2016-09-15, 12:32
the only thing I would say about NEXBOX after doing a bit of reading over at LibreElec forums is that they dont seem intrested in fixing issues on their devices, their U-BOOT is broken on their devices NEXBOX dont seem interested in fixing it. Kzsaq has contacted them and they ignored him. Not sure if your power on/off issue is related to this U-Boot issue.
EDIT:
I found the info on this issue from LibreElec forums see the quote below from kszaq:
"The issue with Nexbox is that they have a broken u-boot as it doesn't allow to wake up the device in any way from suspended state. When you "power it off" in Android the only thing it does is turning off the screen, not true suspend. Implementing that in LE might be possible but I don't want to waste my time on it for manufacturer that doesn't care about community at all - multiple messages to them have all hit the wall and not only from me but from other developers as well. I don't understand why they broke u-boot in the first place yet they are known for many weird choices."
In short...avoid NEXBOX they have broken U-Boots and are not prepared to work with developers to fix the issue. If you dont need a devce right away, wait for a while to see how development pans out on the S905X and S912. Otherwise your running the risk of buying something that may never have stable software. For now normal S905 is the safest bet there are already good stable LibreElec builds available, the Android 5 build on these boxes is also relatively stable.
EDIT:
I found the info on this issue from LibreElec forums see the quote below from kszaq:
"The issue with Nexbox is that they have a broken u-boot as it doesn't allow to wake up the device in any way from suspended state. When you "power it off" in Android the only thing it does is turning off the screen, not true suspend. Implementing that in LE might be possible but I don't want to waste my time on it for manufacturer that doesn't care about community at all - multiple messages to them have all hit the wall and not only from me but from other developers as well. I don't understand why they broke u-boot in the first place yet they are known for many weird choices."
In short...avoid NEXBOX they have broken U-Boots and are not prepared to work with developers to fix the issue. If you dont need a devce right away, wait for a while to see how development pans out on the S905X and S912. Otherwise your running the risk of buying something that may never have stable software. For now normal S905 is the safest bet there are already good stable LibreElec builds available, the Android 5 build on these boxes is also relatively stable.