Just started using this and I think it is awesome. You can use you're phone as a mouse and keyboard what is really cool is on the glide the hardware keyboard works well. You just have to instal a software on you're computer then gmote from google play. For a media center PC this rocks!
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Unified remote (pro). Does everything gmote does along with support for dragging and it keeps the connection alive in the status bar. Also it as like a billion other remotes included (notably file manager and vlc remote).
gmote allows for dragging simply press the mouse button top right then drag. Guess their are many of these out there. First 1 I try that I like is gmote but I am sure others are just as good.
Oh right. Forgot about that button. Don't get me wrong, gmotes decent. I used it for the better part of two years. I just got sick of having to reconnect to the server all the time, especially when switching from phone to tablet and back.
Good to know. I'll give it a try with my xbmc box. Sometimes I do need to go back into windows for some stuff. Otherwise I'm happy with the xbmc remote on android .
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Phone My PC and Advanced TouchPad are good as well.
They auto connect to the ip address given, and the both have mouse and keyboard. Plus Phone My PC let's you see the desktop from anywhere in your home(good for keeping an eye on your kids).
Unified Remote (free) - no remotes to try, gmote - no bluetooth. Other favs?
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Unified remote (pro). Does everything gmote does along with support for dragging and it keeps the connection alive in the status bar. Also it as like a billion other remotes included (notably file manager and vlc remote).
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Tried Unified Remote based on this recommendation, but despite showing many free remotes to try in the description, no remotes are present except for buy now.
Looked at gmote, but no bluetooth.
From what I see in the description, Phone My PC doesn't do bluetooth.
Advanced TouchPad also doesn't appear to be bluetooth, and really does appear to be touchpad focused, with only a few very plain looking keys beside it. Which is fine, just not what I'm looking for.
(First driving reason for search - Impress remote. And if one is going to go down the 'remote' path, it may as well be as flexible / capable as whatever is out there. i.e. Given the other similar apps out there, no point going for something that only does Impress.)
UPDATE CORRECTION: Free remotes are present. But if portable version loaded from a network drive, Windows won't load the .dll's - which appears to the Android user as though no remote controls are present. [Serves me right for remote controlling a machine via VNC - missed the quick .dll load failed message!]
Tried unified remote and I like it.I have infrared on my computer from a uirt and am thinking of getting the pros to control my surround sound.anyone tested that? I read it was supposed to support it but I could not find the app to learn the it codes.
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Tried unified remote and I like it.I have infrared on my computer from a uirt and am thinking of getting the pros to control my surround sound.anyone tested that? I read it was supposed to support it but I could not find the app to learn the it codes.
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Its play link is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.Remote and contains a support pointer to http://www.unifiedremote.com/.
On their page is a Hardware link along the top, going to http://www.unifiedremote.com/hardware, at the bottom of which they show a USB-UIRT and more information. $50 + $8 S/H.
So, it would seem to be confirmed that it supports it. It talks about a forum being at http://65.36.202.170/phpBB2/. And also points to http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=26 and http://www.avsforum.com/ for additional information.
'UIRT' - Universal Infrared Receiver Transmitter, so there must be an emitter in the works. The page talks about Girder (http://www.promixis.com/), $50 / $100 / $150, Standard / Pro / WHT - all Windows only.
I would guess you use Unified Remote to tell the pc to emit the codes to your equipment. I'll bet it will take time to train yourself to pick up the glide and not the remote. (Or hide them on yourself. Not sure this would help with a problem I have - perpetually picking up the wrong remote and wondering why it's not working. Only to get blasted by the radio station when I thought I was changing channels!) :laugh:
HTH.
Greetings, newbie question here. My goal is to modify a Amazon Fire TV device to run a single game (Fibbage) at startup. I wanted to place the device in a youth rec center (out of reach of the kids) and have them join/access the game by using their own mobile device(s). I would like the kids to access to the game without use of the remote control. I plan to also give them the ability to reset the game by installing a power/reset toggle button near the TV to reset the system/game with a single push.
The goal is to have the device automatically load this game by default each time the system is restarted. If I needed to periodically update/change the game I would like that ability by using the remote control to access the admin menu.
Is this at all possible? Think of the poor children... :angel:
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Greetings, newbie question here. My goal is to modify a Amazon Fire TV device to run a single game (Fibbage) at startup. I wanted to place the device in a youth rec center (out of reach of the kids) and have them join/access the game by using their own mobile device(s). I would like the kids to access to the game without use of the remote control. I plan to also give them the ability to reset the game by installing a power/reset toggle button near the TV to reset the system/game with a single push.
The goal is to have the device automatically load this game by default each time the system is restarted. If I needed to periodically update/change the game I would like that ability by using the remote control to access the admin menu.
Is this at all possible? Think of the poor children... :angel:
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Probably llama would be the easiest. There is documentation on the XBMC Wiki for using Llama to autostart.
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have them join/access the game by using their own mobile device(s). I would like the kids to access to the game without use of the remote control. l:
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How is that possible without pairing the 2 devices? Or are you going to pair their phones before hand?
Pairing phones
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How is that possible without pairing the 2 devices? Or are you going to pair their phones before hand?
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Actually, the game hosts a game portal on the web that syncs with he game session. Kids can join by either scanning in a screen q-code or by typing in a 5 digit code provided by the portal. Very cool stuff!
Llama sounds promising. So is there a link that will take me through the actual rooting path using llama? I know I sound like a twit, but I am completely lost with all the different flavors and steps.
I am very grateful, thanks!
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Actually, the game hosts a game portal on the web that syncs with he game session. Kids can join by either scanning in a screen q-code or by typing in a 5 digit code provided by the portal. Very cool stuff!
Llama sounds promising. So is there a link that will take me through the actual rooting path using llama? I know I sound like a twit, but I am completely lost with all the different flavors and steps.
I am very grateful, thanks!
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There is a Fire TV page on the XBMC wiki that talks about it.
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Actually, the game hosts a game portal on the web that syncs with he game session. Kids can join by either scanning in a screen q-code or by typing in a 5 digit code provided by the portal. Very cool stuff!
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Sounds interesting
Progress!
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Okay, so I made a bit of progress:
a. Installed the FTV utility for Windows.
b. Rooted Fire TV - disabled updates.
c. Installed SBMC
d. Installed Llama
e. Set Llama profiles and conditions to start SBMC automatically (If day = MON-SUN)
Current Issues:
1. I can't seem to call the Fire TV game from the Llama list of applications to auto-launch (it defaults to android apps, not FireTv apps). It seems like there is a d-mark between the android apps I side-load and the applications that are purchased for the unit.
2. Now that I have root access, are there native Fire TV commands that I can run to auto-start the game at startup? Similar tot he disable updates command.
This is getting interesting. Thanks!
Could someone please extract the following apps so the community can try to use them on Android TV? Other apps have been extracted and work.
All4, ITVHub, My5, RTÉ Player, 3Player, and TG4.
Depending on your location, UK or Ireland, you may or may not be able to extract all of these due to geo-blocking, but any with which you can help would be greatly appreciated.
Instructions on how to extract the APKs can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64124593&postcount=3
and/or at the following link, skipping the final step 8:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-transfer-amazon-fire-tv-apps-to-a-fire-tv-stick/
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Could someone please extract the following apps so the community can try to use them on Android TV? Other apps have been extracted and work.
All4, ITVHub, My5, RTÉ Player, 3Player, and TG4.
Depending on your location, UK or Ireland, you may or may not be able to extract all of these due to geo-blocking, but any with which you can help would be greatly appreciated.
Instructions on how to extract the APKs can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64124593&postcount=3
and/or at the following link, skipping the final step 8:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-transfer-amazon-fire-tv-apps-to-a-fire-tv-stick/
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i searched for these but couldn't find any, perhaps like you said it's location-based and I'm in the USA.
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i searched for these but couldn't find any, perhaps like you said it's location-based and I'm in the USA.
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Thank you very much for your efforts all the same
The first three definitely exist, they are the UK apps, the last three, the Irish apps, I am unsure of.
really need this!!!!
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Thank you very much for your efforts all the same
The first three definitely exist, they are the UK apps, the last three, the Irish apps, I am unsure of.
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Ok I did with a little effort manage to download and extract 3 of them from my firetv. 2 of them are attached and there's a link for the My 5 below.
https://mega.nz/#!8IxWEBjC!c88wn4dSoh9C8XaPXB_NTAd6ATNfHb56QXzuzvr1n_I
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Ok I did with a little effort manage to download and extract 3 of them from my firetv. 2 of them are attached and there's a link for the My 5 below.
https://mega.nz/#!8IxWEBjC!c88wn4dSoh9C8XaPXB_NTAd6ATNfHb56QXzuzvr1n_I
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Great, good job, thanks!!
I will try them this morning on Android TV and update this thread!
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Great, good job, thanks!!
I will try them this morning on Android TV and update this thread!
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Cool I hope it works out for you
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Cool I hope it works out for you
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Okay, so these install fine, but when they launch they give an error about no Amazon App Store found. I first mistakenly downloaded a version of Amazon Underground from Aptpoide, which also crashed after running, but on googling I found an official Amazon link which does work.
After logging into Amazon Underground, the apps no longer gave that error, but instead a new one about not having 'bought' these apps. I then tried to 'buy' them using the Amazon Underground app but they do not appear for me because I am in the Republic of Ireland.
I am sure I can get around this with some VPN trickery, just doing some when on our living room, mounting new TV etc, so have not gotten to it just yet.
In case you are wondering why I did not just set up a VPN in the first place and try to 'buy' the apps with an Android device, that is because I do not think this will give me a version compatible with a remote control, whereas we know the versions you have uploaded is.
I will update thread when I've set up VPN and tried all of this.
Has anyone else had any success?
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Okay, so these install fine, but when they launch they give an error about no Amazon App Store found. I first mistakenly downloaded a version of Amazon Underground from Aptpoide, which also crashed after running, but on googling I found an official Amazon link which does work.
After logging into Amazon Underground, the apps no longer gave that error, but instead a new one about not having 'bought' these apps. I then tried to 'buy' them using the Amazon Underground app but they do not appear for me because I am in the Republic of Ireland.
I am sure I can get around this with some VPN trickery, just doing some when on our living room, mounting new TV etc, so have not gotten to it just yet.
In case you are wondering why I did not just set up a VPN in the first place and try to 'buy' the apps with an Android device, that is because I do not think this will give me a version compatible with a remote control, whereas we know the versions you have uploaded is.
I will update thread when I've set up VPN and tried all of this.
Has anyone else had any success?
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I figured exactly what you mentioned, it's a shame that we have to sometimes jump thru all these hoops to get things working....keep us updated
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I can try to patch out the Amazon dependencies. It's worked for a few apps that I've dumped from my fire tv to use with my shield.
No promises, but I'll give it a shot.
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That would be great too, thanks.
I will still try it from my end.
By the way, which apps have you extracted for your shield already, and is there a centralised place anyone is collating fire extracted apks?
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I've extracted Spotify and WatchESPN. However, official Android TV versions of those apps have since been released. I've also extracted Flappy Birds Family. I don't know of any centralized area where all the exracted FireTV apps are being posted though.
I do have a post on the Wetek forums with Android TV and FireTV app mods, modified to work with regular android.
http://www.wetekforums.com/v/index.php?p=/discussion/27564
Anywho...
Here are the modded APKs. I've removed any Amazon checks. They install fine. I can't check if the video's play as I don't live in the proper geographical area.
All 4 - https://mega.nz/#!K4QlmBTK!PBWAbaGIPFh9Fx92_Oqxv_RKKlpQLtfCyWGX-H6hRpw
Demand 5 - https://mega.nz/#!7pJHmaIR!zfLnhoBG1CeyFpZVHpyjYamADqDq8AYHuLKJlrarZTI
ITV Hub - https://mega.nz/#!C0ZykJSb!IxOYC1w7CLCgkRGshT2VEdZ_j3fBU4BJQLbZsTXkjWg
Please let me know if they work.
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Good work. I have a question: Do you do the reverse of this and remove checks from google play apks? Reason I ask is I've been trying to get Watch NFL network sideloaded on my firetvs, and they install but launching gives a can't launch from phone error and closes out. It works fine on my Minix neo x8 plus.
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I've extracted Spotify and WatchESPN. However, official Android TV versions of those apps have since been released. I've also extracted Flappy Birds Family. I don't know of any centralized area where all the exracted FireTV apps are being posted though.
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Thanks, I have just uninstalled Emma+ and installed Spotify, I was not aware they released a native app.
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Anywho...
Here are the modded APKs. I've removed any Amazon checks. They install fine. I can't check if the video's play as I don't live in the proper geographical area.
All 4 - https://mega.nz/#!K4QlmBTK!PBWAbaGIPFh9Fx92_Oqxv_RKKlpQLtfCyWGX-H6hRpw
Demand 5 - https://mega.nz/#!7pJHmaIR!zfLnhoBG1CeyFpZVHpyjYamADqDq8AYHuLKJlrarZTI
ITV Hub - https://mega.nz/#!C0ZykJSb!IxOYC1w7CLCgkRGshT2VEdZ_j3fBU4BJQLbZsTXkjWg
Please let me know if they work.
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Nice work, thanks! :good:
Okay so I just cleared data, storage, reset defaults and (not sure if necessary since I then...) uninstalled the older versions and reinstalled your uploaded versions.
ITV Hub works perfectly :highfive: only issue I can see with it is that when you press back it displays a dialogoue asking 'Do you want to exit the ITV Hub' with the options Okay and Cancel. Pressing cancel does nothing, not a huge deal just thought I would mention it in case it is a quick fix.
Demand 5 loads their splashscreen, then for an instant a progress disc, and then prints the following error:
Code:
Whoops!
An error has occured and the application will now shut down.
<Exit button>
(FTVD5-500)
All 4 loads their splashscreen, and then the screen goes black and stays black. Please note this is the same behaviour as before you modified it, that is to say, unmodified Demand 5 and ITV Hub did load but gave errors about Amazon Underground, whereas All 4 never got that far.
- d3adpool, do you think it possible the apk you uploaded could have become corrupt, or could we rule that out as if it were we would not even see the All 4 splashscreen?
Is there anything you could try?
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I do have a post on the Wetek forums with Android TV and FireTV app mods, modified to work with regular android.
http://www.wetekforums.com/v/index.php?p=/discussion/27564.
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Cool, I had a look at the thread and I can see you have been busy - and are taking requests.
If you are able to modify an Android TV app to work on regular Android, does that mean you can also do the reverse? If so could you please modify regular Android versions of RTÉ Player, 3Player, and TG4 so that they will work on Android TV with a remote? 3Player is giving me some bogus error at the moment so I have posted in an Irish forum to see if anyone else is experiencing it, and TG4 only comes up for me on Google Search showing a compatibility issue, and not in Play Store on either of my Android devices, so I have asked about that also, I just want to check they are working okay before I upload them for you. RTÉ Player does work and I have attached it below:
I'm not sure if they got corrupted or not. They did load for me on my ftv. Previous experience with sideloading ftv apps on other android devices tells me that usually it won't work. I have a MXIII and a Minix neo x8plus and on both I've attempted to sideload ftv apps and none of them have actually loaded. Either I would get a parsing error, sitting on a loading screen when trying to play a video, HDCP error (HBOGO), or some other random error. Most times you're better off installing apks from the google play store.
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@d3adpool - Send me the watch NFL apk and I'll see what I can do.
@dusf - I believe there is an issue with the all 4 apk. Hopefully we can find a fresh apk. The demand 5 app works fine on my end, but won't play video due to geographical location. What device are you testing it on?
I can't add remote functionality to touch apps though. Sorry.
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I use an Nvidia Shield Android TV.
Real shame about All4 and Demand 5 not working, but great work with ITV Hub
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@dusf - Hey man, I just tested Demand 5 on my Wetek Core, nVidia Shield TV and Amazon Fire Stick. The app works on all 3 devices. I think the issue may be on your end? Can anyone else confirm if the app works for them? Can you try the updated version I posted below?
I also don't run into the, "press back displays a dialogue asking 'Do you want to exit the ITV Hub' with the options Okay and Cancel. Pressing cancel does nothing", issue. What controller/remote are you testing it with? I tried ITV Hub on my shield with the nVidia controller, nVidia remote and FireTV remote, and all worked fine.
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I have all three, Nvidia Controller, Nvidia remote, and Amazon Fire TV Voice remote, so I will try all three again with the updated versions you posted. I also have to Nvidia Shield TVs, so I will try both if they do not work on one.
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Anywho... Since I tested ITV Hub and Demand 5 on my Android TV, and they both seemed to work fine, I added a banner and the proper intent to the manifest so they now show up in the Leanback Launcher. However, I can't check if videos play because I don't live in the proper geographical area.
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Nice, having access to them from the launcher is a nice feature, and it did cross my mind when testing the last time but I was very happy to have ITV Hub in the first place
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If anyone can get their hands on a clean copy of the All 4 apk, I could try to modify that as well.
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Can you define clean version? d3adpool has been a great help so far, perhaps if he is still willing, there is something he could do to make sure his version is not dirty?
About not being able to add remote functionality to the regular Android app, RTÉ Player app, is this something that would be possible if someone put enough time into it, or is it just set up in such a way that it would never work? I just know a bit of C and C++ at the moment, but perhaps when I learn a few more languages I could help with this. Would having access to the source code of Samsung Smart TV apps for the same channels help? This is something I could provide. I appreciate they are probably in a completely different language.
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@dusf - Hey man, I just tested Demand 5 on my Wetek Core, nVidia Shield TV and Amazon Fire Stick. The app works on all 3 devices. I think the issue may be on your end? Can anyone else confirm if the app works for them? Can you try the updated version I posted below?
I also don't run into the, "press back displays a dialogue asking 'Do you want to exit the ITV Hub' with the options Okay and Cancel. Pressing cancel does nothing", issue. What controller/remote are you testing it with? I tried ITV Hub on my shield with the nVidia controller, nVidia remote and FireTV remote, and all worked fine.
Anywho... Since I tested ITV Hub and Demand 5 on my Android TV, and they both seemed to work fine, I added a banner and the proper intent to the manifest so they now show up in the Leanback Launcher. However, I can't check if videos play because I don't live in the proper geographical area.
Amazon dependancies have been removed and the apps have been modified to work on Android TV devices.
ITV Hub -
Demand 5 -
If anyone can get their hands on a clean copy of the All 4 apk, I could try to modify that as well.
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Hi thanks for sharing those, I tried Demand 5 on my nvidia shield tv, The app works fine apart from when you go to play a video. I just get the loading icon top right spinning continuously.
hi i requesting the adult swim app from the amazon firestick as i can not get it on mine ??
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C3GMF4H/?tag=aftvn-20
I couldn't find the fire tv version but this version works but it will require a mouse or mouse toggle app
I presume the fire tv version is geo restricted
Iv tested this app on the fire stick version 2 & everything works fine (with mouse toggle app)
Adult Swim App
This is the app you linked to: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwh_XxANYf7MIyuvQPR
Thanks
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This is the app you linked to: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwh_XxANYf7MIyuvQPR
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Link is dead. Could you send us again with the latest apk ? please
Could someone please reupload the apk? I need to try it on a shield!
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Could someone please reupload the apk? I need to try it on a shield!
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There is no android tv version (that works other than on firetv)
You can use the mobile version
https://m.apkpure.com/adult-swim/com.adultswim.videoapp.android
You will need sia to install it
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/polyc...-apks-installer-sai-4-0-android-apk-download/
You will also need set orientation to keep it in landscape mode
https://m.apkpure.com/set-orientation/com.googlecode.eyesfree.setorientation
And you'll need a mouse - physical or virtual
Once app is open accept conditions and use mouse to touch the screen
The menu will then be accessible
I haven't got an account so I can't test any of the ondemand stuff as I don't live in USA so don't have a cable provider account to sign in with
Note - when selecting the ondemand TV show section you need the scroll down to be able to see the shows as there's a large blank banner at top of page
The live channel works though
I have kodi and other apk’s loaded on the fire tv. I struggled to get sports to work so I decided to get a vpn. IP vanish. When I have it turned on my kodi won’t play tv or film links. But the sports work sometimes. I have the toggle app for an apk. The toggle is stuck on starting but I can get it to still work but on the apk where ever I click on the screen it doesn’t click the same bit. I mean if there’s 5 links up and down I need to click the 3rd link to open the first and don’t get to open the bottom 2 as cursor would be out the screen and screen won’t scroll down enough. I don’t have any of these problems on the 2nd gen fire stick. Anyone got any suggestions or are the new fire tv’s just crap?
Thanks
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I have kodi and other apk’s loaded on the fire tv. I struggled to get sports to work so I decided to get a vpn. IP vanish. When I have it turned on my kodi won’t play tv or film links. But the sports work sometimes. I have the toggle app for an apk. The toggle is stuck on starting but I can get it to still work but on the apk where ever I click on the screen it doesn’t click the same bit. I mean if there’s 5 links up and down I need to click the 3rd link to open the first and don’t get to open the bottom 2 as cursor would be out the screen and screen won’t scroll down enough. I don’t have any of these problems on the 2nd gen fire stick. Anyone got any suggestions or are the new fire tv’s just crap?
Thanks
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You need to choose a different VPN server that allows you to play both. Some servers or countries have certain things blocked
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You need to choose a different VPN server that allows you to play both. Some servers or countries have certain things blocked
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Ok thanks. I will have a play about with it Tomorrow see how I get on. Do you know of a server to go for off the top of your head or shall I just try a few
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Ok thanks. I will have a play about with it Tomorrow see how I get on. Do you know of a server to go for off the top of your head or shall I just try a few
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They are all different per provider. I use VPN.AC as my VPN. They have a native beta app for the fire TV that you have to side load. I use a double hop feature. Check them out
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