Lately I’ve read lot of report of a non working gigabit LAN of the Magicsee N5MAX, X96MAX, and GT King boxes.
One user reported an interesting experience:
Brand new X96MAX with DDR4 memory, android 8.1 (a year old version on it),
iperf3 down 940 Mbps, up 0-10 Mbps
Same on CE
OTA update to android 8.1, 2019.03.22 gigabit lan working stable in both way at 940 Mbps, even after a few reboot and unplug, plug
Unfortunately on CE nothing changes the up speed is only a few Mbps.
Limit the LAN to 100 Mbps works as expected.
After a switch back to gigabit the up speed increased to 300-500 Mbps.
A GT King on CE (and android too) down speed just a few Mbps.
Soldering didn’t help (previous GTK with same problem healed with soldering)
Limit the LAN to 100 Mbps works as expected.
But! After a few switch back and forth to gigabit and 100 Mbps the up speed is completely fine
Unfortunately after reboot the problem starts again.
So it seems there is a software problem (not just the obvious hardware problem like the misplaced resistor).
Any thoughts?
Flashing the X96MAX back to X96Max_V311_4G_AP6356_1000M_20181116.img (same as the original android the box came with) with USB Burning Tool:
and the problem is back:
Flashing back to the newest firmware X96Max_V311_4G_AP6356_1000M_20190302.img
and the gigabit lan is working well again:
So obviously it was a software issue which has fixed in android.
We need the same fix in CE.
I had the same problem with my N5 Max was getting 4Mb Up/Down was just about to pull it out and suddenly it started working and for the life of me I have no Idea of what I changed I daren’t change anything now in case it breaks.
Guys, I just got an X96Max and got everything plugged in. Ethernet is my primary connection. First I checked the update status and there was an update for 2019 - 0302, so I installed that first. After reboot I set up my Android apps, including Analiti. I checked ethernet status and got mid-400 mps. I pay for 300 mps. I started up Nordvpn and let it choose the server. I checked again and got 80 mps.
Prior to this box I had a Mecool M8S Pro+ hooked up to Ethernet. Best I saw on that box was 95 mps, usually less (70-80 mps) and On VPN - 25mps at best. Very slow with a fair bit of buffering.
So the speeds for me are a big step up on Android.
I tested out the same parameters for Coreelec and got 350 mps and 65 vpn. Best before was low 70’s and 15-20 with VPN.
The box is fast, with everything loading at a faster speed. Nice upgrade for me. Gigabyte is working, not sure about 5g, but will check that at some point.
Hello, I have a problem also with ethernet on X96max 4/32. It’s no internet access on cable . I manage to connect internet only on 5Ghz wifi.
Any idea why? Did the manufacturer could have changed the ethernet chip?
I am using nightly 4g_1gbit.
Be better if you could give the entire description for the dtb. This is the recommended dtb - g12a_s905x2_4g_1gbit.dtb
and you want the ng.arm version of CE.
Try setting up Android first - can’t hurt. Then redo Corelec.
If you did set up Android, reset and do it again. Start - update - check connection speed. I used Analiti.
Mine is working great in Android and/or Coreelec.
Same issue. I made a total reset to Android. Then powered on with Android, everything ok on lan cable . Then remade a bootable coreelec sd card. Booted in coreelec , lan not ok, no internet. It gets a wrong IP ! Even if i make manual config it does not have internet connection image|666x500
It was the power. In the GT-King, when returning from android to CoreELEC, there’s I loose the ethernet and have to disconnect and reconnect the power cable.
From where do I take the image ?
How do I flash it ? from microSD card ? I read something about something “OTG” but I don’t know what that is. I would like to do it by SD card. Is it safe ? I wouldn’t like to brick the device.
Thank you !
