Everyday there are more and more Chinese gadgets in the market, but not all the products are able to stand out. However it is incredible how those devices can imitate the features from the known brands.
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I would like to talk about the TV-Box iPPLi ip.i9, device which has the SoC Rockchip Rk3288 Quad core Cortes-A17 @ 1.8Ghz, being the first android TV device in the market with this chip.
By default the firmware doesn’t support Google Play, hopefully two weeks later the company developed an upgrade with some improves and including Google Play.
Specifications
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Rockchip RK3288 Quad core Cortex-A17 @ 1.8Ghz
ARMv7 processor rev 1 (v7l)
Quad Core Mali-T764
DDR3 2GB*
NAND Flash 8G
3 Mpx (grabación soportada)
T-Flash(Maximum support 32GB)
WMV/ASF/MP4/3GP/3G2M4V/AVI/MJPEG/RV10/DivX/VC-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/1280*720P HD 30 fps, 1080P/720*480 D1 30fps
MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/OGG/AC3/WAV*
Max.8000x8000 JPEG BMP GIF PNG
Yes, Bluetooth 4.0
802.11 b/g/n
HDMI Port
1*HDMI jack
1*DC jack For power
2* USB,Support HOST/ OTG
1*TF Card slot
1*mic
1*audio optical jack
1*RJ45 jack
Google Android 4.4.2 (Support Miracast)
1 x AC Adapter
1 x USB Cable
1 x HDMI Cable
1 xIR remote
AnTuTu 37881
As we can see in the pictures, the device has a cylindrical shape, which allow the camera to have a better view.
The box includes the remote control however I prefer to use a wireless keyboard with mouse through the USB port and it works perfectly.
Another advantage of the Android operating system is the easy control and manage of the device, it is like another android phone but with the limitations of the tablets without SIMs.
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At the moment I am using it as a video player (multimedia contents in my NAS) with Kodi (the new version of XBMC) or video streaming with youtube, Netflix, ipla, etc.
Thanks to the rockchip processor it is really simple to root it, there are different tools which allow you to do that: iroot and/or root_genius.
The CONS points, but don’t forget his low price:
- Microphone doesn’t work or it doesn’t have it.
- Low camera quality
- Small capacity storage for additional applications, however we can always install them in the external storage or NAND flash
- Ethernet port doesn’t work or it is not enable.
- Updates from RockChip or iPPLi
Quick upgrade guide
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2.Start the upgrade tool (FactoryTool.exe), change language to English (globe icon)
3.Still in (FactoryTool.exe) load the firmware image file by clicking the Firmware button
4.Plug the AC power adapter to ip.i9
5.Connect the upgrade USB cable (with full USB plugs on both ends) to ip.i9 ONLY!
6.Press and hold the Recovery button (located under the USB OTG port) using a paper clip
7.Connect the upgrade USB cable to PC while still holding the Recovery button, device will now boot into recovery mode
8.Release the button and if you do not have USB drivers installed you will get prompted to install, point to FactoryTool_v1.31/Driver
9.Once the drivers are successfully installed, on the upgrade tool press the RUN button to start flashing the image file
10.Once the upgrade is done the device will boot to finish the upgrade process, disconnect the ip.i9 from PC.
Mine was all time connect to the TV, show I could see the process and when the gadget was booting.
I have re-signed up a new account, so now I have the limitation for the numbers of links, sorry for that.
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