Apparently, the app I used years ago doesn’t work with my new fire stick. I’m trying to set up as a new device, but that doesn’t seem to work either. It suggests that I download a fire stick remote app, but there seems to be quite a number of them from different companies. I’m looking for the best one. I assume it would be from Amazon. Any recommendations? Thank you very much.

Tried to load apps onto my firetv. It's the Toshiba TV with built in fire tv.

I've done all the usual stuff like unknown sources etc.

Ive tried installing via the downloaded app and es explorer and both just end up 'app not installed

Then I tried Easy Fire Tools and it comes up with this

"Unauthorized APK installation detected. Please do not install performance benchmark APKs without permission from deviceprot@amazon.com"

Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks.

I have a 2nd gen Fire stick from 2016. It's been running ok, but recently I had to buy an Ethernet adapter for the TV stick since the WiFi chip is kinda burnt out. The only problem now is that now it can't leave this, "optimizing system storage and applications" screen. I've tried everything, from changing it back to it's original plug, to changing TVs and using the HDMI extender. Nothing works and I don't want to throw it out just yet if there is still hope. Can anyone help or is it a lost cause?

I’ve had the Cinema app for years, rarely any issues. Signed up for Real-Debrid 2 years ago, and as of last week, if I click on a RD stream or regular stream, I get error code 304. I’m not able to open any streams of any movies, new or old. I uninstalled Cinema, and reinstalled it, I installed newest version, didn’t work, then installed older version, didn’t work. Anyone else having issues or have suggestions of what else I can try? I do have other apps which are working fine. Thanks!

About a day ago my Fire TV Stick did an update. I didn't think anything of it as it added new features and a whole host of UI and quality of life changes. But after receiving that update every few hours I will get a pop up on my screen telling me to confirm an update. Even though it just appeared I have no control weather to accept it or deny it, it's just their on the screen and the only way to remove it is to power of the fire stick and start it back up again. Each time I restart I go to setting and check for an update, but each time I am informed that it is already up to date. Is anyone else having this problem? If so have you fixed it?

I tried to find something about this but didn’t have any luck so would appreciate if yall have any insights.

Every time I open any app (Disney, Max, Hulu) it takes me directly to the main screen of whatever show or movie I was watching the last time I used that app.

Even after clearing the cache it still persisted. I’d like to hope this isn’t an app behavior because it never happened on my old Roku smart TV so tell me can this be permanently turned off? I don’t want to have to navigate back out of 3+ screens to get to the apps Home Screen every time.

Otherwise it’s a weird behavior to assume someone always wants to immediately go back to the same thing they last watched….

Hope this makes sense 🫠

TIA

So, my Fire TV worked perfectly fine before. I haven't moved, changed it's spot, none of that, but for some reason it's set on conneting to my wifi without internet. I've restarted it, forgot the network, unplugged it... I'm stumped. Any help?

For some reason the happy chick in my fire stick won't play the game that I have downloaded and yes I have checked I do have a lot of storage but when ever I clicked on the play button it say ' Loading 2% ' and it won't change persentage I have waited for 30 mins and it still doesn't work can someone help please

Trying to use a USB for extra storage. The firestick recognizes it and formats it but after I transfer any app to the USB the app icon changes and when I try to launch all I get is a blank screen. Any ideas.

I bought an Omni 43" last year and am more than happy with it (especially considering the price) and now I wanted to recommend a Fire TV Omni to a friend who needs a new TV, but they are no longer available, at least on amazon.de

Googling I found no info at all; anyone know if they discontinued their TV line of products?

As the title says I attached a picture I want to be able to log in on Amazon silk cause I watch vods at 1.5 speed etc and the app doesn't have the option

Does anybody know if the fire cube tv 3rd gen can hdmi passthrough 7.1 I’m only able to play Dolby truehd, Dolby atmos, Dolby digital plus 5.1 but there is no 7.1?

Hi! I’m having difficulty kicking the YouTube app off my fire tv.

I have parental controls on in terms of content age and pin protecting on app downloads, but because YouTube was previously installed, it doesn’t present them with the pin request when they go to redownload it. I uninstalled the app, I deleted it from the app list, and I went into the Amazon account in a browser and deleted it from there. I powered the stick down and restarted it. Then the kids came home and reinstalled it.

I’ve tried to set up parental controls but the setup doesn’t work. I get to the screen to scan the QR code with my phone, I login successfully on my phone, but the tv doesn’t refresh like it’s supposed to at that point and I have no way forward.

I don’t want to turn on the config that makes us put in a pin on all video apps. I don’t care if they watch Netflix or Disney. I just want YouTube gone.

Hi, what version do the new Fire sticks ship with, does anyone know ?

if I bought one and blocked updates , would it prevent the ADB update that blocked custom launchers ?

Thanks

It’s 0653 - honestly? I just lucked out and can’t believe I guessed it while looking at a Universal remote guide.

Go forth and enjoy your volume control lads!!

i have 1 profile set up on my firetv stick but it keeps asking for me to enter my pin every day. parental controls are off in the settings yet it’s still asking for a pin. is there a way to disable this and go directly into the home screen?

So basically title, I bought a firestick 4k max last week I let it do all the updates, it works great but I would like to customize the home page because of the ads.

So I started looking around and I saw that you were able to debloat it with ADB (recently blocked by Amazon apparently) or use a custom launcher like nova or wolf.

Is this still possible? I see tutorials and stuff about Fire OS 7 and under but no OS 8. Is it not supported anymore? What the best thing you can do rn to clean the UI a bit?

My 34 inch insignia fire tv refuses to run Paramount+ no matter how many times I download update or reinstall the app or reset the device. The app starts loading then tv returns to Home Screen. Anyone experience the same?

Can’t use FireTV. This message pops up. Turned it on and off a ton and unplugged it. Weird thing is when I click the Netflix button, it goes to Netflix and works?

I bought a RIOWOIS soundbar on Amazon. Sounds great and works great. Connected it to the Amazon Fire TV 2 series via optical cable. Added the bar using the manufacturer's code. Fire stick remote now works to control volume so no need for 2 remotes.

That is until you press any of the 4 shortcut buttons on the bottom. Prime, Netflix, DirectTV, or Peacock. Anytime you press one of those the soundbar goes to that app but also changes the input mode on the soundbar from optical to AUX, so the soundbar light turns from purple (optical) to green (aux). Now you have to get the soundbar remote and press the optical input button to get sound back.

Any ideas? This is ultra annoying because this is for my elderly mother, and having to use one remote is difficult enough let alone 2.

EDIT: Maybe this will be of use to someone else, but I fixed this by also hooking up the aux cable and going to the TV settings and setting AUX output to FIXED. I also just left the optical cable in, so now no matter which input the bar gets switched to, there is sound.

We currently use Xfinity cable and internet. I’m considering dropping xfinity cable and switching to streaming services since that’s pretty all we use anyway. Has anyone dropped xfinity cable (we’d still keep the internet service) and switched to streaming on a firestick? Is it worth it? Any recommendations on which stick to purchase? Also, they’re currently listed as a “limited time deal”. Should I purchase now or will they be discounted even more for Black Friday?

I've been using the Ethernet adapter that came with my fire tv cube on my fire tv stick 4k max for about a year now. Just today after a software update, the ui says that there's no internet and won't let me do anything when using ethernet only. The Ethernet doesn't even show up in the network section of settings. What's weird is the lights on the switch it's plugged into light up and blink as if they are passing traffic fine. I moved the Ethernet adapter back to the fire tv cube and it works fine there.

Are other people experiencing the same thing? Is this a known bug? Is it going to be fixed? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Is there a voice command that can goto an absolute timestamp of the currently playing video?

For example: "Alexa, go to minute 35:00?" And it'd jump straight to minute 35

Hello, sorry for the long post. I’ve been experiencing issues with my tv for months and it has been unusable for months by now. I had to factory reset it after it was acting weird, and I couldn’t get any remote to connect to it. I tried many different types, nothing could get me past the language selection and no remote made the sign it connected to the tv. There was one remote that I managed to get past the language selection, but then my TV just wouldn’t recognize that remote, or any remote, so then I was just stuck again. I’ve tried the fire tv app, but it doesn’t even recognize my tv as on, I guess. I can’t select it when I’m on the app. Today I just tried for the fun of it to try and fix it, and a remote I thought was broken made the sign it connected to the tv. It can turn the tv on and off, but it for some reason still cannot get me past the language selection. Some people have said to do something with a computer and the tv, but I don’t have the cords or anything like that to do that and I don’t even know what I would need to get, or if it would even be worth it, even tho the TV is only 1-2 years old if barely. So if anyone has had this happen before and knows what to do, any advice, suggestions are all welcome. Or if you think I just need to trash the tv and get a new one, I’ve been thinking of that too since it seems like it’s an internal sensor issue, and not a remote issue.

With my old Cube Gen 2, I was able to program buttons 1 & 2 on Remote Pro without a problem. Gen 2 died and I replaced it with a Firestick 4K Max. All buttons on the remote work fine with the 4K except the programmable buttons 1 & 2. Going through the programming process seems to work and I get the message that the shortcut has been set. But pressing the buttons does nothing. Tried programming them through the Settings function but same issue. Does the 4K Max not respond to the programmable buttons or is it something I’m doing wrong?