Yes, I understand.
The Tanix rom works perfectly, but I need help from the display only.
Remove the vfd.conf file and try this DTB, let me know if it works.
gxl_p281_1g.dtb (40.3 KB)
If it doesn’t, post dmesg after a clean boot again.
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I see that didn’t help.
Next step would be to install the Amlogic-ng nightly and use the vfd.conf file I provided earlier today.
The way DTBs are configured in CoreELEC will conflict with the pins your box uses for the vfd display.
From what I see, in the new kernel the setup is the same as in the Android DTB you provided, so it has much higher chance of actually working.
For those who might be interested I installed 9.2.4.1 NG using standard version gxl_p281_2g.dtb on local emmc in a A95X F1 2/16G and it works. I then used instructions to use the correct dbt given before by CETeam
with PUTTY
mount -o remount,rw /flash
cp /usr/share/bootloader/device_trees/gxl_p281_2g_a95xr2.dtb /flash/dtb.img
reboot
then to make the VDF working first with date I followed instructions provided before by CETeam
Goto Arthur’s VFD repository here https://github.com/arthur-liberman/vfd-configurations.
Download the configuration that matches your device and rename it to vfd.conf.
Make sure that you save the file as Raw.
Copy the vfd.conf to /storage/.config on your device.
For the A95X F1 the file is a95x-r2-aml-vfd.conf
to have the icons shown
Install OpenVFD Service via the CoreELEC repository in Kodi.
Reboot, play with the options of the OpenVFD and enjoy the icons.
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Hello.A general question,if wrong thread,devs please move it.I have CE on my Vorke Z6 (Tanix TX92) and when i press power off inside CE,it seems to be powering off OK,but this logo saying “boot” doesn’t leave at all.Normally when i power off from the tv box’s stock OS,this screen is totally closed
.So i want to ask:Is really my tv box powered off,or i have to reboot from EMMC every time and power it off from there?
You need to configure the openvfd driver, as discussed in this thread, and the display will shut off when you shutdown CE.
Thanks,i found the file for my box and now not only screen turns off,but also it displays and time!!
You can install the OpenVFD addon to make the icons work, too.
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@TheCoolest, thanks for this addon, it’s really great.
one thing I noticed on my box, is the remaining time on playback doesn’t count the seconds properly.
the time between one second and another is not the same.
here’s to demonstrate what I mean: http://www.mediafire.com/file/bgdyyvfiiw2izop/file
you can see for example, that the time the display says “03:15” is almost half of the time the display says “03:16”, and the same for “03:12” and “03:13” and so on (it’s like that for every two passing seconds - one second is displayed longer than the next one).
the sync is kept throughout the video playback, but it’s strange seeing seconds pass inconsistently.
am I the only one seeing it? it’s a s905x2 4gb box.
Yes, I’m aware of this problem.
The main issue with this is that this functionality is provided by the OpenVFD addon (it’s not part of the driver), and the addon only updates 2 times a second. It’s enough for clock/icons, but it has trouble keeping up with seconds.
There’s not much I can do about it at this point. I also don’t have much free time to work on this anymore.
The OpenVFD addon sources are on github, PRs are welcome.
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You take the base address (410) and subtract it from the pin address (474, 475)
This translates into 64 and 65. I’m pretty sure there are vfd.conf files with this config already.
Yesh, thanks, found one that is working fine
Hello,
I have tried almost every single possible vfd.conf on my device Transpeed X3 PLUS S905x3 2g/32g
Its just stuck on “boot”, I have used sm1_s905x3_2g.dtb
I have set it up on couple more different model boxes but on this box it doesnt want to work.
What could be wrong? Can someone please help me out…
Currently I have hk1-x3-vfd.conf as /storage/.config/vfd.conf
Thanks
Did you use a raw copy?
Yes I used raw and also downloaded repo and pushed file to box. Tried all options.
You need to run cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio from Android, not from CoreELEC.
Oh damn. I have installed coreelec into internal removing android os assuming that might fix the issue. 
I don’t have android os anymore, is there any other way/options left for me ?
Not really, unless you restore/reinstall the original Android image onto the device.