Raspi3B+ not working after update

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Hello,

I just got the Raspberry PI 3B+ and I wanted to try OSMC out. I updated it through my Raspberry PI 3B, which all went successful, but when I plugged it into my 3B+, I’m confronted with that colorful boot image, and it won’t continue.

It does still boot when I put the micro sd card into my 3B.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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Hi,

Try updating again via myosmc and make sure there are no outstanding updates.

Thanks Tom.

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Hi Tom,

I just tried and according to myosmc there are no updates available.

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Hi,

If you could provide logs, it may give insight.

Unfortunately by 3B+, has yet to arrive; so I can’t test myself.

Thanks Tom.

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Which logs would you like me to provide? I highly doubt that the OSMC or Raspberry logs have anything as it won’t go further than the test pattern by start.elf.

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Hi,

Logs from when its Raspberry PI 3B:

grablogs -A

Thanks Tom.

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Here is the link after running “grab-logs -A”: https://paste.osmc.tv/bifodiseca

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deb http://apt.osmc.tv krypton main

Remove this from your sources.list. Update and dist-upgrade again.

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Unfortunately, that didn’t work either.

One thing I did notice is that none of my micro sd cards work in the 3B+, except one that I put the latest NOOBS on to try out.

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Compare a listing of the FAT partition /boot - file names and sizes - between the booting noobs SD and the non-working updated one

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Updating to the staging repository will definitely make sure you are up to date.

  1. Login via the command line
  2. Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list
  3. Add the following line: deb http://apt.osmc.tv stretch-devel main
  4. Run the following commands to update: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && reboot
  5. Your system should have have received the update.

Please see if the issue is resolved.

I also recommend you edit /etc/apt/sources.list again and remove the line that you added after updating. This will return you to the normal update channel.

Sam

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I indeed went up a version, according to myosmc, but when I try to boot it using the 3B+ it still doesn’t go any further than the test pattern.

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I’d suggest waiting for the installer image to be published on the OSMC website then as other users have reported success when updating

Sam

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Also make sure you are not using NOOBS. Older versions of NOOBS have firmware that is too old

Sam

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Yeah, I guessed that just now. I did an override of the old NOOBS and now its at least booting into NOOBS. Do you know a way to just update NOOBS without it clearing the rest of the micro sd so I can get it back up and running?

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You should ask where ever NOOBS developers offer their support.