As has been noted, the fts2 no longer has the option of shrinking the displayed image to fit the tv screen. Although this can be accomplished within kodi, it remains a problem with other apps where the edges are cut off. (As in Settings of ES Explorer for one example).
My tv's menu does not have the ability to shrink the image either. Is there an app that can shrink the tv stick display? Or some other way to do this?
Thanks.
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Maybe I'm just spoiled by having used a Chromecast before, but is there a way to make the Fire TV always be "listening" for a device that is trying to cast to it?
It works fine from my Oneplus One, but it is a bit annoying that I have to navigate to Settings -> Display and Sounds -> Enable Display Mirroring any time I want to cast anything.
Is there a way to cast the screen of the FTV to your phone/tablet and then use touch controls on the phone/tablet to navigate the FTV? Similar to the mouse apps, but actually have the FTV screen actually show up on the phone/tablet.
Thanks in advance.
People are gonne need more info before they can answer. Is you device rooted?
Yes, my FTV is rooted.
When I had the first FTV, I had to go to the Display settings and adjust it to compensate for my TV's overscan (yeah, I know, I have a crappy TV in my bedroom) to avoid having a good inch cut out from every edge of the screen.
Now with the FTV2, the option is there in the menus, but it (most ironically) does nothing and simply tells you to fix the thing on your TV (which it can't).
Is there any way to fix this?
My FTV is not rooted, so extra points go to solutions that don't require me to go hacking the thing (which I'll have no problem doing if needed).
Thanks in advance!
Not to derail, but why can't you disable overscan on your TV? There's usually a mode OTHER than the default one that is pixel perfect.
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Not to derail, but why can't you disable overscan on your TV? There's usually a mode OTHER than the default one that is pixel perfect.
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Yeah, I know, "1:1", "Just scan", etc.
Trust me, if the TV had a way to disable overscan I'd know.
It just doesn't.
I have recently moved to the Middle East and have a new TV (Samsung Smart TV) and my first Firestick (4k model bought 6 weeks ago). It has not been taken out of the Amazon app environment so I am only using the apps freely available on the Amazon store. I am using ExpressVPN.
The setup is great for getting me live and catchup TV from home as well as the usual Netflix/YouTube etc.
I discovered the screen saver facility and loaded a pile of photos to my Amazon account so I can see family and friends from home (I am batchelor status here). I love it.
The problem is that the screensaver only works for a certain short period of time before the screen blacks out. If I am listening to a radio app on the Firestick the radio continues after the screen blacks.
I've checked the TV and Firestick settings and cannot find a setting which creates a timeout.
I would like the the screensaver to continue for longer. If I use the Amazon photos app in slideshow mode I can't listen to the radio app at the same time.
Any idea why the screen is blacking out and what settings need changing?
Navrig said:
Any idea why the screen is blacking out and what settings need changing?
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You need to increase sleep timeout, that's the option in secure settings:
settings put secure sleep_timeout 3600000 # 1h
etc.
But it's not easy without root. You need apk which can write secure settings and grant needed permissions to it.
With root just set desired timeout via adb with settings util.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/kinkeadtech.com/how-to-prevent-fire-tv-stick-from-going-to-sleep/
Seems like you can achieve this with just adblink?
There is a program called "Stay Alive!" that you just install, run, and it will keep you stick on. It will complain about "no Google play services" but the default settings are fine and it runs in the background. I can confirm this has kept my FS2 awake for a couple years now. No root.
hxps://apkpure.com/stay-alive-keep-screen-awake/com.synetics.stay.alive
is ther a way to use the shield with external touch screen like a 10in or larger tablet
to control a music app (which i know one can cast from a mobile device thats not what im tring to do) id like to do a split screen out from the shield like a pc but via the shields wifi to a tablet thats always on an wifi'ed directly to it an not though the router
that acts as a 2nd display that a music app like aimp can be sitting on that display like an extended desktop an run on an be controlled from rather then using the remote on the main screen an also not have to cast it from a tab or phone every time i want to use with easy
id just like to have the tablet next to me on a stand that i can just reach out an touch a track to start playing without having to cast first
johnny2142 said:
is ther a way to use the shield with external touch screen like a 10in or larger tablet
to control a music app (which i know one can cast from a mobile device thats not what im tring to do) id like to do a split screen out from the shield like a pc but via the shields wifi to a tablet thats always on an wifi'ed directly to it an not though the router
that acts as a 2nd display that a music app like aimp can be sitting on that display like an extended desktop an run on an be controlled from rather then using the remote on the main screen an also not have to cast it from a tab or phone every time i want to use with easy
id just like to have the tablet next to me on a stand that i can just reach out an touch a track to start playing without having to cast first
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You can use this to control your shield from any windows PC wirelessly through ADB, I use it all the time
https://flakie.co.uk/my-adb-gui-app/