Hi @Pawsrancher
I hear and get your frustration and understand. If I can offer a bit of solace is that with repetition comes learning and understanding. Just keep trying and asking questions.
Now as far as Amazon bloatware bogging down the Firestick performance, you can disable most of the stuff which will help the Firestick performance some.Open the @TROYPOINT RAI, download and install the DeBloater app. Once you run it, you should notice a difference.
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Thank you. I will give that a try. I have run whatever is recommended over the years. With only Ipvanish and Kodi on my stick right now, I only have 1.6 gig available. Not sure how much I can put on it before it will have issues but since I didnât know what part of the puzzle causes what issue, I have kept it with at least 1.5 free. I used to have over 2 free with just cinema and Cyberflix. Just seems like way too much space taken up by things I will never use and donât want on here. I will give it a try. Thanks again!
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I did just installed unlinked and then downloaded cinema and Cyberflix and when I went to the home screen, then apps, they arenât there. Then went back to unlinked and it said that library is not available. So I deleted the library and added it again. Went to cinema and it doesnât give me the option to download again, only to launch, delete or dhow in file explorer. When I hit launch, it says installation failed. So I went back and hit delete. And then download again and again, installation failed. Ugh!
Hi @Pawsrancher
No worries, you got this.
Your set up on your stick is not to dissimilar to mine, so if I might make a few suggestions that will go along way to improving your streaming experience and less frustrating.
Go into the your stick and click on applications and force stop and clear cache daily.
As far as IPVanish, set it up to a city close to you and the server that gives you the most download speed. It also helps to turn off your router too on occasion.
Come back here with any more questions. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here to help.
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When you click on it again you have to click âlaunchâ that starts the apk installer. Once youâve finished the install click Cinema again in applinked and click delete. This will remove the apk you downloaded, after installing you donât need it.
Now you will see it in your apps.
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As others have said once you hit install its done you go back to your home screen and there it is.
No need to launch again after itâs already installed or that error comes up.
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Thank you. I do stop everything and clear cache daily and I get back about .15 from all of the useless Amazon crap that keeps running. And I do select a different city if things arenât working right. Years ago I found that by changing the city and sometimes the country, I can get links that I didnât get the first time I tried. Oddly, Australia works quite wellđ. When I first started using the stick, I could get most shows within minutes of the end of their original airing and now I am lucky if hey even show up two days later in the episode list and sometimes it is a week before I can get a link. Some networks donât get any links in Oath on Kodi. It seems they are things from Discovery channel or Nat Geo or HGTV and a few others.
But I am not sure why I canât get cinema to download from unlinked. I generally work 16-18 hours a day and I just want to watch a show when I break for lunch. Instead I have spent the last 1.5 hours (which is longer than I break for) trying to get a working streaming app. Who has time to do all of this stuff?!
Except it isnât there on the Home Screen or in the apps manager
Thank you, But it isnât there, which is the issue. And yes, I have allow known apps checked. So that is why I am frustrated.
I think something had a weird conflict.
Uninstall troypoint app
Uninstall unlinked.
Uninstalll any apps you donât need or use and clean the device.
Make sure the device is getting power via wall outlet (dongle devises firesticks)
Reinstall the Troyâs app. Reinstall unlinked put in the code and wait till it appears.
Then download cinema and install.
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Thanks, I will try that next time I have some time
What you speak of, is exactly why my wife doesnât embrace cord cutting completely. She works 12-14 hour days; she just wants to come home make a few clicks and âboomâ she relaxing and watching something. Cord cutting does take some effort, as you have stated; so follow the recommendations presented here, come back here with your questions when you have time and weâll help.
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Then it wasnât installed. Unlinked click the app then click download. When done click the app logo again, then click launch, once install is complete click done on the apk installer now click app logo one last time and click delete. I know it works as I just did it to be sure. Close out and the app is there on my Wolf home screen.
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Thank for your understanding! So I just got a few minutes to try to grab a bite to eat and maybe watch a show and I see that several icons on firestick are greyed out and I click on Kodi, it starts, click on Oath and it wonât open and says there is an error. So I go to the Home Screen to go to manage apps and was going to force stop Kodi and clear cache to see if that helps. I get to the manage apps that shows how much available space you have and it says I have 408 mb when yesterday I had 1.65 gig. I click in and no new apps but now all of a sudden Kodi has 2.33 gig size and 2.18 gig storage. What theâŚ.? So I am obviously uninstalling it but how does that happen?
My suggestion is to make sure your firestick is hooked up with a power source and wall outlet. Not the TV as a power source.
Also Iâd put kodi and bigger apps on a USB stick or alternative source of storage.
For your icons. You could try disabling updates. I highly recommend storage for your stick. Nothing large just enough for the heavy hauler apps.
I think your available ram is being used up and possibly not enough power.
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I would up going directly to Cinemaâs website and downloading from there (sorry admins if this is a breach of something, I just want my Cinema back. Couldnât get it to load from unlinked which just confuses me LOL.
Thanks for being a patron and your support.
Welcome to our community.
I had to edit your link out but yes that is also an option to get this apk.
Unlinked is working including cinema, see my topic on it. There is also guides on unlinked too.
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