[8.90.1] CoreELEC for S905/S912 devices

CoreELEC 8.90 (Kodi Leia Alpha) for Amlogic S905/S912 devices.

Read this first: [HOWTO + FAQ] Install community builds on S905/S905X/S912 device

Important notes:

• These are community supported builds so please post all bugs/issues in this forum area only.
• These builds are experimental and based upon the LibreELEC master branch and as such should never be considered stable.
• Bugs? Read this first: [READ FIRST] Reporting bugs

If you forgot to use a new device tree or used wrong one and your device doesn't boot:

• Don't panic!
• if booting from SD/USB, simply connect SD/USB to your computer, download a proper device tree, rename it to dtb.img and place on SD/USB
• if booting from internal:
  1. Boot this build from SD card or USB with correct device tree.
  2. Login over SSH and execute dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dtb bs=256k count=1 then dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/dev/dtb bs=256k
  3. Power off, remove SD/USB, boot from internal.

Downloads: here

Choose .img.gz file for burning to a new USB drive or SD card and choose .tar if you are upgrading

Known issues and important notes:

• SAMBA/SMB/Shared folder issues? Read this blog post first

CHANGELOG

FAQ

Q: Can I upgrade from 8.2 to this build?
A: If you are installed on either an sdcard or usb drive then you should have no issues however if you are installed on internal you may encounter issues.

Q: Can I downgrade back to 8.2?
A: Refer to the above.

Q: How do I update?

A: Copy the tar file into the '.update' folder in /storage, DO NOT copy your DTB, this will be updated automatically, finally reboot.

Q: Do these builds auto-update?

A: Yes, you will receive a notification when an update is available, it will be downloaded automatically and applied on your next reboot.

Q: My box has bricked when I have upgraded to this build.
A: This is most probably a DTB issue, refer to post #1.

Q: Amazon/Netflix addons do not work.

A: These addons are dependant on inputstream.adaptive being installed and enabled and also libwidevinecdm.so being installed on your device.

Q: Amazon/Netflix play poorly at 1080p.
A: This is because the streams are being software decoded rather than hardware decoded, this will change as/if/when developers add support for it in Kodi upstream.

Q: The display on my box doesn't work.
A: Refer to the following thread

Q: The display on my box shows the time but not the additional icons.
A: Install FD628 addon from LE addons.

Q: My remote doesn't work.

A: Refer to the following thread.

Reporting bugs

To report a bug or an issue with this build, please submit a ticket here for your issue if one does not exist already, you need to provide the following information:

The type of your device (brand/model).

CPU type. (S905/S905X/S905W/S912)

RAM/Flash size.

Resolution (1080p/4k).

Refresh rate (24/25/30/50/60 Hz).

Whether you are installed to internal or external.

The exact version of the build used (the official build number or the devel number).

The DTB file used (exact file name).

Steps to reproduce the issue, whether it's add-on related, extra hardware (such as a DVB device), or any additional information you can provide.

If you can provide demo files demonstrating the problem, that will be very useful.

Failure to provide the above may result in your post being deleted.

This is the new thread for Leia community builds following on [8.90.6] LibreELEC 9.0 Alpha for S905/S912 devices from which had grown to almost 150 pages.

General installation or help questions should be posted in their appropriate subforums as I will thoroughly moderate this thread and delete any posts that I feel are off topic.

When reporting bugs if your post has no accompanying Kodi or kernel logs then your post may be deleted, if you are reporting an audio/visual bug then be sure to enable enable Verbose logging for the Audio and Video component.

boot2k3  atreyu afl1 has submitted some pull requests recently that appear to improve some of the issues with the new kernel, I will try to get a test build up later.

ozkaradag I hate what is happening just as much as you guys do and it pains me to see good people walk away.