How to Restore Android Box M8 If It Won't Boot
Sergiy Babych Support Aug 22, 2015 views 134
Sometimes after an incorrect firmware update, the Android Box no longer starts. What to do? If it's an iTV-M8, you can restore it using an SD card for automatic updating. For this
Download the software for preparing an SD card for automatic firmware updating (Amlogic BootcardMaker) http://drive.vensys.pl/share.cgi?ssid=09D0hhb Next, unpack the RAR archive to a folder on your computer, e.g. "C:AmLogicBootcardMaker"Contents of the folder c:BootcardMakerBootcardMaker.exe 06.12.2013 23:59 3 014 144 BootcardMaker.exe 06.12.2013 23:59 44 544 Update.dll 06.12.2013 23:39 250 update.ini Download the latest version of firmware for Android Box iTV-M8, e.g. http://drive.vensys.pl/share.cgi?ssid=05TvfiT Format the SD card to FAT32 Unpack the archive with the firmware onto the SD card. The files must be similar:Contents of folder X: (SD card) 17.11.2014 08:40 557 aml_autoscript 15.08.2015 14:02 62 factory_update_param.aml 14.08.2015 21:48 365 809 940 iTV-M8_AP6330_k200-ota-20150724.zip 24.07.2015 15:46 8 097 232 recovery.img 24.07.2015 15:17 388 608 u-boot.bin Next, run BootcardMaker.exe, as: Click the "Choose disk" button and select your SD card. If your SD card has the letter H, then select "H" Then click the "Open" button and locate the firmware update directory, select the "uboot.bin" file and open it. Click "Make" button, then a "Success" dialog box will pop up if the operation was successful. Next copy all update files to SD card, if there are same file names, replace them. Preparing SD card for automatic update finished. Now insert the SD card into the Box, then use a toothpick and press the recovery key through the AV jack without turning off the power, like this: Next, the automatic firmware update will start and the Box will restart automatically after completion.