Freezing on restore

[insertusername]

Hi, I'm just bringing my FILs Ixuss zero up to date and I must admit I'm really struggling with a couple of aspects.

1) box crashes following installation of the live football plugin - as it is without upgrade (6.1) or with upgrade (6.9) before reboot - both instances the spinner just spins rapidly upon reboot but never goes anywhere. This is during a fresh installation - no settings restore.

2) box crashes if I starting from scratch, do a basic install of cccam, add my cccam.cfg, setup ABM and search. I then create a settings backup, restore to factory settings and then restore from the recently made backup. in this instance the spinner just locks on reboot

3) If I install HD-Blue, Cccam, kodidirect (but not live football) and then do my own settings for ABM, epg and cccam.cfg it all works fine, but if I do a full backup and restore (whether ftm gui or from reboot) that also crashes (spinner progresses, locks, does a bit more - gave up after 15 mins)

Any ideas?

 

[abu baniaz]

If you:
1. flash image,
2. setup with no extra plugins,
3. create a settings backup (not image backup),
4. flash image again
5. restore settings from stage 3

Does it work?

 

[insertusername]

Sorry about the delay - Box was back at FIL - started locking up after half an hour after setting up the epg to run on the pen drive.

Abu: Now i have the box back I have followed the instructions as described - I have a blinking vix spinner running in the top corner. Started off as spinning fast, now after 20 mins, it is blinking.

One thing I forgot to mention in my initial post - I also tried a full image backup (after installing 'everything bar live football) - it backed up fine, but if I try to restore that backup through the GUI I get the please wait 60 seconds (sorry paraphrasing from memory here) , it counts down to zero and then goes back to choose image to install and I have an additional option called 'imagerestore' which just throws back the wait 60 seconds and back to that choose image screen.

 

[insertusername]

I've also tried creating a full image backup after point 2 - restoring from the GUI produces the same behaviour with the countdown and then 'imagerestore'

 

[abu baniaz]

If you try to restore an official image, does that work or fail?

 

[insertusername]

I'm struggling to find what the official image would be - when I bought it from WOS I'm pretty sure it came with openvix.

http://www.ixuss.info/ - has pictures and manuals

http://medialinktv.eu/sub4.htm suggest software but no links that I can find - I cant find any reference on that domain for this model anyhow.

So I tried openatv instead - following your steps. that loads/backs up/restores fine.

I'm going to try some earlier openvix 4.2 /4.1 builds. and see if that makes a difference. I'm rather used to openvix and don't want to change

 

[abu baniaz]

Sorry I meant an image with nothing added. I.e use Image Manager to download an image, then flash that image. Just need to check if restoring "clean Image" is fine.

If you can flash/install a "clean" image. Issue may be at thr backing up stage.

 

[insertusername]

Well, as a test 4.2.001 with 4.2.023 backup settings doesn't work... Lets see how a pure 4.2.001 and following steps 1-5 pans out.

 

[insertusername]

didn't spot your post before replying - I will try with the download of an untouched image from image manager. I may have already tried that previously (and worked), but the setting backups I'm using (and failing with openvix) are quite literally just the language/gui/internet/28.2e setup from a brand new install

 

[insertusername]

Right. Now I remember - that didnt work before.

Following your instructions, from image manager, starting using 4.2.001 I've downloaded .026. Tried to restore that - get the backing up then, 'please wait while the restore prepares (countdown from 60) and then get back to image manager with the imagerestore option now added to the list of images I can restore, but the image stays the same 4.2.001 and doesn't reboot

Any ideas?

 

[abu baniaz]

I want to establish if there is an issue with Image Manage or ofgwrite.

Settings are irrelevant (for this test) and cloud the issue. Do not go to Backup Manager for sake of these tests please.

Definition: Clean image = an image an image team has made with no additions.

So tests are:

1. Using OpenVix: using Image Manger, Restore/flash a clean openvix image. Is target image flashed to receiver?
(Post 10 suggests this has failed)

2. Using OpenVix: using Image Manger, Restore/flash a clean openatv image. Is target image flashed to receiver?

3. Using OpenATV: using Flash local/online, Restore/flash a clean openvix image. Is target image flashed to receiver?

4. Using OpenATV: using Flash local/online, Restore/flash a clean openatv image. Is target image flashed to receiver?

 

[insertusername]

Here you go
1 - fails (adds imagerestore added to Image manager screen - goes no further)
2 - fails (adds imagerestore added to Image manager screen - goes no further)
3 - success
4 - success

 

[ccs]

Where are you storing these images/backups?

Menu/Setup/Vix/Image Manager ==> shows you the device location at the top of the screen.

 

[insertusername]

/media/hdd (although it's a pen drive, not a proper hard disk)

 

[ccs]

.... is there enough space left on it? My last post to show device location also gives free space available.

 

[insertusername]

937MB space left!

 

[birdman]

Following your instructions, from image manager, starting using 4.2.001 I've downloaded .026. Tried to restore that - get the backing up then, 'please wait while the restore prepares (countdown from 60) and then get back to image manager with the imagerestore option now added to the list of images I can restore

What do you mean by "the imagerestore option now added"?

 

[ccs]

937MB space left!

...should be enough!

 

[insertusername]

basically at the image manager screen i get a selection of image.zip files (openatv/openvix etc) - if I select one, I get a pop up saying backing up settings, then the please wait while restore prepares (countdown from 60). when it hits zero, I get the image manager screen, but now with an additional entry below the image.zip files called imagerestore (no extension)

 

[birdman]

Duplicated below...