Aura Android 14 update now

[davey64]

I don't think the Aura will install the update without you clicking on the Restart Now button as shown in the above image.
You should be able to restart the Aura as normal without it installing.
Between Friday and yesterday when I installed the update my Aura had been shutdown and restarted a few times
and connected via WiFi, and never attempted to automatically install the update.
Automatically updating would interfere with any recording that might be in process.

You can individually update apps via the Google Pay Store Manage apps and games update page.

 

[Andrew!]

Updated to the recently released Aura update over 24 hours now here are some issues I have encountered.

Have had one broken recording overnight.


Long press on the power button (remote) will shut down the Aura immediately but also the TV
and my AVR if it is on.
Before the Aura would take about a minute to shut down (presumably saving data) but never
shut the TV down.
The TV would automatically switch from Aura as source to its own tuners, viewing therefore uninterrupted.

A new behaviour I have encountered, whilst the Aura is on and I switch to the TV as the source the Aura after about ten seconds now goes
in to standby and mutes the sound even though the TV is now the source it als mutes the sound when putting the Aura in to standby, this is
very annoying.
Prior to the update if I switched source to TV the Aura would stay on (blue LED) and would not
mute the sound.

Too often I have been faced with a blank screen and no sound after changing channel either by
using the number pad or the channel up/ down button, sometimes blank screen with sound.
Switching to another channel usually sorts this out, on one occasion I had to power down and
start up. Before the update it would do this very occasionally but never as much as it has done
in the past 24 hours, this was an issue reported in the years since it was launched, but looks like
in 5 years Humax has done nothing about it.

At the moment the Aura should be recording a programme, the Aura is powered down.
Prior to the update the Aura would indicate (while powered down) it was recording by showing a whitish orange LED.
The LED is off, and I am not convinced it is recording.
I have tried to power up by pressing the power button but the Aura is not responding, so I think
this is another fail.
I have waited 5 minutes after the scheduled recording was due to finish, the Aura is still not responding to the power button.
Unplugged waited a few minutes, started up, the Aura is on.
Checked the recording list, so the recording it was meant to be doing stopped after 23 minutes
(of an hours schedule) exactly the same moment I powered the Aura down. We all know that
the recording should continue even if you have powered down, this was the expected and realised behaviour prior to the update.
The scheduled recording was due to finish at 3pm, after restarting the Aura has decided to start recording whatever is now on that channel
with no apparent indication of when it is due to finish.
It certainly never did this before.

The above are all new behaviours encountered since updating, my Aura was never perfect
but after the update it seems less stable and more infuriating than it ever was.

Now that the very windy weather has passed I can say that the Aura is still prone to pixellation, whereas other devices I have including other Humax products do not.
I am certain over the years in both Humax forums this was discussed seems like Humax haven’t
been listening.

Still can’t connect to the Aura from my mac, never has done, the mac will connect to other devices
without any fuss.

I am at a loss as to the supposed improvements that Humax have made to the Auras operating sytem, there is no list being offered either here or on the Humax UK Aura Support Software page,
still showing the details of the last major update released in August 2021.

Seems it was mainly an update to the Android system which doesn’t effect me too much as I don’t use the streaming/ app side of things on the Aura, my TV is much better at that.

I will probably report back in a few days with any other findings.

On the TV and Aura handshaking and getting out of sync issue, I have a few devices linked together and controlling with a programmable Logitech remote.
I had to turn off HDMI-CEC on the AURA as it was sending signals that ended up in a loop with kit turning on and off chaotically as they competed for control.
The software switch on the Aura was not enough the same as on the Humax FVP-4000T and I now use a :
LINDY 41232 HDMI CEC Less Adapter Type A Male to Type A Female, Remove CEC line termination Pin 13 Compatibility Fix problem
Which has a pin cut to prevent HDMI-CEC running fully leaving my other devices to control things (TV, AMP etc) which has been working well for a few years.

Prior to this update and after using other apps like Youtube and then using the Freeview TV app I would sometimes get no picture on all channels just the bottom banners but the picture was totally black.
The only way to resolve it was a full power-down which I hate doing and I would leave it overnight off to totally clear the unit.
Since the first Update the issue stopped at least for now and apart from NTFS and FTP issues it has behaved very well.
Recording I do less often but have had some failed recordings before the update doing series etc. which catch you out and don't know if that is better or worse.

 

[Andrew!]

I don't think the Aura will install the update without you clicking on the Restart Now button as shown in the above image.
You should be able to restart the Aura as normal without it installing.
Between Friday and yesterday when I installed the update my Aura had been shutdown and restarted a few times
and connected via WiFi, and never attempted to automatically install the update.
Automatically updating would interfere with any recording that might be in process.

You can individually update apps via the Google Pay Store Manage apps and games update page.

It caught me out as I was opening the messages icon and did not expect it to actually push me into an update with no escape button.
The icon just has a message count so you don't know what it is until clicked.

 

[Owen Smith]

How well CEC works between all your devices is a complete lottery. There is no official specification and no interoperability testing (unlike USB, Bluetooth etc) and each manufacture implements it differently, sometimes even differently between different chipsets from the same manufacturer. It's a miracle CEC works at all. I just have it turned off on all my devices, and I use the non CEC output from my AV amp to my TV to be doubly sure.