{
  "added_at": "2026-11-01",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/morluto/rea/discussions/8248"
  ],
  "category": "community-case-studies",
  "description_en": "An owner documents identifying an RK3229 TV box, investigating its stock Android ROM and repurposing it with a userspace gamepad driver and Armbian. REA assisted ADB inventory and Android-provider routing; APK analysis and device changes are reported as a mixed workflow, not firmware reconstruction.",
  "description_zh": "设备所有者记录了 RK3229 电视盒的硬件识别、原厂 Android ROM 调查、用户态手柄驱动及 Armbian 改造；REA 用于 ADB 清点和 Android 分析引擎引导，APK 分析与设备修改属于混合工作流，并非固件重建。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/bigtower17/mxqpro-rk3229/blob/b9079b419373eec439d85df4a8a11be549cd2f56/README.md",
  "group": "rea",
  "id": "mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mxqpro-rk3229-rea-repurposing-case/index.md",
  "name": "MXQ PRO RK3229: an Android firmware investigation and Linux repurposing",
  "name_zh": "MXQ PRO RK3229：Android 固件调查与 Linux 改造",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "community-reported-mixed-workflow",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "attribution",
    "testing",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Requires an owned, correctly identified RK3228/RK3229-class board and its matching firmware/backups; the MXQ PRO sales label alone does not identify the hardware.",
    "The author limits REA's role to device inventory and the Android provider pointer; JADX and separate host/device tools perform other parts of the work.",
    "The report covers one unit and describes replacing its stock system. Partition layout, board support and boot behavior are device-specific.",
    "Large/proprietary images, system APKs and decompiled third-party source are excluded upstream. A project-wide license grant is not stated in the reviewed README."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要自有且正确识别的 RK3228/RK3229 类主板及对应固件/备份；MXQ PRO 销售标签不足以识别真实硬件。",
    "作者将 REA 的作用限定为设备清点和 Android 引擎指引，其他部分由 JADX 及独立宿主/设备工具完成。",
    "报告仅覆盖一台设备，并描述替换原厂系统；分区、主板支持及启动行为依设备而异。",
    "上游不提供大型/专有镜像、系统 APK 或反编译的第三方源码；核查的 README 未声明统一的项目许可授权。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "firmware"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/bigtower17/mxqpro-rk3229",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-01"
}