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Videostrong KII Pro (videostrong-kii-pro)

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This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Manjaro ARM and Armbian boot. TODO: Figure out how to boot pmOS
VideoStrong KII Pro /
K2 Pro
KII Pro as seen on Alibaba
KII Pro as seen on Alibaba
Manufacturer VideoStrong
Name KII Pro /
K2 Pro
Codename videostrong-kii-pro
Released 2015
Hardware
Chipset Amlogic S905
CPU ?
GPU ?
Display -
Storage CHANGE_ME
Memory 2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 5.1.1 (MBOX)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline yes

This TV Box runs a modified Android 5.1.1 OS that didn't seem to be updated at all by the manufacturer, it also includes many proprietary (and PUP) software.

Luckily, the KII Pro uses an Amlogic S905, which has some support in the mainline kernel. Even better, a DTB made specifically for the TV Box is also in the mainline kernel. As such, some GNU+Linux distributions support this TV Box with many other Amlogic-based TV Boxes.

Armbian and Manjaro ARM have been tested on this TV Box and are known to mostly work.

This TV Box could make a nice mostly freedom-respecting media center, powered by postmarketOS.

Beaware of clones

There were multiple clones of this TV Box. Some of them use the Amlogic S905 SoC, while others use the S905D SoC. This port only works for the S905 SoC. *There's no guarantee that the TV Box used for porting postmarketOS will be the same as the one you have*.

Contributors

  • User:F

Users owning this device

  • FerassElHafidi (Notes: Wiped eMMC. Amlogic secureboot not enabled. Now only boots Amlogic firmware from an SD card. pmOS installed on SD.)


How to enter flash mode

That's not needed, but you can press the RESET button once.

Installation

f is currently figuring out how to get postmarketOS to boot on this device, as such, no installation instructions are available.

How to boot other OSes from an SD card

Unplug your TV Box's power supply. Press and hold the reset button while plugging in the power supply. Keep holding the reset button until a picture shows up on your screen.

Currently Manjaro ARM and Armbian are known to work on this TV Box.

TODO: Figure out how to boot up postmarketOS.

See also