Using FTMC to Replicate Kodi 17 on Older Android Versions

by Kindery Mills Kindery Mills

Kodi’s decision to not support Android versions older than 5.0 for their Kodi 17 Krypton build is highly frustrating. Especially if you have a perfectly useable Android TV box sitting waiting to be used.

Whilst we are unable to update our MXQ Quadcore, MX2 Dualcore, G8 & G5 boxes with newer versions of Android (Amlogic wont release a chipset driver that supports any other version of Android) there is some good news.

You can install a media center called FTMC. This is basically a Kodi clone, which for some people, works better than Kodi itself. It gives you the same functionality as Kodi 17, but can be installed on devices running versions of Android Kitkat 4.4 or 4.2.

FTMC installs like a normal app, and once installed, you can add repos etc just like you can in Kodi. You can delete Kodi off your box altogether if you wish, and just use FTMC from here on out, or you can have them installed together.

You can download the latest version of FTMC for your specific model here:

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/general-tv-player-dicussions/xbmc-talk/575588-ftmc

The versions of FTMC you will need for our boxes running Android 4.2/4.4 are shown below:

FTMC Arm General/AML