2015-05-15, 22:06
I tried to update from kodi 14.0 to 14.1 on my M8 andriod box, after installing it started to do a first run but went back to the home page it does not open. please help, thanks
(2015-05-26, 16:46)PatK Wrote: Best advice is to use SPMC (wiki) a Kodi 4.2 build that was specially designed for Android. http://spmc.semperpax.com/
(2015-05-26, 19:10)Martijn Wrote: Just install 15.0 and be done with it.
(2015-05-27, 04:16)Ned Scott Wrote:(2015-05-26, 19:10)Martijn Wrote: Just install 15.0 and be done with it.
But v15 won't work any better than v14 does as far as compatibility or permissions go, right? If there is a permissions issue then that would still need to be fixed. However, that doesn't sound like the issue here if Kodi won't open at all.
(2015-05-27, 06:38)Ned Scott Wrote: Kodi never needed permissions. The permissions were set on Android system files so that MediaCodec would work correctly, and Kodi v14 would request this to be done. v15 simply doesn't give the request. Bad permissions will still be an issue.
(2015-05-27, 06:43)Ned Scott Wrote: v14 never needed root, and I'm not wrong. If the firmware doesn't have permissions set correctly then it won't work with v15. This is easily verifiable if you don't believe me.