So I tried to use this firmware as ROM to port from, and now the time consuming part starts… Setupīefore we begin I will put out the typical disclaimer that you assume all risk and don’t blame me. So I started there and flashed it and the box booted but without WiFi, nor Ethernet, and I assume no remote control either (I don’t typically use the remote and test with Logitech K400R). I had used Tronsmart’s S905 firmware on another box and it is pretty good. So what do we do? Go and try a manufacturer’s who put out good software regardless of WiFi and Ethernet. I wasn’t happy with anything (I know….I am needy). If WiFi doesn’t matter and you have Ethernet you will have better luck or can use a USB to Ethernet adapter if the firmware supports it. So I did some searching for “S905 RTL8189 Firmware” and I found some, but they were not any better. The A95X has an RTL8189ETV WiFi chip as can be seen in the picture above. Short the pins while connect to PC, and apply power and you are able to flash new firmware. They will sometimes brick hard and to restore requires shorting pins on the NAND flash. The biggest thing is to match the WiFi chip. There is a dirty little secret with these boxes and it is a little unfair to the manufacturers who do make good software but you can just about flash any firmware on any matching processor box. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Quest to find better firmware

But I still didn’t like it, as it felt sluggish when doing anything else besides Kodi and missing notifications and navigation bar.

Email’s to Nexbox directly didn’t help and I was stuck with a bricked box… I later found someone who had factory firmware and was kind enough to share and I was back in business. I found some firmware that worked but it didn’t work very well for me.

I didn’t have factory firmware, and wasn’t cautious enough and bricked it. I received the box about 2 months ago and I dived right in and broke it. Karl here with a review of the Nexbox A95X S905 box. In this article, Karl had a look at Nexbox A95X with Amlogic S905 processor, which he purchased a couple of months ago, but since he was not happy with the Android 5.1 firmware, he decided to customize it. Yesterday, I published the review of Nexbox A95X with Android 6.0, with the model based on Amlogic S905X processor. CNXSoft: Bear in mind that there are multiple versions of Nexbox A95X.

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