Hello,
I have OUYA last version update (1.0.409). I install XBMC version xbmc-20130714-6ec63cd-adddroidlibstagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk.
I did some testing and the results are:
1. TEST:External HDD + 40mbps
External HDD + OUYA playing Birds (h264 40mbps) and HDDvd (vc1, ap l3,18mbps)
Result: Birds play excellent, HDDvd VC1 was bad.
2. TEST: Ethernet 1Gb + 40mbps (OUYA have 100Mb/s network chip)
NAS + OUYA playing Birds (h264 40mbps) and Samsung Demo Oceanic Life x264 1080p 40Mbps.
Result: Birds and Oceanic Life are stuttering.
3. TEST: Ethernet 1Gb + m2ts
NAS + OUYA playing Cars 3 m2ts test file.
Result: Stuttering like crazy.
4. TEST: Ethernet 1Gb + 10mbps MKV (normal stuff)
NAS + OUYA playing 300.
Result: Excellent.
So, my Q is:
Why 40mpbs files on Ex-HDD run perfect and over Ethernet Stuttering?
Why VC1 files isn't working well, and this format is supported by Tegra 3?
Tegra 3 can't run m2ts files. He doesn't support this format.
Final conclusion: OUYA is great with XBMC (some bug but will fix soon) for normal media (10mbps) over ethernet.
I myself have been hit by the stuttering with normal Internet streaming (YouTube, XBMC). Sometimes the Ouya will slowly clear up, other times it takes the long press of the power button to shut down.
Our Ethernet is USB-based, and I've seen kernel logs that match what the Raspberry Pi guys have been seeing. Please try this command in a root window to see if the Ethernet improves:
echo 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
A quick test on mine looks promising, so I added that line to the bottom of my /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (?) to survive reboots. (I know there's a better way out there, but too new to Android to know what it is!) :cyclops:
I hope this can help even with high-performance streams, even though the Ethernet is contending with the USB bus.
Thanks!
Follow-up after more testing: the tweaked kernel parameter is doing great here -- no stuttering or freezes that I've seen. This is regular Internet streaming over Ethernet on rooted stock Ouya 1.0.393 firmware with Baxy launcher. Hope this can help someone out there!
Hal9k+1 said:
I myself have been hit by the stuttering with normal Internet streaming (YouTube, XBMC). Sometimes the Ouya will slowly clear up, other times it takes the long press of the power button to shut down.
Our Ethernet is USB-based, and I've seen kernel logs that match what the Raspberry Pi guys have been seeing. Please try this command in a root window to see if the Ethernet improves:
echo 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
A quick test on mine looks promising, so I added that line to the bottom of my /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (?) to survive reboots. (I know there's a better way out there, but too new to Android to know what it is!) :cyclops:
I hope this can help even with high-performance streams, even though the Ethernet is contending with the USB bus.
Thanks!
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Hal9k+1 said:
Follow-up after more testing: the tweaked kernel parameter is doing great here -- no stuttering or freezes that I've seen. This is regular Internet streaming over Ethernet on rooted stock Ouya 1.0.393 firmware with Baxy launcher. Hope this can help someone out there!
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Tested and seems like I'm having no issues with the suggested patch... I'll be adding this to my rom for next release! :good:
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Tested and seems like I'm having no issues with the suggested patch... I'll be adding this to my rom for next release! :good:
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Thanks, Incognito! I look forward to seeing it all play together.
Well, I finally hit a stutter/freeze, one that ended up requiring the shutdown. No obvious trigger condition and not completely sure if Ethernet related, though was during a stream. If a value of 32768 seems okay there, then we might go with that. If nothing else it may provide a some headroom for combined Ethernet and USB disk activity.
The Ethernet driver (smsc95xx) evidently has a "turbo_mode" parameter (probably enabled) that allows multiple received frames to be handled as a single memory transaction, hence the need for the large guaranteed memory region. Hopefully we'll achieve full stability with the turbo remaining on, since at least we do have some RAM to dedicate to the region.
Hal9k+1 said:
Thanks, Incognito! I look forward to seeing it all play together.
Well, I finally hit a stutter/freeze, one that ended up requiring the shutdown. No obvious trigger condition and not completely sure if Ethernet related, though was during a stream. If a value of 32768 seems okay there, then we might go with that. If nothing else it may provide a some headroom for combined Ethernet and USB disk activity.
The Ethernet driver (smsc95xx) evidently has a "turbo_mode" parameter (probably enabled) that allows multiple received frames to be handled as a single memory transaction, hence the need for the large guaranteed memory region. Hopefully we'll achieve full stability with the turbo remaining on, since at least we do have some RAM to dedicate to the region.
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Thanks for the heads up!
I should have a release in a few moments... I'll keep it at 16384 for now and have people report if they have any issues. If you seem to be getting better results or otherwise with the setting of 32678 give me a heads up.
Back from vacation, happy to see that the problem was solve by 2 sharks
I will try it late this week. 10x! :good:
Hal9k+1 said:
I myself have been hit by the stuttering with normal Internet streaming (YouTube, XBMC). Sometimes the Ouya will slowly clear up, other times it takes the long press of the power button to shut down.
Our Ethernet is USB-based, and I've seen kernel logs that match what the Raspberry Pi guys have been seeing. Please try this command in a root window to see if the Ethernet improves:
echo 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
A quick test on mine looks promising, so I added that line to the bottom of my /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (?) to survive reboots. (I know there's a better way out there, but too new to Android to know what it is!) :cyclops:
I hope this can help even with high-performance streams, even though the Ethernet is contending with the USB bus.
Thanks!
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what do I need to install on the ouya and my pc to perform this?
The-Wiz said:
Why VC1 files isn't working well, and this format is supported by Tegra 3?
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VC1 is not hardware accelerated in XBMC Android.
NVidia techs were in touch with the XBMC Android developer, but apparently no solution has been found.
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what do I need to install on the ouya and my pc to perform this?
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I went with the traditional ADB route (The_Wiz's package from the General forum), but if I were doing it today, I'd try the exploit app ("Root My Ouya - No PC Required" on Development forum). From there I'd attempt to get a SSH server app sideloaded, and could perhaps do some work without even needing ADB.
The kernel parameter continues to do fine here, and have remained at 16384. I believe it helps when there's a bit of congestion followed by the subsequent packet blast to get caught up. Likewise, it probably isn't much needed when streaming from an in-house server.
I did get another stutter session, this time from the YouTube plugin on the Ouya (12.3) XBMC. (It's my first chance to test that plugin now that we have the stable scripting backend.) It may be an extreme case of the packet blast case, but it may also be that XBMC or the hardware decoding gets unstable when the streaming buffer runs out mid-stream. (YouTube's feed to my ISP is somewhat overloaded, and it's not uncommon to see the official app having to rebuffer.)
Guys GREAT NEWS its seems todays 27/08/2013 has resolved ethernet freezing/stuttering issues for me
My ouya has been playing excellent virtually perfect streaming since todays update
Can somebody else please test
thanks
I maybe mistaken but mine is working A1 right now, maybe its just a good internet day?
build number; 1.0.459_r1
software version 1.0.8.
XBMC was also updated to 12.3-OUYA Git:20130811-acfeb6f (compiled: Aug 25 2013)
As I noted on another forum please stop claiming this is
1. A new fix - it's a day old
2. That it fixes the stutter issue
It DOES NOT fix ethernet stutter as my 3 ouya and many others have posted.
Stop spreading mistrusted.
FoneFreak786 said:
Guys GREAT NEWS its seems todays 27/08/2013 has resolved ethernet freezing/stuttering issues
My ouya has been playing excellent virtually perfect streaming since todays update
Can somebody else please test
thanks
I maybe mistaken but mine is working A1 right now, maybe its just a good internet day?
build number; 1.0.459_r1
software version 1.0.8.
XBMC was also updated to 12.3-OUYA Git:20130811-acfeb6f (compiled: Aug 25 2013)
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nospamjl said:
As I noted on another forum please stop claiming this is
1. A new fix - it's a day old
2. That it fixes the stutter issue
It DOES NOT fix ethernet stutter as my 3 ouya and many others have posted.
Stop spreading mistrusted.
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i dont know what spreading mistrusted means, but like i said tou you earlier, this is just to let people know that on my ouya which WAS having stuttering issues the lates FW and xbmc have resolved the issue for me!, and hopefully some others can post their findings.
You need to understand that forums are for sharing our experience not mistrusted?!?
you need to stop being anal, just because you cannot find a resoloution does not mean you should jump down at other people who are trying to help with their experience.
As stated toy you already let me know if you like me to test any thing and i will try to test it and post a video.
Hopefully some more experienced ouya users will reply with some feedback rather then you just trying to be some kind of negative smartarse
NO! you are stating this is a fix for THE stuttering problem not your own problem which was probably fixed by the reboot after the firmware upgrade.
As for being analysis I researched the hotfix online and there are two fixes which have nothing to do with ethernet stuttering.
Please enlighten us to what research you did?
Hal9k+1 said:
I went with the traditional ADB route (The_Wiz's package from the General forum), but if I were doing it today, I'd try the exploit app ("Root My Ouya - No PC Required" on Development forum). From there I'd attempt to get a SSH server app sideloaded, and could perhaps do some work without even needing ADB.
The kernel parameter continues to do fine here, and have remained at 16384. I believe it helps when there's a bit of congestion followed by the subsequent packet blast to get caught up. Likewise, it probably isn't much needed when streaming from an in-house server.
I did get another stutter session, this time from the YouTube plugin on the Ouya (12.3) XBMC. (It's my first chance to test that plugin now that we have the stable scripting backend.) It may be an extreme case of the packet blast case, but it may also be that XBMC or the hardware decoding gets unstable when the streaming buffer runs out mid-stream. (YouTube's feed to my ISP is somewhat overloaded, and it's not uncommon to see the official app having to rebuffer.)
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sorry for the dumb question but how would i adb that line. I have the android sdk installed on my computer.
nospamjl said:
NO! you are stating this is a fix for THE stuttering problem not your own problem which was probably fixed by the reboot after the firmware upgrade.
As for being analysis I researched the hotfix online and there are two fixes which have nothing to do with ethernet stuttering.
Please enlighten us to what research you did?
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Err, you are??
I have already explained to you I am not saying this is a fix for all ouya users, I am saying it has worked for me and resolved all my issues, also other users have also confirmed on xbmchub.
seeing as you advise users to try wifi to stream 1080p etc LOL, and you also are a basic wifi user as your router is soo close to your ouya, it cleary shows you are not competent to give any advice to anyone
this is ethernet discussion for people who have had or are having ETHERNET STUTTERING problems.
FoneFreak786 said:
Guys GREAT NEWS its seems todays 27/08/2013 has resolved ethernet freezing/stuttering issues for me
My ouya has been playing excellent virtually perfect streaming since todays update
Can somebody else please test
thanks
I maybe mistaken but mine is working A1 right now, maybe its just a good internet day?
build number; 1.0.459_r1
software version 1.0.8.
XBMC was also updated to 12.3-OUYA Git:20130811-acfeb6f (compiled: Aug 25 2013)
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It's not the OUYA update that fixed your problem, it's the XBMC update!
It started with the nightly builds from August 2nd where they included the libstagefright acceleration to XBMC.
XblackdemonX said:
It's not the OUYA update that fixed your problem, it's the XBMC update!
It started with the nightly builds from August 2nd where they included the libstagefright acceleration to XBMC.
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possibly but i am using official xbmc ouya version.
also I have been useing libstagefright xbmc since alpha 1, the stange thing is the ethernet stutter even happened with the great videomix pro! (independent of xbmc), thats why i think they may have fixed something?
Maybe they just added the line to increase etherent data as posted by a user on XDA?
not sure but its is running like a dream at present, with nothing else changed by me other then auto FW update and lates Ouya xbmc
FoneFreak786 said:
possibly but i am using official xbmc ouya version.
also I have been useing libstagefright xbmc since alpha 1, the srange thing is the wthernet stutter even happened with the great videomixpro! (independent of xbmc), thats why i think they may have fixed something?
Maybe they just added the line to increase etherent data as posted by a user on XDA?
not sure but its is running like a dream at present, with nothing else changed by me other then auto FW update and lates Ouya xbmc
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Well I don't think the alphas were using libstagefright until alpha 6. it was included in the nightlies as an experimental feature and was officially included in the August 2nd update. Also another thing, if you didn't update your OUYA in a while there was indeed a fix in July 24th firmware update
Improvements to download speed over Ethernet
Wi-Fi is now disabled when Ethernet is active (to increase performance). Removing Ethernet will re-enable Wi-Fi.
Maybe they actually did include something in the lastest update but the only thing there is in the changelog is this:
Hotfix: Implemented changes to reduce server load and fixed issue where some users were not seeing download bars when downloading games.
Anyways good for you that you fixed your problem! :good:
Libstagefright was implemented in Alpha 1 for the record. It appeared in the nightlies on Aug 2nd if mem serves me correct (give or take a day or 2)
Alpha 1 was for most users the best performing of all the Alphas.
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I backed Ouya on Kickstarter, and mine finally arrived today. There have been a lot of questions, a lot of speculation, and not many answers. I will personally be attempting to install a 3'rd party launcher, Google Play apps (store, music, movies) and other games and apps I have bought over the years on the Play Store. The point of this topic is for other people who are interested in buying one or have pre-ordered one to get answers to their questions, like I couldn't.
I have been an Android user since the original Motorola Droid on Verizon, and a Custom ROM Developer for the Samsung Fascinate, HTC Thunderbolt, and Droid Bionic. I will be working on a custom ROM for the Ouya as well once we get some reasonable safety measures to ensure I don't brick it while experimenting. Feel free to ask me anything, about app compatibility, features, user interface, whatever, I'll do my best to answer. I'll also keep this topic updated with my observations and experiences with hacking and modding this console.
Since I've already gone through the trouble of tracking down working apps I figured I'd save everyone else a few minutes and collect the working ones here:
How to install: From your Ouya browser click the link for any apk's you want to download. once the downloads have completed go to: Manage > System > Advanced > Storage > Downloads and select the apk files one by one.
Netflix: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Netflix_2.1.2 build 787.apk I had audio issues on some shows until I rebooted, and an occasional freeze, but just hold down the "ouya" button on the controller to back out to home and open it up again.
Hulu Plus: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Hulu Plus 2.6.201000.apk Seems to be working great!
Youtube: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.google.android.youtube.googletv-2.apk Works great.
Nova Launcher: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.teslacoilsw.launcher-1.apk Works great and opens up additional options in the settings menu. I choose to use this as the default launcher, since I can still access all my ouya games, and the ouya home from it much quicker than from ouya home.
Dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.dropbox.android-2.apk Works great with the controller, I use it to copy apps from my computer or phone easily.
Amazon App Store: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.amazon.venezia-2.apk Installed, logged in, and downloaded Angry birds, which didn't work so well.... Well, I mean it worked great, but was very difficult to play with the ouya controller. Time to hook up a bluetooth mouse. EDIT: after the initial time working so well, I cannot get it to work again. the main page opens but any app I click on it just brings up a blank screen. If anyone else experiences this please let me know...
XBMC: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk This is the latest XBMC build with hardware decoding. I didn't try any local/network video yet, but the streaming video from break.com looked fine.
Pandora: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.pandora.android-1.apk Works great, but since it's the Android interface you'll have on screen adds unless you pay for prime, and the "X" to close it is very tiny. However on the plus side if you go to Settings > Developer Options > Uncheck Don't keep activities Pandora can run in the background with a 3rd party launcher. So right now I'm listening to Whitesnake and installing the next app on my list to check tonight.
Flixter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/net.flixster.android-1.apk Works, but not always. Final Destination 5 kept freezing at the same point every time, but I watched several minutes of The Dark Knight Rises on wifi and the quality was good and I had no issues.
Chrome: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.android.chrome-1.apk Works great, but due to lack of gapps framework you can't sign in, so no tab/bookmark syncing yet.
Non-working/Glitchy:
Facebook - Installed, logged in with no problem, but the interface is far to large to use. Imagine pictures that are 2 - 3 times larger than the screen, with tiny text and you'll get the idea. plus it crashed for no reason....
Twitter - Installed, could not log on. Got the error "Cannot create account" when trying to log in.
SuperSu - Installed, but once inside it said SU needed an update, and installation of that update failed.
Commenting to subscribe to the thread, excited to hear your plans and glad to see a bit more action around here.
I would suggest talking with Rayman ( posted the OTA download thread) he's also working on some development for it and I know we wanted to get some dumps from another ouya to confirm some things.
Definitely looking forward to the comments here. I received my Ouya today and excited to see what it can do.
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I'm certainly no developer, but I've had the same results regarding the play store, for what its worth. I have superuser installed and working. I attempted to use a similar method to getting the play store on the Kindle Fire, with no luck.
Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?
dully79 said:
Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?
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I played around with it a little. I was able to stream in HD from icefilms with no major problems. The most glaring issue that I saw was if you have a video playing, and decide to pull up the menu, it can be pretty sluggish. I only played with it for about 10 minutes or so, though.
Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?
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Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?
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XBMC works great, but make sure to install the experimental "libstagefright" build for hardware acceleration support. If you could figure out Hulu that would be awesome, someone reported tweaking the APK a bit to get it working but never revealed what they did.
Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...
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Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...
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Well XBMC and OUYA both promise one for XBMC at least, and I read that they're in talks to have Hulu and Netflix officially supported as well. I imagine it'll all depend on how the reaction at launch goes.
It would be really nice, but given streaming media providers attitude toward root users I wouldn't be surprised if they refused to play nice. I still can't watch an Ultraviolet movie on my Nexus 7 without temp unrooting it...
For Hulu, find the Hulu for Google tv apk, I found it online.
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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.
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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.
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I can confirm that the googleTV youtube app works very well.
Updated OP with tons of links to tested working apps.
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Updated OP with tons of links to tested working apps.
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Thanks! Hulu is working great.
Bluetooth not working
My controller and console work but the bluetooth on my console does not want to turn on so it just constantly tries to turn on so my controller can never connect.
Any help?
Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
https://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/comment/11742/#Comment_11742
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*
one note about hulu plus. THe app you posted here 2.6 does not have options for keyboard control (which was indroduced in 2.8, the latest version.) for use with the controller, keyboards etc I have a copy of the apk which i will upload as soon as I have 10 posts and can post links (almost there haha). WHen I installed 2.8 by it self, it force closed but i was able to get it working by installing 2.6 from your post and then upgrading.
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Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*
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(Sorry, title should say 4.4.2, not 4.3. Brain not working today)
I updated my Galaxy Note 8 (GT-N5100) when the Android 4.4.2 update became available. It seems Hulu+ broke in the process. It now has extremely choppy playback, regardless of high, med or low quality. CS at Hulu has tried just about everything on their end to fix it for me, but nothing is working.
Advertisements of course load and play without a hitch, but as soon as the program starts the framerate drops.
Has anyone else noticed this? What was your fix (if you found one)?
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(Sorry, title should say 4.4.2, not 4.3. Brain not working today)
I updated my Galaxy Note 8 (GT-N5100) when the Android 4.4.2 update became available. It seems Hulu+ broke in the process. It now has extremely choppy playback, regardless of high, med or low quality. CS at Hulu has tried just about everything on their end to fix it for me, but nothing is working.
Advertisements of course load and play without a hitch, but as soon as the program starts the framerate drops.
Has anyone else noticed this? What was your fix (if you found one)?
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Another reason I am waiting for developers to catch up... most likely they are moving on to Lolipop or Tizan since the market will be needing support for newer OS structures.
You should be sending feedback to Hulu about this, as they keep track of things, or try facebook and rant.
Hulu problems
I also had HULU problems after installing CIVATO's 4.4.2 rom. Frame rate is very low. Changing the quality has no affect. No other video playback issues including Netflix.
I contacted HULU support but they don't support rooted devices. They suggested re-installing which did nothing.
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I also had HULU problems after installing CIVATO's 4.4.2 rom. Frame rate is very low. Changing the quality has no affect. No other video playback issues including Netflix.
I contacted HULU support but they don't support rooted devices. They suggested re-installing which did nothing.
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Are you using any kind of ad blocking? Hulu+ doesn't like to run without its ads.
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ramjet73 said:
Are you using any kind of ad blocking? Hulu+ doesn't like to run without its ads.
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I have Minmin Xposed blocking ads and still get great playback with both Hulu and Netflix. Though last December Hulu had a lot of buffering and choppy playback. As each update has gotten better and better, the latest one seems best over all.
You may try Second Screen 1.4.4... right now 1.4.5 does not play well with Samsung Touchwiz.
It forces 1080p at 30fps on any connection and the display of your device. You won't be able to use your launcher in landscape mode, as it moves the icons too far to get at all of them. But once you start the app you get full screen without any issues. I cant get 720p to work properly, but I don't need it anyway.
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Are you using any kind of ad blocking? Hulu+ doesn't like to run without its ads.
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I do have AdBlock Plus installed. But disabling it has no effect on Hulu playback.
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I have Minmin Xposed blocking ads and still get great playback with both Hulu and Netflix. Though last December Hulu had a lot of buffering and choppy playback. As each update has gotten better and better, the latest one seems best over all.
You may try Second Screen 1.4.4... right now 1.4.5 does not play well with Samsung Touchwiz.
It forces 1080p at 30fps on any connection and the display of your device. You won't be able to use your launcher in landscape mode, as it moves the icons too far to get at all of them. But once you start the app you get full screen without any issues. I cant get 720p to work properly, but I don't need it anyway.
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Sorry, I can't find anything called Second Screen. Do you possibly have a link? I also see you have 4.2.2 in your signature. Are you running that or 4.4.2? I had no issues using 4.2.2. Thanks!
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I do have AdBlock Plus installed. But disabling it has no effect on Hulu playback.
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Sorry, I can't find anything called Second Screen. Do you possibly have a link? I also see you have 4.2.2 in your signature. Are you running that or 4.4.2? I had no issues using 4.2.2. Thanks!
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I am on 4.2.2 but it will override and push HD both on screen and through connected displays.
here is the free version to test with... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free
I am using 1.4.4 version of the paid app which is no longer available. the latest does not play well with touchwiz.
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I do have AdBlock Plus installed. But disabling it has no effect on Hulu playback.
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Adblock Plus shouldn't be a problem since it only hooks into the browser.
I'm using Adaware, which blocks ads by modifying the hosts file, and if I don't disable it Hulu+ dies when it gets to the ads.
ramjet73
gooberdude said:
I am on 4.2.2 but it will override and push HD both on screen and through connected displays.
here is the free version to test with... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free
I am using 1.4.4 version of the paid app which is no longer available. the latest does not play well with touchwiz.
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Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, on 4.4.2 SecondScreen crashes the device stopping the com.android.systemui immediately on reboot (I think that was the process I saw). I, therefore, had to uninstall it.
I've pm'd Civato who may be able to shed some light on this issue. I believe that I had Hulu working fine under his 4.2.2 rom.
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I've pm'd Civato who may be able to shed some light on this issue. I believe that I had Hulu working fine under his 4.2.2 rom.
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I think @civato may still be on vacation since I haven't seen him post in a while.
When Europeans go on holiday they don't fool around with short ones.
ramjet73
Update: I installed civato's 1.9 rom (released 8-4 with kernel 5.4) and tested Hulu again. I still have very low frame rates that make it unusable. In addition, a new "sputtering" motion is affecting all apps during scrolling. Someone suggested installing the old kernel 5.1 which I shall try since clear all caches did not help.
Still hoping to hear from civato on this.
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Update: I installed civato's 1.9 rom (released 8-4 with kernel 5.4) and tested Hulu again. I still have very low frame rates that make it unusable. In addition, a new "sputtering" motion is affecting all apps during scrolling. Someone suggested installing the old kernel 5.1 which I shall try since clear all caches did not help.
Still hoping to hear from civato on this.
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I just tried Hulu+ again on my N5110 and it works fine with FlexNote 1.9 without pauses or stuttering as long as I disable AdAway.
It might be a problem with your router or ISP (some are known to degrade service level for streaming sites) but I doubt that there's anything civato can do about it. Have you tried it with WiFi at another location that has a strong signal and high speed Internet connection?
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
I just tried Hulu+ again on my N5110 and it works fine with FlexNote 1.9 without pauses or stuttering as long as I disable AdAway.
It might be a problem with your router or ISP (some are known to degrade service level for streaming sites) but I doubt that there's anything civato can do about it. Have you tried it with WiFi at another location that has a strong signal and high speed Internet connection?
ramjet73
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Hmmm. I don't have AdAway installed. No issues with router or ISP - Hulu streams fine on my Mac and using Chromecast on the same broadband network. I'll keep searching for a solution. It's not significant enough for me to go back to 4.2.2.
Incidentally, the sputtered (i.e. jerky) scrolling of FlexNote 1.9 that I was experiencing is improved and smoother after re-installing civato's SphereKat 5.1 kernel. While better it is still not as smooth as I remember with FN 1.8 or the 4.2.2 ROM.
Thanks ramjet73!
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Incidentally, the sputtered (i.e. jerky) scrolling of FlexNote 1.9 that I was experiencing is improved and smoother after re-installing civato's SphereKat 5.1 kernel. While better it is still not as smooth as I remember with FN 1.8 or the 4.2.2 ROM.
Thanks ramjet73!
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Hmmm...
It sounds like you might want to try a clean flash of 1.9 if you haven't done that already. I believe the wipe option for that is "prepare for new ROM" in Philz Touch and "factory reset" in TWRP.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Hmmm...
It sounds like you might want to try a clean flash of 1.9 if you haven't done that already. I believe the wipe option for that is "prepare for new ROM" in Philz Touch and "factory reset" in TWRP.
ramjet73
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Took your advice, ramjet. Over the weekend I did a clean install of 1.9. Unfortunately nothing made Hulu play better. Their commercials do seem to work fine though.
I did come to a definitive conclusion about the visual sputtering that some other users also mentioned in the developer's forum. After going back and forth several times between civato's 5.1 kernel and his FlexNote's built-in 5.4 kernel, I have verified that the sputtering was indeed introduced with the kernel update. It is most visible when I slowly drag a widget back-and-forth across the screen. Some users may less attuned to it because, frankly, it is rather subtle but it is there. So I am staying with 5.1 for the time being.
Thanks.
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Took your advice, ramjet. Over the weekend I did a clean install of 1.9. Unfortunately nothing made Hulu play better. Their commercials do seem to work fine though.
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There's a new version of Hulu+ in the Play Store today (2.15.0.201802). Maybe that will work better for you.
Also, @civato has released 2.0 of the FlexNote ROM with a new kernel.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
There's a new version of Hulu+ in the Play Store today (2.15.0.201802). Maybe that will work better for you.
Also, @civato has released 2.0 of the FlexNote ROM with a new kernel.
ramjet73
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Hey, ramjet. Just want to document my latest findings here in case anyone else (or the OP) has these issues. I upgraded to the FlexNote 2.0 ROM and the latest Hulu app. The result was no change for Hulu playback and the OS sputtering returned. I downgraded the kernel to civato's 5.1 and the sputtering went away for the most part.
Last week I decided to do a little more experimentation. I installed two AOSP derived ROMs, first Dirty Unicorns then CM, both of which are based on Android 4.4.4. Dirty Unicorns was the more feature filled but was missing some things that I needed.
The results were a little surprising to me. The responsiveness of the OS greatly improved from the standard ROM - everything is faster, even without overclocking. The sputtering is completely absent. Some apps still observe much scrolling stutters such as the NYTimes app but this seems to be app related rather than attributable to the OS. In fact, the typical stutters I have always observed are almost entirely gone - everything is smoother.
Oh yeah, Hulu works perfectly now. I can only conclude that 4.4.2 ultimately caused the Hulu problem.
Summary: I will remain on CM for the time being. Overall it is a more pleasant experience. I do miss a few Samsung derived apps such as S-note and MultiWindow, but not terribly so. There are S-note alternatives. I always used an alternative launcher anyway. If I had a larger tablet the MW feature would be more important but it is not so much with the Note 8. Besides I have always found MW to be rather flaky - apps I added to the available list somehow always disappeared. The last time I used it it sent the device into a boot loop which started this latest quest for a better tablet experience.
Hello,
my Fire TV (German Version) lags some times, when I'm using the the catalog for looking the series and movies ... It freeze for a Moment and after that, the screen is not refreshing. When I'm use the up oder down keys on the remote I see the main category entrys and when i go into a main category - for example "Prime Movies", the gui is fine and I can use the firetv again ... the firmware is a little buggy, I think.
Anyone else here, with that problems?
Greetings
I always occasionally got menu glitches like invisible menus when something was already slid open and one time it got stuck where I couldn't navigate anymore because I kept getting sent back to the "Home" space.
The stock Fire TV launcher is really buggy.
I hate how the German version starts with the unrootable firmware.
My North American one runs quite smooth after some tweaks like "Forced GPU" that require root.
Maybe there'll eventually be a new exploit that works globally.
amazon should fix the issues and make a smooth and good working gui before they work on removing root access ...
And also USB media support should get enabled since root is blocked.
retroben said:
And also USB media support should get enabled since root is blocked.
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And they should give everyone a million dollars!
rbox said:
And they should give everyone a million dollars!
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C'mon, rbox, let's be realistic. I think we'd all settle for $100,000 (and a few BitCoin if they had them).
I'm a little late to the game here and missed rooting at 5.2.1.0, so now I seem stuck.
The last post from rbox on a recovery installer was 4th June 2016, and I couldn't find anything on that since, or any kind of downgrader.
Anyone have any news I've missed, or insider info?
What I really need is to mount CIF shares off my Synology for playing ROMs of various types. Any specific solution for that I may have missed?
Thanks bunches! :good:
MrPeach
MrPeach said:
I'm a little late to the game here and missed rooting at 5.2.1.0, so now I seem stuck.
The last post from rbox on a recovery installer was 4th June 2016, and I couldn't find anything on that since, or any kind of downgrader.
Anyone have any news I've missed, or insider info?
What I really need is to mount CIF shares off my Synology for playing ROMs of various types. Any specific solution for that I may have missed?
Thanks bunches! :good:
MrPeach
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In the same boat myself, doesnt seem to be any developmennts yet.
With all do respect as someone who has managed to root his AFTV at unbox time. What exactly IS the benefit of rooting the AFTV2? And, no this is not a rhetorical question.
One of the big hopes I've had about rooting the AFTV2 was to get Google PlayStore, and Gapps working. Well if the ever had, it seems that I too may have missed that Boat. As they do NOT seem to work under 5.2.1.1.
The only other reason why I might have wanted Root, pairing a Sixaxis Dualshock 3 Controller with my AFTV2. 'Cause I'm too cheep for an Amazon Controller. Doesn't work either, and in fact will cause the AFTV2 to crash, and reboot itself.
As for AdAway, (My prime motivation for rooting anything!), well I've yet to find a use for it. It doesn't block anything in the Fire Launcher. Not that I think it should anyway. But nothing I've ran into yet even has any in-app advertising.
Side loading Kodi never really required root, and has otherwise worked fine.
IMHO root on the AFTV2 is a tad overrated, for all you can do with it, or actually what you still can't do with it.
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With all do respect as someone who has managed to root his AFTV at unbox time. What exactly IS the benefit of rooting the AFTV2? And, no this is not a rhetorical question.
One of the big hopes I've had about rooting the AFTV2 was to get Google PlayStore, and Gapps working. Well if the ever had, it seems that I too may have missed that Boat. As they do NOT seem to work under 5.2.1.1.
The only other reason why I might have wanted Root, pairing a Sixaxis Dualshock 3 Controller with my AFTV2. 'Cause I'm too cheep for an Amazon Controller. Doesn't work either, and in fact will cause the AFTV2 to crash, and reboot itself.
As for AdAway, (My prime motivation for rooting anything!), well I've yet to find a use for it. It doesn't block anything in the Fire Launcher. Not that I think it should anyway. But nothing I've ran into yet even has any in-app advertising.
Side loading Kodi never really required root, and has otherwise worked fine.
IMHO root on the AFTV2 is a tad overrated, for all you can do with it, or actually what you still can't do with it.
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Well as noted, what I care about is simply mounting a network share. While somewhat interesting, your comment adds nothing to this particular thread.
Ichijoe said:
With all do respect as someone who has managed to root his AFTV at unbox time. What exactly IS the benefit of rooting the AFTV2? And, no this is not a rhetorical question.
One of the big hopes I've had about rooting the AFTV2 was to get Google PlayStore, and Gapps working. Well if the ever had, it seems that I too may have missed that Boat. As they do NOT seem to work under 5.2.1.1.
The only other reason why I might have wanted Root, pairing a Sixaxis Dualshock 3 Controller with my AFTV2. 'Cause I'm too cheep for an Amazon Controller. Doesn't work either, and in fact will cause the AFTV2 to crash, and reboot itself.
As for AdAway, (My prime motivation for rooting anything!), well I've yet to find a use for it. It doesn't block anything in the Fire Launcher. Not that I think it should anyway. But nothing I've ran into yet even has any in-app advertising.
Side loading Kodi never really required root, and has otherwise worked fine.
IMHO root on the AFTV2 is a tad overrated, for all you can do with it, or actually what you still can't do with it.
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I want to be able to add a usb Ethernet adapter. The fire stick 2 allows usb devices to be added natively. Ive contacted the Fire tv support team about a possible update to allow fire stick first gen to allow this without root, they said they would take it under consideration so probably no.
@MrPeach
Surly you could add a network share from inside Kodi or? I kinda fail to see the point of it outside of Kodi otherwise.
@tylercheribini
Well I could imagine why some people might want to have two Ethernet Ports. I find little use for mine while on 802.11ac. But at least this is concept I can work with.
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@MrPeach
Surly you could add a network share from inside Kodi or? I kinda fail to see the point of it outside of Kodi otherwise.
@tylercheribini
Well I could imagine why some people might want to have two Ethernet Ports. I find little use for mine while on 802.11ac. But at least this is concept I can work with.
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The Fire Stick has no ethernet port, it must be rooted in order to add one.
Sorry, missed that bit. Of course it (Firestick), doesn't.
Any news? Had an update mysteriously occur, moving it up to the latest firetv update. For some time, have been stuck without a solution. For list of what doesn't work at this date, neither the latest kingo root on pc with an a to a cable or the kingroot app work. Hoping sometime soon one of the remaining vulnerabilities is taken advantage of soon.
I've locked down my network in the meantime. Would recommend anybody that does care about root in the same boat as me do the same until a solution is found..
Sound advice... And BTW I do care about root. I just question the point of it on this Device. Which to my chagrin includes a bit more then the AFTV2... lol!
And, I concede their use cases aren't mine. And, at the moment the things I'd like to do on my AFTV2, which would otherwise require root as well. (i.e. PlayStore, and Dualshock 3 Support) have not brought me much joy even with root. So though I probably could have been less of a **** about it. I was generally interested in why others were so keen to root it. And I got my answer.
The only good news is that it's not a done deal with the FireOS, and eventuality another exploit shall be found, but you'll just have to hang on till then. Yeah sucks I know.
Lol. Yes it does suck.
I probably shouldn't have responded in that way either. It's hard to tell someone's intent based on a few lines in a thread. Didnt mean to come off bh.
Root has been good, was nice to be able to autostart the Kodi/spmc app and for me, using droidmote. that's a really great mouse keyboard app along with a ssh server and BusyBox... But then again, since I updated to the latest rooted ROM(5.2.1.1) in my other box, I've lost the autostart and some of the other bonuses. As much as I hate to do it, will have to start troubleshooting options maybe downgrade.
Til there's an option....
The Dirty Cow linux exploit was recently released (last week). This should allow root on the newer firmware versions (5.2.1.1, etc). Since it was just released last week people are working on it. This thread discusses the progress http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/security/dirty-cow-t3484879
and here is a post of someone who claims to have it working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69299542&postcount=39
I am working on getting this going on my AFTV2 with version 5.2.1.0.
clarke.hackworth said:
The Dirty Cow linux exploit was recently released (last week). This should allow root on the newer firmware versions (5.2.1.1, etc). Since it was just released last week people are working on it. This thread discusses the progress http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/security/dirty-cow-t3484879
and here is a post of someone who claims to have it working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69299542&postcount=39
I am working on getting this going on my AFTV2 with version 5.2.1.0.
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Cool, looks promising, thanks.
I know that Android, is kind of a fork of Linux. But, isn't that kinda the point? Are we even sure that this 'ploit affects Android?
I'm in the same boat as you guys, i also wait for a 5.2.1.1 root
In my case i want to install the root-version of the moonlight streaming app which has native mouse support so i can finally play mouse/keyboard games on my home cinema (The non-root version is kinda buggy... scaling-problems, stuttering, no off-screen-movment, and so on..)
Ichijoe said:
With all do respect as someone who has managed to root his AFTV at unbox time. What exactly IS the benefit of rooting the AFTV2? And, no this is not a rhetorical question.
One of the big hopes I've had about rooting the AFTV2 was to get Google PlayStore, and Gapps working. Well if the ever had, it seems that I too may have missed that Boat. As they do NOT seem to work under 5.2.1.1.
The only other reason why I might have wanted Root, pairing a Sixaxis Dualshock 3 Controller with my AFTV2. 'Cause I'm too cheep for an Amazon Controller. Doesn't work either, and in fact will cause the AFTV2 to crash, and reboot itself.
As for AdAway, (My prime motivation for rooting anything!), well I've yet to find a use for it. It doesn't block anything in the Fire Launcher. Not that I think it should anyway. But nothing I've ran into yet even has any in-app advertising.
Side loading Kodi never really required root, and has otherwise worked fine.
IMHO root on the AFTV2 is a tad overrated, for all you can do with it, or actually what you still can't do with it.
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The reason I am looking for root is to be able to run the firestick on a VPN, which requires root.
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I know that Android, is kind of a fork of Linux. But, isn't that kinda the point? Are we even sure that this 'ploit affects Android?
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Yes the exploit effects Android.
FYI, the issue is a vulnerability in how the Linux kernel handles memory / files. Android is just a specific set of applications running on Linux, so it is exploitable. I have used the exploit to modify files in /system and /etc on my FireTV running 5.2.1.1.
Starting with FireTV 5.2.1.0 SELinux is enabled which is an extra layer of protection. It is good from a security stand point -- it helps protects your device from malicious apps, etc. However in our case the "attacker" is the owner of the device ... us. People are working on bypassing SELinux protections, and making progress.
See this blog for some really technical info on the current status: https://v-e-o.blogspot.com/2016/10/way-to-android-init-with-cve-2016-5195.html
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The reason I am looking for root is to be able to run the firestick on a VPN, which requires root.
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Forgive my ignorance, but what is vpn used for on the ftv aside from accessing content from different countries like Netflix and to possibly make it safer for one to stream certain content?
Well IIRC... One could set up a VPN, to log back into one Network (e.g. Network Storage), from an outside source (i.e. a Hotel Room), to push, and pull Files p, at will. But I think you managed to cover most of the "uses" of a VPN already.
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Ichijoe said:
@MrPeach
Surly you could add a network share from inside Kodi or? I kinda fail to see the point of it outside of Kodi otherwise.
@tylercheribini
Well I could imagine why some people might want to have two Ethernet Ports. I find little use for mine while on 802.11ac. But at least this is concept I can work with.
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As I implied in my original post - emulators generally do not support accessing network shares (where my extensive ROM collection is) directly. This leaves copying ROMs to the Fire TV itself to use them or copying my ROM collection to an external USB drive, neither option of which I find acceptable.
I want to access my extensive ROM collection directly via a SMB mapped folder on my Synology NAS, which research has informed me is only possible on a rooted device.
This isn't about Kodi, an extra ethernet port or any of the other stuff other people have mentioned in this thread.
Give this a try .. worked for me
1. Enable developer options by going to Settings -> about phone , then tapping Build Number until it says developer options enabled.
2. In Settings go to Developer options, scroll down to Force GPU Rendering and enable it .
3. Reboot ( just to be safe )
Now try the app your having issues with and all being well it works
Hi, I'm considering getting the P2, and the sync issue has been the main reason stopping me so far, so thanks for this and I hope others will be able to chime in and say whether this fix worked for them, as it has for you.
One question: Does the sync issue only occur for streaming sites such as youtube, or does it also occur with videos from the SD card as well? Thanks
I tried the above. The YouTube app is still out of sync for me while the same movie is synced in chrome. I don't see this in the Netflix app though, to me, it seems to be in sync.
Weird is what it is...
I haven't made any changes to developer options. But the issue has gone altogether this morning. It's not a perception thing as the issue was so significant before.
It was only generally an issue for videos over 30fps. I would try disabling GPU rendering again and see if the issue stays 'fixed'. I suspect it is/will be sorted with YouTube app update.
BBC iplayer and UKtv seem to have improved , but RTE player now has sync issue and it didn't before .
YouTube is a strange one, i've tried videos of varying quality and there's no standard format it happens on . Lenovo are blaming the apps as usual , we wont get a straight answer from them that's for sure .
I remember a while back (years) html5 was replacing flash for YouTube videos, although I expect both still exist. Perhaps it is a video format issue rather than a quality issue. Chrome I expect loads as flash video by default not HTML 5. Can any techies confirm this hypothesis?
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I remember a while back (years) html5 was replacing flash for YouTube videos, although I expect both still exist. Perhaps it is a video format issue rather than a quality issue. Chrome I expect loads as flash video by default not HTML 5. Can any techies confirm this hypothesis?
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I may be wrong but i thought chrome did not support flash . you can install flash player but it wont work on chrome
Flash I believe is embedded in chrome, so you don't need to install any flash plugins
Flash isn't developed for Android and hasn't been for years. So there is no support for flash anywhere, unless you manage to install it. I suspect that isn't trivial since the last version was developed for probably gingerbread or a version around there somewhere.
Well that answers that then. The issue isn't related to html5 vs flash
The pc version of chrome has a cut down version of flash built in if memory serves me right .. I'm getting old , memory aint what it used to be :laugh:
has the Lip sync issues been fixed on Lenovo P2 ?
(UK Three)
Not yet. In my experience it is variable. Some videos it's apparent, others it's less obvious.
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Not yet. In my experience it is variable. Some videos it's apparent, others it's less obvious.
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you got your Lenovo P2 from UK (Three Network) ?
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you got your Lenovo P2 from UK (Three Network) ?
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Yep
thanks for the tip, its really better in youtube but not quite perfect , i'll say near perfect or maybe its my imagination. maybe i'm trying to hard to focus on the lip synch.
What can be the downside of activation of the gpu for 2d?
It works !!!
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Give this a try .. worked for me
1. Enable developer options by going to Settings -> about phone , then tapping Build Number until it says developer options enabled.
2. In Settings go to Developer options, scroll down to Force GPU Rendering and enable it .
3. Reboot ( just to be safe )
Now try the app your having issues with and all being well it works
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I have the UK version of the Lenovo P2 from 3, running stock Android 6.0.1 .
I was halfway through watching a YouTube video(Clare Siobhan) on my P2 and stumbled onto this page on my PC trying to find a fix.
I paused the video, changed the setting then resumed the video(no reboot).
It fixed the audio sync issue!!!. :victory:
I then fully closed YouTube and watched a totally different YouTube video and all is good.
I see this has not worked for everyone but it has for me.
Thank you so much for posting this fix!!! :good:
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Yep
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I just got one from 3 UK. Never noticed the lip sync until now, but yes it's there for sure. I'm on MM still. Plan to try N when my sdcard arrives.
Force GPU for 2D works for me though!
If you want to disable Dev Options after (in case Force GPU didn't work for you), just clear data from 'Settings' app.
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Dasto85 said:
I have the UK version of the Lenovo P2 from 3, running stock Android 6.0.1 .
I was halfway through watching a YouTube video(Clare Siobhan) on my P2 and stumbled onto this page on my PC trying to find a fix.
I paused the video, changed the setting then resumed the video(no reboot).
It fixed the audio sync issue!!!. :victory:
I then fully closed YouTube and watched a totally different YouTube video and all is good.
I see this has not worked for everyone but it has for me.
Thank you so much for posting this fix!!! :good:
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Worked fine for me too.
I've got a CN P780, CN Z2 Pro, ROW P1 Turbo and have just received the ROW P2. All seems well so far, came here to look for a root guide/ROM and saw the lip sync issue - all of the above Lenovo models do it on nearly all youtube videos for me. Other apps seem fine though.
Can't imagine the hardware and or software being wrong in all of these models but it seems equally strange that Google can't get it right either
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I've got a CN P780, CN Z2 Pro, ROW P1 Turbo and have just received the ROW P2. All seems well so far, came here to look for a root guide/ROM and saw the lip sync issue - all of the above Lenovo models do it on nearly all youtube videos for me. Other apps seem fine though.
Can't imagine the hardware and or software being wrong in all of these models but it seems equally strange that Google can't get it right either
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I'm running S233 ROW on my P2 and it fixed the lip sync. Don't need this Dev Options tweak now.
Also mic issue in WhatsApp (3rd party apps in general) seems much improved.