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Amazon Instant Video App?

I'm wondering if this will have an app for Amazon Instant Video since it is one of the advertised features. If it does, would it be possible to port it to other Android devices? Right now the only way to watch Amazon Instant Video on an Android device is to spoof a desktop user agent and use flash player. While this method works, it would be a lot easier to have a native app, especially with flash player being discontinued.
APK (ATVAndroidCleint.apk) is Posted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19409230&postcount=10
Works on unrooted Gingerbread devices and force closes on Honeycomb/ICS when you try to go to a video's page. On rooted devices you'll need to install OTA Rootkeeper then force close and re-open the video app. You can also freeze/defrost it with Titanium Backup.
Option #1 to Log in to Your Amazon Account:
Open the Amazon video app and find a video you want to watch. Tap the orange box to buy the video and log in with your Amazon account. Once logged in the prices in the orange boxes should adjust if you have Prime and you'll be able to watch videos. If you get an "Error Linking Device" proceed to option #2.
Option #2 to Log in to Your Amazon Account:
From a Kindle Fire ROM dump obtain and install MyAccount-unsigned.apk and com.amazon.dcp.apk. The files in this post should work even though its not a complete ROM dump. Now you can associate your Amazon account with your device just like you would a Google, etc account. From Settings, Accounts you should be able to add an Amazon account. Now go back into the Amazon video app and you should already be logged in and able to watch videos.
If you still get a "Your device is no longer configured correctly to play Amazon videos" error try restarting your device after you temp unroot with OTA Rootkeeper. Some devices, usually running CM roms have had issues with the error even after temp unrooting.

My understanding is that it will play instant video, although idk what app will do it.
Soon after mine arrives, I'll update?
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Its built into the device.. so I doubt it.

spunker88 said:
I'm wondering if this will have an app for Amazon Instant Video since it is one of the advertised features. If it does, would it be possible to port it to other Android devices? Right now the only way to watch Amazon Instant Video on an Android device is to spoof a desktop user agent and use flash player. While this method works, it would be a lot easier to have a native app, especially with flash player being discontinued.
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When flash is discontinued, you won't lose your ability to view video. more than likely, they will replace it with HTML5. As long as thy don't go to Silverlight, you should be OK.
Ditto, though about the native app. Why hasn't amazon released this type of app?

Yeah, popped over to see if there was an apk for it to try on other devices. Would definitely want to give it a shot.

There is a native Amazon Video app on the Fire. The apk installed and ran fine on my Nexus S (although the layout was a bit wonky). The problem that I encountered is that there is no way to sign in to your account from the app.

jm9843 said:
There is a native Amazon Video app on the Fire. The apk installed and ran fine on my Nexus S (although the layout was a bit wonky). The problem that I encountered is that there is no way to sign in to your account from the app.
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Where is the apk?

Can you post the apk. Myself and others would be interested even if it doesn't work yet. Perhaps there is another app or service needed to get you logged into Amazon similar to porting android market to devices that don't have it. I also read that Amazon is releasing their source if that makes things easier. You'd think they would release Instant Video as an app but it is a selling point of the fire.

The apk is in system/app, and is called "ATVAndroidClient.apk"

here is the ATVAndroidClient.apk......havent tried it yet.

FC's when trying to watch movies, or view help. Must be due to sign in as mentioned previously. May need the accounts and sync apk installed.....
Looks nice though.

fwiw, post-rooting, myself and a couple others are no longer able to instant stream a video...
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sikesjb said:
here is the ATVAndroidClient.apk......havent tried it yet.
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Sweet, and it works on the Droid 3.
What I did was tapped on an orange $1.99 button to buy an episode of a show. This brought up the Amazon login window and I logged into my Amazon account. Now that I'm logged in, it knows I have Prime Instant Videos for free so it lets me view everything.
There are some messed up parts of the GUI due to it only supporting the Kindle's resolution. I also noticed that once the on screen controls disappear during a video there is no way to get them back. I have to press the back button on my phone to exit back to the app, but luckily the app keeps your place, allowing you to resume.
Overall it is good enough to be usable, I watched a few minutes of Top Gear and Lost on it just fine. Both the Droid 3, Bionic, Razr, etc and the Kindle Fire have TI OMAP 4430, not sure if this has to do with anything.
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Doesn't appear to work over 3G. You can browse videos but get the error "Playback over cellular network is currently disabled"

spunker88 said:
Sweet, and it works on the Droid 3.
What I did was tapped on an orange $1.99 button to buy an episode of a show. This brought up the Amazon login window and I logged into my Amazon account. Now that I'm logged in, it knows I have Prime Instant Videos for free so it lets me view everything.
There are some messed up parts of the GUI due to it only supporting the Kindle's resolution. I also noticed that once the on screen controls disappear during a video there is no way to get them back. I have to press the back button on my phone to exit back to the app, but luckily the app keeps your place, allowing you to resume.
Overall it is good enough to be usable, I watched a few minutes of Top Gear and Lost on it just fine. Both the Droid 3, Bionic, Razr, etc and the Kindle Fire have TI OMAP 4430, not sure if this has to do with anything.
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Doesn't appear to work over 3G. You can browse videos but get the error "Playback over cellular network is currently disabled"
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Yeah, I tried it on my Inc 2 and had more success....my first attempt was on honeycomb.
Wasn't able to log in. network error. Will try on wifi....
Definitely looked better on my tablet, so probably ideal for gingerbread tab.
Sent from my Incredible 2 HD

sikesjb said:
Yeah, I tried it on my Inc 2 and had more success....my first attempt was on honeycomb.
Wasn't able to log in. network error. Will try on wifi....
Definitely looked better on my tablet, so probably ideal for gingerbread tab.
Sent from my Incredible 2 HD
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It won't work over 3G for me, it wants wifi. It will be better on a tablet I'm sure, some of the things like the search box, etc feel a little small on a 4" screen, but its still a lot easier than using a browser.
If you got it working on your Incredible 2 then it may not actually be GPU sensitive. Maybe this will end up working on a wide variety of devices. Makes you wonder if Amazon will release a version to the general public.

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It won't work over 3G for me, it wants wifi. It will be better on a tablet I'm sure, some of the things like the search box, etc feel a little small on a 4" screen, but its still a lot easier than using a browser.
If you got it working on your Incredible 2 then it may not actually be GPU sensitive. Maybe this will end up working on a wide variety of devices. Makes you wonder if Amazon will release a version to the general public.
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Yeah, got it working on my A100, but agian...honeycomb. FC's arent unfamiliar. Inc 2, I got as far as the login screen, but got "an error has occured, please try again" on wifi and 3G. Could be an account issue though.
Hopefully someone that knows what they are doing can get it to work properly.
Glad you got it working.

I can install but when try to purchase I get this. I am rooted maybe that why.
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That was what I had experienced on the Xoom w/ the Google Market for Movie Rentals.
It let's you rent them and they show up in Videos. But you can't watch them if you're rooted. You have to watch them through a browser.

kingskidd268 said:
I can install but when try to purchase I get this. I am rooted maybe that why.
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Apparently this app checks for root and gives this error even on the Kindle if rooted. The solution is to temporarily unroot with an app, details at this link:
http://phandroid.com/2011/11/16/rooting-kindle-fire-breaks-amazon-video-and-how-to-make-it-work/

I installed on my Bionic (currently removed the root while waiting for that update to show up) and it looked ok, a few graphic issues.
I tried to login, but it came back with a message to check my WiFi connection.

[Q] Rooted kindle 8.9 lost location services

Hello,
I have a Kindle 8.9 that has been rooted.
Everything works fine except that I have lost all location services. Google maps works, but it cannot locate my position. It always says that location is unavailable at this moment
The strange part is that I installed Opera browser as someone suggested and lo and behold, location is found when I access google maps via the Opera browser.
There was a thread related to this a while back, and to my knowledge, it was never solved.
Anyone got any ideas of how to fix this ?
thanks

OS Version may make a difference
I'm rooted 8.3.1; seems to play nicer with google services. When rooted 8.1.4 (what it arrived with at the time) location services did not play with google--it showed my position in Colorado when I'm in Arizona. Mapquest should track you though. Maps likely won't with that OS version.
Granted, I don't have TWRP installed, so I've not gone far down the rabbit trail. You've got a few options:
- Update to the latest OS (8.3.1)
Easy peasy. You're already comfy rooting. Download from Amazon, hook your KFHD to the PC, drop the update .bin file in, disconnect, update, reroot using b1nary sony method (ten minutes max), install busybox ... okay, bit of a wrinkle there. I have a busybox installer installed prior to the update. It'll be there after--just root and reinstall busy box. Then use kindle fire first aid to install google play store. All told maybe 20 minutes. Your GPS should track then. Do all the kfhd's have gps? I'm not sure, don't think so. If you've LTE, it does, and you should be tracking like a boss.
Fyi, after updating and rerooting, clear data on the Amazon apps (kindle, vod, silk) if you want to use them. You'll have to redownload your books/media ... if I don't do that, I can't see any of my books 'n stuff.
- you could give SteriROM 1.2 a shot, seems GREAT for a simple all-in-one kinda solution. That'll upgrade you OS to 8.3.0.
Either way, upgrading is a good thing.

4iiiidnerd said:
I'm rooted 8.3.1; seems to play nicer with google services. When rooted 8.1.4 (what it arrived with at the time) location services did not play with google--it showed my position in Colorado when I'm in Arizona. Mapquest should track you though. Maps likely won't with that OS version.
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yes indeed i am still running 8.1.3. Dont know if there are enough compelling reasons for me to upgrade. Any thoughts ?
I am a newbie, and rooting was a serious pain in the ass. It took me days to figure everything out and by now I have forgotten how I did it
I was interested if there was a patch I could apply to 8.1.3 instead of upgrading and re-rooting.
thanks

belgiumsucks said:
yes indeed i am still running 8.1.3. Dont know if there are enough compelling reasons for me to upgrade. Any thoughts ?
--8.1.4?
I am a newbie, and rooting was a serious pain in the ass. It took me days to figure everything out and by now I have forgotten how I did it
--I understand "set & forget", but there is no unrooting update. You're going to have to familiarize yourself with the process, get comfy with it. It really DOESN'T take much, but you do have to make that initial investment.
I was interested if there was a patch I could apply to 8.1.3 instead of upgrading and re-rooting.
Yeah, no such patch.
Thanks
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I'm not aware of gps working with google maps on 8.1.4. Use a different nav app, mapquest, if you're sticking with it.
Otherwise you'll want to use Lizzard30's SteriROM 1.2. It'll upgrade you, it's more stable, and it's actually fairly easy.

Different Marketplaces

I recently had a Kindle Fire HD LTE. I rooted it, installed the google marketplace, and was able to install the majority of my google play android apps.
I then saw there was a student discount on the basic 8.9" model, going for $200 less than I spent on the LTE version. Considering I had activated, but never even used the LTE plan, I figured it was a no-brainer to just go pure wifi.
I rooted the exchanged model, installed the store, and found that a large number of very basic apps from google play were no longer listed as compatible.
I believe the marketplace I had on the first version was quite old. It had the app listing that looked curved, and small. Clearly from before tablets were common. The Google Play store I have now is the modern version, common to regular Android tablets.
The strange thing is that it's the same device, essentially, and these were very basic apps (news, weather, etc) that ran fine on the LTE.
Is there a way for me to get my marketplace to allow me to install those apps again? I realize there are ways to modify files in order to look like a different device, but something else must be happening here, considering the LTE version was compatible (one that is far less common of a style), and the wifi only one was not (the most common 8.9").
Any thoughts on why it's giving me a hard time on the wifi-version, using the more recent play store?
//One thing I was thinking about was the fact that the LTE version has GPS built in. Most of these apps probably had, in one way or another, an ability to use GPS. On the other hand, none of them required GPS to function properly, and 99% of the time I had GPS disabled. Should I risk tricking my google play store marketplace into thinking it's the LTE version? I've heard some risky things about doing things like that, and would be in over my head.
EDIT: I renamed the device in the build.drop, to the same name as the LTE edition, and nothing changed. I'm not sure if there's more to edit than the basic device model name, but that didn't fix it.

Search for MarketHelper 1.1 apk here on xda. Change your device too nexus tablet and all done.

Cronoss said:
Search for MarketHelper 1.1 apk here on xda. Change your device too nexus tablet and all done.
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Cheers!

Everything was fine, now Playstore won't load

A few months back, I had side-loaded Google apps onto my stock device.
(I'm on 4.6.6.1 now - not sure if this upgrade happened recently...)
I am using it with a Project Fi data-only sim and letting the kid use it for Pokemon Go.
All of a sudden, PoGo won't start (GPS signal not found), and I can't load the Play Store (it just says at a blank white screen). Anyone else have something like this happen, and is there a simple fix?

Me too,today Nov 11 my google maps and play store dont work

same for me since 4 days....

I'm not on stock atm but in the past that exact thing would happen to my Google play if Google sent an update for it's services that somehow broke it on the firephone. Google has made about 3 updates this month so try reinstalling an older version or something and see if it works.

I don't need this when the whole world is falling apart.
nismo87 said:
Me too,today Nov 11 my google maps and play store don't work
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All my fire phones were working fine with side loaded framework, google services, play store etc. as explained in the xda forum. They would automatically update and nothing broke except for a brief period a year or so ago which got fixed automatically after a few days. I know Google broke it with an update at that time, but not sure who fixed it -- Amazon or Google.
But now, the same things has happened. With Google Services update a couple of days ago things have come off their moorings.
Youtube, Maps, and the Play store itself are on the blink. Other things which require Play services also are gone, of course.
I am afraid, this time around, Amazon seems to have really given up on the fire phone. So the chances are quite bleak that they would take any trouble to fix this. eg. They don't even support Amazon Music Unlimited, and Audible on their own Fire Phone! Both are Amazon's own products!!

Check out this thread, last couple pages. Got me going again (for now, anyways).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fir...ay-store-4-6-1-version-4-apks-t3098592/page16

Same here - good to see it was neither me, nor I'm alone, yet let's see how to solve this!

Got me going for a day and a half..
resarfekim said:
Check out this thread, last couple pages. Got me going again (for now, anyways).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fir...ay-store-4-6-1-version-4-apks-t3098592/page16
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Thanks. That got me going for 36 hours. Then it automatically started updating, and back to square one... Google Play Services has stopped working blah blah blah..
The deicsion to freeze and branch off from a version of Android was a very short-sighted selfish, customers-be-damned decision.
Amazon seems to be a really bad version of Apple without the technical wherewithal to sustain itself.
What a pity. The fire phone itself is a great one.
Is there any chance that a non-Google non-Amazon fix can work at all?

Fireinthebelly said:
Thanks. That got me going for 36 hours. Then it automatically started updating, and back to square one... Google Play Services has stopped working blah blah blah..
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Same here

Since we're here, I'm assuming we have our phones rooted. That said, is there some way to just block the updater with a firewall or something similar?

The new google play services update broke all amazon google services in stock fire OS
We have to block the update process or wait for fix in next play services update
Anyone find a way to fix it
Br,
Shahzaib Jahangir

I had this exact same problem and it started last night as well, I tried reinstalling but then I got the "Google Play Services has stopped" message repeatedly, i'll keep looking as I need this fix asap for work

Crephix said:
Since we're here, I'm assuming we have our phones rooted. That said, is there some way to just block the updater with a firewall or something similar?
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"Wrong!!"
Sorry, the would is still fresh..
No.. none of my phones is rooted. The beauty of this Xda-forum solution of side loading the four files (Account framework, Account Manager, play services, & play store) was that they don't have to be rooted.

Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.

fuzolan said:
Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.
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Updating all manually to the newest kitkat version does seem to do it (though, I only just did it). Didn't even check the versions as I assumed they auto-updated as well. Should last a bit longer now till that version is too old.
Good catch. Thanks.

sandsofmyst said:
Updating all manually to the newest kitkat version does seem to do it (though, I only just did it). Didn't even check the versions as I assumed they auto-updated as well. Should last a bit longer now till that version is too old.
Good catch. Thanks.
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Hi!
I have the same problem here. Google Play Services crashed.
My Fire Phone is not rooted. Can I update to the newest kitkat to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Same here
Hello i have 5 phones whit the same problem i cant open any for google my easy solution is root and put cm11 rom and al working again.......
But i prefer the amazon os :/

fuzolan said:
Just update framework and Login Component to Version 4.4.4 and delete the data from store and Services and everything should be fine.
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have you got a download link?
thanks

musicman100 said:
have you got a download link?
thanks
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This post in another thread should work for you, fixed mine up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69658319&postcount=167

Fireinthebelly said:
All my fire phones were working fine with side loaded framework, google services, play store etc. as explained in the xda forum. They would automatically update and nothing broke except for a brief period a year or so ago which got fixed automatically after a few days. I know Google broke it with an update at that time, but not sure who fixed it -- Amazon or Google.
But now, the same things has happened. With Google Services update a couple of days ago things have come off their moorings.
Youtube, Maps, and the Play store itself are on the blink. Other things which require Play services also are gone, of course.
I am afraid, this time around, Amazon seems to have really given up on the fire phone. So the chances are quite bleak that they would take any trouble to fix this. eg. They don't even support Amazon Music Unlimited, and Audible on their own Fire Phone! Both are Amazon's own products!!
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Not sure if people are still following this thread but I thought to share. I was able to sideload Amazon music unlimited. It disables native music app but doesn't launch using the same app link. I need to use ES Explorer's App library function to select and launch. Otherwise it works well. Not sure if the audible app would work the same.

Android 7 on 2020 - Stream problems on Netflix and Amazon

Hello guys,
I'm having problems using Netflix and Amazon Prime, I'm currently on Resurrection Remix 5.8.5 which is working fine, smooth and stable. But I can't find a solution for these two stream platforms, I mean, yesterday I was able to configure Netflix using an add-on on Kodi, I found one for Amazon too, but it doesn't work for me cuz of the 2FA (I know, I can deactivate the 2FA to be able to login, but I was wondering if there's a solution for this).
The problems are:
Netflix: Sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes it stops and say error: 5.10, which following the solution from Netflix support, which is cleaning the cache and restarting the app and, doesn't work.
Amazon: This doesn't work at all, it shows the movies but when I select it to play, it loads but go back to title selection.
So, my point here is more like, what should I do to fix it? In the past I found some people saying that using an old app works, I tried today getting the apk versions made exclusive for Android 7 (API 25) and both doesn't let me even try, I get the message at the beginning that the app is outdated.
I tried both Netflix and Amazon's support, and basically both said: "You need to buy a newer Android device if our solutions doesn't help you", I understand that my tablet may be too much complex to get a newer Android version, since was not ment to it, but my tablet works fine, I never had a problem with it (other than this), and I'm struggling to believe that there's no way around it.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give as many details as I could.
Thanks in advance for any help or ideias.