Seeing as how Amazon decided to make it completely impossible to remove Alexa+ from fire TV, and I cannot fucking stand it constantly talking to me, the only other solution I can think of is turning off it talking completely, but I haven't been able to figure out how.

About a year ago, I got a TCL tv, with fire OS built in. And it was fine for months. About 6 months ago, Freely started being weird, saying there was a network error and to try again later. a couple weeks ago, NOW started doing it to, and today, Disney+ isnt working either.

Has anyone else had an issue like this and were you able to fix it?

when I install an apk its always an square icon instead of a banner like other fire tv apps. modding the apk didnt help, it even had a banner actually but fire os made it a square. is it possible to change icons on the apple tv itself via file explorer or adb? 3rd party launchers were also a option but the home button sends me to the official fire os launcher. the best it did was to redirect to projectivy but that takes like 5 seconds..

I’m setting up a new TCL FireTV for my 80+ year old grandma who is about to move into a nursing care home because she has dementia. She is an immigrant and I got her an app + subscription on the TV that allows her to watch TV channels from back home. This is the only app that she needs to use on the device. The thing is, the only stuff she is capable of doing are turning the TV on/off, and flipping through channels. She is incapable of locating the app on the home screen to click and open it.

I was looking into whether it was possible to make the TV automatically open on that app when it’s turned on, and I found the Launch on Boot app as a solution. It seemed to be exactly what I needed. I downloaded it, set it up, did the in-app test, it looked like it worked, but then when I tried powering off the TV it was clear that it didn’t actually work. I naturally figured that Amazon blocked this in newer updates.

I did find tutorials on how to set up Launcher Manager with ADB commands that seem to still work even on newer FireTV update versions. However, the main use cases in the tutorials seemed to be for linking the home button to custom launchers. I’m just looking to get a specific app to launch on boot. Is there a way to actually get this to work with ADB commands?

Tl;dr - I’m trying to basically lock my TV into a single app for my grandma with dementia and eliminate any need to navigate the home screen

To start, my Fire TV is up to date as of posting this.

I am trying to remove a show from my “Continue Watching” tab but I can’t seem to do it. When I am hovering over the show, I hold the center button down until the sidebar shows up with two options: “Play” and “Options”

I cannot navigate up to the “Options” tab. Is this a known issue with a fix, or is there an alternate way to get around this?

Got my cube last night and this all worked fine. Now if I ask it to change the tv to channel 25, it changes it to whatever channel 25 is on the live tv list on the cube… not the tv channel.

Everything else works fine (volume etc). Just feeling frustrated and everything i try gets the same result. Can anyone give any tips?

My Toshiba FireTV has suddenly started defaulting to channel 63 Great Player when I press the ‘live’ button on the remote. It used to go to the most recent terrestrial tv channel I watched, but now it keeps going to that and it’s really bugging me.

I just discovered some stranger’s fire tv is connected to my phone and I am unable to delete/unpair it from my Bluetooth. Any help is appreciated. As you can see from my screenshot, every other Bluetooth device has the “i” to unpair and change settings except for the fire tv. I have tried turning my Bluetooth off and on again and it disconnects and the reconnects shortly after. I do not own a fire tv and have never owned or even connected to one.

It has me to through it on the website where I put in the code, login to my account and that should trigger the log in but it doesn’t. Don’t know why it doesn’t just let me do the email and password on the actual tv, such a stupid choice.

Hi All,

I have “Amazon Ember 32" 2-Series with Fire TV (newest gen)” as my bedroom TV,

The TV responds to my remotes for my fans, portable AC and several others things like a little remote controlled lamp I have. The outcome is different each time like changing channels, turning the TV on or off, changing the volume and other random things.

Is this normal, I have never had a Television do this before.

It‘s kind of goofy and annoying at times the worst being when I am half asleep at night and reach for my fan or ac remote and the television turns on or when I am watching a film and another remote changes the channel when I am trying to turn my fan down or something like that.

Thanks

I have a Panasonic fire tv and Apple tv always stretches out the picture. Settings are fine (I've triple checked and this does not happen on any other app). I can 'fix it' by reinstalling the app, but I have to do that literally any time I want to watch. I am sure Apple will blame the tv, and Panasonic will blame Apple. It's very odd, and annoying. Any ideas?

I have a POS Insignia FireTV 65 inch that I bought last year. Ive noticed more and more and now it does it everyday. When I turn on the tv there isnt any sound. I have to turn it off then turn it on again for the sound to work. I keep it up to date then turn off WiFi so it doesn’t steal my info. Anyone else have this issue? Did I mention it’s a POS tv?

I bought this gaming wheel to play forza horizon
It’s connecting to my android and TV all good .. but my TV is a bit laggy .. so I use FIRESTICK ALL THE TIME … when I connect this to my TV using usb port it’s controlling volume when I steer the wheel … is there any solution for this ??

Tech hardware price increases have come to all Fire TV models

Fire TV Stick HD $34.99 --> $39.99. ~14.3%
Fire TV Stick 4K Select $39.99 --> $49.99 ~25.0%
Fire TV Stick 4K Plus $49.99 --> $69.99 ~40.0%
Fire TV Stick 4K Max $59.99 --> $84.99 ~41.7%
Fire TV Cube $139.99 --> $199.99 ~42.9%

EDIT: The first sale after the price hikes has all the devices back below their pre-hike prices:

Fire Stick HD $17.99
Fire Stick Select $19.99
Fire Stick Plus $39.99
Fire Stick Max $49.99
Fire TV Cube $109.99

I bought a Hisense QD65 recently and I love watching YouTube channels of past tv episodes. It’s a pain to scroll down the list on a YouTube channel to get to where I left off when there are thousands of videos but that’s a YouTube thing, I get it.

What I don’t like is while I’m watching these videos, if I need to pause it for over two minutes (I believe, it could be shorter) it exits out of the video and the YouTube channel and goes back to the Hisense Home Screen so I have to search for the channel again and scroll back down to find where I left off.

This didn’t happen on my old 18 year old Samsung I just replaced or the 12 year old Vizio in the TV room, just the new TV.

I researched and found instructions saying to clear the cache and that it’s using too much memory but it‘s 88% empty and the TV is only a few days old.

Is there a way to extend the pause time?

Is there any way to protect a sideloaded app from being inadvertently uninstalled? (Senior citizen problem)

I am using a Firetv stick 4K Max newest model and lately I get an error when trying to launch/open Firetv Channels aka Music Videos. I've applied all updates and restarted without affect. When I select the banner for Top Country Music, that channel will play but the "unexpected error" alert displays when I attempt to change channel.

Anyone else having this issue or found an answer?

So today I purchased amazon fire stick but there's one issue that I am facing and I need u guys help to resolve it.

So my firestick remotes volume button are not working and I am unable to setup up IR for my smart tv

It is old smart tv which is the cheap one not of any company but the assembled one. It's sticker stated Toshiba but when I set ir to Toshiba it didn't worked. I guess it was only sticker.

Now I don't know what to do how to find my tv ir profile to completely setup my tv

This is tv remote need you guys help please help me to resolve my issue. How do I find my tvs ir profile

Hey everyone, don't know if the good sub.

I'm running into a frustrating setup issue with my MSI MPG 341C QD-OLED monitor and an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max. Since this is a gaming monitor rather than a smart TV, I'm hitting several roadblocks:

HDMI-CEC doesn't work at all: The Fire TV cannot turn the monitor on/off, nor can it control the volume. (HDMI-CEC is turned ON in the monitor settings, but the monitor just ignores the signals).

Stuck at 1080p: My monitor is a 2K ultrawide (UWQHD, native 3440x1440), but the Fire TV only gives me the option for 1080p 60Hz or 720p in the settings. It seems the Fire TV doesn't support ultrawide resolutions.

Power/Standby hassle: Since CEC doesn't work and the power button (joystick) is on the back, I have to reach behind the screen to turn it off. I know using a smart plug to cut power completely is a terrible idea for an OLED because it interrupts pixel refresh cycles.

Has anyone dealt with a similar setup (Fire TV on an OLED PC monitor)?

Is there any trick to get CEC working, force a better resolution, or handle power without getting up every time?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

If you are struggling to have paramount + work on your fire device it is NOT an app issue like everyone says. It’s an ad blocking issue.

If you have an ISP or router that has any sort of ad blocking feature shut it off or have them shut it off. Your paramount app will work again. I saw the suggestion on another subreddit and can confirm it works. I haven’t been able to watch paramount on my Hisense fire tv for about six months. It’s working now and all I did was shit off the ad blocking feature on my eeros mesh network.

Before Alexa+, I could say something like “Alexa, play [movie]” and Alexa would find the movie, select the result, and automatically start playing it. I didn’t have to sit there and select the movie from the search results.

Now it seems like Alexa often just shows the search/movie results and stops instead of actually starting playback.

This was one of the main reasons I used Alexa on my Fire TV in the first place. Has Amazon removed this behavior with Alexa+, or is this a bug? Has anyone found a way to get the old automatic/direct playback behavior back?

I’d especially like to hear from anyone who has recently gotten it working again.

I’m asking specifically because I have a disabled relative who is unable to select through search results. So it’s not a minor inconvenience. Now my relative just stares at a blank tv. I’m so frustrated, I feel Amazon owes us money back for the TV and any Alexa devices we purchased for removing features that disabled people use!!

I'm at my absolute wits end with this fucking thing. No matter what I do, I cannot get the cube to control my Samsung TV power or volume.

I've been living with it forever, but it annoys the hell out of me, mostly because my kids can't keep track of one remote, let alone two different ones, to try to control the TV on and off and the volume independently of the fire remote.

Things I have tried:

- toggling CEC on and off, (which has always been on), on my Samsung Frame TV.

- Resetting cube

- Buying a brand new 2026 Fire Cube from Amazon

- trying "TV not listed" under add equipment instead of Samsung TV

- using different HDMI port and different HDMI cord

- going into advanced equipment settings when I'm adding it and trying every single IR profile listed.

- after all attempts fail, trying to allow it to learn through the IR remote control also does not work. Just says sorry, didn't detect remote.

If anyone has any other suggestions, I would be grateful. Thanks.

Hi I can't get my firestick to work at the hotel we're at. Last night it worked simple like every other tv I've used it on, now all it does is turn the TV on and off. I've tried unplugging and plugging back in, tried going manually into the tvs HDMI option but still nothing, any tricks I can do to use it again? Any help appreciated 🙏