Following Troy’s video from Dec, I did a complete back up of my Onn 4K and did a reset.
Once I had the basics loaded, I did a restore and several programs that were backed up didn’t get reinstalled like it should.
Is this a known issue? I just looked now, a week later, and they were backed up I have the folders on my PC. They are available on the play store so not a huge deal, but till I recalled all that I had installed, I’ve only reinstalled and logged in to a few of them.
Did you use Avtools? I’ve backed up my sticks onto a pc but never restored them. I’ve never had the need to yet.
Yes. That is why I was surprised. This particular Onn 4K had always been a little off since I got it but not too bad. After reading about others who got 4 and 3 were good, and 4th was after a reset it put it on my mind. I did a backup in late Dec after Troys video on the tools. Then I did another with version 4 and did my prep work. Did the reset. Got it to where I could use the tool again and did the restore. But several backed up programs didn’t load. None of them were sideloads, all available in the store as well.
As a side note. I am currently living outside the USA and it didn’t want to do anything once it detected outside USA and territories plus Canada I think. Luckily one router can do VPN and I was able to get it all setup again. So, for those that are interested in an Onn 4K and live outside normal support area, that is a possibility if you have a router that can VPN the USA for the setup.
I live in Canada. After initial setup, it doesn’t care where your VPN is. It can be Canada but I choose the USA because of the dynamic changing menu and extra programs you get that I have discussed many times in here. It might have not even cared about intial setup as there were ony a few comments in the very beginnng saying it would not register outside of the USA. To not tempt fate, I used a VPN hotspot on my notebook to set it up. My ISP router can’t install a VPN.
Agree, I’ve used VPN locations around the world for different purposes over the years.
But that initial setup is critical.
Sounds like the laptop VPN is another good option. Some way to show a USA IP to set it up.
Even a hotspot VPN on a phone but I could not do that as SS doesn’t support mobile hotspots. I have no clue about other VPN’s
Something else that changed on the reset, I didn’t have to choose a profile every time I turn it on, and now I do. Their help says I can’t… is there something out there that will again?
I am looking to backup a generic Android box and restore to a new ONN box. I use Tivimate. Can anyone please send me a link to Troy’s video in backup and restore? I sure can’t find it. TIA.