Ok so I got my T8-S at the weekend after being recommended one by a friend (bought from the official amazon outlet)
I'm starting to get my head around how it works I think but was/am slightly confused as I have one of the new boxes without driod wizard installed. There was a cover letter with the machine explaining this but I was still getting asked for login details. I followed the guides to enter my invoice number but it just comes up as unrecognised. In any event I could just use the backup button on the remote to ignore this and everything seemed to work fine. As it stands now (see comments below) I no longer seem to get asked for this.
So I've tinkered with rasberry Pi a couple of years ago so sussed out 2 options:
- run in android mode to use apps such as Show Box and the Kodi interface. Doing this means that Kodi will run slower as its running under the Android shell.
- run in OPENlec mode to run kodi directly which in theory will run quicker.
I love the idea of dual boot as I want to have the choice of running android Apps or Kodi without the android shell.
So I configure android first...
- install my favourite apps
- get my bluetooth keyboard working
- run XBMC / Kodi and install the Wookie ad on
All works fine.
I then boot into OPENlec using the dual boot app in android
I try out the simple menu item at the bottom to close down / boot back into android and it works a treat. boot back into android and then back again into OPENlec.
I then try to configure Kodi in OPENlec as per my android setup BUT....
- cannot get my bluetooth keyboard working (when I try to activate Bluetooth it states no device present)
- when I install the wookie add on I lose the button at the bottom to dual boot back into Android.
I cannot figure out how to dual boot from Kodi in OPENlec with wookie installed. I ended up doing a system reset which worked really well.
So I've reset up android and KODI with wookie running under android and can dual boot again. But how do I install wookie onto KODI in OPENlec and retain the ability to dual boot ?
Also how do I get a bluetooth keyboard working under KODI OPENllec if it won't recognise the bluetooth hardware receiver ?????
any help much appreciated ;-)
I'm starting to get my head around how it works I think but was/am slightly confused as I have one of the new boxes without driod wizard installed. There was a cover letter with the machine explaining this but I was still getting asked for login details. I followed the guides to enter my invoice number but it just comes up as unrecognised. In any event I could just use the backup button on the remote to ignore this and everything seemed to work fine. As it stands now (see comments below) I no longer seem to get asked for this.
So I've tinkered with rasberry Pi a couple of years ago so sussed out 2 options:
- run in android mode to use apps such as Show Box and the Kodi interface. Doing this means that Kodi will run slower as its running under the Android shell.
- run in OPENlec mode to run kodi directly which in theory will run quicker.
I love the idea of dual boot as I want to have the choice of running android Apps or Kodi without the android shell.
So I configure android first...
- install my favourite apps
- get my bluetooth keyboard working
- run XBMC / Kodi and install the Wookie ad on
All works fine.
I then boot into OPENlec using the dual boot app in android
I try out the simple menu item at the bottom to close down / boot back into android and it works a treat. boot back into android and then back again into OPENlec.
I then try to configure Kodi in OPENlec as per my android setup BUT....
- cannot get my bluetooth keyboard working (when I try to activate Bluetooth it states no device present)
- when I install the wookie add on I lose the button at the bottom to dual boot back into Android.
I cannot figure out how to dual boot from Kodi in OPENlec with wookie installed. I ended up doing a system reset which worked really well.
So I've reset up android and KODI with wookie running under android and can dual boot again. But how do I install wookie onto KODI in OPENlec and retain the ability to dual boot ?
Also how do I get a bluetooth keyboard working under KODI OPENllec if it won't recognise the bluetooth hardware receiver ?????
any help much appreciated ;-)
