I have notice that my Amazon Fire TV keeps restarting. I have notice this over 2 to3 times a day. The FTV feels warm and I was wondering, if anyone experience or read about overheating issues (I'm guessing). My FTV is rooted and the software version is "511070220". I thought it might be a XBMC Skin but I tried the Amber, Convergence and the Confluence but no success. Do anyone have any suggestions to fix this issue?
Mine restarts to.
Did you find out what it was?
i don't have this problem but i have only had my aftv for few weeks. It could be overheating, my fire tv sit tv desk but open area.
Have you tried keeping the fire tv unplug for few hours and start it again and keep the fire tv in open area and see if that helps?
Also, how long have you had your firetv?
Thanks
Like it says up top, but it's relatively new. Of course I tried new batteries. I had been using the originals from when I bought it in late March. All I was doing was syncing mysql to the stick and I needed a mouse to move some stuff around in ES file explorer (got side tracked actually and installed task manager to clear the cache) so I installed WuKong remote. It was then I noticed some serious lag--takes about 10 seconds or less on fire tv console to clear cache. This took about a minute at least then it just froze in the app, couldn't press home. Tried 3 sets of new batteries but nothing worked.
BTW--this new faster screen timeout on aftv is all the more annoying when you're trying to do something like update a library because if I leave for a couple of minutes I need to reboot since neither Yatse nor wukong were able to wake up the display BUT you can still hear the clicks.
I don't mean to go on but something tells me this is more than just a remote control issue. I thought if anyone had a similar experience they might be of some help. Thanks.
Did you try to pair the remote again? Press the home button for 5-10 seconds after powerup.
Calibaan said:
Did you try to pair the remote again? Press the home button for 5-10 seconds after powerup.
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Yes. A few times with different batteries, but it just won't pair. I might try a factory reset. If I had to pin point it it would've died when i first started using wukong app. I've used that on other devices with no issues but that's the only thing i did differently last night. I'll probably do a factory reset and if that don't work call amazon.
You could try the Android phone remote app for calling the pairing function from menu. Probably this does the trick.
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You could try the Android phone remote app for calling the pairing function from menu. Probably this does the trick.
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And had I caught your post a bit earlier...I may have lol.
I still have no idea the root cause but a factory reset did the trick. The remote responded immediately (actually a lot faster then when i wipe my rooted atvs.) I wonder if the wukong remote somehow highjacked it?) Just remember the reason i installed it was to be able to mouse click "show hidden" on ES file explorer. The stupid part is I now know there's another way to accomplish this without a mouse by going into the app's settings. No big deal. Thanks for the help!
This has happened to me thrice in one week. This on a rooted FTV, not stick. Three times, the remote just died. Changed batteries, but no joy. The first time, a simple reboot fixed it. The second time, I had to use the FTV app on my iPhone to un-pair and re-pair it. The third time, the reboot did the trick. Not sure what happened. Since then (around a month back), no issues. No change in firmware/apps/any sort of configuration on FTV (or any new devices in the house) before the problem or after the problem. The problem came for a week and then simply went away.
I don't have the Wukong app installed. I have one another FTV in my bedroom and made sure that the problem remote did not somehow got paired to it, and it wasn't. I need to read up on BT interference, that seems to be my wild and ignorant guess. Or some hardware within the remote is going bad... But, I am not sure about that reason, the remote is used everyday and works fine since the mishap.
Today while watching a video via my AFTV, the whole thing just locked up on me. Had to remove the power cord to reboot it. After it rebooted I noticed that my controller wasn't doing anything, and the same with my amazon game controller. But my logitech K400 worked. So I go to settings because I know for a fact the batteries aren't bad. Put in some new one on the remote first thing and you can see the led light up on the controller. Anyways, in Settings it said my controllers were paired, but said Battery, like the batterys were dead. So I used my keyboard to unpair my gamepad. Then I had no problem pairing it up and controlling stuff, so I did the same with my remote and boom, now it works.
tl;dr Check settings, if it says just Battery on the controller, unpair it, and then pair it again.
Can some one help my fire stick controller it's working correctly it goes up & down but it won't go on the mouse bit to click on the show box films I want to watch I'm new to all this technology stuff lol
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I had my firestick for a week and used it, maybe four times. Went to use it again and it would not come on, no LED light, nothing. I changed the batteries, several sets of new ones. Nothing. I am not a tech guru, so if you have some ideas for me, dumb them down.
Oh, and I tried the new batteries in another remote and they work fine.
Had the same problem too... I had to hold down the Home button while being 4inches away from the receiver before it synced
i've had no luck with my firestick remote, i connected the firestick to my tv but the firestick remote won't sync with the firestick so now i'm stuck at the first screen, i've tried changing the batteries for new ones, cleaning the remote's battery contacts, plugging and unplugging the firestick from the tv and the electrical outlet. I've also plugged the firestick to a brand new tv and still can't find the remote. I've remove the batteries for 2 hours and tried again to sync it to the firestick and no luck. rebooted my router several times, put the remote next to the firestick to see it would sync and still no luck, changed hdmi ports and nothing, went to a friend's house and not working there either. called amazon to be sent a replacement firestick and remote, they sent both and still the same problem. I would like to factory reset the firestick but i don't know how since i can't use the phone app or the remote. I'm at the very first screen where it asks you to press the home button so it can find the remote. btw, i've also did the hold 3 button remote reset and didnt work either. i have the firestick with voice first generation, i had kodi installed so i don't know if that means it was rooted or not.... Any suggestions on what else i can do to pair it would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR firestick with voice remote won't sync no matter what and need help with syncing.
If you are still having this trouble it is because your firestick does not recognize that the tv is on. It's doing that because it is plugged into the wall. If you unplug the USB part of the plug from the wall and plug it into your USB slot on your tv it will solve the problem. Switched mine over and it hasn't happened since.
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If you are still having this trouble it is because your firestick does not recognize that the tv is on. It's doing that because it is plugged into the wall. If you unplug the USB part of the plug from the wall and plug it into your USB slot on your tv it will solve the problem. Switched mine over and it hasn't happened since.
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That makes absolutely no sense at all.
@nachumama So you have a new FireTV Stick and a new remote and it still doesn't work? Two separate sets of stick+remote and none of them works on your TV or the one at your friend's house? That's not good.
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My Firesticktv remote was working very slowly. I would hit a button on the remote and nothing would happen for about 30 seconds. I changed the batteries(no change). I fixed it by going to Settings- Network- whatever network it says you are connected to. hit the Forget this network, Then connect to the next network on your router. It was my 2.4GHz channel. For some reason my channel was changed and was on my 5GHz channel, It didn't work on the 5GHz channel. The remote works like new again
my firestick is not working tried very thing that other people has tried what to do next
Fire Tv Stick remote suddenly stopped working issue or Amazon Fire Stick not working issue usualy occured due to Inadequate Power Supply, Damage Fire Stick’s remote batteries, Outdated Software, Corrupted Fire Stick Cache, and Overheating of Fire Stick devices.
However, there is some workaround solutions available on the web 'https://techsmagic.com/how-to-fix-amazon-fire-stick-not-working-after-update-reset' page detailing it. Here is the solution:
Method 1: Restart your Fire Stick
Method 2: Check your Internet Connection
Method 3: Update FireStick Software
Method 4: Clear the Fire Stick Cache
Method 5: Reset your Fire Stick to Factory Settings
If you have some other and better solutions to fix this issue, must share with me. Thanks
Have a Fire TV 1 that has been bricked for awhile now and noticed something that may mean something and may not. Anyway the fire tv will power on but there is no display from HDMI to tv not even white amazon logo, nothing. What is interesting is that it will temporarily connect to USB....It will connect then quickly disconnect when I attach a usb a to a cable? Is there any way to get it to hold that connection? Also does that even mean anything that it will temporarily connect? When it connects it shows as Fire TV device. Since it seems to be nothing more than a paperweight at the moment I'm willing to try anything especially since I have another Fire TV 1 and a Fire TV 2. I think it got bricked when we had a power outage. It may have been in the middle of an update since it was not rooted.
Any suggestions at all would be appreciated
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Have a Fire TV 1 that has been bricked for awhile now and noticed something that may mean something and may not. Anyway the fire tv will power on but there is no display from HDMI to tv not even white amazon logo, nothing. What is interesting is that it will temporarily connect to USB....It will connect then quickly disconnect when I attach a usb a to a cable? Is there any way to get it to hold that connection? Also does that even mean anything that it will temporarily connect? When it connects it shows as Fire TV device. Since it seems to be nothing more than a paperweight at the moment I'm willing to try anything especially since I have another Fire TV 1 and a Fire TV 2. I think it got bricked when we had a power outage. It may have been in the middle of an update since it was not rooted.
Any suggestions at all would be appreciated
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It is no way back in without recovery being install and as your unit was not rooted recovery had not been installed for sure.
Just buy a new one at Walmart put the old one in the box and return it
Problem with my daughters Firestick remote. Fire TV starts, but when she tries to select Kodi or any of the standard apps, the remote stops working. She's tried to reset, switched off and unplugged the stick, no difference. I've suggested she tries disconnecting and repairing but does anybody have any ideas?
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Problem with my daughters Firestick remote. Fire TV starts, but when she tries to select Kodi or any of the standard apps, the remote stops working. She's tried to reset, switched off and unplugged the stick, no difference. I've suggested she tries disconnecting and repairing but does anybody have any ideas?
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I've been having issues with my remote on my Fire TV 2 also, it just stops working. I can hold down the 'home' button and bring up the menu and restart the device, sometimes I have to take the batteries out the controller first and then do it. Pain in the ass. they need to fix this ****.
I have four Fire TV's, 2 gen 1, 2 gen 2. The FTV2's downloaded 6 gb/day while I was out of town. I had long wondered why I was using more data than I thought I was. Anyone had this problem? Is there a fix? I've disabled updates on both FTV2's.
any ideas?
how are you powering the fire tv? if plugged into a standard power socked I assume as with the fire tv stick it does not actually turn off. If powered via usb to the tv it will turn off so I assume that you are plugged into mains power and the device is still on and doing its stuff in the background thus using data. To use 6 gig i guess you was out of town for a while lol, anyway i think this is your issue and its not and error of any kind. to stop it unlplug the fire tv device when not being used
Was anything running when you left town or was it on the home page? Even if the screen saver kicks in 6gig/day is a lot.
You might want to think about making sure you fTV is in suspend every time you finish using it. The light on the front of the box should be off.