No clue how or when this started but for my phone the TV always asks to enter the pairing code in. My girlfriend and my iPad never ask this (it’s more of a one and done type situation). I have tried restoring my phone and I guess I will restore the TV but does anyone have any ideas to why this is occurring?
[SOLVED] it appears something corrupted in my phones data and was transferring over during restores. I setup my phone as a new device and now it works perfectly (ironically other apps work better too).
Go to settings - apps - Android TV Remote Service - clear cache. And it will register. You will have to re-register other remote apps too