Amlogic S805 Android 7: Hot

Amlogic S805 is a legacy quad-core chipset (Cortex-A5) originally designed for Android 4.4 KitKat . When running more modern versions like Android 7.1

Measured symptoms:

• Top of box reaches 75–90°C after 30 min of video playback.
• Throttling: UI becomes laggy, video drops frames.
• Reboots or shutdowns when temperature hits critical (~95°C).
• Long-term damage: solder joint cracks, eMMC corruption.

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• Interesting Feature: Because the Nexus Player was a Google reference device, it received official Android updates much longer than other S805 boxes.
• The Modding Scene: Even after official support ended, developers managed to port Android 7 (and even Android 8/9) to the Nexus Player's S805 chip. This makes the S805 one of the most well-documented and hacked older chips in the TV box community.