Big big thanks man. There are a ton of videos all advising to use the HDMI CEC thing but none of them thought about us having a TV that doesn't have that functionality. You are awesome.
Wow. This worked for me. My remote failed. I moved home and had a new internet provider so couldn't connect the firestick. Was about to throw the firestick out and replace but found your guide. Gave it a try and after about 20mins I got the firestick up and running on my new wifi and no need to buy a separate remote because it's now on my smartphone. Many many thanks.
Thank you! This was very helpful! Also you can change network name on an iPhone by going to settings > General > About > Name (The IPhone name is the Network name). That’s how I was able to use my hotspot to connect the fire stick! Whoo hoooo!!!! :))
Thanks for the tutorial video, it was easy and worked great! Saved my lady from having a huge meltdown and me from having to buy a whole new amazon stick setup and having to deal with her melting down!!!
I was thinking about purchasing a new remote worth Rs 1999 soon after my remote stopped working. I even spent lot of time trying everything to make the remote work. You saved my time and money. Thanks a lot brother🙏
this is such an asinine flaw & workaround that i thought amazon would have changed or fixed by now but nope, still works as of sep 2023. used my iphone as a hotspot, ipad as remote. thank you!!
I don't normally comment on stuff but this was so helpful I changed my Internet provider and had lost the remote to my firestick so I haven't been able to use it for months! This video has brought it back to life and and able to use my firestick once again thank you!!!!
good video, it worked for me. Just one thing - at approx 2:00, he mentions that iPhones won't allow you to change the SSID name, but actually you can by going to General > About > Name (which is also used as the SSID name)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Had to use my laptop since we have iPhones and fortunately I remembered our old SSID and password from our previous network. I really appreciate it!
After hours of troubleshooting and trying every other internet solution (even going so far as to tear the remote open looking for a electrical short), I came across this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I never would have thought that a hotspot could be renamed and trick the Firestick. Also, the hotspot can be set up on an iPhone, just go into Settings > General > About and change the name of the phone to the name of the old WiFi. It took a second for my Firestick to process, but it worked! Thanks again!!
I don't know if someone already mentioned this , but you can do it from a single phone, I launched the fire stick app on the same phone that has the hotspot and then switched to the new wifi. Great help! Thanks.
Saved my life but I don’t have an android so I googled the iPhone situation. If you change your device name in general settings on the iPhone it will set that name as the hotspot name! Works great!
Wow it worked! So glade I had my home wifi ssdi and password information saved in my phone's note pad. I changed the wifi information on one of the phones to the home's code and the other phone automatically logged right on and so did the amazon stick. Thank You!
I ended up temporarily changing the Wifi name & password on the router to the one that was originally saved on the Fire Stick instead of using the 2nd phone but it worked after, thanks!
OK, this was really cool. I feel so smart. I just so happen to have a personal Android, and another phone for work. Big shoutout to myself for sticking to Android, and huge shoutout to you for posting this! I just packed my TV in a box and had it as checked baggage from Portland->Detroit->NY, Ubers each way, walked up so many stairs, and have no batteries for my Firestick remote. Sure, I could have gone to the corner store, but after being awake for 20 hours and riding two redeye flights, I really just need pajamas and Netflix. So THANK YOU!
Brilliant brother! The only thing I have to add is that I used two iPhone to make this work. I have the 13 or 14 and what I did was change my iPhone name to my old router's wifi name. It launched the hot spot as that name
You just saved my holiday evenings from being a boring disaster! Absolutely worked with a Windows 11 laptop as the hotspot, iPhone as the remote. Genius!
lifesaver fr, i didnt use two devices but my wife so kindly reminded me we could change the ssid to our tmobile home internet box, so thats what we did and low and behold it worked. thank you so much, we were able to get it connected
Just brilliant mate! I just needed to set up a Fire TV stick device but didn't had remote with it at the moment, this hotspot method solved this inconvenience nicely ;)
I have to admit that I don't comment often but now I had to because this video was a great solution to a problem I though didn't have a solution after my remote disappeared. Great job!!
Thanks a lot. Excellent tip and method. After changing my network, after upgrading to fiber, firetv remote app did not work and I lost the remote. So configured hotspot with the old name with old said, am now able to access and operate fire stick and set it up for the new network
Thank you! This was soooo quick if your devices are connected to the same Wifi. Download the app, your device displays at the bottom of the screen with an arrow next to it on the right, then a pin will display on the screen, enter the pin, and boom bam done!!!! PRAISE TO YOU!!
You are a complete genius.... had problem for a week and tried several different methods. ... but yours worked a treat... technical issues can be resolved even without going though these companies who make money when it can be simply done... I could kiss you 😙
What a great idea and great way to reconnect to your firestick without remote and without WiFi connection. Just need to have your firestick last connected WiFi SSID and Password. And 2 Smart Phones. Fantastic ☺️ Thanks a lot
Absolutely awesome. I have stopped using the remote as they stopped working. Amazon remote costs hell lot more than TV remote. Decided to go with mobile app. However, recently the wifi stopped working, and out of frustration, I decided to change wifi provider. This trick allowed me to setup the new wifi on my TV without buying the remote. Thanks a ton.
To use two iPhones, Just change the name of your phone under General> About > Name to the SSID of your wifi 😊 it will rename your Hotspot. And make sure you also change password as well.
Dude thank you I went away forgot my fire stick remote and had no WiFi apart from my phone hotspot which I couldn't connect it to til I saw this video it worked I don't have to deal with freeview
You are beyond amazing. I can't believe that none of the hints and video solutions on the net an YT couldn't find a solution like you did. Many thanks. You are a life saver🎉🌹🌹
Bro great video. So helpful. I was able to do this with an IPhone only using 1 phone. Granted I had a picture of all the old WiFi info. Network name and password. Step one settings, general, about and changed my iphones name to the old network name. Then customized my password to the old password. Turned on my hotspot Power cycled my tv and BAM tricked the tv into thinking my phone was my old modem. After that I used the fire tv app to change everything over to my new WiFi.
Hey first I want to say thank you sooo much!!!! What I did for those who dont have multiple devices is I changed my new home wifi router SSID and pass to the one my fire stick was last connected to and everything worked, and the added bonus is that now all my old wifi connected devices automatically sync to new wifi because it uses the same credentials as the my last place.
Such a simple yet incredibly smart solution . Thank you so much for this, had been banging my head on the wall since my remote got damaged during the move . You're a life saver
Thank you for the wifi info to set it up. The remote does not work but I couldn't connect my fire TV remote app UNTIL the fire TV was connected to WiFi. You're a lifesaver and the steps were easy to follow and WORKED!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you!!!!!
Forgot the remote on a holiday home hire. However, you have saved the day and the kids, wife and in-laws are happy and I can breathe again. Thank you, sir!
This is brilliant and worked! Felt so silly leaving not being able to set up in my hotel room especially after I purposefully left my remote at home (didn't want to lose it), thinking I could just use my phone. Thank you!!
Thanks a lot! I changed my wifi connection and TV in the same period and with the remote not working I couldn't connect with my phone. I forgot whether I had used the stick with the new wifi or not so I thought it was my TV's fault or the stick was broken, was almost going to buy a new one. You saved me some money! and it feels good to trick the technology lol
You dont need the old wifi.. U just need to put the old wifi 's SSID that in simple word means the "name of ur old wifi network" as the hotspots name and connect ur other phone (with the fire stick remote app) to the same hotspot (with ur previous wifi name) to it.. So now both ur fire tv and the remote ll be connected to the same network...and ur fire tv should start to work!
This was good and I feel a little dumb. I don't know why I never thought of this. I also don't know why UA-cam will not let me like this video XD. Thank you very much, sir.
I didn’t have a second smart phone available and then I remembered CEC control and turned it on in my television settings and immediately was able to control my fire stick with my television remote. Kudos to you anyway, sensei!
When I connect the firestick because it has no network the home screen is blank. I cant navigate the menu or firestick either. I've two devices connected to my home network. Now from step one it makes no sense. Help?
Big big thanks man. There are a ton of videos all advising to use the HDMI CEC thing but none of them thought about us having a TV that doesn't have that functionality. You are awesome.
Still relevant in 2022
I rented an air b&b 3 hrs away from home. I brought my firestick but forgot my remote. This did the trick. Thank you! U saved me
Not often do you find someone who helps your specific problem and gives perfect and clear instructions that work. Thank You, much appreciated
Wow. This worked for me. My remote failed. I moved home and had a new internet provider so couldn't connect the firestick. Was about to throw the firestick out and replace but found your guide. Gave it a try and after about 20mins I got the firestick up and running on my new wifi and no need to buy a separate remote because it's now on my smartphone.
Many many thanks.
help! how do i disconnect from old wifi to connect to new wifi (i don't have old wifi details)
Pure genius. I'm currently out of the country and lost my Firestick remote. You are a genius. Thanks!
Same happened to me
I did that but but my firestick has no WiFi and I can't even get on my firestick it's not even showing up
Dude! How is it that you figured this out but Amazon's tech support has not? Brilliant!!!
THANK YOU
I'm in quarantine without my remote and you actually saved me from going crazy during covid 19. You sir, are my hero today.
I m in the same situation and i m unable to do it
@@keswani2.016 why not ? Did you enter the same network name and password your fire stick was originally connected on ?
I dont have a remote..... I clicked on forgot wifi network now i am fucked
Same
@@keswani2.016 please let know if you get any solution to this
I was getting so frustrated! Spent hours trying to figure it out. 3 minutes of your video and I've done it. Thank you!!
Dude. You're a hero! Just arrived in Boston with a fire stick and no remote and this saved me and my buddy from a quiet night! Haha!
I also just arrived in Boston and forgot my Firestick remote. I'm now watching all my favorite shows on Netflix and Hulu. Thanks!
Thank you! This was very helpful! Also you can change network name on an iPhone by going to settings > General > About > Name (The IPhone name is the Network name). That’s how I was able to use my hotspot to connect the fire stick! Whoo hoooo!!!! :))
This was absolutely so helpful, moving from my old house to a new house lost the remote with different wifi box. Thank you so much.
Man, you just saved my life! I was about to be stuck without my remote for a month! Thank you so much
Me too bro. Me too. I was sweating. Lol
Same
GOT IT!!! A thousand Thanks! And this video is over 4 years old!!! Beautiful!!
Awesome! I forgot my remote on my old house.
I was thinking about buying another remote but you save me!
100% works 2021, greetings from Honduras bro
Thanks for the tutorial video, it was easy and worked great! Saved my lady from having a huge meltdown and me from having to buy a whole new amazon stick setup and having to deal with her melting down!!!
Yes. Helped a lot
I was thinking about purchasing a new remote worth Rs 1999 soon after my remote stopped working. I even spent lot of time trying everything to make the remote work. You saved my time and money. Thanks a lot brother🙏
this is such an asinine flaw & workaround that i thought amazon would have changed or fixed by now but nope, still works as of sep 2023. used my iphone as a hotspot, ipad as remote. thank you!!
I don't normally comment on stuff but this was so helpful I changed my Internet provider and had lost the remote to my firestick so I haven't been able to use it for months! This video has brought it back to life and and able to use my firestick once again thank you!!!!
This is all well and good but what if you can't remember your router name?
Figured it out - just had to go into saved networks to find out. All sorted now. Thanks for this great video. Total lifesaver!
good video, it worked for me. Just one thing - at approx 2:00, he mentions that iPhones won't allow you to change the SSID name, but actually you can by going to General > About > Name (which is also used as the SSID name)
I was traveling and I forgot my remote and CEC doesnt work with destination TV, this tutorial saved my butt.
thanks a lot! :D
Thanks so much!!!! I lost my remote and got new internet and thought I was screwed. This is so smart and fixed the problem. Thank you!!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Had to use my laptop since we have iPhones and fortunately I remembered our old SSID and password from our previous network. I really appreciate it!
Thank you so much. Not only did it work, but I only needed my own phone to do the trick
After hours of troubleshooting and trying every other internet solution (even going so far as to tear the remote open looking for a electrical short), I came across this video.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I never would have thought that a hotspot could be renamed and trick the Firestick.
Also, the hotspot can be set up on an iPhone, just go into Settings > General > About and change the name of the phone to the name of the old WiFi. It took a second for my Firestick to process, but it worked!
Thanks again!!
Worked in August 2024 - great idea! Saved our holiday family movie watching, thank you 😊
Thanks man now my kid can watch a cartoon while I'm working on my laptop.. Saved my work from away home day..😊😊
I don't know if someone already mentioned this , but you can do it from a single phone, I launched the fire stick app on the same phone that has the hotspot and then switched to the new wifi.
Great help! Thanks.
Saved my life but I don’t have an android so I googled the iPhone situation. If you change your device name in general settings on the iPhone it will set that name as the hotspot name! Works great!
Wow it worked! So glade I had my home wifi ssdi and password information saved in my phone's note pad. I changed the wifi information on one of the phones to the home's code and the other phone automatically logged right on and so did the amazon stick. Thank You!
Genius work-around! I forgot my remote at home and realized this at the hotel... But with my phone and my tablet the problem is solved! Thank you!
I ended up temporarily changing the Wifi name & password on the router to the one that was originally saved on the Fire Stick instead of using the 2nd phone but it worked after, thanks!
Thanks bailed me out when I changed my router and phone number! Found my laptop set up the best Wi-Fi hotspot.
This worked! Thanks! Found a way to bypass the iPhone issue. Change the phone name to your home network!
OK, this was really cool. I feel so smart. I just so happen to have a personal Android, and another phone for work. Big shoutout to myself for sticking to Android, and huge shoutout to you for posting this! I just packed my TV in a box and had it as checked baggage from Portland->Detroit->NY, Ubers each way, walked up so many stairs, and have no batteries for my Firestick remote. Sure, I could have gone to the corner store, but after being awake for 20 hours and riding two redeye flights, I really just need pajamas and Netflix. So THANK YOU!
Brilliant brother! The only thing I have to add is that I used two iPhone to make this work. I have the 13 or 14 and what I did was change my iPhone name to my old router's wifi name. It launched the hot spot as that name
Thanks a lot dude.... you have saved me 2000 rs.... my remote broken and airtel provider changed router device.... TV was not running for 7 days
I’m honestly so shocked this worked lol. Thank you!
You just saved my holiday evenings from being a boring disaster! Absolutely worked with a Windows 11 laptop as the hotspot, iPhone as the remote. Genius!
lifesaver fr, i didnt use two devices but my wife so kindly reminded me we could change the ssid to our tmobile home internet box, so thats what we did and low and behold it worked. thank you so much, we were able to get it connected
Just brilliant mate! I just needed to set up a Fire TV stick device but didn't had remote with it at the moment, this hotspot method solved this inconvenience nicely ;)
This video was extremely helpful..we shifted to a new place without fire tv remote and got stuck..your video was life saver
Thanks so much! Didn't want to spend money on a whole new Amazon Fire TV stick, and your tutorial helped me get my issue resolved.
Thanks a lot if helped it saved lot money on buying useless fire tv remote ...it work fine with mobile app
I have to admit that I don't comment often but now I had to because this video was a great solution to a problem I though didn't have a solution after my remote disappeared. Great job!!
Thanks a lot. Excellent tip and method. After changing my network, after upgrading to fiber, firetv remote app did not work and I lost the remote. So configured hotspot with the old name with old said, am now able to access and operate fire stick and set it up for the new network
Thank you! This was soooo quick if your devices are connected to the same Wifi. Download the app, your device displays at the bottom of the screen with an arrow next to it on the right, then a pin will display on the screen, enter the pin, and boom bam done!!!! PRAISE TO YOU!!
You are a complete genius.... had problem for a week and tried several different methods. ... but yours worked a treat... technical issues can be resolved even without going though these companies who make money when it can be simply done... I could kiss you 😙
Worked for me. This dude just saved me 20 bucks for a new remote. Thanks man
Thank you! This worked perfectly after switching my mobile hot-spot to 5g.
Tis idea was really helpfull u saved me frm 4000rs to buy new TV stick thanks a lot
What a great idea and great way to reconnect to your firestick without remote and without WiFi connection. Just need to have your firestick last connected WiFi SSID and Password. And 2 Smart Phones. Fantastic ☺️
Thanks a lot
Absolutely awesome. I have stopped using the remote as they stopped working. Amazon remote costs hell lot more than TV remote. Decided to go with mobile app. However, recently the wifi stopped working, and out of frustration, I decided to change wifi provider. This trick allowed me to setup the new wifi on my TV without buying the remote. Thanks a ton.
To use two iPhones, Just change the name of your phone under General> About > Name to the SSID of your wifi 😊 it will rename your Hotspot. And make sure you also change password as well.
Actually you only need 1 iPhone for this! My husband connected only using his phone. Thanks for the hack!!
@alex man wtf are u tb
I did this but the firestick doesn’t pair
I don’t see the SSID
Dude thank you I went away forgot my fire stick remote and had no WiFi apart from my phone hotspot which I couldn't connect it to til I saw this video it worked I don't have to deal with freeview
You are beyond amazing. I can't believe that none of the hints and video solutions on the net an YT couldn't find a solution like you did. Many thanks. You are a life saver🎉🌹🌹
This is awesome. Was about to buy a new remote, but your idea saved me bucks. Very logical thinking.
Thanks bro that's the perfect solution when remote is not working and you're fire stick is not connected with any known wifi network. ❤️
Bro great video. So helpful. I was able to do this with an IPhone only using 1 phone. Granted I had a picture of all the old WiFi info. Network name and password. Step one settings, general, about and changed my iphones name to the old network name. Then customized my password to the old password. Turned on my hotspot Power cycled my tv and BAM tricked the tv into thinking my phone was my old modem. After that I used the fire tv app to change everything over to my new WiFi.
Dude......you are a life saver. That worked for me with 1 iPhone. I was going insane. LOL
You're a livesaver man, so Ingenous... Works like a charm, don't even need the second phone as the first phone supports remote control via app
Awesome. :)
this is the only video that helped me after hours of struggling!!! thank you so much!!!
It worked perfectly, thank you so much for saving the trouble.
You're a genius... was stranded in a hotel and you saved my day
This worked well. Even with Iphone, you just have to rename the phone name, thats what the hotspot uses as network.
Thats what i did too
How did you guys do it on iPhone ?
Thanks man!! You just saved me from buying a new control! God bless you!
Omg! This vid saved my liiiiiiiife!! This is what you call technology!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 TYSSSM ❤️
Hey first I want to say thank you sooo much!!!!
What I did for those who dont have multiple devices is I changed my new home wifi router SSID and pass to the one my fire stick was last connected to and everything worked, and the added bonus is that now all my old wifi connected devices automatically sync to new wifi because it uses the same credentials as the my last place.
Tyquan Marshun okay but what about those who don’t know their last WiFi password ?
Can you help if this is a brand new fire stick but without the remote? Thanks
Thank you, absolute legend, brilliant idea, didn't think this would work
Brilliant! So smart and got me out of a tricky situation. Thankyou
Such a simple yet incredibly smart solution . Thank you so much for this, had been banging my head on the wall since my remote got damaged during the move .
You're a life saver
Thank you for the wifi info to set it up. The remote does not work but I couldn't connect my fire TV remote app UNTIL the fire TV was connected to WiFi. You're a lifesaver and the steps were easy to follow and WORKED!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you!!!!!
Brilliant hack this thank you! Use of Firestick restored without needing to buy a new remote!
Hi! I actually did it with an iPhone and it worked! So thanks!!!!!!
Thank you! On vacation with the kids and your solution worked perfectly!
Big THANK YOU!!! all the wayyyyyyyyyy from Trinidad and Tobago W.I.
life saving! especially it's for a business purposes I must say!
thankyouuu so much, you just saved me from spending so many bucks on a new remote
This was extremely helpful. Finnaly got my tv to connect after trying so many things. Thanks
Forgot the remote on a holiday home hire. However, you have saved the day and the kids, wife and in-laws are happy and I can breathe again. Thank you, sir!
Not even sure what you put out regularly, but just for this video I have liked and subscribed. You saved me!
Very useful got my firestick connected instantly....thanks ❤...
This is brilliant and worked! Felt so silly leaving not being able to set up in my hotel room especially after I purposefully left my remote at home (didn't want to lose it), thinking I could just use my phone. Thank you!!
Thank u so much! I went on a trip w/o remote and this hack helped a lot thank u so much
oh maaaan! you totally save my week!
ps: if you don't have an 2nd phone, a pc share connection works too! ;)
THX again
Cheers :)
Thanks a lot! I changed my wifi connection and TV in the same period and with the remote not working I couldn't connect with my phone. I forgot whether I had used the stick with the new wifi or not so I thought it was my TV's fault or the stick was broken, was almost going to buy a new one. You saved me some money!
and it feels good to trick the technology lol
Finally a method that worked for me . Luckily I remembered my old SSID
to change the SSID on apple just change ur phone name (did this and was successful thanks man)
what if u dont have the old wifi anymore, I have new wifi n its hard to connect o my phone since my remote is broken, any advice
You dont need the old wifi.. U just need to put the old wifi 's SSID that in simple word means the "name of ur old wifi network" as the hotspots name and connect ur other phone (with the fire stick remote app) to the same hotspot (with ur previous wifi name) to it.. So now both ur fire tv and the remote ll be connected to the same network...and ur fire tv should start to work!
@@DiwakarKumar-qe6rh What about if you dont have access to the old ssid that it was connected to previously ???
Hi , I did same old wifi id but not working
My fire tv didn't connect.... The hotspot didn't work and I change the name and password of my new router to the old one.
I can't get it to work..
My goodness it worked!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES THANK YOU!! 🥃🥃🥃🥃
This is a neat trick. I'm bummed that I didn't think of it. Thanks a lot!! 😁
Thank you thank you thankkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. I am about to cry from happiness. You have no idea how you saved the day ❤
This was good and I feel a little dumb. I don't know why I never thought of this. I also don't know why UA-cam will not let me like this video XD. Thank you very much, sir.
Thanks it worked for me. Saved money. Thanks 👍
This worked an absolute treat, and I used my same phone (Android) to do it all with. Thank you! Netflix on holiday 😊
Thanks for the help, lost the remote and this guide really helped!
I didn’t have a second smart phone available and then I remembered CEC control and turned it on in my television settings and immediately was able to control my fire stick with my television remote.
Kudos to you anyway, sensei!
Totally saved my 6 week trip forgetting my remote. Nice video
Wow thank you for this. Was setting a buddy up and this worked great. Thank you.
This was a clever hack and it worked like a charm👏🏾
Thanks for saving my vacation!!!
What if its not connected to any wifi
You're fucked
^
U ever figure it out
If it's new out of the box then the factory setup is required. Either way, you need Wifi to be able to use your phone.
When I connect the firestick because it has no network the home screen is blank. I cant navigate the menu or firestick either. I've two devices connected to my home network. Now from step one it makes no sense. Help?