He's talking about killing the power to his TV, which then in turn kills the power to the USB port, which then in turn kills the power to his fire stick.
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He's talking about killing the power to his TV, which then in turn kills the power to the USB port, which then in turn kills the power to his fire stick.
Every Fire TV device I have seen is powered on/off by plugging it into an outlet. Not via USB. Not saying it isn't possible but I don't think he said it was powered via a TV USB port. He said "our Firesticks shut off with the TV's". If his Fire TV is plugged into an electrical outlet pressing the power button on a FIRE TV remote does appear to do that but the Fire TV is actually asleep...not powered off.
Our Firestick IS powered by the ROKU TV's USB port that powers off with the TV. The power button on the Firestick remote turns the TV on and off. The cords that power Firesticks are ordinary USB cables, and the mini-brick supply that comes with them is nothing special. It's no different than the power supplies that come with phones, tablets, etc.
On mine it is, which is why I went back to using the AC adapter so as not to have to wait for it to power cycle.
The extra minute it takes to boot up doesn't bother us. We think it's worth it for the clean start each time.
Why you should never power a Fire TV Stick from your TV’s USB port
On the plastic wrapper of every Amazon Fire TV Stick is a message telling you to use the included power adapter and USB cable to discourage you from using the USB port on your TV to power the device.
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This how we power our Firesticks from the TV's USB ports:Why you should never power a Fire TV Stick from your TV’s USB port
On the plastic wrapper of every Amazon Fire TV Stick is a message telling you to use the included power adapter and USB cable to discourage you from using the USB port on your TV to power the device.
I returned my Firestick to Amazon for a refund. It was mostly a buggy piece of junk with ridiculous amounts of bloatware. I did enjoy the ability to use a VPN with it, but not enough to keep it. I just prefer the Roku hardware and OS, and you don't have to force-close apps or reboot it to make it a good experience.
I buy Android TVs and use the built in apps, they work just fine. The only external streamer I have is a $14.99 onn/Walmart Android TV special that I use when I travel. Currently in Vietnam using a VPN to watch US programs with it.
We started with Firesticks because Roku didn't support the DishAnywhere app. I don't know if that's been fixed or not, but we no longer have Dish, so it doesn't matter. Some of our early Firesticks were a bit buggy at first, but updates straightened them out fairly soon. Now that we have all 4K MAX sticks, we haven't seen any problems.
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