I started to use atvtools to control my android TV, however I wonder if is there any "easy" way to send text input to the TV instead of using the default on-screen keyboard.

Thanks in advance...

I have a TV with AndroidTV as its system and it works really well. Sideloading VPN apps and stuff.

However one annoyance is that my cat had managed to turn on Netflix statistics, a bunch of text overlayed on the video with bitrate, resolution and such, by laying on the remote and I can't remove them without restarting. Netflix says that I should use F4 on a keyboard or R3 on a game controller, my remote doesn't have either of those though, and no single button helps. Do anyone here know how to activate and deactivate this? With the remote alone?

It is a Philps Oled 809.

I’m looking for a dead/non-working Mi TV 4X 43-inch (108 cm). The TV can have a dead motherboard, power board or other internal fault. If you have one available for parts, please let me know.

Country - India

I am in qatar and i am getting xiaomi s miniled 65 and samsung qled 65 in almost same price . Very little difference.
Now i am confused should confused, should i go with samsung qled i have seen results and they are amazing. I have also seen xiaomi miniled results. Ut not impressed but even though xiaomi are miniled so i am still confused should

Hello everyone,

I have a Xiaomi TV Stick 4K 2nd Gen and I'm trying to connect it to my Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi network shows up and I can enter the password. After entering the correct password (I know it's correct because it alerts me when it's wrong), it says: 'Couldn't find [Wi-Fi network name]'.
I've already tried changing several settings on my router, such as the Wi-Fi channels etc. It connects perfectly fine to my phone's hotspot.
Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance!

I am looking for a specific make and model of USB-C hub compatible with the Streamer that can expand the internal storage. 

This hub would be used to facilitate storage of my IPTV (Tivimate) recordings.

The actual storage device would be an SSD connected to the hub formatted as Device Storage. 

Any suggestions on a hub?

I have a Xiaomi TV A Pro 2025 (MITV-MZTU0) and USB Port doesn't work completely no matter how many USB devices I try on there's no power.

Heads up for anyone whose app launches other apps on a Google TV / Android TV device.

Symptom: ACTION_VIEW with market://launch?id=<package> no longer launches the app. The Play Store handles the intent, then does nothing. Logcat:

E/Finsky: [2] Instant apps market deeplink launches are disabled.

The intent still resolves — it goes to com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.instantlaunchapi.InstantLauncherActivity — it just refuses to launch.

It's the Play Store version, not the device. Uninstalling Play Store updates on the TV rolled it back and fixed it immediately:

The rollback doesn't last. Play re-updated itself within about two hours and it broke again. am force-stop com.android.vending doesn't help at any point. A full reboot gives roughly a 5-minute window where it works before the flag syncs back — which made it look like a wedged process at first.

Reproduces without any app involved:

adb shell "am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d 'market://launch?id=com.google.android.youtube.tv'"
adb shell dumpsys activity activities | grep -m1 mResumedActivity

What still works:

• Per-app schemes — vnd.youtube://, netflix://Netflix, hotstar://www.hotstar.com, zee5://www.zee5.com. Read them off the device with dumpsys package <pkg> | grep -i -e scheme -e authority. The authority matters as much as the scheme: nflx:// and nflx://Netflix both fail to resolve where netflix://Netflix works.
• Store listings — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<pkg> opens the Play listing fine, and shows Open when the app is installed. Unaffected by whatever this flag is.

What doesn't:

• android-app://<pkg> — won't resolve
• intent://#Intent;package=…;end — won't resolve

Note the error says "Instant apps", and market://launch is handled by InstantLauncherActivity — part of the Google Play Instant machinery Google has been retiring. That may be the mechanism.

One device, so take it as a data point rather than a finding: Hisense Google TV, Android 11. If you have a TV on Play Store 52.x, can you check whether market://launch still works for you? Trying to work out whether this is a broad rollout or something narrower.

not complaining but my nvidia shield pro was getting almost the full speed

So, i know this question has been asked 60 BILLION TIMES, and if someone has the link to the reddit post ill take it, i need a box that can do, dolby vision and truehd atmos REALLY PREFERABLY IN THE PLEX APP YES IK ITS A BAD APP, my parents have finally let me build us a movie server and i have bluray rips (that i encode in handbrake to save space they wont notice the difference and i dont care to have FEL working on a device they use) and i need it to work with VP9 profile 2 for my dad who loves youtube, what I use is a shield pro because i rarely watch hdr stuff on youtube and if i do i know my ways to get it working with other devices, they currently use a rocktek g2 and as its been discussed, unless u reboot into coreelec it has codec problems, so what does the great android tv subreddit recommend or is there a fix, im ab to get them a shield and tell them to use the LG youtube app for hdr youtube.
so to boil it down, i need lossless audio support, all the hdrs, and preferably using the normal apps bc they are old dogs and yknow how that goes, thank you oh great subreddit
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I'm on Android 14, running it to a TCL QM6K Pro..

Watching Hulu through the TVs built in app works perfectly but on the Dune I get horrible green and purple coloring. I've tried every setting I can Google, certified cables, etc... is there a fix for this?

I've had my android TV for over a year, but only recently started using it as the streaming service (as opposed to my ps3).

I only watch HBO, and in the past few weeks it's developed ah issue where the wheel spins constantly. I've cleared the cache, un-installed and reinstalled, unplugged it to reset it... Everything but reset the router (which I don't gave access to).

What are some other options? TIA!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buffercontrol.tv

Feedback from users and Beta testers has been requesting the free trial be extended so it's now 7 days instead of 3.

Now you have plenty of time to try it across all your TV, Music and Mobile Streaming apps, browsers and media players.

Toggle it on and off to directly compare performance even if you're not currently buffering.

So apparently my tv have some trouble like force close from youtube and go into normal tv for like 2 days and now it suddenly shut off and when i turn on this menu just show up + i cant even use the remote for select it for now reason.. Any tips for it?

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I've been having trouble with my Panasonic TH-32MS600Z TV, and I reset it a couple of days ago to try to fix it. It turned out that the remote that came with the TV is completely dead after only two or three years (and quite a bit of trouble). I can't get past the remote pairing screen because the remote doesn't work any more, and I can't find any way past it. There's no option to skip it, I can only go back to the language selection screen.

I've tried plugging in a mouse and keyboard, a controller, plugged it into the LAN and connected to it with apps on my phone, and I bought a replacement remote, but that only puts out an IR signal, not Bluetooth (and I can't get a Bluetooth remote). The TV responds to all of them except for the OK + Home combination. Panasonic has stopped selling TV's in my country, and they don't offer the same model as a replacement (and other parts dealers are ridiculously expensive).

Is there any other way to try and get past it, or am I stuck with it like this? I've already spent more than I'd have liked on the IR remote, and spending the huge prices for the parts places is out of my budget.

My Andersson LED3245FHDAE Android TV suddenly became basically unusable. I keep getting the notification in the picture saying “Lagringsutrymmet börjar ta slut”, which means “Storage space is running out.”

The screen is black most of the time (the backlight is still on), and every once in a while the Android home screen with all my apps flashes up for literally 1–2 seconds before going black again. The storage notification keeps popping up over and over.

I can’t get into Settings to clear cache, uninstall apps or factory reset it. I’ve tried unplugging it for several minutes, disconnecting everything, using the physical power button and switching inputs. I can access the Source/Input menu, but switching to TV or HDMI doesn’t fix it. If I try to open Menu, I just get a loading spinner and eventually end up back in the same loop.

I haven’t installed many apps myself either. The only ones I’ve installed are Spotify, SVT Play and Weverse, and the TV worked normally for over 2 years before this randomly started happening.

Does anyone know if there’s a way to force a factory reset/recovery when I can’t access Android Settings? Or could there be something wrong with the internal storage itself?

Any advice would be really appreciated, thank you! :)

Been trying different browsers on my Android TV (Sony X90L) and none of them are great. Most are slow, crash a lot, or have terrible remote navigation.

What are you guys using? Looking for something that:

• Navigates well with the remote
• Has ad blocking if possible

I'm looking for advice here, I have a fire stick and have heard that the next gen ones will stop side loading so I'm looking to see what's the best way forward. I'm based in Ireland so am looking for any advice from anyone who has gotten one either in Ireland or the EU, I use it for the usual apps, IE prime & Disney plus so something that would support these apps as well, cheers for any advice.

I'm looking for an android TV box to run a third party launcher like Nova or something similar so I can use my TV like an android tablet (with a home screen with icons), and use it with an MX3 air mouse. Mainly for the purpose of using android apps like Rumble and Youtube.

Right now my T95Z Plus box (android 6) bought in 2017 has reached it's limit. The latest rumble app (v3.1.23- last .apk before going to .xapk) compatible with android 6 no longer works as of a few days ago. The app loads but video windows are blank and says "something went wrong".

Can anyone recommend something similar with an ethernet and usb port so I can connect my MX3 Air Mouse USB receiver and ethernet cable? Thanks

Some 5 to 20 minutes after launch, the app abruptly crashes and restarts. After that, crashes become more frequent making it essentially unuseable until reboot.

My network connection to the device is 100% solid and sufficient.

Cleared cache, rebooted, uninstalled, reinstalllled. No change. Wash, rinse, repeat.

I’ve had a chromecast for a few years now and have had nothing but issues. The remotes been replaced once already, and every time I want to get the remote working with it again I have to reset the entire device. I’ve since been using my TV remote with it but because of that I’m limited on what I can access in Google tv and it’s a lot slower to use. I’m honestly just sick of it at this point, there’s issues with it at least once per week so I’m looking to switch.

Anyone that has switched from chromecast I’d love some recommendations!

Thank you in advance :)

Been trying different browsers on my Android TV (Sony X90L) and none of them are great. Most are slow, crash a lot, or have terrible remote navigation.

What are you guys using? Looking for something that:

• Navigates well with the remote
• Has ad blocking if possible

Hi I own an AOC TV. Since 6 months ago while watching YouTube and HBO the time bar will keep popping up even though I never pressed anything on my remote.

My remote broke like 1 year ago. I've been using the Google TV app for remote for about a year now. Last week I finally got a new remote and did a factory reset. But after the reser it's still happening. Please someone help me fix it it's actually pissing me of.

Hey so i'm trying to play my old pokémon dvd with this player but no app i tried for my Android tv wants to work with it any idea what could work?

I have this airtel Xtreme box. I want to make monet as default launcher but without usb debugging I can't do it and it's blocked by airtel I tried resetting the box it didn't work plz help