Mi Box will not boot

by bobbyh1ll

The title is my frustration summarized . The Mi Box was functioning properly until a week or two ago when it received an update. It was a little laggy but still usable. It would freeze in standby occasionally and I would have to pull power and plug it back in. I did a factory reset after the Oreo update just because it always seems to be a good idea after a major update was released.

I got home from work on Friday and went to go on YouTube and the TV read no signal. I pulled the power and restored it and when it tries to boot it displays the initial Mi Box screen and just sits until it eventually turns off. Using GoogleFu, I found that holding the "OK button" and "back" button when restoring power allows you to get into the boot loader to clear cache, factory reset, etc. I tried to clear cache to no avail and than did a factory reset. It worked! or so it seemed. It worked for less than a day, frooze and had to pull the power again. Now I am having the same issue where it just sits at the Mi Box screen when its initially plugged in.

If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated. I am currently using a Playstation 3 to consume media and this is less than optimal. FirstWorldProblems.

Thank You!

Rational_Madness

I don't have an answer for your issue but I am currently experiencing the exact same problem. I did the same steps as you to try to correct the problem and it worked for one day, then back to the MI Box screen. That is where it currently is at.

trekologer

I have a similar issue as you. I eventually got it to try to enter recovery but spit out an error suggesting the flash storage is borked. I haven't had the time to try anything further yet.

koshergoy

Manually reflash build 2179 by carefully following this template.....

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/9fo34b/xiaomi_mdz16ab_solution_to_downgrade_from_flaky/

Ignore any notifications to upgrade beyond build 2179

GldRush98

It almost sounds like the internal storage might be failing on it. There may not be a whole lot you can do.

sysadmin420

My Mi Box did this to me yesterday as well, it worked the night before, now every time I reboot it, it hangs and I can't mouse around. I tried factory resetting with Back and Center button while booting, got it to wipe but it still won't boot and work correctly.

For the love of god someone release a real android tv box that doesn't cost the same as a gaming system already. I'd hate to go back to a Roku. My YouTube experience sucks on the Roku streaming stick.

Obitronix

Are you running your mibox in 4k resolution by any chance? I know for a fact that performance is better in 1080p. I don't know if this will help you, but give it a shot.

maxonemaxtwo

The s release on the 19th... sounds shady.

jarieljimenez

I am having the exact same issue right now but I can't even get into recovery using the remote. Anyone got another way to get there or am I just screwed?

bud1975

I am having the same issue only mine wont get to the screen to clear cache it just sits there nothing seems to work

bud1975

Update on my mi box. I was able to contact xiaomi and they had me show copy of my receipt and the PC serial number I sent everything in a d today in the mail I received a brand new mi box a. Awesome customer service

bud1975

I bought it on March and they replaced it in November with the mi box s