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Amazon 4K Fire Stick back down to £34.99

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  • #392
    deco72
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭deco72


    TheDriver wrote: »
    I've not had issues with it this week, works fine with itv hub and BBC player

    How did you get the iplayer and ITVhub onto firestick? I have NordVPN loaded but couldnt find the apps to get them.


  • #393
    RossieMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    OmegaGene wrote:
    Did you buy it direct from getflix ?

    Yea it was on sale. It talks about proxy errors on the website but my router doesn't give me those options to fix it.


  • #394
    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭wally79


    deco72 wrote: »
    How did you get the iplayer and ITVhub onto firestick? I have NordVPN loaded but couldnt find the apps to get them.

    I think you need to download the apk and sideload them


  • #395
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,127 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Clear your account off the stick, change your default/1-click address and payment method on amazon.co.uk to be a UK address, then log back into the stick and you shouldn't need to sideload iplayer or itv player.


  • #396
    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭wally79


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    I didn’t have to sideload anything, the stick was sent to Northern Ireland so U.K. apps are part and parcel of that

    Yeah mine was too but not included. Think mickeroo might be correct


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  • #397
    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭wally79


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    The bbc iplayer and itv player aren’t included you download them the same as any other app

    Yeah sorry I mean they aren’t available in the Amazon app store


  • #398
    deco72
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭deco72


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    I didn’t have to sideload anything, the stick was sent to Northern Ireland so U.K. apps are part and parcel of that

    I have my address set to NI on amazon and I can now see the apps when searching (which is a step in the right direction) but it says unavailable for some reason instead of just download like other apps.

    Any ideas?


  • #399
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,127 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    deco72 wrote: »
    I have my address set to NI on amazon and I can now see the apps when searching (which is a step in the right direction) but it says unavailable for some reason instead of just download like other apps.

    Any ideas?

    If you've already done the steps I posted above you probably need to get on to amazon to change your region.


  • #400
    deco72
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭deco72


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    If you've already done the steps I posted above you probably need to get on to amazon to change your region.

    Cheers finally got it, when I just deregistered my account and logged back in it messed up the firestick altogether couldn’t open anything but once I reset factory settings and logged in all good was able to download apps. Thanks


  • #401
    deco72
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭deco72


    has anyone been having issues with BBC iplayer? just keep getting an error 02001 which seems to be related to Samsung TVs from 2017.


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  • #402
    bromley52
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭bromley52


    deco72 wrote: »
    has anyone been having issues with BBC iplayer? just keep getting an error 02001 which seems to be related to Samsung TVs from 2017.

    As this is a discussion on the fire stick I presume you are using one, so surely it doesn't matter if the TV us from 2002 or 2019 as you are using a HDMI port.


  • #403
    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭MOH


    Quick question on Prime Video (I'm still on the trial).
    The Fire stick keeps giving the 5505 error, which I gather is a location settings issue.
    Yet I can view Prime Video in a browser from the same IP.

    Location settings on my Amazon account had been set to US, migrated to UK and confirmed that's what's showing on now on www.amazon.co.uk/mycd

    Is there something else I need to do on the Fire stick? Or do I maybe need to deassociate the account and add it again?


  • #404
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    Has anyone got RTE player working on this?


  • #405
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Re - cloaking location, I've used Hola on my phone and that works fine for the apps on it, anyone used Hola for iPlayer on the Firestick ect?


  • #406
    settopbox
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭settopbox


    For those who ordered on amazon and had it delivered on parcel motel,
    have tried multiple times using my PM address yet always seem to have issues with it not being accepted.

    Eventually gave up on it.


  • #407
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    It’s always on a reduced rate direct from getflix but it should work if you bought it direct from the site and not one of the sites that sell a lifetime deal like pigsback etc, Kids have American amazon going here and American netflix was on earlier

    I know how you can get UK amazon but how'd you get the american version?
    Surely a vpn doesn't make a difference unless you bought it from the states?


  • #408
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    To update on vpn unlimited, it connects automatically now without me doing anything. US Netflix working perfectly


  • #409
    bromley52
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭bromley52


    TheDriver wrote: »
    Has anyone got RTE player working on this?

    I installed it but couldn't really use it. I could see the program selection but couldn't select anything. Iv since deleted it. Pity as it would be handy to have all apps on one device.
    I now only use RTE player via chromecast so I can skip the ads.


  • #410
    deco72
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭deco72


    bromley52 wrote: »
    As this is a discussion on the fire stick I presume you are using one, so surely it doesn't matter if the TV us from 2002 or 2019 as you are using a HDMI port.

    Yeah Im not sure why I cant get it to work, I just read somewhere about the TV. I didnt think this was it either but trying everything her to sort it, reinstall/clear data/clear cache etc but nothing worked.


  • #411
    batistuta9
    Registered Users Posts: 8,081 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    deco72 wrote: »
    Yeah Im not sure why I cant get it to work, I just read somewhere about the TV. I didnt think this was it either but trying everything her to sort it, reinstall/clear data/clear cache etc but nothing worked.

    Try to get a different IP address from your vpn.
    Reconnect & try again


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  • #412
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    bromley52 wrote: »
    I installed it but couldn't really use it. I could see the program selection but couldn't select anything. Iv since deleted it. Pity as it would be handy to have all apps on one device.
    I now only use RTE player via chromecast so I can skip the ads.

    I managed to install it using downloader and apkpure but couldn't even get it to start. Pity.
    On another note, the picture quality is far superior than firestick 1st gen and that's a 1080p tv


  • #413
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    rte app is total garbage on the firestick and the nvidia shield, the only thing it seems to play well are the adverts

    You're a better person than me, I couldn't get the adverts to even work. I thought I was having a blonde moment but I tried everything


  • #414
    the deftone
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭the deftone


    Why is everyone talking about VPNs? Is it just for the BBC IPlayer?


  • #415
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    the deftone wrote: »
    Why is everyone talking about VPNs? Is it just for the BBC IPlayer?

    You can only use the UK players if you are in UK or your firestick thinks it is.


  • #416
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    I got rte player going ok

    Get the apk from apkmirror.com etc on your phone
    Use apps2fire to install or just send apk and then install
    Open it and use the search option
    Use a app called mouse toggle where you press play /pause twice to use remote like mouse and select shows etc

    Make sure vpn etc off or will give you next to no shows as outside Ireland


  • #417
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    The fire tv app is great

    You can paste stuff copied from phone like passwords etc

    Or just use the phone at keyboard, great when you have autocorrect remember your email and speeds that up no end


  • #418
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    I got the otg cable from the off but had some issues.
    Older house and weirdly the hdmi goes off and on with light switches at times, this then drive firestick mad and hard drive disconnected mid watch

    I figured out you can link onedrive to kodi and watch stuff from it, think you can do it with other cloud providers, just make sure advanced settings are setup so no buffering

    If your upload speed is crap, look for x265, usually 1/4 of the size for same quality


  • #419
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    I've loads more tips etc if people want I'll keep posting if not then I'll stop and not waste my time and clog the thread


  • #420
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    So far being using a usb cable I have there to power the stick off the TV, the one in the box is like a skipping rope

    Only issue so far is it pops up a warning when updating, but works ok

    The benefit is that your stick goes off/on with the TV. not TV off and stick eventually

    If you do use the plug, hold down the home button and you can put it to sleep straight away


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  • #421
    jeffk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭jeffk


    Make sure to setup your TV/Soundbar (if you have one), that way the power button turns on TV/stick and then the soundbar and soundbar level can be set from the remote


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