I own several Fire sticks and a Fire TV. The mandatory intro video is super annoying and searching online, it seems as if no one was able to bypass the video. I finally figured out a quick and easy way to skip it. Simply enter a voice command with the Fire TV remote (if you have one) and then press the home button.
Don't have a remote with voice control? No problem. Download the Amazon Fire TV Remote App for your Android or IOS device and connect your phone or tablet to the same WiFi network. Now, begin setting up your Fire Stick. Once it's connected to WiFi, you'll be able to sync the two devices and use the phone or tablet as a remote. Now, when you get to the annoying intro video, pull down from the top of the remote app and do a voice search [for anything - I use "YouTube"]. When the device begins looking for it, you'll be able to exit the intro video with the home button.
Do you know any current ways that work to skip intro?
Hey do you know any current ways to skip the intro, thanks for the post but I can't get to work.
Me either
Just tried this and didn't work, you can though scroll the video across to the end if using the firetv app on Android phone.
Just tried all the above and none worked. Using the app to enter the device setting finally shut the annoying thing up though
It's in the 9 square grid between the pull down Microphone and the Keyboard icon.
T1nk3r said:
Just tried all the above and none worked. Using the app to enter the device setting finally shut the annoying thing up though
It's in the 9 square grid between the pull down Microphone and the Keyboard icon.
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Hi,
I get fire sticks direct from the suppliers and can confirm my latest batch allows you to skip the intro video's!
I. Do alot per day and i find only 1 in 4 batches i get can be fast forwarded, the rest i have to sit through the intro...and thats secknd gen sticks
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Friends,
I would like to start a collection of tips on actually USING the Tab as a phone (full time). I will start off with some very obvious tips, and hope for your input.
1. Use a Bluetooth headset (or something like the LG HBM-700 Style-i Bluetooth Headset Pen)
2. Add "Direct Dial" shortcuts to your home screen to connect you to specific contacts with one click (hold down on the home screen, select Shortcut, then select Direct Dial).
Desired: The ability to bring up the phone by simply pressing in a special combination one of the (very few!) hardware buttons on the device (such as the Volume button)
Desired: The ability to get rid of the lock screen all together, so that when I turn on the Tab right away I am at my home screen without needing to "slide to unlock".
Desired: The ability to make the Tab car-friendly... I would like to easily use it while driving (with a bluetooth headset) without purchasing a car mount. Does the Tab have "Car Mode" like other Android devices?
Your input is much appreciated!
There are several apps that eliminate the need for a lock screen. I use this free one and it works very well on the Tab. When you push the power button the home screen is displayed, no unlock to worry about.
http://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
The Tab does support Car mode without the dock, install the Car Home app from the posting below and add a shortcut to your home screen, when you are in the car just launch the Car Home app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922601
There are other third party car apps available in the Marketplace that are more customizable than the Samsung app, one of the more popular ones is Car Dock Home v3.
http://market.android.com/details?id=net.cwfk.ig88.carhome3
I'm not sure if this is in the spirit of the original post, but I've been using Skype quite successfully with my Sprint Galaxy Tab and a corded headset. Although it works without the headset, I prefer not to broadcast both sides of my conversation throughout the room.
I read somewhere (maybe here?) that Skype is working on being able to use the forward facing camera for two-way video but after seeing myself, I'd just as soon not.
I'm not sure why I need to be able to use my SGT as a phone, but hey, what are toys for, if not to play?
Unfortunately I have no experience with Skype on the Tab, but I'd like to thank the second poster for his links to the Car App and other useful stuff.
Keep it coming!
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I'm not sure if this is in the spirit of the original post, but I've been using Skype quite successfully with my Sprint Galaxy Tab and a corded headset. Although it works without the headset, I prefer not to broadcast both sides of my conversation throughout the room.
I read somewhere (maybe here?) that Skype is working on being able to use the forward facing camera for two-way video but after seeing myself, I'd just as soon not.
I'm not sure why I need to be able to use my SGT as a phone, but hey, what are toys for, if not to play?
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I also would like to figure out how to set the Tab into Silent mode so that when it rings it does not even vibrate... but selectively, without having to go into the Settings menu every time.
After using the Tab as my primary phone for one week I must admit defeat. I admin defeat probably not for a reason you could guess...
Carrying the Tab in a jeans pocket regularily causes BACKPAIN! It took me all of one week to realize that when I have the Tab in my jeans pocket my leg muscles seem to be pressured in a strange way which causes me to sit and walk a bit crooked... which quickly casues backpain! The problem seems the be the constant pressure against my leg.
I am sorry to admit defeat, I really wanted to use the Tab for all my tasks.
Get looser jeans :-} ????
Get a small messenger bag to hold the tab, it is not that difficult.
I have the problems of carrying the tab around as well. I ended up purchasing the blue tooth from samsung Modus 3500. I was amazed at how well the music quality is streamed, and the freedom of walking away from it up stair to down stair
is anyone else missing the "new PBX linked to my GV" button on the sipdroid home screen??
no my sipdriod app is still working ...i cant wait until 2.3 ....it adds voip to our tabs ..which will be nice ...
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I also would like to figure out how to set the Tab into Silent mode so that when it rings it does not even vibrate... but selectively, without having to go into the Settings menu every time.
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That is simple, if you swipe your finger from the notification bar downwards, it opens a slide out drawer where you can press the Silent button on top. That silences your phone until you go back and press the Silent button again.
Cheers,
its wierd, when i put sipdroid on my droid x the gv setup button is at the homescreen... but not on my tab?!
nvm it doesnt show up on my DX anymore either?!
I have the following issues:
1. I can't get GV to verify my number using sipdroid because of no DMTF! which makes it hard to be used as a phone these days with all automated screens you goo through before talking to a person
2. I have 3 old bluetooth headsets but none of them worked with my tab
nice, appreciate this
I'm convinced there are more hidden options/features (that can be accessed by holding down specific buttons on the remote) than we know about. I've been trying random combinations and have sort of confirmed this theory by stumbling across a new one that I don't think is known yet. (Listed below as #3). I'm specifically hoping to find a button combination that either skips setup (loads home screen without an Amazon account), enables ADB, or brings up the settings menu.
If you're interested in helping, just load up a screen with little interaction (like the "About" settings page) and try holding random button combinations on your remote. You should hold the buttons for at least 10 full seconds before trying a new combination. I've been doing my testing on the "Press Play to continue" screen that comes first thing during the initial setup.
List of Known Button Combinations
SELECT + PLAY = Restarts Fire TV (A message is displayed for a second letting you know the Fire TV will restart)
RIGHT + BACK = Factory Reset (A prompt is displayed asking if you want to perform a factory reset)
BACK + REVERSE + SELECT + RIGHT = Cycles through display resolutions (The screen goes black, then displays a message asking to press Select if you can read the message. If you don't press anything, the screen goes black, the resolution changes, and the same message is displayed. Cycles through AUTO, 1080p, 720p, 480p. Pressing Select saves the current resolution setting.)
FORWARD + RIGHT + SELECT = Equivalent to pressing PLAY (This one is weird. Pressing these buttons seems to register as a "PLAY" button press. It does not need to be held long.)
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I'm convinced there are more hidden options/features (that can be accessed by holding down specific buttons on the remote) than we know about. I've been trying random combinations and have sort of confirmed this theory by stumbling across a new one that I don't think is known yet. (Listed below as #3). I'm specifically hoping to find a button combination that either skips setup (loads home screen without an Amazon account), enables ADB, or brings up the settings menu.
If you're interested in helping, just load up a screen with little interaction (like the "About" settings page) and try holding random button combinations on your remote. You should hold the buttons for at least 10 full seconds before trying a new combination. I've been doing my testing on the "Press Play to continue" screen that comes first thing during the initial setup.
List of Known Button Combinations
SELECT + PLAY = Restarts Fire TV (A message is displayed for a second letting you know the Fire TV will restart)
RIGHT + BACK = Factory Reset (A prompt is displayed asking if you want to perform a factory reset)
BACK + REVERSE + SELECT + RIGHT = Cycles through display resolutions (The screen goes black, then displays a message asking to press Select if you can read the message. If you don't press anything, the screen goes black, the resolution changes, and the same message is displayed. Cycles through AUTO, 1080p, 720p, 480p. Pressing Select saves the current resolution setting.)
FORWARD + RIGHT + SELECT = Equivalent to pressing PLAY (This one is weird. Pressing these buttons seems to register as a "PLAY" button press. It does not need to be held long.)
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I'll take a look to see if I can figure out where these are being listened for. Then I'll be able to see if there are any others.
AWESOME!
Thanks for sharing these,I got it in 480p resolution so I can now test for performance differences and see a nostalgic styled resolution.
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I'll take a look to see if I can figure out where these are being listened for. Then I'll be able to see if there are any others.
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That would be great.
On a side note, since posting this I've noticed that several different button combinations will trigger the resolution cycling. Not just the one I posted above.
I so wish I would have seen this last night. For some reason my new Fire refused to change to any resolution but "Auto", which would not have been bad accept it was defaulting to 1080 on my old 720p TV which does a horrible job of scaling 1080 to 720. I ended up having to dig out an old TV / monitor combo that had an HDMI port to get it to change to 720p. This key combo would have saved me at least an hour. Oh well, I know for next time.
I came across a new strange one. I held BACK+HOME+MENU+REVERSE+FORWARD. The screen went black, then when the picture returned there was a message in the lower right corner. The message immediately faded away and I wasn't paying close attention, but I think it said something about "logging enabled". I haven't been able to make it reappear.
No luck with 480p,it goes just as "slow" if not even slower than 1080P.
So the device itself is a little slow but with no slowdowns from 1080P.
It might run much faster on a 480p sized TV since it would be 480/480 instead of stretching as 480/1080.
It makes you wonder if there is a combination to give you access to unlocking the bootloader.
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It makes you wonder if there is a combination to give you access to unlocking the bootloader.
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And the point of Amazon putting that in would be...
just tried option 3- screen resolutions but nothing happened, pressed therm all at once-nothing pressed them in order-nothing???just wondering....dill
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No luck with 480p,it goes just as "slow" if not even slower than 1080P.
So the device itself is a little slow but with no slowdowns from 1080P.
It might run much faster on a 480p sized TV since it would be 480/480 instead of stretching as 480/1080.
It makes you wonder if there is a combination to give you access to unlocking the bootloader.
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While writing my blog post about this discovery, I found that capturing a screenshot while set to 480p still results in a 1920 by 1080 image. That leads me to believe the Fire TV is always rendering at 1080p but downscaling the output to whatever resolution is selected.
Also, 480p is not the lower limit. I've plugged a Fire TV into an old LCD monitor using an HDMI to DVI cable. The monitor reports that it's getting a resolution of 640 by 480 from the Fire TV.
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I came across a new strange one. I held BACK+HOME+MENU+REVERSE+FORWARD. The screen went black, then when the picture returned there was a message in the lower right corner. The message immediately faded away and I wasn't paying close attention, but I think it said something about "logging enabled". I haven't been able to make it reappear.
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After seeing this thread, i played around a little bit and did a combination which brought that up too. Concerned me a little, but what it said was "logfile sent to amazon".
I wasn't able to bring it up again either.
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After seeing this thread, i played around a little bit and did a combination which brought that up too. Concerned me a little, but what it said was "logfile sent to amazon".
I wasn't able to bring it up again either.
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Interesting. Thanks for the info. I wonder if the button combination caused a crash which resulted in the log file being sent.
Has anybody found a Sleep Mode remote combination.... ??
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Has anybody found a Sleep Mode remote combination.... ??
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This doesn't really help you... but I'm able to use the "power" button code with my flirc. You do know "sleep mode" doesn't actually do anything right?
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Has anybody found a Sleep Mode remote combination.... ??
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I haven't heard of one and I highly doubt one exists.
I'm fairly convinced that the only functions that can be accessed by remote button combos are ones that would help you recover from a "no video output" state. Reboot, Factory Reset, and cycling the resolution are all useful if you can't get video to display, so that's why they exist. Sleep mode doesn't fall into that category.
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This doesn't really help you... but I'm able to use the "power" button code with my flirc. You do know "sleep mode" doesn't actually do anything right?
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Maybe someone can came up with a FireTV app that gives it the "power" aka "sleep" code for the screen to go black... With an icon that can be on the Recent's or on any Launcher... Instead of having to go into settings or wait.. Although there is the LLama method time out option too... But I am surprise none of of the coders have come up with such a basic apk for switching between screen on or off... Do you know what code is is being sent over from Flirc... My Logitech K400 power button does the same thing but not sure what code it's sending... But I bet some coder out there on XDA can get an app push out, specially if the code is known...
I know "sleep" doesn't mean sleep but I still prefer for it to go black instead of waiting minutes for it to go thru the screensaver & such... I think it does help the TV compare of having to take 15 mins + if the TV stays on... I know it's not helping the FTV at all... Only unplugging the FTV does anything real...
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I haven't heard of one and I highly doubt one exists.
I'm fairly convinced that the only functions that can be accessed by remote button combos are ones that would help you recover from a "no video output" state. Reboot, Factory Reset, and cycling the resolution are all useful if you can't get video to display, so that's why they exist. Sleep mode doesn't fall into that category.
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Wonder if once we know the code from Flirc or the K400 or other devices that can put the FTV to sleep if an app or remote mod can be done to make this very easy to do... Maybe an app that runs on the background so holding one button for 9 secs or a certain amount of seconds will turn off the FTV video out. Or at the very least an apk where one click in Recents or in a Launcher to do the same..
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This doesn't really help you... but I'm able to use the "power" button code with my flirc. You do know "sleep mode" doesn't actually do anything right?
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Sleep means to me that my server in the loft goes into hibernation, as it is kept awake if the IP address of the FTV is still detected on the network.
The server holds all the media files.
So an app would be useful but at least I can just navigate with the RC and select the sleep option.
can this be turned off in the settings? Sometimes when may girlfriend is running kodi she turns the tv off first which sends a power cycle command to the nexus player, but kodi picks it up and locks down the program somehow. The only thing I can do is pull the plug and restart.
Check the settings in Kodi. I know on the RasPi versions they have options to disable CEC response. Should be under input devices/peripherals if it is retained on the Android TV version. The Android TV itself should not be power cycling itself by default. Only thing I've ever seen it do is pause any currently playing media when the TV is shut off. But I may be completely wrong. I am still relatively new to the Nexus Player myself.
Seems that recently my nexus player remote has just cropped out. Currently I'm using the android app as well as the HDMI-CEC functionality through the TV remote. Bluetooth on the player is functioning normally. The remote, no matter what, will not enter pairing mode when I hold the home and back buttons. The LED blinks three times in rapid succession and then nothing. Fresh batteries, nothing. Searched for it with other Bluetooth devices, nothing. What's up with my remote? Has this happened to anybody else? My player isn't even a year old yet :/
Did you find a solution to this? This just happened to me. Thought the batteries were dead but fresh batteries don't help.
Press and hold both the back button and the home key at the same time to enter pairing mode for the Nexus remote.
I've got the same problem, cant pair it anymore...
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Seems that recently my nexus player remote has just cropped out. Currently I'm using the android app as well as the HDMI-CEC functionality through the TV remote. Bluetooth on the player is functioning normally. The remote, no matter what, will not enter pairing mode when I hold the home and back buttons. The LED blinks three times in rapid succession and then nothing. Fresh batteries, nothing. Searched for it with other Bluetooth devices, nothing. What's up with my remote? Has this happened to anybody else? My player isn't even a year old yet :/
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Try to install Android TV remote app from Google Play to your phone or tablet.
Hi Guys, After a random problem one day that included missing apps on the home screen and controller not functioning at all -- I did the following:
Memory card in card slot removed and re-inserted (32gb set as storage and many apps transferred to it freeing up the first 16gb). Rebooted shield and could now find apps , but controller was still only working via USB lead connected to Shield TV. Previously i had experienced similar problems and this had worked before, along with holding controller buttons for 20+ seconds to reset it.
Next step was:
I fully charged the controller as this had proved to be a problem a few times before when having strange controller issues. THIS WAS WHEN I REALISED the following also;
1) Had to input all account details again for Google account, Nvidia Account, You tube account, Steam account etc.etc..
2) Home button no longer works as the home button and also cannot double click to get the screen showing all open apps. It does make audio clicks as normal AND does show the streaming options/picture saving options when you long press it, (so the button is functioning of sorts.) I have since realised that the back button next to the Nvidia light button now works like the home button but you cannot double click it to show all open apps.
3) When I click on the google icon at the top left of the home screen next to the KB icon for voice searches. It does not work. ( though you tube speech searches work fine) It does accept searches after pressing the Nvidia button though when on the home screen.
4) The developer options in the settings menu were always on previously but, now it says that these options are on but "unavailable for this user" when pressed and are greyed out.
5) on/off sensor button on the top of the shield no longer works. (this is very similar to my wife Shield upstairs but hers is a 2017 model. She uses the remote or controller to turn off via the settings menu.
So......thinking of just resetting the Shield to factory settings and starting again but wanted advice before doing this and perhaps adding to the issues???
It seems to me that given all the different problems this is the only way??? My gut is actually telling me that it's an update that has happened and it has confused the 2017 model with mine???? or am I just seeing GHOSTS???
Any constructive advice would be appreciated.