How to install Kodi on Q5?

[mikoo]

I Just bought a Himedia Q5 (3D/4K) here in Canada.  The firmware version is 1.0.7 (2015-01-14).

My questions are:

Do I need to install the most recent version of the firmware version.  If so, which one? And how do I install it?

There is no Kodi installed on this box?  How do I install kodi on this box?

Thanks for your help.

[futeko.com]

Presuming it's European/International hardware (i.e. not the version meant for sale in China) install the latest firmware from us to get Kodi 15.2.

http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=493.0

The problem is you may have the Chinese hardware, in which case trying to force install International firmware will brick the box.

A non-foolproof way of telling which version you have is to look at the apps you have installed. More than one with Chinese text and it's the Chinese version. The Chinese hardware usually also has Chinese writing on the top next to Q logo. International hardware has HIMEDIA written on top. But this isn't foolproof, some sellers might be buying cheaper Chinese version in China and hacking the firmware to get rid of Chinese apps for instance.

[mikoo]

Thanks Futeko.

So I see only one app that is in Chinese which is the "Calendar" App.

Not sure about the Q logo you are mentioning.  Am I looking for this on the video screen or the the actual physical unit (hardware)?  On the actual hardware on top of the unit its got "Himedia" written on it.

I tried to load the 3.0.3 by following the instruction. Was not successful.  I see the Android logo come up and proceed to upgrade the firmware.  It upgrades it for few second then the android logo disappears and then comes back again and upgrades.  This just keeps on happening for almost 3 to 4 minutes while I held the reset button, but does not really load the 3.0.3. What am I doing wrong,  Is there another way to load the 3.0.3. My current firmware is 1.0.7.

Thanks for your help.

[mikoo]

I even tried to install through "Settings" menu through Local Upgrade, but keeps on giving me the message "No upgrade File".

Also tried it through "File Manager", I see the file Update 3.0.2.Zip, however its asking me "Complete action using".  Not sure what action to select here. 

Do I need to extract the zip file when putting it into the USB stick or just copy the zip file straight into USB without extracting it.

What am I doing wrong?  Thanks.

[futeko.com]

The update file should be called 'update.zip'.

See step 1 here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=493

[mikoo]

Thanks.  That worked.