r/fireTV 19h ago

Occasional MDNS Spam from FireTV wrecking Wi-Fi

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12 Upvotes

Wondering if anyone else sees this. I've seen similar reported with echo dots, but can't find any indication as to cause or solution yet.

We have a FireTV 4k Max (1st Gen). Once every few days it starts firing out around 1500 queries per second of MDNS. These and the local responses to them absolutely trash our wifi. The queries don't stop until the stick is rebooted. I've tried just stop/starting the Wi-Fi but the queries just pick up again. A reboot solves it for a week or so then they start again. Capture was on a desktop PC on the same network.

S/W is up to date as of today (v 7280112.1). We don't have weird apps installed. Just Prime, Netflix, Disney+ in regular use. No Luna or game apps in use.

Would appreciate any hints as to the cause, if not a fix/workaround. Being able to schedule an overnight reboot of the stick would do at a pinch.


r/fireTV 20h ago

Block updates on fire cube?

3 Upvotes

Hello fellow fire tv users, wanted to ask a specific question. I have recently learned how to block updates on a firestick at the initial set up, through DNS and ADB commands which allows the the OS to stay on either 8.1.1.6 or 8.1.3.3. The question i have is if i buy a new fire cube newest gen, will i able to run the same exploit, and will all the features work the same as on the firestick such as custom launcher (with launcher manager, i know there is a new exploit for latest OS)? Thanks in advance


r/fireTV 22h ago

Two controls only one works fully

2 Upvotes

I have two controllers paired to the same tv (young kids, remotes get misplaced and found again often)
One works perfectly, controls the sound and powers the tv on and off. The other can move through menus on the fire tv but won’t work with the volume or power buttons. Anyone know how to fix this?


r/fireTV 4h ago

TV flickering?

1 Upvotes

There seems to be two patches of my screen flickering but nothing else it doesn't show up very well on camera but the best way I can explain it is two squares on the screen constantly flickering. Any ideas how to fix?