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Firestick general discussion thread

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    #1202
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭Monokne


    JCDUB wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Does anybody know how/where to pick up express VPN and how much it should be?
    There are usually discount and referral codes knocking around IIRC.
    Website is saying about €7 a month when you pay for a year. Is that the best available?
    TIA

    Yeah that's as good as it gets. If you sub on Black Friday you get 15 months rather than a year so it works out a little cheaper.

    It's far and away the best VPN. It works for everything. I have tried a number of others and they may work with one service but not another.


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    #1203
    IrlJidel
    Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭IrlJidel


    One of my 4k firesticks got the new UI update today. FireOS version was updated to 6.2.8.0. WolfLauncher still works fine.


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    #1204
    clickhere
    Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭clickhere


    JCDUB wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Does anybody know how/where to pick up express VPN and how much it should be?
    There are usually discount and referral codes knocking around IIRC.
    Website is saying about €7 a month when you pay for a year. Is that the best available?
    TIA

    https://www.expressvpn.com/coupons


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    #1205
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    IrlJidel wrote:
    One of my 4k firesticks got the new UI update today. FireOS version was updated to 6.2.8.0. WolfLauncher still works fine.


    Got delivery of my shiny new firecube today. Great piece of kit but very disappointed that it hasn't the new interface yet. Fingers crossed it won't be a long wait


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    #1206
    IrlJidel
    Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭IrlJidel


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Got delivery of my shiny new firecube today. Great piece of kit but very disappointed that it hasn't the new interface yet. Fingers crossed it won't be a long wait

    Did u get it from Amzn or local? - If Amzn what did cube cost you after brexit crap? Is there any point nowadays to buy stuff from amzn UK if it goes over 20-ish limit - or you bought from .de or .fr?


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    #1207
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    IrlJidel wrote: »
    Did u get it from Amzn or local? - If Amzn what did cube cost you after brexit crap? Is there any point nowadays to buy stuff from amzn UK if it goes over 20-ish limit - or you bought from .de or .fr?


    Amazon UK is still cheaper than most of the other Amazons for most items. Brexit didn't increase prices for Irish buyers. Stronger sterling isn't helping having said that. I don't pay anything extra in taxes though. UK vat is removed at checkout & Irish VAT added.


    Firecube was 60 pounds inc vat & free postage. Great value for fully fledged Alexa with Ethernet adopter. Specs are higher that other firesticks & it is integrated with my TV & amp. Alexa will increase or decrease the volume, pause TV or turn on netflix without touching the TV I traded in an old firestick for a further 20 percent off.

    EDIT: Forgot to point one bad point. Now (Now TV) app isn't on the Firecube yet. I'm a little disappointing that I have to dust off my Now TV stick untill they bring out an app for the Cube


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    #1208
    sibersha
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭sibersha


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Amazon UK is still cheaper than most of the other Amazons for most items. Brexit didn't increase prices for Irish buyers. Stronger sterling isn't helping having said that. I don't pay anything extra in taxes though. UK vat is removed at checkout & Irish VAT added.


    Firecube was 60 pounds inc vat & free postage. Great value for fully fledged Alexa with Ethernet adopter. Specs are higher that other firesticks & it is integrated with my TV & amp. Alexa will increase or decrease the volume, pause TV or turn on netflix without touching the TV I traded in an old firestick for a further 20 percent off.

    EDIT: Forgot to point one bad point. Now (Now TV) app isn't on the Firecube yet. I'm a little disappointing that I have to dust off my Now TV stick untill they bring out an app for the Cube

    Can you not sideload NowTV app?


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    #1209
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    sibersha wrote: »
    Can you not sideload NowTV app?


    I haven't tried that yet but I'm guessing it wont work. It's not like there isn't a Now app for firestick or I'm region blocked. The Now TV App is only four months old & they haven't brought one out for the firecube yet. I had it on firestick. I'll try sideload it & report back


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    #1210
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,486 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    IrlJidel wrote: »
    One of my 4k firesticks got the new UI update today. FireOS version was updated to 6.2.8.0. WolfLauncher still works fine.

    One of mine got it too. Not overly impressed to be honest, I preferred the bigger app icon on home page


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    #1211
    sibersha
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭sibersha


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I haven't tried that yet but I'm guessing it wont work. It's not like there isn't a Now app for firestick or I'm region blocked. The Now TV App is only four months old & they haven't brought one out for the firecube yet. I had it on firestick. I'll try sideload it & report back

    If you're stuck, give me a shout and I'll see if I can download the 'firestick' version, then extract it as an apk and upload it somewhere


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    #1212
    Leonita
    Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭Leonita


    TheDriver wrote: »
    One of mine got it too. Not overly impressed to be honest, I preferred the bigger app icon on home page

    Same here the app icons are way too small in the centre of the screen. But I did notice that if you scroll down a little on the home screen you can see recently used apps and the icons are much bigger.


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    #1213
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭Monokne


    It is the exact same, just with the most frequently used apps lined up together at the top for quick access, above where all the usual larger icons are.


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    #1214
    Equium
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭Equium


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I haven't tried that yet but I'm guessing it wont work. It's not like there isn't a Now app for firestick or I'm region blocked. The Now TV App is only four months old & they haven't brought one out for the firecube yet. I had it on firestick. I'll try sideload it & report back

    I have just used the Apps2Fire app to download Now from my Firestick 4K to my phone, and then used that app again to send it to my new Fire Cube. It works perfectly with the caveat that you have to navigate to settings>manage installed applications to launch it. It will not show up in the normal apps menu.

    Similarly, most sideloaded apps don't display a logo in the app drawer. Bit annoying. I kind of wish I bought anither Firestick 4K instead of the cube.

    Anyway, let me know if you'd like me to send on the extracted apk.


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    #1215
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Equium wrote:
    Anyway, let me know if you'd like me to send on the extracted apk.


    Thanks for the offer. I'm not using NowTV for the next month or so. I'm on Hbomax and Showtime at the moment. There should be a dedicated NowTV app for firecube in the next few weeks.


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    #1216
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,035 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    A very handy website for anybody looking to download apks not available on the irish play store

    https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

    Simply find the link in the playstore on your browser and hit go...

    I managed to get iplayer and france tv from it... Watched the Munster match yesterday with French commentators as nowtv on my fire stick believes I'm roaming outside the EU


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    #1217
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Red Silurian wrote: »
    A very handy website for anybody looking to download apks not available on the irish play store

    https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

    Simply find the link in the playstore on your browser and hit go...

    I managed to get iplayer and france tv from it... Watched the Munster match yesterday with French commentators as nowtv on my fire stick believes I'm roaming outside the EU

    Would I be able to get ligue un on this???


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    #1218
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,929 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    What an ugly mess the new update is, especially if you only use your Firestick for unofficial apps. You have to go digging for them every time now. Time to look into alternative launchers.

    Another problem Ive had for ages now is that my Firestick seems to be stuck on the ad for the Amazing Mrs Maisie or some crap, every time I turn it on its her stupid face and pink theme up the top, do they never rotate new ads in?


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    #1219
    One More Toy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Just posting on here regarding to cnbc could be a long shot,

    Is it possible to watch CNBC live on peacock using a vpn?

    TIA
    Omt


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    #1220
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    Thargor wrote: »
    What an ugly mess the new update is, especially if you only use your Firestick for unofficial apps. You have to go digging for them every time now. Time to look into alternative launchers.

    Another problem Ive had for ages now is that my Firestick seems to be stuck on the ad for the Amazing Mrs Maisie or some crap, every time I turn it on its her stupid face and pink theme up the top, do they never rotate new ads in?

    Check out Wolf Launcher, very clean design with lots of customisation, and more importantly, you can still access the Firestick settings from within the launcher.


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    #1221
    corkie
    Registered Users Posts: 7,420 ✭✭✭corkie


    Red Silurian wrote: »
    A very handy website for anybody looking to download apks not available on the irish play store

    https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

    Simply find the link in the playstore on your browser and hit go...

    I managed to get iplayer and france tv from it... Watched the Munster match yesterday with French commentators as nowtv on my fire stick believes I'm roaming outside the EU

    Looks like that resource is outdated and may not provide the most update version of apks.

    Another one with the same problem is apkcombo.com/en-ie/

    Mentioned it here recently https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058171656


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    #1222
    irishproduce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    Can you walk into a shop here and get a stick?
    Haven't time for online


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    #1223
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    irishproduce wrote:
    Can you walk into a shop here and get a stick? Haven't time for online


    Not quite the answer you are looking for but order from Amazon & you'll have it in 2 to 3 days.

    If you really want to buy it here currys sell it but not sure if you can walk in & buy it or if it takes weeks to ship from the UK. Plenty of Irish sellers on Donedeal or Adverts. Not cheap though. Chrome cast is probably better. No need to sideload apps etc & most electrical shops will have it in stock here in Ireland


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    #1224
    dougm1970
    Registered Users Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭dougm1970


    amazon wont post a stick to here...have to use likes of addresspal


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    #1225
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,782 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Not quite the answer you are looking for but order from Amazon & you'll have it in 2 to 3 days.

    If you really want to buy it here currys sell it but not sure if you can walk in & buy it or if it takes weeks to ship from the UK. Plenty of Irish sellers on Donedeal or Adverts. Not cheap though. Chrome cast is probably better. No need to sideload apps etc & most electrical shops will have it in stock here in Ireland

    I ordered one from Curry's.ie in January and had it delivered in 3 or 4 days.


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    #1226
    Batesout
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭Batesout


    irishproduce wrote: »
    Can you walk into a shop here and get a stick?
    Haven't time for online


    Argos were selling the Firestick lite


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    #1227
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    dougm1970 wrote:
    amazon wont post a stick to here...have to use likes of addresspal


    This was correct up to a few weeks ago but they do now. I got a firecube about a week ago from them. If you get a message that they don't deliver to your country just scroll past it and add it to the cart


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    #1228
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,012 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Fann Linn wrote:
    I ordered one from Curry's.ie in January and had it delivered in 3 or 4 days.


    Curry's are taking a few weeks to deliver from the UK at the moment. Ordered philips hue bulbs and it took around 4 weeks


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    #1229
    odddavey
    Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭odddavey


    dougm1970 wrote: »
    amazon wont post a stick to here...have to use likes of addresspal
    They actually do now. There is a sign saying only UK, but go through the process and buy.
    It will be delivered. I bought the cube a couple of weeks ago. It was on offer for 70e.


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    #1230
    dougm1970
    Registered Users Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭dougm1970


    learn something every day....i stand corrected on the amazon delivery....glad to know that.


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    #1231
    One More Toy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Got pushed the update for the 4k stick today I notice


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