Xiaomi Mi Box 3S unusable with Panasonic Viera TV after android update.

by UniversalScience

After completing initial setup and adjusting resolution settings, I went to my computer to get some things done and was surprised to see that my Mi Box was displaying an android update screen with the lable "installing updates". The status bar showed 3/4 when suddenly the screen went black. Usually when my TV looses input, it tells you with a text on one corner of the screen, but that didn't seem to be the case. Impatiently I waited for a signal, an image, anything at all but the minutes passed and still nothing. So; what do I do? I press the power button on the remote. Nothing. Again. Still nothing. A bit frustrated I reach out to my TV's remote and change the input to HDMI2 and then to back to HDMI1 (the port the Mi Box is connected to) only to see the "loading apps" screen. Sure enough the screen went black again a couple of seconds later. It continues doing this, usually whith a white frame one or two seconds prior to the black. I've tried different HDMI cables, hard resetting it, the only thing that worked was connecting it to my PC monitor (AOC G2460PF). Here it works just fine. I did not have this issue prior to the update. Any help is appreciated.

koshergoy

Can you confirm the exact model number.....MDZ-XX-YY

flipside1o1

Is the mibox connected directly to the TV or via an amp as it sounds like you have been hit by the HDCP issue, though this usually is only an issue if you have hdcp 2.2 in the mix with earlier versions and at least for me I see no image, though the TV is getting a signal.

The only fix I could find was to add an older HDMI splitter I had between the Mibox and AMP

more info - https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/6trtq8/mi_box_no_video_with_hdmi_receiver/

koshergoy

Check this comment for how to apply latest MM update via recovery. You may have an aborted update.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/6qerpt/mibox_july_update_androidtv_601_google_source_link/

Good luck

lunchalibra

I bought a Mi Box from Walmart this weekend. I works good with my Panasonic Viera 50" plasma tv. No issues at all.