[Guide] S922X-J (Ugoos AM6b+) CoreELEC installation and FAQs

[rome1931]

Choose option 1 and everything will be copied over. No boot menu, CE will have boot priority. You can reboot to android from Kodi shutdown menu.

[rome1931]

Try another usb stick.

[ac16161]

thanks, that was easy! So if I select Reboot from eMMC/NAND from the Kodi power menu I’ll reboot directly to Android? And on the next reboot, I’ll come back to Kodi as it’s the default?

[Dolbyatmos1]

Thank you for your help, this solved the issue.
The next question i have is when it booted into Kodi, it asked me to install latest software which i did and it needed to reboot. However it keeps booting into Android , how do i set it to permanently boot into coreElec ?

[rome1931]

Yes that is correct.

[rome1931]

Did you install ugoos android/CE dual boot firmware.

[Dolbyatmos1]

I dont think so, i just used the method posted by Astrotrain at the beginning of the Thread.

If i remove usb it just boots into Android, even with USB inserted it boots into android.
Maybe i need to do the reset method again and change an option in CE ?

Sorry for so many questions, i appreciate you taking time to help

[rome1931]

After initial CE install it should boot CE as long usb stick or sd card inserted.

[Dolbyatmos1]

Strange, i might try doing the reset installation again and see if that fixes it

[Dolbyatmos1]

Thanks working now

[Dolbyatmos1]

Hello All, new to the forum. I have just setup my AM6B plus and installed CE.

Looking for advice on what setting to enable and disable on the software\hardware side of things
Background is i have a Philips DV/DA MiniLed tv, JBL Bar Dolby Atmos soundbar. Ugoos is connected to soundbar and then feeds to the TV via arc. Also using a local hard drive for playing DV+DA movies .
What are the main things i need to change in the CE settings to get the best audio and video ?

I am interested in something about TVled option rather than Player led and the new FEL possibilities.

Also can someone point to me where i can find a skin or something so that when i open the local HD, the movie covers and details are displayed ?

[liquidion]

FEL and player led naturally working. Follow this post and tweak to your liking:

Dolby Vision for Minix U22X-J (Max) and Ugoos AM6+

In addition to what others have mentioned. I’ve built a few Am6b+ boxes for family and friends and the below is the Kodi settings I select so it’s more plug and play for them: • set gui to 3180x2160p and 60hz for box upscaling, 1080p for TV upscaling. I prefer the former since most content I watch is 4K, the black screen/sync delay is less • audio to no gui sounds • set audio passthrough for whatever audio codecs your tv/receiver supports • enable EAC3 transcoding • disable noise reduction …

Recommend installing latest nightly as well

[demon326]

Hi all,

I received and installed the Ugoos as mentioned above. But when starting DV files, it show the classic green/purple tint. The tv does show the DV flag. TV and the rest of the stack does support full DV playback as discs with DV are not an issue.

Hardware:

Panasonic OLED 55GZ950
Denon 3500h AVR
Working hdmi cables.

What did i already try:

• Remove AVR from stack
• Connect box straight to tv

Mediainfo output from random MKV with Dovi:

HDR format : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, Profile 7.6, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, no metadata 
compression, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, Version HDR10, HDR10 compatible 

Device / OS info

CoreELEC (official): 21.0-Omega (Amlogic-ng.arm)
      Machine model: UGOOS AM6B
     CoreELEC dt-id: g12b_s922x_ugoos_am6b
      Amlogic dt-id: g12b_AM6b_b4g

Debug log when playing movie:
https://paste.coreelec.org/S9dda5

Did i do something wrong?

[n2plousse]

Did you copy paste dovi.ko file at the root of the CE partition ?

[Sholander]

@Astrotrain

3. At this point, if everything went well, CoreELEC should be up and running, so just proceed with the initial setup.

Warning: Do not boot into Android because it modifies CoreELEC system files and cause issues such as the bluetooth remote not being recognized after reboot. If this happens, you need to go to system settings and run Reset CoreELEC to defaults. Then, you can repair the remote and perform a restore from a backup created prior to booting to Android.

Does this mean that Android on AM6b+ cannot be used at all without messing up CoreElec on uSD card? Can Android be used without consequences after removing uSD card with CE installation?

[PurplePlayer]

That Android installation is absolutely ancient and not even a proper Android TV one at that. Also I don’t think it has proper Widevine support so you’d lose 4K playback on many streaming services.

It would have very little use that just about any cheap, certified ATV streaming stick would do a much better job at.

[PurplePlayer]

@Astrotrain

Warning: Do not boot into Android because it modifies CoreELEC system files and cause issues such as the bluetooth remote not being recognized after reboot. If this happens, you need to go to system settings and run Reset CoreELEC to defaults. Then, you can repair the remote and perform a restore from a backup created prior to booting to Android.

Yikes this is a massive overkill. You shouldn’t need to go so far as to reset. Just fix file/directory ownership:

find /storage -user 1023 -exec chown root:root {} \;

Not sure the numerical UID that the default installation sets but it would be whatever the 1023 if that’s not the one.

[Sholander]

@PurplePlayer

That Android installation is absolutely ancient and not even a proper Android TV one at that. Also I don’t think it has proper Widevine support so you’d lose 4K playback on many streaming services.

There is now an updated version with:
NOTE: This units has the latest 2024 Firmware updates!

Besides that there is a SlimBoxTV 54 ATV for encrypted and another for non-encrypted boxes

Btw, Android is not used only for streaming

[allanp81]

What’s the difference with that 2024 model?

[GreyFoxRTX]

Nothing. There is literally no difference.