Hi
Does anyone know a way to keep WiFi from switching ON?
Iv'e tried the settings.apk to turn it OFF but it seems to reactivate itself. Or another app is switching on.
Trying to find an app that will do it, but no luck so far.
This would be simple on a regular android device.
I prefer a wired connection and would like the WiFi to stay OFF.
Thanks
[email protected] said:
Hi
Does anyone know a way to keep WiFi from switching ON?
Iv'e tried the settings.apk to turn it OFF but it seems to reactivate itself. Or another app is switching on.
Trying to find an app that will do it, but no luck so far.
This would be simple on a regular android device.
I prefer a wired connection and would like the WiFi to stay OFF.
Thanks
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Just go to Settings/System/Network & press the 3 _ line button for any Wifi Network you had saved. Now it should not be able to connect to any Wifi. And it shouldn't try as long as you have an Ethernet cable plugged in...
Y314K said:
Just go to Settings/System/Network & press the 3 _ line button for any Wifi Network you had saved. Now it should not be able to connect to any Wifi. And it shouldn't try as long as you have an Ethernet cable plugged in...
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Thanks
I was able to get it to forget my network as you suggested.
The FireTV seems to have the WiFi signal turned on even when connected through ethernet.
I've tried a few WiFi manager apps to disable WiFi completely.
My WiFi signal detector always shows a signal from the AFTV, except when it's unplugged.
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I was able to get it to forget my network as you suggested.
The FireTV seems to have the WiFi signal turned on even when connected through ethernet.
I've tried a few WiFi manager apps to disable WiFi completely.
My WiFi signal detector always shows a signal from the AFTV, except when it's unplugged.
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Yeh - I think I have the same issue. My connection showing wired, I ran a speedtest and getting 45mb (I have 120mb braodband).
The Remote App also works which tells me I am still wireless.
Disable wlan module ? ?
I tried to disable the wifi module (wlan.ko in /system/lib/modules) by renaming it, but it just created a new copy.
There must be an app to freeze or disable somewhere.
Hill16 said:
Yeh - I think I have the same issue. My connection showing wired, I ran a speedtest and getting 45mb (I have 120mb braodband).
The Remote App also works which tells me I am still wireless.
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[email protected] said:
I tried to disable the wifi module (wlan.ko in /system/lib/modules) by renaming it, but it just created a new copy.
There must be an app to freeze or disable somewhere.
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Wonder if one only uses the Wired option since the first Setup will it make a difference.. Doubt it.. But wonder... Maybe it has to do with the new FW that includes the Remote app support...
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Wonder if one only uses the Wired option since the first Setup will it make a difference.. Doubt it.. But wonder... Maybe it has to do with the new FW that includes the Remote app support...
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Anyone wondering what type of connection your remote has and probably get an answer on why WiFi is always on?
jokatsim said:
Anyone wondering what type of connection your remote has and probably get an answer on why WiFi is always on?
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The remote is bluetooth.
just a thought, but maybe an app like d-vasive would do the trick... just disable wifi through the app (and leave bluetooth on for the remote)
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My WiFi signal detector always shows a signal from the AFTV, except when it's unplugged.
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The Amazon Fire TV stick broadcasts its own wireless signal even while connected via ethernet.
Peer-reviewed scientific papers on health effects of wireless radiation are abundant. Here's 1: ehtrust.org/science/research-on-wireless-health-effects/
Kids are way more vulnerable because they absorb way more radiation. Pisses me off that I can't see a way to disable it. IoT devices should come with a way to disable broadcasting a signal and default set to 'off'!
Does anyone know of a way to disable the function that makes the Amazon Fire TV stick broadcast it's own IoT wireless signal?
Any help would be much appreciated! thanks
I’m looking for a way to disable it as well. Thanks for any info.
I would also like to disable wifi on the firestick as well. I do not want wifi signals coming from the firestick trying to find a wifi connection if it is plugged in via ethernet. I am trying to avoid EMFs exposure.
I, too, would like to know how to completely turn off the Fire TV stick wi-fi signal.
The remote is WFD (Wifi Direct, not Bluetooth) and there is no way to turn this off. Wifi for data is off when it is plugged in as wired.
I too have got rid of EVERYTHING wifi or bluetooth in my home.
I was hoping i could disable bluetooth and wifi completely on the fire tv stick 4k.
I am using my infrared TV remote to control it through CEC.
I connected to it remotely via ADB and executed these two commands
adb shell settings put global bluetooth_on 0
adb shell svc wifi disable
Unfortunately although the commands seemed to work, the fire tv is still emitting huge amounts of EMF.
Any clever people here have any ideas to disable Bluetooth and wifi completely ?
Thanks in advance
For anyone who is interested I found a way to disable WiFi and Bluetooth and it is VERY simple.
WARNING :
Disabling Bluetooth will make your Firestick remote unusable until Bluetooth is turned back on.
Restarting the firestick used to re-enable bluetooth but this is no longer the case, so be careful and,
Make sure you have another way to navigate before turning Bluetooth off. ( CEC or FireTV app )
Enable Apps from Unknown Sources on an Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
From the Fire TV or Fire TV Stick's home screen, scroll to “Settings”.
Next, scroll to the right and select “My Fire TV”. ( ...
Next, scroll down and select “Developer options”.
Then select “Apps from Unknown Sources” to turn the option to “ON”.
THEN
Search for and install "downloader" on the fire stick
Use downloader to download and install an app called "Smart Quick Settings" available here.
I used version 2.71 but the apk is available other places too, aswell as other versions.
You could alternatively use a normal web browser on the firestick instead of downloader to download the smart quick settings app but you will then need a file explorer app to find your downloaded apk and install it.
Make sure you can control the firestick with CEC or other means, a guide for enabling CEC is below.
How to Enable HDMI-CEC on Your Fire TV
There are days when we want to watch something on our Fire TV but it takes minutes before the screen fills up because your TV is on the wrong HDMI input or the TV took a long time to boot up. You can avoid this annoying wait time by enabling HDMI-CEC on your Fire TV. HDMI-CEC is a code that...
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Open Smart quick settings and toggle wifi and bluetooth off ( when navigating inside Smart quick settings you do not see anything moving so count how many clicks you have done, I think its 3 down clicks to get to the bluetooth off toggle )
And that's it all done... Simple
I have confirmed using my RF meter that it is no longer transmitting anything at all bluetooth or wifi.
Hope this helps someone
Turning off the Bluetooth on your Fire TV and keeps turning on that you gets hijacked on Bluetooth is called Bluejacking.
To disable the Bluetooth completely that you don't needed. You have to disable the Bluetooth Share app on it.
treboR2Robert said:
For anyone who is interested I found a way to do this and it is VERY simple.
How to enable Apps from Unknown Sources on an Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
From the Fire TV or Fire TV Stick's home screen, scroll to “Settings”.
Next, scroll to the right and select “My Fire TV”. ( ...
Next, scroll down and select “Developer options”.
Then select “Apps from Unknown Sources” to turn the option to “ON”.
THEN
Search for and install "downloader" on the fire stick
Use downloader to download and install an app called "Smart Quick Settings" i got it from here but the apk is available other places too.
Open Smart quick settings and toggle wifi and bluetooth off, and that's it all done... Simple
I have confirmed using my RF meter that it is no longer transmitting anything at all bluetooth or wifi.
One thing to watch though is if you restart the fire stick or shut it down then bluetooth automatically turns itself back on, as long as you remember to just go back into "smart quick settings" and turn it back off then its no problem but personally i set my tv CEC settings to not send shut down or wake up commands so when i turn my tv off the fire stick just stays on all the time.
Only if it needs a restart for updates does it get restarted.
Hope this helps someone
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Hi, I have used the above method to try and turn off wifi on firestick and everything has gone well with "smart quick settings" now on the firestick as an app but when I get onto the page with all the different settings on it it wont let me scroll down to wifi settings to turn it off(it wont let me scroll down to any of the settings on page 1 or 2). Would appreciate any help on how to overcome this or if anyone has found a different method to disable wifi/Bluetooth settings on the Kindle firestick,
Thanks Barney
Barney22 said:
Hi, I have used the above method to try and turn off wifi on firestick and everything has gone well with "smart quick settings" now on the firestick as an app but when I get onto the page with all the different settings on it it wont let me scroll down to wifi settings to turn it off(it wont let me scroll down to any of the settings on page 1 or 2). Would appreciate any help on how to overcome this or if anyone has found a different method to disable wifi/Bluetooth settings on the Kindle firestick,
Thanks Barney
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It doesn't look like anything is moving but it actually is.
For bluetooth I think i just press the down button 3 times ( just count how far down it is) and the click select on the remote and you will see it toggle the setting on and off.
to turn it back on you have to press right after going down to the option, again you don't see anything move but it does move.
treboR2Robert said:
It doesn't look like anything is moving but it actually is.
For bluetooth I think i just press the down button 3 times ( just count how far down it is) and the click select on the remote and you will see it toggle the setting on and off.
to turn it back on you have to press right after going down to the option, again you don't see anything move but it does move.
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Thanks for the reply,
Tried it but when we click on it to try and alter Bluetooth it automatically switches
from Smart Quick settings to the firestick settings page and when we try to alter Wifi settings it sends us to the firestick network page which shows we are connected to Ethernet, when we press select on this it asks for an IP address-unsure which IP address to put in.
Hi,
I got a problem with my FireTV Stick. I want to use my Harmony IR remote and read that the FireTV Stick supports basic CEC. Currently, I use the CEC feature of my Samsung TV
for controlling my PS3, so CEC is working in general.
Not for the FireTV Stick. The stick is recogniced by my TV and Onkyo receiver by name, but I can not control anything.
My current firmware is "54.1.2.3_user_12306702". I used the ADB shell to check for the settings for CEC, but the config "/sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/cec" does not exist.
The cec daemon can be found under "/system/bin/cecdaemon" but it is not running. Simply starting it does not help. Do I need root for that?
The support told me that CEC is currently broken, but there are useres out there where CEC is working with that FW. I already tried a reset, but no change.
I was hoping to replace the FireTV remote completely by implementing some missing features in FireStarter (I'm a Java developer but no Android expert)
github.com/sphinx02/FireStarter/issues/11
I hope someone can help me.
JackD83 said:
Hi,
I got a problem with my FireTV Stick. I want to use my Harmony IR remote and read that the FireTV Stick supports basic CEC. Currently, I use the CEC feature of my Samsung TV
for controlling my PS3, so CEC is working in general.
Not for the FireTV Stick. The stick is recogniced by my TV and Onkyo receiver by name, but I can not control anything.
My current firmware is "54.1.2.3_user_12306702". I used the ADB shell to check for the settings for CEC, but the config "/sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/cec" does not exist.
The cec daemon can be found under "/system/bin/cecdaemon" but it is not running. Simply starting it does not help. Do I need root for that?
The support told me that CEC is currently broken, but there are useres out there where CEC is working with that FW. I already tried a reset, but no change.
I was hoping to replace the FireTV remote completely by implementing some missing features in FireStarter (I'm a Java developer but no Android expert)
github.com/sphinx02/FireStarter/issues/11
I hope someone can help me.
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Just pay ~$22 or whatever for FLIRC at Amazon, it's an IR receiver that allows you to use any remote with the Fire Tv. You may need a USB extension cable also to make the dongle face forward.
Its rather difficult to add an USB device to the stick. I was a little confused that my newly bought stick is still on FireOS3. I thought that "54.1.2.3_user_12306702" indicated 5something
Amazon is rolling out the new 5.0.5 update to all sticks and I will report back if it solved the problem.
I don't think you can have a USB device on the stick as its powered by the micro USB port.
When I had my fire stick plugged in CEC worked fine on both fireOS 3 and 5 preview version. Having moved on to the firetv2 I have less CEC functionality (wont wake from sleep but everything else worked).
I tried searching other threads but cannot figure out if the solution is the same for my problem. I accidentally selected to forget network on my Amazon fire stick and have misplaced the remote control so now I have no idea how to connect to my wifi network using only my phone. Any ideas? I cannot find the device when I open up the app because it is currently disconnected from the wifi. Am I out of luck until I get a replacement remote?
I have a similar issue. I install Kodi and Mobdro on friends and family fire tv sticks but sometimes they do not have the remote and they are on my wifi so i cant use my fire tv remote android app without the wifi turned on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi All,
Is there some magic involved in getting this TV to turn off / on via google assitant?
It has an inbuilt chrome cast that works, and linked to my google home account, but it will not function to turning on or off the TV.
I have set the TV to quick start but no luck.
I have also plugged in a chromecast that works with my other TV (LG) and that functions fine in being able to turn tv off/on. When i plug it in the TCL nothing, it works as a chromecast for casting, and it turns on the TV if i send something to cast to it, but not via voice.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
THanks.
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