Hello: (my apologies in advance for so much detail)
This is a sort of follow up to a question I asked before but probably could have worded it better. So I’m going to be more specific and with a proposed thought on how to make the problem go away.
First: Per instructions to my original post, I reset my Firestick 4K to factory settings and added any apps nor deleted any of the bloatware that comes loaded.
Every day I get a message that states I need to “run a speed test for accurate troubleshooting recommendations”. As you can see from the attached photo, I am getting more than 200Mbps download speed. I did not take the photo AFTER running the test to demonstrate that there is plenty of speed. After I run a test, I end up with the same results within 10% up or down. I am running on the 5 band side and the router and modem are within 10 feet of the Firestick. So that issue remains. I did a poor job of explaining the problem last time so maybe this will help get me a better answer.
Also, I downloaded an app for my WiFi to see if I am dropping the signal which might cause this to happen but then when I run the test it’s back up. I’ve run the app for 5 days and sometimes it will drop a bit, but no disconnects and no less than 120-140 Mbps ever with or without the VPN on or off. Very little latency.
Question:
What could be causing this problem?
Issue #2 I use Amazon Silver to display content except when the app has it’s own player. For some unknown reason, it will fill up the cache to about 200 MB at which point the horizontal bubbles indicating buffering shows up and I have to come out of the app (an IPTV app), clear the cache, and go back to the channel I was watching. I make sure that every other app has zero cache when possible to maximize space on the Firestick. So I bought an OTD cable and have lots of various thumb drives available in speed and sizes.
Question: Would it be possible to install the Amazon Silver player alone on the thumb drive and thereby give it more room to fill up? And when those ads come up on the right side of the channel list, I try to shut them down as fast as possible because they also add cache (or so it seems).
Thank you and again, please advise if I should have broken this into 2 topics, but though they might be somehow related.