Onn Tv Box 4k Region blocked

[ColdDrinks]

Hello everyone, does anyone else use this box and now getting region blocked if outside of the US or Puerto Rico.

 

[Prim@l]

This has also been brought to my attention recently and I've sold a couple on here.

A quick search on google suggests that during setup select USA as the region and or use a VPN. I think this also applies when doing an update from the system settings.

@hertderg - FYI

 

[Spectrumtims]

Hey I've set it up in europe, so applies to any non us region :)

HERE'S THE FIX FOR SETUP OUTSIDE US.

I was in the same spot, in europe trying to setup onn who's locked to usa. Here's the workaround.
All you need is windows pc and vpn. (surfshark for my case, I chose udp protocol as not all protocols work)

First turn on your VPN to USA location, ( udp protocol), not all free vpns do the job so perhaps take a trial of better vpn like Nord, Surfshark or Express or similar renowned vpn - whichever has free trial.

1 Go to Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile hotspot and toggle your Mobile Hotspot to On.

2 Go to Settings > Network and Internet > Change adapter Options and right-click on the new Adapter that appears after connecting to our VPN through the app and select Properties. (usually called after vpn like in my case surfshark openvpn udp...)

3 Under the Sharing tab, check the box for Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection. From the dropdown menu, select the hotspot you just created.

4 Click OK.

5 You can now connect to the VPN (your mobile Hotspot from pc) from onn 4k device via your new virtual router.

6. After finishing setup and being in the android tv home screen you can use your normal wifi, the country restriction is now past us.


Hope this helps someone, i haven't found a guide for this anywhere myself and took me a while to figure out.