Posts by gorski

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    You really think anyone is interested? Have you ever seen anyone asking for it, for parts or whatever reason? Hehe...


    I mean, I was in "small ads" sections on various fora but never have I seen that... These are cheap as chips boxes that's why, I think...

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    Well, not me...


    I recovered Alien2 and I think AZbug HD Elite long ago, maybe once Ruby Cube, not sure - but usually it's RS232, I think...


    No previous training, no tools, no skills of that sort, ergo no experience, either...


    But, as I said, Combo/Twin/Maxytec are very different from H9s...


    P.S. I think @baps said my RAM is actually screwed... which in English means "give it up - nothing you can do there..."??

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    I don't get you now: we need H9S xml, not Combo/Twin.


    We have Maxytec xml example in this thread.


    Now, all you need to do is to DL and unpack H9S image, as you said it yourself, from OpenATV - yes?


    Then, as you explained, when you unpack it, check the bootargs, was it? And so on... Well, you know what to do, why do you need me?


    I mean, I do not have the box functional, I can not get in, that's the whole point, isn't it.... That is why I need the xml file for H9S...

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    Offsets for the bootloader, partition sizes, names etc. - and you lost me... These are not my professional terms, tools, as it were... I know it's tough but try, maybe you can get it, after all... You guys presume things, this is why you usually write rubbish tutorials. This is where I come in, that's what I do in this hobby, as a teacher by profession... I know how to flash, install, configure, test (I did test for many a great coder in this hobby, I am no slouch in some respects) - and present it to all the users without presuming things like this, so they can get the same results...


    However, I am no coder. I have never, ever presented myself as one... I never ever unpacked an image. No idea what to use for it, for such purposes, which tool and so on and so forth... I would be looking at stuff in such files and I wouldn't know what I am looking into... If Notepadd++ can't open something that I can read - that's it for me...


    Did I mention I am on forums where professionals congregate and no one dared do this....??? And I did tell them this is what we need - I am not stoopid, I can understand things sufficiently to do the above but not what you require me to do, as for that I am just not qualified, sadly...


    Ergo, I am but a humble Sat TV/IT amateur... So, sorry but it's not exactly "that simple"...

    But I can see it is simple for you, so why don't you demonstrate just how easy it is?

    You have the Maxytec xml example, you know which image to pull for H9S xml, how to unpack an image, check the addresses, how much space for which partition, what are their names and whatever else is needed to write that file...


    I am sure all of us would be really grateful! :)

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    Yes, m8 but...


    This is the one for Maxytec 8GB/4 partitions (possibly plus a Droid partition), posted by our colleague:


    And this is yours:


    Code
    <Partition_Info>
<Part Sel="1" PartitionName="boot" FlashType="nand" FileSystem="none" Start="0" Length="1M" SelectFile="C:\HiTool\Emmc_3798\fastboot.bin"/>
<Part Sel="1" PartitionName="bootargs" FlashType="nand" FileSystem="none" Start="1M" Length="1M" SelectFile="C:\HiTool\Emmc_3798\bootargs.bin"/>
</Partition_Info>

    Now, to me this looks like "not usable", if you pardon my French, 'cause I can not compare with anything even vaguely similar and try to improvise, as I sometimes do, you are right... Alas, in such a case, without a paradigm, to me this is not hocus-pocus and it's then too difficult...


    One must know how to calculate addresses, how to allocate certain amount of space, which partition is for what, i.e. how much space is allocated for each partition, precisely at which address... And I simply do not have the necessary education to do that.


    The eMMC for my box is only 256MB but that doesn't mean that it isn't a complex task, to do a proper xml... Sadly... :(

  • H9S can't boot, can't be flashed...

    M8, I have been in this hobby for ages - but I am not from IT. (And I do not like putting myself where I do not belong.)


    I do other things up to a certain, very high standard - but coder I am not. I am not IT educated. I have plenty of high qualifications elsewhere (Humanities) but not that one...


    That said, I did figure out that the xml file here posted is the wrong type for the box here discussed. I ain;t stoopid, thanx a bunch...


    Now, I know that geeks/IT people are frequently autistic and "think/feel" that everybody has to be like them - but no, this is not the case.... I don't know if you can even begin to understand that certain things simply are not my area of expertise and that we, Humans, have divided various tasks, so no one has to know everything (we co-operate), so let me be the one to break it to you gently...


    So, in this particular case: unless you can do this - or somebody else who is competent in IT/coding - it ain't gonna happen...


    Can you do it, please? As in "stop talking about how to do it, stop patronising me, stop trying to look very smart and capable and actually show us you really are that IT capable and smart"?


    Thanx!

  • Trying to flash Zgemma H7s problem

    Quote from pip1755

    The problem is I can't get the box to enter Flash mode. The usual of pressing the standby button while power up just doesn't work.

    For a very brief moment the display changes from boot and then back to boot.

    Looking around some of the forums it appears to be a known problem with the H7s. It would appear there is a problem with the underlying firmware not correctly interpreting the button sequence.

    So far as I know that isn't another way of forcing the boot process to go to flash, unless anyone knows any different

    You did not read my tutorial! Willo3092 made it obvious...


    Read CAREFULLY and do CAREFULLY as you read!


    There is nothing wrong with H7...

  • Which VPN is best for adding to a Router

    It depends on a modem/router - which types of encryption it supports, does it have a powerful HW, multi core processor, HW support for AES-NI needed for OpenVPN or perhaps IKEv2? OpenVPN can seriously reduce your speed if modem is not strong/powerful enough!


    In principle, my advice is use Surfshark (if your STB can support it) - have it in every box/device as a plugin/addon separately, to use as needed, change a server whenever needed etc. etc.

  • How do I setup network mounts from say SOLO2 to XTREND1000 and when it fails to work how do I delete the entries? Has me foxed.

    Provided you really want to learn...


    I would put the same (specifically, PurE2) image in both boxes, for various reasons. See why below...


    Vu: http://www.pur-e2.club/OU/images/index.php?dir=6.5/vuplus/


    Xtrend 10K: http://www.pur-e2.club/OU/images/index.php?dir=6.5/xtrend/


    PurE2 help (see the Stickies, at least): PurE2 Image Team


    In particular this: Mounting devices/partitions in PurE2's Device Manager and which files to send where!


    Kill automount and mount them as you want them to be, so you can set it up properly!


    Then, I think (from memory) you need to go into Network of both STBs and setup Samba, so they can see and access each other....


    Now, if you set it up propely: go to

    MENU >

    Setup >

    System >

    Network >

    choose your device (LAN or WLAN) >

    Network browser/Mount Manager >

    Network browser (if you do not know what and how, it will scan your home network and if it can see the shared folders/partitions > you can add them from there...)

    or

    Mount Manager (Add new network mount point)...

    Good luck!