Android/Dream Box [ Illegal discussion = Ban ]

branners69

JonnyM wrote: »

Is there any hope for minix box users that the OS will be upgraded?

I'm running 4.4 I think the last time I checked. I assumed when I purchased this box(premium cost) that I would have no issues.

If there's nothing forthcoming is my only option to upgrade to another box?

What Minix do you have, I have upgraded my x7 and x8 so might have some advice!

corwill

The Minix X8H Plus has a Lollipop 'release candidate' available, which I'm tempted to give a shot. But the box is working fine, so ...

muffler

jonski wrote: »

I thought it was more a case of, if the mods get too many reported posts coming from this thread then they might just consider it too troublesome and close it .

Just to be clear, even though Im a mod myself I have nothing to do with this thread or forum but I do have to agree with the sentiments expressed above. I wouldnt recommend reporting posts unless its spam or uncivil posting etc.

Maybe the first reply to a post looking for "illegal apps" should be along the lines of...."Nope, sorry but anything that breaks the law cant be discussed here" and leave it at that.

Just my tuppence worth

cullenswood

branners69 wrote: »

What Minix do you have, I have upgraded my x7 and x8 so might have some advice!

Did you upgrade an x8h (non plus) by any chance?

JonnyM

branners69 wrote: »

What Minix do you have, I have upgraded my x7 and x8 so might have some advice!

It's a minix neo x8 plus. That would be great. Pm me if need be.

JonnyM

corwill wrote: »

The Minix X8H Plus has a Lollipop 'release candidate' available, which I'm tempted to give a shot. But the box is working fine, so ...

What's a release candidate? My box too is working fine so maybe it's a case of if it's not broke don't fix it!

lawred2

irishproduce wrote: »

Is that offer much good?
https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/offer/326573/ef-mall

I don't mind waiting longer for same or better at same price.

You save up to 142 euro

Chuckle

corwill

JonnyM wrote: »

What's a release candidate? My box too is working fine so maybe it's a case of if it's not broke don't fix it!

Better than beta, but not exactly final, may still have bugs. Plus there's no indication of what updating they'll do to it. I think I'll leave it until something crucial stops working for me.

branners69

cullenswood wrote: »

Did you upgrade an x8h (non plus) by any chance?

I just updated my x8h to the newest Minix firmware (FW008_20160115) but if I needed Lollipop I would have been looking here:
http://www.minixforum.com/threads/probox2-ex-firmware.16912/

JonnyM wrote: »

It's a minix neo x8 plus. That would be great. Pm me if need be.

As above I think the probox2 fw would work, but if things are not broken dont risk it!

Have you tried FTMC instead of Kodi? Much more stable and is well worth checking out.

Cantona's Collars

No pity from Kodi for users who have seen a slew of addons on boxes stop working.

https://kodi.tv/article/having-issues-free-movies-tv-shows-sports-iptv-streams

"If you post in our forums or social channels about a pirate add-on or streaming service not working please expect ZERO sympathy or support. We don't care. We care less than not caring. We don't care biggly. And to counter a popular comment; if the Kodi userbase drops a huge percentage because pirate services flee or die, we're fine with that. Kodi has been around since 2002 and we are not going to implode or disappear (unlike the pirates). Life will be a little quieter, but less time spent on self-entitled whiny people means more time writing great code and having fun. We're okay with that too."

Erik Shin

Saw that last week alright, fair play to them...but it must be maddening as hell for them when they get blamed for all illegal add-ons not working

Cantona's Collars

Erik Shin wrote: »

Saw that last week alright, fair play to them...but it must be maddening as hell for them when they get blamed for all illegal add-ons not working

Or the media calling Android boxes "Kodi boxes".
FFS, I can stream stuff directly from my phone to my tv yet the media demonizes a legitimate media player.
The bottom line is that people will pirate as long as they can get a means to do it,even back in the day I could copy Amstrad games using a twin cassette and sellotape.
I freely admit to streaming TV shows as most of what I watch isn't on tv over here or won't be for a long time,lord help anyone with Saorview depending on RTE,who'll air stuff at stupid o clock if at all. Take the final season of Person Of Interest for example, they aren't showing it despite having aired all the others.Clowns.Imagine depending on a service like that. I won't wait to see a show as I usually find by the time it's aired on 'normal TV' I've forgotten about it or moved onto something else.
Sorry for the rant.......now back to our normal programming.

My missus has finally copped on that using an Android box isn't as daunting as she thought.She even asked about getting another one for the house.:)

frostypants

SteM wrote: »

One poster practically killing this thread imho. He's not a mod but keeps giving out to other posters. What gives? If you have a problem with a post just report it.

I think Sean Sherlock killed this thread a long time ago. Everyone talking (walking on eggshells) about android boxes and kodi, knowing full well what is run on them. I really really enjoyed boards before his stupid copyright law (2012 I think). Now it's torture trying to think of a way to ask a question and not trying to get into 'trouble'. Don't think people are buying expensive boxes to watch netflix on and using cache cleaners.

inforfun

zerks wrote: »

Or the media calling Android boxes "Kodi boxes".
FFS, I can stream stuff directly from my phone to my tv yet the media demonizes a legitimate media player.
The bottom line is that people will pirate as long as they can get a means to do it,even back in the day I could copy Amstrad games using a twin cassette and sellotape.
I freely admit to streaming TV shows as most of what I watch isn't on tv over here or won't be for a long time,lord help anyone with Saorview depending on RTE,who'll air stuff at stupid o clock if at all. Take the final season of Person Of Interest for example, they aren't showing it despite having aired all the others.Clowns.Imagine depending on a service like that. I won't wait to see a show as I usually find by the time it's aired on 'normal TV' I've forgotten about it or moved onto something else.
Sorry for the rant.......now back to our normal programming.

My missus has finally copped on that using an Android box isn't as daunting as she thought.She even asked about getting another one for the house.:)

Just wanted to add: And waste 1/3 of my life watching commercials. a 42 minute show taking 1 hour on the tv license sponsored rte? **** that.

eamonnq

lawred2 wrote: »

You save up to 142 euro

Chuckle

Save 173 euro on this one!! :rolleyes:

https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/offer/329953/ef-mall

10euro for express delivery!!

Phil.x

Any input on this box, good and bad.

zoomtak h8

Cantona's Collars

I see a certain app known to all here beginning with M and ending with O has made the papers now.I remember first posting the link to it when it was on the play store and boards went nuts for it.:)

Anyhow,has anyone had problems installing Kodi or spmc on boxes? Have a mate who keeps getting a "Problem parsing package" message no matter what version he tries. It happened to me yesterday on a box,I just gave up on it.

Wanderer78

zerks wrote:

I see a certain app known to all here beginning with M and ending with O has made the papers now.I remember first posting the link to it when it was on the play store and boards went nuts for it.

Papers are a little slow, it's been around years, problematic for me to on kodi, works fine on the phone

BandMember

zerks wrote: »

Anyhow,has anyone had problems installing Kodi or spmc on boxes? Have a mate who keeps getting a "Problem parsing package" message no matter what version he tries. It happened to me yesterday on a box,I just gave up on it.

Sounds like he's installing the wrong version to be honest.... There are several different versions of both Kodi and SPMC and each has different system capabilities. For example, even in android, there's both the ARM and x86 versions.

Also, it could be a simple case of him trying to install the v17 of Kodi/SPMC onto a box which has 4.4.2 android whereas you need at least 5.0 to be able install and run them.

Now, they are just two very general examples, you didn't really give too many specifics, but those seem to be the explanations behind most failed explanations in my experience...

Cantona's Collars

BandMember wrote: »

Sounds like he's installing the wrong version to be honest.... There are several different versions of both Kodi and SPMC and each has different system capabilities. For example, even in android, there's both the ARM and x86 versions.

Also, it could be a simple case of him trying to install the v17 of Kodi/SPMC onto a box which has 4.4.2 android whereas you need at least 5.0 to be able install and run them.

Now, they are just two very general examples, you didn't really give too many specifics, but those seem to be the explanations behind most failed explanations in my experience...

Went for an older version myself and the same thing. Odd?? I didn't have time for trial and error. It's not essential for my needs but my mate uses his a good bit (until his kids uninstalled it)

EntryDenied12

Never bought an android box and would say i have little knowledge about these gems however I'm contemplating buying one to stream my shows!

Internet speed isn't fast but not the worst anyway so i was looking around here and people are recommending the google nexus player or android box m8?

Something that can handle streaming movies and doesn't create much noise! Thanks

JamboMac

EntryDenied12 wrote: »

Never bought an android box and would say i have little knowledge about these gems however I'm contemplating buying one to stream my shows!

Internet speed isn't fast but not the worst anyway so i was looking around here and people are recommending the google nexus player or android box m8?

Something that can handle streaming movies and doesn't create much noise! Thanks

Nexus player looks done, unless you can find it somewhere, no box should make any noise. Boxes on Amazon running android 6 or 7 and minimum of 2 gigs of ram will do the job depending on what you spend. Most of the boxes are identical just different shells. I have the goo bang doo A3 3 months zero problems and whisper quiet.

Is more than capable of what you require.

EntryDenied12

JamboMac wrote: »

Nexus player looks done, unless you can find it somewhere, no box should make any noise. Boxes on Amazon running android 6 or 7 and minimum of 2 gigs of ram will do the job depending on what you spend. Most of the boxes are identical just different shells. I have the goo bang doo A3 3 months zero problems and whisper quiet.

Is more than capable of what you require.

Thanksvery much!!

BAAA RAM EWE

Bought this Trongle awhile back, someone mentioned one,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Keyboard-TR-1-Marshmallow-Bluetooth/dp/B01MCWLQZ9/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500408576&sr=1-2&keywords=Trongle


Pic quality from a plugged in HDD is crap for some reason though...

Shefwedfan

BAAA RAM EWE wrote: »

Bought this Trongle awhile back, someone mentioned one,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Keyboard-TR-1-Marshmallow-Bluetooth/dp/B01MCWLQZ9/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500408576&sr=1-2&keywords=Trongle


Pic quality from a plugged in HDD is crap for some reason though...

Is the USB HDD self powered or powered off the USB port?

Hibrasil

JamboMac wrote: »

I have the goo bang doo A3 3 months zero problems and whisper quiet.

Is more than capable of what you require.

Might seem like a stupid question but where was the A3 "shipped from" - how much was the actual shipping and did you incur any extra charges on delivery:)

JamboMac

Hibrasil wrote: »

Might seem like a stupid question but where was the A3 "shipped from" - how much was the actual shipping and did you incur any extra charges on delivery:)

It was actually shipped from inside Ireland, think it was amazons free delivery. Also the way the have got around Kodi restrictions is they have other kodi type builds.

The high horse brigade

Word of warning for anyone signing up to the IPTV sites that are springing up after the end of satellite card sharing. A mate had an attempt made on his bank account using his card details for the withdrawal of €12503.7 after they successfully got €800. Check your bank account if you've dealt with any of these sites and request a new card. Do not sign up to sites like this with your legit debit or credit card

JamboMac

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Word of warning for anyone signing up to the IPTV sites that are springing up after the end of satellite card sharing. A mate had an attempt made on his bank account using his card details for the withdrawal of €12503.7 after they successfully got €800. Check your bank account if you've dealt with any of these sites and request a new card. Do not sign up to sites like this with your legit debit or credit card

That's why I use PayPal for these unknown sites, a lot easier to monitor and retrieve money if the service is no good.

The high horse brigade

JamboMac wrote: »

That's why I use PayPal for these unknown sites, a lot easier to monitor and retrieve money if the service is no good.

Let's not discuss this and just leave my post as a warning. Don't want this thread closed