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I don't recall choosing this as a solution. It doesn't work.
Even when I temporarily ended my subscription to Newsmax then resubscribed then deleted and reinstalled the Newsmax app on Roku, it still streamed forever with no prompt to stop after four hours.
The Bandwidth Saver support page is here https://support.roku.com/article/360037927713.
I have some TVs setup with it enabled, and others as disabled.
When I make the changes between enabled and disabled under Settings/Network/Bandwidth Saver, I just usually add a System Restart into it as well. (Settings/System/System Restart or Settings/System/Power/System Restart).
I don't always get the prompting back for individual channels, but the Roku device does stop streaming after about 4 hours when it is enabled. For sure, a Factory Reset will restore the prompt. (Settings/System/Advanced System Settings/Factory Reset).
Try disabling the Bandwidth Saver, followed by a System Restart. Then enable the Bandwidth Saver and perform another System Restart. (System Restarts just help to clear out cached data).
If you are able to delete the Newsmax app (some apps can't be removed while subscription is in place), then I would Remove Newsmax app. Perform the above procedures with disabling, restarting, enabling, restarting, and then Reinstall Newsmax and see if that works.
Short of that, may need to go the Factory Reset route.
- pixel5 months agoChannel Surfer
Thank you, AvsGunnar, I appreciate your response and just disabled Bandwidth Saver, did a system restart, then enabled Bandwidth Saver. I'll see if that works. If not, I'll try the factory reset. In the meantime, I've sent an inquiry to Newsmax too (although I think I've done that previously with no response) to see if it's something on its end.
Wherever that choice of "don't ask again" comes from, there should be a simple setting to reverse it in case circumstances change or, as in my case and others, it was accidentally chosen.
Thanks again. I'll update this if anything resolves it.