Still no success. Any idea ?
Thank you !
I cannot install this ROM.( [ROM] XTMOD-ATV X96 Max - GT1 and some U211 devices)
It get’s error at 7 percent, “bootstage error”. Maybe is because I have a new revision of board. Q5X2_LP3 19215 . The only images that work are with ‘311R_p’.
So, everybody that has this X96 MAX with new revision PCB has this problem ? Or am I the only one ?
Thank you !
I guess I am the only one :(. is there any possibility this could be fixed , I don;t know…maybe in another android update in the future ? or the problem is in the CoreElec ?
Pinzarufilip you are not alone, I have the same box X96Max 4/32 with Android 9.0 firmware V311R_P_20190926-1519, I got the same problem – gigabit LAN doesn’t work under CoreElec 9.2.0 latest nightly build. Its 5Ghz WiFi is good enough for me, I didn’t bother to test its wired LAN speed until I saw this post. I believe it’s a software problem which can be solved later, we just have to wait a while.
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The same issue with Vontar X96 Max 905X2 4/64.
Workaround , but just 100M:
CoreELEC:~ # ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full
Then ping is working and hope streaming movies as well (i am not at home right now)
We must wait until someone fix the issue inside the driver:
CoreELEC:~ # ethtool -i eth0
driver: st_gmac
version: Jan_2016
We added a patch that should fix 1Gbit Ethernet issues, try the latest nightly.
Tested now, still not working :(. Exactly the same issue. Internet icon appears but it’s not working at all.
Streaming from my home dlna server is okay with this workaround :
CoreELEC:~ # ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full
60G 4k HDR movie is about traffic 85Mb/s, well still enough for 100Mb 
@Alex_77 , Do you have the latest android version on your V311R_P x96 max device (V311R_P_20190926-1519)?
I am using the version : [X96Max_V311R_P_20190722-2021(8822)
But on my box it does not work at all the LAN. the internet icon appears but the internet is not working at all.
@TheCoolest , any other updates regarding 1Gbit ethernet issue ? OR should I install the latest android version and then remake a SD with CoreElec and see if it works?
Thank you !
No news, we’ve done what we could.
Have you seen my link above, which points to some undocumented stuff about RTL8211F? Was there any useful info to be tried?
@Pinzarufilip Yes i have the latest stable one V311R_P_20190926-1519
before run the ethtool command i get this on eth :
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:0E:B3:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:169.254.231.18 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::920e:b3ff:fe0x:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1399549 (1.3 MiB)
Interrupt:13
and after /sbin/ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full
CoreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:0E:B3:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:192.168.1.179 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::920e:b3ff:fe0x:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2a02:aaaa::2/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3915 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9216 (9.0 KiB) TX bytes:1458573 (1.3 MiB)
Interrupt:13
can ping internet google dns
CoreELEC:~ # ping -I 192.168.1.179 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) from 192.168.1.179: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=55 time=29.846 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=55 time=19.927 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=55 time=12.653 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=55 time=11.875 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=55 time=8.935 ms
— 8.8.8.8 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 8.935/16.647/29.846 ms
@ Pinzarufilip Today i updated to 9.2.1 version , gigeth driver problem still persists there. And i didn’t see any coreelec bluetooth interface while scanning on my phone, in the core settings menu it shows that bleutooth is disabled and there isn’t any option to enable it.
Is there any fix for this? I have just bought a X96 Max and experienced the exact same issue. When connecting to Ethernet, it shows IP as 169.254… and can’t connect to internet.
Hi @TheCoolest. Have you had found any ways to fix this bug? I and some users here are still having this problem… I am willing to help you provide any info possible to fix this. Hope that you or some team member will have the time to take a look at this. I will greatly appreciate for sure!
The only thing I can recommend is for you to try the latest nightly build.
I don’t think there was anything we did to “fix it”, but we’ve switched to a new kernel, maybe it’ll work.
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I am using the latest nightly build but the problem still persists… I think that all the boxes with newer board revision (V311R_P) have this issue. The problem is that I can still see the ethernet connection but when trying to connect to the wired connection, DHCP can’t take an IP and get the IP in form of 169.254. x.x and can’t connect to the internet. If you have the time, I can help you with any needed info to solve this. Correct me if I am wrong but it seems like @Alex_77 @Pinzarufilip @kkevin @elgatito all experienced the same issue as me.
Do not upgrade the BOX firmware
The last well-functioning ANDROID version is V311R_P_20190722-2021, later versions have a different bootloader and this causes a LAN error under CoreELEC.
With USB Burning tool you can restore the firmware
here => X96Max_V311R_P_20190722-2021(8822).rar
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