device needs to be restored with”) Or is that something else? Can I backup the firmware myself?
One conceptual question:
As said, I’m linux experienced (using since 1995), but I’m not so experienced yet with the ARM platform. “rooting” means both acquiring root access and being able to unlock the boat loader? If the box is “bricked”, does that mean the ROM is wrong/damaged and/or the boat loader is broken? Those backup tools, do they cover both the install and boot loader?
What can go wrong with CE, if I have it as single install? If the boat loader is damaged, can I still boot from the SD? Or that fails as well then?