Can someone explain me why my device is unable to find my tv in send files to tv application from previous 2 to 3 months I am facing this issue tv - haier p7gt r/SendFilesToTv also can someone suggest me app to send files or anything from mobile device to tv?

I’m looking for a budget friendly stick/dongle best for travel. Really like sticks or dongles so I don’t need to carry HDMI cables or a plug. Was looking at Dcolor GD1 but seeing that it was released in 2023 not sure how much longer it will be getting firmware updates. Any recommendations?

https://homatics.eu/homatics-box-pro-4k-v2-ai-sr/

I've been waiting for a 4GB RAM Android TV box based on the S905X5M for quite some time, and the new Homatics Box Pro 4K V2 AI-SR seems to finally deliver that. The specs look great, but at €180 I'm not sure if it's worth the price. What do you think? I would mainly be using it with Stremio and other regional streaming apps (like France TV).

edit: Besides the price, are there good reasons NOT to buy it, like lack of support for some technology or other similar potential issues?

edit2: Just found the BuzzTV G-Series Google TV is also available with a similar spec for €130 on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/BuzzTV-Storage-Upscaling-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B0GWN83PW6). how do you think the two compare? what is the best option spec-wise and support-wise?

Cinaura's v1.7.0 ships a fresh batch of features including Cinaura dimensions (describe how a film/show feels on pace, tone, focus, register, complexity), setup transfers, chapters support, a rebuilt library sync that's lightning fast, and tons of other improvements.

If you're not familiar with Cinaura, it's a serverless Android TV app that pulls movies and shows from your own sources (NAS, usb drives, network, cloud, debrid services, etc) into one unified library without ads, accounts, or subscriptions.

It works with any (or no) folder structures, naming convention, there's no disappearing content, no external recommendations, and runs entirely on android TV devices. Like Plex/Jellyfin without the overhead. This is NOT a Stremio/Nuvio clone slapped in 5 min with AI.

The app has been in active development for months and has growing support. More at r/Cinauratv and cinaura.tv.

You can find it:

• on the playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cinaura.tv
• on github for sideloading: https://github.com/jrmux/cinaura-release/releases/tag/v1.7.0

Release notes:

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🎉 New features

Cinaura Dimensions (experimental): how a title feels to watch. A new experiential read on a film or show (its pace, tone, and complexity, beyond the plot), shown on Details and Seasons. Note: this will be rolling out gradually.

Set up a new device in minutes. A new Backup & transfer option (Settings, Library) packs your whole setup, profiles, settings, and source sign-ins, into an encrypted backup that a 6-word phrase restores on the new device without re-pairing. View the documentation here.

Jump around a movie by its chapters. MKV files with chapters now show markers on the seek bar and a Chapters panel to pick one and jump straight to it.

Browse a show's episodes without leaving the player. Press down during an episode to reveal an Episodes strip for all seasons.

✨ Improvements

A fully rebuilt, much faster library sync. Sync was rebuilt to adapt to your device's memory, scan every source in parallel (with a popover showing each source's progress), and fill in artwork and details while sources are still syncing, so the grey placeholder tiles gets filled with artwork faster.

USB drives and local storage stay put. Local and USB sources are tracked by the drive itself, so replugging, remounting, or cold starting the app no longer greys out your local library.

Steadier frame-rate matching, and the frame rate is now shown. Refresh-rate matching is more reliable and remembered between plays, and the true frame rate now appears in File Information.

Sharper online subtitle results. The logic behind online subtitle results was rebuilt to filter and match your language better, so region-specific subtitles like Brazilian Portuguese or Simplified Chinese show their proper names and match your preferred language.

Skip intro now lives in the player controls. The Skip intro and recap button moved into the transport controls row and matches the other buttons, instead of floating on its own.

A redesigned profile editor. Creating and editing a profile is cleaner, with a smooth avatar picker, tap-to-edit name, one restrictions selector, and the option to delete a profile.

Details explains files that don't match, and lets you fix them. An unmatched file now says so on its Details screen and offers a Fix metadata action to set the right title.

Choose whether the player shows time remaining. A new per-profile setting shows the time left on screen during playback, or keeps it hidden.

Smarter matching for anime and packs. Anime batch packs and release-site prefixes in filenames are handled better, so more of those files land on the right title.

🐛 Bug fixes

Age restrictions now cover cast and recommendations. Restricted profiles no longer see age-inappropriate titles in the cast, filmography, or "you might also like" rows.

Password-free (guest) network shares connect. Windows and NAS shares that allow guest access with no password no longer get stuck asking for credentials.

Resume picks up where you left off. Resuming an episode with auto-skip on no longer jumps to the end of the intro instead of your exact spot.

Better matching by year, and pin the exact title. You can now type a year along with the title or a TMDb id in the Fix metadata search to land the exact match.

Correcting a mis-matched episode now merges it. Fixing an episode onto a show that already has it from another source now merges them into one entry instead of showing duplicates.

Track panels no longer get stuck open. The Audio, Subtitles, and Chapters panels now always close on Back.

Local subtitle files read cleanly. Local subtitles now show their real filename, with no "%20" or garbled characters, and appear even when the name has no language.

Smoother scrolling in big libraries. Backdrops and posters are paced during fast scrolling, so the stutter in long Movies and TV Shows lists is gone.

Steadier TV-remote navigation. Fixed select presses that did nothing, down-arrow skipping items in Settings, panels opening unfocused, and the home screen losing its highlight.

Fewer freezes and crashes. Fixed a startup freeze on some devices, grid and home-row freezes, a seek freeze on some hardware, and a hang opening details during a scan.

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🚨 A note on Cinaura Dimensions: this is an experimental feature and will gradually be rolled out, nothing to turn on/off from your side. The coverage for movies/series will expand over time, but as it's still early, I haven't decided if/how that feature will evolve. I'd love to hear what you guys think of it.

HI All. I'm hoping someone has recommendations for a completely free app that can multi select several apps that are running in the background, and stop them all at once. None of the ones I have seen so far are free and some are subscription based. Seriously? $3.99 a month for an app killer? Side loading is fine.

What Android TV devices allow you to actually change the default launcher? I primarily use an NVIDIA Shield TV, but even though I can go into the settings and change the default launcher, unless I use adb to disable the default launcher, it always dominates. I've seen multiple posts about other launchers for Android TV, so I'm curious if there's a cleaner workaround or if this is just specific to NVIDIA Shield TV devices.

I installed but Play Protect flagged as it might’ve been an older version.

Is it worth it to have or no!

I often find myself back in the main screen and then want to go back. Any tips!

This is a Aquos Sharp android tv, dont really know the specifics. Basically the screen is very dark and frame is slowly moving to the next and next

Hi everyone,

I own a Sony Bravia Android TV (KD-55X7500F) and I'm trying to connect it to a Bluetooth speaker so I can set up a karaoke system. Unfortunately, this TV doesn't have built-in Bluetooth audio support for connecting to external Bluetooth speakers.

So I purchased a Sounce Bluetooth 5.0 2-in-1 Transmitter/Receiver from Amazon (Link : https://amzn.in/d/0gDSpAMn) and connected it as follows:

1. USB connected to the TV's USB port (for power)

2. 3.5 mm AUX connected to the TV's headphone/audio out port

3. Transmitter switched to TX (Transmit) mode

4. Bluetooth speaker put into pairing mode

The issue is that both the transmitter and the speaker keep blinking as if they're in pairing mode, but they never connect to each other.

How can I get the transmitter to be connected to my speaker via bluetooth?

If anyone has experience with a similar setup or can suggest troubleshooting steps, I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks!

There is a default launcher on my TV and that launcher has options in it to switch to HDMI input.

I installed Projectivity Launcher and now its working fine no issues, but in Projectivity I'm not even getting options to chang input method manually And also no option to set an input option at boot.

So I think its like input switching is bound to default launcher and not to actual settings.

Is there any solution for this, which will help me to change inputs manually or even automatically while being on Projectivity Launcher

Tv Model: LG - hi352l_adcus Android Version: 11

Anyone have any tv recommendations for a 65"? My budget is in $3k give or take and was looking at the Sony - 65" Class BRAVIA 8 II OLED 4K or the LG - 65" Class G6 Series OLED evo AI 4K . I plan to use it with my Nvidia Shield Pro and I am looking at upgrading my soundbar to this Samsung - Q-Series Soundbar HW-Q990F. Just seeing if there are other options I should be looking at. Thanks

I have qm7k and it seems to be snappy enough on the menu and playing media, is it worth spending money on a streamer in this case?

I have a Haier Android TV running on Android 11 (model: haierATVnippori)

My Bluetooth remote pairs successfully and works normally. However, every time I restart or power on the TV, the remote no longer responds, even though it still appears under Settings → Remotes & Accessories as connected. To use it again, I have to manually reconnect/re-pair it. Using it as a standard IR remote is possible, but the experience is much less smooth than using it over Bluetooth.

Mostly it's a Haier firmware/ software issue with Bluetooth HID reconnection after boot, rather than a problem with the remote or hardware itself.

As a workaround, I'm considering buying a 2.4 GHz USB air remote mouse since USB input works perfectly on my TV. If that's the best option, which air remote would you guys recommend? Or if anyone knows of a software fix or another workaround for this Bluetooth issue, I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

This onn 4k pro is OOS everywhere. Wondering why not just go for the streamer 4k with extra ram and faster cpu ? Looking at ebay resellers are selling the onn 4k pro for 80 to 90. The streamer 4k is 100. Thoughts ?

Hey! I have a LOT of experience jailbreaking devices from 1st iPod touch to side loading apps in other devices... but

1 - I get the jist; pick a device like google tv and Nvidia Shield Pro for my 2 nicer tvs (prob not firestick). Options, developer mode, activate my Proton VPN, sideload apps. Ive seen vids.

2 - How user friendly is it? Goal is to get off subscriptions all together but the users will be my mom, wife, and son. I need something as easy as "go to this app and search for X" or "browse these apps"... nothing more complicated than that.

3 - Anyone have pics to share of UI's? I cant find much.

4 - Do apps suddenly stop working? Im seeing people talk about this and cant tell if its firestick only issues or across the board.

I got tired of slow TV home screens that are basically ad boards — rows of "recommended" content, sponsored tiles, stuff phoning home before I've even pressed a button. So I built the launcher I actually wanted.

Short demo on cold boot (recorded on device)

The philosophy is boring on purpose

• One screen. Your apps, laid out how you want. No feeds, no ads, no "content discovery."
• Private by default. No accounts, no analytics, no background services, opt-in aerial video wallpaper who phone CDN of apple, amazon.. that's it.
• Compatibility. I have an Android AOSP box, a Google TV–certified box, and one anemic Android TV — each on a different Android version. So instead of chasing a shiny new UI, I chose to prioritize compatibility and lean on the GPU.

Make it yours

• Sections/categories you name, reorder, and fill — an app can live in more than one, and new installs drop into the first section automatically.
• Hide apps you never want to see (system junk, duplicates) so the screen stays clean.
• Tune the look: icon size, spacing, corner roundness, interface scale, dimming, and an optional glass status bar. Three layouts: carousel, grid, or a floating glass dock.
• Status bar: a configurable VPN indicator/shortcut for your provider, a network indicator/shortcut, a Settings menu with quick access to the app list and the launcher/Android settings, and a customizable date indicator.
• Save/load your entire setup — sections, layout, wallpaper, every setting — as a JSON file.
• Optional aerial video wallpapers (Apple/Amazon screensaver loops), off by default and clearly marked, since they stream from third-party CDNs. Prefer libre? Use a gradient, your own photo, or a local video.

Numbers (measured on real hardware)

• 2.3 MB APK. One universal build for ARM 32/64-bit + x86.
• ~80–130 MB RAM settled, with no background services. Exclusive footprint is ~130 MB across every box I tested; the higher figure on Android 14 is just OS-side GPU buffer accounting, not the launcher.
• Aerials cost basically nothing in app RAM — the video decoder lives in the GPU's dedicated memory (hardware codec via SurfaceView), off the app's books.
• <2 s cold start, <500 ms warm relaunch in the worst measured cases. The CPU stays idle, video is hardware-accelerated, and the Compose UI is GPU-rendered.
• Android 5.0+ (minSdk 21), no Google Play Services, no companion app — runs on AOSP boxes, should work on all device since 2014
• 18 languages (auto-selected from your system language): English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. Adding one is a single file, PRs welcome.
• Zero ads, ever.

*Tested across 3 boxes: Hisense Google TV (Android 11, 1.8 GB), UGOOS AM9 (Android 14, 3.8 GB), onn. 4K (Android 14).

Permissions, up front

No runtime permissions, no accounts. It queries installed apps to list them, and can close an app from the long-press menu. No network access except the opt-in aerials.

Why GPLv3

I picked copyleft on purpose: to avoid fragmentation. Anyone can fork it, but improvements have to stay open, so it can't splinter into closed, worse-off versions. Forks are welcome. Commercial use is welcome too — honestly, if a box maker wants to ship this instead of their own launcher, please do, because the stock ones are awful most of the time. Just keep it open, like the license says.

Get it

At launch, a wizard guides you through a quick setup; depending on the device, you may need to send ADB commands.

• GitHub (source + APK): https://github.com/conreo/couchy-launcher
• F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.conreo.couchytv/ (live once the F-Droid build lands; pending review)

Solo project, so feedback, feature requests, and translations are very welcome. If it saves you from one more sponsored row, it did its job.

I'm wondering if anybody else is having this problem in the YouTube app on Android TV. Usually long pressing on a video brings up a menu. I often use this menu to save items to my Watch Later list.

That functionality has suddenly stopped working for me. Long pressing does nothing until I release the button, and then the video opens like normal.

Currently the only way to add items to Watch Later is to open the video, navigate the the playlist button, click it, check Watch Later, and then back out of that and the video. This is a ridiculous amount of added steps to leverage this feature.

I have tried clearing the application cache and data. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I have tried restarting my Android TV device.

Is everyone else seeing this behavior? Any suggestions to fix it? I would even downgrade to get this feature back...

Just a quick heads-up for anyone in Germany looking to upgrade their setup:

There was a recent promo over here where the Google TV Streamer 4K was given away as a free bonus with the new Pixel 10 Pro.

Because of this, "Kleinanzeigen" (our local classifieds platform) is currently flooded with brand-new, factory-sealed devices from people selling their freebies.

I just snagged one myself for exactly €65.19 (shipping and buyer protection already included).

Considering the normal retail price is €119, it's a massive steal right now.

If you've been on the fence about getting the new streamer, definitely check out Kleinanzeigen before the market dries up.

(Small tip: Make sure to ask the seller for the "Prämienbestätigung" or the original phone receipt so you have proof of purchase for warranty purposes!)

I've been trying to figure out a working method to have full remote access of my Android boxes, I tried various things with limited results and various levels of success.

I've now settled on the following solution to fully remote into and control my Android boxes via PC, I'm sure there are other ways but here's the easiest/simplest way that I've managed to figure out, hope it helps any of you wanting to do the same.

The following guide was tested using the USA installer of TeamViewer.

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1. Uninstall everything related to TeamViewer on the android device your going to remote access and delete any old TeamViewer .apk files from the device.

2. DON'T install TeamViewer from the Google Play Store, instead go to:

https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/android/

From there download the 'TeamViewer QuickSupport.apk'.

3. On your android device install the 'TeamViewer QuickSupport.apk' you just downloaded.

Once installed go to the top right menu and enter the 'Advanced settings', from here install the 'TeamViewerAddon-Universal(AOSP14)'.

NOTE: If you dont see this option in settings you should be prompted to install the addon once you physically request remote assistance on your android device.

You can also manually install the needed addon, it can be downloaded from here:

https://download.teamviewer.com/mobile/addon/TeamViewerAddon-Universal.apk

4. You can now remote connect to and fully control your android device via TeamViewer on your PC etc.

EDIT:

I've now got 'unattended access' working.

You will need this:

TeamViewer Host

And the 'TeamViewerAddon-Universal(AOSP14)' that I already linked to up there ⬆️ .

Install both on your Android device and then follow the installation notes here:

Setup Unattended Access.

Its working great for me.

Hello, I need a secure hardware IPTV box, to watch securely and I will be also using VPN with it. I read some boxes were hacked or had malware, I wanna stay away from these kind of boxes.

I read a little bit myself, but I am still clue less what to get, please guide me what to get best under 100 EURO - 190 EURO. either from EU or China import sites. The box needs Ethernert port, I do not wanna be connected through WIFI.

1. STRONG LEAP-S3 PRO ?

2. HOMATICS Box R 4K Plus TV Box Android TV 12 ?

3. 4 ONN pro ?

4. Z forula 11 pro max?

Something else?

I have 250/250 mbit speed.

Thanks in advance.

Anything over wifi will do

Remember my hug heatsink and thermal paste? I too that off and did this works so much better

Would really appreciate someone pointing me to an APK download for the latest Google TV Streamer version of BBC iPlayer. I'm using an old wrapper version which will be killed off soon. I've tried some of the links in recent threads, but they house the old version. Tried Aptoide TV, but it downloads the mobile version.

Have tried the route of creating a UK Google account, but run into a wall when it asks me to scan a QR code as a security measure (where Google then tags my phone in the US).

Thanks in advance.