Amazon fire tv stick 4k Ultra £29.99

batistuta9 · 03-12-2019 6:12pm

Soarer wrote: »

I know this is OT, but will the football matches being televised on Prime only work in Ireland if you have a UK based Firestick? Or is it across all Primes worldwide?

UK only. Premier Sports have those games in roi.

Lenny · 03-12-2019 7:18pm

I've been trying to buy the firesticks on the curry's website, 5 of them it accepts my order and I do verified by visa but 2 mins later I get an email saying they have canceled my order, any ideas? Not great help ok the phone..

The Ayatolla · 03-12-2019 7:31pm

Using SmartDNSProxy.

All works except BBC iPlayer. Happy days.

Soarer · 03-12-2019 7:39pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

UK only. Premier Sports have those games in roi.

Bugger.

There’s me recommending it to people.

The Ayatolla · 03-12-2019 7:40pm

Smart DNS Proxy (free trial AFAIK) should give you the Premier League games.

Wheety · 03-12-2019 8:09pm

Build up to match working for me anyway with no VPN. Hopefully it'll be the same when the match kicks off.

I do have the UK library but thought they might geoblock it.

Sleeper12 · 03-12-2019 8:15pm

Wheety wrote:

I do have the UK library but thought they might geoblock it.

It's illegal for them to geoblock UK content if you have a UK account. EU law allows you to use your home content while visiting any other EU country. UK are bound by this law until they leave the EU. Happy days

The Ayatolla · 03-12-2019 8:42pm

Wheety wrote: »

Build up to match working for me anyway with no VPN. Hopefully it'll be the same when the match kicks off.

I do have the UK library but thought they might geoblock it.

Same here!

Ohmeha · 03-12-2019 9:17pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Getflix never fails me and it’s a smart dns

Worked perfectly for me there with setting up a brand new Amazon.co.uk account with free month prime trial to watch the PL

JonnyM · 03-12-2019 9:27pm

Getting video unavailable for footy on prine even tho i have vpn set up and acc set to uk.

Anyone any ideas what's up?

Officer Giggles · 03-12-2019 9:28pm

JonnyM wrote: »

Getting video unavailable for footy on prine even tho i have vpn set up and acc set to uk.

Anyone any ideas what's up?

They it without the VPN, if your account is set to UK then it should just play, mine is playing without issue

JonnyM · 03-12-2019 9:33pm

Officer Giggles wrote: »

They it without the VPN, if your account is set to UK then it should just play, mine is playing without issue

Nope still didn't work.

degsie · 03-12-2019 9:39pm

Decent coverage of the BUR MNC game. Who are the commentators?

recyclops · 03-12-2019 11:06pm

JonnyM wrote: »

Nope still didn't work.

I had issues with all prime vids on this guy said it was due to the new stick itself somehow.

Old version of prime video won't play it for me either

The Ayatolla · 03-12-2019 11:40pm

Do Curry's have these in store for €35 or is it just online?

ThePott · 03-12-2019 11:50pm

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Do Curry's have these in store for €35 or is it just online?

Just online AFAIK. Rang them and got diverted to the UK where they told me it was not available in Irish stores and could only be shipped to you.

deco72 · 04-12-2019 10:13am

ThePott wrote: »

Just online AFAIK. Rang them and got diverted to the UK where they told me it was not available in Irish stores and could only be shipped to you.

Only online, I tried in store as there was one locally but no joy. Was able to order online and was delivered within 2/3 days.

_John C · 04-12-2019 10:17am

Amazon price back up to £49.99 / about €61.

joujoujou · 04-12-2019 4:17pm

Anyone knows if there's Met Eireann .apk working properly on firestick?

Hopefully not in google store.

jonerkinsella · 04-12-2019 4:26pm

I just got onto Amazon and told I was in UK and they unlocked both my Firesticks.

Sweet.

Kudos to whoever mentioned it.

MrFrisp · 04-12-2019 4:34pm

jonerkinsella wrote: »

I just got onto Amazon and told I was in UK and they unlocked both my Firesticks.

Sweet.

Kudos to whoever mentioned it.

..
Unlocked??
I ordered one on Amazon last Sunday, but it hasn't been dispatched yet.

Can you tell me why it would need to be unlocked?

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kenyard · 04-12-2019 4:54pm

MrFrisp wrote: »

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Unlocked??
I ordered one on Amazon last Sunday, but it hasn't been dispatched yet.

Can you tell me why it would need to be unlocked?

.

If you had an amazon.com account once upon a time it auto registers Amazon devices there as it existed before UK.
It's not a big deal, just the original deal here was via Alexa and it caused a load of users issues.
Also tonight they have the premier league on prime for UK. If you are us location it won't work.

brightkane · 04-12-2019 6:21pm

I got them on chat the other night and asked for uk prime access. I told them I was in Northern Ireland at the moment.

He said he couldn't do it, back and forth, was transferred to another agent who did it immediately and once i restarted it worked.

MrFrisp · 04-12-2019 7:21pm

kenyard wrote: »

If you had an amazon.com account once upon a time it auto registers Amazon devices there as it existed before UK.
It's not a big deal, just the original deal here was via Alexa and it caused a load of users issues.
Also tonight they have the premier league on prime for UK. If you are us location it won't work.

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Ok, so I bought mine on Amazon UK.

It's being delivered to the UK. (AddressPal).

Then An Post will deliver it to me, probably next week.

So, would it already be set up for the UK? (Unlocked).

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Discodog · 04-12-2019 7:30pm

joujoujou wrote: »

Anyone knows if there's Met Eireann .apk working properly on firestick?

Hopefully not in google store.

No idea but you can bookmark the ME site on Silk browser

Sleepy · 22-03-2020 2:26pm

_John C wrote: »

com.twentyfouri.tvbridge.rte.apk is the apk file, this is not a link.

Heres what I did

Download apk file to phone. Here is the link :

http://www.mediafire.com/file/qs19ckwk78ycisw/com.twentyfouri.tvbridge.rte.apk/file

Install cetusplay on your phone

Use the cetusplay app on your phone to transfer and install the apk file to the firestick.

Just tried this via cetus play and it seemed to insall ok but the app is just a black screen when I open it. Anyone have a more recent apk or know if I've done something wrong?

_John C · 22-03-2020 5:25pm

Sleepy wrote: »

Just tried this via cetus play and it seemed to insall ok but the app is just a black screen when I open it. Anyone have a more recent apk or know if I've done something wrong?

Ive same problem now, black screen.

joujoujou · 23-03-2020 12:45am

Because there is something wrong. I had RTE .apk ver. 1.01 working perfectly until yesterday. Black screen since.

bromley52 · 23-03-2020 8:38am

The RTE app is working for me using the mouse app.

larchielads · 23-03-2020 10:25am

bromley52 wrote: »

The RTE app is working for me using the mouse app.

Mouse app?

bromley52 · 23-03-2020 12:22pm

larchielads wrote: »

Mouse app?

https://troypoint.com/install-mouse-toggle-fire-tv/

Sleepy · 23-03-2020 12:51pm

Not sure that'll help as when it's launched it's not showing it's GUI, there's nothing there to use the mouse app to interact with...

TheDriver · 23-03-2020 12:52pm

mouse toggle is great, allows virgin media player (you also need the screen orientation app) and rte player (must use version last May) to work somewhat ok.

_John C · 23-03-2020 12:58pm

Working again here as normal. Strange???

batistuta9 · 23-03-2020 2:23pm

_John C wrote: »

Working again here as normal. Strange???

It was working last night for me. I had trouble a couple of weeks ago with it, loaded up but videos wouldn't play. Clearing the data for it sorted it out.

batistuta9 · 23-03-2020 2:25pm

bromley52 wrote: »

The RTE app is working for me using the mouse app.

That's the phone version you're using. This is one for android tv, works with the firestick remote.

The Ayatolla · 23-03-2020 3:55pm

ITV Player working on demand for me, definitely no VPN or DNS settings.

Works on Fire Stick and the ITV Player app on my TV. Just have to login as a UK resident, use UK post-code.

bromley52 · 23-03-2020 9:52pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

That's the phone version you're using. This is one for android tv, works with the firestick remote.

Thanks for the info. TV version working very well. Can't find the live TV section though.

joujoujou · 23-03-2020 11:45pm

_John C wrote: »

Working again here as normal. Strange???

Same here, back to normal late last night. 1.01 for Android TV. Found 1.03 in the meantime, didn't upgrade though.

Troy McClure · 30-03-2020 9:12pm

Hi
Please bare with me on this and I hope someone can shed some light. I am not the most technical with this stuff!

We have a 2014 Samsung smart TV on which the RTE player has stopped working. As there's an issue with these TV's not been able to use the new version of the RTE app I have bought a firestick to try and get it. (This seems to be a documented problem with older Samsung TV's).

I don't think this Samsung TV is android. Is this an issue? Anyway, I want to know

1. how, as simply as possible, I can get the the RTE app onto this firestick, and
2. How to get the BBC app to work? also as simply as possible

Thanks

yellowbear · 30-03-2020 9:33pm

Troy McClure wrote: »

Hi
Please bare with me on this and I hope someone can shed some light. I am not the most technical with this stuff!

We have a 2014 Samsung smart TV on which the RTE player has stopped working. As there's an issue with these TV's not been able to use the new version of the RTE app I have bought a firestick to try and get it. (This seems to be a documented problem with older Samsung TV's).

I don't think this Samsung TV is android. Is this an issue? Anyway, I want to know

1. how, as simply as possible, I can get the the RTE app onto this firestick, and
2. How to get the BBC app to work? also as simply as possible

Thanks

Someone posted this a while back.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qs19ckwk78ycisw/com.twentyfouri.tvbridge.rte.apk/file
It works on my fire stick and has no ads.

I had xplore file eplorer on my firestick and sent it to it from the app on my phone. There are other apps you can get to transfer things over to it.

Theres also the downloader app.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AFTVnews-com-Downloader/dp/B01N0BP507

I use getflix for bbc iplayer. You have to pay for it. Just Google it.

ThePott · 17-04-2020 12:16am

Out of curiosity has anyone managed to use a VPN to change the region of Amazon Prime video through the stick?
Not sure if it's even possible when it's linked to a UK Amazon account but out of curiosity.

Sleeper12 · 17-04-2020 7:41am

ThePott wrote:

Out of curiosity has anyone managed to use a VPN to change the region of Amazon Prime video through the stick? Not sure if it's even possible when it's linked to a UK Amazon account but out of curiosity.

You can use vpn to change the region of the likes of Netflix on the stick.

Changing the stick itself from let's say UK to US requires you to change the settings on the stick itself. You will need to enter a US postcode. 90210 works perfectly. This will offer HULU, HBO etc aps. You will then need a vpn or smart DNS to use these apps. You can also view US prime but you will need to pay for this too.

I have a friend with two Firesticks on the same tv. One set to UK for iplayer etc and the other set to US for hbo etc

paul-2008 · 17-04-2020 8:43am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

You can use vpn to change the region of the likes of Netflix on the stick.

Changing the stick itself from let's say UK to US requires you to change the settings on the stick itself. You will need to enter a US postcode. 90210 works perfectly. This will offer HULU, HBO etc aps. You will then need a vpn or smart DNS to use these apps. You can also view US prime but you will need to pay for this too.

I have a friend with two Firesticks on the same tv. One set to UK for iplayer etc and the other set to US for hbo etc

I was trying this the other day and couldnt get it to work - so just tried again, changed post code to 90210 and it accepted it - however i still cant find HBO apps etc - is there something I'm doing wrong? Do i need to use a VPN to even find the apps?

Sleeper12 · 17-04-2020 8:51am

paul-2008 wrote: »

I was trying this the other day and couldnt get it to work - so just tried again, changed post code to 90210 and it accepted it - however i still cant find HBO apps etc - is there something I'm doing wrong? Do i need to use a VPN to even find the apps?

It's so long since I did this Memory fails. I think I changed the settings on my Firestick & either changed my location with Amazon or else I set up another Amazon account using a US address. US address & phone generator sites listed below

https://www.randomlists.com/random-addresses

https://fakenumber.org/

Batesout · 17-04-2020 9:28am

Troy McClure wrote: »

Hi
Please bare with me on this and I hope someone can shed some light. I am not the most technical with this stuff!

We have a 2014 Samsung smart TV on which the RTE player has stopped working. As there's an issue with these TV's not been able to use the new version of the RTE app I have bought a firestick to try and get it. (This seems to be a documented problem with older Samsung TV's).

I don't think this Samsung TV is android. Is this an issue? Anyway, I want to know

1. how, as simply as possible, I can get the the RTE app onto this firestick, and
2. How to get the BBC app to work? also as simply as possible

Thanks

Had same problem with my TV, just delete the app off the TV, and add RTE player again ,the icon should be Red.

TheDriver · 17-04-2020 10:40am

I went for a new account with a US address. I have UK prime but there's more available free in US coupled with crackle, nbc apps. I also notice a better integration with searching for things on homepage.
You'll need filelinked to get all UK apps though.

smelly sock · 17-04-2020 11:06am

Lads anyone know if they sell firesticks in tesco ireland?

ThePott · 17-04-2020 11:11am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

You will then need a vpn or smart DNS to use these apps. You can also view US prime but you will need to pay for this too.
I have a friend with two Firesticks on the same tv. One set to UK for iplayer etc and the other set to US for hbo etc

Yeah I thought this was the case, thanks.
I have prime but it's attached to my account with an Irish/UK address. I had the stick set up to an American account but don't want to pay for prime video twice of course. I have a lot of apks for the stick now I've changed it back to UK that work fine.

It seems it wouldn't be a great idea to change my UK account to US since I use it for orders. As an aside also thinking of getting a second stick atm.

TheDriver · 17-04-2020 11:17am

I have prime too on UK but I never watched anything on it. In fact I found a lot more on Amazon us for free that isn't on paid UK.

Amazon fire tv stick 4k Ultra £29.99

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