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You could also use an Echo Dot as a speaker. Just open the bluetooth settings on your Fire Stick, and ask the Echo to "scan bluetooth". The Echo will show up in the Stick and you can connect like any bluetooth speaker, and they have really good sound.
I love nerds. I used to be tech savvy but got older. Now everything is so foreign to me. So I love watching these kind of videos. So I can act like I'm cool with the younger crowd lol.
I am so glad I found you!! I really am!! Last week I decided that the Firestick is the only way to go. Never thought about expanding storage or hooking-up a couple of echo dots for stereo sound from the TV. Can't wait to learn all that you're going to teach me. You and Alexa are my new best friends.
Thanks, I wish you could Cast to it from Home Assistant. I would love to see a security cam feed play as soon as the motion detection is triggered. Cheers
Brian, you really put a lot of effort into this useful and comprehensive video. I was hoping some of it would work with my two Insigia Fre TVs, but it's not to be. Nevertheless it's a great reference. BTW, I love the FireTV platform. Yep, I also have a Roku and Chromecast on each TV and also have an Nvidia Shield TV, but the FireTV is my default platform.
@@AutomateYourLife My goal (accomplished) was to be able to hand my wife one single fairly simple remote and have it do everything without the need for a separate TV remote . In the case of a Fire TV a different remote doesn't exist as there is just one. There are drawbacks, of course, but a happy wife is what us old guys try to accomplish...and every now and then achieve!
Adding an extra memory device such as a memory stick or SSD is relatively easy as you pointed out on a Firestick 4K Max, however on a standard Firestick 4K it’s a lot more long winded and not at all straight forward. You can’t just plug it in and expect it to work. Have you thought about doing a video that will show the method used to add extra storage to a standard 4K Firestick?
Apologies, I should have said adding an extra storage device so that part, or all of it, can then be used to extend the system storage i.e to automatically install apps to the external device. This is because the Firestick 4K is still restricted to Fire OS6 while the newer models such as the Lite and the 4K Max can use Fire OS7. I understand there is a way using Remote ADB Shell, but as I say it is a bit long winded.
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Maybe it's just me, but I had a problem with a uGreen hub on the Firestick. It's old but works fine on my Shield and my Windows server. . I kept losing connection to my usb stick. I swapped and all is good. I have two Atolls hubs from Amazon, one 7 port and a 4 port. These provide a good amount of powér, are reliable and inexpensive. The 4 port Atolls works great on the Firestick. .
Your like a kid in a candy store, I love it. It was an awesome video….Now I just need hook mine up. I have the 4k one, bought it a couple years ago and threw it in the drawer because I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve been watching your videos and I need to Thank you for giving me the confidence just to plug it in 😉. Wish me luck! See you in another video. 😎
Hi! Question.. I have the FireStick 4k. Plugged into a receiver that's connected to my speakers and TV. Can I simultaneously play audio from a connected bluetooth speaker (Bose mini) and through my HDMI connection to the receiver? The goal would be to have the speaker in another room close by and listen to the same music coming out of my main setup. I look forward to Spotify and devices to connect to multiple speakers for a better "enjoy your music in every room" idea haha
You're likely to have delay issues even if you could make this happen. It wouldn't be easy Nicole and there's not just a quick way for me to say "oh do this". In fact, as I've been thinking about it...it seems impossible today. I'd have to know a lot about your receiver and your speaker and the apps you have, and then it probably wouldn't work because of Bluetooth delays.
There's an option in the list of apps to see ones not installed on this device. You should be able to just pick them. Sideloaded ones...I'm not sure which ones will show up there Tom, but I saw a few of mine. :)
I am also interested in doing this as well. I did see “apps not installed on this device” but the side loaded one that I downloaded with the downloader is not there. Help me please…….. Thanks, Your videos are great!
I have the firestick 4k and I tried what you did in the beginning with holding down the two buttons, but mine just pulled up the same screen you get when holding down the home button alone for 5seconds
@@LCB533 From my experence its what kind of fire tv remote and its generation that your using. 1st gen voice remotes seem to work but not 2nd gen voice remotes.
Great video. I will no doubt end up coming back several times to watch sections to support me trying out these things. I like the option of using Echo speakers to beef up the sound of the TV. I notice you did not mention echo Shows as an option. Is it possible to use one of these as one of the speakers?
Hey Gary! So glad this video's working for ya and I'm happy to hear it's going to be a great reference for you! I didn't mention those Echo Shows on purpose. Sadly, they cannot be used as speakers for the Home Theater setup. :(
Hi, Great video. How did you get the USB game controllers working? I have heard that the Xpad Kernel has been turned off on firesticks thats why you need to connect Bluetooth. I tried a wired xbox controller with the OTG adapter but wont work. DOes it only work because of the Ugreen Hub?
Hey Jeremy, I can't be 100% sure of which versions of the cube it works with, but in general, these solutions work with all fire tv products. The kicker might be that you need an extra or different adapter. So I can't tell you for sure because I don't have one, but generally you're good to go
Hey thank you for all your great videos can you tell me if you've come up with a way as to how to delete Amazon proprietary apps meaning the music app the gaming app the store app Etc that come with the fire stick devices please advise
Oh you know...I've never tried! I do know you can sideload just about any app you want, but I don't think you can remove them. Not without a full jailbreak or trying to reload the OS. I wonder if an Android TV might fit you better then anyways?
Hi fingers crossed you can help me, I have just jailbroke my new Fire Stick Lite,and automatically thought that it would be much better than my mag box, how soul destroying, the results I have got, could you please suggest what and how to unlock, everything, movies, box sets, and live sports, I am based in the UK, and formats change from country to country, can you please help, because at the moment, I feel like it was a waste of time and money, I have a mag box in my living room, and wanted the stick for the bedroom, any info will be much appreciated. Kind regards David.
Sorry David. There's not much to tell you here. Amazon's locked down these products pretty well these days.... I think that's maybe why you're not finding things really working well now.
Just a question I am a Canadian would it be better to purchase my firestick in Canada or the USA don`t like the idea of the VPN route if I can get away with out it.
@@AutomateYourLife I just checked out Luna system it`s for gaming I have no interest in gaming. I just didn`t want to be restrict to what I could down load in Canada that is why I was thinking of purchasing my Firestick in the states.
Hello, really informative info thanks for the video. I posted to another RUclips video editorial a question regarding the music player which they haven't got back to me yet; however it continues to pop up all the time very annoying to say the least I tried force stop and clean cache but no luck any suggestions on how to remove or stop it from popping up...thanks again!
Thanks to you I picked up everything that you suggested. Could you send me in the right direction on how to add the mini keyboard? It appears to not be pairing as it stated that it would automatically. I plugged in the dongle and the red & blue lights flash back and forth. I unplugged the power and back. I went to add Bluetooth but it doesn't find it. Thanks for any help.
Hey Bill, sounds like you're about to have a LOT of fun!!! The Mini keyboard should just add by way of plugging in the dongle into the hub. As long as it's powered, it should find it. There should be no pairing needed. So if it's not doing that, I might suggest plugging the keyboard's dongle into something like a PC to see if the keyboard works. Or another device. Some of the mini keyboards might not work, so hopefully it's nothing like that. I did find sometimes if I was too far away, it wouldn't pair the first time. :)
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks for your quick response, I did attach it to my PC and it did pair after turning the keyboard switch off/on. I tried different options, rebooting/disconnect power etc. with no pairing. Any other thoughts?
I cant find my personal list of skills I have saved in Alexa app such as Star Trek self destruct. Is there a way to keeps this list so you know the skills you have enabled ?🤔
Can someone tell me what is so great about firestick? I've been using the media players from ebay that cost less than $30 (T95 4k, MXQ Pro 4k, and several others). They come with just about every app on firestick. They come with 2 or 3 usb ports. They come with WiFi, Bluetooth and Miracast to cast from your cellphone. They run Kodi media player software. All these external things you are purchasing for firestick are already inside the media player boxes (microSD card reader, Ethernet plug, hdmi 2.0, You can download apps from Googleplay). So, the question again: Why is firestick still a thing? What does it do that Media player boxes from eBay don't? I can connect 2 harddrives and a Bluetooth full keyboard / mouse combo and play movies from my harddrives (I haven't tried any over 2gb yet) on a media player box that I just plugged into the hdmi port on my HDTV. Or I can stream just about anything as soon as I log into my WiFi (which I have never had streaming problems from). I just don't understand. Make me understand why people would choose expensive firesticks that have limited capabilities over Media player boxes. What am I missing out on by not having a firestick? You talk about losing connections with the WiFi on firestick. Do Media player boxes have a larger WiFi internal antenna because I don't lose streaming connections like you say you do with the firesticks. So, what am I missing out on using my sub $30 media player boxes over firestick? I really want to know.
I don't think you're missing out on too much specifically with those media players. I've found them not being updated in terms of Android or new features in my experiences, but there's some good ones for sure. So having a platform that actually does get updated is nice, with support and connectivity to Echo Speakers is great. It also plays well with a lot of smart home stuff. If you watch our channel, you'll see lots of benefits that way.
Problem: When adding an external storage through OTG, the card reader with the SD card (64Gb) is not recognized by fire TV as the you show on your video. However the file manager reports an external drive. I wanted to move some of my apps from fire tv to the SD card. Double click the app from SD card. Error appears that it has problem parsing. Whatever "parsing" means. So, in short, it does not work. How will I make it recognize the external storage.
@@AutomateYourLife Thank you for letting me know. :) I actually watched another video meanwhile, and there’s this app called Fastcast and it’s free. I’m gonna buy this nonetheless. It packs a big punch for a great price. 🙂
I just got the firestick 4k max and it's not allowing me to download apks such as Cinema HD or Google playstore or Crowns Lite VOD apk. I keep getting message downloading not supported. I spoke to Amazon help and was told that it was not an android system and won't allow some android app. Do you have a way around this? BTW I did activate developer options to allow third party apps. I'm frustrated and am about to return the firestick and get a regular android box.
Warning : do not connect your external hard drive to the USB port shown in this video. Reasons 1. The hard drive requires more voltage than a flash drive and hence may not be detected 2. If you connect external power to the USB hub used to power your external HDD, your storage device will burn out instantly and is no longer usable. Data recovery can be very expensive. So connect only flash drives, never a HDD.
@@AutomateYourLife I have a Belkin 4 port usb type-A hub that has a DC power input pin also to its side. Things were fine as long as I just connected the input usb port of the hub to fire stick and plugged in my thumb drives into the hub. But with external HDD, the story was different. It was not detected when I added it to the hub , while thumb drives were working. So I thought probably the voltage to the external HDD is insufficient and so I plugged in the external power supply (came along with the product) into the DC input pin of the Belkin hub. That's it, instant burn out of all the USB devices connected to the hub. Luckily my fire stick was not affected.
The Firestick has a setting for when audio is delayed btw. You can basically force the audio to send to the BT speaker before the video displays it. Its somewhere in the audio settings
I plugged my flash drive into the hub like you have and I don’t see my external storage. It is detecting it when it is plugged and unplugged. Any idea why it’s not showing up in My Firetv?
so wait... DOES Stadia and/or GeForce Now work on the FireStick? because, if so, you just gave me a reason to keep my FireStick 4kMax plugged in while I disconnect my Chromecast Ultra
Hi i have a reduced screen size on my firestick i have tried the four arrows to adjust but that has not worked The screen has closed in from left to right not from top to bottom can you please help Harry
That sounds like it's your TV's settings you need to look into. Might be something related to that HDMI input and the resolution or type of device being expected.
Could you please help with audio delay problem.. The audio delay keeps happening even after setting it manually.. After setting works for few hours then keeps going back to the audio delay..please help thank you
Well the very first thing I tried was holding down the enter and down, no go just either scrolls down or enters the option highlighted on the screen, perhaps he is using an older version here
Hello fellow Canadian. l can't believe l haven't seen any of your video's until today. l subscribe to many but most are out of country. Would love to hear, if you can do it on here, about any free sports apps for sports, mainly NHL. Looking forward to more video's. 👍
Ooooh, if only there was a free way. I could never promote anything that was illegal but I can tell you that many Android TV boxes have lots of channels on them. :)
Hi I have a smart tv that's 7 years old and it has Dolby vision and 4k the original remote would stream 4k Dolby vision which used to look so good but the remote stopped working so I bought a fire TV ultra stick and it's not able to stream Dolby vision and 4k at the same time
Soooo it's likely you're being held back by the HDMI ports on there. Look at the diagnostic screen I show right off the bat and see what the hdcp is that shows and then compare that to what's possible through that port
@@AutomateYourLife I have better luck with moonlight. But you have to have an nvidia gpu for that. As for latency on moonlight it doesn't seem too noticeable. I probably wouldn't be playing first person shooters with it lol
If only the Firestick Remote could control the "Home" and "Settings" and "Source" menus of a Samsung TV, that would solve a lot of problems. But it does not :( It would be great also to see the Alexa Dashboard and Smarthings Dashboards. Convergence they said !
It can definitely change your TV source! That's programmable in to the stick and then you just ask Alexa to switch with the remote. Switch to HDMI 1 is a command I use all the time. Home button brings you to fire stick HDMI port usually too
Gm I would like to know if I can use my 4k firestick in South America,Lima Peru can you please let me know I subscribed to a few other site and asked the same thing the only one that answer me was curiosity cafe but said that I have to buy some type of box I think he said monster bos I'm not sure can you please help me by the way I find your presentation the best of them all
Does anyone know why my Fire stick lite mirror screened just fine to my new Koobee k100 Android yesterday via the Cast Screen feature on the cellphone, froze after I was testing going to Facebook logging into my Google account to log into my RUclips account😤!!! After that, the fire stick hasn't appeared on any of my cellphones but my cellphones or devices picks up all wireless displays in the area😤but not my fire stick!!! I have soft reset, hard reset, factory reset and nothing!
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The fire stick 4K has Bluetooth built into it under stetting. No need for that adaptor thing for your keyboard and mouse. I just saw it on a mother video.
Looking for a video or hacker on how to connect an amazon fire stick to bypass princess cctv system. Harder than what I have seen on youtube. I have only been successful with the Grand Princess to bypass their system. There is an inaccessible drop-down box that has so far prevented the internet connection to the stick. Anyone have a solution?
I really appreciate this research and sharing. Great video! But what for actually? Seems to be you're trying to do with the simple streaming device all what already has been done on the Windows notebook 10 years ago. Just connect your laptop / PC workstation to the large monitor / TV .... and that's all.
@@AutomateYourLife That's right. Getting from simple device the same as it's complex "Cousens" it's fun. For me it just "plug in and smoothly watch Netflix on non-smart TV device".
You know that's more expensive right? Also laptops and PCs are way more expensive! (It's 25€ right now) And I won't use my PC, it's too loud and big. I have laptops the aren't in use, but they're slow + I want to turn that thing ON and OFF with a remote! Not us a mouse for everything, it's impractical.
Do you know if dialogue enhancer on amazon firestick simply raises center channel audio by a few db or is it more complex than that similarly to some AVRs? Cannot find anything about this anywhere online.
Sorry, I try not to show methods that take content for free. I'm sort of a content creator myself.... I do it sometimes, but Mobdro's whole purpose is content.
Some folks say this works just fine and some say it doesn't. I'm wondering if there's a secondary setting that needs to be turned on. Gonna do some testing.
What if we have 2 fire sticks ?? This is not helpful. Can you make a video on that and also how to play the same video on both fire stick at the same time?
Maybe just try a reboot then? Might have a problem with your cable, or maybe you don't have enough power to the ethernet adapter. Watch those adapters, they can sometimes be lower than you need
This is old I know, but I just got around to this, using the exact links and parts you provided. My hub gets the blue light on, but nothing works when plugged in. Tried a couple usb drives and keyboard just flashes red/blue. Keyboard works fine hooked to my computer though. Rebooting doesn’t change my situation, so I just ordered a different brand brand hub. Your videos are always great though!
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22:44 - How to Sideload Apps
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You could also use an Echo Dot as a speaker. Just open the bluetooth settings on your Fire Stick, and ask the Echo to "scan bluetooth". The Echo will show up in the Stick and you can connect like any bluetooth speaker, and they have really good sound.
I love nerds. I used to be tech savvy but got older. Now everything is so foreign to me. So I love watching these kind of videos. So I can act like I'm cool with the younger crowd lol.
You're in with the cool kids John. Definitely.
Or else we're all geeks together!
Me too John.
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I am so glad I found you!! I really am!! Last week I decided that the Firestick is the only way to go. Never thought about expanding storage or hooking-up a couple of echo dots for stereo sound from the TV. Can't wait to learn all that you're going to teach me. You and Alexa are my new best friends.
Welcome! And thanks so much Danny! I'll try to hit the mark for ya as much as I can!
Thanks, I wish you could Cast to it from Home Assistant. I would love to see a security cam feed play as soon as the motion detection is triggered. Cheers
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Solid video and you provided a ton of useful information, I really appreciate it and have subscribed to your channel.
Awesome, thank you!
Comprehensive and well presented ...
Thanks Ian!
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Going to buy it!
Brian, you really put a lot of effort into this useful and comprehensive video. I was hoping some of it would work with my two Insigia Fre TVs, but it's not to be. Nevertheless it's a great reference. BTW, I love the FireTV platform. Yep, I also have a Roku and Chromecast on each TV and also have an Nvidia Shield TV, but the FireTV is my default platform.
Yes sir! So much work into this, so thanks for noticing!
Maybe you just gotta get a fire stick lol???
@@AutomateYourLife My goal (accomplished) was to be able to hand my wife one single fairly simple remote and have it do everything without the need for a separate TV remote . In the case of a Fire TV a different remote doesn't exist as there is just one. There are drawbacks, of course, but a happy wife is what us old guys try to accomplish...and every now and then achieve!
That's so true!! Well, good on ya...cause if they're happy, it's a good day
Smart guy. Like they say, Happy Wife Happy Life….
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Tis video is underrated! Thanks for couple of advices! Love it.
Thanks so much! Enjoy!
Adding an extra memory device such as a memory stick or SSD is relatively easy as you pointed out on a Firestick 4K Max, however on a standard Firestick 4K it’s a lot more long winded and not at all straight forward. You can’t just plug it in and expect it to work. Have you thought about doing a video that will show the method used to add extra storage to a standard 4K Firestick?
I used a Fire Stick Lite in this entire video :)
Apologies, I should have said adding an extra storage device so that part, or all of it, can then be used to extend the system storage i.e to automatically install apps to the external device. This is because the Firestick 4K is still restricted to Fire OS6 while the newer models such as the Lite and the 4K Max can use Fire OS7. I understand there is a way using Remote ADB Shell, but as I say it is a bit long winded.
Wow so much info for this old brain - coming back to watch again, maybe a few times - interested in the external drive and connecting my phone ...
Oh definitely a lot of fun when you do these things! Take your time and ask questions 😃
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Maybe it's just me, but I had a problem with a uGreen hub on the Firestick. It's old but works fine on my Shield and my Windows server. . I kept losing connection to my usb stick. I swapped and all is good. I have two Atolls hubs from Amazon, one 7 port and a 4 port. These provide a good amount of powér, are reliable and inexpensive. The 4 port Atolls works great on the Firestick. .
Glad you found something working for ya.
Btw do you recommending Jailbreaking the fire stick?
I don't really find it necessary myself!
Absolutely! That's the whole reason I bought the fire stick.
Thank you! It worked!
You're welcome!
Your like a kid in a candy store, I love it. It was an awesome video….Now I just need hook mine up. I have the 4k one, bought it a couple years ago and threw it in the drawer because I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve been watching your videos and I need to Thank you for giving me the confidence just to plug it in 😉. Wish me luck! See you in another video. 😎
Ohhhh have so much fun! Thank you!
Is there any way to save RUclips Videos as a favorite? I'm thinking specifically, like exercise videos you use often.
Hmmmm, I think you just do that in RUclips in a playlist. Do it in the app itself
Awesome hacks, I'm hooked & now a subscriber.
Welcome aboard!
Hi! Question.. I have the FireStick 4k. Plugged into a receiver that's connected to my speakers and TV. Can I simultaneously play audio from a connected bluetooth speaker (Bose mini) and through my HDMI connection to the receiver?
The goal would be to have the speaker in another room close by and listen to the same music coming out of my main setup.
I look forward to Spotify and devices to connect to multiple speakers for a better "enjoy your music in every room" idea haha
You're likely to have delay issues even if you could make this happen. It wouldn't be easy Nicole and there's not just a quick way for me to say "oh do this". In fact, as I've been thinking about it...it seems impossible today. I'd have to know a lot about your receiver and your speaker and the apps you have, and then it probably wouldn't work because of Bluetooth delays.
Great info indeed needed to add more storage to my Fire TV Cube thanks a lot!!
Any time! Thanks Dave :)
Great information, I’m just buying another fire stick, how do I transfer side loaded apps one to another?
There's an option in the list of apps to see ones not installed on this device. You should be able to just pick them. Sideloaded ones...I'm not sure which ones will show up there Tom, but I saw a few of mine. :)
@@AutomateYourLife thanks I will have a look as just brought 4K stick for £22.99 prime day
I am also interested in doing this as well. I did see “apps not installed on this device” but the side loaded one that I downloaded with the downloader is not there. Help me please…….. Thanks, Your videos are great!
Are all fire TV stick OTG cabable out of the box? Like what about the fire TV lite? As it was only 20 bucks
I used the Lite in this whole video! :)
I have the firestick 4k and I tried what you did in the beginning with holding down the two buttons, but mine just pulled up the same screen you get when holding down the home button alone for 5seconds
That should be a different menu. Odd!
@@AutomateYourLife why did you yell odd?
@@AutomateYourLife I had the same issue as @Wesley Willson ...no menu pop up for me. I was looking for alt or fix in comments to help.
@@LCB533 From my experence its what kind of fire tv remote and its generation that your using. 1st gen voice remotes seem to work but not 2nd gen voice remotes.
Great video. I will no doubt end up coming back several times to watch sections to support me trying out these things. I like the option of using Echo speakers to beef up the sound of the TV. I notice you did not mention echo Shows as an option. Is it possible to use one of these as one of the speakers?
Hey Gary! So glad this video's working for ya and I'm happy to hear it's going to be a great reference for you!
I didn't mention those Echo Shows on purpose. Sadly, they cannot be used as speakers for the Home Theater setup. :(
Hi, Great video. How did you get the USB game controllers working? I have heard that the Xpad Kernel has been turned off on firesticks thats why you need to connect Bluetooth. I tried a wired xbox controller with the OTG adapter but wont work. DOes it only work because of the Ugreen Hub?
Yeahhhh, it's totally the hub!
@@AutomateYourLife Hi why would Hub make a difference to an OTG cable?
How do you connect the Hub with an OTG cable?
How to enable reading an external drive that is either NTFS or ExFAT as opposed to being locked into FAT32? Thanks man!
Do I need to format the additional storage as internal or external if all I want is more storage for videos saved?
I can't remember for sure, but if you're talking about playing video files, I don't think it matters
Does the UGreen hub work with the older Fire TV box?
Hey Jeremy, I can't be 100% sure of which versions of the cube it works with, but in general, these solutions work with all fire tv products. The kicker might be that you need an extra or different adapter.
So I can't tell you for sure because I don't have one, but generally you're good to go
Hey thank you for all your great videos can you tell me if you've come up with a way as to how to delete Amazon proprietary apps meaning the music app the gaming app the store app Etc that come with the fire stick devices please advise
Oh you know...I've never tried! I do know you can sideload just about any app you want, but I don't think you can remove them. Not without a full jailbreak or trying to reload the OS.
I wonder if an Android TV might fit you better then anyways?
Great hacks! The FireTV mobile app let's you type in passwords with the phone's keyboard, which might be easier than plugging in a computer keyboard.
Great point Alan! Thanks!
Exactly
Hi fingers crossed you can help me, I have just jailbroke my new Fire Stick Lite,and automatically thought that it would be much better than my mag box, how soul destroying, the results I have got, could you please suggest what and how to unlock, everything, movies, box sets, and live sports, I am based in the UK, and formats change from country to country, can you please help, because at the moment, I feel like it was a waste of time and money, I have a mag box in my living room, and wanted the stick for the bedroom, any info will be much appreciated.
Kind regards
David.
Sorry David. There's not much to tell you here. Amazon's locked down these products pretty well these days.... I think that's maybe why you're not finding things really working well now.
Brian. How do I turn off the 4K developer info?
Dont listen to the haters
Great Video Brian. Thanks!
You bet!
Just a question I am a Canadian would it be better to purchase my firestick in Canada or the USA don`t like the idea of the VPN route if I can get away with out it.
Just buy it from Canada. They are releasing the Luna system here now. Just read that a few weeks ago
@@AutomateYourLifeThanks
@@AutomateYourLife I just checked out Luna system it`s for gaming I have no interest in gaming. I just didn`t want to be restrict to what I could down load in Canada that is why I was thinking of purchasing my Firestick in the states.
Hello, really informative info thanks for the video. I posted to another RUclips video editorial a question regarding the music player which they haven't got back to me yet; however it continues to pop up all the time very annoying to say the least I tried force stop and clean cache but no luck any suggestions on how to remove or stop it from popping up...thanks again!
Sounds like you've got a routine going off. Check your Alexa routines
@@AutomateYourLife Just where would I find that in setting, please?
Most hubs have a max internet speed so it can be slower than WiFi. Does the one you showed have a max speed?
I don't know exactly but if you had a wifi 6 version max or cube, it was slower for sure
What is your opinion on using Power Adaptors to increase network speed to small apt rooms in place of wifi any good?
Sorry Dave, do you have a link you could show me for what you're talking about specifically? There's a few different adapters that can be used.
Powerline adapter
Great video, you have given me some ideas, so thanks.
I'm so glad!
VERY INFORMATIVE!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks to you I picked up everything that you suggested. Could you send me in the right direction on how to add the mini keyboard? It appears to not be pairing as it stated that it would automatically. I plugged in the dongle and the red & blue lights flash back and forth. I unplugged the power and back. I went to add Bluetooth but it doesn't find it. Thanks for any help.
Hey Bill, sounds like you're about to have a LOT of fun!!!
The Mini keyboard should just add by way of plugging in the dongle into the hub. As long as it's powered, it should find it. There should be no pairing needed.
So if it's not doing that, I might suggest plugging the keyboard's dongle into something like a PC to see if the keyboard works. Or another device.
Some of the mini keyboards might not work, so hopefully it's nothing like that. I did find sometimes if I was too far away, it wouldn't pair the first time. :)
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks for your quick response, I did attach it to my PC and it did pair after turning the keyboard switch off/on. I tried different options, rebooting/disconnect power etc. with no pairing. Any other thoughts?
I cant find my personal list of skills I have saved in Alexa app such as Star Trek self destruct. Is there a way to keeps this list so you know the skills you have enabled ?🤔
The only way I know is to look at your skills in the Alexa app. It's in the skills store
To good alright thanks for vid
Thanks you for info sir👍
Thank you!
Can someone tell me what is so great about firestick?
I've been using the media players from ebay that cost less than $30 (T95 4k, MXQ Pro 4k, and several others). They come with just about every app on firestick. They come with 2 or 3 usb ports. They come with WiFi, Bluetooth and Miracast to cast from your cellphone. They run Kodi media player software. All these external things you are purchasing for firestick are already inside the media player boxes (microSD card reader, Ethernet plug, hdmi 2.0, You can download apps from Googleplay).
So, the question again: Why is firestick still a thing? What does it do that Media player boxes from eBay don't? I can connect 2 harddrives and a Bluetooth full keyboard / mouse combo and play movies from my harddrives (I haven't tried any over 2gb yet) on a media player box that I just plugged into the hdmi port on my HDTV. Or I can stream just about anything as soon as I log into my WiFi (which I have never had streaming problems from). I just don't understand. Make me understand why people would choose expensive firesticks that have limited capabilities over Media player boxes. What am I missing out on by not having a firestick? You talk about losing connections with the WiFi on firestick. Do Media player boxes have a larger WiFi internal antenna because I don't lose streaming connections like you say you do with the firesticks. So, what am I missing out on using my sub $30 media player boxes over firestick? I really want to know.
I don't think you're missing out on too much specifically with those media players. I've found them not being updated in terms of Android or new features in my experiences, but there's some good ones for sure.
So having a platform that actually does get updated is nice, with support and connectivity to Echo Speakers is great. It also plays well with a lot of smart home stuff. If you watch our channel, you'll see lots of benefits that way.
Problem: When adding an external storage through OTG, the card reader with the SD card (64Gb) is not recognized by fire TV as the you show on your video. However the file manager reports an external drive. I wanted to move some of my apps from fire tv to the SD card. Double click the app from SD card. Error appears that it has problem parsing. Whatever "parsing" means. So, in short, it does not work. How will I make it recognize the external storage.
Right, so I said with a card reader and an SD card in it, that function won't work. You can't use that as an external drive. Instead, get a USB drive.
FireSticks really are very impressive devices for their form Factor aren’t they
Yes sir! Unreal what you can do with them
Thanks! Can you list all the accessories included in your video.
Check the description! There are links to everything
Can I screen mirror using iPhone? Thank you! 😊
iPhones don't seem to work and I couldn't find a good app that allowed it to work with Fire Sticks.
@@AutomateYourLife Thank you for letting me know. :) I actually watched another video meanwhile, and there’s this app called Fastcast and it’s free. I’m gonna buy this nonetheless. It packs a big punch for a great price. 🙂
Thank you sir!
You are welcome! Thank you sir :)
Bro you solved my Bluetooth issue, cheers 🎉
Yay!
I just got the firestick 4k max and it's not allowing me to download apks such as Cinema HD or Google playstore or Crowns Lite VOD apk. I keep getting message downloading not supported. I spoke to Amazon help and was told that it was not an android system and won't allow some android app. Do you have a way around this? BTW I did activate developer options to allow third party apps. I'm frustrated and am about to return the firestick and get a regular android box.
They've changed some things with the fire sticks. Don't have a way around their blocks myself at the moment
Hi
Would you be able to disclose where you got the RetroArch roms from?
I have no idea. Too long ago
would these hacks work on a 2nd gen firestick.
Should! I don't have one to test right now but there's no reason why most of them wouldn't
Do I have to be on a certain screen to use the down/middle button + menu to get the developer menu? It’s not working for me.
Amazon changed that method actually...sorry!
Warning : do not connect your external hard drive to the USB port shown in this video. Reasons
1. The hard drive requires more voltage than a flash drive and hence may not be detected
2. If you connect external power to the USB hub used to power your external HDD, your storage device will burn out instantly and is no longer usable. Data recovery can be very expensive. So connect only flash drives, never a HDD.
Thanks for giving people this warning Bhargava. Something must have happened to you?
@@AutomateYourLife you guessed it right. My 2 TB external HDD got damaged. It had a lot of personal data and life memories.
I don't get how that happened though. Did you plug it in to your ac adapter or not?
@@AutomateYourLife I have a Belkin 4 port usb type-A hub that has a DC power input pin also to its side. Things were fine as long as I just connected the input usb port of the hub to fire stick and plugged in my thumb drives into the hub. But with external HDD, the story was different. It was not detected when I added it to the hub , while thumb drives were working. So I thought probably the voltage to the external HDD is insufficient and so I plugged in the external power supply (came along with the product) into the DC input pin of the Belkin hub. That's it, instant burn out of all the USB devices connected to the hub. Luckily my fire stick was not affected.
If yours doesn't work on the first one go to your check for updates screen and try using your thumb to hold both
Thanks for providing this!
The Firestick has a setting for when audio is delayed btw. You can basically force the audio to send to the BT speaker before the video displays it. Its somewhere in the audio settings
Do you have good success with it? I've struggled to get things synced well!
Great info and review as always.👍😍
Thanks Lany! Hope some of these tips help!
@@AutomateYourLife i don't have it but still great review,love all your videos from Philippines.👍🇵🇭
Ohhhh you're just great Lany!!
Beats pill plus or pro whatever it's called is the best Bluetooth option imo
Oh that's working good for you? Good to know!
I plugged my flash drive into the hub like you have and I don’t see my external storage. It is detecting it when it is plugged and unplugged. Any idea why it’s not showing up in My Firetv?
Hmmmmm, maybe check that it's formatted correctly! I don't know if I included that info in the video.
so wait... DOES Stadia and/or GeForce Now work on the FireStick? because, if so, you just gave me a reason to keep my FireStick 4kMax plugged in while I disconnect my Chromecast Ultra
Didn't try GeForce and actually google broke stadia. I had it working a long time ago...
Good morning I need your help which apps to download sout Asia channels thanks
I'm in Canada, not much help here.
Sir. Excuse Please... You need to plug your firestick directly into your wall plug. So for better power, better quality
Always with great content, thanks
Thanks Don!
The developer option panel does not come up using the Fire Cube remote.
The developer option panel has changed. You can find a new guide or two for how to get to developer options as Amazon has updated the method.
@@AutomateYourLife , how and where do I find it?
Do you have another video, please share link to it.
Deep Space 9 is trending!
It always should be
Can you help with Ola Tv did update and has stopped working properly most the time you get source error on the notification bar
Sorry no clue what an ola tv is!
Hi i have a reduced screen size on my firestick i have tried the four arrows to adjust but that has not worked The screen has closed in from left to right not from top to bottom can you please help Harry
That sounds like it's your TV's settings you need to look into. Might be something related to that HDMI input and the resolution or type of device being expected.
Could you please help with audio delay problem.. The audio delay keeps happening even after setting it manually.. After setting works for few hours then keeps going back to the audio delay..please help thank you
I don't know why it would be doing that. Have never heard of that actually, so might be time to talk to Amazon's support team.
Well the very first thing I tried was holding down the enter and down, no go just either scrolls down or enters the option highlighted on the screen, perhaps he is using an older version here
Yeah, Amazon switched up how that dev console works
Do you not have the cinema app? Thats the only reason I bought a firestick.
Not on even one of them
@@AutomateYourLife why not? Have you never tried it? Its the best.
I can't bring up the developer tools screen. 5 seconds + menu = nothing?
That's actually changed since we posted! You can find other videos to get it up there now.
@@AutomateYourLife Like where??! No link to yours?! 😆
Hello fellow Canadian. l can't believe l haven't seen any of your video's until today. l subscribe to many but most are out of country. Would love to hear, if you can do it on here, about any free sports apps for sports, mainly NHL. Looking forward to more video's. 👍
Ooooh, if only there was a free way. I could never promote anything that was illegal but I can tell you that many Android TV boxes have lots of channels on them. :)
I have turn on, "impossible voice quiz" Alexa games timer. Its not getting stop even after factory reset fire tv stick.
How to stop the timer ?
I don't know. Sorry!
Hi I have a smart tv that's 7 years old and it has Dolby vision and 4k the original remote would stream 4k Dolby vision which used to look so good but the remote stopped working so I bought a fire TV ultra stick and it's not able to stream Dolby vision and 4k at the same time
Soooo it's likely you're being held back by the HDMI ports on there. Look at the diagnostic screen I show right off the bat and see what the hdcp is that shows and then compare that to what's possible through that port
I connected usb to my firetv stick lite, but firetv is not detecting the usb. Why? Is firetv lite supports usb?
If you're using the hub I showed, it'll work. Otherwise, I don't think it will. The Lite version is what I used for the whole video, fyi
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks for your reply.
now you need to add Dig front-end for the emulators. let's you add box art and many other things. steamlink and moonlight are also nice to have
Yeahhhh I like my Steamlink, but do you have good luck with it Scott? I've had too much latency to really enjoy it
@@AutomateYourLife I have better luck with moonlight. But you have to have an nvidia gpu for that. As for latency on moonlight it doesn't seem too noticeable. I probably wouldn't be playing first person shooters with it lol
@@AutomateYourLife have you tried steam link without wired connection? If you have faster than 100mb internet it it might be slowing it.
If only the Firestick Remote could control the "Home" and "Settings" and "Source" menus of a Samsung TV, that would solve a lot of problems. But it does not :( It would be great also to see the Alexa Dashboard and Smarthings Dashboards. Convergence they said !
It can definitely change your TV source! That's programmable in to the stick and then you just ask Alexa to switch with the remote. Switch to HDMI 1 is a command I use all the time.
Home button brings you to fire stick HDMI port usually too
That method to bring up that developer menu, on the Fire TV Cube 3rd gen, hasn't worked for me yet, but I'm still working on it.
Any luck?
@@AutomateYourLife Yes, it did finally work. Thank you!
😃😃😃
Gm I would like to know if I can use my 4k firestick in South America,Lima Peru can you please let me know I subscribed to a few other site and asked the same thing the only one that answer me was curiosity cafe but said that I have to buy some type of box I think he said monster bos I'm not sure can you please help me by the way I find your presentation the best of them all
I would love to tell ya, but I don't know for sure! I don't live there. It sounds like the Curiosity Cafe might know so I'd follow up on that and see
Middle button?
Does anyone know why my Fire stick lite mirror screened just fine to my new Koobee k100 Android yesterday via the Cast Screen feature on the cellphone, froze after I was testing going to Facebook logging into my Google account to log into my RUclips account😤!!! After that, the fire stick hasn't appeared on any of my cellphones but my cellphones or devices picks up all wireless displays in the area😤but not my fire stick!!! I have soft reset, hard reset, factory reset and nothing!
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lol thanks, whoops
The fire stick 4K has Bluetooth built into it under stetting. No need for that adaptor thing for your keyboard and mouse. I just saw it on a mother video.
Yep. If you want Bluetooth versions, 100%
What about the Fire Cube?
It'll work with everything in the video :)
Looking for a video or hacker on how to connect an amazon fire stick to bypass princess cctv system. Harder than what I have seen on youtube. I have only been successful with the Grand Princess to bypass their system. There is an inaccessible drop-down box that has so far prevented the internet connection to the stick. Anyone have a solution?
I really appreciate this research and sharing. Great video! But what for actually? Seems to be you're trying to do with the simple streaming device all what already has been done on the Windows notebook 10 years ago. Just connect your laptop / PC workstation to the large monitor / TV .... and that's all.
Well, on sale the Fire Stick is $20 so it's definitely a more ubiquitous device
@@AutomateYourLife That's right. Getting from simple device the same as it's complex "Cousens" it's fun. For me it just "plug in and smoothly watch Netflix on non-smart TV device".
I agree, it's more or less over complicating the entire device. When it can be done rather simply with a laptop.
You know that's more expensive right? Also laptops and PCs are way more expensive! (It's 25€ right now) And I won't use my PC, it's too loud and big. I have laptops the aren't in use, but they're slow + I want to turn that thing ON and OFF with a remote! Not us a mouse for everything, it's impractical.
Do you know if dialogue enhancer on amazon firestick simply raises center channel audio by a few db or is it more complex than that similarly to some AVRs? Cannot find anything about this anywhere online.
Sorry Mike, I don't. To me it feels like a mid range dB adjustment and not just center channel audio. That's just to my ear.
Likely a 2-3dB bump around 1KHz-4KHz by the sounds of it then?
How do I watch movies like cinema etc???
I'm not sure what you mean here, but if it's stuff that's still in the theaters, I can't really help there!
Alvaro845? 🤯
I bought a 4K stick in October 2020 and it looks like I’m already outdated haha
No way! Now you're right up to date ;)
How do you keep your fire stick from buffering when you turn on a movie
That's usually based on the service, or your home's WiFi not being able to keep up. I would try wiring it in, per this video. :)
I had to strip my fire stick of it's bloatware. Now it loads Netflix shows almost instantly while my other fire stick still takes 10-30 seconds.
Puedes usar pop fuera de mexico?
Can it run netflix ?
Fire tv absolutely can
Don't: buy anything FireOS
Do: Buy NVIDIA Shield
Do: pat yourself on the back
lol
You make it simple, where's Mobdro?
Sorry, I try not to show methods that take content for free. I'm sort of a content creator myself.... I do it sometimes, but Mobdro's whole purpose is content.
Holding middle and down button then menu button does not bring up the menu
Some folks say this works just fine and some say it doesn't. I'm wondering if there's a secondary setting that needs to be turned on. Gonna do some testing.
What if we have 2 fire sticks ??
This is not helpful.
Can you make a video on that and also how to play the same video on both fire stick at the same time?
You can't do that.
You forgot to talk about custom launchers and how you can get rid of the stupid Amazon ads
That's for the next one! Thanks!
I cant get it to work i have power to the hub ethernet adapter
Maybe just try a reboot then? Might have a problem with your cable, or maybe you don't have enough power to the ethernet adapter. Watch those adapters, they can sometimes be lower than you need
This is old I know, but I just got around to this, using the exact links and parts you provided. My hub gets the blue light on, but nothing works when plugged in. Tried a couple usb drives and keyboard just flashes red/blue. Keyboard works fine hooked to my computer though. Rebooting doesn’t change my situation, so I just ordered a different brand brand hub.
Your videos are always great though!
I ended up purchasing a UNI hub with Ethernet and everything works great! Odd how some of us can’t use the one you linked to, while most work fine?