:-( on my Apple TV 1 after update

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You could try deleting the .kodi folder and copying the original back.

rm -rf ~/.kodi cp -r ~/.kodi-backup ~/.kodi sudo reboot

That may work… it may not.
I’m sure it will prevent your system from booting again.

If copying the old .kodi directory doesn’t work, there is no easy way to do it…

One option is to reinstall and configure everything from scratch. No real knowledge needed. Just a long and tedious process.

You could copy the configuration files over from your old .kodi-backup directory, one by one, into the new .kodi directory, and reboot to test to see if they work, after you make each change.
NOT a task for the average bear.

It IS fairly simple to copy over the media source configuration and your favourites.
cp ~/.kodi-backup/userdata/sources.xml ~/.kodi/userdata/ cp ~/.kodi-backup/userdata/favourites.xml ~/.kodi/userdata/
Other settings and any addons are another matter entirely.

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sftp> rm -rf ~/.kodi
rm: Invalid flag -r
sftp> cp ~/.kodi-backup ~/.kodi
Invalid command.
sftp> cp ~/.kodi-backup/userdata/sources.xml ~/.kodi/userdata/
Invalid command.
sftp>

None of these worked. Where is scratch? My “Video: Add-ons” is empty!

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Why are you trying to use sftp? Use SSH.

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osmc@osmc:~$ rm -rf ~/.kodi
osmc@osmc:~$ cp ~/.kodi-backup ~/.kodi
cp: omitting directory ‘/home/osmc/.kodi-backup’
osmc@osmc:~$ sudo reboot

It didn’t worked. No add-ons.

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cp -r ~/.kodi-backup ~/.kodi
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same as before :expressionless:

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sudo systemctl stop mediacenter
rm -rf ~/.kodi
cp -r ~/.kodi-backup ~/.kodi
sudo systemctl start mediacenter
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Sorry for the confusion. I forgot the recursive flag for that copy command, but ActionA has got you on the right track

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It getting worse. Is back to the OSMC-logo-reboot-loop

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ok. I did it (I start to learn). I just cannot see the list of addons but I can search them by name and install. So from now I hope I can figure out back to enjoy my streaming. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!

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Yes, you can bring back your ATV1 to the factory default , then to the latest software update, just email me and I will give you all the steps

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It would be more beneficial for the general community if you lay out your steps here. It means anyone else searching in the future is also helped.

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I see that some people are having issues with their ATV1 when they are trying to update or stoped working, I have tested it and did it many times and it works just fine for me with no problem , every time there is an update I just do it within 5 minutes and back to the business, I will be more than happy to show you how to do it without a network connection, for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
First of all your ATV1 has to be jailbroken, if it is jailbroken, then this won’t work for you.
1- You need to restore your ATV1 by erasing the internal disk of your appleTV

You have to follow 3 basic steps and have a little bit of patience … and really, it couldn’t get any easier.
This method is based on you downloading the entire image first and write it to a USB stick, which will use to boot and restore you AppleTV with.
This trick worked for my AppleTV many times.
CAUTION!

This guide is only to be used to restore AppleTV OS with a FIRST GENERATION AppleTV – i.e. the silver one, not the black one!
The 1st Generation AppleTV
Step 1 – Download the AppleTV Restore Image
You can download either AppleTV OS v2.3.1 or v3.0.2, depending on your needs. I usually restore v3.
You can download the files from Tweaking4All or from the OpenElec Wiki.
After downloading the desired file, you should have a ZIP file.
DOWNLOAD - AppleTV OS Restore IMG (v3)
Filename: factoryrestore3.img.zip
Version: 3.0.2
Size: 251.3 MiB
Step 2 – Writing the Image to an USB Stick
In this step we will write a Restore Image for your AppleTV OS to an USB Stick.
For this purpose you should have at least a 1 Gb USB Stick, but any size larger than that will work just fine.
Windows
Windows users will first have to decompress the .ZIP file to get the .IMG file.
A tool like 7Zip, WinRar or WinZip win32can do this for you.
After decompression you should have either a 536,870,912 bytes IMG file (for both versions!).
Once unzipped, use a tool like Win32 Disk Imager to restore the IMG file to your USB stick.
After downloading Win32 Disk Imager, start it and click the folder icon to select the .IMG file (Image File).
Next select the proper drive (Device) and when you’re very sure about your choices, click “Write“.
CAUTION: Make sure you selected the correct drive, since it will be completely overwritten!!
This process will take a little bit, and once complete proceed to Step 3.
Win32 Disk Imager - Writing an IMG file to an SD-Card
Win32 Disk Imager – Writing an IMG file
Remember you need 2 :1- factoryrestore3.img
2- win32diskImager
That’s all what you need to restore your AppleTV1, and this has to be done with offline methode, you don’t need to be connected.
okay, after you are done with this, then you go for the second step which is to update your Appletv1 to the latest version so you can watch kodi krypton 17.1
1- you need to get OSMC-installer and you can get that from the OSMC website/ download section
from the download section where you see Raspberry Pi, Vero and Apple TV 1st generation, click on it, then scroll down to where you see Disk Images, then click on it, scroll down all the way to where you see AppleTV1 then select the latest software: 946ce8caad917ee8fb5b144d3bdbb8a8 2017.03-1-HDD

, I hope this will help, because it works for me all the time whenever there is update I do fraiche clean then new software, also if there is a problem this method works great I have done it many times and it works, I hope this will help you

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P.S I forgot to mention , once you finish the 1 step where you had to restore your AppleTv this method doesn’t need to be connected on line, but the second one you do need to have your AppleTv1 connected wired will be better,
Thanks

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Thank you, the above solved my booting issue after auto upgrade. (blue screen repeating every 10 sec).
Learnt a lot tonight - including root cause of me just switching it off!!
Keith