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Pressing the power button on the remote of a FIRE TV device does not turn it off. It puts it into sleep mode. The only way to power of a FIRE TV device is to unplug it.

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.

 

[b4pjoe]

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.

 

[comfortably_numb]

plugging it into an outlet

Which could be a powered USB port on a TV..

 

[NYDutch]

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.

 

[b4pjoe]

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.

In that case it is truly powered off when you turn the TV off.

 

[KAB]

In that case it is truly powered off when you turn the TV off.

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.

 

[NYDutch]

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.

 

[KAB]

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.

www.aftvnews.com

 

[NYDutch]

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.

www.aftvnews.com

This how we power our Firesticks from the TV's USB ports:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078KSHVCS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

[comfortably_numb]

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.

 

[dishdude]

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.

 

[NYDutch]

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.

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.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Roku’s still do not support Dish Anywhere.


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[savarese04]

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 had mostly Firesticks for many years, now onto Apple TV because holy crap that bloatware is bad. you can't even find your stuff among the ads and other dumb Amazon apps (like their QVC-live shopping thing)

 

[NYDutch]

i had mostly Firesticks for many years, now onto Apple TV because holy crap that bloatware is bad. you can't even find your stuff among the ads and other dumb Amazon apps (like their QVC-live shopping thing)

I'm not seeing all this "bloatware" you folks are talking about. The only ads I'm seeing are promos for Prime shows. and those only for a moment at startup. If there's a QVC app on there, I've yet to see it. Any apps that came installed that we didn't want were easily removed. Am I missing something?

 

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Any apps that came installed that we didn't want were easily removed

During my most recent Firestick experience, I couldn't find a way remove most of the unwanted apps, just hide them.

 

[NYDutch]

During my most recent Firestick experience, I couldn't find a way remove most of the unwanted apps, just hide them.

If you can't see them and they don't run, does it really matter? There are ways to remove most of them though by jail breaking the OS.

 

[comfortably_numb]

If you can't see them and they don't run, does it really matter

Yes! My OCD says I *must* delete them!!

 

[ZetaMale]

Just another reason why I don't have any subscriptions. Entertainment is overpriced. But I might go to subs if I lose anymore C-band services. Either that or quit watching TV.

 

[savarese04]

I'm not seeing all this "bloatware" you folks are talking about. The only ads I'm seeing are promos for Prime shows. and those only for a moment at startup. If there's a QVC app on there, I've yet to see it. Any apps that came installed that we didn't want were easily removed. Am I missing something?

it's not a QVC app. it's a built-in Amazon app that powers the annoying live shopping module