Hey everyone,
I have 2 Fire TVs on my network with ADB debugging set. They work great and I even have the special rules set to understand Hulu states properly, but for some reason as of the last few months I frequently have to go in and turn off debugging and turn it back on for it to be connected.
Any idea how to fix this? I’m running HA OS on a Pi400.
Mine seem to disconnect every so often as well (Fire Stick 4K). Only one device can be connected to them at a time, so if the HA Android TV integration has made a connection you can’t connect to them with ADB Debug until you first disconnect it in HA (and visa-versa).
I’ve found that instead of disabling/re-enabling debugging I can get them to reconnect by disconnecting/reconnecting the power supply. I’ve considered plugging them into a smart switch so I could power cycle them nightly, but I shouldn’t need to use a smart device to fix a smart device!
As an aside, you can install the app “Notifications for Fire TV” on the Fire Sticks and send them text messages using the notify service. I use this for notifications for weather alerts, doors left open, etc.
I have the same problem with my 2nd gen Fire TV, the Fire TV 4K and 4K MAX do not disconnect as often, but the 2nd gen is disconnected every couple of days.
The only reason I don’t use the Notifications for Fire TV integration, even though it is installed is because it is a native feature of WebOSTV and I can get my alerts on any input that way.
Sadly, both of mine are 4K sticks and the only other device that has ever connected to them via ADB is the PC that has been factory reset since then, so I know it isn’t still opening a connection.
GitHub - hassio-addons/addon-adb: Android Debug Bridge - Home Assistant Community Add-ons was deprecated prematurely in my opinion the add-on is not obsolete, just an option for those who have issues with the built-in python implementation.
I really don’t want to have to switch back to a Supervisor install on Raspbian just so that I can install the bridge via docker. ADB Setup — androidtv 0.0.26 documentation But it’s looking like it might be the only option.
Is there any way to contact Frenck to see about a revival? I know a lot of the add-ons come from them as did that one.
Why don’t you create a bug, it will be assigned to code owner automatically
Honestly, because I’m not sure wherein the bug lies. I am unsure if it is an issue with the Fire TV itself, or in the Android TV integration, or in the Python implementation that supposedly rendered ADB bridge obsolete. I was also originally unsure if it was just mine doing it. I guess it couldn’t hurt to try reporting it to the Android TV integration.