There are so many options today for getting yourself entertained. One of the smallest and loaded options that there is the Amazon firestick. It is very small in size and can be carried anywhere.
With the firestick, you will be able to watch your favorite movies and Tv shows. Sometimes when you are using the firestick, there at times when you need to give it some rest. Well, that is because there are various issues that it can come up with.
These issues can be the lag in the device or not able to process your request. Well, how are you going to tackle this issue? Well, most of the time there is only one way which is to restart firestick.
It may sound easy to restart the stick although it is not. There are some methods through which you will be able to restart the firestick easily and could be a number of reasons why you would want to restart the stick.
There are many performance issues that can even stay there even after you have cleared the device’s storage. Then, when you restart the device, it is going to be of great help. There are at times when the firestick app freezes and restarting the firestick is of great help.
There are at times when you have installed the new update and which is why you need to restart the stick so that the update can come into effect.
Check out the three methods through which you will be able to restart the firestick. Let us read those steps and try to resolve the issue.
Restarting the firestick with settings:
There is a restart option within the firestick settings that are going to let you quickly restart the device. It is also known as the most uncomplicated method to restart the amazon firestick.
In order for this method to work, you must make sure that your remote is working and you are also able to use your firestick. If you see that your device is frozen or is stuck and is not able to respond to the regular remote commands.
There are other two methods which will be discussed later in the guide. As your remote is not working normally and you see that your device is not frozen, you need to follow the steps mentioned below in order to restart the firestick.
- There will be a home window of firestick and there you are going to find the menu options on the top. After that, you need to press the home key on the remote in order to go to the home window.
- After that, you are required to select the settings and then go ahead and navigate to the Fire TV. Now, you are required to go ahead in order to navigate the Fire TV and then click that option.
- After that scroll down a bit in order to restart.
- When it is prompted, then you need to click on the restart again.
- Now you are going to see that your firestick is going to get restart. There will be ‘power off’ the message that is going to be displayed on the screen.
These are steps on how to restart firestick by using the option in settings.
Restart firestick directly with the remote:
If you see that your firestick is preventing you from navigating properly and you are not able to access the settings, you may easily reboot with the help of the remote controller using various combinations of buttons.
It is a hard reboot that is going to force close any of the running apps. You need to use this method when the first method is not going to work.
Let us discuss through the steps whether how will you have to use these steps.
- The first thing that you need to do is to select and play/pause the keys on the remote together for at least 5 seconds.
- After that, you see that your firestick will start to reboot directly without giving you any prompt on the screen just as the first method.
This is how you will be able to restart firestick easily without any complication.
Unplug from the power source to restart the firestick:
There are more ways as well through which you will be able to restart the firestick. Another way is the force restart the firestick. You need to use this method when the two other methods are not going to work.
This is the method that is going to come in handy when you see that your firestick is frozen and is not responding to any of the remote commands. This technique is also very useful when you see that your Amazon firestick remote controller is not working at all.
All you do need to do is to unplug the firestick or the fire TV device from the power source. It is also going to be a good idea in order to wait for a minute before you are plugging the device back into the power supply.
This is among the easiest methods in order to restart the firestick if the power source is within easy reach.
This is going to help you restart the stick. There are still going to be some users who are going to find it very difficult to restart the stick.
Wrapping up:
These are some of the ways through which you will be able to restart firestick. This method is also very easy to follow and your firestick is restarted, it is going to take some time in order to power up.
