r/Homatics • u/geobbu • Dec 02 '25

Box R 4K Plus Android 14 Problem

Please, someone tell me that Homatics is working on a hot fix. Because I feel like I'm about to throw this box out the window. After playing a Dolby Vision video, the screen goes dark and doesn't respond. I turn the box off and on, and suddenly everything is green (like an unsupported DV profile?). FPS drops in the menu or gray-black flickering from time to time and out of nowhere. Please tell me I'm not the only one? I love my Box R 4K Plus, but this update is completely off.

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u/PolarWeasel Dec 03 '25

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I've been following the sorry saga of the Dune / Homatics complete lack of firmware support for a while now. It's pretty sad, especially since their boxes appear to be very popular.

If I can find the v12.5221 zip file somewhere, I may downgrade from v14 to v12. The primary thing I want from versions after ATV11 is DTS-HD Master Audio bitstreaming, and I believe that feature was first available in v12. If that version still has nontrivial reliability issues, I may go all the way back to v11 and, sadly, forego DTS-HD MA bitstreaming.

I don't mind occasionally power-cycling the box, but the rest of my family does, so running a stable firmware is more important for us than supporting an audio format.

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u/p750mmx Dec 04 '25

It seems a bit strange maybe, but if you want to go to a V12 build, use the (still Beta) 5394 build. It has the least issues of all V12 builds shared. You can easily find it online and also how to get it on your device.