I bought a mini HDMI cable to connect my Archos 101 Internet Tablet to my TV. It works fairly well but the Archos display will go black if I connect to the TV. It then is basically a touchpad.
Is there any way to change the mode to a clone view so that I have the same thing on the Archos display as on my TV. This should make navigating for picture slideshows much easier.
I'm running the latest 2.0.71 firmware (+ GApps)
Nope. Not right now. I would like this as well.
can someone teach me how to connect to the TV?
nothing shows up on my TV at all. i use a mini-to-full hdmi cable and have switched to the HDMI channel on my TV already. I've also toggled the TV out mode on my tablet but it just shows nothing on my TV
Same here..
redname said:
can someone teach me how to connect to the TV?
nothing shows up on my TV at all. i use a mini-to-full hdmi cable and have switched to the HDMI channel on my TV already. I've also toggled the TV out mode on my tablet but it just shows nothing on my TV
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Try in this order :
- Put Tv on HDMI input (select the good one)
- Plug the Wire
- Click on switch screen widget.
In this order it should work
zizoom said:
Try in this order :
- Put Tv on HDMI input (select the good one)
- Plug the Wire
- Click on switch screen widget.
In this order it should work
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thanks, it worked aft trying out your steps
New software updates for the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick have been rolling out since July 1st. I haven't fully analyzed them yet to uncover all the changes, but we do know that apps and games can now be marked as "Favorites" in order to bring them to the front of your app/game list. Full overview of everything that has changed to come. Let us know if you notice any changes yourself.
Fire TV version 51.1.6.0_user_516009820 - Download Link
Fire TV Stick version 54.1.2.0_user_120060220 - Download Link
Attention @rbox
Could you please check if its possible also to set sideloaded apps as favorite? THX in advance.
Still using Anroid 4.2.2 so the update is a major fail. Any updates for the Fire TV that do not run Android 4.4+ will all be failures. Sure they may fix bugs or simplify the default launcher, but til they upgrade to at least Android 4.4 aall updates wil be worthless. They can add all the featurs to the Fire TV that they want, but it will never be as good as it could be unless they ugrade to a newer version of Android. Compatibiity issues are nonsense this day in ag with Android and I am hving several comptibility issues with the Fire TV all because Amazon refuses to upgrade the Fire TV t at lest Android 4.4. A month ago when the news of fire OS 5.0 came out I predicted that the Fire TV would not be running it in ten months and I hve nine months left to prove everone wrong that said I was wrong. Wait and see, nine months from now the Fire tablets and the Fire Phone will be running FireOS 5.0, but the Fire TV will be running either 4.2.2, 4.3 or if a miracle happens it might be running Android 4.4. I love the Fire TV and I am not jumping ship, but the Fire TV can not do what it should be doing if Amazon is not going to upgrade it to Android 4.4 I do not care about root or mods, but I do care about compatibilty issues, and more and more things are becoming incompatible with Android 4.2.2 and 4.3. Come on amazon, step it up and give us what we should've already had six months ago.
Nice update! Really looking forward to the shopping feature. Wonder if this feature will go live on July 15th with "Prime day"?
Looking forward to a flashable version of this.
Calibaan said:
Could you please check if its possible also to set sideloaded apps as favorite? THX in advance.
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No, only those downloaded from their App Store can be set as favorite.
You go into either "Games" or "Apps" to pick which ones you want to favorite, which brings them to the front of the Recent list in "Home" or the other mentioned sections.
Another change is they've added in the storage bar in Applications > Manage Installed Apps, now sit at the bottom of the screen.
porkenhimer said:
Still using Anroid 4.2.2 so the update is a major fail. Any updates for the Fire TV that do not run Android 4.4+ will all be failures. <snipped>
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Seems a new Fire TV Stick may be on the way running Lollipop 5.1 - http://liliputing.com/2015/07/amazons-next-gen-fire-tv-stick-may-be-coming-soon.html
This one will likely be left in the dark forever run on 4.2.2
Well, here is something...
For the longest time, when I hooked my Fire TV Box via Optical Audio to my Pioneer Elite VSX-21 (circa 1999-2000), SPMC/Kodi set for pass through did give me Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS (and show icons for each speaker). However, with the box set for Dolby Digital over Optical when playing movies from Amazon Instant, Netflix and Plex my Pioneer would always display only Dolby ProLogic (no speaker icons, indicating 2ch audio).
It looks like the v51.1.6.0 fixed that.
Today, playing a movie via Amazon Instant, I noticed Dolby Digital led on the receiver along with icons for each speaker.. Same with Netflix.
Plex however gives me no audio when playing movies from my server, but did give me stereo audio when playing a TV show via CBS channel in Plex.
Gilly10 said:
No, only those downloaded from their App Store can be set as favorite.
You go into either "Games" or "Apps" to pick which ones you want to favorite, which brings them to the front of the Recent list in "Home" or the other mentioned sections.
Another change is they've added in the storage bar in Applications > Manage Installed Apps, now sit at the bottom of the screen.
Seems a new Fire TV Stick may be on the way running Lollipop 5.1 - http://liliputing.com/2015/07/amazons-next-gen-fire-tv-stick-may-be-coming-soon.html
This one will likely be left in the dark forever run on 4.2.2
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Seems like just wild guess, and what spoils it is that there would be zero reason to put and accelerometor in an Android stick, which tells me that its not a new fire TV stick. I am sure there will be a new Fire TV stick at some point, but the page you gave the link to is 100% not a new Fire TV stick. You shold never link people to pages with unconfirmed info.
First up, it features WiFi and Bluetooth, but no GPS, compass, accelerometer, light sensor, camera, or SIM card. You’d expect most phones, tablets or other Android devices to have at least a few of those things.
Gilly10 said:
No, only those downloaded from their App Store can be set as favorite.
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Thx, not really what I hoped for.
porkenhimer said:
Seems like just wild guess, and what spoils it is that there would be zero reason to put and accelerometor in an Android stick, which tells me that its not a new fire TV stick. I am sure there will be a new Fire TV stick at some point, but the page you gave the link to is 100% not a new Fire TV stick. You shold never link people to pages with unconfirmed info.
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Not sure what your reading but it states clearly it does NOT have an accelerometer inside, only bluetooth & wifi are ticked, certainly fits the bill of being a Fire TV Stick of some kind going off the other specs (or lack of), guess we'll just have to wait and see...
This is the page the article is about - https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx31&os=Android&api=gl&D=Amazon+AFTS&testgroup=info
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Not sure what your reading but it states clearly it does NOT have an accelerometer inside, only bluetooth & wifi are ticked, certainly fits the bill of being a Fire TV Stick of some kind going off the other specs (or lack of), guess we'll just have to wait and see...
This is the page the article is about - https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx31&os=Android&api=gl&D=Amazon+AFTS&testgroup=info
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The specs fit the billing for many devices. Who knows it could be a new type of device, or it could be a tablet. Til there is proof the articles are just people making wild guesses. Like I said, go back and look at all of Amazons tablets and yo will be amazed at the features some of them do not have that almost every tablet mae by other companies do. They even took the gamble of leaving cameras out the first Fire HD tablet. Amazon does strange things with their devices. They have left rear cameras of some of their tablets and said their study shows that people do not use rear cameras on their tablets then released the next tablet with a rear camera. they have left out HDMI ports saying people with tablets barely use them then for some reason released other tabets with HDMI ports. I would not rule out that the device is a tablet at all. Its very likely that it could be a budget tablet. Their newer tablets have been getting more expensive compared to their older ones so it could be a cheap tablet.
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First up, it features WiFi and Bluetooth, but no GPS, compass, accelerometer, light sensor, camera, or SIM card. You’d expect most phones, tablets or other Android devices to have at least a few of those things.
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And what would these sonsors be good for on an mediaplayer device?
GPS? I know where my TV is.
Compass? My TV doesn't change its direction so often.
Accelerometer? I hope it never falls off the wall.
Light Sensor? For a divice without display?
Camera? Would be nice for skype but better use an external one.
SIM card?
So where is the point?
Hmmmm and off topic anyway .. Sorry for that.
Zaaap72 said:
And what would these sonsors be good for on an mediaplayer device?
GPS? I know where my TV is.
Compass? My TV doesn't change its direction so often.
Accelerometer? I hope it never falls off the wall.
Light Sensor? For a divice without display?
Camera? Would be nice for skype but better use an external one.
SIM card?
So where is the point?
Hmmmm and off topic anyway .. Sorry for that.
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Yes, proof that this is likely the next generation FireTV or Stick, and not another phone or tablet from Amazon.
i've been unable to 'adb connect' to my unrooted fire tv box since around the time it received the latest update. i've rebooted several times - computer and fire tv. no luck. can anyone else confirm or deny this with their box? maybe something funky going on with my routers...
Probably you need to re-enable the ADB debugging within the FireTV System > Developer Options.
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Probably you need to re-enable the ADB debugging within the FireTV System > Developer Options.
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thanks, but i already checked that. i even tried turning it off, restarting, turning it on, restarting again. still can't adb connect to my box.
Probably the IP changed. Had this one time that my router assigned another IP than the regulary IP to the AFTV.
again, thanks for trying. firetv has a static IP. it has not changed. my router shows that the firetv is connected with the IP it is supposed to have. everything on my firetv works. i can't ping the firetv from my computer but maybe that is normal. i never tried before when adb connect was working. i tried doing a port scan from computer using nmap but it doesn't see the firetv at all. i feel like i'm losing my mind.
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well, i've got adb connect working again. i told firetv to forget the network then i re-added it. this time i didn't specify IP/subnet/etc. i let it get it all from DHCP. now adb connect works. weird.
Hello guys . I have a big problem with my nvidia shield tv pro . It works fine on all TV 1080p but I recently bought a Samsung TV series ks8000 and fails to interface the ever black screen . I tried it with 6 different hdmi cables !!! all High speed with Ethernet !! but nothing happens . I tried all the HDMI ports of TV with no result . I updated the firmware of the TV ue65ks8000 with the latest 1125 version, I tried various firmware shield tv 2.0 2.1 3.0 and 3.2 no result !! Then I thought it was only a problem of my TV and I went to the mall with my nvidia shield ... you will not believe but I found that it does not work on any TV Samsung series KS !!! I tried all the ks7000 / 7500 / 8000/9000 none of these works . I finally tried it on 2 lg OLED 4K and works perfectly in 4k @ 60hz !!!! So this is a bug in the Samsung TV . Please help me!! Thank you to all and excuse me for my bad english.
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Hello guys . I have a big problem with my nvidia shield tv pro . It works fine on all TV 1080p but I recently bought a Samsung TV series ks8000 and fails to interface the ever black screen . I tried it with 6 different hdmi cables !!! all High speed with Ethernet !! but nothing happens . I tried all the HDMI ports of TV with no result . I updated the firmware of the TV ue65ks8000 with the latest 1125 version, I tried various firmware shield tv 2.0 2.1 3.0 and 3.2 no result !! Then I thought it was only a problem of my TV and I went to the mall with my nvidia shield ... you will not believe but I found that it does not work on any TV Samsung series KS !!! I tried all the ks7000 / 7500 / 8000/9000 none of these works . I finally tried it on 2 lg OLED 4K and works perfectly in 4k @ 60hz !!!! So this is a bug in the Samsung TV . Please help me!! Thank you to all and excuse me for my bad english.
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There isn't a bug with either the KS8000 or KS9000. The Shield works perfectly fine on both. I use the Shield on both of them every day.
Try going into expert picture settings for your television and enable UHD color for the HDMI input that you have your Shield connected to. They are turned off by default.
I have trayed to enable uhd color on all hdmi port but nothing happened.
I am having similar problems in that my KS7000 only recognises devices on HDMI 1 and 4 (ARC). HDMI 2 and 3 do not recognise any devices. Samsung tech have tried everything including a full EDID reset. They are now sending me out a new one connect mini to try.
Simon
Nothing else? I am desperato! Nothing answer from samsung and nvidia!
Mushii77 said:
I am having similar problems in that my KS7000 only recognises devices on HDMI 1 and 4 (ARC). HDMI 2 and 3 do not recognise any devices. Samsung tech have tried everything including a full EDID reset. They are now sending me out a new one connect mini to try.
Simon
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Hi Mushii77, I have the exact same problem, did the new connect box solve your problem?
Thank you.
Fire HD 8 (2020, 10th Gen) ONYX KFONWI Android 9 PIE
Device is not rooted.
Kernel Name: 4. 14. 87+ #1 SMP PREEMPT
Mods
Fire tool Box Re-updated on tablet 5 5 2022
Nova Launcher
Questions/Issues:
Have downloaded DOFU from google play store. It plays and runs good on the Tablet. I can see live log in a watch live NBA (playoffs now). Trying to mirror or cast from the Fire HD 8 Tablet to my TV using Micro USB to HDMI. Cannot get VIZIO 650DBI-2 TV to mirror via HDMI the tablet. I have had 2 session with Vizio technicians 1. The Vizio will support HDMI connection from android apple and PC. This Vizio will to support casting unless it is physically connected to the TV and the tablet supports that device (Chromecast plug in or Fire stick not wanting to purchase other hardware just to run this tablet mirror to TV. Issue is somehow with the Tablet not being recognized by the TV. The HDMI input show no device detect no matter how many HDMI ports it connected to (HMDI ports all work TV and USBC work on the tablet).
I can use my apple I phone 13 pro and my Laptop to mirror to the same VIZIO TV using HDMI cable input. However I want to be able to cast the Tablet (DOFU sports) to my TV for a larger viewing screen mirror. Tried 5 different double blind tested cables so I know it is not the physical cable connection. Is there additional software I need to enable or do we need to DL something new specific for my current tablet to perform screen mirror of live viewing? Currently the tablet in is Fire toolbox format will not screen mirror any TV or even a monitors (tried my PC screen)
BMWiMIB said:
Fire HD 8 (2020, 10th Gen) ONYX KFONWI Android 9 PIE
Device is not rooted.
Kernel Name: 4. 14. 87+ #1 SMP PREEMPT
Mods
Fire tool Box Re-updated on tablet 5 5 2022
Nova Launcher
Questions/Issues:
Have downloaded DOFU from google play store. It plays and runs good on the Tablet. I can see live log in a watch live NBA (playoffs now). Trying to mirror or cast from the Fire HD 8 Tablet to my TV using Micro USB to HDMI. Cannot get VIZIO 650DBI-2 TV to mirror via HDMI the tablet. I have had 2 session with Vizio technicians 1. The Vizio will support HDMI connection from android apple and PC. This Vizio will to support casting unless it is physically connected to the TV and the tablet supports that device (Chromecast plug in or Fire stick not wanting to purchase other hardware just to run this tablet mirror to TV. Issue is somehow with the Tablet not being recognized by the TV. The HDMI input show no device detect no matter how many HDMI ports it connected to (HMDI ports all work TV and USBC work on the tablet).
I can use my apple I phone 13 pro and my Laptop to mirror to the same VIZIO TV using HDMI cable input. However I want to be able to cast the Tablet (DOFU sports) to my TV for a larger viewing screen mirror. Tried 5 different double blind tested cables so I know it is not the physical cable connection. Is there additional software I need to enable or do we need to DL something new specific for my current tablet to perform screen mirror of live viewing? Currently the tablet in is Fire toolbox format will not screen mirror any TV or even a monitors (tried my PC screen)
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Try to use Scrcpy, Vysor or ApowerMirror to mirror your Fire tablet screen into your laptop or PC connected to the TV or monitor using HDMI or VGA cable.