{"id":24,"date":"2016-05-01T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/?p=24"},"modified":"2016-09-21T22:34:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T22:34:40","slug":"sparticus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/01\/sparticus\/","title":{"rendered":"The MXQ Pro 4K Android TV Box , I’m Sparticus"},"content":{"rendered":"

MXQ PRO 4K<\/strong>\"MXqPro4K\"<\/h1>\n

Yesterday\u00a0I bought myself an android TV box , It calls itself the MXQ Pro 4k.<\/p>\n

Really it is a Mini PC that runs Android Lollipop version 5.1.1<\/p>\n

Specs:<\/strong> Quad Core CPU, S905 Chipset, 1GB Ram, Penta Core GPU, Wifi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Android 5.1, HDMI, 8GB Storage, SD Slot & 1080p, 4k.<\/p>\n

These specs are not identical on every MXQ Pro 4k it depends on who made it. Bluetooth may not be included and ethernet may be 10\/100 not 10\/100\/1000 Gigabit. \u00a0some have microSD Card readers and some full SD Card readers. Some have various numbers of USB ports 2,3,4<\/p>\n

Speculation<\/p>\n

The S905 is a system on a chip with a reference board the board has 2 USB2 ports built in but the manufacturers may include a 4 port usb hub. The Ethernet Port may be a USB Ethernet Port of either 10\/100 or Gigabit speeds. The bluetooth may be also via usb.<\/p>\n

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The Android Firmware is lollipop but I don’t know what’s included in the kernel it maybe possible to update lollipop with additional drivers for more usb devices. E.g Bluetooth and webcam support.<\/p>\n

I think the first stage should be a reset to factory default but first backing up<\/p>\n

Google changed the permission for apps to write to the external sd card<\/p>\n

sd fix<\/a> allows titanium backup<\/a> to write to the sdcard and that took some finding.<\/p>\n