MiBox S will not respond after being turned off.

by totodee

I have two Mibox S's and I have the same problem with both. As long as I use them on a regular basis there is no problem. But if I use the red button on the top of the remote to turn either box off, then if I don't turn it back on for a day or two, when I try to turn it back on with the remote it will not respond. I am not sure if it's the box or the remote, but the only way to get it to turn back on is to power cycle the box, then it turns right back on again.

I tried to troubleshoot both the remotes and the boxes with no luck. I tried re-pairing the remotes. I fiddled with screen saver settings. I tried turning CEC off then back on. I tried toggling the going to sleep setting off and on and nothing seems to help. The only thing I have not tried is a factory reset. But since it is happening on both of my boxes I don't think it's anything I am doing wrong. Both boxes have the latest updates. I did turn automatic updates off in an effort to stop Google Home from updating and displaying ads on the home screen, but this problem was happening before then.

DizzyWeb

Having the very same issue. If I don't use it for a while, it hangs and I need to power cycle.

glassbase86

The remotes go into sleep mode to conserve battery and you have to button mash to wake the remote up and let me reconnect to MiBox. At least for me, that’s what happens. I have 4 of them

You can also use this app (must be side loaded) from here . Which stops MiBox from going into deep sleep

Fammy

Happens to me from time to time, including earlier today. No insight or fix, just affirming it's not just you.

totodee

Glad to see it's not just me. Here is what I am trying now but it's too early to know if this works since as I said it has to be off for a while before the problem pops up. I am setting it to never go to sleep on the theory that as long as it's still on it will respond when I want to use it. I also turned off CEC so I can turn my TV off while leaving the Mibox on.

MysteriousLog6

i was able to reduce the time it took for the remote to reconnect and the problem stopped happening i just went to apps and battery optimisation and removed the bluetooth remote which helped a lot

modifiedbears

I've found in this situation you can wake it up using the Android TV app on your phone. Make sure Bluetooth on your phone is on, connect to it, and hit the home button.

denyson

Is this a new problem or Mibox always had that? I just got my Mibox about a month ago.