G-BOX Rockchip 2918 Gingerbread - Really plays and outputs FullHD

[slayer7]

any one extracted the 4.03 image off ebay for this box yet?

 

[slayer7]

tested there 4.0 images off there website but they do not work on my box, it seems even though my box looks the same i guess the boards inside are different.

heres the link it may help someone

Software and ROMS | Android TV Box.us

 

[bthoven]

Xbmc on Android does not support hardware decoder (yet). So playing HD movies is useless.

You need a RF Air mouse/keyboard + button savior app + rooted firmware for a perfect remote control.

 

[mindsurfer]

Erasing IDB with RKAndroidTool and flashing it again helped. I'm running the full rooted firmware again.
When you flashed the full rooted firmware, did you check the "Loader" box and choose the right loader "RK29xxLoader(L)_V2.05.bin" from the folder?
Preinstalled loader in settings.ini is wrong!
Just try it again, i'm confident it will work

Excellent! IDB erase and selecting right loader made flashing succesfull. Enjoying full root with correct resolution on CRT TV set.

 

[eldiegocai]

Is this going to be updated?

 

[dietages]

Optical Audio doesn

 

[Z5745]

hi i have got to day the Gbox-I android 4.1
i have some issue, the video playback is vary laggy from HDD
i have tried some different player like mobo player mx player and it didnt help.
any 1 can help ?

 

[Cybereu]

Any news for our device ?

Im thinking throwing my away, because my control and my DC doesnt work, if i can install XBMC on it ill keep it.

 

[aleco18]

After many preambles, is there any ICS 4.0 OS firmware for early versions of the G-BOX? Or should we keep the 2.3.1 version without option to XBMC? (I mean the USB version 2 as 4USB version I have understood that there is no ICS version 4.0).

Thank you very much

 

[kozmo2k4]

After many preambles, is there any ICS 4.0 OS firmware for early versions of the G-BOX? Or should we keep the 2.3.1 version without option to XBMC? (I mean the USB version 2 as 4USB version I have understood that there is no ICS version 4.0).

Thank you very much

There is Android 4.1 update to download from http://androidtvbox.us/downloads/software-and-roms/ and an XBMC apk that works with it just fine

 

[aleco18]

Hi first thanks for the reply. Indeed I tried downloading the file "Android 4 Rev IV (Root!) Upgrade for G-Box I & II Android TV Boxes (8/21/2012)" also the REV III and both to burn and insert it into the SD the G-BOX I gives me the error "Invalid Firmware File" and that if I want to delete. Not why I get this message but I could not update it. Would anyone have been the same?

 

[Cybereu]

Hi first thanks for the reply. Indeed I tried downloading the file "Android 4 Rev IV (Root!) Upgrade for G-Box I & II Android TV Boxes (8/21/2012)" also the REV III and both to burn and insert it into the SD the G-BOX I gives me the error "Invalid Firmware File" and that if I want to delete. Not why I get this message but I could not update it. Would anyone have been the same?

Same here, can't upgrade.

 

[drskuzi]

What I did.
1. Downloaded firmware "G-BOX-201111 NEW Firmware(GTV564-GTV584).rar" from "http://www.dayflycn.com/Downloads.asp"
2. Downloaded "RK29xxImageTools_v2.1.zip" from "http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/19808-rk29xx-imagetools-v21/"
3. Unzip GBox firmware image in to same directory as RKimage tools and rename to wendal.img
4. Followed RKTools instuctions to unpack.
5. went to system/apps directory and fdeleted apps I didn't want following guides from "http://forums.androidcentral.com/optimus-v-rooting-roms-hacks/156703-guide-apks-their-purpose-safe-not-remove-big.html" and "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897286".
6. Followed RKTools instuctions to re-pack.
7. copied wendal_new.img to formatted sdcard and renamed to update.img.
8. started gbax and waited untill booted.
9. Inserted SDcard and was promted to install update.

So the device now acts as if rooted such that I can uninstall stock apps. However they reappear once rebooted. So I removed as many as possible from the image before repacking. Then just install the ones I need from the market or apk file in explorer after flashing.

 

[mindsurfer]

What I did.
1. Downloaded firmware "G-BOX-201111 NEW Firmware(GTV564-GTV584).rar" from "http://www.dayflycn.com/Downloads.asp"
...
So the device now acts as if rooted such that I can uninstall stock apps. However they reappear once rebooted. So I removed as many as possible from the image before repacking. Then just install the ones I need from the market or apk file in explorer after flashing.

There is post above with readymade fully rooted firmware but with Android 2.3.1

 

[maja69]

There is post above with readymade fully rooted firmware but with Android 2.3.1

http://goo.im/devs/DJDroid/DJDroid GBOX

Based on rom gingerbread
GO Launcher EX 3.23
GO Launcher EX Notification 2.2
adbWireless 1.4.1
ES Gestore File 1.6.2.4
Update market 3.10.10
Update Flashplayer 11

Theme The Black
superuser 3.2.0 RC2
YouTube 4.2.16
Maps 6.14.2
Street View 1.8.1.2
MX Player 1.7.10
FullTube 1.93
Voice Search 2.1.4
Google Search 1.3.3.247963
Busybox 1.19.4
AllMyTV
Fulltube
tweek for streaming
adfree
Fix LCD Density

 

[WesterG]

links not permitted

Based on rom gingerbread

Hi there maja69,

I just tried that image and after installing my gbox would not switch
to hdmi anymore? Even put back the image from the disaster recovery
and same problem. It let's me choose hdmi output but falls back to
composite straight away. Any ideas?

Regards,
Ray

(update)
Hmmm, after installing the dayflycn rom and rebooting it worked again.
Might be that the hdmi needed to be active when switching, will try later.

 

[WesterG]

With hdmi active it now works and the djdroid image flashed well
but why is /system cramfs? Would like to be able to poke around
in it.

 

[aleco18]

Same here, can't upgrade.

Any idea why we can not update the Android version 4?

Thanks!

 

[Cybereu]

I cant run netflix on mine anymore, someone have the same problem ?
My g-box only have one job, that is run netflix...

Any idea why we can not update the Android version 4?

Thanks!

Maybe the G-box they are selling have different hardware then ours, if cuold someone dump the firmware from the new ones we can try install on ours and update.

 

[maja69]

DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8

DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8
Versione: 0.8
Lingua/e: All [default italiano]
Creatore: MaJa
Data di rilascio: 16-03-2013
Descrizione: DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8 superuser, Inid.d,Cifs,Tun

Changelog:

Based on rom gingerbread 
ZeamLauncher
adbWireless 1.4.1
ES Gestore File 1.6.2.5
play store 3.10.14
Flashplayer 11
Theme  Insight
superuser 3.2.0 RC2 + su binary
YouTube 4.3.9
Maps 6.14.3
Street View 1.8.1.2
MX Player 1.7.13 + Codec
Voice Search 2.1.4
Google Search 1.3.3.247963
Busybox 1.19.4
Fulltube
super-tweak :D
sample rate audio  48000 Hz 
Init.d support
CiFs manager
TUN
governor performance as default

Remove:
Fruitninga
Skype
Angybirds
Explorer
Facebook
Twitter

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Download:
web: DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8
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[mindsurfer]

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[mindsurfer]

DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8
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DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8
Versione: 0.8
Lingua/e: All [default italiano]
Creatore: MaJa
Data di rilascio: 16-03-2013
Descrizione: DJ Droid-GBOX V0.8 superuser, Inid.d,Cifs,Tun

Changelog:

Based on rom gingerbread 
ZeamLauncher
adbWireless 1.4.1
ES Gestore File 1.6.2.5
play store 3.10.14
Flashplayer 11
Theme  Insight
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All application mainatance  (install/uninstall/update) can be done manual due to personal needs. The best that "new rom cookers" can do is to port ICS/JB to our device.

 

[maja69]

After a year if it were possible it would be done....
now with this firmware is direct support for init.d and the load of all modules .... however no one tells you to try it!

 

[mindsurfer]

After a year if it were possible it would be done....
now with this firmware is direct support for init.d and the load of all modules .... however no one tells you to try it!

Please describe in details what possibilities can be used with support for init.d and the load of all modules.

 

[Cybereu]

Will try this guys, and will test some tweaks with init.d support !