[Jkh62]

My years old 4K firestick bit the dust and died in a boot loop and I did not backup my installed image. Using a new Firestick MAX with added USB drive and cable for extended storage. Did a clean install of Kodi 32 bit 21.1 and it loaded fine , launches clean and works normal. Installed the Youtube plugin and API keys and no issues. Backed up my current install. 4K MAX stick shows internal and USB storage.

I have two plugins in zip files for Bitchute and Rumble but Kodi 21.1 does not see any zip files. On my old (dead) 4K firestick with Kodi 21.1 it installed  from zip files without issue. On the 4K MAX I have tried everything I can think of and it does not see any zip files. Looks like a permission issue but I don't know where to look. Computer savvy but not on Android and its permissions and file structure.

Using Total Commander I can see the zip files in my download folder. 


Open to any and all suggestions~

[Jkh62]

Found a solution / worked for me.

[Jkh62]

To be clear when I loaded Kodi the 1st time I went into settings and check the permissions and no matter what I did I could not see zip files.

The only thing different in the video he installs kodi then goes to "install from zip file". When you do this the permission box pops up and I selected the same permissions. After that kodi could see my zip files in my download folder.

Not sure if it's a bug but it works.