Originally published at: https://troypoint.com/new-fire-tv-stick-4k-max-review/
The new 2023 Fire TV Stick 4K Max is now available and is receiving tons of attention due to a few anticipated features. It’s been two years since Amazon introduced the first Fire TV Stick 4K Max which was the most popular Firestick to date due to increased CPU performance and the addition of WiFi…
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I upgraded to the Fire TV Stick 4K Max and tried to upload the Superman Build. I must have done a Fresh Install at least 5 or 6 times and each time it eventually kicked me out with an error message basically saying it exceeded the 200 MB maximum. What am I doing wrong?
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I received mine on Friday and set it up and the picture quality is way better than my old fire stick, not as good as my Walmart Android unit but better than older fire stick. Haven’t had a chance to side load apps but probably won’t since my Walmart android box is working fine so far.
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I received my FS4kM Friday and it paired with Real-Debrid and haven’t looked back. Definitely better quality all the way around. My only issue is that when I sideloaded my apps, their picture icon does not show up on the home screen of my Samsung TV. It just shows an empty box with a little mountain with a line going through it never saw this problem before can anybody help? Thank you.
Been addressed a ton of times. Read Troy’s review at the top of this thread.
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I recently tried using the Debloater App, from the Troypoint Tool Box, with disastrous results! I was setting up my new 2nd Gen FS Max, with Launcher & Wolf Launcher. I downloaded and ran the Debloater App, from the Troypoint Tool Box. The Stick froze, unresponsive to the remote. Now it displays a black screen with the Fire TV logo. It’s as if there’s no BT connection to the Stick. Is it bricked? Send it back under warranty? TIA. 
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“It seems to me that Amazon doesn’t do a good job of testing these devices as there are a few problems that should have been found immediately upon inspection.”
My thought along these lines is that most consumers are not going to be “supercharging” their Firesticks anyway. We’re kind of a niche crowd here who go through the fun/headaches of tweeking our devices to do our biddings.
Most people just wanna plug-n-play out of the box.
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The new Max is Fire OS 8 and I doubt TDUK has one for this OS. Can you try the voice control and pressing the button just say settings and see if the settings will open and then the remote may allow you to go to installed apps, open the debloater and uncheck everything then hit apply and hopefully it will reverse the changes and hit uninstall and don’t use it again. There should be a warning not to use this app unless you know what each setting does. gl2u
I have the previous version and I am happy with the device. As much as I would like to upgrade my device I will definitely be waiting for the next upgrade. Meaning I don’t see a bunch of upgrades on the new device yet. Yes it is better but not enough for me to go out and purchase another one. I want to purchase a new device that will Wow me. Not just the same mo same mo…you know what I mean.
So for the folks that purchased it, Congrats. But it is not for me. I will be waiting for the next one in hopes that it will have better fantastic upgrades that we could not live without. Perhaps the next device that will Wow me may take two or three years but at least it will Wow me. Later…
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I went out and bought a new FS4KMax just 1 hour before receiving the email from Troy on this Firestick. Had I read it before, I think I would have waited because the side load icon issue is or will be a big problem for the wife. I can figure it out with the use of sideload launcher, but it still a pita. Why couldn’t Amazon get this right on this one if they had the same problem on the previous version?
100% agree with yor commenst and review.
I’ve had limited sucess with EZ File Manager. This is able to create and delete folders/files on the internal storage where X-plorer and everything else I tried now fails. Was able to get Wolf Launcher and Cinema settings restored
This was one of the issues Troy pointed out in his video. there is no work-around right now.
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The name of the app is displayed above it.
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The downloader app is present
I am attempting to install KODI 20.9 on my new Firestick 4K max. When I click KODI 20.9, it appears to download the app, but after clicking “INSTALL,” a new screen pops up, stating:
DOWNLOADER
FOR YOUR SECURITY, YOUR TV IS NOT ALLOWED TO INSTALL UNKNOWN APPS FROM THIS SOURCE.
Needless to say, I was unable to install the app.
My TV is a SAMSUNG SERIES 7-75 SMART TV. Is there another way to install KODI?
Thank you in advance for your input; it is appreciated.
Respectfully
Lonnie McIntyre
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Hello, you must turn on Developer Options and then enable Unknown Sources for Downloader. Since you are a Patron you can see my video where I go through all of that at the following link.
https://troypointinsider.com/t/new-fire-tv-stick-4k-max-first-impressions-video/96423
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I bought the the Fire TV Stick 4k max, but it doesn’t have 16 gigs, it has 5 gigs?
If it’s showing as 5 gigs that means you got the 8 Gig version which is the old one from 2021.
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Having read the review and some of the other comments and also the current problems this new device seems to be having, I will give it a miss for now and stick with my Firecube.
Whilst not being as portable it gives me all I want for the moment and no problems.
I use the now older Firestick 4K max for when I am away from home and for that fairly limited use alone I will wait and see what transpires and whether all these bugs etc. are fixed over time.
I bought the 4kmax on release. Overall, it is better due to storage, however one real drawback to me is how much it fights me on loading sling. I have it primarily for a husband who watches way too much news and likes to compare premium sources. For now, he will have to access it throught the Tv’s aps. I have the patience of a toddler and have yet to get it installed and easily accessible on the firestick. I do resent the tendency of amazon to want all apps to be addons of their service rather than easily added by the consumer as separate services.
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