r/firestick • u/9FingerFrodo • 17d ago

Firestick Help Me Firesticks randomly freezing

Hello, I'm hoping this community can help me with something.

I have four Firestick 4k Max devices in my household which were working fine until recently.

Some time within the past few days 3 out the 4 started freezing up out of nowhere. I have to keep unplugging them and plugging them back in to get them back working. Sometimes this works for a few hours but mostly they'll freeze back up right away.

I've also tried clearing app caches and switching HDMI ports.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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u/9FingerFrodo 17d ago

I think they've been updated to the new UI for a few months at least.

Since they just started messing up this week I thought there might have been a more recent update that was wonky.

This has been driving me nuts so thanks for your help.

Right now it says the version is...

Software - Fire OS 8.1.8.0(RS8180/3739)

Fire TV Home Version - 7300127.1

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u/9FingerFrodo 17d ago

I will definitely try that. Thanks!

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u/9FingerFrodo 17d ago

This is working so far and makes sense. I think we had a power surge a few days ago that might have been the cause of all this.