I'm in a stupid situation. The few app purchases I've made on Amazon's app store were made on a different Amazon account than my current Amazon prime account. Is there a way to download the apk for an Amazon app store app which I purchased previously so I can side load it on to my FireTV Stick?
I've been able to side load apps from the Google Play Store just fine but how do you download an apk (the version specifically meant for FireTV stick) of a paid app you purchased on Amazon's app store? Any help is much appreciated.
Please disregard this thread. Looks like when you deregister an amazon account from a FireTV Stick and register a different one, the apps are still installed.
Actually, I'd love to know how to do this for a different reason. Is there a way to extract the official firetv apk of some apps? I would love to sideload an app that isn't available in my region, but one that others have access to.
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I see that SPMC is officially on the Amazon App Store as a free download. It allowed me to purchase it but says it may be incompatible with my fire TV stick. Usually apps just download straight away but this one doesn't seek to be downloading to my Stick. Any way to get it on there? This would make it easier to access XBMC without the need for Llama.
For me SPMC is also incompatible with Fire TV stick (marked with red x in "Your devices compatible with this app")
It works fine, even though it says incompatible. Just sideload the apk like you would any other app.
You can also download it here: http://spmc.semperpax.com/.
Note that the default version does not have a launcher.
Will SPMC icon be visible in default launcher after sideload? The main idea to install it from market was to have it's icon in default launcher...
Koying - the maintaner of SPMC has stated in the official XBMC forums he had submitted SPMC to be published to the amazon appstore, it got published on the appstore but is not marked compatible for Fire TV, and he inquired about why but last i read (months ago) no response back from amazon, There is either something that doesnt conform to standards or some other reason but amazon has yet to mark it as compatible, possibly they just don't want it on the FTV who knows.
The only way as of now is to use the llama method and/or use the launcher version of SPMC. I was hesitant to use SPMC over XBMC orignally but SPMC really does work better on the FTV as it contains fixes directly for it that are not/wont be in the official fork of XBMC.
ekos2001 said:
Will SPMC icon be visible in default launcher after sideload? The main idea to install it from market was to have it's icon in default launcher...
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Yes the icon will be visible if you "shop" the app and sideload it. At least in the "Current" section of the launcher.
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Yes the icon will be visible if you "shop" the app and sideload it. At least in the "Current" section of the launcher.
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I made the purchase on the Amazon App store and side-loaded the app but it does not show up anywhere.
The weird thing is that the reviews on the app store are from Fire TV users. I wonder how they got it loaded.
Looks like it's possible: http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/spmc-fire-tv-home-screen-t2970932/page2
Im very green to this amazon fire tv.
I sent a few apps to AFTV with adbFire on the pc fairly easy but neither the google apps or the vudu apps i tried worked.
The google ones just went blank and back to FTV and the vudu one only lets me get into the search function (with the ftv remote)
Not sure if I missed a step. Main goal is to get vudu working.
-sorry if this is in the wrong area :/
We need more info to be able to help you. Is your device rooted? If its not rooted then the Play Store will not work. The Play Store can be installed it just won't work unless yoour Fire TV is rooted. What is the prolem with VUDU? Is it that you cannot move around inside the app with the remote? If so its because you need either a USB or Bluetooth mouse or an app on your phone/tabet that acts as a mouse. I recommend that you install Wukong Remote on your phone/tablet if you do not have a USB or Bluetooth mouse. Wukong remote is an app you can get from the play store that you install on your phone/table and the Fire TV, and it can act as a Fire TV Remote or a mouse.
Also, the play store does not work on nonrooted devces, but you can install third party app stores. I recommend "1Mobile Market" "Blackmart" and "Aptoide". I use these three app stores to keep all my apps updated and to download any apps I need or want. You can find 1Mobile Market, Blackmart and Aptoide by doing a Google search. One thing to know about third party app stores is to never auto update apps or update all apps. Update apps one at a time and make sure that the version numbers are actually an upgrade and not a downgrade or the same exact version. Third party app store apps have different signatures so sometimes they assume a downgrade is actually an upgrade, but if you pay attention to version numbers and update apps one at a time you should be fine.
To get Google apps working on nonrooted devices look for my thread on here titled "A few good apps", it will have a link to download the four apps needed to make most Google apps work. The thread should be on page two of the themes and apps section here in the Fire TV forums. When you install the four apps do not update Google Play Services past Version 7.0.99, cause its the latest version that works on the Fire TV.
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We need more info to be able to help you. Is your device rooted? If its not rooted then the Play Store will not work. The Play Store can be installed it just won't work unless yoour Fire TV is rooted. What is the prolem with VUDU? Is it that you cannot move around inside the app with the remote? If so its because you need either a USB or Bluetooth mouse or an app on your phone/tabet that acts as a mouse. I recommend that you install Wukong Remote on your phone/tablet if you do not have a USB or Bluetooth mouse. Wukong remote is an app you can get from the play store that you install on your phone/table and the Fire TV, and it can act as a Fire TV Remote or a mouse.
Also, the play store does not work on nonrooted devces, but you can install third party app stores. I recommend "1Mobile Market" "Blackmart" and "Aptoide". I use these three app stores to keep all my apps updated and to download any apps I need or want. You can find 1Mobile Market, Blackmart and Aptoide by doing a Google search. One thing to know about third party app stores is to never auto update apps or update all apps. Update apps one at a time and make sure that the version numbers are actually an upgrade and not a downgrade or the same exact version. Third party app store apps have different signatures so sometimes they assume a downgrade is actually an upgrade, but if you pay attention to version numbers and update apps one at a time you should be fine.
To get Google apps working on nonrooted devices look for my thread on here titled "A few good apps", it will have a link to download the four apps needed to make most Google apps work. The thread should be on page two of the themes and apps section here in the Fire TV forums. When you install the four apps do not update Google Play Services past Version 7.0.99, cause its the latest version that works on the Fire TV.
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thank you
I have not rooted yet so will look around for root methods
Yes the vudu issue you mentioned is the one I had so i will install that program on my phone
I didn't like aptoide when i had it on my phone so ill look into Blackmart
Thanks for the update info, probably wont update at all.. as long as its not installed to auto-update
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pfhh. well according to
http://www.aftvnews.com/start/
I am on a firmware that has no root yet.
After the installation comes the message: Apk not in possession.
Can you suppress that?
You get that whenever you install an app that is from the Amazon market and you don't have the app store either installed or you didn't get it directly from the market on your device. usually the best work around for this is to install the Android TV version from the Google play store rather than Amazon store. Or you you can just download the app directly from the Amazon store.
For example if you install the Amazon version of Hulu and you don't have the Amazon app store active on your device it's going to tell you that you don't own it. But if you install the Android TV version of Hulu from the Google play store it doesn't do the check for the Amazon app store and runs fine.
That is also clear to me, but is there perhaps a way to bypass the Amazon exam?
Amazon apk are not in possession
As I know, Hulu is a streaming service. Or did you mean something else?
I don't have an Amazon account and I mainly want to download and install apps such as Joyn or Pluto TV. Amazon forbids me to do that.
Hello, I have recently rooted my 4k Fire Stick (mantis) and debloated it using a couple of threads on this forum and so far so good. Now I have a question about installing a paid app from the Google Play store.
I want to download install a PAID app available from the Google Play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.colucciweb.vpnclientpro&hl=en_US) and need to install the 'Pro' version, but can't figure out how to do this on my Fire Stick. I have a couple of Android tablets that I pay through the Google Play store and I'm trying to figure out how to do on the Fire Stick.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this?
Thanks!
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Hello, I have recently rooted my 4k Fire Stick (mantis) and debloated it using a couple of threads on this forum and so far so good. Now I have a question about installing a paid app from the Google Play store.
I want to download install a PAID app available from the Google Play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.colucciweb.vpnclientpro&hl=en_US) and need to install the 'Pro' version, but can't figure out how to do this on my Fire Stick. I have a couple of Android tablets that I pay through the Google Play store and I'm trying to figure out how to do on the Fire Stick.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this?
Thanks!
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If you have the VPN app on your tablet, use the following app to extract the VPN apk on the tablet. Then do an "adb install" of the extracted apk on your firestick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ext.ui
The firestick does not have Google Play Services to enable use of the Play Store. I have seen several posts in this forum about problems caused by try to install Google Play Services, so I would not attempt it.
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If you have the VPN app on your tablet, use the following app to extract the VPN apk on the tablet. Then do an "adb install" of the extracted apk on your firestick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ext.ui
The firestick does not have Google Play Services to enable use of the Play Store. I have seen several posts in this forum about problems caused by try to install Google Play Services, so I would not attempt it.
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Thank you so much! I will try this later afternoon. Yes, I do have the paid VPN apk on my tablet which happens to be rooted.
Brilliant... this works! Thanks so much for the tip.
The Adult Swim app from the Fire TV seems to work on my Android TV except that it will lock you out after 15 seconds because it can't find the Amazon Appstore. Is there any way to patch the apk to remove this check?
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I sideloaded the Amazon Appstore and signed in. The app mostly works except for the important part: playing TV shows.
It just circles. I ripped this from an old rooted Fire TV 1. Perhaps there is a newer APK on newer Fire TVs? Another possibility is this apk requires other libraries to be installed for it to work?
You might be able to remove the Amazon App Store dependency with something like Lucky Patcher, but that would just let you open the app, the video streams probably require some sort of authentication tied to an Amazon account.
The Amazon App Store for Android is meant for mobile devices and mobile apps, and I'm assuming the Adult Swim app is only available for FireTV.
This is the latest version
Thank you. I checked the SHA1 of your apk and mine and it's the same as mine.