Installing Batocera on S905w Android TV Box (Tanix TX3 Mini)
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0310.html
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Things You Will Need
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- A microSD card at least 4 GB https://amzn.to/36CpShC | https://amzn.to/3CXJngt | https://amzn.to/3JqyxSP
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Downloads and Flashing to MicroSD
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01. Download Batocera https://batocera.org/download
02. Download Balena Etcher https://www.balena.io/etcher/
03. Run Balena Etcher
04. Burn Batocera image to microSD card
05. Safely remove microSD and re-insert
06. Ignore/close the Windows dialogs to format the inserted microSD card
07. Open the microSD card in Explorer and open the /boot directory
08. Rename the .dtb file that corresponds to your Android TV box to DTB.IMG
P200 = s905
p201 = s905
p212 = s905x
p281 = s905w
q201 = s912
q200 = s912
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Booting to Batocera for the First Time
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01. Plug the power adapter into the Android TV box
02. If the device has never booted from external storage before the stock Android OS will load
03. In Android, navigate to the application drawer ≫ Run Update & Backup
04. Select Local ≫ Navigate to the microSD card ≫ aml_autoscript.zip
05. Select Update
06. The system will reboot twice and should then begin booting Batocera from the microSD card
07. You should see the Batocera splash screen
08. Setup Your Controller
09. Game
Special thanks to the developers of https://batocera.org/ for making this amazing software
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