Help! All of my addons have disappeared and vanished - Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was watching a movie on the fire tv box using TVMC and suddenly the movie quit back to main home screen on TVMC and all my addons have disappeared?
Anyone to fix this and why it happen or do I have to reinstall?

i had the same thing happend to me the icons where gone but the names where still there if you hoover to the name and click it would open .
i just did a fresh install to eliminate problems lucky i make a back up of the user addons and user data makes it that much faster to be up and running.

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[Q] xbmc showing multiple small broken screens

I have 13.1 gotham ARM build installed on Fire TV. Now the screen is split, there are multiple screens .
Attached a screenshot View attachment 2879285
i tried clearing cache and forced stop but did not work. I works normal normal when clear all the data but of course all the data is gone and have to start fresh again.
This happens randomly sometimes while browsing add-ons and sometimes while trying to play something.
Has anyone come up with such problems? How did you fix it?
Update: Fixed the issue by restoring the video settings to default.
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I see that for a split second before a video starts to play sometimes, but never had it stick... Thanks for the follow up on how to resolve...
Amber Skin
I get it on Amber Skin right after pressing STOP (for 1-2 seconds).
I'm using SPMC (Frodo based), no restore video settings option... any ideas?
I had this happen when I was testing all the keys on a Logitech Dinovo mini keyboard to see what they would do. I believe it was"\" that did it and I believe it is setting XBMC to use Windowed mode instead of fullscreen.
Hope this helps some.

[Q] fire tv boots into blank screen, A little help please

title says it all, turned on my Fire Tv and all there is a blank screen. I'm at a loss what would cause this? full sd card perhaps? I have XBMC installed with Xbmc launcher installed. Funny enough i can still access voice control through the remote and access apps like netflix. Any help would be great
Samething happen to mines yesterday. Now it wont even make sound or play any content.
What firmware version did each of you last have?
If both are the same,then it might be related to the issue.
Or bad problems with XBMC and/or the location you got it from including how you got it.
The same problem happens to my unit today. No video signal from HDMI to TV. How can I reset the unit?

Netflix, WatchESPN get stuck at 99% and needs reboot to watch.

Hello,
I have a newest pre rooted rom on my FireTV with XBMC running the newest Netflix app (White Icon with red letters).
I am using FiredTV for a launcher and tend to use XBMC, Netflix, WatchESPN, and Slingplayer Tablet. I have been having a problem where the video won't play on certain apps and the circle keep spinning.
XBMC always works for videos. However NETFLIX, WatchESPN will get stuck especially if the FireTV has shut off. I need to reboot the FireTV to get these apps to work again. Shutting down the app and reopening it has no effect.
Also SlingPlayer will load SD quality but once I put HQ quality it won't show any video. A reboot is needed to fix it.
Anyone have this problems also?
Is there a way to get the FireTV to reboot daily automatically?
exit/close your xbmc before using espn or netflix app
yazyazoo said:
Hello,
I have a newest pre rooted rom on my FireTV with XBMC running the newest Netflix app (White Icon with red letters).
I am using FiredTV for a launcher and tend to use XBMC, Netflix, WatchESPN, and Slingplayer Tablet. I have been having a problem where the video won't play on certain apps and the circle keep spinning.
XBMC always works for videos. However NETFLIX, WatchESPN will get stuck especially if the FireTV has shut off. I need to reboot the FireTV to get these apps to work again. Shutting down the app and reopening it has no effect.
Also SlingPlayer will load SD quality but once I put HQ quality it won't show any video. A reboot is needed to fix it.
Anyone have this problems also?
Is there a way to get the FireTV to reboot daily automatically?
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ok I will try that tonight!
yazyazoo said:
ok I will try that tonight!
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Yup that solved my problem by closing XBMC.
closing xbmc (actually running spmc) works for netflix....but i am still having issues with sling tv. i get stuck on buffering until i reboot the fire tv. anyone else seeing this?
Slingtv software is still in very beta stages. Firetv app doesnt get updated as much as the android and pc versions.
On firetv.
Slingtv regularly closes sometimes.
When that issue is happening test it on android and check if the same is happening. sometimes the service just laggeds down as a whole.
Slingtv is working better for me with latest update and on USB/HDD. also slingtv requires is disk space intensive.

Apps like twitch, pluto, etc. not working until restart?!

Hey guys I've got the following problem with my unrooted Fire TV Box and its driving me nuts:
Sometimes (I believe its after using Kodi, but it could also be that this also happens if the device is just on for a while) Apps like Twitch, Pluto, etc. are not showing any Video until I restart the damn box.
I've tried killing stuff in the background with es taskmanager or with the app settings - but only thing that helps usually is to restart the whole box.
The apps itself are working - but once I try to start a stream its not showing anything (on twitch I "hear" the sound for less than a second once the problem is "on" but no video and also sound stops immidiateley,)
Anyone had/has this with their box and what can I do about it? Its really annoying.
I'm using FireStarter as Launcher incase thats important.. =)

AFTV Gen 1 Kodi must be forced stopped or revert to blank install

I've been struggling with issues on this AFTV for awhile. My other AFTV is problem free. It's got to be something in my setup but no idea what?
Old issues:
Kodi could not be launched from the main menu. It would crash everytime if I did this so I needed to launch it from settings/manage apps after force stopping it.
***I also couldn't plug in my usb stick or it would revert to a blank install (no video sources, no thumbs, stock skin)
--This I attributed to a glitch with the way I was storing my thumbs on usb but no matter how many times I tried to fix it, it just wouldn't work.
Last week I did a fresh install, wiped data and flashed the latest rom. I also formatted my usb and went through the setup process again to store thumbnails on USB. It worked...sort of
New Issue:
Kodi can now be launched from the homescreen without crashing. HOWEVER, it reverts right back to a fresh install, blank kodi, no sources, thumbs, etc!
--If I force stop it then launch it again, everything goes back to normal (my setup is intact, thumbs are imported from USB.)
***There's ONE more piece of the puzzle that I'm hoping will give someone an idea...everytime I launch kodi, the AFTV seems to temporarily lose it's hdmi connection with the TV. I get the black screen with "no signal" listed in the center. It comes back once Kodi has booted up.
--This happens when it's launched from the main menu only. If I hit force stop then launch it, Kodi starts right up (correctly, setup intact). I notice it skips the splash screen and just goes right to my Homescreen.
Thought I'd take a shot and see if anyone knows what's going on. Would really appreciate any help. I tried to be as thorough as possible but if there's any questions, please help if you think you have an idea. Thanks

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