# Android tv box Plex applicantion not working

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** android-mobile-legacy, android-tv\
**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235 "2022-05-02T22:06:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![ghousheh82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@ghousheh82](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ghousheh82)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/1 "2022-05-02T22:06:45Z")

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Newest version is 100% broken on my Android tv box Keeps prompting to go back to Mobile mode or TV layout - and then will crash if you leave it on mobile mode.

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**Author:** ![chezmorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chezmorris](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chezmorris)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/2 "2022-05-03T17:35:05Z")

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Same here. What has gone wrong?

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**Author:** ![ghousheh82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@ghousheh82](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ghousheh82)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/3 "2022-05-07T19:41:53Z")

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Have you found a solution?

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**Author:** ![chezmorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chezmorris](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chezmorris)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/4 "2022-05-07T20:17:26Z")

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Nope.

The only “solution” has been to use a previous version and stop updates in Play Store.

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**Author:** ![PLEX\_LATINO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@PLEX\_LATINO](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PLEX_LATINO)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/5 "2022-05-08T04:43:30Z")

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I have the same problem

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**Author:** ![ghousheh82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@ghousheh82](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ghousheh82)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/6 "2022-05-08T05:50:21Z")

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How can you use earlier version and stop in play store?  
i found a solution i use now VLC for my server it’s working since yesterday

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**Author:** ![chezmorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chezmorris](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chezmorris)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/7 "2022-05-08T06:57:07Z")

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> **[How to turn off automatic updates in the Google Play store | NextPit](https://www.nextpit.com/how-to-disable-auto-intall-of-google-play-apps?msclkid=d1615097ce9b11ecb4e0b8e3be32d1f5)**
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> If you want to stop apps from automatically updating in Google Play, it's quite simple: just follow our guide on how to disable automatic app updates.

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**Author:** ![chezmorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chezmorris](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chezmorris)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/8 "2022-05-08T06:58:17Z")

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I don’t think your VLC solution will work for me as I share a friend’s server ☹

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**Author:** ![ghousheh82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@ghousheh82](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ghousheh82)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/9 "2022-05-09T15:09:00Z")

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Thanks a lot i removed new version and downloaded older version from Apkpure

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-plex-applicantion-not-working/791235/10 "2022-08-07T15:09:43Z")

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