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My Xiaomi Mi Box S setup!

After some month, my experience with Android TV is now complete. These are all the stuff that I configured/bought:

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B07V5K6LSF/ very convenient adapter with gigabit port (that I actually use) and some other USBs, 100% supported. I suggest AX88179 adapters for ethernet, they works just fine.
A USB stick that I use as external storage mainly for game ROMs (cause the compatibility with retroarch is pretty good)
prim-ftpd as SFTP and FTP server (useful for transferring files from PC) https://github.com/wolpi/prim-ftpd
TV Bro as main web browser (the best in my opinion) https://github.com/truefedex/tv-bro

TIPS:

If you are having problems with the USB port, disable debug USB if you have enable it because it disables all the (other) function of the USB port as storage, networking etc...

little OT:

for PSX emulation I suggest to use PCSX ReARMed as core, other cores with this Mi Box gave me errors, PCSX ReARMed just works!

Mi Stick or Mi Box - only for watching and difference of 20USD

If I only want to use them for watching will the Mi Box has any benefits over the Mi Stick? And how is the UI navigation on the stick is it smooth, with no lag and good load times?

Another thing the store page not making it clear if it is the MI box or Mi Box S. If it is the Mi box is it still an upgrade over the stick?

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Nearby Share now lets you move files across all your Android devices hassle-free (Including Android TV/GTV)

Aida64 screen resolution, I’ve got a 4K tv but this app tells me the screen resolution is 1920x1080. Is this true?

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Connecting ONN Streaming Stick to Google Home

Is it possible? I’d really like to play sound through my Nest and/or Google Home minis. Onn doesn’t show up in the Google Home app as a choice to add.

Google TV Favorite Channels feature arrives for live services | 9to5 Google

Unable to wake up tv via without remote while in lan mode. wifi works fine

I want to use my Android TV Telefunken XU65AJ600 in LAN mode with the given wakeup functions.

My TV is connected via HDMI to my pc and in wifi mode it often forces my pc to blackscreen while the tv is in standby state. pretty disturbing. i believe its due to an HDMI signal sent frequently.

So when it is connected to LAN the tv stops disturbing my pc.

BUT then waking up the TV via Google Assistant and Smartphone Remote stops working.

WOL anyway stopped working on my tv a few weeks ago so there goes my last chance to wake up my tv without the actual remote and without getting disturbed

I pinged each device (pc, tv in standby) and cross checked that through other devices in wifi and lan and they are always getting a result.

Notheless WOL doesn't work on the tv, waking up the tv over Smarthome doesn't work in LAN mode.

I use an Asus Router RT-AC66U B1

Android TV Telefunken XU65AJ600

Windows 10 PC

USB gamepad doesn't connect to TV

Mi 4X TV, CosmicByte Intersellar Controller (It's mentioned that it works with android.) It's working properly in PC btw

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mi box best firmware

onn UHD streaming device patch update

I updated the latest patch just today. But it stops loading any data after updating while the Wi-Fi connection is still fine. It works again after restart but the problem comes 10 minutes after every restarts. Any clue? How to roll back to the previous firmware version? Thanks!

The patches says to update the following.

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680 MB

Security Patch Level Update (Feb 2022)

WPA3 Support Patches Update

HBO Max Button Fix

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Remote setup for unlisted tv

I recently bought two Onn tvs and connected the first to my Samsung tv, no issues but my second tv is a Blaupunkt and isn’t listed on the screen for the remote setup, so I can’t control anything with the remote. I thought Blaupunkt would be a well known electrical brand. Is there a way to get this setup anyway?

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Best Streaming Device Performance

Hello,

I am looking to get a streaming device for my tv but I hate using slow ui which is the current problem I am having with my old fire stick, I noticed on newer steaming sticks the performance is still pretty slow.

I am wandering if installing android tv on an old pc would be a better option than buying a streaming device like a fire stick or something. I am just looking for the best performance so I don’t have to deal with slow ui anymore.

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I've made a small project website for Kodi Tutorials, installs, android TV mods, and more!

Hey guys! I've started making a site with some content I've been filming lately regarding Kodi installs with awesome skins, all sorts of addons, debrid services and more as well as other Android Streaming apps. I also have a video or 2 on modding the Onn Walmart 4K box (20$) -- please check it out! I also have a telegram for it too:

Tele: https://t.me/+esmNrU6Ntrw1NDkx

vpn + drm + chromecast = not working...

Hi,

I am trying to watch films from the uk-based channel 4 streaming service on my tv.

I am however not located in the uk, so I use a vpn.

On my pc everything works, but as I said I want to watch it on my tv, so I have tried to chromecast from a chrome browser running on my pc (that is able to play the movie) to my tv.

The tv is visible as a chromecast device and I can connect to it, when I do that while the movie is playing I get a picture on my tv but the movie does not play on my tv.

I never really understood how chromecast actually works, so I am not sure if what I want to do is actually achievable.

So my question: Should it be possible to chromecast a drm protected stream that is accessed via a vpn from a pc to the tv?

If so, what do I need to do to make it work?

Many thanks!

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ONN 4K streaming box (Android TV)

I have the ONN Android TV "WATCH" installed and also added a ONN Watch indoor dual color amplified antenna. I set up the a Android tv and then added the antenna and did a channel scan. I have a bunch of local channels when I switch source to antenna... cool. My issue... I'm trying to utilize the "live TV" app on the android tv app to scan local channels so o don't have to switch sources. I'm seeing videos online of people running a channel scan... I'm dead in the water. Any help?? I see no way to do add antenna channels from the Live TV app from the play store.

HBO Max can't login (You don't have an app that can do this"

I have sideloaded HBO Max apk on my Philips Android TV, all fine and dandy, app loads normally, but I can't login.

When I try to login, i get the "You don't have an app that can do this"

Any clue on how to do resolve this issue, please?

https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-tx-58jx800b-2021-led-hdr-4k-ultra-hd-smart-android-tv-58-inch-with-freeview-play-black/p5587770?sku=239900848&srsltid=AWLEVJwvdAzUCYuVpeKPsZ-3oFkUmELAZPrqvvW_qMUR-1MQFSIxPJcVHcw

Would I need a Firestick if I bought this tv, or any tv with android OS?

I'm still using an old 720p plasma. I have a Firestick plugged in to use Tivimate, Prime, YT and CinemaHD mainly

If I bought an Android TV (like the one linked) would I be able to down/sideload these apps? The specs say nothing about storage etc

Are there any messaging apps that work with Android TV?

My children got there tablets taken away by Mom and are asking me.

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Update to ADT-3 downgraded me from the new Google TV UI back to the Android TV UI.

Hey everyone,

I have an ADT-3, and I manually upgraded it to Google TV 12. Google TV is the new UI that will eventually replace the tried and true Android TV UI that most other TVs and boxes use.

Everything was going well for the past couple months but I got an update this morning that downgraded me back to the Android TV UI. Has this happened to anyone else?

I'm guessing that it's probably because the build number is newer (adt3-stt1.211025.001.z4) than the Google TV build (adt3_gtv-stt1.211025.001.z3) which is why the box saw it as an upgrade.

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How to download the amazon app store on Google TV?

I want to install the FireTV app store on the CCWGTV, so I can search for the Channel 4 app.

Is this possible? I could only find the mobile APK.

How to use Netflix on Xiaomi Mi 4K laser projector

I know there was a thread on this here, but it is eleven months old, and things may have changed.

I just bought the above projector here in Europe, updated it to the latest software and wanted to install Netflix from Play Store, but it is shown as not found.

I tried to cast Netflix from my phone over the built in Chromecast and Google Home (I even added the G account especially created for my projector to my existing G account on GHome), but the projector never appears in the list of devices I can cast to, only in G Home.

I then side-loaded an old Netflix APK from here. It worked, although with several extra steps where I was asked to update the app (I didn't). Also, it seems that the resolution is not the highest possible, and films cannot be paused with the Mi remote. Finally (and a great inconvenience), Netflix does not appear anywhere in the list of apps, so presumably it will have to be "staged" on an ad hoc basis from the stick every time I want to watch it. Hardly an option for the kids.

I am thinking now if I should get myself some other intermediary device to cast/play Netflix on, so that the projector only acts as a screen. I use Chromecast on my old TV in another room. If I simply plug it into the projector, will it:

work considering that the projector has its own Chromecast built in,
recognise the projector and prevent playback?

Alternatively, is there another cheap device to play Netflix on?

Thanks.