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**garbear** · 2024-09-20, 03:05

Hi @kokonut,

About 4 weeks ago I merged a fix for this, right after v21.1 was released. To get the fix you have two options:

Sideload the latest v21 nightly from here: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...v8a/Omega/
Wait for v21.2 to be released (probably a few months)

If you need help with the first, let me know.

Clutz450 · 2024-09-21, 18:40

Hey there. I wanted to report that I have been having the same problem with my controller not working. I am using a Playstation Edition Backbone Controller on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ phone. This controller worked perfectly on the Nexus versions of Kodi. However, when I updated to Omega, any D-Pad or joystick direction I press on my controller cause Kodi to crash (in assuming it's a crash as it takes me back to my phone's home screen). I did a fresh install and was still having the issue. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I redownloaded the latest Nexus version from https://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/android...64-v8a.apk and everything worked fine again. I tried using the version you recommended (https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...64-v8a.apk) and the issue still remains. Please let me know what else I can try or additional information I can give you to help solve this. Thank you.

kokonut · 2024-09-22, 09:25

Thanks so much for the reply, I wonder of course what this was related to? Did Samsung have some kind of overkill in their OS?

Clutz450 · 2024-09-22, 09:31

(2024-09-22, 09:25)kokonut Wrote: Thanks so much for the reply, I wonder of course what this was related to? Did Samsung have some kind of overkill in their OS?

Did garbear's fix in his post work for you? Because it didn't work for me. Thanks.

kokonut · 2024-09-24, 21:57

Hello, to be honest haven't even tried installing yet, because I'm back to the previous versions of the program, which work as it is Excellent.

Joshuabernardny · 2024-10-21, 18:21

(2024-09-20, 03:05)garbear Wrote: Hi @kokonut,

About 4 weeks ago I merged a fix for this, right after v21.1 was released. To get the fix you have two options:

Sideload the latest v21 nightly from here: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...v8a/Omega/

Wait for v21.2 to be released (probably a few months)

If you need help with the first, let me know.

Hi garbear!

Is it possible that fix wasn't merged in the armv7 nightly distribution? I don't know how this stuff works.

I just sideloaded the latest omega nightly and I'm having the exact same problem on a Google TV streaming box. Bluetooth controller works flawlessly till I hit any direction on the dpad and Kodi immediately exits to the android menu.

Viper67857 · 2024-11-05, 05:46

(2024-09-21, 18:40)Clutz450 Wrote: Hey there. I wanted to report that I have been having the same problem with my controller not working. I am using a Playstation Edition Backbone Controller on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ phone. This controller worked perfectly on the Nexus versions of Kodi. However, when I updated to Omega, any D-Pad or joystick direction I press on my controller cause Kodi to crash

Same thing with a Dualshock 4 on S23 Ultra. 20.5 works fine. Any 21+ version immediately crashes with the dpad or either analog stick. Stuck on 20.5 until a solution is found.

**garbear** · 2024-11-09, 08:24

Hey all, sorry I haven't been around the last two months, I picked up a side job and that's been taking up all my Kodi time. When I get a chance I'll try to reproduce but it could be a while.

That said, I haven't seen any debug logs showing the latest problem. I'm most interested in the beginning of the log showing all Android input and right before the crash. Can someone provide a log of the d-pad crashing bug? Maybe the problem will be obvious to me.