Activate Autostart on Firestick - Fire OS 8 devices

If you have an Amazon OS update for Firestick – Fire OS 8 devices (such as the 2nd Generation FireTV stick 4K) or above, this guide will walk you through how to reprogram a Fire Stick to allow auto-launching using developer tools. For FireOS 7 Autostart is enabled automatically by the app—no ADB needed.

Step 1: Enable ADB Debugging

1. From the home screen, navigate to Settings.
2. Click My Fire TV (or Device, depending on your version) and click About
3. Highlight the first option that shows your Fire TV model and click it seven times quickly. A notification at the bottom will appear saying 'No need, you are already a developer' if successful
4. Click the back button to return to the My Fire TV menu
5. Click Developer Options and ensure ADB Debugging is enabled

Step 2: Finding Your Fire Stick’s IP Address

1. Exit out of Developer Options
2. Click About, then click Network. You will see the Fire Stick’s network information. Write down the IP address.

Step 3: Installing Android SDK Platform Tools

1. On your computer, download and install the Android SDK Platform Tools
2. Create a folder (e.g., Android) somewhere on your computer, such as your desktop, and extract the contents of the Android SDK Platform Tools zip file into that folder

Step 4: Running adb Commands

1. Open the Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac)
2. Navigate to the folder where the SDK Platform Tools are located: Type cd followed by the path to the Android folder

Alternatively, right-click the Android folder and click Open in Terminal to access the folder directly.

3. Once inside the folder, type dir to list the directory and confirm the presence of adb.exe

Step 5: Enabling Autostart for TrilbyTV

• See if one or multiple devices are connected.

adb devices

• Disconnect the devices first incase multiple devices are connected.

adb disconnect

• Connect to the device using IP address from step 2 or from the adb devices command

adb connect IPaddress (e.g., adb connect 192.168.1.10  )

• Now, run the following commands:

adb shell appops set uk.co.trilbytv.trilbytvplayer android:system_alert_window allow

adb shell pm grant uk.co.trilbytv.trilbytvplayer android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

• Restart the device from command adb reboot  or manually

That's it. TrilbyTV player should now auto-start when rebooted!