Granted… some of these Devices could be considered obsolete by dating back 4 years- but it seems that every Firestick, fire4k, litestick, and now Insignia firetv’s ALL seem to have either completely crashed or is on the brink of it with freezing, restarting, failing to launch apps, or taking an extreme amount of time to load one- all have ample storage available with extended usb storage, use with and without VPN, and regularly clean house with clearing caches and apps.
This is all happening so close to each other- almost seems like a crazy software mechanism installed by Amazon that detonates and expires the devices after a certain time of being in use/on the market-
Just wondering if anyone out there have noticed anything similar?
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Nah Amazon wouldn’t dare add anything that would brick your device. A 4 yr old stick is pretty darn good. I updated mine about every 2 yrs as the new ones were released. I haven’t bothered with the new 2nd gen Max with FireOS 8. Waiting to see how things play out. The biggest issue is the devs releasing new apps for the new FireTV and not making them backwards compatible.
Have you tried to reset them to factory? My Lite still works wonderful. As long as you keep ample storage it should work fine.
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prob needs good clean up ie data and cache
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My firestick 4k max runs okay for about one half hour then it goes black then the Amazon arrow comes on. In the corner it says its loading then starts all over again. I have done a factory reset. I have IP vanish and real debris so have no idea what is happening. Any ideas would be appreciated.
How much free space do you have left? Ate you using the power brick? Are you using the hdmi extender to keep it away from the TV? So 3 main issues causing reboot are overheating, bad power source, not enough free space.
Have good power source, using the hdmi extender and have free space.
How much free space? I always recommend 1.5GB+ . Be sure you’re plugged into house current and not the TVs USB. Is this the 2023 4K Max? If it’s new then I’d contact Amazon for a replacement. As you’ve done a factory reset then I can’t see it’s an app conflict so I’m out of guesses. Sorry.
That’s the same behavior that happened to a couple of our older Sticks after they’d been used awhile.
I’d go to Walmart and buy the $20 ONN box and ask for a refund for the Stick.
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