I own the the shield (2017) and use it mainly for Kodi, Netflix etc and am quite happy about it. Curious if there's anything else out there that could be better in terms of performance.

Just got the new one in today and it seems to function really well except the mic doesn't pick up my voice. Just wanted to mention it here in case anyone was considering picking one up.

For some reason I’m unable to install third party apks on my Sony ATV any more.

I’ve tried turning off the Verify Apps toggle in the Settings > Security & restrictions menu.

However turning it off seems not to “stick”.

When I try to install any apk, the install button is grayed out. I’ve found the way around that, but then a pop up saying “Google Play Protect” comes up asking to allow the apk to be installed. Clicking on the Allow button does nothing. At that point the TV stops responding to any key other than the Back button.

Is there any way to disable this Play Protect?

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16GB Leelbox. Ethernet connection. I get about 65MBs with no VPN. When I log into VPN it drops to 8-10 MBs. Similar results when I use wifi instead of ethernet. I log in via the PIA android app. I've tried multiple servers with same results.

By comparison, on my laptop, when I enable PIA locally, I only lose 5%-10% of my Internet speed.

Thoughts?

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So one day it was working, now it's not doing anything. I've tried power cycling to no avail. I was wondering at first if it was the HDMI cable but it never shows up on my network or as a cast target after a few minutes. Lights come on when I plug it in but that's all I've got. Any ideas what I can try to revive it?

Has anyone gotten this to work? Ematic AGT418 isn't showing up in the Harmony database and the 'Teach Commands' feature appears to only work if the device has an IR remote.

Hi I'm looking for an epg for my Sony bravia through satellite as the standard one is non existent what does everyone else use??

I have had my Sony for a while now, and while I do love the flexibility of having android I really dislike the terrible remote, the laggyness and the keyboard choice. Coming from an LGTV their remote really is magic.

But I think what gets me the most is how buried in the settings the Bluetooth menu is. There’s a quick sound settings menu, but it has zero BT options. Is there anyway to connect my BT headphones to the TV that doesn’t need me to go through the whole settings page?

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Hello, I have my philips android TV in my private business area. I would like to make some pop up, or frame around picture or at least top and bottom part of the picture to be a area where I can advertise some of my work. Is it something like that possible.? Thank you

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I'm in the Uk.

My wife likes the Hallmark movies.

Without searching individual titles or installing kodi. Are their any apps that list the individual movies and stream them?

I have a Miibox since the Android TV Hulu app hasn't been updated if I sideload the Amazon Fire version of the app will it work on the Miibox?

Somebody tell me bc I'm dying to know. Factory reset this POS 4 times. Hdhr audio control is finally working on the remote, so I'd like to not reset for a fifth time. Yes, I have replaced the batteries. Outside a hard power reset this thing is a brick

Hi,
Firstly I was wondering if anyone has experience with the Jetstream box and HDMI-CEC?

Since i would like to put away my TV remote in a drawer or something I'm also wondering if it's possible to change source using the remote for a AndroidTV box? I've seen that it can be done with a Roku. There is "tiles" in the menu called HDMI1 HDMI2 etc.

Oh, and is there any information on when we can expect the Jetstream in Europe?

Thank you

I am looking for an Android TV box, however I'm relatively new to the Android TV scene. I don't really know what is good and what is not. I would like a TV box that is somewhat high-powered and is under the $100 limit. Is this possible? Also I have a 1 terabyte SATA drive, can I use that with the TV box?

(Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask)

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Would anyone have an idea for a solution about a particular minor issue that I experience each time I power on my device?

I always power off my device each night. Whenever I turn the device back on next my device downloads really really slow! Like 1Mb slow where normally it downloads at 50Mb. (50Mbps is what I pay for)

My fix is each time I power up my device I simply select "restart" from power options immediately. After I restart the device it will then download at 50Mb and everything will run normal.

This issue is only on this device. Example being when I run a speed test and this device is running slow, I can run the same speed test on my desktop PC and it will be at normal.

Would anybody have any idea why this happens and also a solution for the device to have the proper download speed upon the initial start up as opposed to a restart?

Thanks!

Edit: The device is connected via ethernet wire.

Is there any setup that I can do on my Android TV to perhaps connect to a server and let me watch the videos I downloaded from torrents or other sources? I can add the torrents from phone or PC and it should automatically pickup from the server. Any ideas?

Update: I have installed plex & kodi on my Android TV. I want to have my RPi/OPi running debian based distro as my Plex server but I'm unable to find the plex package from official sources.

I'm contemplating returning my Mi Box which is currently on Oreo, and all the bugs that come with it, for a new one which ships with the alot more stable, MM build. Then keeping it on the MM build, until (if) a new oreo update comes out that for sure fixes all bugs.

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I'm asking if it's wise to go ahead and do this, since i have no idea if Xiaomi pushes a firmware update tomorrow that fixes all current bugs, or if it's simply abandoned by now. I really don't know their intentions.

But it would be a shame if i exchanged my Mi Box, and a new update is released a week or two after, that fixes everything.

Before you say it, i'm already on 2179 build. I've tested all builds, and i've done countless of factory resets. It's meaningless, since this is most likely an underlying kernel issue, and not dependant on whether i'm on this or that build.

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Any thoughts on this?

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EDIT: E-mailed the store where i purchased my Mi Box from, and they told me that software is not covered by warranty, so they wouldn't let me exchange mine for a new unit that's on Android 6.0. One would think otherwise, since a device that is riddled with bugs, can not really function as advertised. They also told me that, based on the information they could get, an 8.1 update is coming. But that, we already kinda figured out by now. What we don't know is, if that update is released tomorrow or in 9 months. Hopefully sooner rather than later.