r/firestick Dec 03 '25

Firestick Tips and Tricks Much cleaner without all the bloat

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317 Upvotes

Been doing a few fire sticks for friends and family the last few weeks. Just wanted people to know it’s still possible to grab brand new 4k max sticks at a huge discount right now, block the updates upon initial setup, then kill OTA updates, ADEP (the famous blacklist) and ARCUS (Amazon system app protection) using Launcher manager.

From there now the stick will never update, and they still ship with pre September 25th patched firmware (8.1.5.3) allowing me to get rid of the horrible ad ridden Amazon launcher, and install Project ivy. Giving me a device with no ads, no blacklist, and just does what it’s told and works.

Just thought I’d put this out there as the fire stick is an awesome piece of kit when setup correctly, and I see a lot of people suggesting other devices.

You don’t need to switch products, but to get a fire stick setup like mine, it does need to be done correctly upon first boot, and you only get one crack at it…..if it grabs that first update your cooked.


r/firestick Apr 02 '26

Firestick News streamfire update

45 Upvotes

from the devs:

We’re currently performing maintenance on the app.

Our team is actively working on resolving the issue, and the app will be back up shortly. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Thank you. (it's back up)

News from the devs:

🚀 An exciting update is on its way!

We're thrilled to announce that our solution for app blocking is almost ready to go live! 🚀

Our team has been tirelessly working, and we're nearing the completion of this project. The wait is almost over!

⏳ Let’s start the countdown…

Get ready, something major is coming soon!

downloader code: 3255605


r/firestick 2h ago

Firestick Help Me Upgrading to Firestick 4K Plus

2 Upvotes

I just got a new Firestick 4K Plus and I'm wondering if I should reset my old one to factory defaults (which will erase all personal info and apps) and then install the new one? Otherwise I could install & set up the new one and then install the old one on a different TV to reset it? I want to transfer my current apps to the new one and not have to download them again, and I also want to get my data off of the old one before I get rid of it. Thanks.


r/firestick 7h ago

Firestick Help Me Looking for live streaming App for CBS soaps

5 Upvotes

Basically what the title says.


r/firestick 21m ago

Firestick Help Me Fire Stick 4K (1st gen) custom resolution

Upvotes

is there a way to manually set the resolution of the fire stick? I mean, I have a display 1920X720.


r/firestick 5h ago

Firestick Help Me Film/series apps that work

0 Upvotes

I have scrubs and crew. Both are firing blanks with 90% of films currently. I understand they’re old now. Any advice (please bare in mind I’m not overly technically minded, can do the basics)


r/firestick 6h ago

Firestick Apps App stream calcio

1 Upvotes

Sono alla ricerca di un app che permetta di vedere partite di calcio in italiano, prima utilizzavo sportsfire. Ma dopo alla notizia che rubavano dati e dopo che hanno tolto i canali italiani l’ho cancellata. Sto provando sportzX ma non mi fa impazzire


r/firestick 14h ago

Firestick Help Me Sbs in NZ

3 Upvotes

Anyone in NZ had any luck getting the sbs ondemand app to work. 2 years ago was working fine.


r/firestick 20h ago

Firestick Apps AK47Sports blue square?

5 Upvotes

Whenever I watch any watch a stream from this app, there's always small blue square in the upper left of my screen. I have tried different stream sources and it seems to be present in every stream. Couldn't find anything on this, so I was wondering if anyone else experiences this?


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Problem Did Amazon slow down older models on purpose?

6 Upvotes

My firestick isn't that old, yet all of a sudden all the apps I use are locking up, randomly closing, buffering constantly, etc.
And within a week of this starting, I see an ad to upgrade to the new firestick.

Anyone else notice this, or am I just being a conspiracy theorist?


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question Has anyone else's interface changed and can I go back to the previous one?

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13 Upvotes

All my apps now show in a line when it comes on the screen rather than there being a few and the others hidden


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Apps Any codes for darts? On sky but sportzx doesnt have it

2 Upvotes

r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question Is there any option available to get live tv CNN? I was using an m3u on tivimate but its currently broken, replaying the same hour long segement over and over.

0 Upvotes

r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question 1pixmedia down or new code?

2 Upvotes

is there a new code or something

for the last couple of days 1pixmedia hasn't been working like it should


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question I have a service on my firestick but doesn’t have much cartoons . Is there an app or a way to get more cartoons onto my firestick?

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1 Upvotes

r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question Alternatives to FireTV Stick 4k Plus available in India?

2 Upvotes

I was thinking of getting the firetv stick 4k plus, but I have seen alot of negative reviews for it. Regarding how the new updates just pushes more ads, adds more annoying stuff and is removing necessary features from it.

I was wondering if there are any good alternatives to it available in India?

Onn box is good but it isn't available in India.
Please let me know if there are any better alternatives around the price of the fire tv stick


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Problem Having some trouble casting my pc to my firestick

2 Upvotes

Unlike a lot of people where there's just an error when they try to connect the two, mine just doesn't appear when I press WIN+K, and idk why. I've checked if my pc is able to use wireless display, and it can. I've even installed the wireless display optional feature, and it's still not appearing. I don't know if its because I'm using windows 10, and I'm not willing to upgrade to fix it. Nor do I want to install an app. But if have to, I'll install one. So if you could, please tell me a way to fix it.


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Question Where can I watch the TLC network on Fire TV Stick?

5 Upvotes

I've looked all over for an app but haven't found one yet. Your help is appreciated. Thank you.


r/firestick 1d ago

Firestick Help Me OTG Won’t Recognize Firestick

2 Upvotes

I had these 2 OTG cables fir over a year and now both can’t see the Firestick. When I plug them in for extra storage it won’t load the Firestick app. Is it possible both of them could go south at the same time or has Amazon sent an update to disable these OTG cables?


r/firestick 2d ago

Firestick Problem Is cineplus down now ?

4 Upvotes

I'm trying to watch the new episode of HOD and nothing is loading


r/firestick 2d ago

Firestick Question No Hulu Audio

2 Upvotes

I replaced my Firestick yesterday, now my sound is all jacked up when using Hulu (and only Hulu). I messed around with it for a while and finally got it to provide normal audio during shows by turning subtitles off and selecting "English (audio description)" under Audio Language in the settings page. However the audio turns to crazy static when an ad comes on. Any ideas? TIA.


r/firestick 2d ago

Firestick Problem Disney+ not playing movies

0 Upvotes

We got a brand new firestick a month or so ago and it worked great but now Disney+ won't play movies. It plays TV shows fine and the movies used to play until July 14th and now we have to hard reset and that fixes it for a few days then acts up again. We shouldn't have to uninstall and reinstall every time we want to watch a movie.

Does anyone know a more permanent fix? We have cleared the data and cache and we have changed the sound to PCM


r/firestick 3d ago

Firestick Tips and Tricks SportsFire/Streamfire Replacement

34 Upvotes

Hey everyone. Been seeing a lot of users looking for an app to fix SportsFire/streamfire and came across one called Voltra TV . Not sure if it’s allowed to drop the downloader code here but it’s in the Troypoint website. It’s been pretty decent so far. Hope this helps


r/firestick 2d ago

Firestick Apps Old WWE episodes App?

3 Upvotes

Hello! May someone please point me in the right direction to watch all the old WWE archived stuff (Early 2000s Raw and Smackdown)? I’ve wanted to watch every episode for a while now and apps such as TFlix and Streamflix supposedly have the library but it never plays for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


r/firestick 3d ago

Firestick Help Me New tv remote not working?

3 Upvotes

So i bought a new to me amazon tv same day i was moving and long story short lost the remote that it came with it worked and everything i never set the tv up but i have a new remote and i cannot get it to connect to the tv