June 11, 20251 yr I happen to have got a Android tv box with a s905Y5 processor. I got this by a tv subscription from a company airtel in India. I unsubscribed from the subscription and my tv box is completely useless. it asks money for watching youtube!!!. I am extremely frustrated from this approach by this company so please help me save this from getting into e-waste. From my research i found that it runs android 14 with a custom launcher which checks for the subscription and a locked down kernel/bootloader which checks for signatures before boot. I came to know these from the uart output. I also found that it is basically a customised version of this box https://www.videostrong.com/products-show/vt9201-s905y5-aiot-solution
June 11, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, MR.AK said: s905Y5 I'm not aware of any support by mainline linux for this processor. Maybe in a few years, but in general, Amlogic doesn't work with mainline linux to get their cpu's supported, so there is unlikely to ever be any support outside android for this box.
June 14, 20251 yr On 6/12/2025 at 6:18 AM, MR.AK said: Can you help me install a unlocked version of android. We don't deal with Android. Better check xda developers forums.
August 8, 20251 yr Mr.AK, By any chance did you unlock this set top box, since I do have one such box from Airtel and wanted to unlock it. Please do let us know in case if you found a way to unlock it. Edited August 8, 20251 yr by Mr.None
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