S905X 1GB (Android 6) and CoreELEC NG boot failure

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Thank you. Odd thing is I somehow brick the device and it is in recovery now and the USB male/male seems to be detected in the Amlogic USB burning tool (HUB201 Connect success). Select normal erase and erase bootloader as instruction indicated. However, when I tried flashing Aidan img. It failed at 4% Download UBOOT time 23s.

[11:33:29 291][Global][Inf]–Scan end
[11:33:29 338][HUB2-1][Inf]–Open device handle \?\usb#vid_1b8e&pid_c003#5&c1e6cce&0&1#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed} 0x00000194
[11:33:29 401][HUB2-1][Inf]–CloneImageProxy
[11:33:29 401][Global][Inf]–OpenImg C:\Users\hieppo\Downloads[v7.5] (UNIVERSAL) Aidan’s ROM [S905X] 1GB 2GB+.img
[11:33:29 401][HUB2-1][Inf]–Connect path=Intel® 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C/P0/P0
[11:33:29 401][HUB2-1][Inf]–Start burning…
[11:33:29 463][HUB2-1][Inf]--------------ERASE BOOTLOADER------------
[11:33:29 573][HUB2-1][Inf]–start SendIdentifyCmd
[11:33:29 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0
[11:33:29 588][HUB2-1][Inf]-------------Download DDR.USB-----------
[11:33:29 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0
[11:33:29 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Control write pll reg1 0xd9000000:0x000000b1
[11:33:30 088][HUB2-1][Inf]–Control write pll reg1 0xd9000000:0x00005183
[11:33:30 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Control write pll reg1 0xd9000000:0x000000b1
[11:33:31 088][HUB2-1][Inf]–Control write pll reg1 0xd9000000:0x00005183
[11:33:31 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Write initial succeed
[11:33:31 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Upload encrypt at 0xc8100228
[11:33:31 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–ulValue = 0xadfc318c
[11:33:31 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Read encrypt value succeed
[11:33:31 588][HUB2-1][Inf]–Download DDR.USB,size: 49152!
[11:33:31 635][HUB2-1][Inf]–Transfer complete 49152
[11:33:31 635][HUB2-1][Inf]–Run at address 0xd9000000
[11:33:31 651][HUB2-1][Inf]–RunInRam success
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–CheckFileRunState succeed
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–runResult:0x 0,paraMagic:0x7856efab
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–ddrCapacity:0x 400
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–Get Encrpt ulValue = 0xadfc318c
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Err]–download 1 time!
[11:33:31 776][HUB2-1][Inf]–Download UBOOT.USB buffer at 0x0200c000
[11:33:32 402][HUB2-1][Inf]–Transfer complete
[11:33:32 605][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:32 605][HUB2-1][Inf]–Download DDR.USB buffer at 0xd9000000
[11:33:32 652][HUB2-1][Inf]–Transfer complete
[11:33:32 652][HUB2-1][Inf]–DownCheckPara succeed
[11:33:32 652][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:32 652][HUB2-1][Inf]–RunInAddr at address 0xd9000000
[11:33:32 699][HUB2-1][Inf]–ReadCheckPara succeed
[11:33:32 699][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:32 699][HUB2-1][Inf]–Get Encrpt ulValue = 0xadfc318c
[11:33:32 699][HUB2-1][Inf]–Download DDR.USB buffer at 0xd9000000
[11:33:32 745][HUB2-1][Inf]–Transfer complete
[11:33:32 761][HUB2-1][Inf]–DownRunPara succeed
[11:33:32 761][HUB2-1][Inf]–2-2-0-0-0-1-0-0
[11:33:32 761][HUB2-1][Inf]–RunInRam at address 0xd9000000
[11:33:45 263][HUB2-1][Inf]–Detect Device remove timeout
[11:33:45 263][HUB2-1][Inf]–Device is connected
[11:33:45 263][HUB2-1][Inf]–Close device handle 0x00000194
[11:33:45 326][HUB2-1][Inf]–Open device handle \?\usb#vid_1b8e&pid_c003#5&c1e6cce&0&1#{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed} 0x00000194
[11:33:53 405][HUB2-1][Inf]–IOCTL_IDENTIFY_HOST_Handler ret=-116 error_msg=libusb0-dll:err [control_msg] sending control message failed, win error: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

[11:33:53 405][HUB2-1][Err]–CheckFileRunState failed
[11:33:53 405][HUB2-1][Err]–[0x10303004]Romcode/Switch status/Identify/Error result
[11:33:53 405][HUB2-1][Inf]–Close device handle 0x00000194

Based on the log it seems like my usb cable was removed but it never did.

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Which version of the tool are you using?

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I am using v2.2.0

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I use 2.2.4, but I can’t see that being a huge issue.
Does it always fail at the same point?

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Yeah it fail the exact same place. I thought it could be my cable since it is a diy cable. I just solder the two USB type A ends together keep same pin outs. I may need to go out and purchase a manufactured M/M USB type A and try again. I mean the box is toast at the moment. The red LED is solid red and boot nothing at the moment (not internal eMMC or flash card or USB). I guess my only option to debrick this is through M/M USB flash.

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ROM may just be incompatible.

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After a hairy weekend from trying to flash Aidan’s custom rom as suggested above, I soft bricked my box. Luckily I was able to find my USB UART and see the output. Somehow my box after the fail flashed. It got stuck in a boot loop. So yes, I can theoretically connect M/M and USB Burn Tool detects it but it would not flash any ROM whatsoever. It would always fail at UBOOT about 4%.

I was able to finally resurrect the box using the following method.

If I create a SD card using AML Boot card maker, I was able to boot off the card. It took a while to find a working img to allow it to boot fully into Android. Aidan’s img would not boot fully, I would only see a green screen.

I then adb reboot recovery and I found a Sunvell T95x which was a ZIP format. In recovery, select update from EXT, I was able to select the ZIP file and standard Android flash into eMMC again.

I now can boot from the eMMC. However, this still does not fix my issue with trying to get CoreELEC NG to boot. I guess I still have to find a compatible ZIP to flash.

I am not 100% sure about flashing with USB Burn tool since even after I resurrect the box and tried to flash, it would fail at 4%. USB UART would stop at the error. When I connect to UART again, I will post the output.

@kshi I was not able to successfully flash the your suggested ROM.

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@Betatester also has an image that he’s had luck with on S905x boxes. Maybe ask if he’ll share the one he uses?

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This is the UART output when trying to boot CoreELEC ng with my current Android 6 firmware/bootloader,
ng.boot.log (108.5 KB)

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The firmware I use is for Nexbox A95X-B7N. I can make available if it helps.

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@hieppo, there you go.

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This is from AIdan’s ROM Thread. may be this applies to you
No Reset Button, Connect the box to PC with USB & Connect AC Power WHILE also pressing the Power Button, the device should then connect to the software and Flash

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