[Jeffers24]

Hi all,

This may be a longshot but asking nonetheless.

I have upgraded my Android TV and thus Kodi. The previous Kodi version was Jarvis (was not able to upgrade beyond that) and the new one is Matrix.

I took a backup prior and looking to restore. Get the warning about different Kodi versions and then an immediate error stating restore failed.

Is it possible to manipulate the backup data to allow a valid restore?

Thanks in advance,
Alan

Kodi 16 Jarvis is quite an old version of Kodi.

I think your best bet will be to install a Kodi 16 fork if you can find one and restore your build into that if you want to keep using your existing build.

You can have a Kodi 16 fork and latest Kodi 19.2 installed on the same device at the same time and select which version of Kodi you want to run.

Doing this would mean you could keep and run your old build using Kodi 16 fork, while starting a new build using Kodi 19.2.