345
I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

Same. It's fantastic.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I used the adb commands they recommend to disable the stock interface. So pressing home on the remote brings me back to Flauncher always.

    Haven't seen the stock dash in years. Been great.

    The only bastard thing is that when I set it up on a fire stick, the fire stick would disable wifi if the stock dash wasn't used. That thing is trash anyway, so no loss. Don't buy firesticks.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    what to buy ? something that's about the sane aize as a firesrick ? want to use a plug in USB thumb drive for media storage for travel and a "player" eg kodi. Dial home to Plex/JF not needed but internet access is

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    Can't speak to cutting edge options but will say when we went to Tokyo at start of year, I took the google Chromecast with TV (1080p version) + USB pass-thru + 128GB flashdrive.

    The Chromecast had Nova player installed. I pointed it at the flashdrive and boom - instant media front end for the kids. Had to connect briefly to scrape images etc but after that was all off line.

    That - plus smart tube - meant they could decompress after a day out and about.

    That version of the Chromecast has been superseded (though can still buy on eBay).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent