Have a new Mi Box with 6.0.1 with the latest July security patch. Looking for root to use PS3/4 controllers with Sixaxis and for PS4 Remote Play, as I understand the only way to do it right now is with root. Is this possible?

I've tried everything here. Uninstall/reinstall, force stop, clear cache, but this damn app won't load. Keeps giving me an error message.

Anyone else have this issue and potential fixes?

Hi all. Just got a shield TV based on recommendations around here. Super happy with it. I have some general usage questions on Android TV, hopefully people can chime in and help.

1. Is there a way to see what apps are currently open and running in background? Do background apps slow down the box? And how to close background apps? For example let's say I run an emulator program, I press home button, and want to watch Kodi, how do I swap back to the emulator to close it?

2. I sideloaded Chrome. The voice search doesn't seem to work with Chromes search bar. Is there a way to get this to work or another web browser that will work with it?

3. I have Spotify, I like how it continues to play music in the background if I'm navigating the home screen or other apps. Is there a way to change songs (next song) while in the home screen or another app? What I've been doing is going back into the Spotify to do this, I know other systems like PS4 has a quick way to change songs while out of Spotify and with Spotify running in the background.

4. Regarding the voice search button while in home screen. It searches well, but then it gets hung up in he searching 10 apps part. I would like to be able to search SPMC sources while in home screen. So for example, if I'm in the home screen and I want to find an spmc stream for Married with children, is there a way to do this while in he home screen window instead of having to load spmc and goto addons then tv search etc.

5. Is there a way to influence what shows up on the home screen. Above apps, it seems like android tv has some suggestions along the top. For example, I downloaded Twitch and now I have like all these suggested streams from twitch on there. What I want to show up up there is stuff like the weather, but I don't need to see 5 suggested twitch streams.

Edit: New Question:

6.. When using Kodi, some streams ask me to visit a website and pair kodi with the stream or something. Is this safe to do? Should I be pairing to receive more streams?

I Have a mi box with android TV 6.0.1 installed When I try to watch a 4k video in YouTube . But When I try to watch it it just said hd not 2160 4k . and I do not know how to change it to do it ..

I would like to know if there way to side load youtube tv on a mi box running android 6.0 ?

Hi there,

I just got my Mi Box and I'm looking for a nice IPTV app with a good looking UI.

I have tried Google Live Channels, but the app will just list all channels in a long list, which makes it difficult if you have over 5000 channels. I have also tried the Perfect Player and an app called "IPTV" but they're both lacking when it comes to a good looking UI.

Do any of you have a recommendation?

I would like to get another Android TV box but don't want to spend another $199 for another Shield TV (I have one of these in my living room already). My bedroom TV isn't 4K so that's not a factor here. I've previously had a Nexus Player and loved it but I let my ex keep it. My concern on the Mi Box is so/so reviews and slow updates while the Nexus Player just got updated to Oreo. Any other reasons I should be considering a MiBox over a Nexus Player? Mainly going to be using it for Plex and casting music/YouTube from my phone.

Thinking about buying X900e with android TV and can't find anywhere online a discussion about the directv now app... Any experiences with this app thru the android TV? Thanks!

Hello!

I have never owned an android box nor anything similar. I am looking for a cheap way to watch netflix, stream twitch and play movies from a pen drive.

I saw this box called rockchip tx2 (2gb ram). Would this be good enough to stream netflix and twitch with no lag / slowness?

Regarding remotes, can I just pick any box tv related remote or does it need to be specific?

Thank you for your time guys.

So did Comcast also remove themselves from CC like they did with HBO & showtime? cant find them on the provider's list unless I'm somehow blind.

Anyone else have this issue?

Now that now TV supports 720p on mobile I was considering getting a sheild and sideloading now TV. Would I get 720p and would it work with the remote?

Anyone get an ota for the Nexus player ?

With the final version of 8.0 (can't say about betas, never tested them) FLIRC does not work when you hit OK/Select on a blank text field - meaning the OSK never pops up - so you have no way to enter text for passwords or search/etc. I tried the Amazon Fire TV OK, Nvidia SHIELD OK or Keyboard Enter options in the FLIRC software - none of them work. They work for selecting things though. Just not popping up the OSK when hitting OK in a text field.

Edit: it doesn't even work with the native remote if the FLIRC is connected. The OSK will never pop up. You need to disconnect the FLIRC for it to work with the native remote again. This implies seeing as the FLIRC identifies itself as a keyboard to the Nexus Player, it just expects you to use the keyboard keys, so never will pop up the OSK with the FLIRC connected.

I was just thinking about trying some games from goolge play on my TV through the MiBox and have previously seen the Xiaomi Controller available. I cannot find it anywhere? Does anyone have info about this? Is it possible to use something like my steam controller with the MiBox as a replacement?

Wondering if anyone that has updated to official Android 8 build can comment on if video apps work such as HBO go, Netflix, Kodi, etc.

I remember there was an update that wasn't compatible with hbo last year.

Ok so I have no idea what's going on here but it's only started recently. My YouTube app won't play the odd video and I don't know why. Currently I can't watch the latest Jimquisition, but Jim's older videos work fine. Everything else seems to work fine too, but there were a couple of videos over the weekend that refused to play too, one that I remember was coincidentally another Jim Sterling video - the Agents of Mayhem review.

When attempting to play, I'm just met with a black screen and an endlessly spinning loading circle.

Any ideas? I've force closed and cleared cache but it's not having it.

I've been an Android user since 2010 after switching from an iPhone to a Droid X. Since then I've owned multiple Android phones and heavily invested in the ecosystem. So obviously when the Nexus Player came out in 2014 I was pumped. I ended up going with the Razer Forge TV instead because of the Ethernet port and USB 3.0 port. Obviously this was a yuge mistake and I later bought a NP. Then I upgraded to the Shield TV and loved it. I rooted it, side loaded apps, ran Kodi on it, and setup emulators. I thought it was the best streaming device on the planet, and I still might think it is.

But lately I've grown sour of it. One of the main reasons I wanted Android TV was because of the Live Channels cable integration. My main goal was to solve the input 1 problem and have a device that was wife and guest friendly. Well when Nougat came DRM was broken for HDHomeRun devices so cable no longer works at all for me as a Time Warner subscriber. On top of that there are just lots of bugs and errors. WatchESPN throws tons of errors and requires regular force stops. It's so bad that my wife knows how to easily force stop an app. And it's embarrassing when you have friends over to watch GoT and HBO Now crashes.

I love the Leanback launcher and Google cast. I really want Android TV to succeed, but I find myself using our Xbox One more and more because even though I detest the clunky interface, the apps at least work and live cable is seemless with HDMI pass through. I'm out of the pirated media game so I use Kodi less and less so Android TV can't really offer anything not available on the Xbox or other streaming devices like Apple TV and Roku.

If Google fixes the DRM issue for live cable I'll probably be back on board, but until then I'm going to give other options more run. Anyone else feeling similar frustration?

Hi,

does anybody know why there is no Final Fantasy VII for Android TV? There are III, IV, V, VI and IX. Although there is an Android version of VII it isn't available for the Shield TV.

Ps: I know that I could use a PS emulator but I would prefer a native version.

I'm a Nvidia Shield user and although I can notice that the quality is quite good on Netflix, how can I know for sure that it's streaming in 4k?