Better to leave it at 1920x1080p.
You probably have less problems with it and auto resolution switching is going to work out of the box.
Thanks for the tips and quick response. Well done anyway to the whole team, coreelec 9.2.4.1 on Odroid N2 + works perfectly 
Good morning dear friends, my device is a ki plus mecool with a s905h processor according to what the info in corelec indicates, please, I would like the NG versions in my box ā¦ can you ā¦? is there any hope i can have a more current kernel, if this is how i should do or who can i turn to so that a build can be created for my device ā¦ thank you very much in advance
No
NG is for GXL(S905X,S905D,S905W,S805X)
If your K1 Plus is working with 3.14 Kernel
Keep using it.
Otherwise consider purchasing an S905X3 box
Time for an upgrade of hardware
I have auto update turned on however, I installed CoreELEC on an SD card. Will the update automatically be made to the SD card or will it fail to update because it will search for a hardware installation?
Also, to avoid the numerous problems cited above, would a manual fresh install to a new SD card be advisable? Iām thinking that if anything goes awry I can simply roll back by switching SD cards.
Is there any chance that a member of the CoreELEC team could reply to the question I posted 2 days ago please? It doesnāt matter if I have to wait for 9.2.4.2. Itās just the mechanics that interest me as I need to know how to handle updating given that CoreELEC has not been installed on the box itself.
Iām currently on 9.2.4 on my N2, and itās working. Should I upgrade to 9.2.4.1 to reduce the chances of it bricking, or if it hasnāt bricked immediately Iām safe, and should just wait for 9.2.4.2?
Stupid question, but how do I install 9.2.4.1? Itās not offering it via the coreelec configuration.
The update will automatically choose the storage device on which CE is installed to - in your case the uSD card.
Itās always advisable to perform a backup from the CE settings to be able to roll back in case anything doesnāt work as expected.
If your device isnāt bricked, you are safe and can wait for 9.2.4.2 being released.
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In the CE settings it is listed as ā9.2.4ā.
As soon as you select this entry, you will see the full version number.
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Thank you relkai. I make a habit of doing a backup every time I change any settings or update my library, even though CoreELEC will not allow me to update the library. I now do that in Android and then perform the backup in both Android and CoreELEC.
Well these are my 2 centsā worth of experience.
I had a A95X F1 with Android 8 2G+16GB with S905W. Installed 9.2.4.1 wifi not working. 9.2.3 worked well. I then used installtointernal and it did worked. I could then boot from internal emmc. I then tried to update from 9.2.3. to 9.2.4.1 NG using instructions (Copy NG tar 9.2.4.1 in .update e created .compat file on the internal install). It updated but not booting (I read the instructions that no way an update is possible for internal install one minute later than needed).
I could anyway boot from SD 9.2.4.1 NG. I then tried to use the ceemcc -x option to reinstall to internal in single mode (option 3) but this time it failed
Free space of āpartition CE_FLASHā: 512MB
Warning: Could not find ādtboā partition!
Warning: Could not find ādtoā partition!
Free space of āpartition CE_STORAGEā: 14352MB
Used space of ā/flashā: 221MB
Used space of ā/storageā: 231MB
There is enough free space on eMMC for installation!
Install CoreELEC on eMMC.
Continue? [y]: y
Moved āenvā from offset 0x000027400000, size 0x000000800000 to offset 0x000000400000
Moved āmiscā from offset 0x000031c00000, size 0x000002000000 to offset 0x000006400000
Moved ālogoā from offset 0x000028400000, size 0x000002000000 to offset 0x000008400000
Starting to format the new āCE_STORAGEā partitionā¦
mke2fs 1.45.3 (14-Jul-2019)
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 3674112 4k blocks and 920272 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 3885cd1b-1990-4e5c-8430-e2da54d18b79
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
Starting to format the new āCE_FLASHā partitionā¦
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
Stopping Kodi before start of copy process!
Starting copying of data to the eMMC!
Please do NOT interrupt this progress till itās finished!
Copy all data from ā/flashā to ā/media/CE_FLASHā
221.30M 100% 16.40MB/s 0:00:12 (xfr#66, to-chk=0/69)
Syncthing, please waitā¦
Copy all data from ā/storageā to ā/media/CE_STORAGE/coreelec_storageā
231.07M 99% 9.41MB/s 0:00:23 (xfr#4663, to-chk=0/5531)
Syncthing, please waitā¦
Start Kodi again to have a user interface!
Success!
You can now power off the device, remove the used boot media (SD or USB) and
power on again to boot the device from eMMC!
Well it didnāt BOOT!
======= TRIED AGAIN BOOTING FROM SD 9.2.4.1 NG
CoreElec:/ # ceemmc -x
Starting CoreELEC eMMC installation toolā¦
System is not supported: gxl_p281_1g!
There is NO official support by Team CoreELEC
if you continue to run this tool!
Continue? [y]: y
eMMC size: 0x0003ab400000 [16GB]
Existing CoreELEC single boot installation found on eMMC
Renew current CoreELEC single boot installation on eMMC
Use CoreELEC data from
[1] current used SD or USB device
[2] existing backup on current used SD or USB device
[3] Make a backup of current CoreELEC single boot installation on eMMC to current used SD or USB device
Please choose one option? [1/2/3]: 1
Usable space of āpartition CE_FLASHā: 512MB
Used space of ā/flashā: 221MB
There is enough free space on flash partition on eMMC for installation!
Warning!
ALL existing CoreELEC data on flash partition on eMMC will be lost!
nContinue with [y] or press enter to skip flash partition!
Continue? [y]: y
Starting copying of data to the eMMC!
Please do NOT interrupt this progress till itās finished!
Copy all data from ā/flashā to ā/media/CE_FLASHā
221.30M 100% 15.54MB/s 0:00:13 (xfr#66, to-chk=0/69)
Syncthing, please waitā¦
Usable space of āpartition CE_STORAGEā: 14352MB
Used space of ā/storageā: 231MB
There is enough free space on storage partition on eMMC for installation!
Warning!
ALL existing CoreELEC data on storage partition on eMMC will be lost!
Continue with [y] or press enter to skip storage partition!
Continue? [y]: y
Stopping Kodi before start of copy process!
Starting copying of data to the eMMC!
Please do NOT interrupt this progress till itās finished!
Copy all data from ā/storageā to ā/media/CE_STORAGE/coreelec_storageā
231.75M 99% 11.38MB/s 0:00:19 (xfr#4669, to-chk=0/5537)
Syncthing, please waitā¦
Start Kodi again to have a user interface!
Success!
Please remove current boot media (SD or USB) and
reboot the device to boot from eMMC!
======= REBOOT DOES NOT WORK FROM INTERNAL ONLY SD
======= REBOOT WITH 9.2.3 SD OK
======= TRIED INSTALLTOINTERNAL NOT WORKING ANYMORE (partitions broken?)
CoreELEC (official): 9.2.3 (Amlogic.arm)
CoreELEC:~ # installtointernal
One of BOOT, SYTEM, DATA or DTB partitions is missing.
Make sure that you are using a correct device tree and a device with internal me mory!
Not all devices are compatible with installtointernal due to unsupported NAND/eM MC
chips being used by some manufacturers.
LESSON LEARNED: READ CAREFULLY INSTRUCTIONS!
Anyway I enjoyed the effort and Iāll continue to read for future improvements. I ended up with a box without Android but I donāt care as long as the SD with 9.2.4.1. NG boots and works. Then when in a future ceemcc -x will be improved I will try again.
p.s. sorry for the long post!
p.s.s. I donāt blame the developers nor any other posting but me
I have no problem with ceemmc -x to install on a w95 box with 2GB Ram and 16GB Flash. I have also make the same error like you. i have install a -ng file over a non -ng build. -ng was installed but didnāt boot. After that, i boot via SD and install via ceemmc -x and corelec runs fine.
And i think you must install android first to use installtointeral again.
Hope this helps:
Requisites:
CoreELEC installed to eMMC in dual boot mode.
Procedure:
- Boot CoreELEC from same media (SD or USB) used for dual boot installation.
- From shell, execute ceemmc -x
After completion the box should boot to Android again.
Warning:
If single boot mode installation was used, the Android firmware has to be flashed back to the box.
More details can be found HERE.
I used installtointernal that cancel android first. I know I should have had an android firmware available to go back but I didnāt find any (can anybody direct me to a working a95x F1 firmware?).
All subsequent tries starting from SD simply didnāt work either using 9.2.3 and 9.2.4.1 NG.
Iām interest to know if you reinstall Android first before retrying with NG on SD.
I didnāt install the andoird before. I make a fresh install via ceemmc -x over my old defect update.
Thanks I found it. Iām installing Android and then I will try again starting with the NG version.
Please recover your Android image on the device and boot CE from uSD or USB.
Then run this cmd please:
dmesg | grep mmc | paste
Maybe on your Android device the dtb partition do have another unknown name.
When you had a internal install before on eMMC by the unsupported script installtointernal Android must be recovered to restore the original partition layout.
Thanks to all. I succeed in having 9.2.4.1 NG on internal only boot in a A95X F1 S905W 2+16GB.
As for your comment I donāt know if itās still relevant. Let me know if you wish me to check it anyway.
Next task will be to see what I can do for a fake X96 mini that has S950L 1+16GB (instead of S905W 2+16GB) that at the moment is working on SD either with 9.2.4.1 without wifi and 9.2.3. with wifi. I wish to see if I can succeed in installing CE 9.2.4.1.NG internally. Iāll let you know.