After all accounts that the S922X is much better than the rk3399 I've got running Armbian as a daily driver, I've decided to take the plunge (on 11/11) with this

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000268608282.html?spm=2114.12057483.0.0.7f197d9f029O4t

If anyone has any thoughts, comments, tips etc, feel free to add to the discussion 

Found one, on order

https://shopee.com.my/New-Arrival-X88-King-Android-9.0-TV-Box-4K-With-S922X-Hexa-core-128GB-2.4G-5G-Dual-Band-Wifi-BT5.0-and-LED-Display-i.59713285.7402975137

On 10/31/2019 at 5:19 AM, amirul said:

After all accounts that the S922X is much better than the rk3399

... and you got it wrong.

4 hours ago, balbes150 said:

... and you got it wrong.

Oh well, I get to play with it in the next few days when it arrives 

If you need s922, it is better to take Ugoos AM6. To date, this is the best option in terms of cost / result ratio.

updating aml_autoscript, this happens...and no apparent audiojack button 

Found the reset pinhole near the AV input 

meson-g12b-odroid-n2.dtb or meson-g12b-ugoos-am6.dtb got me to the login prompt, but keyboard does not work 

usb not powered up

Can you take a photo of the inside of this box ? What components are used there ? How is the cooling system made ? The body is plastic and sealed ?

Hmm, the size of the radiator is clearly not enough to cool under load.

Yes and cant really make out the number markings of the chips under the heatsink 

Interesting- have you tried installing Coreelec (really interested in this)? Is there really 128GB ram? What kind.

 

This box seems the most affordable of all the S922x boxes. I wonder if the firmware will ever get updated?

Edited November 21, 20196 yr by HDGuy

5 hours ago, HDGuy said:

Interesting- have you tried installing Coreelec (really interested in this)? Is there really 128GB ram? What kind.

 

This box seems the most affordable of all the S922x boxes. I wonder if the firmware will ever get updated?

Firmware just got updated the other day. Currently using it for Netflix 

2 hours ago, amirul said:

Firmware just got updated the other day. Currently using it for Netflix 

Who updated it? I couldn’t find any one company that supports it.

 

I assume it runs stock android and not Android TV? While it’s nice that Netflix works it’s not a verified platform so no 4K HDR support. If I want that I’ll just buy another Fire Stick 4k for $25.

 

Thats why I’m interested in running Coreelec on it, because it opens up a lot of possibilities- such as using it as an easy to set up basic SMB server, etc. Already have a generic S912 box running Coreelec, but it’s just not powerful enough to do much.

 

 

My adventures with my tv boxes have been limited to running Armbian provided by balbes so I couldnt even begin to tell you whether coreelec runs on it. Since armbian usb hence keyboard not working, using it with stock android. In the middle of Netflix when I got notification that system update was available. Went thru with the update and tv box still up and running. No idea where thaf update came from

1 hour ago, amirul said:

My adventures with my tv boxes have been limited to running Armbian provided by balbes so I couldnt even begin to tell you whether coreelec runs on it. Since armbian usb hence keyboard not working, using it with stock android. In the middle of Netflix when I got notification that system update was available. Went thru with the update and tv box still up and running. No idea where thaf update came from

 

Well, at least you got Armbian working (somewhat).  If you tried getting Coreelec installed that would be of great help because it is the cheapest S922x box out there, but of course that's up to you. I like fooling around with CE stuff myself- I would have purchased an Odroid N2 at this point but it's still somewhat expensive.  Was also looking at the Nvidia Jetson Nano but the drivers are sort of iffy- there might be Kodi support at some time in the future, but who knows. Definitely the most powerful device of its type for <$100.

7 hours ago, HDGuy said:

 

Thats why I’m interested in running Coreelec on it, because it opens up a lot of possibilities- such as using it as an easy to set up basic SMB server,

Using coreelec to share your resources is tantamount to leaving the door open for unhindered theft of all your personal data from your home network. 

3 hours ago, balbes150 said:

Using coreelec to share your resources is tantamount to leaving the door open for unhindered theft of all your personal data from your home network. 

I don’t worry about it, I have nothing critical on those drives except a few Blu-ray rips, for basic purposes like that it’s fine.. I was just giving an example. I am more interested in the video playback of course. As I said, the S912 is fine, but doesn’t handle some decoding tasks well.

Anyone know where I can get the dtb for a Beelink GT-King? Maybe worth a shot to get it working

Tried booting Armbian_5.99_Rk3399-tv_Debian_buster_dev_5.3.0_desktop_20191120 with meson-g12b-ugoos-am6.dtb

After set-up root and user on another box,  X88 King got to the desktop with keyboard and eth not working. If anyone is interested here are the logs.

kern.log syslog messages user.log debug

Previous are probably not the correct logs due to logging to zram. Turned that off and got these...

kern.log syslog

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=971547&st=0

 

This box can be found fairly cheap now, I might pick one up to fool around with.  I found a Russian forum where they are actively working with it.

 

With Google translation I can just about make it out.  Anyone speak Russian?

On 11/26/2019 at 6:01 PM, HDGuy said:

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=971547&st=0

Downloaded a rom image from the forum.

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AK6xxK66ULqBR3I&id=46126D253EA3A2B2!2421&cid=46126D253EA3A2B2

Now to figure out how to look for the dtb in there

41 minutes ago, amirul said:

Downloaded a rom image from the forum. Now to figure out how to look for the dtb in there

According to them the kernel needs to be fixed and it’s not rooted, but otherwise it’s the best s922x out there right now as far as hardware goes.  I might pick one up anyways.

16 minutes ago, HDGuy said:

According to them the kernel needs to be fixed and it’s not rooted, but otherwise it’s the best s922x out there right now as far as hardware goes.  I might pick one up anyways.

 yes get it and maybe we can figure out how to get usb/keyboard to work in armbian 

17 hours ago, HDGuy said:

Anyone speak Russian?

It's my mother tongue. What is the problem?

 

10 hours ago, HDGuy said:

but otherwise it’s the best s922x out there right now as far as hardware goes.

The information is not correct, it is not the best option with a bunch of potential problems. Therefore, it is so cheap that it will require significant additional costs for Linux. 

How do I get to view /proc/device-tree on android?

Now this is interesting...

https://androidpctv.com/beelink-gt-king-dual-os-coreelec/

What interesting things did you see there ?

coreelec sdcard included in purchase of beelink gt-king