Currently running latest rev of Fire TV 4K. Trying to find a controller that doesn't have issues.
Tried using my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller but it does not work properly. Will connect but can't pair properly.
Can anyone with first hand experience recommend a controller that works well with the Fire TV 3? Using it for Steam Link, which works great if I just had a controller - Thanks!
If anyone else was curious, Xbox wireless controller with current firmware runs excellent on the Fire TV 4K. Used Moonlight to play Destiny 2 from my PC to my Fire TV yesterday for a couple of hours without a single hitch. PC is connected via LAN, Fire TV via AC.
Did notice emulation issues if Steam is running when trying to play Destiny 2 via Moonlight. Recommend closing steam using Moonlight mouse emulation if you plan to play Destiny 2 without a hitch.
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I tried the amazon fire tv controller and it doesnt interface with the game at all. I was wondering if a Bluetooth Gamepad would work with this game. Has anyone tried it and gotten it to interface with this game. Any reccommendations on this?
I have recently purchased an Amazon Fire TV Box. I have side loaded emulators and games and want to use an old wired xbox 360 controller that I had laying around. From what I read I should just be able to plug & play. It won't work. The lights continueally flash on the controller but nothing else happenes. I really don't want to fork out for a Fire TV games controller as from what I hear they aren't all that good.
Any help would be great.
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Garff1e said:
I have recently purchased an Amazon Fire TV Box. I have side loaded emulators and games and want to use an old wired xbox 360 controller that I had laying around. From what I read I should just be able to plug & play. It won't work. The lights continueally flash on the controller but nothing else happenes. I really don't want to fork out for a Fire TV games controller as from what I hear they aren't all that good.
Any help would be great.
(United Kingdom)
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Have you tried the controller on your computer? Maybe its broken.
I've hooked up 2 of the XBox 360 Controllers with a USB hub to my FTV and they work perfectly.
For what it's worth my 2 wired third party xbox 360 controllers don't seem to work properly. The L / R triggers don't register on the fire TV.
Managed to get it sorted. Controller was faulty. Tried another and all good.
So, I seem to be the only one not able to get a 360 controller to work with my factory Fire TV. I've tried the MS wireless dongle and wireless controller and a MS wired controller. Neither respond at all. What am I missing here?
bcrosby51 said:
So, I seem to be the only one not able to get a 360 controller to work with my factory Fire TV. I've tried the MS wireless dongle and wireless controller and a MS wired controller. Neither respond at all. What am I missing here?
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I've tried a wired 360 controller on mine and it works fine (at least when running a fire tv native game).
Does the wired controller work on a PC? What firmware version are you using?
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So, I seem to be the only one not able to get a 360 controller to work with my factory Fire TV. I've tried the MS wireless dongle and wireless controller and a MS wired controller. Neither respond at all. What am I missing here?
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after buying the microsoft wireless controller you must download and run pc software to a pc to sync the 360 remote to the dongle. once it is synced and working on the pc you can unplug the dongle and plug it into the firetv usb port. as a note, when conected to fire tv the 4 led's on the controler flash in a circle as if not connected but it actually works.
Yep. I've tried syncing it first on my pc. Both the wired and wireless work on my pc....but not the fire tv
bcrosby51 said:
Yep. I've tried syncing it first on my pc. Both the wired and wireless work on my pc....but not the fire tv
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Does a USB keyboard work on the Fire TV (just to make sure it's not the usb port)? Have you tried rebooting the Fire TV?
I assume it works, I dont have a free keyboard lying around. When I plug the wireless dongle in the light lights up and when I plug the wired controller in it lights up for a second, then the light goes out..and will not come back on.
I ordered one of the cheap 8 buck wireless dongles for the 360 controller. It quickly detected the my controller on my pc and paired up. I moved everything over to the fire tv.. Does anyone else find that the controller is very hit or miss on games? I have 3 games that say they will work with either the fire remote or a gamepad.. Crossy road, Unpossible, and Robotu. Robatu is the only one that actually works once in the game.. When out of games, the xbox controller does fine navigating evertying within the main Amazon interface. Anyone else?
Bumping.. can anyone with an xbox controller confirm / tell me if mine's just not working right- or is it also hit and miss for you on games that support the game controller?
My Xbox 360 controller works with KOTOR and Tales from the Borderlands.
Viperise152 said:
My Xbox 360 controller works with KOTOR and Tales from the Borderlands.
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The 360 controller is incompatible with KOTOR. It seems to work at first, but the d-pad is non functional which eventually breaks the game. At least you can sort of play it, though; I've had other games be completely unplayable due to the main menu not responding to the 360 controller's input.
Bottom line: The 360 controller is NOT fully compatible with the Fire TV. Amazon claims that it works (and it sort of does) but it's mostly just another example of the half-assed state of the Fire TV OS and software.
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The 360 controller is incompatible with KOTOR. It seems to work at first, but the d-pad is non functional which eventually breaks the game. At least you can sort of play it, though; I've had other games be completely unplayable due to the main menu not responding to the 360 controller's input.
Bottom line: The 360 controller is NOT fully compatible with the Fire TV. Amazon claims that it works (and it sort of does) but it's mostly just another example of the half-assed state of the Fire TV OS and software.
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Weird I still have not had any issues with mine yet. If it makes a difference I have been using both the XBox 360 console controller and a wired XBox 360 PC model controller.
Is there an NES emulator (or preferably a multi-console emulator with NES support) that works well with the Fire TV 2nd Gen and paired Bluetooth gamepads? The gamepads in question are specifically ASUS brand, but they are Android compatible, pair properly to the Fire TV without any additional apps or mods (i.e., no settings.apk needed), and they both work with all gamepad compatible Fire TV apps. Unfortunately, none of the emulators that I've tried appear to receive input from the controller once I start a game. Here are the emulators that I've tried:
Latest Retroarch (both Play Store and directly from Libretro).
NES.emu
Nostalgia.NES
RetroFC
John NES Lite
Has anyone had success with an NES emulator and game controllers? Did you need to change settings? Any insight would be appreciated!
- Dave
I use the Amazon Fire Game Controller and Dualshock 4 with all my emulators.
I use Retroarch with both my rooted Fire TV 2 and rooted Fire Stick, i use 2 x ps3 pads on the Fire Stick (connected with the help of sideloaded SixAxis apk, to which works flawlessly (a little of a bugger to set up as enabling SixAxis knocks the bluetooth connection off but to compensate for this i have the 'enable otg script' auto start at boot and have a 2.4ghz airmouse/keyboard combo remote plugged into my home made powered OTG). Ive actually got 3 ps3 dualshock pads and they all connect at the same time and is a blast with Super Bomberman. Just have to make sure you have them all setup correctly.
As for the Fire TV 2, ive got a 'Rii GP500' android pad connected through bluetooth and if im wanting 2 players on this i have to connect the only other type of controller i have which works, a wired Xbox One pad, ive not got the Wireless adapter to try out no have i got a 360 pad with the wireless adapter to try ( i have read the 360 wireless adapter does work with the Fire TV to use your 360 pad wirelessly). Unfortunatly the ps3 pads refuse to work on the Fire TV 2 no matter what i try (guttered as the ps3 dualshocks are great), i have read that they dowork with Fire TV 1 tho.
Ive also had connected another type of android pad to both Fire TV 2 and Fire Stick, the Ipega 9068, there is quite a few different variations of Ipega bluetooth pads and dont see why they wouldn't work.
As long as you set them up properly in Retroarch i cant see why you would have difficulty.
Saying that when i once tried to plug 2 Xbox one pads in wired, i could not get Retroarch to detect properly, i dont know if it was the case it seen 2 controllers as 1 or not.
My advice would be to setup 1 correctly then save the setup in Retroarch then try adding another, but before commiting to buy see if you can borrow one to try out, or go for any of the compatable ones (if applicable to you) ive tested.
SNES9X Ex+ also working perfectly even with 8Bitdo controllers...
I cannot to get the Sony DualShock 4 to work on the Fire TV Stick 4K. The pairing works but the Fire TV won't react to any input on the gamepad. The output from "logcat" repeatedly shows the following line until I disconnect the DualShock 4:
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12-09 13:20:16.959 674 818 W bt_btif : bta_hh_co_data: Error: fd = 179, ready 0, len = 10
There are some reports of similar problems with the Galaxy S7 running on Android 7, which is the version that Amazon has used as base for their Fire OS. However, there seems to be no solution to fix the issue. There is probably not much that I can do except hoping that Amazon will fix the issue with an update. Did someone manage to get the DualShock 4 to work with the Fire TV Stick 4K?
Some additional information after testing DualShock 3 (CECHZC1U), DualShock 4 (CUH-ZCT1E) and DualShock 4 (CUH-ZCT2E): non of these gamepads can be used with the Fire TV Stick 4K.
CECHZC1U: unsupported Bluetooth protocol, root access would be required
CUH-ZCT1E: pairing works, gamepad not working (errors in "logcat" as shown above)
CUH-ZCT2E: pairing works, gampead works fine for about half a minute but starts to lag afterwards
All tested gamepads are working fine on my tablet with Lineage OS 14.1, therefore this is an Amazon issue, not a general Android issue.
Simpson474 said:
I cannot to get the Sony DualShock 4 to work on the Fire TV Stick 4K. The pairing works but the Fire TV won't react to any input on the gamepad. The output from "logcat" repeatedly shows the following line until I disconnect the DualShock 4:
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12-09 13:20:16.959 674 818 W bt_btif : bta_hh_co_data: Error: fd = 179, ready 0, len = 10
There are some reports of similar problems with the Galaxy S7 running on Android 7, which is the version that Amazon has used as base for their Fire OS. However, there seems to be no solution to fix the issue. There is probably not much that I can do except hoping that Amazon will fix the issue with an update. Did someone manage to get the DualShock 4 to work with the Fire TV Stick 4K?
Some additional information after testing DualShock 3 (CECHZC1U), DualShock 4 (CUH-ZCT1E) and DualShock 4 (CUH-ZCT2E): non of these gamepads can be used with the Fire TV Stick 4K.
CECHZC1U: unsupported Bluetooth protocol, root access would be required
CUH-ZCT1E: pairing works, gamepad not working (errors in "logcat" as shown above)
CUH-ZCT2E: pairing works, gampead works fine for about half a minute but starts to lag afterwards
All tested gamepads are working fine on my tablet with Lineage OS 14.1, therefore this is an Amazon issue, not a general Android issue.
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Did you ever find a solution to this?
I am running a Poco but we have a similar problem. While I have a CUH-ZCT1E, I did actually get to work at some point but can't reproduce lol.
I use an 8Bitdo adapter. Works perfect. You just need an USB OTG-cable or any other way to get USB devices work with your Fire TV Stick.
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I use an 8Bitdo adapter. Works perfect. You just need an USB OTG-cable or any other way to get USB devices work with your Fire TV Stick.
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Hi thanks for mentioning that .... can you confirm what device you using and what controller is it fire stick 4k ? and what the latency like is there a delay using gaming emulator like retro or happy chick
thanks so much in advance am waiting your confirm to buy it :angel:
You need the newer ps4 controllers. Both my old ones dont work. New ps4 controller model, for example the limited edition PS4 controller, the clear one works
I've got a CUH-ZCT2E Sony Dual Shock 4 controller and like OP posted it pairs Fire 4k UHD Stick, but it ends there - I can't seem to use it at all, not even initially.
@MrHomebrew How do why know a newer from older PS4 controller? How can I diagnose this in more detail?
Has there been any solution to this?
I've the exact same issue. The Dual Shock 4, bought today(CUH-ZCT2E) will connect and pair successfully to the Fire TV 4k but any input results in no effect and I have to use the remote to navigate.
I've the latest OS updated on the Fire TV 4k unit.
Also, reset PS4 controller prior to pairing, ran PS+Share prior to clicking pair on the fire tv etc. but no luck : (
Have also tried ES File Explorer trick to try and get it to connect, showed the Wireless controller when scanned with BT but could not connect, again reset PS4 controller prior to pairing attempt etc. etc.
If anyone has found a way to connect their PS4/DualShock 4 controller to the Fire TV 4k unit please any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: nevermind I just got tired of unsuccessfully trying numerous suggested solutions.... went ahead and bought an Xbox One controller instead. Works flawlessly on fire tv 4k.