My Roku streaming stick is dead after 2 months. Well, not dead, just unusable. The problem is that the remote will not connect to it, it's an enhanced remote with a Streaming Stick +.
First design flaw of this supposed "travel streaming device" (Streaming Stick) is that it does not automatically connect to a network you have already connected to in the past. So, when you use it in a new location (like, at work, for example), you need the physical remote to navigate and connect to wi-fi manually before it will do anything. So, the idea of using your phone as a remote? Well, no, you still have to carry in your bag the actual physical remote with you wherever you go, because for the Roku App to work, you have to both be on the same wifi, and if your Streaming Stick does not automatically connect (as does, for example, an Apple TV), then you are out of luck trying to use your app as a remote!
But now, after two months, my physical remote won't pair with the Streaming Stick. And I can't navigate to connect to the wifi without it, which means that my Roku App can't see the Streaming Stick and so I can't use it. So now I have this nice streaming device that I cannot use. I can stare at the Home Menu all day long, and it will even go into screen-saver mode for me for a nice change of scenery, but that's pretty much all I can do with my Roku Streaming Stick +.
Bloody **bleep**.
