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Hi,
I'm running v20.0 on a TCL google tv. TCL 65" Class 6-Series 4K QLED Dolby Vision HDR Smart Google TV - 65R646-CA
If I open Kodi, navigate the menus, and close Kodi all is ok.
If I open Kodi, navigate to the files (eg: Movies - 192.168.1.1) and just change folders and never play a video then exit Kodi the TV becomes very sluggish and after about 30 seconds it reboots (same as pulling the plug).
I can also play a video, occasionally Kodi mysteriously stops playing the video and returns to the list of videos and we can click continue the video. Whether it stops playing or not, when we eventually exit Kodi, the tv becomes sluggish and reboots after 30 seconds (approx).
Suggestions on how to fix?
Regards,
Terry
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions! I will try the log thing... but first...
The TV has a whopping 23GB of memory. Only a few apps installed, lots of space. Not as issue.
I uninstalled Kodi from the TV and reinstalled Kodi from the play store. The Store had v20.0. I setup the network connection to the file system and navigated the folders and when I exited the app the TV became sluggish and crashed and rebooted.
I did get a popup in Kodi informing me that v20.1 has been released, but it obviously was not in the store and Kodi does not appear to have an option to update the app... ?
I saw the notes on v20.1 does not speak of any crash issues, etc...
Cheers!
Terry
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Hi,
I uninstalled v20.0 and then downloaded and installed v20.1... same problem.
Terry
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Same thing happens to me with my TCL R646. It happens on both Kodi 20 and 20.1 (same with Mavin's builds). I've just decided to stick to 19.5 on that TV. Hope it can be resolved one day.
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Just to add. The only way I found for my TV not to crash when exiting Kodi 20 is for me to go straight to the home screen of my TV without closing Kodi and then force closing it from the TV's app settings menu.
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Hi GLM,
Thanks for the info. I tried installed 19.5 but got the same results, crashing on exit. Maybe I did something wrong.. I ended up starting using another player which works well (starts with V and ends with C and has L in the middle) lol.
Regards,
Terry
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Any updates on this? Is this an issue with Kodi or TCL? I have a TCL & a Sony. I use the same version of Kodi on both. I have this same issue on the TCL but not on the Sony even though both are Android/Google TV's.
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I also ordered the same TV and I'm waiting for it to arrive. Is the specified issue still ongoing? I'm planning to purchase a new Android box for it.
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Can confirm the same problem on TCL 43C645 (Android 11, kernel 4.14.198+, kodi 21.0.1). Everything works fine until I close Kodi from Kodi menu. Then everything starts to get sluggish and finally system freezes after 20s which forces me to reboot TV with unplug. If I don't close Kodi and go to TV home menu, everything works normally.
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2024-06-27, 11:56
(This post was last modified: 2024-06-27, 11:57 by sarbes. Edited 1 time in total.)
The OS crashing indicates that there is something wrong with it, as Android apps should not have the power to do so. To get some understanding, someone with an afflicted device has to provide an adb log.