Maybe same Remote FW issue like here: Homatics Box R 4K Plus - #1876
Have you checked that both thermal pads are present inside the shieldboxes?
If missing, this could explain your high Idle Temp…
How are you checking your temps?? thanks
Do the shields pop off or are they soldered on?
If they pop off easily I’ll have a look to check.
Yes, frame is soldered, but topcover just clipped.
See PDF s linked Homatics Box R 4K Plus - #1998
From System info> Hardware
Ok, thought you were using an app or something.
After pairing in ATV you have to delete the remote in CE settings and pair it again from zero. At least this is what works for me but I have to persistent. If you change from CE to ATV a lot you should have an IR reception added to the device as pointed in the Telegram group. Other solution is having another remote, like with a RF dongle, for CE.
only app i’m using is Homatics LED control that i believe " [FoLeY]" deigned to control color lights on this box. (really cool app)
This is such a poor solution though, but it’s the only one. I really dislike my homatics box, it’s hands down one of the worst boxes I have used. The temperatures are insane, and have such poor cooling out the box.
And I don’t know who to fault on this, if it’s coreelec or something with the box but it runs so much slower than my Odroid C4 which was an S905x box. I’ve made points to this and the answer I’m given is “dont run such a heavy skin”, but if I have older and slower hardware that runs it without issue, what gives? Even Android TV felt bog slow, but I’m comparing that to my Nvidia Shield so that’s a unfair comparison. I’m really looking forward to a better dolby vision solution for coreelec, and I’m open to suggestions if there is one.
This whole box feels like a ticking time bomb to me, the high temperatures even with the stock light skin but watching a 4k blu-ray isn’t good for the hardware and being booted off a USB drive it’s only a matter of time until that dies. I know this sounds like a bunch of whining, but considering the price point of this I was really excited for it, as it was triple the price of my Odroid C4
There isn’t too much difference between an S905X3 (your C4) and the S905X4-J so I am not sure what you expecting from the CPU. However my variant is much cooler at 50C and barely warm to the touch than the S905X4 boxes I have tried and I do cheap the top off, so probably other things come to play.
I wasn’t expecting anything, but I wasn’t expecting worse performance I’ll tell you that. And I had noticed that too, the top holds in so much heat removing it fixes all cooling problems.
@white_dragonn it could be a poor performing usb drive? Are you using the usb3 slot?
yeah, samsung bar plus 3.1, tried corsair gtx, and a micron nvme with a dram cache on it. Opening addons feels slower than on the odroid, the gui is laggy with the skin I choose compared to the odroid, even boot up seems slower.
Only thing I’d suggest is maybe run the GUI in 1080p/50-60hz instead of 4k if doing so. Easier on the machine.
Does anyone know how to get this update? I’ve tried waiting months now and my Nokia 8010 is still stuck on the 4xxx version firmware.
Still trying to use the internal sata HDD bay of my Dune Premier 4K Pro to boot CE, so far no luck.
I always get the Android Recovery screen with no option to boot anywhere but ATV.
I converted the disk to GPT, activated boot and esd on first partition, even tried to add the Dummy.zip empty file in the root folder as other topics suggested. Tried different CE builds. Nothing works 
The same disk boots and works fine when using a Sata to USB3 adapter. Really clueless here, any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated.
I popped the box open, removed the silly magnet and installed an Aliexpress bought (“WE DO HEATSINK” store) heatsink on the SoC, 60x30x8mm fits fine but take care of the placement, it cannot cover the whole chip or you cannot put the top cover back on. I also drilled some venting holes on the cover.
15 minutes from the beginning of Saving Private Ryan HW decoded@1080p and the SoC temp is 48C. Ambient temp maybe 21C, the box is on an open shelf near the floor level with about 25 centimeters of room above it.
The USB stick gets rather hot even when the box is idle, probably need to buy a USB 3.0 hub and rather stick it there than keep it heated in the box’s connector.
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This is great to hear, I think my heatsink should be here today and I’m going to install it as soon as possible.
Ok, been playing a 4k remux for the past hour or so, and its at 62c. The bottom doesn’t feel as hot, and theres a bit of warmth coming through the top. These temps are pretty comfortable, and my movies aren’t stuttering anymore. I’m gonna keep testing it though, the big thing for me is the thermal soak and it seems once I get done watching a film it stays that same temperature on idle and never comes down before the mod, I have yet to test it now though