Reboot to CoreELEC APK

I bought a cheap “broken” gtking box wich I repaired, this box had a 512gb EmuELEC card wich was not working and a 8gb CoreELEC card
Well with the 8gb card inserted the box always boots into Android, and then you have an apk wich reboots the box to the microsd

Well, I downloaded the last CoreELEC 21.0 image and flashed it to the 8gb card (It had CoreELEC 19 originaly instaled). After that the box work as any other box, always boots from microsd if it is inserted.

So that been said I think you can make some configurations in the microsd to force android to boot always first and ignore the SO in to the sd

It is an interesting option, at least for me, so you can always boot to android and then go to CoreELEC as if it was the kodi apk but with the power of CoreELEC

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@jamal2367 Do you have a complied version of the 1st or 2nd version of the app? I was looking for the early version that only issues the ‘reboot update’ command when clicking on the homescreen icon, without any jump screen or other dialogue.

Hi.
I have a “Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K Plus” and I’m trying to install CoreELEC using “Reboot to CoreELEC”.
I installed the APK and when I run it, the message “Enable USB debugging first in the developer options” appears.
How do I do this?

you go into Android settings, enable developer mode, you have to click 7 times on version and developer mode will appear, then enable usb debugging.

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I was able to enable “Developer Mode” and “USB debugging”.

I ran “Reboot to CoreELEC” and chose “First Reboot”.
“Android Recovery” appeared with several options, which one should I choose?

recovery should not appear if you’ve installed CoreElec the correct way and had it booted already on your usb/microsd.

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Some options that appear:

Reboot system now
Reboot to bootloader
Enter fastboot
Apply update from ADB
Apply update from SD card
Apply update from Udisk

I have two “USB Flash Drive” connected, one with CoreELEC and the other with Blu-ray (BDMV) and DVD (VIDEO_TS) files.
Is there a problem?

should not be, but have you booted and installed CoreElec successfully? (holding reset button while turn on the box).

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No, I tried the first method:
coreelec:ceboot [CoreELEC Wiki]

Now that I have read:

Boot the device using the reset button method
If the reset button method doesn’t work:
Try the Android APK Reboot to CoreELEC
coreelec:homatics [CoreELEC Wiki]

I tried the “reset button method”, but “Android Recovery” also appears.
The same as “Reboot to CoreELEC”.

do you hold the reset button until you see the “upgrading”.

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First appears:
Fastboot
Press RESET again to enter Recovery mode.

I do nothing, then appears:
Usb Burning Mode

I do nothing, and then appears the
Android Recovery

I keep the reset button pressed for minutes and nothing happens.
When I release the reset button, in “Android Recovery”, it enters Android TV normally.

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Try a different device tree and make sure it is renamed to “dtb.img”. If you have the wrong device tree, this is what happens. Sometimes they change the innards, and the regular device tree does not work. Just a thought.

Try various “device tree”/DTB? Strange, I think that’s not it.

Yes
Can be a factor
Remove drive with movies on it.

Often there is usb port dedicated as OTG
For USB debug

Make sure is clean install
Try in USB Port where movies drive was plugged into.

Toothpick method.

The reboot to CoreELEC apk is used primarily when in Dual Boot
Both OS are on internal.
Last resort if Toothpick method does not work

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This apk is excellent! With it I was able to initialize the unofficial EmuELEC-NE on the Tanix KICKPI P1 and Homatics Box R Lite 4K TV boxes!

I have not used Rufus to write the IMG to the USB Flash Drive.
I used Win32DiskImager.
Is that a problem?