This is my build of Dees-Troy’s Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) 3.0.2-0 for Nexbox A95X (Amlogic S905 with Android 5.1) TV box. You need to connect a mouse to your device to use this recovery.

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recovery-twrp3020-nexbox_a95x.img
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24659325368664651
md5:ae69ee66d014d5a1229c747107aaeca2

recovery-twrp-3.0.2-0-nexbox_a95x.zip (TWRP/stock recovery flashable)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24659325368664652
md5:64881a9061fb0149c709d94ce38fac81

This device is rooted out-of-the-box and it has unlocked bootloader. Stock recovery also allows flashing zips that are signed with generic test key. I haven’t found a way to use adb when connected with an USB cable. There’s no way to boot the device into bootloader to use fastboot either. There’s still about a dozen ways to install TWRP - here’s a few.

Booting from SD card:

  • Download recovery-twrp3020-nexbox_a95x.img and rename it as recovery.img
  • Copy TWRP recovery.img to the root of your external SD card
  • Power down your device
  • Power up your device by pressing (and holding) reset button found in AV port (use a thin non-metal object - e.g. toothpick, plastic straw, etc)
  • Your device will boot into TWRP
  • Use TWRP to install the recovery flashable TWRP zip or use TWRP’s ‘flash image’ option to install the TWRP recovery.img
  • Reboot recovery

Using stock recovery:

  • Download recovery-twrp-3.0.2-0-nexbox_a95x.zip and copy it to your external SD card or USB stick
  • Power down your device
  • Power up your device by pressing (and holding) reset button found in AV port (use a thin non-metal object - e.g. toothpick, plastic straw, etc)
  • Select ‘apply update from EXT’ -> ‘update from sdcard/udisk’ -> recovery-twrp-3.0.2-0-nexbox_a95x.zip
  • Reboot recovery

Using shell:

  • Download recovery-twrp3020-nexbox_a95x.img and rename it as recovery.img
  • Copy TWRP recovery.img to your internal storage, external SD card, or USB stick
  • Open e.g. Terminal Emulator and change into the directory you saved the TWRP recovery.img (/sdcard, /storage/sdcard1, or /storage/udisk0, respectively)
  • Execute following commands
su
dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/block/recovery
  • Reboot recovery

How to install proper root management:

  • Download SuperSU zip and copy it to your device’s sdcards or USB stick
  • Boot into TWRP recovery
  • Install SuperSU zip in TWRP

How to restore stock recovery:

  • Download zip below and use any of the methods described above
  • Reboot recovery

recovery-stock-NEXBOX-A95X-201608151721.zip
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224406499
md5:62477d5abc1872e5e40e56de30baf054

recovery-stock-NEXBOX-A95X-201606282036.zip
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24659325368664653
md5:d536cf298d3b578bcab49a33b2f142a3

Sources:

24.7. changelog:

  • initial release