guys, u had fun... so did i!

tx3mini owners, be very careful with trying to change the firmware!
i had the honor of bricking my unit TWICE  but it's all good now.

in the process of upgrading, i encountered severe problems... read and read until i found a solution.
the trouble is this: there are several variations "TX3 Mini"... tx3 mini, tx3 mini-A, tx3 mini-L, etc...
some firmwares CANNOT be applied on the wrong model.
my unit is labeled tx3 mini-A at the back.

initially, i used the ZIP method to upgrade to TX3 Max Version 20180321 zip - the box bricked.
used burning tool to flash with 20180321 img - burning stuck at 7%, no good.
the life saver was THIS, a big THANK YOU!:
burned it with TX3Mini-20181210.img first to breathe life in it again.
then use zip method, upgrade to tx3maxp281-ota-20181101.zip

how diff is tx3max 20180321 firmware from 20181101, i have no idea.
but what i now have is excellent:

.. Alice UI.
.. root closing option in settings remains.
.. auto framerate switching now works better, can see 24, 25, 30 hz message popping up on the TV.
.. lossless audio is obtained with kodi player - dtshdma, ddtruehd.
.. astrogo, unifi playtv work fine once u close root.
.. (i can safely say tx3max should be an excellent value box.)

for those wanting to change firmware, please be careful, know what u r doing... if not, u lose the box!

frankly, i tried quite a few things... don't even remember where i got some of those zip's and img's...!!

good luck!

weird crazy chinese manufacturers.. how many variants they want to churn out from a single line of tx3 mini?? what i heard tx3 mini new one also already got bluetooth.. so that is basically a tx3 max.. but no, they sell it as tx3 mini.. then there's tx3 mini-a.. this one goes to tx6 as well.. tx6 with single band wifi, tx6 with no bluetooth.. damn, why not make a single hardware variant so easy for people to look for the firmware? so call oem manufacturers. LOL

guys, u had fun... so did i!

tx3mini owners, be very careful with trying to change the firmware!
i had the honor of bricking my unit TWICE  but it's all good now.

in the process of upgrading, i encountered severe problems... read and read until i found a solution.
the trouble is this: there are several variations "TX3 Mini"... tx3 mini, tx3 mini-A, tx3 mini-L, etc...
some firmwares CANNOT be applied on the wrong model.
my unit is labeled tx3 mini-A at the back.

initially, i used the ZIP method to upgrade to TX3 Max Version 20180321 zip - the box bricked.
used burning tool to flash with 20180321 img - burning stuck at 7%, no good.
the life saver was THIS, a big THANK YOU!:
burned it with TX3Mini-20181210.img first to breathe life in it again.
then use zip method, upgrade to tx3maxp281-ota-20181101.zip

how diff is tx3max 20180321 firmware from 20181101, i have no idea.
but what i now have is excellent:

.. Alice UI.
.. root closing option in settings remains.
.. auto framerate switching now works better, can see 24, 25, 30 hz message popping up on the TV.
.. lossless audio is obtained with kodi player - dtshdma, ddtruehd.
.. astrogo, unifi playtv work fine once u close root.
.. (i can safely say tx3max should be an excellent value box.)

for those wanting to change firmware, please be careful, know what u r doing... if not, u lose the box!

frankly, i tried quite a few things... don't even remember where i got some of those zip's and img's...!!

good luck!

yes bro..also i read across some forum..burning the firmware using TF card/usb got resulted in bricked device..
thats why i'd only share the USB burning method..

ALSO IF ANYONE GOT BRICK THEIR BOX..SEARCH ON YOUTUBE ON HOW TO UNBRICK THEM USING NAND CHIP SHORTING METHOD.
ONLY FOR ARM LOGIC CHIP.

Thanks.

other lousy rm200-300 ones... please move aside.

tanix is just as bad as beelink... lots of variations for one primary model.

anyway, for the price of rm10x for tx3mini, u can upgrade to tx3 max yrself...

or buy rm13x for a tx3max... such prices, nothing more to ask.

both can do all popular apps incl astrogo, unifi playtv.

tx3max is better - alice UI, faster, bluetooth, auto framerate switch.

native player is not so good but can use kodi to playback dts/dd/dd+/dtshdma/ddtruehd... expectedly, it cannot handle full bluray bdmv smoothly.

still, with such a low affordable price with good capabilities, nothing more to ask.

tx6 is not a good model, imo.

i hope tanix will soon come out with a new AML s922x model... i will be interested.

just wonder if this box support youtube cast?

..

i hv played with my tx3mini->tx3max for a couple of days now...  :thumbsup:   

for rm105, it is well worth it.

....

Wow! Bold statement Bro

mind to share bro which seller from shopee to get tx3 max? currently been using tx3 mini over a year.

I have this device few months ago, didnt bother to upgrade it cuz lazy... but so far no problem, but i dont know how to use that kodi thing...
I only reinstall a newer version of netflix app... a bit scare to upgrade anything else... what do u guys think ? should I bother to upgrade the android version or etc ? Im quite new to this...

Your upgraded Tx3 mini to Tx3 max suddenly has Bluetooth built-in feature?  Just want to clarify, if so I am also interested to upgrade,  LMAO.
I will be amazed if the hardware is available all along on the board.

for its price, nothing is likely to beat what it can do.
but not good for you... becos u and some others always look for netflix HD.
no tanix model offers this or claim to be able to do L1-netflix hd/4k... so, no headaches with fake, temp, yes/no L1...
seriously, get a new 4k hdr tv with netflix - your life becomes much easier... have more time to actually watch nice videos.
i hear there is some problem now with imports of boxes w/o sirim/mcmc certs, not sure.
to be safe, buy from local sellers since the stock is here already; u can check this one:
https://shopee.com.my/Tanix-TX3-Max-TV-Box-...2699.2429775156
honestly, if u haven't been mucking around with such boxes, my advice is dun try to upgrade firmware.
it can be a nightmare... u might give up and be left holding a brick or paper weight.
about kodi, i can tell u 3 things:
.. kodi USED to be a fabulous app but due to copyright issues, court cases, nobody is putting anything great there anymore, except..
.. quasar/elementum - these addons, u need to know enough to install properly for it to work.
.. kodi as a player for local playback is good, i.e. yr own video files on HDD, plug into USB to play. (instead of using native "movie player", mx or vlc.)
YES, tested good.

thanks for your advice bro... I guess i'll just leave it alone lol... what else i can do with it btw ? any apps to watch free movies ?

for its price, nothing is likely to beat what it can do.
but not good for you... becos u and some others always look for netflix HD.
no tanix model offers this or claim to be able to do L1-netflix hd/4k... so, no headaches with fake, temp, yes/no L1...
seriously, get a new 4k hdr tv with netflix - your life becomes much easier... have more time to actually watch nice videos.
i hear there is some problem now with imports of boxes w/o sirim/mcmc certs, not sure.
to be safe, buy from local sellers since the stock is here already; u can check this one:
https://shopee.com.my/Tanix-TX3-Max-TV-Box-...2699.2429775156
honestly, if u haven't been mucking around with such boxes, my advice is dun try to upgrade firmware.
it can be a nightmare... u might give up and be left holding a brick or paper weight.
about kodi, i can tell u 3 things:
.. kodi USED to be a fabulous app but due to copyright issues, court cases, nobody is putting anything great there anymore, except..
.. quasar/elementum - these addons, u need to know enough to install properly for it to work.
.. kodi as a player for local playback is good, i.e. yr own video files on HDD, plug into USB to play. (instead of using native "movie player", mx or vlc.)
YES, tested good.

thanks bro for the reply. But recently noticed that there are other spect android box with higher ram and capability. Does it matter? Currently im using tx3 mini 2GB ram

thanks bro for the reply. But recently noticed that there are other spect android box with higher ram and capability. Does it matter? Currently im using tx3 mini 2GB ram

guys, u had fun... so did i!

tx3mini owners, be very careful with trying to change the firmware!
i had the honor of bricking my unit TWICE  but it's all good now.

in the process of upgrading, i encountered severe problems... read and read until i found a solution.
the trouble is this: there are several variations "TX3 Mini"... tx3 mini, tx3 mini-A, tx3 mini-L, etc...
some firmwares CANNOT be applied on the wrong model.
my unit is labeled tx3 mini-A at the back.

initially, i used the ZIP method to upgrade to TX3 Max Version 20180321 zip - the box bricked.
used burning tool to flash with 20180321 img - burning stuck at 7%, no good.
the life saver was THIS, a big THANK YOU!:
burned it with TX3Mini-20181210.img first to breathe life in it again.
then use zip method, upgrade to tx3maxp281-ota-20181101.zip

how diff is tx3max 20180321 firmware from 20181101, i have no idea.
but what i now have is excellent:

.. Alice UI.
.. root closing option in settings remains.
.. auto framerate switching now works better, can see 24, 25, 30 hz message popping up on the TV.
.. lossless audio is obtained with kodi player - dtshdma, ddtruehd.
.. astrogo, unifi playtv work fine once u close root.
.. (i can safely say tx3max should be an excellent value box.)

for those wanting to change firmware, please be careful, know what u r doing... if not, u lose the box!

frankly, i tried quite a few things... don't even remember where i got some of those zip's and img's...!!

good luck!

Have you tried to upgrade to TX3 Max Version 20180321 after using tx3maxp281-ota-20181101.zip?
Right now I am using tx3maxp281-ota-20181101.zip thinking to try upgrade to version 20180321.