Sorry can't help. Your lucky, yours have a navigation bar. I don't remember my old Tx6 has any navigation bar at the bottom. Totally different firmware to yours.

Been asking around the Alice UX in the new Tx3 mini Android 8 has all these features brought over from Android 7.

I believe the Tx3 Android 9 would have it too. Again, all these are OEM boxes, not the originals Tanix.

What is latest tx3 mini firmware? Where can I download? Any problem or issue for latest firmware? Thanks

This post has been edited by singung: Mar 12 2020, 06:44 PM

I read others try to update their Tx3 mini Android 7.1.2 to new Android 8 Alice UX.

Some couldn't even boot up. Others manage to boot up but receive a BIG BANNER at the top of the screen written "The device is not activated yet, please contact your vendor"

No idea what that means. I guess there is some form of security built into the Android 8 firmware.

Probably will be a few months before some hacker will be able to mod the firmware to remove the security. The firmware taken from existing Tx3 mini Android Alice UX.

Sorry for me too , for posting in tx3 since I can't find any tx6 thread here.
I use remote too but sometimes mouse is much better in navigation on google chrome search typing by just swiping using a mouse.
A lot of apps runs better on mouse like fb apps , twitter with scroll wheel.

At the sametime I hope to find a power off on this aliceUx UI .Actually I still prefer default android UI which is much easier to navigate.
How do I know it is original or not ?
Default there is no bottom navigation bar , but to have it appear , you have to use a mouse point at the bottom and long press drag the bar up.
Not too sure 8 or 9 , maybe i am wrong too , will check the version later on.

how do we know it's oem ?

Alright, I think I know exactly what is your issue here. Short answer is - CANNOT DO.
Long explanation.
The Power Key is very special. It can be configured to Standby/Sleep or configured to Shutdown or even configured to Restart.
The thing with IR remote or any special android box remote (wireless), is that they usually have another feature that allows for LONG PRESS on the Power Key. Long press will bring up a special window where Shutdown or restart can be selected instead.

Using the Mouse can simulate this long press, as long as the Power key button in the navigation bar is programmed to have the long press function to bring up the special shutdown window.

However this is not the case for using Keyboard Short cut key. The shortcut key to Power Button is Fn+F11. You can press it but you cannot simulate the LONG PRESS to bring up the special window.

I guess this is part of the problem of migrating from Android Mobile OS into android boxes, as the way to shutdown is to long press the power button.

There are users who insists on the top status bar and bottom navigation bar in the android boxes. Not all firmware has it, as some programmers don't find them useful and remove them from the home launcher to save resources. There are apps out there that can only operate well with the top status bar. And like yourself, you need the bottom navigation bar as you use your mouse often.

My problem back then was not the shutdown, but to power up after shut down, to which only IR remote can do. Any wireless remote or even bluetooth remote will be able to shutdown as their Power Key is programmed to have long press, but power up from shutdown status is a total different matter, as the USB port or Bluetooth has to be active throughout.

There are hacks or apps out there that can show the hidden status bar, but I am not too sure if there are hacks to bring up the hidden navigation bar as the bar is very much inherrent to the box itself. It is not a standard Android feature.

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I know your box is the original Tanix box as the Alice UX has the word Tanix at the top left corner. OEM boxes has modified the firware to remove association to Tanix.
Another way to quickly identify Tanix boxes, is that the android box has the word Tanix boldly written on it. OEM only has the letters Tx3 or Tx6.

In fact, I don't find what is so good about the Alice UX. It is still a plain home launcher that takes up more resources to do the fancy navigation.

This post has been edited by password8431: Mar 13 2020, 09:12 PM

I guess just like Android TV OS or even with Xiami Mi box, the understanding is that the boxes are meant to be put under standby and not shut down totally. That is probably the reason, original Alice UX in Tx6 and Mibox has no feature to shutdown properly.

Users who likes to shutdown totally is in the minority. There are lots of customers who just wants to turn on and immediately have picture on the screen, and not have to wait 2 minutes to boot up.

Just to have the shutdown key maybe too much to install an app but there are those who specifically wants them

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nu.nav.bar

Since yours is official Tanix, it is best to go back to their community to ask. I googled this old Facebook post from official FB site.

About Alice UX, is that possible to flash to pure Android stock? If can, how to do that? anyone try before? I also didn't like Alice, feel a bit lagging.

This post has been edited by singung: Mar 14 2020, 04:30 PM

My TX3 box won’t boot, try factory reset but flash not found... help

Hi, i try Kodi. But a bit lag when watching BDMV file. The lag i notice i due to streaming using WIFI via samba. I all the while using Zidoo z9s with the same method and is no lag. it is this TX3 wifi receiver is not so good? I am wondering whether tx6 will be better or not? Can anyone share their experience to me?

yes, it may lag if using wifi SMB.

i think the firmware isn't good enough, wifi w/o antenna 5ghz N (not AC) not too good to handle the bit rate.

the same may happen even if u do direct on USB port.

i use it to playback anything except BDMV 4kHDR; BDMV 1080p OK.

cannot compare with zidoo z9s or equivalent - these cost 3 times as much.

Hi guys,

I am using new TX3 with Alice Ux. Yesterday, I accidentally changed the app shortcut for biggest box icon in home page.
Now, I got problem to get back the icon shortcut (named Alice UX if not mistaken) to access Kodi.
Anyone can advise how to fix this? Thank you.

** Updated (Solved) : Finally found app named 'TV Center' **

This post has been edited by anure87: Mar 18 2020, 12:40 PM

How to I flash my box? Do I require USB A to USB A? or can I do it via usb thumb drive?

Flash using USB easier IMO.
Yes, u need male-to-male USB cable (old external HDD cable can be use).

This post has been edited by tinmilo: Mar 18 2020, 05:26 AM

Actually this TX3 chipset is much powerful than Zidoo in terms of Antutu Benchmark and GPU. So, I agree that u are right, the 5hz wifi receiver for TX3 is a bit lousy. Any I did stream the same BDMV using my xiaomi box 4 and is work better than this TX3. Still lag sometime but is acceptable. The TX3 is every 30sec reload once. I am wonder whether TX6 receiver will be better or not?

i doubt any of these super cheap boxes are good for that purpose.

it's not just about the chipset but everything else in it too.

Ya, have to agree with you.

I bought a USB A to A Cable and when running with USB_Burning_Tool got error:

[0x30405004]UBOOT/Partition boot/Verify partition/Error result

[0x00301001]Erase bootloader/Switch status/Enum device/Enum error

basically this is the error when I boot my box have partition issue...

Please advise...

if u r getting such errors, chances r the firmware version u r trying to flash is incompatible with the box model/chipset.

there r now so many models, chipsets, firmware versions that it is hard to know which goes with which.

i have experienced that... finally found one that fits... never dare touch it again.

Can this new TX3 play video from Facebook?
I am facing issue of cannot play video neither from FB apps nor chrome (browse fb).
Please let me know how to fix this problem. Tq