Every device/gadget has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Although easy to operate, even they contain many flaws. There are a number of ways to treat such issues. Few of them are following. Let’s learn more about Amazon Fire Stick Stuck On Home Screen.
· Restart
· Wait for the device
· Reboot the fire stick
· Change the HDMI ports
· HDCP compliance check
· Update the software
· Try fire stick on other device
1. To restart
· The device. If one is watching Amazon Prime videos on television set, then they can switch off the television and open it again. One can switch off the television either by remote or by buttons available on the TV set itself. Many of the times, this old trick works.
· The fire stick. The fire stick is small gadget attached to the television set or laptop. One can remove the fire stick and re-attach after 1 minute or so.
· The settings. One can restart the fire stick by going to settings.
• Click on home screen
• Click on settings
• Click on My fire TV
• Select the restart option
· One can do the above-mentioned steps again by using remote itself. In remote also there is a button called home screen.
• Press the home screen button
• Go to settings
• Click on My fire TV
• And select the restart option
2. Wait for the device: many a time, if you just leave the home screen for some time, it may restart on its own. Sometimes, due to multiple clicking this happens and waiting for the device to operate on its own can help. Give the device its own time.
Some researches reveal that waiting for about 25 minutes can be helpful too.
3. Reboot the fire stick. To reboot the fire stick, press and hold the back button for 10 seconds. Then click on the reset button and wait for a pop-up message.
4. Change the HDMI ports. The television sets that have been made in the recent 5-10 years usually have only two HDMI ports. Thus, there could be some issue with these ports itself. These manufacturing defects can be operated and thus changed accordingly.
Many a time, if you don’t clean these ports properly then that could also be a problem. Stuck air or dust could also be one of the reason that Amazon log is stuck on home screen.
• Plug the fire stick on another port
• Or clean both the ports once and then re plug the fire stick.
5. HDCP compliance. High bandwidth digital content protection. This HDCP protects the device from piracy. If the device is not HDCP compliant, then one can update the software manually. Before update the software, we should know whether the device is HDCP compliant. And to check update there are following steps.
• Click to settings on your FIRE TV menu
• Go to display and sounds
• Select display and then select video resolution
• Click on auto on resolution setting
The notification will tell whether the device is supports HDCP 2.2 or not. If not, then software has to be updated.
6. Update the software manually. As discussed above, if the device is not HDCP, one has to update the software manually. For updating the software, there are following steps.
• From home screen, click on to settings
• Choose My fire TV menu
• Click on about on My fire TV menu
• Then click check for updates
• If it is not updated then select installation update
• Wait for the update process which many take 5-15 minutes
7. Try the fire stick on any other device. To check whether the fore stick is working properly or not, we can plug the fire stick on any other television, or laptop or phone. If the fire stick is not working then you have to go to the store and ask the manufacturer on what has to be done.
CONCLUSION:
Try fire stick on other device The fire stick is small gadget attached to the television set or laptop. One can restart the fire stick by going to settings. Click on my fire TV wait for the device. Plug the fire stick on another port. Or clean both the ports once and then re plug the friend stick. If the device is not HDCP complaint, then one can update the software manually.
Frequently asked questions
Question 1. What is an Amazon fire stick?
Ans. It’s a video streaming device that operates from Amazon.
Question 2. What video content can be viewed through Amazon fire stick?
Ans. One can view free videos as well as subscribed channels through Amazon fire stick. Subscribed channels like Netflix, Hot star, Voot etc.
Question 3. How can I unplug Amazon fire stick?
Ans. One can take it out from HDMI portal or switch off the power button itself.
Question 4. Can I use a fire stick without internet connection?
Ans. No. One needs internet connection in Wi-Fi form to allow the video to stream.
