A force restart of your Amazon Fire Stick can fix a variety of problems, including freezing and sluggish performance. If your Fire Stick is stuck on the same screen or won’t respond to any commands, a force restart should be your first troubleshooting step. But because there are no dedicated power or reset buttons on the device, it can be tricky to know what to do.
Fortunately, forcing a restart is relatively easy once you know how to do it. All you need is the remote control that came with the Fire Stick, and you’ll be back up and running in no time. Here’s how:
1. Press and hold down the Select button on your remote for around 10 seconds.
The Select button is located in the center of the navigation circle and looks like an arrow pointing downward. After 10 seconds have passed, you should see a message appear onscreen saying “Your Fire TV device is restarting” or something similar. This indicates that the force restart has been successful and that your device will soon turn itself off and then back on again automatically.
2. Wait for your Fire Stick to restart.
This process may take a few minutes so don’t worry if it takes some time for anything to happen after you press the Select button. Once the device has finished rebooting, it should return to its normal operating state with all of your saved settings intact. At this point, you should be able to use it as normal again without any further problems or errors.
A force restart is an effective way to fix common issues with an Amazon Fire Stick without having to reset it entirely or contact customer support for assistance. By following these simple steps, you should be able to get your Fire Stick up and running again quickly and easily.
Conclusion: To force restart an Amazon Fire Stick all you need is the remote control that came with it – press and hold down the Select button for 10 seconds until a message appears indicating that it is restarting itself – then wait for it to finish rebooting before using again.