Hello all,
after using my Amiko Alien 2 for almost 6 months the box decided to get stuck on boot (on Spark). None of the easier suggestions worked, neither switching the box of and back on while pressing the ok button, than selecting Spark in the boot menu (although it was already selected in the first place), nor trying to boot after disconnecting all the cables. I than decided to use the rescue image, which worked just fine, the image installed successfully and the box is now running again. After reading through several threads I am however a bit unsure as to what I should have done next. Is it necessary to upgrade using the AMIKO_ALIEN2_1.2.51_E2_Boot_Upgrade.rar first or can I just update with the latest firmware? To put it another way, does the latest firmware not include the Boot upgrade, or why do some threads suggest using the 1.2.51_E2_Boot_Upgrade first? And is it possible to downgrade a firmware, i.e. will I do any harm if I choose a lower version after having already installed a newer version, for example choosing the 1.2.51_E2_Boot_Upgrade after the box is already running with version 1.2.61? Because this is exactly what I did, I restored from a previous (very old sadly) backup and the firmware is now 1.2.61
Secondly I would really appreciate it if somebody more knowledgeable than myself could give me at least a hint why the box got stuck. I have installed an E2 image on the box about a month ago but both images have been working fine since than, no problems whatsoever. A have not made any other changes yesterday, but the box simply refused to boot today. The only thing I did recently was connect a USB wireless keyboard to the stb, but that was also a week ago and the keyboard has been working without issues since then. So, any ideas what went wrong?
I am also unable to access the spark online upgrade option on the STB, when selecting SPARK in the menu, the system gives an error message, something like "no server to connect to". Do I have to enter any setting in this menu?
Thank you in advance.
