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Linking BT keyboards

I have an old Logitech PlayStation 3 Cordless MediaBoard Pro. Now that we have root, is there anyway to get this thing to pair with the Fire TV? Any BT related files anything of that nature...
Thanks in advance!

Thought bluetooth keyboards worked out of the box on the Fire TV?

Montisaquadeis said:
Thought bluetooth keyboards worked out of the box on the Fire TV?
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I have been trying to link this one, I cannot get it to work. I would like this one for the simple fact that it has a mouse pad built in. however, I have two more which came with USB dongles, those two work.

Montisaquadeis said:
Thought bluetooth keyboards worked out of the box on the Fire TV?
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I finally got it to work with a BT dongle. I will not connect with the FTV built in BT

jrgx19 said:
I finally got it to work with a BT dongle. I will not connect with the FTV built in BT
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Which BT dongle? I just tried one I have and no go.
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It was a generic no name one. It's an old one I found I my box of old crap. It has a link button on it I had to press to get it to link
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Motorolla KZ500
Do most bluetooth keyboards work out of the box on the Fire TV?
I have the Motorolla KZ500, with a combo slide-out touchpad. It is connecting to the Fire TV using the sideloaded settings.apk, but it does not do anything.
any ideas or suggestions?

Has anyone successfully used their phone as a BT keyboard? I know there are apps for this in the play store but I cannot get the phone (nexus 5) or the firetv to see each other.
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I finally got it to work with a BT dongle. I will not connect with the FTV built in BT
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Somehow, I'm thinking that wasn't a BT dongle at all, but just an RF non-BT keyboard/mouse dongle.

Unless Logitech don't know what kind technology they use, it is definitely BT

jrgx19 said:
Unless Logitech don't know what kind technology they use, it is definitely BT
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It's not one of those Unifying dongles, is it? Those aren't BT.

Fire Tv Stick in car working

So I plugged this puppy into a 2014 Honda Civic HDMI and got it working to Xbmc, Fire tv apps, emulators ..you guys know the score already but my question is does this fire tv stick have google maps capabilities if rooted? It would be pretty nice to get some maps working maybe even offline apps but I suppose I would have to figure out the best way to use it because there is no touch control with it. They have some kind of apple app you use with honda link to control the touch. I wonder what I could use for android that wouldn't be dangerous while driving.... I know the screen share works with the stick and my phone but don;t they both have to be on the same wifi or can I run the fire tv stick off my phones hotspot and still screen share?
here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_igrDI1HEc

rj2763 said:
So I plugged this puppy into a 2014 Honda Civic HDMI and got it working to Xbmc, Fire tv apps, emulators ..you guys know the score already but my question is does this fire tv stick have google maps capabilities if rooted? It would be pretty nice to get some maps working maybe even offline apps but I suppose I would have to figure out the best way to use it because there is no touch control with it. They have some kind of apple app you use with honda link to control the touch. I wonder what I could use for android that wouldn't be dangerous while driving.... I know the screen share works with the stick and my phone but don;t they both have to be on the same wifi or can I run the fire tv stick off my phones hotspot and still screen share?
here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_igrDI1HEc
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No. The Fire TV does not use location settings and it also does not have a GPS. One thing that may work is inputting your location and destination, but the app will not be able to find you on its own.

rj2763 said:
So I plugged this puppy into a 2014 Honda Civic HDMI and got it working to Xbmc, Fire tv apps, emulators ..you guys know the score already but my question is does this fire tv stick have google maps capabilities if rooted? It would be pretty nice to get some maps working maybe even offline apps but I suppose I would have to figure out the best way to use it because there is no touch control with it. They have some kind of apple app you use with honda link to control the touch. I wonder what I could use for android that wouldn't be dangerous while driving.... I know the screen share works with the stick and my phone but don;t they both have to be on the same wifi or can I run the fire tv stick off my phones hotspot and still screen share?
here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_igrDI1HEc
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Very cool! If rooted...maybe Google maps would work. Honestly I haven't seen the stick used in a car before your video. But as far as I know there is no root for ftv stick.

The port in the car provides the power to the stick? can you use (passenger) while car is moving?

shollywood said:
The port in the car provides the power to the stick? can you use (passenger) while car is moving?
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It's powered through the cigarette lighter. HDMI doesn't provide power. You probably knew that but I wanted to make that clear.

Fire Stick - GPS
It's a long shot, but it might be possible to use Google Maps with the fire stick by pairing it with a bluetooth GPS. I have an old Pharos Bluetooth GPS I've paired with older tablets without an internal GPS. There are apps in the Play Store which will allow you to set this up. If you can find one of these bluetooth GPS units somewhere cheap, it might be worth a shot. You'll need to sideload a "settings" app to the stick to allow you to pair the GPS. This is the kind of thing I love trying, just to see if it works. If you find a bluetooth GPS and get it working, report back to let us know, please. Also, you might consider purchasing one of the Android sticks out on the market. Just an idea.

Does the touch work on it?
Nevermind seen the vid

I'm going to tether in car for mine. Had to buy hdmi to rca box to use in car.

Tether your stick to your phone and then either screen share or download an airplay app so that you can mirror. Then simply pull up the maps on your phone and mirror to the LCD. That's what I did and it works flawlessly.

cool stuff I used a raspberry pi, and a touchscreen along with a gps . tethered to the cell. works decent, once mounted gps antenna to the trunk lid. let us know how you make out with adding gps to the fire stick.
videos of current set up
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Plugged a fire TV stick in the hdmi port, cannot get it to display. Tries selecting the hdmi input and nothing happens, click the two right hand and it can't connect.
Any ideas?

Fire TV stick help EDIT: DONT EVER SHUT OFF BLUETOOTH AND ADB!

I'll start by saying I'm a dummy. I shut off bluetooth in the settings.apk and have no way to control the stick now. ADB must be turned off because I can't seem to control it with the utility app. Anyway to fix this? I tried using usb devices with otg y cable but it doesn't work. The device isn't rooted. Thanks.
Edit: Read some more, yup I'm screwed.

It seems like bluetooth always comes back on by itself when I turn it off. Did you reboot? Do you have XBMC/Kodi installed? Try using an XBMC/Kodi remote app like Yatse and open the settings app through Kodi with the Yatse remote and see if that works. Yatse will find your Kodi if it is on the same network and auto connect. If you don't know how to open apps through Kodi let me know.
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Oh I just remembered, the Fire TV remote app. Go to the play store on you phone and search "fire TV" the remote app should be near the beginning of the search results, install it. Reboot your stick then connect. IIt will auto find your device if its on the same network.

Thanks! I thought that was a bluetooth app.

ImaDouche said:
Thanks! I thought that was a bluetooth app.
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Nope its a wifi app. If you would have taken 30 seconds to read the app description you would have known it was a wifi app.

I'm sorry you have mental instability. I thanked you and you slammed me for an innocent mistake.
How do you go from such a helpful reply to a smashing?
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Nope its a wifi app. If you would have taken 30 seconds to read the app description you would have known it was a wifi app.
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I did not slam you at all. I simply said if you would have read the description you would have known it was a wifi app. There is no other way to say that. Its not my fault that you can not handle the truth Just because someone is honest it does not mean they are being mean. If I tell you not to touch fire because it will burn you, it means not to touch fire, and if someone tells you to read something so that you will know what it is, then it means you should read it. Thats not being mean in the least.You can take it howw you want, but I was actually being nice.

download the fire tv remote from the play store. it works over wifi not bluetooth

NinjaPerv said:
download the fire tv remote from the play store. it works over wifi not bluetooth
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That works.

Happened to a few of us before and will happen to many others in the future. The Wukong Romote(I believe it's misspelled on the playstore on purpose) app works well to provide mouse control if you happen to disable bluetooth by accident.
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Me too dudes
Like the dude in the beggining i also have no bluetooth and adb off ....ive tried wokong or cetusplay...mouse worked except clicking actions ...i also have a mouse with usb cord but amazons home screen doesn't detect it....im still able to use mostly any app except the game emulator applications....i wanted to play with the fire tv controller but nothing works....it must be a bluetooth prob cause i used fresh batteries on both game and mic control ....(because i was using recharchables) so that didnt work....app wont detect my fire tv ....fresh out the box firestick control wo t connect....any one think of a solution. Or have one....oh and i can pretty much install any app and i have a couple that could be the sokution but i just cant get a " click " one last click on the cancel/install screen of the app i want to install (mouse wont get it....it can click cancel but not install.... I guess ill be checking up to see uf anyone has ANYTHING...THANKS YALL

Fire TV remote app and changing Wi-Fi

I'm on my way to the Outer Banks for a week at the beach. I have my fire stick but forgot my remote. I've checked stores to get a replacement remote or compatible bluetooth controller, but no luck. I have a possible solution, but not sure if it would work. Let me know what you think.
I setup the hotspot on my phone to mirror my home network. I already know I can fool my fire stick to think I'm online. Then I can use my wife's phone with the Fire TV remote app to pair with the Fire stick.
The problem comes with connecting with the Wi-Fi network when we'll be staying. It's password-protected. The remote app will only work as long as I'm connected to my phone's hotspot. Will the Fire stick stay connected long enough for me to enter the password, or will it disconnect the second I click the preferred network?
Does anyone else have any other suggestions? Is there any way to manually learn the network and password before connecting to it using adb? Anybody?

Bramton1 said:
I'm on my way to the Outer Banks for a week at the beach. I have my fire stick but forgot my remote. I've checked stores to get a replacement remote or compatible bluetooth controller, but no luck. I have a possible solution, but not sure if it would work. Let me know what you think.
I setup the hotspot on my phone to mirror my home network. I already know I can fool my fire stick to think I'm online. Then I can use my wife's phone with the Fire TV remote app to pair with the Fire stick.
The problem comes with connecting with the Wi-Fi network when we'll be staying. It's password-protected. The remote app will only work as long as I'm connected to my phone's hotspot. Will the Fire stick stay connected long enough for me to enter the password, or will it disconnect the second I click the preferred network?
Does anyone else have any other suggestions? Is there any way to manually learn the network and password before connecting to it using adb? Anybody?
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If you have an Android phone with IR, something like "AnyMote" should. There are several ir remote emulators.

king200 said:
If you have an Android phone with IR, something like "AnyMote" should. There are several ir remote emulators.
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Fire Stick (or Fire TV) don't work off IR. They use Bluetooth.
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if the tv you will have the firetv stick connected to is HDMI Cec compliant, make sure it's enabled on the tv, and you can use the tv's remote to operate the firetv stick.

Bramton1 said:
Fire Stick (or Fire TV) don't work off IR. They use Bluetooth.
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Your simple solution is to plug in a USB mouse to the box and click away! Hope it helps... Thx
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omniphil said:
Oh, I like the Phone Manager app will all the extra features it brings to the table, but I have to disable it because otherwise apps will get closed in the background even if I have them set as "Protected".
So if it worked properly then I would be all for it
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I don't have this issue unless I press the swipe to close (or close all) as long as I set them as protected. Imo Huawei just needs to fix/disable the swipe to close protected apps. It's also how the app is written and if it has a consistent notification setup because some apps do not get killed regardless of swiping up. Example is Alarm Clock xTreme.
The only thing I really wish I had control of in Phone Manager with Stock unrooted is Networked Apps and Permissions controls for system apps which is purposely disabled and is annoying. Perhaps AJ @ajsmsg78 will come up with a simple solution for this
In general though, it is great and I love being able to restrict permissions on the fly!
E--Man said:
Your simple solution is to plug in a USB mouse to the box and click away! Hope it helps... Thx
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Meant USB *mouse*. Post edited...
Bramton1 said:
Fire Stick (or Fire TV) don't work off IR. They use Bluetooth.
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1. Can't use a use mouse. Repeat, Fire STICK.
2. I was successful with the app. I connected to my hotspot, then used the app to connect to the beach house, and I was able to enter the Wi-Fi password with the app. Then I just had to reconnect my device to the Wi-Fi and use the app with the preferred network.
Too bad the network sucks. Who uses DSL anymore?
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I bought my fire stick all the way from American and took it with me to Jordan . I don't have the remote I only have the app on my phone . How can I switch the wifi on the fire stick to a new wifi

Bramton1 said:
1. Can't use a use mouse. Repeat, Fire STICK.
2. I was successful with the app. I connected to my hotspot, then used the app to connect to the beach house, and I was able to enter the Wi-Fi password with the app. Then I just had to reconnect my device to the Wi-Fi and use the app with the preferred network.
Too bad the network sucks. Who uses DSL anymore?
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Great thinking. Solved my problem!

How to modify APK Question

Hi my local cable company has a pretty sweet app and it works on a firestick with no issues. However, I upgraded to a Fire TV in hopes it would be faster. So far it is, However, my cable app is not working because it detects HDMI output. How or why it didn't on the firestick IDK but can anyone guide me on how to fix this or if I send you the APK is someone willing to look at it and fix it for me or guide me how to? I'm willing to learn I just can't seem to figure it out.

I suspect it has to do with the Fire TV HDMI CEC detection. I would suggest you try turning it off.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...able-hdmi-cec-in-new-5-2-4-0-software-update/

Bevnrick said:
I suspect it has to do with the Fire TV HDMI CEC detection. I would suggest you try turning it off.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...able-hdmi-cec-in-new-5-2-4-0-software-update/
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Thanks for the tip and I tried it out but it's app specific. Click to view channels and it says external display not supported. Which makes no sense to me since a firestick runs the same app without issue.
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