Roku setup

[wbreason1]

I have 6 Roku TV's and two systems plugged into other type TV's and a new wireless router.  Every TV and both devices have me locked into the " Are you in a Hotel or Dorm do-loop".  This is the second time in two years.  The fight is over... does anyone know if one can install a "Fire Stick" into the TV's USB port and go directly to those OS's, effectively bypassing this ridiculous inescapable do-loop that thinks one has left the country with the TV?  Roku won't answer the mail/email on this topic and it's time to abandon ship.  It's too bad, because I otherwise like Roku, but not when it wastes my time at this level.

Best Regards to the club!

Bill R.  Georgia.

[renojim · Accepted solution]

That's not possible, but you can plug a Firestick into an HDMI port and set up the TV to always power on to its input.

[wbreason1]

Thanks Reno... I thought firesticks were USB connected devices, but the HDMI port works for me as well.  If ROKU can't or won't fix the "hotel/dorm" issue, them I'm departing their interface OS.  Best, Bill.  USN, Retired

[formeruser]

Actually yes you can, I did.  I won't agree to those new, ridiculous terms that I was forced to accept to even get in to MY TV.  So, a few days, some engineering, 40 years of software development, and a splash of Linux, and Roku OS is gone.  I don't know if it can be generalized or made easier, but it is absolutely possible.

[DeaiPitt1990]

Enter the activation code 

therokuchannel.com/link

[pulshrk]

I would like some help in performing this task which you accomplished - can you provide some guidance? - I want my google tv stuff from the Hisense tv s to be the operating system Roku tv instead??

[atc98092]

@pulshrk I'm not saying the other user wasn't successful making it happen, but from the sounds of it the skills required to make such a change simply isn't going to be something the average person can handle. It's not simply going to be connecting a USB drive and installing a new OS on your TV. Ain't gonna happen. There would be many steps to be done, and likely requires far more skill that you or I have. And I do have a strong electronics background, but would still never attempt something like that. 

And frankly, I have Android TV (an older version of Google TV) on several of my Android based players, and frankly I hate the user interface. You think Roku has too many ads on screen? My Android TVs are covered with them.