[T95Z PLUS] Amlogic customisation thread (Firmwares, Mods, Recoveries, Etc)

Ricky Divjakovski · Jun 20, 2018

This is just a little thread ive made to share details, support, roms, etc for the T95Z Plus.

Guide to making a rom
Wanna create your own ROM? Check out my Android guides on Youtube right Here

Firmware
7.1.2 for the 3/32GB T95Z variant

Flash instructions
1.Use the USB burning tool.

Recovery
So far we have a working recovery(TWRP) thanks to @rrvuhpg
You can download it from HERE for the 2/16GB T95Z variant(Mirrored and renamed custom-recovery.img for the sake of flashing instructions)
HERE for the 3/32GB T95Z variant(Mirrored and renamed custom-recovery.img for the sake of flashing instructions)

Flash instructions
1. Download ADB and install it on your pc(not explaining this, there are 5 second installers) then open a command prompt in the directory of the custom recovery
2. Enable USB debugging, go to settings>about and click build number about 10 times, then go back to the main settings menu and you will see developer options, enter it and check allow USB debugging.
3. Connect to your device via IP address. go to settings>about>status and get your IP address. it should be something like 192.168.25.19
4. In CMD type the following commands, replace YOURIPADDRESS with the address we got from step 3

Code:

 adb connect YOURIPADDRESS
adb push custom-recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell su -c dd if=/sdcard/custom-recovery.img of=/dev/block/recovery
adb reboot recovery

ADDITIONAL
To revert, Download the stock recovery from HERE and do step 4 again, this time replacing custom-recovery.img with stock-recovery.img

Code:

 adb connect YOURIPADDRESS
adb push stock-recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell su -c dd if=/sdcard/stock-recovery.img of=/dev/block/recovery
adb reboot recovery

Modified Launcher
Heres a modified sunvell launcher i made, the UI is ugly when you first get the device so this makes it alot smoother, custom wallpapers are currently semi working so i didnt include it in this version.
But heres what it will look like.

Custom launcher download

Instructions-
1. Place on device
2. Rename the file SunvellWin8Launcher.apk
3. Place the file in /system/app/SunvellWin8Launcher/ and overwrite the existing SunvellWin8Launcher.apk
4. Set the permissions to 644(rw-r-r)
5. Reboot

ADDITIONAL
To revert follow the same steps but with the stock launcher

Stock launcher download

Init.d
Here is a recovery flashable zip file that enables init.d support.

Amlogic Init.d enabler download

Instructions
1. Place on device
2. Reboot into TWRP recovery
3. Flash the Init.d-Injector-v1.6-T95Z.zip file
4. Reboot into system and enjoy init.d

More to come soon, i have alot of fixes like statusbar, dark kodi, internet speed etc i will upload when stable.
Here is the link to my google drive T95Z PLUS folder, catch the latest mods and updates HERE first

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Sorry if this is a NOOB question....I have lots of experience in Adroid rooting with Phones....

I am though new to TV Boxes. I have a T95Z Plus made by Easytone

Are all the boxes by diff companies (Sunvell etc) the same?

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

islandfever said:
Sorry if this is a NOOB question....I have lots of experience in Adroid rooting with Phones....

I am though new to TV Boxes. I have a T95Z Plus made by Easytone

Are all the boxes by diff companies (Sunvell etc) the same?

There are different variants with different wifi chips according to research, however recovery should work on all, if worst comes to worst take a backup of the recovery image, anything goes wrong flash it using my method

islandfever · Jan 19, 2018

The box I have has an issue with this old version of the Google Play store on it...which doesn't work well

And the launcher doesn't let you place the newest one on it.

So this will easily allow me to root or so far all you have here is a recovery?

And you just started working on this Box it seems?

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

islandfever said:
The box I have has an issue with this old version of the Google Play store on it...which doesn't work well

And the launcher doesn't let you place the newest one on it.

So this will easily allow me to root or so far all you have here is a recovery?

And you just started working on this Box it seems?

The device comes rooted from factory, is the issue you are facing is playstore keeps prompting setup then that is an issue with their distributed GAPPS.
When switching to magisk root i noticed playstore prompts root access?
My guess is they have modified the playstore.

islandfever · Jan 19, 2018

Yes my issue was #1 the play store on launcher was version 6.9 and always prompted setup it seems to be labeled Play Store 1.0 in Titanium Backup

However there is another Play store that is actually the current version and it works fine...

I did see its rooted, had no idea thanks....Are all Android Boxes rooted from factory?

My firmware ends in 1075 is this the most current?

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

islandfever said:
Yes my issue was #1 the play store on launcher was version 6.9 and always prompted setup it seems to be labeled Play Store 1.0 in Titanium Backup

However there is another Play store that is actually the current version and it works fine...

I did see its rooted, had no idea thanks....Are all Android Boxes rooted from factory?

My firmware ends in 1075 is this the most current?

Thus exactly why I think it's a modified playstore distributed with the firmware
Yeah as far as I know all boxes are rooted from factory, a very wierd root implemention as updating SU results in a bootloop, simply removing Su files from xbin removes root and only then you can root with magisk with TWRP

In the program I'm making there's an update GAPPS option, this will fix the issue and romkve old play store

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Ricky Divjakovski said:
Thus exactly why I think it's a modified playstore distributed with the firmware
Yeah as far as I know all boxes are rooted from factory, a very wierd root implemention as updating SU results in a bootloop, simply removing Su files from xbin removes root and only then you can root with magisk with TWRP

In the program I'm making there's an update GAPPS option, this will fix the issue and romkve old play store

Ok so it sounds like I should wait for your newer stuff to come out? Or does what youve released already add Magisk?

Is my firmware current? Wirless UPdate says it is

bigsteve01 · Jan 12, 2017 29 1

Looks like a great project will it also work on a t95u pro

mehmehmeh123 · Jan 25, 2018 3 0

Ricky Divjakovski said:
There are different variants with different wifi chips according to research, however recovery should work on all, if worst comes to worst take a backup of the recovery image, anything goes wrong flash it using my method

hey here is a few bugs i have with t95z with the latest 1075
settings crash and the fake playstore
bluetooth audio is not working it just sounds weird
uhm the navigation bar if u click on it need to reset it to get it back up

im using h96 firmware on my t95 much better firmware
but the only thing that is not working
is the device wont go to sleep
it just turns screen off but device is still running
and the last thing is if u power off the device u cant power it on with the remote for some reason

if u able to take h96 firmware and make it work with the t95z remote it will be perfect cuz the h96 firmware everything works

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Totally agree with mehmeh on the 1075 bugs...same here

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

mehmehmeh123 said:
hey here is a few bugs i have with t95z with the latest 1075
settings crash and the fake playstore
bluetooth audio is not working it just sounds weird
uhm the navigation bar if u click on it need to reset it to get it back up

im using h96 firmware on my t95 much better firmware
but the only thing that is not working
is the device wont go to sleep
it just turns screen off but device is still running
and the last thing is if u power off the device u cant power it on with the remote for some reason

if u able to take h96 firmware and make it work with the t95z remote it will be perfect cuz the h96 firmware everything works

I have been heavily working on this project.
Heres a list off mods implemented so far, the ones starting with ### are semi implemented.

Code:

Network Tweaks

-Increased beacon filtering
-Disabled IP checksum offloading
-Enabled 802.11d support
-Decreased AP monitor link period
-Extended AP link keep alive period(1.5)
-Disabled powersave offload
-Decrased active channel time
-Disabled logging and sending data
-Use googles DNS by default
-Extended TCP buffer size
-IPV4 tweaks
-Other various network enhancement tweaks

----------------------------------------------

UI Tweaks

-Changed the launcher background(4k image)
-Better looking tile icons
-Transparent tiles
-Removed logo
-Better looking wifi icon

----------------------------------------------

Property tweaks

-Faster streaming(network tweaks)
-Better image quallity
-Enabled performance tuning
-Enabled dithering

----------------------------------------------

Fixes

-Enter key bug
###-Fixed hide navbar bug
###-Welcome to platstore bug

----------------------------------------------

Root choice

-Magisk
-Out-the-box method
-No root

----------------------------------------------

Smoother experiance

-Removed bloat apps
-Removed default wallpaper(never used)
-Removed factory apps
-Removed stock kodi config files
###-Enabled video booting
-Adblocking hosts
-Updated GAPPS
-Init.d enabled
-Disable CEC

Im still yet to modify the LMK configuration and alot of other things, but performance has increased alot aswell as streaming.
Only issue im having real trouble with is the navbar.
Im also looking to implement an internl VPN and change country of origin to Norway, they are able to swap between US netflix, Norway Netflix, UK netflix etc.

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

mehmehmeh123 said:
hey here is a few bugs i have with t95z with the latest 1075
settings crash and the fake playstore
bluetooth audio is not working it just sounds weird
uhm the navigation bar if u click on it need to reset it to get it back up

im using h96 firmware on my t95 much better firmware
but the only thing that is not working
is the device wont go to sleep
it just turns screen off but device is still running
and the last thing is if u power off the device u cant power it on with the remote for some reason

if u able to take h96 firmware and make it work with the t95z remote it will be perfect cuz the h96 firmware everything works

PM me a link to the firmware

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Ricky Divjakovski said:
I have been heavily working on this project.
Heres a list off mods implemented so far, the ones starting with ### are semi implemented.

Code:

Network Tweaks -Increased beacon filtering -Disabled IP checksum offloading -Enabled 802.11d support -Decreased AP monitor link period -Extended AP link keep alive period(1.5) -Disabled powersave offload -Decrased active channel time -Disabled logging and sending data -Use googles DNS by default -Extended TCP buffer size -IPV4 tweaks -Other various network enhancement tweaks ---------------------------------------------- UI Tweaks -Changed the launcher background(4k image) -Better looking tile icons -Transparent tiles -Removed logo -Better looking wifi icon ---------------------------------------------- Property tweaks -Faster streaming(network tweaks) -Better image quallity -Enabled performance tuning -Enabled dithering ---------------------------------------------- Fixes -Enter key bug ###-Fixed hide navbar bug ###-Welcome to platstore bug ---------------------------------------------- Root choice -Magisk -Out-the-box method -No root ---------------------------------------------- Smoother experiance -Removed bloat apps -Removed default wallpaper(never used) -Removed factory apps -Removed stock kodi config files ###-Enabled video booting -Adblocking hosts -Updated GAPPS -Init.d enabled -Disable CEC

Im still yet to modify the LMK configuration and alot of other things, but performance has increased alot aswell as streaming.
Only issue im having real trouble with is the navbar.
Im also looking to implement an internl VPN and change country of origin to Norway, they are able to swap between US netflix, Norway Netflix, UK netflix etc.

This sounds awesome! This will be a ROM? It's not available yet....correct?

mehmehmeh123 · Jan 25, 2018 3 0

Ricky Divjakovski said:
PM me a link to the firmware

first of all that very nice to see some work on this device
and becouse all s912 devices are similar
it might help alot of people who suffer with this boxes

so good job to you man :good::good::good:

and i send u the firmwares i use right now

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

mehmehmeh123 said:
first of all that very nice to see some work on this device
and becouse all s912 devices are similar
it might help alot of people who suffer with this boxes so good job to you man :good::good::good:

and i send u the firmwares i use right now

Change of plan, I'll be creating and maintaining the new Amlogic ROM Tool

Features implemented so far
-Rip firmware straight off the device
-Play bootanimation
-unpack and repack the kernel
-unpack system.img
-unpack aml_upgrade_package(somewhat implemented)
-remove apps
-app details
-app description
-modify and emulate the launcher
-view details of the device(including wifi chip)

There's more features instill.need to implement
-root rom
-init.d(easily done)
-busybox
-change beacon filtering
-add lean back support
-debloat
-update GAPPS
-edit build.prop
-edit applications

Alot more is gonna be added, these are just some off the top of my head, I have been inactive for quite a while in the android community, this is my welcome back gift!

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Confused....will this do the same things for the T95Z plus you were working on before?

mehmehmeh123 · Jan 25, 2018 3 0

islandfever said:
Confused....will this do the same things for the T95Z plus you were working on before?

i think the stock firmware only need small modifications and its fine
but i have no clue how to do them my self

Ricky Divjakovski · Feb 4, 2013 5,216 7,609 26 Sydney

islandfever said:
Confused....will this do the same things for the T95Z plus you were working on before?

Yes, it will do all plus more!

mehmehmeh123 said:
i think the stock firmware only need small modifications and its fine
but i have no clue how to do them my self

If you check all my other tools, I'm able to make ANYONE a rom developer, even with not programming experience.
This tool will do EVERYTHING at the click of a button

islandfever · Feb 13, 2010 1,400 99

Ricky Divjakovski said:
Yes, it will do all plus more!

If you check all my other tools, I'm able to make ANYONE a rom developer, even with not programming experience.
This tool will do EVERYTHING at the click of a button

Awesome. Bring it!

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