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Help Bluetimes 3584F MBOX - How to ROOT ?

Robra

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Dec 28, 2014
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Hi.
I've tried many things and also searched already on the net about this Bluetimes model but I didn't find nothing explain how it could be rooted. I sent a email to manufacturer about this issue but no answer. I only received of manufacturer the explanation how to restore the original firmware.
I tried some apps like...
- Framaroot
- Towelroot 3
- RomasterSu
... but nothing worked.
I tried too a version ROOT of Matricom Midnight G-BOX MX2 v1.1.5 on page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45502307&postcount=12 but nothing.
Below is some informations about the Bluetimes 3584F and the link to download the original firmaware given by the Shenzhen Blue times Technology Co., Ltd.
GENERAL:
MANUFACTURER
MBX
MODEL
MBX reference board (g18ref)

HARDWARE INFORMATION:
BOARD
g18ref
HARDWARE
amlogic
CPU_ABI
armeabi-v7a
CPU_ABI2
armeabi
ADVANCED CPU INFO
abi: armeabi-v7a
Processor: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)

SOFTWARE INFORMATION:
ANDROID VERSION NAME
JELLY_BEAN_MR1
ANDROID VERSION CODE
4.2.2
API LEVEL
17
ID
JDQ39
BUILD NUMBER
JDQ39.20131220

LINK TO DOWNLOAD:

firmware_Bluetimes_3584F.zip

UPGRADING GUIDE:
1. Unzip the downloaded firmware file, you will get 4 files named "g18ref-ota-XXXX.zip", "factory_update_param.aml", "u-boot.bin" and "recovery.img"
2. Copy the 4 files to the root directory of your SD card
3. Take off the power adapter from your media player and insert SD card to the card reader slot.
4. Press and hold the reset hole on the back of the media player(beside the power socket), then connect power adapter to this item, still holding the reset hole
5. When you see the upgrading process bar showed on your TV screen, you can release the reset hole
After firmware updating finished, TV box will reboot automatically.

I am needing move the apps to SD CARD because the internal memory is almost full but I can do that only if it is rooted.

I appreciate any help.
 
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Got it, finally!!
I will explain to help other users that have the same Blutimes 3584F model:
1- Download the utoo-root-signed.zip file on page http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2146226 and move it to SD card.
2- Donwload the firmware_Bluetimes_3584F.zip file on the first post, unzip it and move the files quoted below to SD card:
- factory_update_param.aml
- u-boot.bin
- recovery.img
3- Rename the utoo-root-signed.zip inside of SD card to g18ref-ota-20131220.zip.
4- Do the steps 3, 4 and 5 of the "UPGRADING GUIDE" on first post.

P.S.: Even with the phone rooted I needed create a 2nd partition EXT4 on SD card to move the apps to it by Link2SD app.

Thank you very much to stane1983.
 
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