Tv android box

[Badrabbit]

Can the box stop working all of a sudden, it won't load onto the TV now, had it for a couple of years it's the X96 x6 not a cheap one.

[Jingthing]

Take the plug out the outlet.

Take the power cord out of box.

Wait 5 minutes.

Turn on again. 

 

[Badrabbit]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Take the plug out the outlet.

Take the power cord out of box.

Wait 5 minutes.

Turn on again. 

 

Just tried that, still nothing.

[Badrabbit]

4 minutes ago, Badrabbit said:

Just tried that, still nothing.

All of a sudden it's working 

[Badrabbit]

Is there a proper way to turn the tv off, should zi turn the Android box of first then the tv?

[carlyai]

I have 3 different  brand boxes. Sometime I have to do a hard reset, not after on one of them. When strange things start to happen and removing the power etc doesn't fix the problem, could be time for a hard reset.

Bit of a pain cause you have to reinstall Kodi mods and other added apps.

[Jingthing]

Yeah the boxes will have that last resort reset option.

[scubascuba3]

That's why i use a smartphone instead of a dodgy android box, phones have much better specs usually

[Centigrade32]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

That's why i use a smartphone instead of a dodgy android box, phones have much better specs usually

 

Which phone and at what price? You make it sound as if using a Smartphone is better, when it clearly is not.

Smartphone has lesser function in this case and is more expensive.

 

 

[Badrabbit]

I deleted some Apps from the box, it is now working perfectly, I'm guessing it was a memory problem.

[scubascuba3]

15 hours ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

Which phone and at what price? You make it sound as if using a Smartphone is better, when it clearly is not.

Smartphone has lesser function in this case and is more expensive.

 

 

You use an old phone, i use my Xiaomi Redmi note 9 and yes it is better, better specs, not the fake specs boxes often have, then cast to TV

[Nemises]

20 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

That's why i use a smartphone instead of a dodgy android box, phones have much better specs usually

Agree. In fact I prefer to use my modern, powerful laptop (with a wireless mouse) instead of ‘dodgy android boxes’ or a phone. 
 

I find an HDMi cable more reliable than casting from a phone especially when travelling - which is often - as not all hotel TVs have casting abilities. Also, some of my home-country channels are geo-blocked on my phone (even when using a VPN) but not on a laptop.