Like it says up top, but it's relatively new. Of course I tried new batteries. I had been using the originals from when I bought it in late March. All I was doing was syncing mysql to the stick and I needed a mouse to move some stuff around in ES file explorer (got side tracked actually and installed task manager to clear the cache) so I installed WuKong remote. It was then I noticed some serious lag--takes about 10 seconds or less on fire tv console to clear cache. This took about a minute at least then it just froze in the app, couldn't press home. Tried 3 sets of new batteries but nothing worked.
BTW--this new faster screen timeout on aftv is all the more annoying when you're trying to do something like update a library because if I leave for a couple of minutes I need to reboot since neither Yatse nor wukong were able to wake up the display BUT you can still hear the clicks.
I don't mean to go on but something tells me this is more than just a remote control issue. I thought if anyone had a similar experience they might be of some help. Thanks.
Did you try to pair the remote again? Press the home button for 5-10 seconds after powerup.
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Did you try to pair the remote again? Press the home button for 5-10 seconds after powerup.
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Yes. A few times with different batteries, but it just won't pair. I might try a factory reset. If I had to pin point it it would've died when i first started using wukong app. I've used that on other devices with no issues but that's the only thing i did differently last night. I'll probably do a factory reset and if that don't work call amazon.
You could try the Android phone remote app for calling the pairing function from menu. Probably this does the trick.
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You could try the Android phone remote app for calling the pairing function from menu. Probably this does the trick.
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And had I caught your post a bit earlier...I may have lol.
I still have no idea the root cause but a factory reset did the trick. The remote responded immediately (actually a lot faster then when i wipe my rooted atvs.) I wonder if the wukong remote somehow highjacked it?) Just remember the reason i installed it was to be able to mouse click "show hidden" on ES file explorer. The stupid part is I now know there's another way to accomplish this without a mouse by going into the app's settings. No big deal. Thanks for the help!
This has happened to me thrice in one week. This on a rooted FTV, not stick. Three times, the remote just died. Changed batteries, but no joy. The first time, a simple reboot fixed it. The second time, I had to use the FTV app on my iPhone to un-pair and re-pair it. The third time, the reboot did the trick. Not sure what happened. Since then (around a month back), no issues. No change in firmware/apps/any sort of configuration on FTV (or any new devices in the house) before the problem or after the problem. The problem came for a week and then simply went away.
I don't have the Wukong app installed. I have one another FTV in my bedroom and made sure that the problem remote did not somehow got paired to it, and it wasn't. I need to read up on BT interference, that seems to be my wild and ignorant guess. Or some hardware within the remote is going bad... But, I am not sure about that reason, the remote is used everyday and works fine since the mishap.
Today while watching a video via my AFTV, the whole thing just locked up on me. Had to remove the power cord to reboot it. After it rebooted I noticed that my controller wasn't doing anything, and the same with my amazon game controller. But my logitech K400 worked. So I go to settings because I know for a fact the batteries aren't bad. Put in some new one on the remote first thing and you can see the led light up on the controller. Anyways, in Settings it said my controllers were paired, but said Battery, like the batterys were dead. So I used my keyboard to unpair my gamepad. Then I had no problem pairing it up and controlling stuff, so I did the same with my remote and boom, now it works.
tl;dr Check settings, if it says just Battery on the controller, unpair it, and then pair it again.
Can some one help my fire stick controller it's working correctly it goes up & down but it won't go on the mouse bit to click on the show box films I want to watch I'm new to all this technology stuff lol
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I had my firestick for a week and used it, maybe four times. Went to use it again and it would not come on, no LED light, nothing. I changed the batteries, several sets of new ones. Nothing. I am not a tech guru, so if you have some ideas for me, dumb them down.
Oh, and I tried the new batteries in another remote and they work fine.
Had the same problem too... I had to hold down the Home button while being 4inches away from the receiver before it synced
i've had no luck with my firestick remote, i connected the firestick to my tv but the firestick remote won't sync with the firestick so now i'm stuck at the first screen, i've tried changing the batteries for new ones, cleaning the remote's battery contacts, plugging and unplugging the firestick from the tv and the electrical outlet. I've also plugged the firestick to a brand new tv and still can't find the remote. I've remove the batteries for 2 hours and tried again to sync it to the firestick and no luck. rebooted my router several times, put the remote next to the firestick to see it would sync and still no luck, changed hdmi ports and nothing, went to a friend's house and not working there either. called amazon to be sent a replacement firestick and remote, they sent both and still the same problem. I would like to factory reset the firestick but i don't know how since i can't use the phone app or the remote. I'm at the very first screen where it asks you to press the home button so it can find the remote. btw, i've also did the hold 3 button remote reset and didnt work either. i have the firestick with voice first generation, i had kodi installed so i don't know if that means it was rooted or not.... Any suggestions on what else i can do to pair it would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR firestick with voice remote won't sync no matter what and need help with syncing.
If you are still having this trouble it is because your firestick does not recognize that the tv is on. It's doing that because it is plugged into the wall. If you unplug the USB part of the plug from the wall and plug it into your USB slot on your tv it will solve the problem. Switched mine over and it hasn't happened since.
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If you are still having this trouble it is because your firestick does not recognize that the tv is on. It's doing that because it is plugged into the wall. If you unplug the USB part of the plug from the wall and plug it into your USB slot on your tv it will solve the problem. Switched mine over and it hasn't happened since.
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That makes absolutely no sense at all.
@nachumama So you have a new FireTV Stick and a new remote and it still doesn't work? Two separate sets of stick+remote and none of them works on your TV or the one at your friend's house? That's not good.
FireStick remote not working properly
My Firesticktv remote was working very slowly. I would hit a button on the remote and nothing would happen for about 30 seconds. I changed the batteries(no change). I fixed it by going to Settings- Network- whatever network it says you are connected to. hit the Forget this network, Then connect to the next network on your router. It was my 2.4GHz channel. For some reason my channel was changed and was on my 5GHz channel, It didn't work on the 5GHz channel. The remote works like new again
my firestick is not working tried very thing that other people has tried what to do next
Fire Tv Stick remote suddenly stopped working issue or Amazon Fire Stick not working issue usualy occured due to Inadequate Power Supply, Damage Fire Stick’s remote batteries, Outdated Software, Corrupted Fire Stick Cache, and Overheating of Fire Stick devices.
However, there is some workaround solutions available on the web 'https://techsmagic.com/how-to-fix-amazon-fire-stick-not-working-after-update-reset' page detailing it. Here is the solution:
Method 1: Restart your Fire Stick
Method 2: Check your Internet Connection
Method 3: Update FireStick Software
Method 4: Clear the Fire Stick Cache
Method 5: Reset your Fire Stick to Factory Settings
If you have some other and better solutions to fix this issue, must share with me. Thanks
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Weird. My remote has stopped working I have checked batteries and changed them and its the same...
Can anyone advise? Or is it just faulty. Is this common
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Mine just stopped working. Checked the status, and it says offline. Tried two different sets of new batteries.
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Mine just stopped working. Checked the status, and it says offline. Tried two different sets of new batteries.
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thats strange
could it be linked to the account
mines not rooted or anything
although my phone remote works fine
Hold down the Home button for at least five seconds. Give it a few seconds and see if the remote works.
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It's not a BT pairing problem; the remote just died. Amazon is sending a new one. It should arrive today. This is actually the second remote that failed. The first one had a battery drain problem. I guess that the remote fail enough where they changed their return policy so that they will actually send out a new remote, and you just return the old one when you get it - kind of like the hard drive warranty policy.
This just happened to me. I thought my remote stopped working when I forcefully shut down the amazon fire tv (pressing and holding the center and play button).
When the amazon firetv rebooted the remote stopped functioning.
Luckily, I used the Amazon remote on my android phone and went into setting to repair the bluetooth on the remote and everything worked fine.
I do not know why it lost its bluetooth connection.
My fire tv remote won't work. There is no light on the remote when I press any function. I changed batteries with new ones and it's still not working? Any ideas or do I need a new remote. My fire tv box is fairly new.
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My fire tv remote won't work. There is no light on the remote when I press any function. I changed batteries with new ones and it's still not working? Any ideas or do I need a new remote. My fire tv box is fairly new.
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For regular issues like that, I would chat with Amazon. They will probably run through done things then replace if necessary
My fire stick remote is doing weird things. When I go to choose anything, like choosing a movie to watch or picking a video, the remote won't stop on my choice. The minute I press to go through the programmes to get to my own, the remote flies along and doesn't stop until the end. It's driving me nuts. I try to send it back and it does the same thing, not stopping until it gets to the beginning. I try to outwit it by clicking on pages that I can't even see because it's moving too fast and sometimes I can stop it that way, albeit not on the stop that's playing what I want to see. Has anyone else had this?
Problem with my daughters Firestick remote. Fire TV starts, but when she tries to select Kodi or any of the standard apps, the remote stops working. She's tried to reset, switched off and unplugged the stick, no difference. I've suggested she tries disconnecting and repairing but does anybody have any ideas?
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Problem with my daughters Firestick remote. Fire TV starts, but when she tries to select Kodi or any of the standard apps, the remote stops working. She's tried to reset, switched off and unplugged the stick, no difference. I've suggested she tries disconnecting and repairing but does anybody have any ideas?
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I've been having issues with my remote on my Fire TV 2 also, it just stops working. I can hold down the 'home' button and bring up the menu and restart the device, sometimes I have to take the batteries out the controller first and then do it. Pain in the ass. they need to fix this ****.
Hello,
I have a FTV2 that is rooted with one of rbox's rom's. This FTV is in a guest room and not really even used. I would say it's almost brand new and maybe used about 5 times when we have had guests over the last year.
I had a guest and they told me they couldn't get the tv to work. I tried to turn on the FTV with the remote and nothing happened. I then rebooted the FTV by unplugging the power cord. I was stuck at the Amazon login page and can't get any further. I then connected by using the FireTV remote app on my phone.
I then went to try and repair the remote. It never gets reconnected so I tried to replace the battery. NOthing helped. I tried the back,option, and left button on remote for 15 sec but nothing helped with repairing. I then tried the home button for 15 seconds and it didn't work.
Is there a problem with the remote? It's practically new.
The TV's Bluetooth module could be broken, or maybe your remote just flat out died. Did you drop your remote?
Hello I am looking for guidance to fix my firestick. I've exhausted all search options.
I lost my firestick remote some time ago and just got competed moving. I decided to re setup my firestick. However I am running into the following issue.
I now have a new router, so my firestick is still looking to connect to the old router settings. I downloaded the firetv app but i can't remember my old router net id and password settings to create a hotspot with my phone and update my network settings.
I purchased a new remote as I have read you can just pair it to your current firestick by holding the home button for 10 seconds. I've tried this several times. However my firestick seems to be stuck in sleep mode. I have tried to unplug the firestick to reboot it. However I cannot get past the black screen.
I have verified that I am on the correct hdmi screen and the unit is plugged in. I also tried two different hdmi ports on my tv and no luck.
Does anyone have a work around or am I stuck buying a new firestick?
Do you see anything as the FireTV boots? It's just black?
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Do you see anything as the FireTV boots? It's just black?
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I do not get to see it even boot. When I plug the unit into the hdmi port the screen stays black. I am on the correct hdmi setting on the tv. I have 6 hdmi ports and have no luck on any of them.
I've read that people say the USB cord can get burned out so the unit is not getting power. I will swap my iPhone cord to see if that is the issue.
My Firestick is 100% stock. The other day it froze. I tried to reset with remote and nothing happened and after unplugging and plugging back in it came back unable to connect to WiFi or any remotes.
Amazon has been less than helpful wasting an hour of my time trying to reset and pair the remotes. The final icing was when they offered to sell me a new one at 20% off (my device is 1 yr old)
It loads up the home screen titles, then after awhile it says unable to connect to network. From there it goes into a screen saver but has no images.
It looks like everything essentially got turned off including ADB.
Am I pretty much SOL? All I think it needs is a factory reset but seems there is no way to do that without a remote?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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My Firestick is 100% stock. The other day it froze. I tried to reset with remote and nothing happened and after unplugging and plugging back in it came back unable to connect to WiFi or any remotes.
Amazon has been less than helpful wasting an hour of my time trying to reset and pair the remotes. The final icing was when they offered to sell me a new one at 20% off (my device is 1 yr old)
It loads up the home screen titles, then after awhile it says unable to connect to network. From there it goes into a screen saver but has no images.
It looks like everything essentially got turned off including ADB.
Am I pretty much SOL? All I think it needs is a factory reset but seems there is no way to do that without a remote?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Is this the only remote you have to try ? Or do you have any other fire devices with remotes you can try ?
First of all I'd try unplugging the power half way through the boot, try it a couple of times to try envoke the optimising screen, this happened to one of mine before and the remote paired after I got the optimising screen up, think I unplugged power 2 or 3 times for this to happen. Failing that you could try pairing the remote with an android device, while your firestick is off then unplug batteries and power up your firestick replace batteries and try again holding the home button for 30 seconds, I know it says 10 seconds but that never worked for me.
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Is this the only remote you have to try ? Or do you have any other fire devices with remotes you can try ?
First of all I'd try unplugging the power half way through the boot, try it a couple of times to try envoke the optimising screen, this happened to one of mine before and the remote paired after I got the optimising screen up, think I unplugged power 2 or 3 times for this to happen. Failing that you could try pairing the remote with an android device, while your firestick is off then unplug batteries and power up your firestick replace batteries and try again holding the home button for 30 seconds, I know it says 10 seconds but that never worked for me.
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I have tried 3 different remotes. Have not tried the resetting during boot. Should I do it during the amazon logo or the firestick logo?
Thanks
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I have tried 3 different remotes. Have not tried the resetting during boot. Should I do it during the amazon logo or the firestick logo?
Thanks
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I'd do it with the fire stick logo, well that's when I did it, if after a few times it don't go to the optimising screen it can't hurt to do it on the Amazon logo. Let me know if you have any luck.
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I'd do it with the fire stick logo, well that's when I did it, if after a few times it don't go to the optimising screen it can't hurt to do it on the Amazon logo. Let me know if you have any luck.
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Well it went through the system optimization but still no luck connecting to WiFi or a remote. Thanks for the suggestion though, better than anything Amazon has offered. Just kills me that there is no mechanical way to factory reset the stick (something similar to the optimization trick).
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Well it went through the system optimization but still no luck connecting to WiFi or a remote. Thanks for the suggestion though, better than anything Amazon has offered. Just kills me that there is no mechanical way to factory reset the stick (something similar to the optimization trick).
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Ah ok, if you are 100 percent sure you have ADB switched off then I'm afraid there is nothing you can do as far as I'm aware.
If you had ADB switched on then enabling otg and using usb hub you could of plugged a keyboard in and navigated with that into settings and returned it to factory settings.
I fixed this problem by going on my Samsung TV settings and enable anynet+ (hdmi-cec). This allows you to use your TV remote instead of amazon remote. Then all good got back online and so on. Already happened twice and its very frustrating don't know what to do. See if you TV got something like that, which allows you to use its remote. Good luck