What's the second screen option in firetv settings menu?
vi3tl23n3gad3 said:
What's the second screen option in firetv settings menu?
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Second screen uses a fire hdx tablet, play from firetv to tablet with click of a button
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I was looking around online to see if there were any alternative ways to turn off the FireTv. I know about the Play/Pause and Select combo, but has anyone heard of this?
This doesnt make any sense to me. If you're using a keyboard/mouse combo ( K400r here ) and you hold Fn+Esc... The FireTv turns off immedately. Both in FireTv screens and XBMC... The white light goes out too... Then click a button on the remote and its instatntly on.
Edited: Also just noticed that on the keyboard, there is a "Power PC'' button at the top that does the same thing...
On my K400r, there is no Fn ( blue lettering ) on the Esc key, so I have no idea whats its actually doing.. Its weird that the FireTV will sleep even in XBMC, which is known as usually not possible ( have to go back to FireTV screen )
mroneeyedboh said:
I was looking around online to see if there were any alternative ways to turn off the FireTv. I know about the Play/Pause and Select combo, but has anyone heard of this?
This doesnt make any sense to me. If you're using a keyboard/mouse combo ( K400r here ) and you hold Fn+Esc... The FireTv turns off immedately. Both in FireTv screens and XBMC... The white light goes out too... Then click a button on the remote and its instatntly on.
Edited: Also just noticed that on the keyboard, there is a "Power PC'' button at the top that does the same thing...
On my K400r, there is no Fn ( blue lettering ) on the Esc key, so I have no idea whats its actually doing.. Its weird that the FireTV will sleep even in XBMC, which is known as usually not possible ( have to go back to FireTV screen )
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Anything that's interpreted by Android as the POWER button, including the key combinations you mentioned, will put the FTV (or any other Android device) to sleep. I've seen mention of some third-party BT remotes being able to put the FTV to sleep with their POWER button.
If you're rooted, my XBMC repo has a screensaver that can put the FTV to sleep, and also my Confluence++ skin can put it to sleep via the XBMC power menu. Both methods simply simulate a POWER button press.
Good deal bro! Thanks. I'll check it out tonight when I get home
I'm new to the fire.. How can I load just the screensaver? Anyway to just get the screensaver??
mroneeyedboh said:
Good deal bro! Thanks. I'll check it out tonight when I get home
I'm new to the fire.. How can I load just the screensaver? Anyway to just get the screensaver??
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No, you'll need XBMC.
I have xbmc And I see your skin installed ( bought this aftv setup already by a seller.. ) and I also see the screensaver installed.
It is enabled, but it doesn't activate in xbmc. The skin is also enabled...
mroneeyedboh said:
I have xbmc And I see your skin installed ( bought this aftv setup already by a seller.. ) and I also see the screensaver installed.
It is enabled, but it doesn't activate in xbmc. The skin is also enabled...
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It only works if you're rooted, and you need to give XBMC root/SU permissions from within the screensaver's settings or the skin's settings.
elmerohueso said:
It only works if you're rooted, and you need to give XBMC root/SU permissions from within the screensaver's settings or the skin's settings.
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I have all of that. Im rooted, I did the SU check and all...
mroneeyedboh said:
I have all of that. Im rooted, I did the SU check and all...
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If you have the Power menu enabled in my skin settings, does the Sleep command put your FTV to sleep? If so, then the screensaver should also work fine if you have the settings in my screensaver set to Sleep.
Yeah .. Figured it out . the screensaver was enabled but not selected under the option under settings/appearance. Thanks
I have set up some fire tv sticks (stock, non-root) with the latest kodi + llama and IP TV. Works pretty well so far. But there is a big problem: often the streams keep running if accidentally the home button is pressed and the fire tv stick got back to homescreen. Even if you put the stick manually in "sleep mode" the stream keeps running in the background (you can her the audio on the tv speaker). How can I fix this?
You could try to set up a Llama rule: when KODI is running and HOME button is pressed then kill KODI.
Well, how to set it up in llama to detect home button press?
Try the following (LLama starts in german on my devices so my translation may not be exact but the meaning should be clear ):
1.) create a new Llama rule
2.) set a new condition for "KODI" but change the default value "is started or in foreground" to "is quit or in background"
3.) kill application "KODI"
What should happen here: as long as KODI runs regulary nothing because it is still in foreground but when the HOME button is pressed KODI should go to the background and here the Llama condition 2.) should be triggered and Llama has to 3.) kill KODI.
thanks for sharing your idea. I set up llama according to your suggestion but unfortunately it not work. The stream is still running in the background, even when you put the fire tv stick manually in sleep mode you can still hear the audio.
If you hold down the home button long enough from the amazon home screen, you'll get option to go to settings>applications>manage applications>kodi>force stop.
TROJAN4EVR said:
If you hold down the home button long enough from the amazon home screen, you'll get option to go to settings>applications>manage applications>kodi>force stop.
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Well that works but pretty complicated and I am sure my kids won't do that always before they shut off tv.
I observed that on a Fire TV that problem not arises. But on the FTV stick it does. Something must be different with the sleep mode.
In firestarter go to settings and under "home button single click application" select "no action". It worked for me on a stick and fire tv. Ususally its set to FireTV home. I was able to replicate your issue on a stick and fire tv and setting the home button single click application to no action in the firestarter setting worked for me. But keep in mind that kodi will still be running in the background as its only paused. So if you double click home button from the amazon home screen you'll just go back to kodi on a paused screen. Kodi should always be turned off using it's power button or force closed from amazon app settings.
Is it possible to get the special menu that appeared on the first gen rooted boxes where you hold home and it shows all the active applications? I prefer that to the new method in the 2nd gen method.
Really no one misses that?
I'm not sure how it happened, but I can't get past the "Who's watching Netflix?" screen. There is a cursor that I can move around the screen, but nothing I press will select anything. "R1 or L1" will adjust the cursor speed, the left stick controls the cursor, "X" button will make the cursor appear if it's not visible. I've tried clicking the sticks, the triggers, double clicking, click & hold, and have had no luck, the only thing I can do is press home to go to the AFTV home screen. I have a AFTV 2 with game remote, no plain remote, not rooted, running Fire OS 5.0.5.1. How do I get out of this mode? I tested other apps, and so far they all seem to be normal, it's just Netflix.
Found a fix for this
Settings > My Account > Sync Amazon content
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oops. new user can't post link. search "game controller no working Netflix" in the fire tv forums on amazon.
rbreak said:
Settings > My Account > Sync Amazon content
source:
oops. new user can't post link. search "game controller no working Netflix" in the fire tv forums on amazon.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was about to restore to factory settings as a last resort.
Hi all
My Fire tv box has started malfunctioning since the latest OS update. I am getting a message flash up about a new feature and then the screen goes black. Restarting doesn't help or doing the Amazon recommeded hard reset by pressing some buttons on the remote control. When i restart i get the Amazon Fire TV splash screen but then most of the time it goes to the black screen. Sometimes it comes up again with the info on the new features (something to do with Alexa) and then goes black. The only thing i can do is hold down the home button and then the screen comes up with 4 options with Apps, Sleep, Settings and one other thing. I can then go into my apps and use them. Any attempt to go back to the normal home screen brings the black screen
Anyone else had this issue? Spoke to Amazon cust service and they have tried troubleshooting and cant fix it. I have been told they cant help as i am out of warranty! So their update does this to my box and they cant help....terrible.
Hope someone can help...
afcchris said:
Hi all
My Fire tv box has started malfunctioning since the latest OS update. I am getting a message flash up about a new feature and then the screen goes black. Restarting doesn't help or doing the Amazon recommeded hard reset by pressing some buttons on the remote control. When i restart i get the Amazon Fire TV splash screen but then most of the time it goes to the black screen. Sometimes it comes up again with the info on the new features (something to do with Alexa) and then goes black. The only thing i can do is hold down the home button and then the screen comes up with 4 options with Apps, Sleep, Settings and one other thing. I can then go into my apps and use them. Any attempt to go back to the normal home screen brings the black screen
Anyone else had this issue? Spoke to Amazon cust service and they have tried troubleshooting and cant fix it. I have been told they cant help as i am out of warranty! So their update does this to my box and they cant help....terrible.
Hope someone can help...
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Try Settings -> Factory Reset
rainman74 said:
Try Settings -> Factory Reset
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I cant get into settings. It gives the option on the screen that comes up with Apps/Sleep/Mirroring/Settings but pressing settings doesnt work
afcchris said:
I cant get into settings. It gives the option on the screen that comes up with Apps/Sleep/Mirroring/Settings but pressing settings doesnt work
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try
Code:
adb shell am start -n com.amazon.tv.settings/.tv.FactoryResetActivity
I have the same issue, so watching this thread.
How do I issue the ADB command to a fire tv 2 box please? There is only a USB-A port.
Buy a USB A to A cable was the right answer. I have ordered one now, never had a reason to own one, till now.
plasmafire said:
I have the same issue, so watching this thread.
How do I issue the ADB command to a fire tv 2 box please? There is only a USB-A port.
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is the question serious? There are 1,000,000+ instructions on the net how to use ADB over WLAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcSCE0C4cl4