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Hello all. I have been using the various android builds for the past few weeks, and much respect to all the developers.
I have been unable to find a central guide how to apply themes on our HD2 android. However, through some trial and error, I have been able finally apply a theme in a relatively straightforward way, without using terminal or coding or whatnot.
Note, this was a themeing attempt on a cyanogenmod build (there are several out there).
Please feel free to add-on or modify or share your comments. Let's help each other enjoy our phones!
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You need to have AndroidSDK installed, as well as droid explorer. Make sure adb process is running; I believe when you install androidsdk, this will start automatically.
Fire up your android build, and connect via usb to your computer.
Run droid explorer, and your list of directories should show up. Now, open the folder of your dark cherry theme. In the "framework" folder you should see framework-res.apk. Drag this file into droid explorer under /system/framework on your android. This will change the theme, and you need to reboot (from the phone, not from droid explorer).
If you want the keyboard and other apps skinned, you can copy the .apk files from the app folder (in your dark cherry folder), and drag them to /system/apps on your android (via droid explorer). Now reboot again (from phone, not from droid explorer).
This is what worked for me 99%. The only issues I noticed was that zedge would keep asking me to upgrade whenever i rebooted. Minor issue really, but otherwise, the theme worked fine, as did the keyboard and all.
* Remember, when you download the theme from the website, make sure it is compatible with your cyanogen build. I was using bangster's build, based of cyanogen 6.0.1. So on the theme website, I downloaded the build under nexus one cyanogen 6.0.1.
Hope this helps, and good luck.
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I found androidSDK on the web, and there are also web guides on how to install. I am using Windows 7 64-bit on my laptop. My phone had vbn's clarity rc1 droid rom. My android build was bangster's 1.3.
Thanks for the guide maqsur,
but a couple of questions:
Could you please link the site where you got the themes from?
Does it have to be 6.0.1, because I only see 6.0.0 themes for nexus one :S (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5977-theme-full-desire-cyanogenmod-600-final-90210-fixed/)
The dark cherry theme that is in the "screenshot" thread is from a site by its creator, and it had a link to 6.0.1. I am also using google to search for "cm6 final themes." I just downloaded a "Black and Bold" theme from droid forums. It's all experimentation at this point, because dark cherry was the first one i ever tried.
I believe most of the newer builds for our HD2 are based on cyanogenmod final 6 (cm6). So I believe if you look for themes like that, you should be okay. I am still trying new ones, and will post screen shots when I can take them.
A note: depending on your build, read the original post for that particular thread, and confirm which rom the cyanogen is based on (nexus one, evo, etc.), because themes that are out there are based on phone models as well as mod versions.
Hi everyone,
I picked up a Droid X a few days ago and I have been looking into modifying it ever since. So far I have successfully Rooted, De-Odex'd, and installed custom themes. Being new to the android platform, it has taken some time to learn and there is still more to know. I have started to piece together a guide and I am looking for some input from the community to correct/add/remove tips/tricks/tools/etc as needed.
Please take the time to review and let me know what you thoughts are. Let me know what you encountered when trying to do a specific task. For us n00b's out there, let me know what you were unsure of and how you resolved the issue. My goal is to make one source for the Droid X that gets rid of most confusion.
Look forward to your input.
Thanks!
Update 10/26/2010: Guide Complete, still open for suggestions, just PM me.
Updated attached guide and also posted to wiki.
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Hi everyone,
I picked up a Droid X a few days ago and I have been looking into modifying it ever since. So far I have successfully Rooted, De-Odex'd, and installed custom themes. Being new to the android platform, it has taken some time to learn and there is still more to know. I have started to piece together a guide and I am looking for some input from the community to correct/add/remove tips/tricks/tools/etc as needed.
Please take the time to review and let me know what you thoughts are. Let me know what you encountered when trying to do a specific task. For us n00b's out there, let me know what you were unsure of and how you resolved the issue. My goal is to make one source for the Droid X that gets rid of most confusion.
Look forward to your input.
Thanks!
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Looks like you put a lot of time/effort into this.
How about integrating that info into the wiki?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Motorola_Droid_X.png
Nice work! +1 on zaphod's sug. ping me if you need any help!
Will do, I have some more work I'd like to do on it though. Thanks for the tips and support
Dude...seriously...THANK you. Step-by-step directions are great when you only have a vaguely general idea of what you're supposed to be doing (that's what happens when you still haven't tried to learn though, so it's kinda my fault...).
Hey- this is awesome. Keep up the good work. Don't forget- now that we can overclock - those will be useful instructions since they are pretty confusing for noobs right now.
nice work!
Thanks for taking the time to write this up for all of us trying to hack our Droid X's.
nice guide, i didnt realize the recovery mod was so easy until i read this. nice to have a backup now.
Does anyone have anytips on getting this root to work. Ive installed the drivers and followed the instructions on the guide but for some reason when i hit the root button it gets hung up halfway through it. Then it can find my DroidX. help plzz
Thanks in advance
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Does anyone have anytips on getting this root to work. Ive installed the drivers and followed the instructions on the guide but for some reason when i hit the root button it gets hung up halfway through it. Then it can find my DroidX. help plzz
Thanks in advance
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Guide is a bit out dated. A much easier root method is z4root. apk and support page below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
1. Download .apk, copy to SD card.
2. Enable "Unknown sources" (Settings => Applications => check "Unknown sources"
3. Use file manager to navigate to file on SD card, install. I recommend rebooting before install and again after install, prior to running root command from within z4root. <= may help the process run smoother.
4. Open z4root, tap Permanent Root, let it run, once complete your device should restart and you would then be rooted.
Next step, installing ROM's. Many great ROM's out there, I highly recommend Liberty.
When I first got into Android hacking and modding my phone, ROM manager was one of the first apps I installed (or was automagically installed, I can't remember which). The first ROM that I used and haven't jumped from since was AngDroid's FISSION series. I've not opened ROM Manager ONCE other than to play around and explore and with FISSION's new Fission Rom Manager and Koush's Droid2 BootStrapper, is his ROM manager something that I really need to keep on my phone?
Would I be creating any heartache for myself by removing ROM Manager from my device???
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When I first got into Android hacking and modding my phone, ROM manager was one of the first apps I installed (or was automagically installed, I can't remember which). The first ROM that I used and haven't jumped from since was AngDroid's FISSION series. I've not opened ROM Manager ONCE other than to play around and explore and with FISSION's new Fission Rom Manager and Koush's Droid2 BootStrapper, is his ROM manager something that I really need to keep on my phone?
Would I be creating any heartache for myself by removing ROM Manager from my device???
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You can remove it. You don't need it
ROM Manager is just a nice front end to ClockworkMod Recovery. Fission ROM Manager is the exact same thing except that it only works for Fission ROM and nothing else. If all you care about is Fission ROM then you don't really need ROM Manager.
I think - talking about the Rom manager from Koushik Dutta - it actually saves you a lot of headache not to have it installed. It is not working (download ROM only ends up in a "error occured while processing the rom list" and there is no support at all from the developer at all . When checking the clockworkmod forum, it is full of spam and unmaintained.
The free version may be worth the money, donating for it is throwing money out of the window in my opinion.
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I think - talking about the Rom manager from Koushik Dutta - it actually saves you a lot of headache not to have it installed. It is not working (download ROM only ends up in a "error occured while processing the rom list" and there is no support at all from the developer at all . When checking the clockworkmod forum, it is full of spam and unmaintained.
The free version may be worth the money, donating for it is throwing money out of the window in my opinion.
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ROM Manager works great on the D2. You need to use the bootstrapper before using it, and you might have to press the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" button at the top before you are able to see D2 ROMs.
The error while processing ROM list is not Koush's fault, once you get into each individual ROM section it is up to that ROM's developer to keep the list updated and reachable. The DROID 2 community has not been very good about supporting ROM Manager for some reason, which is a shame because it truly does make things easier.
Hmm - it worked before the last update... CWM is not the probem and works just fine - I was referring to the ROM download. It does not even show a list of ROMs any more, just the error message. And he supplies the manifest files together with his application, I do not download them from the ROM providers.
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ROM Manager works great on the D2. You need to use the bootstrapper before using it, and you might have to press the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" button at the top before you are able to see D2 ROMs.
The error while processing ROM list is not Koush's fault, once you get into each individual ROM section it is up to that ROM's developer to keep the list updated and reachable. The DROID 2 community has not been very good about supporting ROM Manager for some reason, which is a shame because it truly does make things easier.
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i had the paid version of rom manager due to Cyanogenmod on my Og droid but seeing as there won't be one available for the d2 until someone really hacks that damn locked bootloader i feel like its a waste of my space on my d2 but i'm hopeful that one day soon my d2 will be rom filled and rom manager will work like it did on my old droid too bad i can't transfer the license to my old droid that i gave to my fiancee.
ROM manager is how i learned to do all the rooting steps, it's clean, fast, and updates quiet often.
Can anyone help me? Ive tried just about every way to install android and it always stops on jumping to kernel?
Just saw this here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Omnia_II/Initial_Support_Andromnia_II
If you are i920 owner you need to use uncompressed kernel image, try these:
follow my guide 1-2
download uncompressed kernel image from here
put Image file into root directory of your Omnia's SD Card (Storage Card)
edit default.txt (in your phone!) file and change "set kernel zImage" to "set kernel Image" (notice - no "z" letter!)
follow my guide 3-8 no vaaaaaaaaaaaa
It booted into linux but failed and rebooted.. What do I need todo to the use froyobundle? Since it uses a Zimage
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Can anyone help me? Ive tried just about every way to install android and it always stops on jumping to kernel?
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I would like to, but I am unsure how this beta performs on i920, it seems a bit different from i8000 though.
However, here is the link to the MoDaCo Forum on i920, maybe you should check it out because that was the dedicated forum for i920 users on Omnia2Droid.
**Link down at the moment, will update the link once the link is accessible.
Alright thanks Im just trying to get the Andromnia II installed now keeps failing and rebooting
Guess I grabbed a crappy omnia 2 of craigslist.. just waiting on the droid bionic now
Does anyone have the link for uncompressed kernal file for the omnia i920 it is not posted on the madaco link
Hello. I have a MXQPRO which has a rockchip in it, a RK3228A. I have lifted the mobo and heatsink to check but cannot see an image attachment on here Is anyone please able to help me root this box. It's currently running out the box fimware, 7.1 android. It's a bare minimal box with 1GB ram and 8GB storage. I'm wondering if I can do anything fancy with it. I'd like it rooted, TWRP possibly and another faster, possibly better ROM on it. I see https://www.atvxperience.com but don't know if it's something it can run. The computer I'm using is running Windows 10. Thank you x
It comes prerooted . Just install any root apk and you will see root works ..just install supersu from Playstore but if you do that Netflix apk will stop working ...there is no custom firmware so pointless to flash twrp
Hello KevMetal the device says root undetected when opening SuperSU. I tried Magisk manager too but that was showing the zip as not being installed even after I tried to manually patch the latest 17.3 on the site. Can I do anything with this box? It is bare minimum resources but its still not bad and could be even better with a better ROM possibly. I have booted into recovery via the pinhole reset button at boot but nothing goes through I only saw joy at the clear cache option. The atv link I posted above says the latest build supports rockchips can I get on that ROM ? Thanks x
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Hello KevMetal the device says root undetected when opening SuperSU. I tried Magisk manager too but that was showing the zip as not being installed even after I tried to manually patch the latest 17.3 on the site. Can I do anything with this box? It is bare minimum resources but its still not bad and could be even better with a better ROM possibly. I have booted into recovery via the pinhole reset button at boot but nothing goes through I only saw joy at the clear cache option. The atv link I posted above says the latest build supports rockchips can I get on that ROM ? Thanks x
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install mix explorer file manager ..open it and open "root' section ..you will see a pop screen with strange Chinese lettering ( THAT IS SU PROMPT) figure out which side is "yes' and any other apk like sd maid ( to boost & manage device) ..in mixplorer you can modify "system" like deleting bloat etc ...
magisk is impossible because boot.img is rooted from factory ..so patched ...so no magisk ...i was able to flash an old twrp for Rockchip3229 via flashfire but it's pointless cos it breaks Netflix and we have no custom rom
there is NO the cool Amlogic based roms in atv link will run on our crappy Rockchip based boxes ...I have the 2GB + 8GB Rockchip RK3229 ...So I guess a little bettrr than yours ...
Hello KevMetal. I installed MiXplorer 6.29.20. I did not receive a prompt message when clicking on root it just showed me the section with many files within. Can I install root required apps? I haven't tried SD maid yet.
twrp is such an easy tool. Thank you for the explanation. I did try obtain files via seller or sellers but not many can help. One did send over links for RK3229.
1,firmware flash tools and drivers on Windows .
link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bU_K2I1AIPoJO6kqBPENLAC8wXTxWDEk
2, firmware of mxqpro rk3229 1+8
link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ACOUGb1XlNTgRtOAaxEDdAIfME6fPoxC
The box is running 7.1 out the box like I said above. Is that any better? Or is it same stock image. I'm confused I would have liked to try different ROMs atv looks good.
Is there anything I could do to this box? By the way thank you for your help I didn't think I would get much of a response having searched google and got pretty much nothing x
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Hello KevMetal. I installed MiXplorer 6.29.20. I did not receive a prompt message when clicking on root it just showed me the section with many files within. Can I install root required apps? I haven't tried SD maid yet.
twrp is such an easy tool. Thank you for the explanation. I did try obtain files via seller or sellers but not many can help. One did send over links for RK3229.
1,firmware flash tools and drivers on Windows .
link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bU_K2I1AIPoJO6kqBPENLAC8wXTxWDEk
2, firmware of mxqpro rk3229 1+8
link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ACOUGb1XlNTgRtOAaxEDdAIfME6fPoxC
The box is running 7.1 out the box like I said above. Is that any better? Or is it same stock image. I'm confused I would have liked to try different ROMs atv looks good.
Is there anything I could do to this box? By the way thank you for your help I didn't think I would get much of a response having searched google and got pretty much nothing x
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np problem . but i explained to you . the soc ( system on chip ) is the processor . we have the cheapest, less common , 0 developer chip ..ROckchip ( budget Chinese)
of course the ATV looks great but it is a custom but made for an Amlogic chip ...being able to port that to our device would be like saying you are waiting someone to put ios from apple on your Huawei ...just not gonna happen
if mixplorer is opening root and you can see files there and select or copy or paste there YOU HAVE ROOT ..ROOT=access to root filesystem
i will check the firmware but if it is links from manufacturer it is probably just stock in case you need to restore ....so the same but i will look
*i just looked __its the same as stock__it is just in case you need to factory restore your box cos it won't boot so its pointless
just install any apks you want by copy pasting them direct into /system/priv-app folder and delete the ones you don't need to boost your system ..sd maid is great for cleaning you cache and optimising system but you can forget getting something on the level of atv but at least you can delete the Chinese apks or sysyem apks bloat using mixplorer
just focus your attention on getting kodi running well and just leave twrp cos it won't be useful to you .......i mean what do you wanna do with it ? why is it so useful for a tv box ...i will sesrch for the twrp recovery.img i flashed but remember after flashing it and updating "root" supersu your netflix apk won't work anymore so is it really worth it ? for what just to backup up to sd ? personally i would just focus on making box boot direct to kodi ...remove all bloat .with mix root exploree..load kodi to max with plugins and that's the best you gonna get
you are one of 10 guys with this box and nobody will develop custom roms for it . sorry bro
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https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rk3288-devices
look here for recovery or to boot linux from sd card ...but again what will you gain ?
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rk3288-devices/17987-new-3288-ez-root-tool
but you better make DAMN sure you have Rockchip3228 & not 3229 .....
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rockchip-based-tv-players/rk3229-devices
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=723460&st=100
I wanted root, or twrp root installed because of the basic magisk manager app but that was purely because magisk is soon easy to use. I'm not a pro with this so the app you suggested mixplorer is still getting around my head. I probably bar the easy functionality of magisk would have rooted viper4android on.
I did open the box and remove the heatsink of the processor to check for sure and it did say RK3228A. I took a picture but I don't see an upload attachment tab only a link attachment!
I used the box for streaming. Its not bad at all, low resource but it does stream well. Live tele streaming isn't bad but it is hit and miss because of crap software, I don't think its well supported as oppose to playing off a downloadable file. I don't use kodi. Only apps which are lightweight.
I wanted to try different roms for the fun of it really if at all possible. Thanks for the stock image verification its the first port of call when playing around so thanks again in case I mess things up or want to go back
Regarding freaktabs links. Are they all flashed through computer or can I use the built-in system recovery? Will they work. Sorry. I should register there too but like I said above I didn't find much with a google search when attempting to find files etc. for RK3228A so pretty dumbfounded on how to do anything with the box. Any help is much appreciated. I don't know how to do this if I'm honest the connection to PC is playing up not detecting the box at all with or without the power in the box. Any help would be greatly welcomed if I'm honest mate I know its a low resource box but I'm sure something decent could get on it from another chip may be. There isn't a RK3228A section on freaktab.
Regarding atv again. It may be for another rockchip but it says on the site the new release of firmware supports rockchips. Can you find it. And if you download the package it does have a 1gb/8gb version. Maybe for another boz I don't know but maybe for this one.
Gourcuff14 said:
I wanted root, or twrp root installed because of the basic magisk manager app but that was purely because magisk is soon easy to use. I'm not a pro with this so the app you suggested mixplorer is still getting around my head. I probably bar the easy functionality of magisk would have rooted viper4android on.
I did open the box and remove the heatsink of the processor to check for sure and it did say RK3228A. I took a picture but I don't see an upload attachment tab only a link attachment!
I used the box for streaming. Its not bad at all, low resource but it does stream well. Live tele streaming isn't bad but it is hit and miss because of crap software, I don't think its well supported as oppose to playing off a downloadable file. I don't use kodi. Only apps which are lightweight.
I wanted to try different roms for the fun of it really if at all possible. Thanks for the stock image verification its the first port of call when playing around so thanks again in case I mess things up or want to go back
Regarding freaktabs links. Are they all flashed through computer or can I use the built-in system recovery? Will they work. Sorry. I should register there too but like I said above I didn't find much with a google search when attempting to find files etc. for RK3228A so pretty dumbfounded on how to do anything with the box. Any help is much appreciated. I don't know how to do this if I'm honest the connection to PC is playing up not detecting the box at all with or without the power in the box. Any help would be greatly welcomed if I'm honest mate I know its a low resource box but I'm sure something decent could get on it from another chip may be. There isn't a RK3228A section on freaktab.
Regarding atv again. It may be for another rockchip but it says on the site the new release of firmware supports rockchips. Can you find it. And if you download the package it does have a 1gb/8gb version. Maybe for another boz I don't know but maybe for this one.
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mmm well i haven't and didn't see anything on atv saying rockchip support ..
you can flash using batchtool in the link you already have or twrp ....what you don't seem to understand is that there is nothing for you to flash ...there are no custom roms for your device .,.you can try "porting" a rom which is to say taking a rom from another box with the same chip as yours and then patch fstab and swapping out ramdisk etc
search "porting" in xda to learn it .if you have atv rom with rockchip support share it with me ...
for now in freaktab they have a section for your chip ..go search for people with your box and try to port roms . i can't help you more
search in xda "porting" to learn how to port rom to your box ......
for basic understanding of root and root access to system folder i explained it well . if you need to know more sesrch xda university to learn information starting from basic beginning.
good luck bro
* one last thing * you have a problem
* your stock rom for restore is RK3229
__you say you have 3228A 100% certain ....
see the problem here ?:silly:
Hello. Thank you for your response it is much appreciated like I said thank you again. It says rockchip support on atv on the main page under the heading [ WE HAVE GONE BEYOND EXPECTATIONS…200K+ installs! ] at the top near the bottom of the paragraph.
I understood you when you said the box itself this exact model holds no support but I was wonder whether you could use another ROM. I will search port thank you.
I didn't see a RK3228 section on freaktab. I will have to post in another section or an open subforum.
Regarding stock firmware sent over. They say, a seller I mean who sent it said it will go on. I'm not sure how true that is being the same for a different chip. They messaged "3228A /3229 is the same . just different name for customers .3228A is for biger" lol
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Hello. Thank you for your response it is much appreciated like I said thank you again. It says rockchip support on atv on the main page under the heading [ WE HAVE GONE BEYOND EXPECTATIONS…200K+ installs! ] at the top near the bottom of the paragraph.
I understood you when you said the box itself this exact model holds no support but I was wonder whether you could use another ROM. I will search port thank you.
I didn't see a RK3228 section on freaktab. I will have to post in another section or an open subforum.
Regarding stock firmware sent over. They say, a seller I mean who sent it said it will go on. I'm not sure how true that is being the same for a different chip. They messaged "3228A /3229 is the same . just different name for customers .3228A is for biger" lol
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Jajaja, well i don't know in regards to 3228A and 3229 being the same ...if i were the manufacturer I wouldn't bother confusing people with two names
Obviously if the two are the same then obviously roms from both would work .
There is however a BIG section for RK3228 in Freaktab with more stuff than the RK3229 section cos it's older ...if they are the same that would be great news cos you could use stuff from both
We SOT luck regarding finding ready to go 123flash nice custom rom for our type of tv box .....
Could you please post a link to the Rockchip support bit on ATV page .. it's worth it to PM Ricky and asking him if there is ACTUAL working support for RK3228A&RK3229 but the only models I saw listed were Amlogic models in the "good" "popular" but more pricey boxes all starting with 9xx etc....
Hello again Sorry I couldn't see attachment support on my phone. I've now logged onto xda on a PC and I see upload ability. See below for pictures although it's being a bit for me, the attachments sorry if you cannot see them please let me know.
I cannot see the RK3228 section under Rockchips on freaktab. See the first attachment below to see screenshot taken of the rockchip section on freaktab.
And the second attachment is one taken from https://www.atvxperience.com/ homescreen which says rockchip support.
threads I have posted on both sites are here
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv...players/rk3229-devices/751994-mxq-pro-rk3228a
https://forum.atvxperience.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=308
there is also a picture of the mxqpro mobo taken by myself on both links.
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Hello again Sorry I couldn't see attachment support on my phone. I've now logged onto xda on a PC and I see upload ability. See below for pictures although it's being a bit for me, the attachments sorry if you cannot see them please let me know.
I cannot see the RK3228 section under Rockchips on freaktab. See the first attachment below to see screenshot taken of the rockchip section on freaktab.
And the second attachment is one taken from https://www.atvxperience.com/ homescreen which says rockchip support.
threads I have posted on both sites are here
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv...players/rk3229-devices/751994-mxq-pro-rk3228a
https://forum.atvxperience.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=308
there is also a picture of the mxqpro mobo taken by myself on both links.
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Okay cool will check it out .
Hello KevMetal. Can I use MiXplorer to root an ad blocker? I have tried blockada, stopad, adaway but they don't block in-app ads. Also can you recommend an equalizer? I'm not sure what else I can tune up tbh. Thank you x
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Hello KevMetal. Can I use MiXplorer to root an ad blocker? I have tried blockada, stopad, adaway but they don't block in-app ads. Also can you recommend an equalizer? I'm not sure what else I can tune up tbh. Thank you x
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I don't know why root isn't working for you ...install supersu ( from playstore)..when it asks to update binary just ignore it ... then open any app that neeeds root and see if a su prompt appears ..
You can use mixplorer to copy any apk into system to make it a system apk or to delete any apk too since you can enter /root/system/ folder even if su prompt doesn't work
adaway won't work
I found the twrp custom recovery and even a custom rom but it's only
Hello KevMetal. I installed SuperSU. When I open the app it says Root undetected then closes. I tried to open it several times but closes again I'm not sure what's going on there. App version 2.82.
Making of a system app. For example viper4android? I tried a normal install but it doesn't install drivers at first boot just stuck on trying to install drivers.
Is there any such in-app ad blocker?
What's the ROM like any good? Would the custom twrp kill anything if I was to install something like viper4android?
Thanks for your help x
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Hello KevMetal. I installed SuperSU. When I open the app it says Root undetected then closes. I tried to open it several times but closes again I'm not sure what's going on there. App version 2.82.
Making of a system app. For example viper4android? I tried a normal install but it doesn't install drivers at first boot just stuck on trying to install drivers.
Is there any such in-app ad blocker?
What's the ROM like any good? Would the custom twrp kill anything if I was to install something like viper4android?
Thanks for your help x
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Uuuf ...i would recommend trying twrp recovery at your own risk ...you might brick ...if you don't you don't need any custom rom ....just flash supersu .zip and adaway zip then you are good to good ... you can try an adblocker that uses a vpn to block ads ...sound mods like viper might break stuff ...you might get force closes or reboots if the install is a fail but if you are brave enough to risk bricking and flashing twrp you might as well try other package...i didn't try the custom rom but theoretically it comes optimized ..as in all chinese apps renoved ..esfilexpkorer..root & so on ..i think they also improved playback to get better video ..but i have only read about ..like i said from the start the only thing i did was twrp ...install supersu and sdmaid for optimization ..but root broke the Netflix apk and root didn't get me any closer to finding something that lets me use amazon video ..so finally I just restored to get Netflix apk working ( NONE ) of any of the netflix apks I downloaded worked ...only the original that came with the box and it stopped working with root ...so no more questions ..press thanks and flash something and you tell me what happened. :highfive:
Hello KevMetal.
OK I don't want to do anything crap. The box looks to be locked. I'm curious to see what could load up but at the same time cannot be bothered to be honest with the lack of support I should have known better reading of chip support before buying but having said that it is still a nice little box. I have removed a fair bit off the machine stock preinstalled crap and it is running OK.
I am reluctant to ask but having gone through all this chat could I at the very least have a look at the files you mention please? I probably won't do anything because I'm annoyed it isn't well supported but still just to have a look please, thank you x
The optimized ROM was what was appealing to be honest with you. May be on a different box now. I shall read, or at least look to see which is popular. Thank you again x
Hello. Can a lock be put on these MXQPRO. I tried settings, screen lock but it doesn't appear, the lockscreen doesn't appear after being set with a pin.
I haven't bothered loading a ROM. I'm just going to try optimize it as much as possible. Shame.
Gourcuff14 said:
Hello. I have a MXQPRO which has a rockchip in it, a RK3228A. I have lifted the mobo and heatsink to check but cannot see an image attachment on here Is anyone please able to help me root this box. It's currently running out the box fimware, 7.1 android. It's a bare minimal box with 1GB ram and 8GB storage. I'm wondering if I can do anything fancy with it. I'd like it rooted, TWRP possibly and another faster, possibly better ROM on it. I see https://www.atvxperience.com but don't know if it's something it can run. The computer I'm using is running Windows 10. Thank you x
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Hiya mate I think you have a rk3229 chips as they only used 3 chips on this board the AMLogic S905, S905x and RK3229.
https://chinagadgetsreviews.com/?s=Mxq+pro.
your board r329q v3.0 is a mxq 4k rk3229 chip
Hello pcmender2005. The chip itself says RK3228A. Its compatibility is unknown to me. There are pictures of the board here sorry if they are not clear enough I think one of them was uploaded at full image size..
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv...players/rk3229-devices/751994-mxq-pro-rk3228a
https://forum.atvxperience.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=308
Is there anything I can do with it. Thank you for your response. I find optimized apps for example are smooth running so it was pure optimization was what I was after and in most cases modded ROMs offer that. ATV says of rockchip support but I don't know whether it supports mine and how I could get it on. Again thank you for the response x