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Hi,
I just got my transformer, and am loving it. However, desperately missing the Splashtop streaming experience that so many people are raving about. Please help.
Whenever I try connecting, it says "Connect failed"
I have already enabled Splashtop Windows client in my Windows Firewall.
Also, I created a Splashtop rule (as mentioned on their site) to allow ports 6783-6785.
Have tried to seek help on their site, and in desperation turning to experts on XDA. Please help resolve this. In addition to the above, I am running a McAfee Antivirus that is enabled by the company admin, so I cant shut that...but I suppose that should be ok. Please please help...
Before 3.1, I had no issues. After, i'm having some issues sometimes too. I have to click it 2-4 times before it connects.
Don't know what happened. Nothing changed on my pc end. Wondering if it's a TF thing.
Does it work while on the local network? If so then its a port forwarding issue in your router or youre using the wrong address. If it doesnt work locally it is an issue w your splashtop server setup or windows firewall.
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If via lan (inside your nerwork) u don't need to port forwarding. All u need to use is the ip address of that machine. Are u having issues inside or outside your network? I noticed on mines, when I get connect failed I need to stop splashtop client and then start it again. Here a weird issue Im having, if there was a session of rd (windows) on my server then after that I will always get failed error with splashtop. I need to either reboot that machine or use logmein to restart the software on the computer. For me, there an issues with splashtop and windows 7 rd.
It doesn't work for me within my home network. Is there a way to try and narrow down the problem, or test it differently?
amitks said:
It doesn't work for me within my home network. Is there a way to try and narrow down the problem, or test it differently?
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Try downloading the free version in the market: https://market.android.com/search?q=splashtop&so=1&c=apps
If it works, you may have a problem with the Asus-installed version. If it doesn't work, it could be the "server" portion
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jhanford said:
Try downloading the free version in the market: https://market.android.com/search?q=splashtop&so=1&c=apps
If it works, you may have a problem with the Asus-installed version. If it doesn't work, it could be the "server" portion
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Just checked out the free verison and the highest resolution is 1024× 768 which look like crap on the Tf. Unless the paid verison has a native resolution for the TF, I going to stick with the splashtop that come with the Tf
There's a bug with splashtop I think. I can't connect to my mac mini unless the monitor is on or plugged in. Maybe you should try that.
amitks said:
Hi,
I just got my transformer, and am loving it. However, desperately missing the Splashtop streaming experience that so many people are raving about. Please help.
Whenever I try connecting, it says "Connect failed"
I have already enabled Splashtop Windows client in my Windows Firewall.
Also, I created a Splashtop rule (as mentioned on their site) to allow ports 6783-6785.
Have tried to seek help on their site, and in desperation turning to experts on XDA. Please help resolve this. In addition to the above, I am running a McAfee Antivirus that is enabled by the company admin, so I cant shut that...but I suppose that should be ok. Please please help...
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I'm pretty sure the answer is right here:
"In addition to the above, I am running a McAfee Antivirus that is enabled by the company admin"
You might want to chat with the company admin. If it's a work computer, 99.9999% of all admins will lock down ports to their IT Assets and there's not a darn thing you can do except get them to open it (small company) or get fired for trying to hack their network (large company).
If it's a work laptop maybe it might be on your side and something you can change but the vast majority of time the IT folks are going to close down company resources to avoid folks being able to do exactly what you are trying to do.
The splashtop desktop portion said there was an update so I installed it but now it only keeps me connected for a few seconds then it drops out. It also doesn't let me interact with what I'm seeing on screen. Anyone else run across this?
I have tried about everything I can think of to get Splashtop to work form outside ny home network:
Disabled firewall in Trend AV
Allowed Ports 6783-6785 in Trend
Turned off windows FW and allowed ports (three entries)
Turned off FW for UV modem
Allowed Ports in router (Lynksys)
And even tried disabling FW in router.
Thus at some point, all FW's were off, verified ip address (starts with 99, so correct one), used ipconfig to find IP of my computer too...
Whew... Any thoughts? Logmein works like S***, so I don't think I'll go there until they update it (or is the app better?)
Thanks!
So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
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So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
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Sounds like you need a DLNA server/player. AcerMedia supports DLNA shares, so you need to find a suitable server for your phone. As for the connection itself, public hotspots are no good for that. It has nothing to do with port blocking, etc. but rather a security feature called AP isolation, that prevents two clients connected to the same hotspot to communicate at all. My best bet is an ad-hoc connection (seeing that you are rooted) and DLNA streaming over it.
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So this is an open question, that started with me trying to play music off my Galaxy SII on my A500. So far no luck, as the best technology to do this seems to be Wifi Direct, but that's only on the A500.
I can set up ftp , cifs, or samba shares, but they only work when both are connected to my home network. Not on many public ones and not at work, due to ports being restricted.
Are there any cool bluetooth programs I have not found?
Any way to use Wifi-Direct or some other direct link between the devices?
Or just any cool uses for two android toys that I have not thought of?
They are both rooted, with custom rom's and I am fairly capable, so a little hacking is ok.
Thanks in advance.
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Download Crazy Snowboard. You can watch it on your A500 while controlling it using your phone, pretty sweet.
One cool little app I've found so far is TabletTalk - syncs SMS between tablet & phone (over wifi or bluetooth) and allows you to send SMS from the tablet. Particularly useful for me working fly-in/fly-out in construction as often there will only be a small area in my room where I can get reception so I leave the phone sitting there and can txt at will from the a500..
Perfect guys. Just the sort of stuff i was after. Tablet Talk in particular looks amazing. Thanks and keep then coming.
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I downloaded tablet talk today after reading about it in this thread. App works great! A few months ago i got rid of my home wifi, have been using my phone as a hotspot. to get a good 4g signal i usually put my phone near a window, and obviously if you get a text it can be annoying to get up and go get your phone so you can respond. This app solves the problem conpletely! well worth the 3 dollar imo!
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So I'm sure a lot of you had the plan that you just enable wireless tethering on your android phone and connect your kindle fire that way... Well Amazon in their infinite wisdom has disabled that ability. That is pretty much my number 1 need at the moment. I travel a lot and this should have been the first thing amazon added support for since they don't offer a 3G version.
Hopefully with some roms this will be working
As a temporary work-around, certain wifi-tether apps can be setup for infrastructure (rather than ad-hoc) mode. May be worth looking into.
Amazon didn't do it, Android in general doesn't do adhoc. OeMs and users have to patch in Support for it.
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I got the new wifi tether 3.1 experimental 101 on my bionic and it will connect to my kindle. Works great.
rexboe said:
I got the new wifi tether 3.1 experimental 101 on my bionic and it will connect to my kindle. Works great.
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Yep, the newer betas have the ability
delete me please
ensure u select "softap master" for the setup method in wifi tether latest experimental seems thats only way to get it tethering but it works
I don't know what problems people are having with adhoc. My galaxy s vibrant, I went to mobile ap, turned it on, connected with kindle and was working fine.
Doesn't seem to me thekindle has any problems,maybe its how your droid phone sets up wifi
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I don't know what problems people are having with adhoc. My galaxy s vibrant, I went to mobile ap, turned it on, connected with kindle and was working fine.
Doesn't seem to me thekindle has any problems,maybe its how your droid phone sets up wifi
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No, its the kindle. Try setting up a adhoc wifi from your PC or laptop - the Fire won't see it but phones with e.g. cyanogenmod will. Still trying to find a workaround as I need adhoc wireless from PC/laptop...
I got my kindle to connect to my Captivate running wifi tether 3.1, but it wont actually transmit any data. I use static IP's with my home network on the kindle but that shouldnt impact the infrastructure mode with wifi tether would it?
Just a heads up as I am an ex pat I was struggling to install iplayer etc even with a smart dns setting,
I purchased a vpn from vpn unlimited they were, maybe still offering.
"OH still available for 7 days from the post date $19 3 years VPN http://goo.gl/st407o " well less of that.
I am Unrooted so No VPN possible, Well if you are desperate I installed the vpn on my PC and used a great free app
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/
Set up a WiFi hotspot which shared the country selectable VPN. Shown above,, connected the firetv and guess what all was fine, I even measured 7mbs download speed (on pc) and video played fine on firetv
After all of that I found out my appstore was registered to the USA so that was one of the problems soon changed that in devices and settings on amazon.com, carried on and installed all the UK free apps I desired.
TV catchup is working on my PC so I am off to try the app on my firetv
The only requirement to watch out for is the black listeded ip adresses for updates may not be blocked yet, I am investigating. it should be possible as it uses open vpn as a core.
Enjoy
UPDATE Tvcatchup works fine abroad , just get the apk off aptoide
Another solution also is to setup a VPN Wifi Router in your house using a Raspberry PI.
I did that and I'm very happy.
I still need some tweaking but getting there.
Next step will be to build an iPhone application that can control it (restart, change country,...)
Let me know if you want a procedure, I can send you the one I follow. I'm also planning to do one myself with some changes.
The only thing is that you will need a VPN provider that is compatible with OpenVPN.
I got a ddwrt router costing me £10. Has VPN and smartdns built in. Works brilliantly.
Hi nufclad,can you tell me which router you are using,ive been recently looking into trying this myself
Thanks
Hi Si,
Sure, its the DIR-615.. I think most revisions now work too . Mines rivision d4.
Pick them up really cheaply. I got mine on Gumtree brand new boxed. But eBay its between £8-£15.
Really can't fault it.
Thanks nufclad,il keep an eye out
I made some notes for my own use, and am posting them here since could help others too.
The goal is to preserve the earliest FireOS version that you get, and not let it get updated by Amazon on a whim.
I am starting with a Black Friday bought Fire stick, FireOS 5.2.4.2 (574263220)
The procedure needs to be done rather quickly (10-15 min), without leaving Fire stick idling - otherwise it may update on its own.
Unpack FireTV stick 2, plug it in into a low power USB adapter, usually a TV USB port, it should complain, that is great, as another barrier for skipping an immediate update
Set up a dedicated slow router, limit upload/download speed to 50 kbps (this is the trickiest part, I have a dedicated Tomato router which I use to control traffic to the Fire stick)
Connect Fire stick to this slow router
Once Fire stick finds Internet, it'll immediately have "Checking for updates" on the screen, this is where the slow router should kick in, and do the trick forcing the update to give up
Wait a bit for updates, should eventually fail, press "back" button on the Remote if needed
Sign in to Amazon account when prompted
In "Settings/Device/Developers Options", turn on ADB debugging to ON, Unknown sources to ON
Connect to ADB via network, disable OTA updates:
Code:
adb connect 192.168.1.XXX (your Fire stick IP address here)
adb.exe uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.device.software.ota
adb.exe uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.device.software.ota.override
Navigate to the Settings option on Fire and reboot
Verify that updates are disabled (Settings/Device/About/Check for System Update - click, should get "System Update Error")
Now Fire stick is safe to play with, it won't do an OTA
More regular customizations
Connect to your normal fast router, no longer need precautions
Install Morelocale2 (from here):
Code:
adb install MoreLocale2-v2.3.1.apk
Give Morelocale2 permissions :
Code:
adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
Run Morelocal2 on Fire stick, choose your language, if cannot find, go here(Settings/Applications/Manage Installed Applications/More Locale2/Launch Application)
Install SmartYouTubeTV_Orig_v6.12.02_r.apk :
Code:
adb install SmartYouTubeTV_Orig_v6.12.02_r.apk
(from https://smartyoutubetv.github.io/en/)
Install Crosswalk library to support 1080p and above in SmartYouTubeTV for this link
Code:
adb install "Crosswalk Project Runtime_v23.53.589.4_apkpure.com.apk"
Launch SmartYouTubeTV (Settings/Applications/Manage Installed Applications/SmartYouTubeTV/Launch Application)
Connect SmartYouTubeTV to your google account via ""youtube.com/activate" using the provided code
Continue customizing as you are pleased, by following, for example, this guide by @Bropinski
Great post! :good:
One question, once the Fire Stick starts checking for updates, would powering off the router that it's connected to allow you to skip the "Checking for updates" part?
Bropinski said:
Great post! :good:
One question, once the Fire Stick starts checking for updates, would powering off the router that it's connected to allow you to skip the "Checking for updates" part?
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The problem is that after giving up on updates it'll ask to go to Amazon registration, so at that point you'll probably need to get your connection back.
Nice guide. I'd be surprised if the fire stick2 ever gets root. Been out for a while and I don't think any developers are working on it. My hope is that it gets upgraded to android M or N and there are easy flaws exploited to get root (i'm assuming you are blocking updates to get root someday). Been on blocked updates for about a year and it seems like I'm just missing out of bug fixes! I don't think Amazon would block smart youtube tv, they are already giving alternate ways to get on youtube that bypasses googles block.
Michajin said:
Nice guide. I'd be surprised if the fire stick2 ever gets root. Been out for a while and I don't think any developers are working on it. My hope is that it gets upgraded to android M or N and there are easy flaws exploited to get root (i'm assuming you are blocking updates to get root someday). Been on blocked updates for about a year and it seems like I'm just missing out of bug fixes! I don't think Amazon would block smart youtube tv, they are already giving alternate ways to get on youtube that bypasses googles block.
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So far so good for me here with Smart Youtube TV - and it also removed the ads!
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The problem is that after giving up on updates it'll ask to go to Amazon registration, so at that point you'll probably need to get your connection back.
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My fire tv stick will be here tomorrow so I'm preparing for it, what I've done so far is put this in my hotspot's /etc/hosts file:
Code:
127.0.0.1 amzdigital-a.akamaihd.net
127.0.0.1 amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net
127.0.0.1 softwareupdates.amazon.com
127.0.0.1 updates.amazon.com
I plan to hook it to low power USB on first boot of course and sign into my account. Does anyone know of any new host amazon checks for updates because I have only found these referenced from over 6 months ago, and amazon could have easily changed the behavior in the firmware being shipped. Also I'm aware this method is not going to work anytime the stick is connected to a different wireless lan, but that should not happen by mistake in my case.
PS I've avoided the firetv stick due to proprietary restrictions as with any similar device sold by a big name company, but my woman decided she wanted one for the price after we was shipped an android tv box without the original remote control and no way to power it on as it lacked a physical button, the fire stick was what we went with along with an OTG cable with 3 usb ports. Anyway I'm a semi-retired developer for other devices, so I look forward to contributing anything I possibly can to the community here. Thanks guys!
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PS I've avoided the firetv stick due to proprietary restrictions as with any similar device sold by a big name company, but my woman decided she wanted one for the price after we was shipped an android tv box without the original remote control and no way to power it on as it lacked a physical button, the fire stick was what we went with along with an OTG cable with 3 usb ports. Anyway I'm a semi-retired developer for other devices, so I look forward to contributing anything I possibly can to the community here. Thanks guys!
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I actually have a number of these now, they work real good, especially with sideloaded apps. To take this to the next level, root would be good. I recently tried with Kingoroot running on a PC, but it failed.
Btw, try to avoid WiFi connection as in this post here (Part I). That's a different Fire device, but who knows, it might be possible to bypass WiFi connection and updates without any router workarounds.
hello, i can't bypass the first update .. unable to update your fire stick tv. i have try slow internet connection, dns domain blocking, uk and us vpn to access the internet. nothin work. My Fire Stick TV with alexa voice command is just a brick. Please guys, can you help me?
update - i have call amazon and they told me the device was reported as stolen !! this is way i can't update the device. I have buy this stick from internet and was brand new and sealed.
Hi all,
I too have made some notes and found a new method to avoid OTA on first run I have not seen posted before, my thread is below.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/trying-to-skip-boot-update-brand-fire-t3752076
xhostluv said:
hello, i can't bypass the first update .. unable to update your fire stick tv. i have try slow internet connection, dns domain blocking, uk and us vpn to access the internet. nothin work. My Fire Stick TV with alexa voice command is just a brick. Please guys, can you help me?
update - i have call amazon and they told me the device was reported as stolen !! this is way i can't update the device. I have buy this stick from internet and was brand new and sealed.
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Ok! I have buy a new sealed Fire TV stick 2 that was reported lost/stolen! No way to bypass the update screen after connecting to internet, the device is blocked by amazon. I find a way to go to settings and check ADB Debuging and Unknown Application.
I have installed Amazon remote on my smartphone, after connecting to internet and display the error can't update i have pair my phone with the stick and press SETTINGS on my application.
After i have connected with adb from my pc
installed Hijack V3 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026 ;
disable bloatware https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/disable-bloatware-2nd-gen-fire-tv-stick-t3674629
installed https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/app-leanback-launcher-fire-tv-t3750451
my stick is alive
xhostluv said:
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Ok! I have buy a new sealed Fire TV stick 2 that was reported lost/stolen! No way to bypass the update screen after connecting to internet, the device is blocked by amazon. I find a way to go to settings and check ADB Debuging and Unknown Application.
I have installed Amazon remote on my smartphone, after connecting to internet and display the error can't update i have pair my phone with the stick and press SETTINGS on my application.
After i have connected with adb from my pc
installed Hijack V3 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026 ;
disable bloatware https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/disable-bloatware-2nd-gen-fire-tv-stick-t3674629
installed https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/app-leanback-launcher-fire-tv-t3750451
my stick is alive
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Unfortunately i can't seem to do this. i've tired multiple ways to skip the update at first setup from completely blocking amazon updates servers on the router to limiting the internet speed. no matter what i keep getting stuck at the page that says "unable to update your fire stick" and the remote app on both my phones don't detect the fire stick to connect to it. i'm stucked
what version tv stick 1 or 2?? try to search on application exactly after you connect to your network the stick must be on the same network. Try to disconnect all others devices from that network, to keep only the stick and the phone... it will find the stick and it will prompt the pair code. After that press multiple times on settings on app.
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xhostluv said:
what version tv stick 1 or 2?? try to search on application exactly after you connect to your network the stick must be on the same network. Try to disconnect all others devices from that network, to keep only the stick and the phone... it will find the stick and it will prompt the pair code. After that press multiple times on settings on app.
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it's the fire stick 2nd gen. just bought it today. both the stick and the phone are on the same wifi.
just to verify. after the update fails and the fire stick is at the page that says "unable to update your fire TV stick" all you do is open the amazon remote app on your phone and it shows up?
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so update. i got the remote app to work on my phone and connect to the fire stick. it seems the issue was my wireless router was blocking it. i swapped out the router with a older one and it worked. i was able to bypass the setup screen and go to settings. now unfortunately it seems that newer fire sticks like mine come pre-shipped with version OS 5.2.6.1 which i can't disable ota debload on.
Might as well just let it update and get it over with since i can't do anything on this version of the os
if you don't want updates you can report you fire tv stick 2 as lost or stolen. If you do this you can't use amazon services anymore and you should install another launcher.
xhostluv said:
if you don't want updates you can report you fire tv stick 2 as lost or stolen. If you do this you can't use amazon services anymore and you should install another launcher.
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that wouldn't really help in my case as the stick already came with a updated os version that can't uninstall the built in apps. anyway i already set it up and let it update from 5.2.6.1 to 5.2.6.2.
the stick already came from amazon with os 5.2.6.1. from what i understand only os 5.2.6.0 and below you can use adb on to uninstall amazon apps which was what i mainly wanted to do since i don't use any amazon services. i just wanted a stick for netflix, youtube and hulu that i already pay for
I have followed the instructions to bypass the failed update screen on 2 previous firesticks that had been reported lost/stolen and worked perfect. Now on the third one when i connect the remote app the settings button is not there so im stuck again. Does anyone have an idea why the settings button in the left top of remote app would not be there on just this one stick?
xhostluv said:
NEW INFO
Ok! I have buy a new sealed Fire TV stick 2 that was reported lost/stolen! No way to bypass the update screen after connecting to internet, the device is blocked by amazon. I find a way to go to settings and check ADB Debuging and Unknown Application.
I have installed Amazon remote on my smartphone, after connecting to internet and display the error can't update i have pair my phone with the stick and press SETTINGS on my application.
After i have connected with adb from my pc
installed Hijack V3 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026 ;
disable bloatware https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/disable-bloatware-2nd-gen-fire-tv-stick-t3674629
installed https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/app-leanback-launcher-fire-tv-t3750451
my stick is alive
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Hi there,
I am facing the same situation, however my setting is no ADB option, how can I connect it through ADB? please advise.
Cliff
csu095 said:
Hi there,
I am facing the same situation, however my setting is no ADB option, how can I connect it through ADB? please advise.
Cliff
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What is preventing you from going to settings on your firestick to turn on abd debugging?
Adrian806 said:
What is preventing you from going to settings on your firestick to turn on abd debugging?
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Hi Adrian,
Normally you can see ADB on/off option in setting/devices, however, once your fire stick is blocked there's would be no this ADB option in the setting anymore. Plus there will be no Application in setting as well. Any idea to jailbreak it?
Cliff
So on your mobile remote does it have the settings gear in the top left corner. I recently bought 17 locked sticks and 16 of 17 had the gear only 1 didnt have the settings gear.