Navigate up/down is not working on homescreen UI. Left/right and other buttons work

by dyasten

2021-02-16:

The navigate up/down is not working on homescreen UI on my Nvidia Shield TV. Left/right and other buttons work. Navigate up/down and left/right do work in other apps. I tried with the Shield app but this results in same problem. So my controller and remote are not the problem. I restarted several times but the problem still stays. What would be the problem and how to fix it? I also have the latest FW update. Is this a known firmware update bug? Thanks in advance ????

2021-02-19:

I found out that it had to do with the latest version of the "Android TV Home" app. I downloaded version 2.3.1-340788485 and with a file manager of choice I removed the currently installed version and installed the downloaded version afterwards and the problem was fixed without the need of a factory reset. Here is the download link to version 2.3.1-340788485:

http://bit.ly/Android_TV_Home_2_3_1-340788485

Original Question Forum Link 🔗: https://bit.ly/NvidiaShieldForumNavigateStuck2021

2021-05-12:

Anyone facing the same problem?

Is this issue/bug already fixed?

Thorfinn66

It was a bug related to accessibility settings, which was introduced when Google started rolling the new ugly Android Home app. They since have released a couple more updates. So I think it should have been fixed. I totally removed the new Android Home app on my box, and reverted to the old version which is not filled with ads (on new one, 1/2 of the screen is one big ad for streaming services you don't subscribe to)

Thorfinn66

Does anyone know of an alternate app to. Google Play Store where you can turn off auto update for selected files, but still recieve auto updates for other? Play Store used to have such an option, but Google removed it.

triplebeamz

This happened to me after I installed anydesk and the adt1 plugin on a device it is not meant for.

I went into settings right away after a couple reboots and disabled it from accessibility settings.. then uninstalled.

Maybe the root cause of your issue is similar