After I upgraded to Oreo everything has been solid on my MiBox except for casting.

Tried to cast Westworld last night from my cable providers app, but it just froze after a couple of seconds. Tried again and it wouldn't even start playback.

Hooked up my old Chromecast to the TV instead, worked right away.

Tried again this morning casting to the MiBox, same issue.

Anyone else have this problem? Any solution? Cast app is up to date according to the play store, and I have the latest system update installed.

Thanks.

The old UI is becoming a distant memory. All my apps are now in the very top row instead of below some kind of recommendations row that I never used. You can even re-order or remove the Play Next row in this new UI. And I even dusted off the gamepad to play some free GeForce games.

Safe to say I've gotten used to the new layout and no longer have the "omg I can't handle change" stick up my butt. I'm glad I just updated as soon as it was offered so I could get familiar with it.

I'm receiving my Mi Box 3 in the mail in a couple of days and I don't want to get updated to the problematic Oreo releases when I connect it to the internet/when Xiaomi releases the OTA to the public again.

What URLs/hosts do I need to block on my network? Can I block it directly on the device too, maybe using root?

What's the difference between RF and LINE option for Dolby Audio? Also, you can choose "OFF" as well, but I still get audio from files with Dolby codec when choosing "OFF", so what does it do to the audio? Does the box convert the audio to some other codec? If so, what codec?

Thanks for answers.

Hi guys I wonder how you find your region version of the Mi Box 3 you have (International, usa, china). Please let me know!

Hi everyone, i am sitting here with a Xiaomi Mi Box 3, running 8.0. Its the europe version by the way. I don't like the user interface or 8.0 in general, and i want to go back to the first stock version this came in (6.0). Model number is mdz-16-ab. You can send me a rom file as long it works with europe, or is international. Any help will be appreciated.

So I just bought a second shield tv, this one I will have setup so my kids can is it too. I plan for them to use the restricted profile to block some apps. I am if there is a way that it would change to the restrictive profile by itself. For example if after watching tv at night on my profile, I forget to switch back to the restrictive can I use an app to do it for me. This way of they wake up earlier than me that won't have full access.

Hi Guys,

I am in India and I have the latest Mibox

I have been facing couple of issue. It would be great if someone can help me with it.

Info - My Mibox has a wired connected with a speed of 50 MPBS and it is connected to 4k TV.

Its has oreo on it.

Issue 1 - The internal space of the device is just 8 GB. How can i expand the device space. I have tried using external USB and hard drives both 2.0 and 3.0 but when I launch any apps through it. Its very slow or crashes. (I also get an error your device is slow). Please help

Issue 2 - How do i watch 4k Movies. I have tried Kodi but since the internet speed is 50Mbps. It cannot buffer and if i but the movie on an external drive it just lags. Please help

Issue 3 - I would like to install and play PUBG on it. While i am able to install it but it says your device is not compatible. I know it has something to do with GPU. Is there a way around

Issue 4 - I have signed up for Amazon prime. But, I was not aware that amazon prime app is not available on Mibox. Now i have tried sideloading multiple version but nothing seems to work. I have tried installing nvidia and 4.7.9 version. Those gets installed using ES file explorer or taptoid but cannot open the apps after getting installed. The version which is available on APK pure get installed and i can launch the app and login. But it does not start any video. Please help if you were able to resolve this.

As of now amazon prime is on my xbox one x but i can't watch full screen as it has 2 black lines top and bottom which cuts the full screen.

Any chance the kind user(who has since deleted their comment in my other thread) upload the latest Philo 1.1.6 APK modifed for Android TV (no Amazon Appstore, w/leanback icon). It would be much appreciated!

We used our MiBox 3 nearly every single day for well over a year, but I had it powered off for the past 6 weeks or so because we are remodeling.

Finally powered it back up about a week ago and it worked fine for a few days but then one morning we turned on the TV and there was no video from the MiBox. If I click around with the controller I can hear the menu sounds, so it's on and working - just no picture.

I've tried powering on/off a million times, bypassing my soundar and plugging directly into the TV, different HDMI ports, different HDMI cables... everything I can think of. None of it makes any difference.

I didn't update to Oreo but I'm wondering if maybe it automatically updated itself and that's why it won't work now? I did click on "Check Update" at one point during the few days it was working but it said there was no update available.

Anyone have any ideas? I'm totally lost.

1. As mentioned in title, I'm looking to get my retro gaming on and need simple tutorial on getting started that breaks down the various emulators and how to get everything onto the shield.
2. I have the shield combo without the controller so I need to get one. I am going back and forth between the shield controller and the 8bitdo N30. Anyone have any thoughts? Wife has an XBox and I'm not crazy about that style of controller, but will I miss out on many features if I go with the N30 as opposed to the Shield controller?

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Nvidia Shield TV, I can't find anything on this. After about an hour of use a circular Google logo pops up in the left hand side of the screen. I need to restart the device for it to go away. Sometimes changing random settings can shit it off. Also device has started alerting me that the Ethernet cable isn't plugged in. It is and everything works.

This all started a couple of days before the new update. Any help? I'm leaning towards a component failure at this point 😐

Came with security patch may 5th,

My kids watch YouTube cartoons in the morning before we run out the door. I don't have time in the morning to fiddle with a remote (let alone find under which kid it currently is... cause they themselves surely don't know...). When it's time to go, it's "OK Google, turn off TV" time (which triggers a Harmony activity that toggles power on TV, Mi Box, sound amp, etc).

The problem is that ever since the Oreo update, when I turn on the TV in the evening, it just immediately starts playing YouTube where it left off (in the middle of the cartoons). Wouldn't be too big a deal, but usually this happens after the kids just went to bed, and the sound volume is left at 11/10 since morning. And since Harmony triggers sequences in order, I got to wait a few seconds for the sequence to finish before I can even lower the volume (while it's blaring PJ Masks to wake the kids right back up).

Is there a setting in Oreo to not autoresume playback after waking from sleep? Maybe a YouTube app setting I am missing? Is there a different "power toggle" button in Harmony setup for the MiBox now so it doesn't do this?

I know, first world problems, but this is driving me and wife crazy, and she is about to throw my stupid toys away

So I need an accessibility service on to remap buttons on my harmony remote but when any service is active the home screen becomes almost unusable. Any one know a work around?

The update to Oreo in Mi Box has caused a lot of troubles. Is the update in the Nvidia Shield also automatic or can the user choose whether update or not?

I just got a mi box 3, was pretty great for a couple of days until the audio on every app got out of sync. Everything is like watching a (very) badly dubbed foreign film.

Doing some Google/Reddit searches shows some other people having the problem - but I've tried every potential solution I could find with no luck.

I've tried:

1. turning it off and back on again (and also doing so by leaving it unplugged for a very long time, but even if that worked - and t didn't - I don't think having to unplug it every couple of days is a viable long term solution)
2. Changing Audio from PCM to HDMI (setting to auto makes it go to SPDIF, which I am not using and gives me no sound at all)
3. Going into developer settings and setting HDMI to best frame rate instead of resolution
4. Factory Reset

Anyone who had this problem get the Oreo update and have it fixed? Not sure what else to do other than just return it.

Thanks!!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that if I open something in VLC, where you can fix audio lag, I can tell that the audio is exactly 1000ms off from the video.