Thought I’d post my exerience installing & configuring an ONN 4K Plus
Available at Walmart for $29.88
I followed the Troypoint Supercharge video to set it up, thanks Troy for another excellent video:
This video was made about 1 month prior to my install. After the ONN was connected to my network it downloaded & installed updates. Some steps shown in the video were not the same in my process, the updates did change some things.
Interestingly the remote just worked with my LG TV, I had to do nothing. Was not even prompted at all. Ditto for picture configuration. I did go into Settings and found where I can make adjustments but none were needed.
I followed Troy’s instructions to install & configure a custom launcher and an app that provides for remapping buttons on the remote as well as adding a mouse pointer to it:
tvQuickActions Pro $3.99 + tax google play store, lifetime license / unlimited android devices
Also bought TekDocUK’s DNS Switcher to block ads in streaming apps such as Cinema HD & BeeTV:
$1.99 + tax google play store, lifetime license / unlimited android devices
It works great, thanks TekDocUK!!!
Many apps are in the google play store, others you must go to other repos and sideload them.
Mostly I tried to install the same apps I use on my Fire TV Sticks (I have 3 sticks, a 4K, 4k Max and 4K Max
2nd Gen plus a 32" Fire TV), but some do not seem to be available for Google TV, or at least I was unable to find them so far. Not many in this category, DefSquid is one example. I’m looking for other utilities tha may be of use on this box.
Update: I found a work around for DefSquid. I found the correct URL to get it directly.
Open a browser on the ONN 4K Plus, enter the following URL and go there.
It will download & you can install it:
https://28907.co.uk/downloads/defsquid/DefSquid_v1.7.1.apk
My preferred player in MX Player Pro. The link for this in the Troypoint Toolbox repo is broken (at the time of my install), but I did find it in another repo & got Cinema HD working correctly.
The standard apps we use, Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu & Disney+ are all in the google play store, no problems getting them installed & logged in. These are actually options in the Google TV setup process, you just pick them & they get installed during the setup.
BeeTV: I used to use BeeTV with RealDebrid & it was a good app. I also used IPVanish VPN. Later I changed to Surfshark VPN, all was still well. Then RealDebrid announced it was shutting down service & I switched to Premiumize.
I got Premiumize to work with Cinema HD with no problems. Not so with BeeTV. It says it’s logged in but shows no Premiumize streams. It also doesn’t show MX Player as a player that can be selected, so I gave up on using it at the time.
With the ONN 4K Plus, I gave it another shot & installed it. No change, still can’t pick that player, still no premiumize links, I guess this one is a lost cause at this time.
Xfinity Stream (I can’t get my wife to totally give up on cable yet, so we still have Xfinity) is not supported for GoogleTV but I did find a wor around:
On my Windows PC I went to the APKMirror.com web site & searched for “Xfinity Stream (Fire TV / Android TV)” and found a page with multiple versions.
Xfinity Stream (Fire TV / Android TV) 8.9.0.0 (Android 7.0+) is the one I installed that works.
Download to PC
Copy APK to USB drive
Use OTG cable to connect USB drive to ONN 4K Plus - the ONN 4K is known to be fussy about this, known compatible OTG cable and USB drives:
Use a file app on the ONN 4K to navigate to the APK
Open & install it. Note that you can copy the file to the ONN but I didn’t bother, I just installed from the USB drive.
If you’re not adding anything else, there’s no need for a USB hub. Just plug the USB drive directly into the OTG cable.
com.xfinity.cloudtvr.tenfoot_8.9.0.0-80900000 works. When I start it, it tells me that I need to update the app but the version in the google store is not compatible with the ONN, so it doesn’t update. But the app actually does work.
Once I got everything installed & configured we started using various apps to watch shows. This has so far been with zero problems or issues. It’s actually worked better than my Fire TV Stick 4K Max Gen2, or any of my prior versions. We’ve experienced no buffering isssues at all. One thing we’ve dealt with for years on Fire TV Sticks in Cinema HD is if we’re watching a stream & pause it for very long, when we resume playing it will freeze up. We have to exit the app, come back in and restart the video, fast-forwarding back to where we left off.
This has not happened a single time with the ONN 4K Plus & we’ve been using it a lot for about 2 weeks now.
All in all it’s a solid little box, easy to use & perfoming quite well.
Walmart also sells an ONN remote for $12.84, so if you need a 2nd one (we do) they’re available:
The 2nd one does not pair as a remote. Go to Settings and then add an accessory. Place the new remote in pairing mode & it will be added & both remotes will work. The replacement lacks the Free TV button in the middle, but has everything else & the dimensions are exactly the same as the original.
My verdict at this time is that I really like this little streamer a lot.
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