And the goodness has ended.
I was watching a 4K movie in Kodi and after about 10 minutes, thought I'd try and use the remote again and nothing.
No response from most of the buttons.
Oddly, I was able to press the Power button and the screen turned off, press it again and the screen turns on.
When I say screen, it could have been the Minix turning off or going in to sleep mode.
I suspect now that there's an issue with the remote "waking up"?
Yup, unfortunately the "goodness" as you put it has ended for me now too. My a3 troubles are also back with a vengeance & it's all over the place too, one minute I can consistently recreate one or all of the problems, the next minute I can't
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GAAAAHH LOL.
(FYI, I've never tried any of the 7.x.x betas on my U9-H, obviously that at least isn't a factor for me. My memory is far from the best lol, but If memory serves these issues with the a3 were also reported before the 7.x.x betas were released too, I doubt it's the source.) I've tried resetting/re-pairing my a3 & disabling various features on the U9 that minimised the LED problem in the past but it doesn't seem to make a difference anymore. My a3 didn't actually drop or lose its pairing with the dongle as yours seems to either, however, it has developed these other problems...
Previously, the only a3 problem I experienced until a random update sorted it was the mic status LED as mentioned. (It definitely wasn't a FW update, my device was already 008 by then). As far as I can recall it only did it when the U9 was on a home screen too. Otherwise,
everything else functioned normally, such as the fly mode (air mouse/gyro's) on the remote all entering sleep mode as expected.
Now, I'm seeing several seriously odd events:-
1) The mic status LED flashes constantly when media is playing in Kodi for example, however, as yet I haven't observed it happening on the home screen as it was before, (unless it was triggered in Kodi first). If I initiate a movie using the
air cursor + enter, it constantly flashes, but if I initiate a movie using the
D-pad + enter, no flashing lol. (?????)
2)
This is the really bizarre one.... The air mouse is also sometimes essentially working in reverse in Kodi
IF I use the
air cursor + enter. The a3 then
won't auto sleep if media is playing or paused & it will
only auto sleep when Kodi enters screensaver/sleep!!! Instead of having to use the "fly mode" button to wake the remote I have to use the fly mode button to manually put the a3 to sleep. (The air mouse almost becomes unusable at times while playing media in Kodi as well.)
However, lol, after trying to recreate these issues
I've literally just discovered that as with the flashing mic status LED above...
IF I initiate a movie in Kodi using the
D-pad + enter, the remote enters sleep exactly as normal. As one would expect, I have to use the fly mode button to get the cursor back/wake the remote again.
IF I hard play/pause or ffwd/rwd actually using the buttons on the remote it continues to enter sleep as normal, but
IF I use the air cursor & soft play/pause/ffws/rwd, again the remote will no longer sleep. (Seriously, WTF LOL???). I also have
NO idea how/if any or all of this is going to happen the next time the system locks up or I manually restart.
3) My U9 has also completely locked up several times per day since the weekend & I have to pull the power cable to restart it. Prior to whatever it was that updated, my U9 would literally go weeks without requiring a restart & I hadn't experienced any issues with my a3 at all for quite some time.
I use rechargeables in my a3 anyway, just as well because since the weekend my a3 has discharged 2 fresh pairs! Ordinarily, a pair of 900mAh cells lasts 3-4+ weeks per charge.
(I haven't changed
ANYTHING with my Kodi & nothing has auto-updated in Kodi either.)
It's a head scratcher that's for certain lol!! Try using your hard keys only rather than your air mouse + soft keys & see if it also minimises the issue. See if pressing & holding the MIC button also stops the LED flashing & then see if using the hard or soft buttons makes a difference too. Might be a start if that issue at least can be consistently recreated on more than one device
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SIGH LOL
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