Justin

Android 5.1 Beta FW for MyGica ATV 585/600 We have made a release of Android 5.1 Beta FW to be used on the MyGica ATV 585/600 This FW will allow you to use Kodi 17.3 + other apps that require Android 5+ You can find it here Enjoy Thanks Justin

We posted Android 5.1 on Friday for the 585/600 You can use it on the ATV 586 as well, however you will lose use of the tuner.

I suggest upgrading your 1800e to Android 5.1 Which will allow you to use Kodi 17.3

What model # of MyGica are you using?

This is the case for all other downloads currently If you look we re did the entire downloads section, each model has its own section You can find the downloads section at the top of every page with a drop down menu. I will add the new files to the correct section once we upload them.

You need to install the firmware first and then the patch file afterwards

The firmware I posted on Page 17 will install KODI 17.3

I haven't seen this yet Anyone else have this issue on here?

I will see if we can offer a non factory reset firmware on the November 2016 Android 5.1 Firmware to be done via OTA. I am not 100% sure if it was setup to take OTA updates though, since it was a Beta File.

The 5.1 Firmware is BETA only, and not official. So that is why no OTA. I will try and make a firmware that does not factory reset though As I mentioned, after the next release, it will more then likely be the final one. And I have explained why standby won't work properly on 1800, this firmware is meant for 1900AC, but since the 1800E and 582 uses the same device tree because the chipsets are similar. It works on the 1800E/582 as well. As I stated above, these are Beta files, users load them on their own and will be aware of the standby issues We no longer sell these models, so were not worried about returns. We did not have this issue after a few updates to our 4.4 Firmwware, so did not experience returns because of the standby issue. The main goal here was to get a working firmware that will work with KODI 17+ The ATV 582/1800/380 were advertised to work well with Android 4.4, and they did work well as advertised. The PCB boards are all different, therefore the power is different as well. AMLogic never made an SDK for 5.1 on the S802 chipsets that are being used on the 1800E/582, so even they cannot help us with this. We had a similar issue on the ATV 495 PRO and 1900 PRO, and Amlogic had to help us with this to fix it. Almost no other company out there has released Android 5.1 for the S802 boxes, and not many have even done it for S812 boxes. We are trying to satisfy our customers by offering them something that works well enough for KODI 17+ If you are still dissatisfied then I am sorry, this is the best that we can offer as a solution for our older models. You have to understand, the Android 5.1 SDK from Amlogic is well over 2 years old, and they have zero desire to upgrade it for anyone, so a lot of modifications had to be done on our side to make it run properly.

I am sorry but were not making 4 different firmwares and 2 different patches This will just be to confusing in our downloads page and also for customers. This is also too much to maintain. This is how I think we will be doing this 1. Unroot 5.1 Firmware (Will Factory Reset) 2. Root Patch (No factory Reset) 3. Unroot Patch (No Factory Reset) This is the only option I see that makes sense.

I think the easiest way is to release just a non rooted firmware, and then a root patch pile to be installed after. This patch file wont factory reset. Our release system will be our downloads section and announcements on the forum. We re-did the entire downloads section a few weeks ago, it is now organized by model # This next release will be a stable beta version The merged release should be ready within a week I think, but do not hold me to it.

I recommend this instead I have tried over 6 boxes, none have the Mac Address issue.

Keep me posted. On the 1800 + 582 + 1900ac that I have tried this on I do not get this choppy boot up so far.

This was to fix issues with 1900AC But the same FW also worked on the 1800 So if it was used on the 1900ac or 1800, you would get the same issues on both. After the release + patch I posted yesterday, users with 380/582 can use this as well

I will answer all of your questions on this one post. 1. Their are 2 files because these are just pure beta files. I got them to make the On Demand patch after the FW was made, as you can see by the 2 different dates The next update will have the On Demand patch included with it. Once we have an official release I will put it into a proper section for downloading. This will only require the user to install 1 update and that's it. 2. I will get 2 different firmwares made then, one rooted and another unrooted. The rooted one I will try to make sure it don't factory reset. I think it will just be a patch file though. Your comment about so many apps do not work because the box is not rooted, I would have to disagree with. 9/10 users do not even use the box for root features to begin with. There are a ton of streaming apps that do not work because the box is rooted, HBO GO and Showmax are good examples of this. 3. These have to be manual update files as they are being left as Beta Files only and not official firmware However the next release will be our most stable beta firmware, so it will be good to use for pretty much everyone 4. We factory reset because we cannot transfer apps/settings etc when coming from 4.4 to 5.1 We also factory reset because these are beta files, so they are meant to start fresh. I do not think we will have another update after the next one, so if you switch all of your boxes to the next update you will be fine. We have spent a lot of time on these updates for all of our older models to satisfy everyone's requests, so therefore after the next update I do not foresee us releasing anymore updates for Android 5.1 for 1900AC/1800/582/380

We worked at this as much as possible is what I mean. If this problem still continues for you, then we cannot fix it anymore.

Most of the feedback on here relates to the tuner, so I would have to disagree with what you said.

I understand your frustration with this I am still trying to figure out something for this and will have a better answer soon.

Good news is I have a new Beta FW + On Demand Patch. I am still waiting on 1 more update that will include the patch + fix IR Remote issue on KODI 17.3 when using return button/menu button and also rename the firmware Noticeable changes 1. Updated to KODI 17.3 2. Updated Google Play Services 3. Faster Performance 4. Fixed Mac Address changing 5. Turned off click sounds when browsing through the Home Screen + Android Settings 6. Fixed Screensaver issue when watching a video 7. Improved video playback 8. Improved standby issues as best we could. There is not much more we can do about this issue. You can install this IMG file using the UPGRADE APP that is pre installed on your box, and just use Local Update. Make sure to install 20170603.img first, and then the ondemand patch 2nd. PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX The setting of HotPlug in the earlier version was not intentional I apologize for the big delay on switching it to On Demand. Antutu Benchmark tests came back at over 37.000 for this FW + Geekbench test cames back at Multicore over 1600 This is so far one of our best FWs to date for 5.1 on the 1800/1900AC The good news is, this also runs on the ATV 582/380 It lags a bit when your first boot it or reboot the box, but after a few mins it runs smoothly on the 582/380 PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR BOX You can install this IMG file using the UPGRADE APP that is pre installed on your box, and just use Local Update.Make sure to install 20170603.img first, and then the ondemand patch 2nd. update_Mygica_ATV1900AC_5.1_NoNetflixHD_ondemand_patch_20170605.img update_Mygica_ATV1900AC_5.1_NoNetflixHD_20170603.img