[Custom ROM][NOT STABLE] T95Z Plus 7.1.2 for 2/16GB Variant

[Ricky Divjakovski]

World first recovery flashable ROM for android TV boxes!

WARNING: This rom is under heavy development. There are bugs, bootloops and internal issues.
STRICTLY A DEVELOPMENT THREAD.
For a stable rom check out PoisonRom

A lot of effort and research was put into this device and will be put into the Amlogic ROM tool(A tool for creating roms for Amlogic devices(any android version)) so consider making a donation to me or buying me a beer by clicking on my name a clicking the "Donate to me" button!

Our TV Boxes are finally treated like standard android devices from this point on!

So here it is, this ROM is for the T95Z Plus 2/16GB variant, its stock 7.1.2(not 7.1.1) ported from the 3/32GB variant!

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE TWRP RECOVERY!
Here are instructions to install TWRP if you havent already.

Recovery
So far we have a working recovery(TWRP) thanks to @rrvuhpg
You can download it from HERE for the 2/16GB T95Z variant(Mirrored and renamed custom-recovery.img for the sake of flashing instructions)

Flash instructions
1. Download ADB and install it on your pc(not explaining this, there are 5 second installers) then open a command prompt in the directory of the custom recovery
2. Enable USB debugging, go to settings>about and click build number about 10 times, then go back to the main settings menu and you will see developer options, enter it and check allow USB debugging.
3. Connect to your device via IP address. go to settings>about>status and get your IP address. it should be something like 192.168.25.19
4. In CMD type the following commands, replace YOURIPADDRESS with the address we got from step 3

 adb connect YOURIPADDRESS
adb push custom-recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell su -c dd if=/sdcard/custom-recovery.img of=/dev/block/recovery
adb reboot recovery

ROM

Instructions:
1. Download the 2_16GB_7.1.2.zip from HERE
and put it on a usb stick.
2. Reboot into recovery(not explaining this)
3. Go to mount and mount USB-OTG
4. Go back to the main menu and select install, then choose the 2_16GB_7.1.2.zip and swipe to install!
Reboot and enjoy!

NOTE: Remember to make a backup in recovery before flashing!

XDA:DevDB Information
T95Z Plus Stock 7.1.2 2/16GB Ported from 3/32GB, ROM for the Android Stick & Console Computers

Contributors
Ricky Divjakovski, whiteak
ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2018-02-05
Last Updated 2018-02-19

 

[rumunn95]

So witch wifi module is support?.
Will be work on sunvell t95k pro 2/16gb and LTM8830 wifi module?

 

[Ricky Divjakovski]

So witch wifi module is support?.
Will be work on sunvell t95k pro 2/16gb and LTM8830 wifi module?

Wifi module is not a factor anymore.
Aslong as your device is 2/16GB this could possibly work.

 

[rumunn95]

great to hear this i will be testing

 

[ZeroZorro]

I had no PC around (at least not in the same ip-range
So, i installed the Flashify app and used that instead...works great! So now i have TWRP 'loaded' i will give it a go in a few minutes....#fingerscrossed #yeah

Well...no USB-stick or microsdcard laying around at the moment and i also use 1 usb port for power and the other for remote control. So I ended up downloading the ROM directly to my T95Zplus.....no errore during flashing, wiped cache/dalvik and rebooting right now and so far so good...!

 

[ZeroZorro]

I had no PC around (at least not in the same ip-range
So, i installed the Flashify app and used that instead...works great! So now i have TWRP 'loaded' i will give it a go in a few minutes....#fingerscrossed #yeah

Well...no USB-stick or microsdcard laying around at the moment and i also use 1 usb port for power and the other for remote control. So I ended up downloading the ROM directly to my T95Zplus.....no errore during flashing, wiped cache/dalvik and rebooting right now and so far so good...!

Well...that did not work....rebooted and after 15 minutes still nothing except the boot-screen (and before that animation)...so gonna try to figure out what went wrong...
So be warned if you are gonna try it like i did and not following OP to the letter!

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

 

[Ricky Divjakovski]

Well...that did not work....rebooted and after 15 minutes still nothing except the boot-screen (and before that animation)...so gonna try to figure out what went wrong...
So be warned if you are gonna try it like i did and not following OP to the letter!

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

Quite odd, if you flashed the rom in recovery, it should have worked :/
I did find a bug though, endless reboot if you try connecting wifi
So it's canned now

 

[LAX_2_TLV]

...I did find a bug though, endless reboot if you try connecting wifi
So it's canned now

I didn't get a boot loop; however, attempt to activate wifi resulted in wifi switch button moving to on position and after ~3 seconds returning to the off position. Is it possible this needs to be debugged on a per-wireless-chipset basis? I'm on 8830 q201_6255....

Please advise and let me know if I can help out with logs, etc.

Thanks

 

[ZeroZorro]

I didn't get a boot loop; however, attempt to activate wifi resulted in wifi switch button moving to on position and after ~3 seconds returning to the off position. Is it possible this needs to be debugged on a per-wireless-chipset basis? I'm on 8830....

Please advise and let me know if I can help out with logs, etc.

Thanks

From which firmware did you flash?
I don't know if partitions are different sizes and maybe that did trigger the bootloop? I come from goo.gl/hWrmxY (Android 7.1.1 with root, 1013) and that did not work so far...

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

 

[LAX_2_TLV]

From which firmware did you flash?
I don't know if partitions are different sizes and maybe that did trigger the bootloop? I come from goo.gl/hWrmxY (Android 7.1.1 with root, 1013) and that did not work so far...

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

I flashed on top of stock 1013 rooted with magisk

 

[ZeroZorro]

I flashed on top of stock 1013 rooted with magisk

Well...gave it another shot. Flashed 1013 ROM with USB Card Maker. Flashed TWRP and after that this ROM. Same issue....

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

 

[Ricky Divjakovski]

Well...gave it another shot. Flashed 1013 ROM with USB Card Maker. Flashed TWRP and after that this ROM. Same issue....

Sent from my Z1 PRO using Tapatalk

Im gonna update it tonight, ill need someone to PM me, im gonna need someone to test as i dont have my TV box with me and im away on buisness, i think i have found the wifi bug, but as you can tell with the ROM ram usage is ALOT less, framework is much smoother and alot of apps have been updated from the manufacturer
Ill also be basing it on the newest build 1075(Or if anyone has a newer build PM me)

This rom will be pretty stock with more features implemented and possibly some apps i might make ffor the device

 

[papla83]

Im gonna update it tonight, ill need someone to PM me, im gonna need someone to test as i dont have my TV box with me and im away on buisness, i think i have found the wifi bug, but as you can tell with the ROM ram usage is ALOT less, framework is much smoother and alot of apps have been updated from the manufacturer
Ill also be basing it on the newest build 1075(Or if anyone has a newer build PM me)

This rom will be pretty stock with more features implemented and possibly some apps i might make ffor the device

Hi and thanks a lot for works.
i flashed my 3gb/32gb variant with a 2gb/16gb rom and it's done. but if i setup my wifi in a few seconds the startup animation appears on the screen and hang during animation.
When i start the set top box with lan cable inside, it's hang at the end of start animation and stay on T95z plus logo with the space behind but without any network it's start and the launcher appear...
can you put in the HDMI section in setting menu ? to have the CEC support?

 

[Ricky Divjakovski]

Hi and thanks a lot for works.
i flashed my 3gb/32gb variant with a 2gb/16gb rom and it's done. but if i setup my wifi in a few seconds the startup animation appears on the screen and hang during animation.
When i start the set top box with lan cable inside, it's hang at the end of start animation and stay on T95z plus logo with the space behind but without any network it's start and the launcher appear...
can you put in the HDMI section in setting menu ? to have the CEC support?

yes thats a bug, this is mean for 2/16GB variants, this is exactly like stock 7.1.2, if you have 3/32GB variant flash stock 7.1.2(build 1075)

 

[papla83]

yes thats a bug, this is mean for 2/16GB variants, this is exactly like stock 7.1.2, if you have 3/32GB variant flash stock 7.1.2(build 1075)

if i flash it with the 3gb/32gb rom version the box doesn't boot. the 1075 is for 32gb and i allready tried with no success.

 

[whiteak]

Hi and thanks a lot for works.
i flashed my 3gb/32gb variant with a 2gb/16gb rom and it's done. but if i setup my wifi in a few seconds the startup animation appears on the screen and hang during animation.
When i start the set top box with lan cable inside, it's hang at the end of start animation and stay on T95z plus logo with the space behind but without any network it's start and the launcher appear...
can you put in the HDMI section in setting menu ? to have the CEC support?

The CEC support is found under Droid Settings in apps mate.

 

[papla83]

The CEC support is found under Droid Settings in apps mate.

OK. Thanks. I'm waiting for an solution about the connection trouble.

 

[ZeroZorro]

Maybe you can consider to bake a little reboot app (i use Simple Reboot) into the ROM cause it makes it much easier to test and restore/backup especially when there is no internet with this ROM at the moment.
For now I have some apk's ready on a sdcard so I will get there but would make things a little easier...

 

[Ricky Divjakovski]

Maybe you can consider to bake a little reboot app (i use Simple Reboot) into the ROM cause it makes it much easier to test and restore/backup especially when there is no internet with this ROM at the moment.
For now I have some apk's ready on a sdcard so I will get there but would make things a little easier...

will do!

 

[shankarsangoli]

adb connect not working

Hi,

Thank you very much for all your effort Ricky. I have T95Z Plus 2/16 variatnt. I am unable to connect to my TV box using adb. I have USB debugging enabled on my TV box. The TV box and my Mac from where I am trying to run adb commands are on the same wifi network. I have tried connecting my TV box to my Mac using USB cable but still adb connection fails with error "Host is down" and sometimes "Operation timed out".

I cannot proceed further without this step. Any help is much appreciated.

Apart from adb, can I copy the files into SD card or USB drive and install it? If so, what will be the steps?

Thanks again!