Rikomagic company just release their new model : MK802 III, we Geekbuying.com have got the sample and do the first review.
We got total 4pcs sample, they are :
So which one do you like? 🙂
Rikomagic MK802 III Video Review
Part 1 Appearance Review
It do like the MK802 II, use the male HDMI Port, and easy for use, the whole body is still using the plastic,and add some holes for heat radiation. The heat radiation is better than MK802 and MK802 ii.
For the port, it only come with one micro USB port and one USB 2.0 port, and one micro sd card slot, the micro usb port is for charger this MK802 III, and you can insert your wireless remote control receiver in the USB Port;
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About the micro sd card slot, we have tried the 16GB Micro SD card,it worked, haven’t got a chance to try 32GB, will try that later, also will try to connect with the external HDD driver to check.
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Package photo:
This time, Rikomagic use the green box for this MK802 III, and it is same size as MK802 II Package, if you own the MK802 II, then you should know the size.
Accessories:
For the accessories, it only has two accessories, one usb cable, one hdmi cable, no charger, no manual, no OTG cable.
Part 2: System Review
Rikomagic MK802 III use the official Android 4.1.1 JB OS, with Google Play store pre-installed.
When you turn on this MK802 III, you will see the Rikomagic logo and site URL on the boot menu.
Menu 1:
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Do you notice the bottom bar, Rikomagic MK802 III really did a good job, they add the sound control and the downward arrow is used for hid the bottom bar, so you don’t need to worry that the screen can’t get in full mode now! Great New Function!
Menu 2:
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Antutu test result:
For this score, maybe you think it is not very high, in my opinion, this antutu test score just can use for reference, and we test a lot of device, we find, the device in ICS firmware get higher score than in JB firmware. when we place this device, we don’t feel the lags.
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Antutu specification: CPU frequency is up to 1.6Ghz.,and screen resolution is 1280*669,should be 1080P support.
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Here is another setting menu which is important for the buyer:
HDMI output can be changed by yourself, it support 1080p ,720p, 576p, and 480p.
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The Rikomagic MK802 III has the google chrome preinstalled, and here is a photo for using the chrome to browse our site.
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BIG BOMB
XBMC, maybe most of you guys will ask if XBMC work on it, our answer is YES!!
We test it,and working great,here is the screenshot
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Part 3: Disassembled photo:
Also we find some bugs in this firmware:
1 When we click “Connet to PC” choice, the wifi will shut down directly, so it means when you connect this MK802 III with your PC, you can’t get wifi work, it’s annoying when i try to root this device yesterday,and i have reported this bugs to factory, they will release the new firmware to fix.
2 The google play store is not the full version,we find some app can’t find in the pre-installed Play store, but it’s not a big problem, we know lots of this chinese device has this problem, it can be fixed by flashing the custom roms.
So this is the only two bugs we find now.
And we have planed to arrange one sample to our US ROM DEVELOPER Team, they will help us to make the Custom ROM first, the geekbuying customers will get this custom rom first.
Later we will do a deep review for the wifi signal ,and the other problem you guys may ask.
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See you later, guys! we will update the ROOT Method, and the Firmware download link and Firmware update method for you. Wait for us!
How to ROOT Rikomagic MK802 III
I suggest you connect the Rikomagic MK802 III with your TV and your laptop together, so you can root it easily; we already tested to root Rikomagic MK802 III sucessfully with the following method:
Use the DC port to power on the Rikomagic MK802 III , and use the OTG Port to connect your Rikomagic MK802 III with your laptop.
1) Download Moborobo and unrar into a folder.
MoboroboSetup_V2.0.7.501(Moborobo_En_official)(1).rar
2) Download TPSarky-VonDroid-Root.zip and unzip into a folder.
TPSarky-VonDroid-Root.zip
3) Install Moborobo and open it
4) Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on your Rikomagic MK802 III ( you should go to “setting” –”USB”–choose” connect to pc chooice” and then go to “Developer options”–open”USB debugging”choice)
5) Wait for Moborobo to see the device and install drivers. It will detect the device as Rikomagic MK802 III.
6)Run TPSparkyRoot.bat and follow the on-screen instructions.Your Rikomagic MK802 III will reboot 3 times during this process.(please remember, after each reboot, you should choose “connect to pc” every time in the Rikomagic MK802 III , if not, the root will be failed, that’s the reason why ask you to connect the Rikomagic MK802 III with TV and laptop together)When complete move on to the next step. (this root tool is based on the window n101 tablet, but please don’t worry,it can use on your tv stick, because they are the same chip)
7)Install SuperSU from Play Store.(If not installed in previous step)
8)Optional Install BusyBox from Play Store.
After rooted, you will see a app called” root explorer” in all of your apps, click that, you can manage all of the files and built-in apps, Please remember don’t delete any system apps, it will make your OS die. and if you are make sure some built-in app is useless, just open root explorer, choose ‘system” folder,and check” app” folder, then you will show all of the built-in app, remember to choose ” Mount R/O“ ,then you can choose the app you want to delete, click for a while (about 3-4 seconds), there will be a menu ask you to delete, copy or others, then you can do anything you want to do.
Firmware Release
Original firmware from 31 Oct 2012 for MK802 III
New firmware release for Rikomagic MK802 III–Update on 15th Nov.
Upgrade method:
1. Unzip the file. Zip file and copy the update.zip on the root of MicroSD card (1GB minimum)
2. Insert the microSD card with the MK802-IIII on, then opens a dialog to update the firmware
3. Click “Yes” to begin the update. During the firmware update, please do not remove the MicroSD card or turn off the device 4. After a few minutes the device is auto-restart only. 5. Once rebooted remove the MicroSD card.
This deletes all device data:
It is recommended to reset the device.
From Settings> Backup> “Factory data reset” to complete the upgrade to 100%.
Changelog:
The new features are:
1. Added wifi direct (peer to peer);
2. Improved wireless signal
please post pictures of open case to show wifi antenna, chip board, ports, connectors. Many of us would like to see the internal components, show us both sides before we buy.
Thanks
Hi,we just update the MK802 III disassembled photo,please check the post again 🙂
How does it fare with the over-heating issues? Based on the overview, mk808 has some sort of heat spreader/sink. Among the rk3066 sticks, which one is most stable and could do video playback best?
Hi,Till now,i think the MK808 is the best Android TV Stick, we have talked a lot with factory,and ask them to release new firmware all the time, most of the bugs has been fixed on MK808,and MK808 use the double cooling SMT, the heat problem is better a lot than others. here is the MK808 link:
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MK808-Dual-Core-Android-4-1-Jelly-Bean-TV-BOX-Rockchip-RK3066-Cortex-A9-Mini-PC-stick-307415.html
Thanks for the quick reply.
Another question – how about video playback ? Is the video/audio sync fixed for either mk802 iii or mk808? How about the playback quality for high resolution videos?
I am still waiting for my mk802 ii (which is supposed to have been shipped more than 2 weeks ago), but I am considering getting a rk3066 based one (or wait for the one with the freescale i.mx6 one).
Do you have other options (besides ems) other than china post?
Lubuntu working nice on this device , some fellows of mine tryn to get proper hardware acceleration under linux , also more support is on the way regarding linux distro’s
I thought it came rooted?
No, you should root it by yourself. we cant’ sell item with rooted access. 🙂
will source code be available for this device? i’d love to see some custom roms like AOKP and CM10 for this device.
If you buy from geekbuying.com, you will get the custom rom, because we are working with US ROM Developer,and we will send this device to them,and make the custom rom for our geekbuying customers.
thanks
I also heard this will not boot from the SD card due to the different processor, is that true?
But how do you connect the MK802 III to your laptop? What kind of cable do you use? There are only one mini USB port for power and one standard size USB port of the MK802 III. I can’t see how you can connect it to the laptop….
Hi, you use the mini usb port to connect to your laptop, your laptop will charge it and find it.
Hello!
I have bought such a stick from geekbuying. It’s working quite good.
I have good wifi signal, never lost connection. My logitech mouse and keyboard work well. In fact I’m writing now from this device. The stick powered by the tv’s usb port (LG LW5590)
But many apps and games in the store are not compatible (I don’t know if it’s because of the hardware or Jelly Bean.) I tried to root the device but I did not succeed because Moborobo is giving some weird ‘unhandled exception’ error. So could you or anyone tell me where to download windows driver for this stick?
Another strange/annoying thing is when the logitech unfiying receiver (for the mouse and keyboard) is connected through usb hub the signal and the devices is lost, I have to reconnect them.
Hi!
I have just bought one of these, and I’m rather disappointed that I cannot install “Plex for Android” through google play as it says my device is not compatible.
Can I fix this through rooting it? And also, how can I connect a mouse or keyboard to click “connect to pc” if I’m using the OTG cable to my laptop?
HI,
Sorry to hear your problem. i will try to check that app for you on google play store, i think you also can do this, search”plex for android” from google,and download the apk file directly.
also you can just insert the USB keyboard and mouse to this MK802 III directly to the USB port, and click “Connect to PC”.
thanks
Hi , I think for the google play store problem can be solve by flashing the custom rom.
We are working on the MK802 III custom rom with US ROM developer,and we will release that rom soon.
thanks
Thanks a lot, getting a APK install worked for Plex 🙂
Cheers for your custom rom collaboration!
I have tried two different 4 port usb hubs with power supply, and none of them work with the stick. On PC both are OK. Very annoying because without the hub I am able to connect only my mouse and nothing else.
Do you have any suggestion how to get usb hub working?
Rikomagic MK802 III. 8g today i get it. now i waiting your reply.one more think my tv do not have usb port just i have HDMI port so how i get power supply.
What are the key difference between MK808 and MK 802 III?
I ran through the specs but I couldn’t find any differences. If any, the HDMI port is one version lower than MK 808.
Hi, thanks for your email.
first they are from different factory and use the different design, the MK808 has the custom rom on freaktab and lots of support in some forums, i recommend MK808, compare with MK802 III.
Hi, If that, you should try to get a USB Charger from your local city. when this mk802 iii come from factory, they don’t have the charger built-in, maybe Rikomagic think now most of the tv will have the USB Port 🙂
When im trying to use the software :Moborobo she cant find my device .
I know how to work Android devices and i did exactly what was in the manual .
Please help …
have you clicked the “ connect to pc” choice? and has you opened the “USB debug”
yes sure i did , the drivers are installed and the problem is :
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hi
i download xmbc i installed and try to run but every think moving but and not click with mouse. did u tell what wrong.
It was not easy, but there is a help:
– For windows XP, Vista and 7 works :
Drivers-AllwinnerA10
(32 or 64bits thats depend on your system)
After download it, try to go to device manager and find that USB Rikomagic with “?” or “!” (thease singn infom you that your rikomagic is not install properly).
Then you have to “upgrade” device driver by directing on “Drivers-AllwinnerA10-“…
One bad news ist thath on WINDOWS 8 it is not working.
You can write to may e-mail, i will send you that driver!
After you get install driver right and morbo will find the device you must run TPS Sparky, It will reboot rikomagic, so after each you must “connect to PC” and then ” press “key” again in TPSsparky window.
can u send me Drivers-AllwinnerA10
thanks
To: Geek Buying Admin HELP
Installed Moborbo in Windows 7 PC
Four out of 5 drivers installed
Rikomagic driver failed to install.
In Moborobo,it says
“1 device detected,For Android enable USB bugging connection ” ( done)
In the little window it says
“Rikomagic MK802III failed to connect retry” with an exclamation mark ( ! )
I tried both buttons retry and REFRESH . without succes
I looked at device manager and cannot find driver with USB Rikomagic with “?” or “!” .
Any suggestions
To: Geek Buying Admin
PROBLEM SOLVED Rikomagic driver failed to install
Restarted both PC and Rikomagic MK802III .
Moborobo now detected the Rikomagic .
Thank you for this easy webside