Just grabbed a 2nd gen Cube on prime day for the bedroom TV.
I had an echo previously but gave it away as the cube has Alexa built in. Trouble being whenever I ask Alexa anything it takes over the entire screen, if I ask for weather instead of just telling me it like the echo did. It says what the temp etc is but also puts it on the TV screen.
If I drop in to the echo downstairs a diaper takes up the entire screen. If I ask a question it displays the question and answer on the entire screen. If I’m watching something or playing a game it still does it.
I know you can turn the alexa off but I don’t want to disable the Alexa completely. I just don’t want to have a dial screen/weather take over the entire TV.
Is there a way to disable that?
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just got my fire tv yesterday and love it. i have xmbc loaded and it works perfectly other than one thing. after being at idle for more than 30 minutes, it does not go to sleep
i've googled it and i see that other's have this issue. but the thing that confuses me is there is no option within xbmc to close, sleep, or shut down after set period of time?. on my window based HTPC downstairs, i am able to set a time on which the computer will either close the program, sleep, shutdown whatever.
is there a way i can add that function back to XBMC or an add on ? i tend to use XBMC to watch a movie or listen to music while falling asleep and it would be nice to have the fire tv sleep rather than staying on.
thanks
Valkyrie743 said:
just got my fire tv yesterday and love it. i have xmbc loaded and it works perfectly other than one thing. after being at idle for more than 30 minutes, it does not go to sleep
i've googled it and i see that other's have this issue. but the thing that confuses me is there is no option within xbmc to close, sleep, or shut down after set period of time?. on my window based HTPC downstairs, i am able to set a time on which the computer will either close the program, sleep, shutdown whatever.
is there a way i can add that function back to XBMC or an add on ? i tend to use XBMC to watch a movie or listen to music while falling asleep and it would be nice to have the fire tv sleep rather than staying on.
thanks
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XBMC does have a timed quit function, but it's not visible in the settings by default. Go to XBMC's "Settings", then to "System". In the bottom left will be "Settings level". Change the settings level to either "Advanced" or "Expert". Then go to the "Power saving" menu and at the top is the setting you're looking for. Set "Shutdown function timer" to some value in minutes, and set "Shutdown function" to "Quit".
Hi, so I have a fire stick, which I need to relay a single website on constantly for a company, but the thing is, even though firefox is open the stick will go to sleep mode. I sorta need this turned off, I understand there is a way to do this via adb commands, could anyone explain this further? I've tried tasker yet failed to even set up a profile as I couldn't hit the + button with the limited scrolling and functionality that accompanies the remote control with the stick.
any help is appreciated,
thanks!
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
Hello guys,*
I have an issue with my Fire Tvs and Echo Dots. I have 3 Fire Tv Sticks and 2 Echo Dots. I am able to control the Tv when it is on by the Echo Dot, but I am not able to turn it on and off. The voice control of the remote always works both to turn on and to turn off. The Echo only works if I use the voice control of the remote to turn the tv off and immediately I ask Alexa to turn tv on. Just once.
I tried to factory reset, Dot and Firestic, reset my broadband hub, unlink/link by the Alexa App. Nothing worked.
The technical assistance told me that the Dots could be faulty, but I can t believe that both of them are. Someone else from their Customer Service told me that a Firestick does not turn on and off a not Smart tv.
Any other tip? Would I solve this issue rooting the firesticks?
I am very disappointed cause I bought 2 Echo Dots for that function that I can't use.
Thank you in advance.
Aledroid88 said:
Hello guys,*
I have an issue with my Fire Tvs and Echo Dots. I have 3 Fire Tv Sticks and 2 Echo Dots. I am able to control the Tv when it is on by the Echo Dot, but I am not able to turn it on and off. The voice control of the remote always works both to turn on and to turn off. The Echo only works if I use the voice control of the remote to turn the tv off and immediately I ask Alexa to turn tv on. Just once.
I tried to factory reset, Dot and Firestic, reset my broadband hub, unlink/link by the Alexa App. Nothing worked.
The technical assistance told me that the Dots could be faulty, but I can t believe that both of them are. Someone else from their Customer Service told me that a Firestick does not turn on and off a not Smart tv.
Any other tip? Would I solve this issue rooting the firesticks?
I am very disappointed cause I bought 2 Echo Dots for that function that I can't use.
Thank you in advance.
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maybe this will help
https://www.lifewire.com/control-amazon-fire-tv-with-alexa-4159609
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I really tried everything possible. Maybe there is no way to turn on tv by Alexa and Firestick, I don't have any other explanation.
Hi,
I have a TCL S6500 TV. On TV start up, TCL logo appears see and then some vertical lines start to appear and cover entire screen. I have attached a video that should be elaborating the details.
Apparently, it seems a hardware fault (like some missing voltages). I want to troubleshoot it. Can someone help me out how to check this issue step by step. Thanks.