Hi, I am new to using a Firestick. I was fortunate to have a friend that gave me one. I know my Firestick is rooted to get what it needs. I am assuming that rooted means Jailbroke. If I am wrong please let me know. I am having a problem with my Firestick in the form of this, I bought an Amazon Ethernet Adapter for Amazon Fire TV Devices. When I try to connect to the Firestick I cannot get it to work. I see the Firestick on my router’s information page, however, I cannot get it to use the ethernet connection. I am sure the unit is working without the Ethernet Adapter because I saw it work on Wi-Fi. I searched for some information and I found this article. It makes me think, is there something else that needs to be done to the unit before it will work? Any help or advice appreciated. Thanks
I had the same issue. I checked all the connections and the cheap usb hub I was using was the issue. I used a recommenced usb hub and now the ethernet connection on the usb memory stick work fine.
First off, jailbroken is an apple term.
Rooted is an Android term. Most likely what you have is neither. You probably just have unknown sources enabled to be able to install apk apps outside of the store. It's nothing illegal as it's a feature built into Android.
As for the adapter not working, I would guess you have the older model. The Amazon fire TV stick gen 1 does not support OTG (On The Go) which is a tech that is required for the adapter to work.
Gen 2 supports it as well as the pendant and the cube.
Go into Amazon setting and check the about my fire section and find out the model and os version to confirm your gen.
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Also can check the FCC ID number on the housing.
1st-gen = 2ABDU-0509
2nd-gen = 2AE6S-0948
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Whenever the onscreen keyboard comes up, I can't type on Onn Android TV 4K box with Rii i4 keyboard connected through bluetooth. The mouse pad works fine, and the arrow keys and a few navigation keys work, but can't type numbers or text. Oddly, when I run Microsoft Remote Desktop 8 app (sideloaded) and connect to a PC, the keyboard acts as expected and everything works. Anything I can try to make this thing work in Android TV apps?
well I just got the same keyboard. It works on PC via BT and dongle) but to some (most?) android PHONES looks like the letters part of the keybaord (anything under the numbers) wont work.
Some people posted that only works if you set the language to korean. Sounds like they mapped the letters to korean symbols and android does not like that. If I use a type-c to usb and the dongle, it works but definitely is not ideal.
I'm thinking if I will return it or not...
If you haven't already returned it, I have been having the same issue since I got my Rii i4 a month ago.
RiiTek have just released a firmware update that fixed the issue on Android, but it is a bit convoluted as you need to install a OTA update software on Android and it took me a few goes to understand the process (http://www.riitek.com/support/download.html)
Also the OTA update software does not seem to properly scan bluetooth with Android 12, luckily I have an older Samsung S7 phone with Android 9 lying around, once I did the firmware update, works perfectly now. (I did have to unpair and pair it again with my Galaxy Tab S7)
Thanks for the link to the update. What a pain it was. Didn't work on my Onn Android TV 4K box, nor did it work on my Samsung Galaxy S10e. Both complained about being for an older Android version. Good thing I had an old LG G2 laying around, I was able to update the keyboard with that. The result is the problems are completely resolved on an Android phone, but the Onn Android TV 4K box now doesn't work with it at all. Nothing works, not touchpad, directional keys, nor letter keys. Nothing. It will pair successfully (which I tried pair/re-pair many times), but nothing works at all, so I'm worse off than before and it's completely unusable trash now.
Maybe I can salvage it by getting some kind of cable so I can plug its dongle into the TV box and forget about bluetooth altogether.
It complained even on my Galaxy S7 about it being for an older Android version, but it still worked. Seems the S10/Note10 with Android 12 and newer Bluetooth had an issue with the OTA software doing the Bluetooth scan. Glad you got it working, hope this helps others as it is a cool little keyboard to use in bed with my Tablet
Strange for the TV box, I haven't got one of those, and my Sony TV with Android I have a Logitech TV Keyboard plugged in with the USB dongle. This Rii i4 also has a 2.4G dongle, doesn't the Android TV box have some USB ports on the back?
Problem is I bought it to use with the Onn TV box, and after the firmware update, it doesn't work with the Onn at all. At least the navigation keys worked before, now nothing works.
I would downgrade back, but the old firmware isn't available anywhere.
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Problem is I bought it to use with the Onn TV box, and after the firmware update, it doesn't work with the Onn at all. At least the navigation keys worked before, now nothing works.
I would downgrade back, but the old firmware isn't available anywhere.
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Bummer, sorry to hear that - you have definitely set it to BlueTooth mode when connected to the Onn TV Box? I assume the firmware just changed the keyboard language, so I am really surprised it stopped working totally with the Onn box - maybe a factory reset of the Onn box?
I had a quick google of the Onn TV box, looks like you have a USB power port and the HDMI port, but also sounds like people have been attaching a powered USB hub to the USB port to plug in Ethernet and have more USB ports to use. I know that is probably another $20 and more cables, but that might be an option then to use the 2.4Ghz adaptor.
For me I wanted to get it working with the tablet so I don't have to use the on-screen keyboard when lying in bed, it was a bit more challenging to add a USB C to USB A adaptor for the dongle
Yep, definitely Bluetooth mode, blue LED. I did try it on the LG G2 and Galaxy S10e to make sure it wasn't completely bricked, and it did work completely fine on those.
I saw the special USB cable to add a USB port to the Onn TV box are pretty cheap on eBay ($2.52) so I'll try one of those since I really want to avoid having to try a factory reset. Hopefully that will solve all my problems.
I know this is an old post, Yet thought this may help someone else out with the Onn 4k Android TV Box, I had the Rii Mini i8+ laying around and tried bluetooth connection, It didn't play well, Looked in the back tray on it and I had a dongle, Plugged that into the OTG cable, Right away noticed the Rii functioning, Everything seems to be working properly.
Yeah, I bought an OTG cable with splitter for $1.94 on Aliexpress, plugged in the dongle, and it did the job and connects instantly. The only annoyance is the Backspace key goes back instead of the backspace function, so I have to move the cursor in front of the character I want to remove and hit delete.
I booted my Nvidia SHIELD TV 2019 into the bootloader using ADB. The problem is that I can't navigate the menu. Neither the remote nor the controller seem to work. All tutorials speak of connecting the controller via USB but that's for older shields or the PRO version. This device does not have a USB port to connect the controller or keyboard there. My model is P3430, the regular shield TV 2019.
Has anyone been able to enter into options in this menu for this model?
I'm trying to downgrade the shield from the January upgrade which broke many apps.
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I booted my Nvidia SHIELD TV 2019 into the bootloader using ADB. The problem is that I can't navigate the menu. Neither the remote nor the controller seem to work. All tutorials speak of connecting the controller via USB but that's for older shields or the PRO version. This device does not have a USB port to connect the controller or keyboard there. My model is P3430, the regular shield TV 2019.
Has anyone been able to enter into options in this menu for this model?
I'm trying to downgrade the shield from the January upgrade which broke many apps.
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You have to use the hardware button on the device located above the hdmi port.
press once to navigate menus and long press to select.
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You have to use the hardware button on the device located above the hdmi port.
press once to navigate menus and long press to select.
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Thanks! I had figured that out but now I'm stuck because I can't run fastboot commands via wifi and the device has no USB connection. Any way to get past that?
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Thanks! I had figured that out but now I'm stuck because I can't run fastboot commands via wifi and the device has no USB connection. Any way to get past that?
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That the one million dollar question.
The following is what I have read from various posts in various places:
1. I have read that you can desolder the sdcard reader and solder on a usb port for that purpose.
I have not found a post of anyone who has actually done that though.
2. I have heard reference to being about to use fastboot over network and have tried without success on over wireless and ethernet.
Maybe the update to android 11 opens up more possibilities for this method but likely not.
3. I have also wondered if there could be a way to sneak a copy of twrp custom recovery into the image-shield-2019-atv-9.0.0.zip and use that to do a restore by placing it on an sdcard as described in other posts.
This is unlikely to work and even if it did the next issue is how to navigate a custom recovery without a mouse or keyboard. Maybe using CEC form the tv remote or the power button method.
4. Another option I have considered is to somehow use the ethernet port with a usb adapter. However I think the USB/SDcard Bus are completely isolated from one another making this impossible.
Disclaimer: I am by any means an android developer just an enthusiast of android rooting.
Final Thoughts:
My hope is to open up this conversation. now that a new version is out and folks are maybe playing around with this for the 1st time in a while.
Other places where rooting the Tube comes up the answer is often just get the pro.
But I like the tube. Its been a good replacement for the firestick which a got fed up with. I want a portable ATV device for travel that isn't as underpowered.
Good evening XDA Forum, unfortunately disassembling the Shield TV Pro (2015) I broke the connector that connects the HDD 500GB to the NVIDIA plate. There is a way to upload the entire system to external HD connected to USB ???? 'or other solutions to enter recovery mode and also install compatible systems maybe custom. Thank you listening
My Samsung TV remote (model RMCSPK1AP1) used to be able to control the Fire Stick. A couple weeks ago this functionality stopped and I am no longer able to control the Fire Stick with the Samsung remote. How can I pair these two back up?
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My Samsung TV remote (model RMCSPK1AP1) used to be able to control the Fire Stick. A couple weeks ago this functionality stopped and I am no longer able to control the Fire Stick with the Samsung remote. How can I pair these two back up?
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The remote description says it's IR, so it must have been controlling the FireStick via CEC. Go into you Samsung TV settings & the FireStick settings, and make sure CEC control is enabled on both.
Finnzz, thanks for the reply. I have CEC turn on on both the TV and the Firestick.
If you already have full CEC input enabled then my only other advice is generic troubleshooting.
Power off the TV and Stick completely, including unplugging them for at least 10sec. Move the Stick to a different HDMI input.
Maybe there is a problem with the I2C bus handling the CEC communication. Following the steps above cover a couple possibilities.
If that doesn't help, you might want to give more information about your setup so others have a better chance of helping.
What is the FireTV Stick model and firmware version? What is the Samsung TV model?