3 Ways to Fix Amazon Fire TV Stick Keeps Restarting

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Basic Fixes

Fix 1: Turn off HDMI CEC Device Control

Did you know you could control your TV with your Fire TV Stick? That’s possible with the HDMI-CEC feature available on most new TVs. The feature lets you control your HDMI devices with a single remote. Quite cool, isn’t it? However, it could also be why Fire TV isn’t working properly.

If HDMI-CEC is enabled for your Fire TV Stick, try turning it off. Some users suggest that turning it off doesn’t restart their Fire TV Stick. That’s possible because when you enable the feature, the Fire TV Stick constantly tries to link with your TV or monitor.

Go to Fire TV Stick’sSettings > Display & Sound > HDMI CEC Device Control > Turn it off.

Restartyour Fire Stick once and the problem should now be gone.

Fix 2: Clear App Cache and Data

Over time, the apps installed on your Fire TV Stick may accumulate a lot of cache and data. You canfree up storage on the Fire TV stickto see if it helps with the situation. Even if you’vesideloaded appsand some are not functioning properly, clearing the cache and data might help.

Go toSettings > select Applications > select the appfor which you want to clear cache > hitClear Cache. Repeat this for every app you want to clear the cache for.

Fix 3: Format the Fire TV Stick

If all the solutions mentioned above fail when the Fire TV Stick keeps restarting or is stuck in a reboot loop, the last option is to factory reset or soft reset it. While there are several ways toreset the Fire TV Stick, the easiest method is using the settings.

Note:Formatting your device will log you out from Fire TV Stick, delete the installed apps and downloaded data, and clear all custom settings.

OpenSettings > My Fire TV > Reset to Factory Defaults > Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Last updated on 02 July, 2024

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