r/firetvstick

I’m done with this stupid fire stick

Amazon can go to hell, they really fucked up this device so bad, it used to be very good few months/years ago.

I have the 4K 2nd gen (2023) and just like a couple months ago was all good, no issues, everything smooth and fine, but now it totally sucks. Lagging all the time, Network issues, I can’t connect it to the mobile app because the app won’t detect it, I can’t use the keyboard by scanning the QR code because safari on my iphone wont connect to it, the horrendous new layout with a lot of shit I don’t care and don’t wanna see like bombing me with content I don’t want.

I missed Barcelona - Madrid soccer match today because of this thing having network issues all the time, and surprisingly I have Internet on ALL my other devices but the stupid firestick keep having issues. Every time I turn it on, it gets internet access and everything works fine but after like 1 o 2 minutes it loses the internet connection out of nowhere.

The stupid new layout sometimes keeps loading and loading and never gets to show the installed apps and things, I gotta keep resetting this garbage even 5 times to get it to work.

I can’t even watch youtube because it won’t open, and even PAID streaming apps would buffer after like a minute turning it on.

And while I write this, I already missed 40 minutes of another soccer match I really wanted to watch.

All this started happening since this new update that changed all the layout.

I was always recommending it to my friends to get one because it was a way lot better than just having a normal smart tv but now Amazon even don’t want people to install whatever app they want, like dude I paid for it and I choose whatever I wanna do with it.

And you guys know whats even more frustrating? That I have an older version of this firestick in my bedroom’s tv which works totally fineeee, I just had to plug it into my living room’s tv to watch my soccer game and trash that fucking “2nd gen” crap I had.

Fuck Amazon, they’re really and slowly killing this device.

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u/Mobile_Efficiency933 — 3 days ago

Both Bee TV and Nova TV are not working and can not open from last night both on my Android TV Box and my Andriod Phones. Both of them just try to open and close right away! No Movie picture loads up.

The other app FimPlus is open, but no more movie picture show up, just blank.

Anyone has any idea why those three apps stop working at the same time? Bee TV, Nova TV and FimPlus are the main good apps for new movies and TV shows. Now all of them stop working at the same time. So sad!😫😫😫

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u/Weak_Vegetable1019 — 7 days ago

Sports X not letting me have AK47 sports app

Sports X not letting me have AK47 sports app im not Able to use sportsx with the new update that came it doesn't allow AK47 SPORTS APP IT KEEPS ON ASKING ME TO UNINSTALL IT WHAT TO DO

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u/Foreign_Equipment431 — 13 hours ago
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Created a TUI specifically for MX Linux (non Systemd) users in mind (like myself) - FireTV De-bloater

there's no systemd anywhere in the codebase. No .service files, no systemctl, nothing. The whole thing is built and tested on MX Linux 23.3. Only hard dependencies are Python 3.10+ and ADB — both in the MX repos (sudo apt install android-tools-adb). That's it.

For anyone who has a fireTV or firestick/box - if you, like me love the hardware but hate teh software of fire devices.

Amazon's launcher is basically a sponsored content delivery mechanism with a UI bolted on. There's Automatic Content Recognition running in the background fingerprinting what you watch, Sidewalk quietly sharing your network bandwidth, and a pile of telemetry services you never agreed to. Oh, and the ad tracking is opt-in by default, naturally.

Every tool I found to deal with this was either Windows-only, three years unmaintained, or a bash script with no safety rails. Nothing Linux-native. So I wrote one.

Python TUI (Textual framework) and CLI, connects to the device over ADB — USB or network, your choice. What it does:

Debloat: package list pulled live from the device, classified into tiers (Safe / Risky / Telemetry). You pick which tiers to touch. Nothing fires until you confirm.

Telemetry: writes the ADB settings that kill interest-based ads, disable ACR, stop Sidewalk, zero out the video autoplay stuff on the home screen

Launcher swap: detect what HOME-intent handlers are installed, set your preferred one as default

APK install/uninstall: browse installed packages, install from local path

Backup: full JSON snapshot of package state + settings before you touch anything

Everything uses pm disable-user --user 0 so it's fully reversible per-user, not a system wipe. Backup/restore is built in regardless.

Screenshots in the repo if you want to see what it looks like before cloning. Ask away if you've got questions about it.

https://github.com/WB2024/firestrip

u/Jaded-Assignment6893 — 6 days ago

So i used to use BeeTV but its been deactivated, tried cinema hd again same, so im wondering if anyone has a list of apps that work.

I tried using apps of black Joseph but the ones I tried either arnt working or have been deactivated.

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u/WranglerCommercial82 — 6 days ago

HDO Box Issue

Anyone using hdobox? Noticed that it is not playing anymore and force closing the entire app. Anyone experiencing the same? Any troubleshooting to fix it?

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u/ervinsoliven — 1 day ago

Rockett TV. The new way to watch your TV

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Live tv with Xtream login
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Also we have a website where you add your Xtream details and torrentio details and boom login to the app and it’s all filled out easy.
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The app is CURRENTLY completely FREE while we do testing and further improvements

u/K99TMR — 5 days ago
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I know we just found out barely a day ago, that Beetv went down and now so is HD Cinema & many others to come as they been shut down.

I highly suggest using OnStream..

It's perfect.

Watching Mortal Kombat, then other fun shows like Widows Bay.. try it & let me know how you like it.

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u/partywillsplace — 6 days ago

Sportsfire low quality

Just noticed the sportsfire and streamsfire apps are such low quality on basically every channel, mainly the sky ones that I'd like to use

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u/Outside-Staff-4394 — 4 days ago
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Hello, I installed cinema HD beta version and it is working perfect on my firestick now with VLC media player. if anyone want to install this is the code (730116 Movies section)

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u/LastDevelopment171 — 9 days ago

Planning to purchase a Fire Stick any suggestions? Do I really need a minimum of 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, or would 8GB be enough? I mainly want to use: CloudStream Nuvio Stremio

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u/rehannraza — 3 days ago

Parsing error after Downloader update May 26

I have been watching football (uk) and other sports of various apps like SportzX Cricfy and HDStreamz but now none of them work. The downloader app has been updated and now every app I install via various links and codes cannot be installed and I get the “parsing error cannot parse package” pop up.

I’ve tried clearing cache, restarting, allowing unknown sources, ADB debugging, reinstalling the downloader app and used other codes and other apps. Nothing works

Any ideas!?

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u/jaxmenner — 2 days ago
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Just tried doing a fire stick for my mum and this popped up after trying to download downloader(didn’t let me install it)



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u/Remarkable_Toe_3577 — 4 days ago

Please help me find a good website or app to watch live soccer matches in high quality. I’m looking for something reliable with smooth streaming and less buffering for leagues like EPL, UCL, and La Liga. Any recommendations would really help ⚽

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u/loldotawow99 — 6 days ago
▲ 12 r/firetvstick+2 crossposts

My firestick remote stopped working and nothing fixed it until i connected the pos and neg terminals

My firestick remote stopped working out of the blue. I tried everything i could find on the internet, resetting this and that, hold these buttons for 10 seconds blah blah. Then i read a post where someone said they left the batteries out for 10mins and then it started working. This gave me an idea.

I took out the batteries and using a spare wire,

connected the positive and negative terminals for a couple seconds,

put the batteries back in and was back in business.

I didnt find this solution anyplace so i figured i’d post my experience. Good luck out there!

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u/jodale83 — 2 days ago

Network issue on startup after most recent update?

After May 2027 update, everytime this appears on startup.

Network settings show everything is connected. Always requires turning wifi off, then wifi on, then reconnecting, then it works.

What could be be the issue?

Update: Thanks for all the input. Here's what I tried:

  • network settings > wifi off/on temporarily resolved issue
  • my fire tv settings > restart temporarily resolved issue
  • Unplugged router and plugged it in after 30 seconds, resolved issue (on start up too - day 2)
  • next step would have been to reset firestick
u/ElectronicBox3674 — 2 days ago