Amazon Firestick - like wading through treacle

DoaM

Neil_Jones said:

mobileron said:

Terrible company Amazon,Jaguar did same to me a few years ago,i had to buy 3 different ones.
Get onto you tube and learn how to do it properly,firestick is not plug and play,three years is a long time with software  upgrades etc. Buy a 4k one and relax.

I fail to see your argument between a £40 Firestick and a Jaguar car.

I somewhat suspect it was meant as a sarcasm.  

AndyPix

Atari Jaguar maybe ?

50Twuncle

Neil_Jones said:

Well all I have to say I have a 2nd generation Firestick that I bought in 2017, and I have no issues with mine.  Are you running it off the USB port of the TV or the power supply?

There are reports that these do slow down, and its usually caused by the ADB and/or developer options being on in the settings and something else on the network scanning for it. The other solution may be that there is only a finite amount of space on the devices and if you sideload a load of apps, like most technological things, performance begins to decline the fuller this space gets.  Or it may just be getting too hot, and throttles itself accordingly.  Running off USB from the TV seems problematic too.

There are reports on Reddit that the 4k stick has become laggy too, so there may be a software issue somewhere on the platform.

mobileron said:

Terrible company Amazon,Jaguar did same to me a few years ago,i had to buy 3 different ones.
Get onto you tube and learn how to do it properly,firestick is not plug and play,three years is a long time with software  upgrades etc. Buy a 4k one and relax.

I fail to see your argument between a £40 Firestick and a Jaguar car.

USB port - but have tried psu and no difference

50Twuncle

AndyPix said:

Atari Jaguar maybe ?

What are you on? 

debitcardmayhem

50Twuncle said:

AndyPix said:

Atari Jaguar maybe ?

What are you on? 

Perhaps you are skim reading again, that's irrelevant why not use your Pi mind you Pi and Firestick aren't proper IT are they :'(

JJ_Egan

OP  why not test with something basic like BBC/ ITV

Or is it just not starting up fast enough for you .