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    Firestick general discussion thread

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    • #392
      Nigzcurran
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      darrenheaphy wrote: »
      No :-D No experience with IPTV, any recommendations?

      Google gives lots of options, always take a free trial first and if it looks good then try a months worth. €10 a month will get you every channel under the sun

      Time is contagious, everybody is getting old.



    • #393
      Wanderer78
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      Nigzcurran wrote:
      Google gives lots of options, always take a free trial first and if it looks good then try a months worth. €10 a month will get you every channel under the sun

      Sounds like choosing a service is a minefield, I'd be grateful for recommendations, privately of course


    • #394
      catrat12
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      Anyone have the url to side load the virgin media player using downloader on the firestick please can’t find it anywhere and I’m a celeb staring tomorrow thanx


    • #395
      Lujan
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      Random issue with my 4k firestick.
      Over the last 2 days, when I select a movie/show, the sound starts immediately, but I get the loading circle which stops at 25%, sound just works away as if the video is on though.
      Has anyone encountered this?


    • #396
      Thargor
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      Lujan wrote: »
      Random issue with my 4k firestick.
      Over the last 2 days, when I select a movie/show, the sound starts immediately, but I get the loading circle which stops at 25%, sound just works away as if the video is on though.
      Has anyone encountered this?
      Tried unplugging and plugging back in?


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    • #397
      Lujan
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      Yeah, works ok for a while and then happens again.


    • #398
      Thargor
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      Lujan wrote: »
      Random issue with my 4k firestick.
      Over the last 2 days, when I select a movie/show, the sound starts immediately, but I get the loading circle which stops at 25%, sound just works away as if the video is on though.
      Has anyone encountered this?
      Thargor wrote: »
      Tried unplugging and plugging back in?
      Actually this reminds me of a random problem my father is having with his 4k stick:

      When he goes to use it sometimes it refuses to switch on, as in he can press the middle button and every other button on the controller all he wants and nothing happens, he has to unplug it and plug it back in then it works perfectly, it just wont wake up the first time, any clue what thats about? Its not the remote batteries.


    • #399
      bassy
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      bought a firestick 4k on amazon and its only 5gb in memory,reading online the say the are quad-core 1.7GHz CPU with 8GB of memory.anyone shed some light on this ?.


    • #400
      muffler
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      bassy wrote: »
      bought a firestick 4k on amazon and its only 5gb in memory,reading online the say the are quad-core 1.7GHz CPU with 8GB of memory.anyone shed some light on this ?.
      Im not into the technical side of things but I believe that the pre-installed software, apps and OS system are using 3Gb hence you only have 5Gb approx.


    • #401
      bassy
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      muffler wrote: »
      Im not into the technical side of things but I believe that the pre-installed software, apps and OS system are using 3Gb hence you only have 5Gb approx.

      sure the normal non 4k has 5gb


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    • #402
      bassy
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      the os and apps use up 3gb hence why user is left with 5gb,my mistake lol.


    • #403
      muffler
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      bassy wrote: »
      the os and apps use up 3gb hence why user is left with 5gb,my mistake lol.
      Eh?


    • #404
      bassy
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      muffler wrote: »
      Eh?

      the factory preinstalled apps etc take up 3gb in memory hence why theres only 5gb to use on downloading apps etc


    • #405
      muffler
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      bassy wrote: »
      bought a firestick 4k on amazon and its only 5gb in memory,reading online the say the are quad-core 1.7GHz CPU with 8GB of memory.anyone shed some light on this ?.
      bassy wrote: »
      the factory preinstalled apps etc take up 3gb in memory hence why theres only 5gb to use on downloading apps etc
      Why did you ask and answer your own question


    • #406
      bassy
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      muffler wrote: »
      Why did you ask and answer your own question

      i only realised after lol


    • #407
      darrenheaphy
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      Don't forget to thank yourself for being a helpful forumite :-D


    • #408
      bassy
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      darrenheaphy wrote: »
      Don't forget to thank yourself for being a helpful forumite :-D

      lol


    • #409
      reni10
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      Anyone figure out how to get Sky Sports running on the 4k Fire TV Stick?

      I have an official Sky Sports subscription with Virgin Media and have sideloaded and can login to the Sky Sports App but it says it needs Google Services to run once I select a stream, is there any way around this?


    • #410
      SCOOP 64
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      Properly been asked before, cant seem to get Nowtv on my Firestick, use the downloader with online links, downloads fails to install.


    • #411
      bassy
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      SCOOP 64 wrote: »
      Properly been asked before, cant seem to get Nowtv on my Firestick, use the downloader with online links, downloads fails to install.

      don,t think you can get it on the stick,well you can put the apk on but it will not work.


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    • #412
      Lujan
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      reni10 wrote: »
      Anyone figure out how to get Sky Sports running on the 4k Fire TV Stick?

      I have an official Sky Sports subscription with Virgin Media and have sideloaded and can login to the Sky Sports App but it says it needs Google Services to run once I select a stream, is there any way around this?

      Hi,
      I hadn't considered using virgin on the Firestick. Quick google and I had it setup in about 15mins.
      I installed "apps 2 fire" on my phone, then installed the virgin app from my phone to the firestick.

      Seems to work fine, however, I find that navigating the tv guide quite tough. I end up just typing in the name of the channel. I use the "firetv" app on my phone for quicker typing on the firestick.


    • #413
      reni10
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      Lujan wrote: »
      Hi,
      I hadn't considered using virgin on the Firestick. Quick google and I had it setup in about 15mins.
      I installed "apps 2 fire" on my phone, then installed the virgin app from my phone to the firestick.

      Seems to work fine, however, I find that navigating the tv guide quite tough. I end up just typing in the name of the channel. I use the "firetv" app on my phone for quicker typing on the firestick.
      Did you get the sky sports app running on it properly or just the virgin TV anywhere app which does not have the premium sky sports channels?


    • #414
      Lujan
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      reni10 wrote: »
      Did you get the sky sports app running on it properly or just the virgin TV anywhere app which does not have the premium sky sports channels?

      I just checked there, the standard channels work fine. No access via internet for movies or sports. I assumed once I got the regular channels working that it meant all channels were. I didnt realise you needed a separate app for sports.

      Apparently downloading sky sports app and logging in under virgin option works. Will try side load and test it later.


    • #415
      reni10
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      Lujan wrote: »
      I just checked there, the standard channels work fine. No access via internet for movies or sports. I assumed once I got the regular channels working that it meant all channels were.

      Apparently downloading sky sports app and logging in under virgin option works. Will try side load and test it later.
      That is exactly what I said I tried earlier in the thread and it will not work as it says it required Google services....


    • #416
      Thargor
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      reni10 wrote: »
      That is exactly what I said I tried earlier in the thread and it will not work as it says it required Google services....
      Try these methods especially the cache clearing one, I occasionally have to clear cache to get my Google services back:

      https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/9037938?hl=en


    • #417
      reni10
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      Thargor wrote: »
      Try these methods especially the cache clearing one, I occasionally have to clear cache to get my Google services back:

      https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/9037938?hl=en

      So you have Google services installed on your firestick?
      If so how did you install it?


    • #418
      Thargor
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      reni10 wrote: »
      So you have Google services installed on your firestick?
      If so how did you install it?
      Oh sh1t I thought I was in the Chinese Android Phones thread when I posted that, sorry!

      Try this maybe?

      https://firestickhacks.com/install-google-play-on-firestick/


    • #419
      but1er
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      4k firestick on curry 45eur delivered. 43eur on amazon.


    • #420
      bassy
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      but1er wrote: »
      4k firestick on curry 45eur delivered. 43eur on amazon.

      Crap from Amazon I got 4k stick 2 weeks ago from Amazon for 33 euros delivered.


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    • #421
      tonc76
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      bassy wrote: »
      Crap from Amazon I got 4k stick 2 weeks ago from Amazon for 33 euros delivered.

      £29.99 at the moment


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