Hey guys, new to the forum.... sideloaded the Settings.apk last night and was able to pair a motorolla BT mouse no problem. Used it all last night.
Came home today and the Fire TV was frozen, so I reset it, now the mouse isn't connecting.
When I go into the Settings app, it still shows it in the list but it doesn't say 'Connected' under the name like it does for the Fire remote.
Clicking on it in the list does nothing. I wish there was some way to tell it to forget that device but I'm not seeing any way.
I've tried uninstalling the Settings.apk but when I reinstall, the mouse is still listed as a device that has already been recognized.
I've checked the mouse batteries, and even took it upstairs and paired it with my computer to make sure it still worked.
Any ideas on how I can get it back?
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PS Mods - Sorry for posting this in two forums, I think the first post was not placed in the right area to get help.
The only thing that helped me (for the stick though) was doing a factory reset. After that I could add it back and connect.
phillip.r said:
Hey guys, new to the forum.... sideloaded the Settings.apk last night and was able to pair a motorolla BT mouse no problem. Used it all last night.
Came home today and the Fire TV was frozen, so I reset it, now the mouse isn't connecting.
When I go into the Settings app, it still shows it in the list but it doesn't say 'Connected' under the name like it does for the Fire remote.
Clicking on it in the list does nothing. I wish there was some way to tell it to forget that device but I'm not seeing any way.
I've tried uninstalling the Settings.apk but when I reinstall, the mouse is still listed as a device that has already been recognized.
I've checked the mouse batteries, and even took it upstairs and paired it with my computer to make sure it still worked.
Any ideas on how I can get it back?
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PS Mods - Sorry for posting this in two forums, I think the first post was placed in the area to get help.
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You must press on the bluetooth icon on the right side next to the name of your mouse, then you will have the option to unpair your mouse, and then you can pair it again.
To do so, you must install an app on your android phone which is called Wukong Remote, and use the touchpad mode, which will act like your mouse and then you can do the steps and unpair your mouse.
I had kinda the same problem, but it was with a USB mouse. I used the mouse for about a week, then the Fire TV froze, and the mouse never connected again. Not only did it not connect, it would not connect to any other device I have either. When I put the dongle in my PC it shows there is a dongle, but the firmware for the dongle was somehow erased. It has never happened to any other donlges I have, but I still worry that it could.
dbdoshi said:
The only thing that helped me (for the stick though) was doing a factory reset. After that I could add it back and connect.
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Yeah i'm afraid that's what's going to have to happen
smaghraby said:
You must press on the bluetooth icon on the right side next to the name of your mouse, then you will have the option to unpair your mouse, and then you can pair it again.
To do so, you must install an app on your android phone which is called Wukong Remote, and use the touchpad mode, which will act like your mouse and then you can do the steps and unpair your mouse.
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I would def. try this if I had an android phone, but I have an iPhone. Been looking for a mouse app for it but haven't had much luck.
Yes, doing factory reset was painful. But I learned my lesson, I don't unpair my BT keyboard/mouse from the stick or try to use it with any other device.
Also, not really answering your Q, but you can install the Amazon FTV app on your iPhone ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-fire-tv-remote/id947984433 ) and use that to toggle your BT settings (I tried that and it didn't help me). Its an option if you don't want to use a third party app (you can also send commands for control selection in your FTV for movements through adb, AFTVNews.com has a guide)
phillip.r said:
Hey guys, new to the forum.... sideloaded the Settings.apk last night and was able to pair a motorolla BT mouse no problem. Used it all last night.
Came home today and the Fire TV was frozen, so I reset it, now the mouse isn't connecting.
When I go into the Settings app, it still shows it in the list but it doesn't say 'Connected' under the name like it does for the Fire remote.
Clicking on it in the list does nothing. I wish there was some way to tell it to forget that device but I'm not seeing any way.
I've tried uninstalling the Settings.apk but when I reinstall, the mouse is still listed as a device that has already been recognized.
I've checked the mouse batteries, and even took it upstairs and paired it with my computer to make sure it still worked.
Any ideas on how I can get it back?
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PS Mods - Sorry for posting this in two forums, I think the first post was not placed in the right area to get help.
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I bought a BT mouse but it was very slow and not accurate on my fire tv stick. It worked well on my phone and pc.
Does your mouse work good on the fire tv?
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Hey guys, new to the forum.... sideloaded the Settings.apk last night and was able to pair a motorolla BT mouse no problem. Used it all last night.
Came home today and the Fire TV was frozen, so I reset it, now the mouse isn't connecting.
When I go into the Settings app, it still shows it in the list but it doesn't say 'Connected' under the name like it does for the Fire remote.
Clicking on it in the list does nothing. I wish there was some way to tell it to forget that device but I'm not seeing any way.
I've tried uninstalling the Settings.apk but when I reinstall, the mouse is still listed as a device that has already been recognized.
I've checked the mouse batteries, and even took it upstairs and paired it with my computer to make sure it still worked.
Any ideas on how I can get it back?
Anyone else with sideloaded apps experience their key/mouse not working since the 1.5 update? (IE: Xfinity TV Go / HBO Go, all of the "must-have-a-keyboard-and-mouse" apps). Same goes for Firefox and Chrome, browser ability. Now it has signed me out of TV Go / HBO / other sideloaded (content) apps and will NOT allow me to access the login fields to even get back in.
I'm able to open the app(s), but the mouse buttons do nothing when trying to select something / menus and I'm often unable to esc out. Also, I've noticed almost all of the old key command abilities (alt+tab, FN+down, etc) are completely disabled machine-wide.
What the hell happened and how do I repair this? I purchased FTV over other set-top devices specifically for these certain apps. I could've just used my playstation if I wanted an expensive Netflix player.
(Important to know: I'm NOT rooted and using a Logitech K400 USB key/mouse.)
Not me
anyone else?
My Logitech K400 works great on the 1.5 update
sacwoo said:
My Logitech K400 works great on the 1.5 update
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It still works great - just not on any app that REQUIRES a mouse and keyboard, like TV Go and HBO Go / Chrome, Firefox, etc. You're not having problems with apps not natively supported by the stock Fire remotes?
Is USB Debugging turned on? If so, turn it off.
Sizzlechest said:
Is USB Debugging turned on? If so, turn it off.
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Good suggestion - however, it is off.
I guess I can summarize it as the mouse buttons do nothing machine-wide. Every app that previously accepted mouse-click input no longer does. Are you guys still able to click things?
Also, I can tab between input fields (username, password, etc) to type, but tabbing to the "submit" or "done" (etc) button and hitting enter doesn't react either.
Everyone: I've figured it out and it's now a totally different (albeit more concise) issue.
Someone on another message board said this:
Was your USB mouse/keyboard connected when the Fire TV updated?
I have read reports that the update killed the USB mouse/keyboard drivers if they were connected to the Fire TV during the update.
I have also read some people have been able to re-install the driver but not sure.
After I read about this problem, I took my USB mouse/keyboard out of my Fire TV before I got the update. I did get the update recently but I haven't hooked my USB mouse/keyboard back up yet. I will try it tonight and see if it still works though.
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I swapped out the K400 hub for my wireless Logitech mouse I use on my desktop computer and sure enough, works like a dream again.
It was totally a driver thing. Well.. now I either need to get a new key/mouse combo that'll function correctly or learn how to reinstall the drivers for the K400.
Obviously, the easy way out is to buy a new combo and get rolling right away - but how would I go about the proper way (reinstalling mouse drivers to the Fire TV)?
Do you have to be rooted to reload mouse drivers, or is that something that can be sideloaded in?
kylebrauch said:
Everyone: I've figured it out and it's now a totally different (albeit more concise) issue.
Someone on another message board said this:
I swapped out the K400 hub for my wireless Logitech mouse I use on my desktop computer and sure enough, works like a dream again.
It was totally a driver thing. Well.. now I either need to get a new key/mouse combo that'll function correctly or learn how to reinstall the drivers for the K400.
Obviously, the easy way out is to buy a new combo and get rolling right away - but how would I go about the proper way (reinstalling mouse drivers to the Fire TV)?
Do you have to be rooted to reload mouse drivers, or is that something that can be sideloaded in?
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There are no "drivers" to install or reinstall. The USB input drivers are part of the kernel. Having something plugged in or not plugged in while doing the update has no effect on them.
rbox said:
There are no "drivers" to install or reinstall. The USB input drivers are part of the kernel. Having something plugged in or not plugged in while doing the update has no effect on them.
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Well I just purchased a Logitech MK520 key & separate mouse combo and functionality is completely restored. Everything works as it used to.
My old K400 works perfectly fine on any other device I use it with.. what happened? why does THIS logitech device suddenly work but my old one lost FTV capability?
hello everyone as u see in the name of the topic
i live in CANADA and i bought this AFTV from US in december it has been working great till yesterday night when the remote went off and can't use it all and the box now is useless
is there a way to fix this cuz i can't download the amazon app in my tab or iphone since in canada is geographically restricted so now am stuck with it and more than that i used my keyboard trying to manually see what is happening and the remote was no longer recognized (batteries changed like 3 times with new ones ) and after that i pushed the usb debugging without reading the warning (dumb as i am) am beating my self to death now for that stupid move
so my first question is it possible to turn the usb debugging off thru the PC or tablet so i can use back the keybord
second is it possible that someone give me the amazon app for android tab samsung galaxy tab 3
and third is it possible that the problem comes from the bluetooth antenna of the fire tv cuz i tried to find the fire tv on my tab via BT it doesn't see it
After battery change I had to hold HOME button for 5 seconds to re-pair my remote.
As for your other questions, I have no idea.
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hello everyone as u see in the name of the topic
i live in CANADA and i bought this AFTV from US in december it has been working great till yesterday night when the remote went off and can't use it all and the box now is useless
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i've attached the remote apk.
the remotes are poor. battery terminals get covered with chemicals that leak from the amazon basic batteries
oh and the user above is right regarding holding the home button.
carpenter940 said:
After battery change I had to hold HOME button for 5 seconds to re-pair my remote.
As for your other questions, I have no idea.
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tried more than u you think still no answer i found the apk in the web
but still how u turn the BT on and off in the AFTV do you need to root the fire tv in order to know that
and thanks for the attached file
now am using my tab till i find a remote that would work for tha AFTV
Carthagenian12 said:
tried more than u you think still no answer i found the apk in the web
but still how u turn the BT on and off in the AFTV do you need to root the fire tv in order to know that
and thanks for the attached file
now am using my tab till i find a remote that would work for tha AFTV
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Strange I had this problem and tried batteries contacts ( seemed ok but cleaned anyway) on off on then unpairing then it didn't appear at all.
Then tried to pair my stick remote which showed as unsuccessful tried main remote again and all fine again
I may be wrong but I was experiencing the same problem. but this was with a ftv2ndgen. supposedly, the remote now uses wifi now instead of bluetooth. I had a wireless device next to fire tv (rasperry pi, tablet, phone, wifi enable stereo equip, wifi tv etc) I moved them all away or disabled them then brought them back one at a time. it came back. I then put the ftvbox under the tv instead of behind. I now keep wifi stuff away from it that can be kept away, but not all things. just minimize wifi near it. and clear line of site between the remote and ftvbox. has not happened again. I remember changing my batteries in like three times and everytime a checked the old batteries they were fine.
Hi i have downloaded the Amazon Fire TV Utility App and i have added the ip from the Amazon Fire stick and CMD came up saying it had connected, i have then tried to load the settings.apk using the Amazon Fire TV Utility App but all i am getting is a CMD with this in it error: device offline followed by -waiting for device-
The Fire Stick is turned on and i have tried turning off my firewall and still the same problem.
Hi I managed to get it installed on the Fire Stick by running Amazon FireTV Utility App as administrator, i can now see the settings app on the fire stick and when i launch it i can see the Bluetooth option but if i click on it the app just closes it does this on what ever option i click in the settings app.
I am assuming you are on OS5.
Make sure you have the proper IP address (in FireTv Utilities app settings) for your box/stick then go in Settings/ Developer Options/and turn off and on ADB debugging two ot three times ....should work now.
Thank you for your reply i tried what you recommended but it still launches and then closes as soon as you select an option.
I'm also seeing the same thing. I've installed the settings.apk, but everytime I click on any entry, it kicks me out...
why do you need this settings.apk? what are you needing to change / use it for?
I have loaded Kodi on my fire stick and some of the apps require mouse support to navigate so i want to buy a bluetooth air mouse and all tutorials say you need to load the settings.pka and use the bluetooth options from with in that.
meanman1967 said:
I have loaded Kodi on my fire stick and some of the apps require mouse support to navigate so i want to buy a bluetooth air mouse and all tutorials say you need to load the settings.pka and use the bluetooth options from with in that.
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You don't need it.
FireOS 5 has better bluetooth support.
Here is my pairing of my Apple MagicTrackpad to the FireTV Stick (note the MagicMouse from 08 will not pair - Apple issue)
You can see me pair, pin is 0000, and the mouse cursor is that smallish circle in Kodi. The stock launcher has no mouse support, but FireStarter does.
Hi so all i need to do is get a Apple MagicTrackpad and it will work ?
meanman1967 said:
Hi so all i need to do is get a Apple MagicTrackpad and it will work ?
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I'm sure there are better Bluetooth nice to use. I just paired what is laying around. The drivers that the firetv has don't support tap to click on it so I have to click the touch pad which isn't easy unless it's on a table.
You will likely be able to use almost any Bluetooth mouse with the firetv.
I wouldn't recommend the apple trackpad for firetv usage.
The android mouse toggle app has worked well enough for me that I don't even bother with pairing a mouse.
Hi i just got the Mouse Toggle app and it finds my Amazon stick and connects everything is enables and at the bottom it says status started but on my phone it just says done at the bottom and there is no controls or anything. I have enclosed a screen shot. Thanks again for your help.
Thank you i have it all working great now.
Opera recently released an android app of their VPN service. Have managed to side load it and get it to load but get stuck on a confirmation dialogue from the fire tv asking to allow the vpn access. Tried mouse, keyboard but have had no luck. Any help would be appreciated
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The App In Question
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.vpn&hl=en_GB
Got this step working using the remote to select OK.
But then, while VPN is connected, the FireTV don't seem to detect an active Internet connection.
Will have to try and give it another go. I tried with keyboard, mouse and remote and it wouldn't press it.
Strange how it's not detecting connection. Thought it would be the same as any other vpn app. I tried ipvanish not to long ago which worked perfect straight from the app.
Managed to get it to work in the end. Used remote as emc2cube suggested (thanking you) and got it to confirm settings. Also I have it on both wired and wireless boxes (fire tv 2) and both are working perfectly. What's better than a free VPN.
Good to know it worked for you.
I don't know why mine don't detect the network while running then.
Between the fact that mine is a stick, I'm currently abroad and the WiFi is pretty poor that's a lot of possibilities.
I am obviously too stupid. I installed the app on my fire tv 1st gen and am stuck at the very same point. I click the, what I assume, is the okay button on the Amazon remote but nothing happens. Did you use another remote?
You have to use the "arrow buttons" of the remote until the OK is selected (orange) on the pop up, then you can use the OK/select button of the remote to validate.
I can pass the first dialog, then there are 5 nag screens with the last one has the Olaf viking on top in the middle it says "You're Set" and bottom right "GOT IT". Whatever I click, I can't select the GOT IT and nowhere I see an OK button. Where is that located? And I don't get a popup. PS: I installed latest firmware.
For that you must use a BT mouse. Fortunately once it's set up you only need the remote to connect. (Even if it still not working for me on the Stick :/ )
BT mouse? USB mouse won't work? Then hopefully an Apple mouse works
My bad, I'm still thinking for the stick (where the apple mouse is actually working).
USB mouse will do it for you.
Thanks! I am up and running live tv