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Information on box updates (bricked box outside USA)

I have posted before how I purchased 3 FireTVs. I set up IP blocking and 2 of the 3 booted fine. 1 of the 3 said there was an update and couldnt pick it up and hence wouldnt boot.
After many frustrations, I thought I would let it update and hope to not get the most recent update.. Various reports have said these dont increment to the most recent one every time. But it still wouldnt update.
I had to shelve the messing around due to travel but tried again last night.. Same situation.
I just had an hour long chat with a tech support at amazon who wasnt dumb.. It seems there was an early firware version which had a forced update and would not skip it. It would seem one of my 3 boxes are on this early firmware. Then to make matters worse, amazon blocks non USA ISPs from downloading the update. Essentially amazon sell a box that wont boot without the update and wont give the update to non USA IPs. Thats a bit sucky !!
Is it well known that the back button and right direction, held for 15 - 30 seconds enables a factory reset ??
The tech guy is now trying with higher level tech to see if he can get me a version of the FW that I can ADP to the box through the recovery console. Has anyone done any testing with this, has anyone flashed a FW via recovery console and ADP ??
Right now one of my 3 boxes is a brick, and I have done nothing to this box, thats entirely amazon, which I do feel pissed off about, selling a box that will only boot in one geographical market is a bit extreme.

Phat Phreddy said:
I have posted before how I purchased 3 FireTVs. I set up IP blocking and 2 of the 3 booted fine. 1 of the 3 said there was an update and couldnt pick it up and hence wouldnt boot.
After many frustrations, I thought I would let it update and hope to not get the most recent update.. Various reports have said these dont increment to the most recent one every time. But it still wouldnt update.
I had to shelve the messing around due to travel but tried again last night.. Same situation.
I just had an hour long chat with a tech support at amazon who wasnt dumb.. It seems there was an early firware version which had a forced update and would not skip it. It would seem one of my 3 boxes are on this early firmware. Then to make matters worse, amazon blocks non USA ISPs from downloading the update. Essentially amazon sell a box that wont boot without the update and wont give the update to non USA IPs. Thats a bit sucky !!
Is it well known that the back button and right direction, held for 15 - 30 seconds enables a factory reset ??
The tech guy is now trying with higher level tech to see if he can get me a version of the FW that I can ADP to the box through the recovery console. Has anyone done any testing with this, has anyone flashed a FW via recovery console and ADP ??
Right now one of my 3 boxes is a brick, and I have done nothing to this box, thats entirely amazon, which I do feel pissed off about, selling a box that will only boot in one geographical market is a bit extreme.
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use a VPN, problem solved.

How can I put in a VPNs details on a box that wont boot and with only a (dumb) router ??
Sure I could do it on a PC on my net, but not seeing how to set up a VPN without a device in the middle.

Phat Phreddy said:
I have posted before how I purchased 3 FireTVs. I set up IP blocking and 2 of the 3 booted fine. 1 of the 3 said there was an update and couldnt pick it up and hence wouldnt boot.
After many frustrations, I thought I would let it update and hope to not get the most recent update.. Various reports have said these dont increment to the most recent one every time. But it still wouldnt update.
I had to shelve the messing around due to travel but tried again last night.. Same situation.
I just had an hour long chat with a tech support at amazon who wasnt dumb.. It seems there was an early firware version which had a forced update and would not skip it. It would seem one of my 3 boxes are on this early firmware. Then to make matters worse, amazon blocks non USA ISPs from downloading the update. Essentially amazon sell a box that wont boot without the update and wont give the update to non USA IPs. Thats a bit sucky !!
Is it well known that the back button and right direction, held for 15 - 30 seconds enables a factory reset ??
The tech guy is now trying with higher level tech to see if he can get me a version of the FW that I can ADP to the box through the recovery console. Has anyone done any testing with this, has anyone flashed a FW via recovery console and ADP ??
Right now one of my 3 boxes is a brick, and I have done nothing to this box, thats entirely amazon, which I do feel pissed off about, selling a box that will only boot in one geographical market is a bit extreme.
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If you can get them to give you the update to work through recovery console that would be great. Seems like that would be the way for everyone to be able to downgrade unrootable firmware.

tselling said:
If you can get them to give you the update to work through recovery console that would be great. Seems like that would be the way for everyone to be able to downgrade unrootable firmware.
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Sure.. And the tech guy was really trying for me.. Wasnt stupid.. and assured me he would push as much and follow up..
But will the upper level tech allow that ?? Who knows..

Phat Phreddy said:
Sure.. And the tech guy was really trying for me.. Wasnt stupid.. and assured me he would push as much and follow up..
But will the upper level tech allow that ?? Who knows..
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If they do manage to tell you how to update through recovery, make sure you write down everything.

Phat Phreddy said:
Sure.. And the tech guy was really trying for me.. Wasnt stupid.. and assured me he would push as much and follow up..
But will the upper level tech allow that ?? Who knows..
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What rbox said! Be sure to write down the entire procedure.
Also, I believe the factory reset via remote is holding Home and right direction buttons, not back and right direction. Either I'm mistaken or both work. I'll give back and right direction a try later on.

I believe it was back and right.. he said for 30 seconds but it only took 10 or 15 until a dialogue poped up asking to reset... Maybe if you hold it for 30 it goes past the dialogue.

Bricked my new MK809IV Please help....

well Yeah.. so i bought this stick just now on ebay thinking it should be good enought to give away for streaming some live tv and so on, but
this had obviously the WIFI problem and there i was..
Not beeing able to use WIFI i started to search for different roms and after a couple days constantly searching HOW TO- and downloading different ROMS and watching youtube on how to flash i set up to the task once again..
Beeing able to flash both Nvidia tablets, Samsung Telephones, and Xiaomi i felt confident that i would be able to fix this..
But no, i had a couple different roms that started up With start screen but then that was it, nothing more i couldnt get past start boot logo on either of the 3 roms i thought was correct so i startd to search for same chip roms as this has the 3229 rockchip and the AS something number wifichip..
But then after flashing With a unknown rom it wouldnt start up again or even get recogniced by the computer usb again..
I tried the reset button, i tried shortcutting pin 6-7 and most likely all other as well but no Luck..
There is a blue light but its only halfway as Bright as when the stick was ON and working.
So its like its stuck in some low Power recovery or i dont know..
At least it lights up when i plug it in.
this is the stick With the red "plastic antenna"
Its not an antenne after all by lokking at it but maybe it serves some purpose of making People think its an antenna..
Any suggestions will be apreciated as now i consider it as Waste and after just spending 35 USD on it i would like it to at least get it back so i can sideload some games on it and give it away rather than putting it in the trashcan..
I attach link to the crap i bought so you get the idea of what it is and to also avoid..
Thank you all for all help!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252678580408

veralynn said:
well Yeah.. so i bought this stick just now on ebay thinking it should be good enought to give away for streaming some live tv and so on, but
this had obviously the WIFI problem and there i was..
Not beeing able to use WIFI i started to search for different roms and after a couple days constantly searching HOW TO- and downloading different ROMS and watching youtube on how to flash i set up to the task once again..
Beeing able to flash both Nvidia tablets, Samsung Telephones, and Xiaomi i felt confident that i would be able to fix this..
But no, i had a couple different roms that started up With start screen but then that was it, nothing more i couldnt get past start boot logo on either of the 3 roms i thought was correct so i startd to search for same chip roms as this has the 3229 rockchip and the AS something number wifichip..
But then after flashing With a unknown rom it wouldnt start up again or even get recogniced by the computer usb again..
I tried the reset button, i tried shortcutting pin 6-7 and most likely all other as well but no Luck..
There is a blue light but its only halfway as Bright as when the stick was ON and working.
So its like its stuck in some low Power recovery or i dont know..
At least it lights up when i plug it in.
this is the stick With the red "plastic antenna"
Its not an antenne after all by lokking at it but maybe it serves some purpose of making People think its an antenna..
Any suggestions will be apreciated as now i consider it as Waste and after just spending 35 USD on it i would like it to at least get it back so i can sideload some games on it and give it away rather than putting it in the trashcan..
I attach link to the crap i bought so you get the idea of what it is and to also avoid..
Thank you all for all help!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252678580408
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Hi.
I think I have the same device as you. And also I tried to flash another rom without success, so until I find a good rom, its just a small brick.
I also been in the same situation as you, but you have to short pins 7-8 to revive. Its the pins facing the middle of the device, and counting from the device edge/side.
Good luck. If you find a working rom for it, let me know

No, i have had no luck. Piece of **** device.
Got 80% refund from seller after a couple weeks of complaining.
Just throw it away and buy a ZAPPATI media player or a Nvidia shield if you dont use any 3D.

veralynn said:
No, i have had no luck. Piece of **** device.
Got 80% refund from seller after a couple weeks of complaining.
Just throw it away and buy a ZAPPATI media player or a Nvidia shield if you dont use any 3D.
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Hi again.
If you ever revive your dongle, you can get a working rom from the following link:
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rockchip-based-tv-players/rk3229-devices/firmware-roms-tools-bg/623420-mk809iv-rk3229-bricked-how-to-unbrick?p=646882#post646882
It worked for me

Thanks. I will try. Any tips in how to revive it??

I also have an mk809iv. I couldn't get developer options to show after tapping build number but it said "no need you are already a developer" (I assume its preunlocked?) I got bored and decided to flash a rom. I have the rockchip factory tool and rockchip batch tool. I tried flashing an update and the problems began lol
OK..... The stick now doesn't have a blue led on AT All. Tried original mains power source different USB cables different ports on laptop etc.
When I connect it to the TV it doesn't show up on the hdmi. Have I really fried it properly ?
Is there a way to use command on pc or adb shell or something to unlock the bootloader. In batch tool I can see the device after shorting pin 6/7 method but when I load firmware and start to flash then it comes up with failed at boot every time and on different versions of the tool.
I rooted the device before with King root (not king o root) and flashed supersu via rom installer app. Assuming that developer options are open by default, the device should be rooted now...... Right? ?
Anyway is there a way to uninstall all the software and reinstall the manufacturers firmware via the pc ? I have included pics of the board, but when looking at other people's pics the have a lot more chips and nand chips etc mine has one chip on the back and on the other side what I presume to be a heat sync (look like a bit of a tin can
Lol)
I have been on many forums for about 48hrs straight now ? and still can't find answers *sigh*
Recap:- 1 is it fried
2 if not can I sort it via pc
3 HOW?! lol
One last thing, would it run on cyanogenmod 11 ? it's an android device running kit kat and my gingerbread S2 is now on cm11 or are the internal "gibbons" different ?
Many thanks to anyone who can lend me a hand ??

Breathing life into my Nvidia Shield portable

I played my Nvidia Shield portable a lot and the right trigger may have gotten damaged or worn out so now my device usually detects a slight press. This became annoying for many games and not allowing the system go to sleep. I decided to try the android update to see if that would make a change. I am not happy with the new update and would like to go back to "kit kat" so that I can play expendables, sonic and have an overall better UI. Can somebody link me the easiest way to fix this thing? I just want to downgrade the OS.

you have to install the firmware using fastboot. Install usb drivers https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386956 and then download the firmware from nvidia's site and follow the instructions https://developer.nvidia.com/gamewo...table Recovery OS Image&tx=$additional,shield

Mojo Newbie

Hi All
I have started this thread in general just to chat and voice some opinions and get bits of feedback more than anything
so here's my little story, I picked up a mojo as I originally had fire sticks for my TVs in the bedroom and living room, and Emulators and games on my phone and tablet, and I picked up an 8bitdo SF30 Pro Controller for my phone/tablet, however I found I never really have time to myself while out and about to play retro games on my phone and tablet, I had looked at buying a shield tv so I could have everything on one device, but I didn't want to spend 150+ on one, so I sold the fire sticks in favour of a mojo, knowing I could put tv apps and games on, but i didn't know how restricted the old sw would be, but for the price of a fire stick, worth a look, then picked up 2 more (one for each tv as a result of bricking the first one, now before anyone jumps in, i quickly found out it is hard to brick a mojo with software, only a hardware issue is likely to brick it) but what was holding me back waas my own stubbornness, I refuse to join facebook, but I know there is a dedicated group on there, but again I found a ton of info on here and youtube, and secondly, I have a chromebook, not a windows machine, so connecting to a computer with male to male usb means making a trip.... i've had to load everything onto SD
too many apps weren't compatible with 4.2.2 so I needed to root and find a newer version, I tried remix 2 first, then lineage 13, then cm12 and 12.1, none are perfect
the mojo downstairs is on stock rom, as that runs all of my emulators just fine (that i'm aware of) and any extra tv apps that I can't put onto my smart tv (mobbox Cody and showdro etc ) I only purchased this later after tinkering with the first one for a few days
Remix - used most of the internal storage with apps so maybe lineage needs trying as I can mount an SD as Internal, most emulators will run roms from the sd card, wifi doesn't seem to work when an SD is left in (will mounting an SD internally with Lineage mean no wifi?), and its a faff to keep taking it out given the placement of the slot next to the hdmi, so i've moved them onto a thumb drive instead and picked up a cheap 4 port usb to put a keyboard/mouse receiver in, i've put the controller dongle in the hub and i've not noticed too much lag, but I wanted the thumb drive in the usb3 port, and I can switch them if it means it works better, overall happy, upstairs isn't a smart tv so that mojo needed to have all the tv apps in addition to my emulators games and roms, still some apps can't be installed though, problem parsing the package, is this due to the app version itself? a couple of my GTAs sideloaded fine, but some refuse, even when i've looked for alternatives... I read Netflix can be an issue, I found if I downloaded a version that was near enough the same date as the rom, (a version from feb or oct 2016, can't remember which in the end) the app would simply take me to its own site to download the correct version
tried Lineage next, first time, made a right hash of it, i dunno how, firstly, I couldn't boot into recovery from Remix (TWRP 2820), factory reset sent it to a twrp bootloop, and thats where i thought i'd bricked it, and bought 2 more, figured out the keyboard alt-i-prt scr was only rebooting it, until I pressed escape after pressing those 3, before remix reappeared, suddenly twrp came on, so I wiped and flashed lineage
it was buggered everything forced close, but settings option gave me the extra restart options including restart into recovery, and i'd come across the thread on here showing the hidden internal hw buttons for power and restart,, so getting back to recovery was no battle at all
back to Remix, I spent a few hours reading through 2 different threads dedicated to CM12 and CM12.1, both seem affected with various minor flaws, audio drop outs, no chrome browser, I experienced this and also unstable bluetooth
the only thing i've been unsuccessful in is going back to stock, I don't think I did my initial back up properly, but given that i've left one stock anyway, I can do a back up again if I need to I guess,
sorry if my first post isn't that interesting, but do you all still use your mojo and what roms do you use, i've settled on Remix

Fire hd 8 10th. Gen linux os?

Hello, first post here, somewhat of a noob but not completely. Please tell me if I am using the wrong lingo on specific things.
Fire os 7.3.2.2
I am looking for information on the locked rom of the 10th. Gen hd 8, a have read quite a few threads from the past two years asking if there is a proven method to get in but I couldn't find anything promising. I did run across this one website that claims it is simple, just unlock the bootloader first.https://www.rootingsteps.com/root-amazon-fire-hd-8-2020/
Of which I can find no information on how to do. There is an "oem unlocking" switch in developer options but it automatically goes to "off" after clicking it on and selecting "ok" on the device protection pop-up.
I also am aware of the 8th gen method and i have the back off my 10th but it is completely different.
I am willing to help any way I can, that being said though if everyone has given up on these I could buy an 8th. but with the sale amazon has the newer one is almost cheaper than a used 8. If anyone is interested I'll upload pictures of the circuit board, there is no clock pin marked but I would think it is still there, and I will try shorting it to ground, and if it lets the magic smoke out I'm sending it back to amazon lol. If it makes any difference I don't need to save anything that is on the tablet now, it's new, never account linked, or connected to wifi and I'd be fine with completely wiping the fire os and everything, if there is a way to load linux.
My goal is to load linux mint and run it as a touch screen "laptop" to use as a digital dash with Tuner Studio on stand alone efi on a "race car".