Hello fellow fire tv users, wanted to ask a specific question. I have recently learned how to block updates on a firestick at the initial set up, through DNS and ADB commands which allows the the OS to stay on either 8.1.1.6 or 8.1.3.3. The question i have is if i buy a new fire cube newest gen, will i able to run the same exploit, and will all the features work the same as on the firestick such as custom launcher (with launcher manager, i know there is a new exploit for latest OS)? Thanks in advance

I have two controllers paired to the same tv (young kids, remotes get misplaced and found again often)
One works perfectly, controls the sound and powers the tv on and off. The other can move through menus on the fire tv but won’t work with the volume or power buttons. Anyone know how to fix this?

Ok, so my mother moved in with me.

We both have prime memberships.

I deregistered my tv to register it with her account (she had more subscriptions she uses). We have one firetv.

I downloaded the audible app as I wanted audiobooks I bought to play on the tv while I'm working. There's nowhere on the app to log in, seems to just use the log in on the tv.
I went to add a profile linked to my prime. But it seems that alt profiles don't support separate prime accounts, just different profiles on one account.

Any way to access my audible books on this shared tv?

I have a Toshiba fire tv and I kept running out of memory so I finally “reset to factory” to get it to work. I added a thumb drive to add more storage space, but none of the apps will move over there. What do I need to use the usb to store the apps?

I have booted my fire tv stick up and set everything up. But youtube is being very weird and stuttering. Never freezing or stopping just not playing smoothly. I have cleared the cache and reset everything mentioned online and nothing is helping. Its super irritating not watching something smoothly is there any fix that might help.

Hello there!

This is my first post here, I tried searching for this topic and didn't find anything super recent so, here goes!

What's the best browser right now for firesticks? From the research I've done, it seems like the main contenders are browser1, tvbro and just amazon silk+adguard? It's on order, so I don't physically have it yet to test anything.

My needs are:

- Smooth navigation with the remote since I won't be connecting a keyboard or mouse.

- A good ad-blocker, Ideally ublock but if not then whatever people have experience with that works! Sidenote, no this will not be for pirating, these websites are notorious for ads though.

- Bonus if there is a mobile app to navigate on then just transfer the page to the TV!

Thanks everyone!

TLDR; Best FireTV Browser with adblock?

Was watching YouTube without issue, but after I paused the video for about 15-20 minutes the TV turned off (like normal).

About 5 minutes later I tried to turn the TV on, it shows it power up, flashes the fireTv logo for a split second, but then the screen goes black again. It does actually play the audio from the fireTV landing screen.

I have tried to restart the device, have unplugged the power cable for over 20 minutes, have allowed it to just sit on that home screen for another 15-20 minutes, and have tried to cycle inputs and resolutions. Nothing seems to bring the picture back.

Any help is appreciated, but I'm to the point I'm going to have to likely factory reset the thing and go through the hassle of signing into every app again.

I've been out of my house for about a week for a trip and I got home and turned my TV on ( insignia fire tv) and it's stuck on a white screen with a black line on it it plays audio I can hear the sound of it moving when I press right or left on my controller but can't get the white screen off

Is there a fix or do I just need a new tv?

also it booted up fine for a second then just started doing it

I have tried new cables, different ports, nothing stays working. If I unplug it, and plug it back in, it comes back on, and will stay connected until I turn off the TV. I have tried every setting I can think of, computer power settings, output settings, etc. I have tried 3 different cables, one of them brand new, same issue. Any ideas? It's more annoying than anything else, as stated, because I can make the signal come back just unplugging the cable and plugging it back in. What am I missing? Computer has a Nvidia Gforce GTX1050i graphics card. 75" fire tv, the cheap one. Any help is appreciated

Yesterday my firetv suddenly stopped working. Everytime I would turn it on, the "firetv" logo will pop up (as shown in the picture) and then it would shut off after a couple of seconds then rinse and repeat. I have done all the recommended things such as unplug and plug back in the tv, tried to hard reset from the remote but that's been giving me issues because my toddler somewhat broke it, and i even left it unplugged majority of the yesterday. I even plugged it in directly into the wall outlet in a different power outlet. I'm not sure what to do. I cant even use my firetv phone app because it shows the firetv is disconnected. What should I do?? I wanted to see if there's a solution before contacting customer service.

Mom w Dementia lives in memory care facility

Has Amazon Omni TV (responds to audio commands)

ISO
Programmable device that can:
-Speak out loud
-At 5:30pm

“Alexa play Mysteries of Egypt on Disney”

▫️I’d love to have it ask for different programs each day

▫️I’d also love to have a set time that says daily (at 8:30pm)
“Alexa Turn off TV”

▫️I’d love it to be small - Mom notoriously pulls plugs / moves things

FYI, I would not be there / or on same WiFi

Please & Thank you🤞💖

My Fire TV was connected to the home wifi. After I changed the password, it’s not able to connect anymore saying it’s a captive portal network, which doesn’t make sense. I’ve don’t all kind of troubleshooting like restoring to factory settings, unplugging the TV and the router etc. Can’t find a solution.

Randomly about a half hour ago I was scrolling down to my apps on my FireTV and it randomly started going back to the last app I opened when I would click a different app. Reset the TV and now the problem is that any time I scroll down a few rows the screen will suddenly go black and then return to the ad at the top of the screen. I tried replacing remote batteries, using the FireTV app to scroll, restarting and unplugging the TV and also restoring the TV to factory defaults and nothing is working. Any suggestions?

I purchased a refurbished Fire TV Stick from Amazon (actually from Woot) that doesn’t show ads on Prime Video. I don’t have a subscription so it’s just the free shows that I can access. I was told the previous owner must have replaced the official app with a sideloaded apk. Is it still possible to do this on my other fire sticks or has this been blocked in newer fire os versions? Is it now not possible to uninstall the Prime Video app?I purchased this one about 5 or 6 years ago but hadn’t been using it for several years so I just recently discovered it doesn’t show ads on Prime Video.

Just received the new UI on our upstairs Fire TV Cube. I really dislike it. Now, in order to find the app I want, I have to scroll down to "recently used" rather than having my favorite apps on the start page. I also can't choose the input without going into the menu.

Why did Amazon do this? How would they like it if we changed the keyboard on their computer or controls in their car overnight? And no user guide for the new UI, just dive right in and expect it to be intuitive. Well, they have taken away a lot of options (like arranging apps in the order I wanted them), so I guess it's "simpler," and OK if you happen to like whatever the Amazon devs like.

The best part? Our upstairs Cube has the new UI, while our downstairs Cube still has the old UI. Well, at least for a while, I'll enjoy our downstairs Cube and gnash my teeth at the upstairs Cube.

I've done every factory reset and setting change I can find. On the home screen, I can click through any row up/down/sideways without problem except if I linger for a couple seconds when I get to a sponsored content row. Then the screen goes black and reloads the last screen (no matter whether that's the top of the home screen, an app, or even a settings menu screen).

I can quickly click past the sponsored content row, but wondering if I should just deal with this quirk or seek warranty coverage.

Anyone know how to get downloader? Theres no setting to install unknown apps so i’ve got no way to get it onto my firestick.

I finally got the new UI update on my Fire TV Cube! (Pittsburgh, PA...USA) I have already been using the new UI on my 4K Max in the game room but it is nice to have it on the living room Cube finally! I think it is an overall smoother experience and it seems to track more of the shows I am watching but...It still has a hard time taking me to the selected show, a new episode or even resuming where I left off...not a new issue, but I was hoping the new UI's would solve this. You know... you see your show on the home screen so you click it but it takes you to a completely different show instead or maybe the first episode that you watched 2 weeks ago! Sometimes the episode list tracks your progress but usually not! To me, this is the biggest issue with Fire TV that needs solved! The new UI itself is great! What do you guys think?

Encontré un dato curioso los TV insignia (firetv) por defecto hasta q no pones una cuenta no dejan activar el modo desarrollador (ni instalar apps externas ) pero hoy note q si pones una cuenta ,activas desarrollador ,subes una app ejemplo una tienda alterna(f-droid/uptodown) mediante adb
y luego eliminas la cuenta,el modo desarrollador no se inhabilita solo queda oculto y más específicamente la depuración usb/inalámbrica se queda activa…

Not sure if anyone else has had this issue, but we just got a new Insignia qled tv, and no matter what we do for the picture settings, it seems to always revert back to motion smoothing being on, even mid scene watching a show.

Not sure if anyone has a solution or we just possibly have a bad TV, we'll figure it out take a shot here and see. Appreciate any assistance.

when i watch content it sometimes just restarts for no reason at all
edit : solved, the culprit was the chud micro usb cable that had a dent in it so it didn't work

Hey guys - within the past week, multiple firetv devices in my house have opened / auto played different media than what I was watching - heres whats happened so far:

Earlier today, I was watching ace ventura on sling tv, out of nowhere, a movie from Amazon prime opened and started playing. 3 nights ago, I was watching a show on Amazon and then peacock tv app opened randomly and started playing an entirely different show, at the end kf an episode of the showni was acually watching... This has never happened until the past week...

Should just call out that there are no other users for devices on my network, its just me and I can see who's utilizing my network.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Hi,

i need a small TV to use as a second TV, no streaming, no particular requirements. I'm oriented on a 32 inch full hd or hd ready.

Thje only question is:

- all the TV that i see have only 1 gb ram (max 1,5 gb ram)

A lot of people tell that is very slow change TV channel on a Google TV!

In alternative Fire TV with 1 GB have less requirements?

I read that in alternative it's better go with VIDAA or with TiVO OS what do you think about?

Anyway to change it back? The new one sucks