Mibox S 4k tips and trix and one remain problem.

by FirstLobster

Hi!

So, I got a mibox a week ago and I must say after some tweaking it works really well.

The first thing that annoyed me was the fact that if you shut the box down with the remote or with Google home I you can't cast to it any more.

My fix was to side load an awesome app called wake lock revamped, with that I made the cpu and WiFi never to go to sleep which solved the problem. I can now turn it off and its still avaliable for casting and voice commands.

I had some troubles with the WiFi dropping which I solved with setting static ip and turning off turning off WiFi energy saving in the developer settings.

My only issue left is that I can't get Google home to cast netflix. I get the " sure, playing witcher from netflix on your tv" but nothing else happens. YouTube and other apps work great, it just netflix that's acting up.

Is there any one who have an idea on what I could try?

Edit: my best tip for side loading apps is to use an app called "Send files to tv" it's free, light and easy to use. You of course need a file manger on the android tv box but there is plenty to choose from.

SurpriseButtStuff

Using google assistant to cast netflix is a known issue with all android tv boxes. We're at google's whim as to if/when they're going to actually fix it.

digoftw

You can buy an USB RJ45 to improve connection. Some models even come with extra USB ports. I have a model with 1 RJ45 and 3 USBs and have a 500GB HDD and a keyboard connected to it.

costinilie

Why do you need to shutdown this box? It's a 10W device. Why do you need to sideload another app just to try to do something almost useless? And by the way, I tryed to use voice commands on Netflix only one time. And it was worked. But in useless to me. Just use that device in tha way that was concept ed.

ghosstss

Did you try hooking up external HD to it? I am wondering if the new android 9 update solved big capacity NTFS drives not being detected issue

plankfurt

Which one is the Wifi energy setting? I tried finding it on mine, but didnt see it.

Edit: And to clarify, I do have Developer Settings enabled.

digoftw

Don't upgrade to Android 9 yet, it has lots of bugs and not enough features to justify the upgrade.