I downloaded cinema app and the media app.for every 10 movies I try to play I might be able to play 3. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong.all my settings are correct.other than that idk.thank a bunch, hope I get a reply from someone.
Wow...had a lot of things already turned off, but followed your direction all the way through. First time I can actually watch any movie under any resolution all the way through with out constant stoppages in the movie. Thanks a million!
I just stumbled across your video, but it feels like I just stumbled onto a gold mine. It's s everything I didn't know that I NEEDED! I'm extremely appreciative that you choose to share such practical information. NOWHERE else would I have learned ALL that- and trust me, it was ALL news to me, let alone find myself giving my whole system a 360 degree revamp, after watchingand copying every single thing you said and did, and I'm so grateful to know that I need to be a part of the process proactively. feeling so much better about my home space. So useful! Thank you so much!
I take everyone I meet wearing camo pants and a unbuttoned collared shirt seriously. Love how you tied it all together with a different print camo hat.
You should tell them to clear the cache on Screensaver too to save storage... that thing can use almost 1 GB of your storage. Screensaver data accumulates every time so you have to constantly clear the cache to avoid "not enough storage space" message when you're watching movies.
As an ex hacker. Let me fill you in. Turning off any of these settings doesnt do anything for your privacy. Literally everything that comes and goes from the firestick is recorded at the modem level. Before your vpn, before your privacy settings etc. You're literally not doing anything to Amazon's data collection. If you want to... then get a router. Install ddwrt on it and customize it heavily. Then you can control your traffic.
Rich of all the people ive listened to on u tube , i like your presentations overall best. and you dont rush through like others do. thanks pal .....Richman youre the go to man when i need help youre AAAA thanks
Very, very useful. Recently bought a 4K fire stick at Black Friday price, so I just now did all the steps in real time as I watched your video. Thank you very much.
I just followed your steps on my Firestick 4k and just cleared the cache, force stop on all applications and restarted my firestick. Going to see how it works now after following all of your precise steps and will let you know. In the meantime, new subscriber with ALL notifications here. Hi from FL 🌴
@@RichmanKnowsTech so far, so good! I don't see any issues. I DO have a couple of ?'s for ya though....Do you still use CatMouse app? And also Does Black Panther app still work or is that obsolete? And do you have a file linked account you share ? Thanks in advance! ~beth 🌴
Nice and clear tutorial. I haven’t turned on my fire stick in so many months but I think I already turned off most of these. I have an Xbox. A Roku and a chromecast so depends on what I feel like streaming with. I always felt the fire stick was a tad laggy compared to my other devices. The Xbox UI is much more satisfying to use than Roku or fire stick. I’ll go double check my settings today and try my firestick again. I upgraded my original one for a newer one early this year because it was on some sort of crazy sale,but I found I still don’t use it all that often.
Dark Revenge72 I’m still a big fan of popcorn time on my computer. Will spend some time with my firestick this weekend and maybe liberate it since it’s just sitting unused on my tv.
If I could give this 1000 likes I would.. my firestick was lagging and buffering nonstop.. I did everything you said and actually watched an entire movie without it stopping once .. if I ff or rw before it would freeze up .. after this my worked as if I was watching a DVD. It's perfect 👌 thank you for the information 😊
Dude you are awesome. I watched 6 videos and non helped my. Your video got mine to work. 2 important point you mentioned. "Firestick works on all TV smart and not smart" And "make sure your HDMI is at 1080 p" Other videos dont mention this. Only my HDMI3 port is 1080. SO when I was plugging it onto HDMI 1 and 2, the firestick did not work. After watching your video I found out it must be 1080 Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you for sharing this information... I am going to clear up my firestick today! Yes I have the IPVanish and love the feeling of being protected while streaming.
I believe settings such as these are just to give the impression that we actually have control over our devices and they are monitored whether off or on unfortunately. I'm still making the adjustments.... Just in case
I was thinking the same thing ,but what about turning them off will make them think that we are doing something behind there back,you know what I'm trying to say 🤷🏽♂️
Good info!! Couldn't help but giggle at the remote pointing at different parts of the screen. You could say it was just pointing but I'm going to believe he is instinctively pointing at what he's trying to manipulate.
Thank you! This was very helpful and timely as I was multi-tasking watching YT on my phone while also watching stuff on my tv using my Fire Stick when I came across your video. 🤣
Isn’t it ironic that the reason I am seeing this video is that I recently researched Firesticks because Disney wasn’t working on mine. Thanks for the info.
I'm new to your channel and I appreciate whatever info you're sharing. Thankfully you speak in a clearly understandable way that's not so rushed that I have to constantly re-watch the content you're sharing. Thank you
This is WONDERFUL information. As a Customer that buy all of the TECH gadgets, whether TV,comps phones.,... ETC.,. We to stand up for others and ourselves. For that matter anything type of, " MERCHANDISE". 😁👍🤷
Your video was so helpful and your explanation was so easy to follow. I just finished the Fire Stick in the bedroom and I am on my way to do the one on the living room TV. I am subscribing to Richman Knows Tech.
You say to use a vpn service and disable all the tracking info. If you are using a vpn they will not be able to track you because your ip address is masked. Great video
I'm very new to this but have computer background experience. I also would leave notifications on for updates.. if you don't mind me asking, what build are using and do you use Real Debian ( I believe it's called ) Thanks in advance. I want to set this up correctly.
Thanks for the video, i followed your instructions but afterwards youtube and IPTV wouldn't work, youtube came back the next morning but the iptv still doesn't work, everything comes up ok but it won't play anything, i will go back through and undo what i did plus am waiting on a new micro sd card then will try to download something else.
Nice and informative. That's a good start to keep user data a little more save. Maybe take it a step further and get rid of the remote with its microphone; there are alternatives like Logitech Harmony, wich can control FireTV, too. Just without the everlistening Amazon ears. And to make it geeky: set up a PiHole, add Trackerslists and such stuff. It really helps. But don't over-do it; you have to sacrifice at least a few data to use your device ;)
I've mobdro all the sport movie channels just loaded them up.took me all friggin day.if I go into any of these settings am I going to loose all my hard work.i love free tv.but nice to hear that there is people out there trying for us.take care buddy out there.
Interesting video but what most people don't know is that even if you turn this stuff off, its not really off. Like Google, Amazon still collects all your data and privacy and by clicking these settings to the off position will only make you as the customer feel like your safe and secure but little do you know when you sign up for an Amazon account they still have the right to collect all your data. Don't be fooled by turning these off, Amazon will always collect everything you do with your Firestick, including listening through Alexa. Be smart and don't be naive and gullable.
I do not have a problem with Amazon knowing we watch Disney Plus and ITV Player, no big deal. Please explain why you think it is wrong Amazon to know what I watch? I have nothing to hide.
I bet those services also slow the device down. You might want data monitoring turned on if you are on a metered internet connection so you can keep track and not go over.
Yes, data monitoring is useful if you have a data limit set by your ISP. I have updated that in my recent update to this video which you can find here czcams.com/video/0O-zWHOqq0Q/video.html
Been doing this since I first got a Firestick years ago. Also, I've turned off Whisper for games, so many times, and it always turns back on by itself.
Hi, This is probably a stupid question for everyone else looking but I’m new to getting the Firestick. My question is if you turn off all of the notifications from the apps how do you get the latest movies or updates? I received a notification from BeeTV updating me there were 50 more movies so if I turn it off does that mean I won’t get the latest movies or updated version of BeeTV? Just want to clarify I’m understanding correctly how this works. Thanks so much for any help. Mary 😊
Good stuff, had I known I would have done these important things from day one. Thank you for putting this up.. I'd like to try out the VPN you use, I have a couple questions about it, does it have to be turned on every time or does it automatically start running soon as I turn on my device? I stared using another VPN a while back, sometimes its on, other times I have to manually do it. Secondly, if I get 2 or 3 fire sticks do I need to purchase IP Vanish for each device if all are on the same network?
@@1BethMcBeth 👍 me too, if I remember correctly after setting up the firestick one of their VPN's poped up so I got that one, it seemed like it was doing it's job for awhile. Lately for some reason it's been having connection issues that don't seem to have anything to do with the network.
Much appreciated. Came across this by accident. I had a request to update an app on my phone tv. The usual bugs etc. But I noticed it asked new permission for GPS location. I did not do the update. Really? It had Firestick and Fire TV next to the app update request.
This is so GREAT>> Tech is so confusing to me. Questions: I don't have downloader? Just downloads? Do I need that? How do I do that? Thank You so much!
Hello Richman. I've been off the internet since October 10th 2018 when Hurricane Michael and fire destroyed my home and belongings. Its been 3 very rough long years And I've finally got off the streets out of my minivan and in a small room with internet. I just received a insignia firetv and just turned it on and hooked into the internet. Now I'm ready to go into settings and set up the firestick I've always known and there's alot missing from the menu. Most important is myfirestick tv . Am I out of luck installing any apps or do I have to go buy a 3rd party firestick?
Great info. Thank you👍🏼. So quick clarification... You mentioned the apk from downloading additional apps, can be deleted (the apk's) once the app is installed? You don't need the apk to run the app?
I have watched several of your video’s concerning critically low storage space on your Fire Stick. They are excellent and very helpful. But, I continue to have this problem. I have had the Stick about one year. I have never downloaded an App of any type. I used the ES Explorer you recommended. I found no apps other than what came with the Stick and there are no APK’s. I have also cleared the cache on the apps that came with the Stick. I have also turned off all of the applications you recommended. I have only 200mg of usable space. Do you have any ideas as to what is eating the space and how do I find them.
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I just set up my firestick. I don't know if downloader is installed already❓If not how can I download it.
Thank you so much!!! I have a question, should I delete my Kodi apk file?
I downloaded cinema app and the media app.for every 10 movies I try to play I might be able to play 3. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong.all my settings are correct.other than that idk.thank a bunch, hope I get a reply from someone.
Basically everything *off*
End if story. Bye.
@Tristan Case knobhead
Wow...had a lot of things already turned off, but followed your direction all the way through. First time I can actually watch any movie under any resolution all the way through with out constant stoppages in the movie. Thanks a million!
So this stopped all that freezing and annoying buffering for you?
I just stumbled across your video, but it feels like I just stumbled onto a gold mine. It's s everything I didn't know that I NEEDED! I'm extremely appreciative that you choose to share such practical information. NOWHERE else would I have learned ALL that- and trust me, it was ALL news to me, let alone find myself giving my whole system a 360 degree revamp, after watchingand copying every single thing you said and did, and I'm so grateful to know that I need to be a part of the process proactively. feeling so much better about my home space. So useful! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Janeel, glad I could help.
I take everyone I meet wearing camo pants and a unbuttoned collared shirt seriously. Love how you tied it all together with a different print camo hat.
Cad
You should tell them to clear the cache on Screensaver too to save storage... that thing can use almost 1 GB of your storage. Screensaver data accumulates every time so you have to constantly clear the cache to avoid "not enough storage space" message when you're watching movies.
How do you clear the cache on Screensaver?
@@garybrosen Manage apps, select app right click and delete cache.
I just started using my fire stick and I’m so glad to get this information! Thank you!
As an ex hacker. Let me fill you in.
Turning off any of these settings doesnt do anything for your privacy. Literally everything that comes and goes from the firestick is recorded at the modem level. Before your vpn, before your privacy settings etc.
You're literally not doing anything to Amazon's data collection. If you want to... then get a router. Install ddwrt on it and customize it heavily. Then you can control your traffic.
Rich of all the people ive listened to on u tube , i like your presentations overall best. and you dont rush through like others do. thanks pal .....Richman youre the go to man when i need help youre AAAA thanks
Very, very useful. Recently bought a 4K fire stick at Black Friday price, so I just now did all the steps in real time as I watched your video. Thank you very much.
I just got a Firestick and will be taking your advice! Thank you for posting this!
Hope you enjoy it!
I just followed your steps on my Firestick 4k and just cleared the cache, force stop on all applications and restarted my firestick. Going to see how it works now after following all of your precise steps and will let you know. In the meantime, new subscriber with ALL notifications here. Hi from FL 🌴
Did it work? Let me know.
@@RichmanKnowsTech so far, so good! I don't see any issues. I DO have a couple of ?'s for ya though....Do you still use CatMouse app? And also Does Black Panther app still work or is that obsolete? And do you have a file linked account you share ? Thanks in advance! ~beth 🌴
Nice and clear tutorial. I haven’t turned on my fire stick in so many months but I think I already turned off most of these. I have an Xbox. A Roku and a chromecast so depends on what I feel like streaming with. I always felt the fire stick was a tad laggy compared to my other devices. The Xbox UI is much more satisfying to use than Roku or fire stick. I’ll go double check my settings today and try my firestick again. I upgraded my original one for a newer one early this year because it was on some sort of crazy sale,but I found I still don’t use it all that often.
Jailbreak it to get free movies and to shows. Literally Any movie or Rev show you want
Dark Revenge72 I’m still a big fan of popcorn time on my computer. Will spend some time with my firestick this weekend and maybe liberate it since it’s just sitting unused on my tv.
Absolutely no rubbish, Thanks Mr. RichMan. Lots of love and Greetings from India 🇮🇳🤗🎉🎊
Great video even a non tech person like me could follow you without messing something up. Thanks for sharing!
If I could give this 1000 likes I would.. my firestick was lagging and buffering nonstop.. I did everything you said and actually watched an entire movie without it stopping once .. if I ff or rw before it would freeze up .. after this my worked as if I was watching a DVD. It's perfect 👌 thank you for the information 😊
Dude you are awesome. I watched 6 videos and non helped my. Your video got mine to work. 2 important point you mentioned. "Firestick works on all TV smart and not smart" And "make sure your HDMI is at 1080 p" Other videos dont mention this. Only my HDMI3 port is 1080. SO when I was plugging it onto HDMI 1 and 2, the firestick did not work. After watching your video I found out it must be 1080 Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us.
Nice job! You have a very calming way of presenting,,,,,, fatherlike.
Thanks my son, MrMrmetro 😉
@@RichmanKnowsTech what happen to the xenon build
no
Thank you for sharing this information... I am going to clear up my firestick today! Yes I have the IPVanish and love the feeling of being protected while streaming.
Thanks for reminding me to do this! I updated my firesticks earlier this month and forgotten about this.
I believe settings such as these are just to give the impression that we actually have control over our devices and they are monitored whether off or on unfortunately. I'm still making the adjustments.... Just in case
I suspect this too, but I still went in and turned them off...just in case! I'm still going to use a vpn though.
I was thinking the same thing ,but what about turning them off will make them think that we are doing something behind there back,you know what I'm trying to say 🤷🏽♂️
I use my Fire Stick primarily as a retro console with RetroArch, so these settings could be very useful to have 👌
Gezzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!! Can Just Something that Use To Be So Simple As Watching Television Be Any More Complicated!
Good info!!
Couldn't help but giggle at the remote pointing at different parts of the screen. You could say it was just pointing but I'm going to believe he is instinctively pointing at what he's trying to manipulate.
Thank you! This was very helpful and timely as I was multi-tasking watching YT on my phone while also watching stuff on my tv using my Fire Stick when I came across your video. 🤣
Glad it helped!
Isn’t it ironic that the reason I am seeing this video is that I recently researched Firesticks because Disney wasn’t working on mine. Thanks for the info.
Wow, best 8:57 seconds I ever spent on youtube
Thank you so much! Great straightforward content!
How did you get HBO max on your fire stick?
Thank you. It's amazing how many things I missed when I installed a newer Fire Stick.
Excellent presentation. I always wonder if I'm going to screw something else up when disabling settings. Thanks.
Thank you for the advice and easy going video . I went through both my fire sticks and turned a lot of that I didnt know was on.
I'm new to your channel and I appreciate whatever info you're sharing. Thankfully you speak in a clearly understandable way that's not so rushed that I have to constantly re-watch the content you're sharing. Thank you
Thank you Rich. Super useful video. Did all that on my FireTV as you showed in the clip. 👍🏻
🛸👽 camo dude 🚐🥾
Sweet , I didn't know a person could customize their firestick to also be introverted.
Never too late to learn, thank-you so much
Thanks sir.. Greetings from india
Thank YOU, Geetesh!
This is WONDERFUL information. As a Customer that buy all of the TECH gadgets, whether TV,comps phones.,... ETC.,. We to stand up for others and ourselves. For that matter anything type of, " MERCHANDISE". 😁👍🤷
Your video was so helpful and your explanation was so easy to follow. I just finished the Fire Stick in the bedroom and I am on my way to do the one on the living room TV. I am subscribing to Richman Knows Tech.
Thank you Richman for the tip, Hello from Vancouver Canada
You say to use a vpn service and disable all the tracking info. If you are using a vpn they will not be able to track you because your ip address is masked. Great video
Great & honest .. calm & straight to the point .
really well presented, A lot of Americans doing this kind of stuff talk to fast. That is OK if you know what your doing. Rich explains it well.
Great advice, the increase in speed was immediate.
Great video not many people know about those settings. However, I think its important to leave app notifications on it's nice to have updated apps.
I'm very new to this but have computer background experience. I also would leave notifications on for updates.. if you don't mind me asking, what build are using and do you use Real Debian ( I believe it's called )
Thanks in advance. I want to set this up correctly.
Thanks man I just did this on my new firestick
Outstanding advice ~ thx 👌
💗Love it!!
Thanks for the video, i followed your instructions but afterwards youtube and IPTV wouldn't work, youtube came back the next morning but the iptv still doesn't work, everything comes up ok but it won't play anything, i will go back through and undo what i did plus am waiting on a new micro sd card then will try to download something else.
just got my new firestick i love it
Hello Richman.
Do you recommend clean master or another type of app to help keep the firestick cleaned up? Thanks. Loved your video!!!
Nice and informative. That's a good start to keep user data a little more save. Maybe take it a step further and get rid of the remote with its microphone; there are alternatives like Logitech Harmony, wich can control FireTV, too. Just without the everlistening Amazon ears. And to make it geeky: set up a PiHole, add Trackerslists and such stuff. It really helps. But don't over-do it; you have to sacrifice at least a few data to use your device ;)
Exact thing that happened to my tv... watched your video and changed to a roku works great now
Awesome, Montoreus.
Did you switch from a Firestick to a Roku?
Just happened to come to your channel, thank you, thank you.
Thank you I just bought it fire stick 4k your video is very helpful.
Glad I could help
I've mobdro all the sport movie channels just loaded them up.took me all friggin day.if I go into any of these settings am I going to loose all my hard work.i love free tv.but nice to hear that there is people out there trying for us.take care buddy out there.
What app do you use to watch live sports?
Kodi Xanax
I don't even use Fire Sticks anymore but still it's good to have one on standby for a spare or something so thanks.
What do you use now.. not sure where your from but my cable company is the worst literally
Interesting video but what most people don't know is that even if you turn this stuff off, its not really off. Like Google, Amazon still collects all your data and privacy and by clicking these settings to the off position will only make you as the customer feel like your safe and secure but little do you know when you sign up for an Amazon account they still have the right to collect all your data. Don't be fooled by turning these off, Amazon will always collect everything you do with your Firestick, including listening through Alexa. Be smart and don't be naive and gullable.
Very good that information Thank you Alan 🇬🇧. Can I ask as I’ve done similar in the past. When there is an update does it reset Some of them ?
Thanks man do they have this for Apple . It seems like they watch everything we do
No
Let me guess ur age 54
Awesome~Thanks, Rich! 👍👍
I do not have a problem with Amazon knowing we watch Disney Plus and ITV Player, no big deal. Please explain why you think it is wrong Amazon to know what I watch? I have nothing to hide.
Thank u for the great advice!! Sharing w/ my family! 👍🏻
Thanks mate great video 😷
No problem Alexander 👍
I bet those services also slow the device down. You might want data monitoring turned on if you are on a metered internet connection so you can keep track and not go over.
Yes, data monitoring is useful if you have a data limit set by your ISP. I have updated that in my recent update to this video which you can find here czcams.com/video/0O-zWHOqq0Q/video.html
Been doing this since I first got a Firestick years ago. Also, I've turned off Whisper for games, so many times, and it always turns back on by itself.
Hi,
This is probably a stupid question for everyone else looking but I’m new to getting the Firestick. My question is if you turn off all of the notifications from the apps how do you get the latest movies or updates? I received a notification from BeeTV updating me there were 50 more movies so if I turn it off does that mean I won’t get the latest movies or updated version of BeeTV? Just want to clarify I’m understanding correctly how this works. Thanks so much for any help.
Mary 😊
Thanks for the video. I knew about some of these settings but others I never knew. Appreciate your video !
Thank you! My firestick is running better now.
Great to hear!
Good stuff, had I known I would have done these important things from day one. Thank you for putting this up..
I'd like to try out the VPN you use, I have a couple questions about it, does it have to be turned on every time or does it automatically start running soon as I turn on my device? I stared using another VPN a while back, sometimes its on, other times I have to manually do it. Secondly, if I get 2 or 3 fire sticks do I need to purchase IP Vanish for each device if all are on the same network?
ALL great questions and, I hope that Richman replies because I would like to know the same!!!👌
@@1BethMcBeth 👍 me too, if I remember correctly after setting up the firestick one of their VPN's poped up so I got that one, it seemed like it was doing it's job for awhile. Lately for some reason it's been having connection issues that don't seem to have anything to do with the network.
Naw... VPN services allow for a certain number of devices you can run it on, even at the same time. Nordstrom has something like 6 allowable.
Awesome advice, I just bought a fire stick television and did these apps and saved a gigabyte so thank you
Awesome video with easy to follow instructions!
Glad you think so!
Thank you for this! I had no idea I need to do this!
nice pic
This video was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you Richman, very useful video.
Thank you very easy to understand instructions and great that you show us exactly what to do slowly so we can follow you. 👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you ! Very helpful.
Thanks Bob, glad it helped!
You Rock sir🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Ordered firestick 4k today .. THANK YOU for this share. +1
Save this video for later use! Thanks!
Ty well done and straight to the point
Really enjoy your videos. Very helpful. Thanks
Where have you been ? I started fire Tv w you then you disappeared. Always informative.
Hey A 1014, how have you been! Unfortunately, life issues came up and I had to sign off for awhile but I’m back now, for good hopefully!
Definitely helpful thank you so much just liked shared & subscribed
I liked it. I didn't know this. Thank you so much.
Much appreciated. Came across this by accident. I had a request to update an app on my phone tv. The usual bugs etc. But I noticed it asked new permission for GPS location. I did not do the update. Really? It had Firestick and Fire TV next to the app update request.
Thanks!, I’m usually straight into this type of stuff but I’ve had my FS for a week and didn’t even think of it.
With app notifications off. How will you get the new updates?
Automatic updates are still on
Thank you... It was really useful... Love from Chennai. India...
Good info for Firestick tv
Thanks Patricia!
This is so GREAT>> Tech is so confusing to me. Questions:
I don't have downloader? Just downloads? Do I need that? How do I do that?
Thank You so much!
Excellent information nicely presented - thank you.
Very simple, very nice....Thank you.....!
Master piece Well done
always trust the man in camo pants
Don't forget the camo cap! 😀
Hello Richman.
I've been off the internet since October 10th 2018 when Hurricane Michael and fire destroyed my home and belongings. Its been 3 very rough long years
And I've finally got off the streets out of my minivan and in a small room with internet.
I just received a insignia firetv and just turned it on and hooked into the internet.
Now I'm ready to go into settings and set up the firestick I've always known and there's alot missing from the menu.
Most important is myfirestick tv .
Am I out of luck installing any apps or do I have to go buy a 3rd party firestick?
Great information. Thanks for sharing.
Great info. Thank you👍🏼. So quick clarification... You mentioned the apk from downloading additional apps, can be deleted (the apk's) once the app is installed? You don't need the apk to run the app?
I have watched several of your video’s concerning critically low storage space on your Fire Stick. They are excellent and very helpful. But, I continue to have this problem. I have had the Stick about one year. I have never downloaded an App of any type. I used the ES Explorer you recommended. I found no apps other than what came with the Stick and there are no APK’s. I have also cleared the cache on the apps that came with the Stick. I have also turned off all of the applications you recommended.
I have only 200mg of usable space. Do you have any ideas as to what is eating the space and how do I find them.
Thank you sooo much for this
Thanks very much!!