Firestick general discussion thread

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 2:43am

Anyone have issues with ITVHUB and endless advert loops? STV seems to be better for the ads but Tanya's version is more an android version that requires mouse toggle

Trevord · 23-01-2021 11:37am

IrlJidel wrote: »

You don't need to sideload TG4 - it's in the Appstore and since update in Nov works perfect. For rte - use tanyas filelinked store linked in OP sticky - doesnt have live tv but has 0 ads

and that no ads RTE player actually works so well that you can actually rely on it.

Trevord · 23-01-2021 11:42am

Bad news for anyone who has been using NBCSN app. Seems NBCSN will be shut down later this year.

https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1352700248800579588?s=20

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 12:24pm

I signed up for s sport plus last night . It's an official premier league ,ufc, f1 , nba , la liga, bundles liga, moto gp, nfl broadcaster in Turkey. It's 17.99 turkish lira a month or about 2 euro a month.

App is in turkish but you can figure out what buttons to press. Seems to offer english commentary and turkish.

Showing mcgregor tonight so will see how it is then.

https://www.ssportplus.com/

I had to sign up through app.

bassy · 23-01-2021 3:59pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

I signed up for s sport plus last night . It's an official premier league ,ufc, f1 , nba , la liga, bundles liga, moto gp, nfl broadcaster in Turkey. It's 17.99 turkish lira a month or about 2 euro a month.

App is in turkish but you can figure out what buttons to press. Seems to offer english commentary and turkish.

Showing mcgregor tonight so will see how it is then.

https://www.ssportplus.com/

I had to sign up through app.

I get the Turkish s sports on sateliite

all eng commentry

dougm1970 · 23-01-2021 4:15pm

IrlJidel wrote: »

You don't need to sideload TG4 - it's in the Appstore and since update in Nov works perfect. For rte - use tanyas filelinked store linked in OP sticky - doesnt have live tv but has 0 ads

watched a great jim driscoll (boxer) doc on the tg4 app....only shame is it doesnt have subtitles option

el Fenomeno · 23-01-2021 4:16pm

When is the update/facelift coming?

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 6:13pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

I signed up for s sport plus last night . It's an official premier league ,ufc, f1 , nba , la liga, bundles liga, moto gp, nfl broadcaster in Turkey. It's 17.99 turkish lira a month or about 2 euro a month.

App is in turkish but you can figure out what buttons to press. Seems to offer english commentary and turkish.

Showing mcgregor tonight so will see how it is then.

https://www.ssportplus.com/

I had to sign up through app.

Have you watched anything on it this afternoon?

The fight looks to cost extra. Tho my Turkish isn't great....

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 6:37pm

mightybashful wrote: »

Have you watched anything on it this afternoon?

The fight looks to cost extra. Tho my Turkish isn't great....

It doesn't cost extra. If you can sign up on the website and use code UFC57 at the checkout the price drops to 9.99 or €1.11 for the first month

Yeah I've been looking at bits and pieces throughout the day. Great the way you can go and look at old fights or old games.

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 6:51pm

Is there a native app for firestick?

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 6:57pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Is there a native app for firestick?

Apk is available on apkpure.

https://apkpure.com/s-sport-plus/com.ssportplus.dice

It works fine on firestick.

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 7:06pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

It doesn't cost extra. If you can sign up on the website and use code UFC57 at the checkout the price drops to 9.99 or €1.11 for the first month

Yeah I've been looking at bits and pieces throughout the day. Great the way you can go and look at old fights or old games.

Thanks for this. I use elevensports Poland for the Bundesliga, but this seems to carry more.
Did you use a VPN signing up?

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 7:08pm

mightybashful wrote: »

Thanks for this. I use elevensports Poland for the Bundesliga, but this seems to carry more.
Did you use a VPN signing up?

Surfshark yes.

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-01-2021 7:50pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Surfshark yes.

Is that a decent one to use?

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 7:58pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Surfshark yes.

Last question sorry...... What card you use? Struggling with revolut

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 8:01pm

mightybashful wrote: »

Last question sorry...... What card you use? Struggling with revolut

Revolut through the app on phone but it went through Google play.

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 8:09pm

Do u need a VPN to watch or just to sign up

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 8:10pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Do u need a VPN to watch or just to sign up

Watch they don't have any offerings over here like netflix/tidal/youtube.

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 8:10pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Revolut through the app on phone but it went through Google play.

Brilliant! In the words of my daughter.....TYSM

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 8:11pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Do u need a VPN to watch or just to sign up

works fine with Keepsolid. Always offers on that VPN posted here

Nord seems ok too

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 8:16pm

mightybashful wrote: »

Brilliant! In the words of my daughter.....TYSM

No worries.

It's actually really good.

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-01-2021 8:45pm

Just reading tbe thread here, is the Browser the only way to use the BBC Iplayer?

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 8:46pm

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

Just reading tbe thread here, is the Browser the only way to use the BBC Iplayer?

read the OP, explains where to get the apps

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-01-2021 8:50pm

TheDriver wrote: »

read the OP, explains where to get the apps

I did, had been reading a few saying the app didn't work

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 9:33pm

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

I did, had been reading a few saying the app didn't work

Worked for me last night, I've the iPlayer app. Need the Vpn obviously

TheDriver · 23-01-2021 9:39pm

The ssportplus banner says promo code free month 9.99. so is it first month free and then 9.99 per month after?

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-01-2021 9:40pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Worked for me last night, I've the iPlayer app. Need the Vpn obviously

Cheers got it downloaded. Seems like it works intermittently, but that might just be the iPlayer.

Lucas Hood · 23-01-2021 9:43pm

TheDriver wrote: »

The ssportplus banner says promo code free month 9.99. so is it first month free and then 9.99 per month after?

No it's 9.99 for the first month then 17.99 after if you use UFC257 as code at checkout but it wouldn't accept revolut cards.

Confirmed by this tweet.

https://twitter.com/ssportplustr/status/1352896377383243781?s=19

Watching villa game here using it. English commentary. Quality is great

Download app to phone and sign up that way works fine.

mightybashful · 23-01-2021 10:59pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

No it's 9.99 for the first month then 17.99 after if you use UFC257 as code at checkout but it wouldn't accept revolut cards.

Confirmed by this tweet.

https://twitter.com/ssportplustr/status/1352896377383243781?s=19

Watching villa game here using it. English commentary. Quality is great

Download app to phone and sign up that way works fine.

Not sure I got the discount. 2.23€ or something went off my card.

Fair play to your knowledge of Turkish

Sleeper12 · 23-01-2021 11:18pm

el Fenomeno wrote:

When is the update/facelift coming?

It depends on what Firestick you have. 3rd generation Firestick & 2nd generation TV cube already has update for over a month now. 4k firestick is next (I'm hoping in the next few weeks). Old version of Firestick won't get update I think

Trevord · 24-01-2021 11:13am

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

Cheers got it downloaded. Seems like it works intermittently, but that might just be the iPlayer.

Could depend on what VPN service you are using and whether you are using the same server each time to access it.

From my experience with Nord, you need to use one of the servers they list on their website as suitable for downloading from the iplayer (even if you just want to stream it)

I find that if you just let Nord randomly select the UK server, you are likely to get the "something went wrong" (02001 error) - which I think means that a VPN has been detected.

oleras · 24-01-2021 12:28pm

Getting this on every video on both the stick, the sky app and browser "This title isn't available in your location" Everything was working fine last week.

Sleeper12 · 24-01-2021 12:43pm

oleras wrote:

Getting this on every video on both the stick, the sky app and browser "This title isn't available in your location" Everything was working fine last week.

I'm guessing you are on uk prime. You'll need a smart DNS or vpn to watch UK prime. Another option is to change to Irish prime. You lose the live football though I believe with Irish prime

oleras · 24-01-2021 1:24pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I'm guessing you are on uk prime. You'll need a smart DNS or vpn to watch UK prime. Another option is to change to Irish prime. You lose the live football though I believe with Irish prime

OK, its giving me the option to change to Ireland, was half afraid to click it in case i lost everything, i can do without the live football.

I had tried several UK VPN's, but all were being detected.

Edit: That worked, changing to Ireland. Thanks !

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 2:35pm

I'm going to try the ssport+ on the firestick. Is it a decent firestick app or is it annoying and require the mouse toggle etc? The UFC257 code still works

Lucas Hood · 24-01-2021 2:42pm

TheDriver wrote: »

I'm going to try the ssport+ on the firestick. Is it a decent firestick app or is it annoying and require the mouse toggle etc? The UFC257 code still works

Its a decent app no mouse toggle needed.

Took a couple of screenshots.

http://imgur.com/a/LPatTL8

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 3:08pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Its a decent app no mouse toggle needed.

Took a couple of screenshots.

http://imgur.com/a/LPatTL8

You're a star. Is there a back cat for F1 and UFC fights?
The yearly price seems a good deal

Lucas Hood · 24-01-2021 3:20pm

TheDriver wrote: »

You're a star. Is there a back cat for F1 and UFC fights?
The yearly price seems a good deal

There is. F1 doesnt seem to have commentary in english whether thats the case when it's live events also I don't know.

It's worth 2 euro a month anyways.

I've crap internet and it works fine through vpn so far at least

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 4:59pm

Revolut or google pay wouldn't work for me, gives me a wirecard member no business error

mightybashful · 24-01-2021 5:02pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Revolut or google pay wouldn't work for me, gives me a wirecard member no business error

I got that error last on the laptop, but was fine on the phone using monthly option. I had to add my revolut to Google pay / playstore Was all

ThunbergsAreGo · 24-01-2021 5:18pm

As someone who only decided to look into what they can do with their firestick last night, that is a great opening post!!

Very informative.

Switched to Surfshark and iPlayer flawless

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 7:07pm

I've tried it on laptop, on phone. I've tried an AIB card and same error. It wouldn't be VPN I assume?

Lucas Hood · 24-01-2021 7:34pm

TheDriver wrote: »

I've tried it on laptop, on phone. I've tried an AIB card and same error. It wouldn't be VPN I assume?

On the phone using the app not the website?

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 7:40pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

On the phone using the app not the website?

The App says I must use the website to complete?

Lucas Hood · 24-01-2021 7:41pm

TheDriver wrote: »

The App says I must use the website to complete?

Didn't for me.

Would suggest you create account on the website then sign with that account on app to subscribe.

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 7:50pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Didn't for me.

Would suggest you create account on the website then sign with that account on app to subscribe.

Getting somewhere.
I got to the payment page but it will only let me pick the monthly with no place to put the promo code

Lucas Hood · 24-01-2021 7:59pm

I didn't use the code I didn't see a place to use it.

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 8:00pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

I didn't use the code I didn't see a place to use it.

That explains it. My last issue is my Google pay wants to charge in US dollars and can't see any way of paying in lira

mightybashful · 24-01-2021 8:01pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Getting somewhere.
I got to the payment page but it will only let me pick the monthly with no place to put the promo code

The promo code box is above the 17.99 box. Skip it tho. For what you're saving its not worth the hassle

TheDriver · 24-01-2021 8:07pm

mightybashful wrote: »

The promo code box is above the 17.99 box. Skip it tho. For what you're saving its not worth the hassle

It's not on the app version. Don't mind the dollars thing, they seem to be doing a fair exchange of the lira to dollars and then I'm hit with the conversion anyways on revolut. Works out at 1.97 euro.

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