[ROM][Android9.0][RockPI 4A/B] Android TV firmware released

Lili · December 27, 2019, 9:02am

Oddly enough, I still have the same UI here.

mo123 · December 27, 2019, 10:02am

I reinstalled my firmware and also only get the old layout now.
At least the Play Store can work now.

I read Google makes a server side change to show you the new layout and it’s not necessarily the new app version that shows the new layout.
Some users with Google Nexus devices I heard also got the new layout and now Google pulled it to show the old layout. So maybe Google is still experimenting with it or improving the new layout before rolling it out. But strange that I also saw the new layout on my Amlogic devices and the new layout stays and works correctly.

Lili · December 30, 2019, 1:15am

Is your Amlogic device a certified ATV device? Maybe our upstream code isn’t as new as amlogic.

mo123 · December 30, 2019, 8:41am

It is Mecool KM8(Google Certified), I also updated Google Play and apps on Rockchip RK3328 AndroidTV Nougat(not Google Certified) and it also updated to the new ATV Play Store layout and there you can choose the top menus correctly. Maybe can check if there is something in RK3328 Nougat ATV that can help?

Maybe need to build it as tv or atv instead of box and
include device/google/atv/?

github.com

ayufan-rock64/device-rockchip-rk3328/blob/nougat/rock64_atv.mk

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include device/rockchip/rk3328/BoardConfig.mk

GAPPS_VARIANT := micro
GAPPS_FORCE_PACKAGE_OVERRIDES := true

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Maybe can experiment with these settings to see if AndroidTV can be built differently?

mo123 · December 31, 2019, 2:35am

@Lili
Late yesterday the Google Play Store on RockPi 4 ATV firmware updated again to the new layout We really need a way to solve it.

I think there might be atv flags in device/rockchip/common or frameworks/overlays that only get activated if firmware is build as atv which is missing in box firmware that might change the dimensions of AndroidTV that might help.
But I did try to build firmware as TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM_PRODUCT := atv & PRODUCT_CHARACTERISTICS := tv
PRODUCT_AAPT_CONFIG := normal large xlarge hdpi xhdpi
PRODUCT_AAPT_PREF_CONFIG := xhdpi
& included atv_generic.mk
but it displayed the bootanimation in an endless loop.

Lili · March 4, 2020, 10:31am

2020.03.04 new version release.

lbdroidman · March 4, 2020, 10:43pm

When will we be seeing Android 10?

And also when can we expect to see the rock960 builds?

Lili · March 5, 2020, 1:15am

We have no plans to upgrade to android10. temporary.

mo123 · March 8, 2020, 2:34pm

Hi @Lili

Can you check

With the new kernel highspeed sd-card change
I can’t boot new firmware from a Sandisk Ultra 64GB micro-sd card anymore, it says system mount error and can’t run script.
I also tested on a Adata 64GB micro-sd card and it booted fine.
If I remove the kernel change then Android also boots on the Sandisk Ultra 64GB card.
Is it some incompatibility that can be fixed?
Also can you test stock Android recovery with latest firmware?
https://gitlab.com/google-group/platform/bootable/recovery/-/commits/rk33/mid/9.0/develop
I tried all branches but couldn’t get it to work, they all fail with an error and boot to the recovery screen. Stock recovery is needed for latest SDDiskTool v1.59 to transplant firmware from a micro-sd card to the emmc easily.

Thanks

Lili · March 9, 2020, 1:34am

I merged stock Android recovery:
https://gitlab.com/rk-vendor/platform/bootable/recovery/-/tree/rk3399-9.0
Let me see if I have Sandisk Ultra 64GB card.

mo123 · March 9, 2020, 6:22am

The full name of the micro-sd card that can’t work with new firmware is
Sandisk Ultra MicroSDXC 64GB UHS-I. Capacity: 64 GB, Flash card type: MicroSDXC, Flash memory class: Class 10, Internal memory type: UHS-I, Read speed: 80 MB/s.

I tested with my own new firmware and with new stock firmware several times and also reformatted it with SD Format tools in Windows but it always failed with finding and formatting partitions in TWRP and said script failed and then the screen said no signal.

With
Adata MicroSDXC Card and Adapter (64GB)(Class 10), 50MBPS read speed, it is working

With stock recovery, the following error:
bootable/recovery/vendor.c:27:8: error: expected ‘;’ after top level declarator
int run-vendor(const char *filename, char *const argv[])

Must not perhaps change to same as Nougat commit?
int runVendor instead of ‘run-vendor’

Lili · March 21, 2020, 12:52am

I close sd104 mode, maybe it need more test.

Alex_GTECH · April 1, 2020, 8:43am

请问我可以用 RockPI 4B + Android 9.0 来进行商业贩售吗?

mo123 · April 1, 2020, 1:37pm

I think you will have to remove Google apps then and use normal Android tablet firmware without Google apps if shipped together. For AndroidTV, I don’t think you can ship it with a device, maybe provide a download link and also state it’s not official AndroidTV to not confuse users.
But there might be other legal requirements you can read online or Radxa will perhaps know.

Alex_GTECH · April 7, 2020, 1:01am

Thank you so much for the speedy reply
I get the drift.

Mohammad_Limadiawala · April 23, 2020, 8:32am

Can anyone please help me getting the Android OS 9 for Gratus 32" LED Smart TV.

mo123 · April 23, 2020, 12:02pm

@Mohammad_Limadiawala
No one can help you, contact Gratus and ask them why they make such cheap tv’s with no updates.
Buy a better tv with Android 9 already on it next time.

Mohammad_Limadiawala · April 23, 2020, 3:37pm

My friend, its already having the latest Android 9 but since its corrupted and my TV is not working… thats the reason i need the setup file… if anyone can help then please let me know.

Thanks

jose14_88 · December 10, 2022, 1:53pm

Hi, greetings guys. How are you doing?
I just bought a new Rock pi 4B, and I started to install on MicroSD (cause I don’t have eMMC) the OS, but I’m triying to install Android TV from uSD and I can’t, Is it possible install/run from uSD directly?

I did test Lakka and OK, Debian is ±, Ubuntu is great (Netflix doesn’t works here), and I want Android TV but I can’t pass the boot windows. Can you help me, please?

Thanks…

Edward_Flora · November 2, 2023, 5:41am

For better service, you can use the Ola TV app…