[arran987654321]

My android box came reinstalled with kodi, and everything worked great, when I clicked the power button in kodi, I was given all the power options such as 'shut down' 'reboot'. Kodi also requested super user access and it worked flawlessly. But I updated my kodi to the official one found on Google play, things were working really well, but I noticed that kodi did not request super user access like the pre installed one, and the power function did not work, the only option i was given was 'quit'. Please help

[peppe_sr]

Like me you had a custom version of kodi made from the box manufacturer. installing the official one we lost that personalization.
you can use a tasker (from Google Play) to force the shutdown of the box on kodi exit.
Peppe

[peppe_sr]

i see that spmc has the ability to 'shut down' 'reboot'.
Peppe

[Martijn]

the shutdown is a hack that requires root access. we didn't include it because we don't want to rely on hacks that rely on root

[peppe_sr]

yes you are right.
it was just for knowledge.

[arran987654321]

the shutdown is a hack that requires root access. we didn't include it because we don't want to rely on hacks that rely on root

Is there any way to enable this hack? I imagine it would be useful to have a option build into kodi to enable root access, the shutdown function is a vital part for my setup

[Ned Scott]

Not without recompiling the program. If you ask nicely, Koying might be willing to make (or might have already made) an SPMC based on v15.

[peppe_sr]

yes he does