[UNOFFICIAL][20180324]Lineageos 13.0 for Mad Catz M.O.J.O - androidTV

[K-Project]

I also notice that the "hotplug" functionality is not always as stable on the latest rom. If you turn on your MOJO make sure that the HDMI cable is attached. Sometimes if you plug in the HDMI after you turn on the MOJO - sound could be lost. rebooting solves this in my situation.

Yes to be fair this also happens with the Raspberry Pi. If your TV isn't on or the HDMI cable isn't plugged in when you switch it on, you'll get nothing, even after you quickly plug the cables in/switch the TV on.

The main limitation is that the apps on AndroidTV need "leanback" support. Very simply said, they must be easy controllable with a "controller" (not mouse/touchscreen).
So on the Playstore you'll only find app with leanback support - which is represent ? 1 - 10% ? of all android Apps.

You still can side load all non-leanback apps on the AndroidTV rom but once you start using the "AndroidTV remote" (for me a keyboard/mouse on the mojo doesn't make sense if your on the couch :/) You'll feel that you need a leanback-app to have smooth control.
Beside this there is practically no difference.

Hope this gives you a bit more insight.

Ah, now this I did not know, so thank you for the information. I always admired the Android TV interface and thought it would suit the MOJO very well, but I did not realise it came with these limitations. I suppose it makes sense in some ways, but I would be very upset at losing so many apps and I wouldn't really fancy having to sideload so many.

 

[EdoNINJA93]

Ah, now this I did not know, so thank you for the information. I always admired the Android TV interface and thought it would suit the MOJO very well, but I did not realise it came with these limitations. I suppose it makes sense in some ways, but I would be very upset at losing so many apps and I wouldn't really fancy having to sideload so many.

Yup, IMHO the most annoying thing isn't the sideloading of the apps, but the fact that you have to also manually update them (by installing a newer apk version) every time, since the Play Store won't recognize them...

 

[Beaky77]

I have updated to this but have no sound at all, has anyone else had this problem?


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[krikit]

Yup, IMHO the most annoying thing isn't the sideloading of the apps, but the fact that you have to also manually update them (by installing a newer apk version) every time, since the Play Store won't recognize them...

The Aptoide TV app typically solves this issue for me. Just be careful not to enable auto updates (in aptoide) since you may end up messing up some of the stock app installs.

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I have updated to this but have no sound at all, has anyone else had this problem?


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Yeah, posted about it on the previous page, in fact. Afterward, carp_be advised me to try his initial release (will do today). Is video streaming for you at normal speeds? Streaming too fast (looks like fast forward) was the other issue I had.

 

[Beaky77]

The Aptoide TV app typically solves this issue for me. Just be careful not to enable auto updates since you may end up messing up some of the stock app installs.

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Yeah, posted about it on the previous page, in fact. Afterward,

carp_be advised me to try his initial release (will do today). Is video streaming for you at normal speeds? Streaming too fast (looks like fast forward) was the other issue I had.

Video streaming seemed perfect just no sound, do you know how to root this again since I flashed it it’s says it’s not rooted. Originally I used towelroot but this doesn’t work on this image. Thanks.


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[paulod1892]

Maybe you did not grant Flashify root access ? I'm anyhow alwayse using the USB cable most stable for developing.


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Superuser also says I don't have root access so I'm unable to allow access to anything via that. I've reverted back to the original mmm rooting method via usb cable which seems to work, boots back into Remix with an 'Android is upgrading' progress bar but still no root access after loading it's doing my head in.
Is there any way to get back to stock and start from scratch again or am I stuck in Remix forever?

Edit - I've tried both towelroot and Kingroot with no success

 

[krikit]

Heya, I would try out my first build "lineageos-13.0-20180101-UNOFFICIAL-mojo-AndroidTV" this rom uses an pre-builld audio drivers, might work better for you. SD card support should be functioning on both versions, but please take care that the Wi-Fi driver can become non functioning (same as with UJD build).

Thanks carp_be! This version worked perfectly! Audio's back, and video plays at normal speed now (for whatever reason). I haven't even tried Wi-Fi yet because the ethernet works really well. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

 

[Beaky77]

My windows 10 pc is not seeing the mojo in ADB, I’m sure I have the right drivers installed has anyone got a link for me to make sure.


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[carp_be]

Superuser also says I don't have root access so I'm unable to allow access to anything via that. I've reverted back to the original mmm rooting method via usb cable which seems to work, boots back into Remix with an 'Android is upgrading' progress bar but still no root access after loading it's doing my head in.
Is there any way to get back to stock and start from scratch again or am I stuck in Remix forever?

Edit - I've tried both towelroot and Kingroot with no success

Can't you flash TWRP via USB and then boot into recovery ? Once you are in TWRP you can flash all you want
If you want to go to stock - you"ll need to download the latest OTA for the Mojo and flash this.

Video streaming seemed perfect just no sound, do you know how to root this again since I flashed it it’s says it’s not rooted. Originally I used towelroot but this doesn’t work on this image. Thanks.

Lineageos doesn't work with towelroot. you need to install the SU addon (https://download.lineageos.org/extras)

My windows 10 pc is not seeing the mojo in ADB, I’m sure I have the right drivers installed has anyone got a link for me to make sure.

I'm currently using the samsung ADB drivers on Win10 (installed via device manager)- this seems to be working fine.

 

[paulod1892]

Can't you flash TWRP via USB and then boot into recovery ? Once you are in TWRP you can flash all you want
If you want to go to stock - you"ll need to download the latest OTA for the Mojo and flash this.

Noob question, do I not need to be rooted to flash TWRP? I did try that last night via usb but if failed so assumed I needed root.
If you could point me in the direction of an idiots guide that would be great. Once I'm in TWRP I'm fine it's just getting to that point on the mojo that beats me.
Also my Remix install has decided it is short of storage even though there is over 7GB left on internal and keeps prompting me every 30 seconds so I have to change regardless now.

 

[EdoNINJA93]

Noob question, do I not need to be rooted to flash TWRP? I did try that last night via usb but if failed so assumed I needed root.
If you could point me in the direction of an idiots guide that would be great. Once I'm in TWRP I'm fine it's just getting to that point on the mojo that beats me.
Also my Remix install has decided it is short of storage even though there is over 7GB left on internal and keeps prompting me every 30 seconds so I have to change regardless now.

You don't need to be rooted to flash TWRP, but you need to flash TWRP to be rooted (simple as that )

1) Put the Root SuperSu flashable zip inside your Mojo (or its SD card)
2) Connect your MOJO to your PC using a male-to-male USB cable and launch the ADB interface
3) You have to type a specific command in order to flash TWRP to your MOJO
4) Type another command to directly open TWRP interface on your Mojo, flash the SuperSU zip and reboot your console

Follow this guide from minute 2:04 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzbGe-P2vE

 

[paulod1892]

You don't need to be rooted to flash TWRP, but you need to flash TWRP to be rooted (simple as that )

1) Put the Root SuperSu flashable zip inside your Mojo (or its SD card)
2) Connect your MOJO to your PC using a male-to-male USB cable and launch the ADB interface
3) You have to type a specific command in order to flash TWRP to your MOJO
4) Type another command to directly open TWRP interface on your Mojo, flash the SuperSU zip and reboot your console

Follow this guide from minute 2:04 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzbGe-P2vE

Thanks so much for the help, got it sorted now just going through first boot.
Thanks also to carp_be for his help, much appreciated :good::good::good:

Getting loads of errors, apps not starting/ stopping etc, guess my install is corrupted. Really like the look of it though, will reinstall tonight using TWRP 3.2.1 now that I know what I'm doing

 

[carp_be]

Thanks so much for the help, got it sorted now just going through first boot.
Thanks also to carp_be for his help, much appreciated :good::good::good:

Getting loads of errors, apps not starting/ stopping etc, guess my install is corrupted. Really like the look of it though, will reinstall tonight using TWRP 3.2.1 now that I know what I'm doing

I think you probably didn't do a full wipe (all except external SD) ? Also take into account the Android TV room has gapps so don't flash any opengapps on this ROM.

Good luck !

 

[carp_be]

Had 2 busy weekends so no updates yet. Bought a new HDD to install Ubuntu in dual boot instead of a virtual machine , was more challenging than I remember .

Next up would be kernel changes/patches from ADT-1 or HP Bowser kernel to improve stability. Will be a slow slow process but I hope to learn a lot on kernel development. I'll keep you all tuned.

 

[EdoNINJA93]

Had 2 busy weekends so no updates yet. Bought a new HDD to install Ubuntu in dual boot instead of a virtual machine , was more challenging than I remember .

Next up would be kernel changes/patches from ADT-1 or HP Bowser kernel to improve stability. Will be a slow slow process but I hope to learn a lot on kernel development. I'll keep you all tuned.

Really thank you, every effort is VERY MUCH appreciated!

And what do you think about the vanilla LineageOS 13 for the Mojo? Is there any room for improvement also for it?

 

[paulod1892]

I think you probably didn't do a full wipe (all except external SD) ? Also take into account the Android TV room has gapps so don't flash any opengapps on this ROM.

Good luck !

Yep reinstalled earlier and all working fine this time around. Found the reason i couldn't install TWRP 3.2.1-0 was a typo on my behalf
Really liking the look of this and everything I've tried has worked fine, only issue I have is Play Store seems limited but can work round it by searching in the browser and I've now installed most of the apps I use now

 

[paulod1892]

I'm having loss of audio issue, tried rebooting, unplug and restart and with tv on and off and it hasn't came back on. I think I read earlier in thread to try one of the earlier builds, can I flash over current set up or is it best to wipe and start from scratch and if so which build would be better
Thanks

 

[dotlee]

I'm having loss of audio issue, tried rebooting, unplug and restart and with tv on and off and it hasn't came back on. I think I read earlier in thread to try one of the earlier builds, can I flash over current set up or is it best to wipe and start from scratch and if so which build would be better
Thanks

Try removing the YouTube update

 

[EdoNINJA93]

Mmmh, it sounds strange that an older build seems to work better than the newest one...

 

[carp_be]

Mmmh, it sounds strange that an older build seems to work better than the newest one...

It sounds indeed strange, but compared to the initial build , de device drives were updated + "sound driver" is now build from open source code. So quite some changes were done. The more that is changed the more that could go wrong unfortunately .
The sound driver code is in-line with what the ADT-1 device is using. But there they don't have the sound issue.

I noticed that mainly the "hotplug" of HDMI can cause no sound. So I each time boot with HDMI already attached. Besides this limitation, sound is working find on my MOJO.
Currently I'm busy reading in on Kernel development, I'm at the moment not that succesfull as nono2lozere on kernel modifications as my kernels are not yet working. Quite convinced that with the correct kernel patch the Sound should be fix, I only need to find it:/