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How to enable location services on Fire TV?

Does anyone know how I can enable location services for Fire TV? I had the NHL Gamecenter app for Android loaded through the Google Play Store and it was working great until the last update. Now when I try to watch a game it says "location services must be enabled to watch games" or something like that. Thanks for any help.

rotor00ter said:
Does anyone know how I can enable location services for Fire TV? I had the NHL Gamecenter app for Android loaded through the Google Play Store and it was working great until the last update. Now when I try to watch a game it says "location services must be enabled to watch games" or something like that. Thanks for any help.
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I don't know if this will work, but i did some lookiing and this is what I came up with.
You need this app: https://mega.co.nz/#!h09kwCIC!MoOnw3dDsQcaSiZTI8X6kcZTgwXmF8ECv8dNrzB6J8E (settings.apk)
Note: the settings.apk is from a post in this forum, I couldn't find it, so i just reuploaded the one I have.
In settings, you have to ability to turn location stuff on.
Beyond that, do NOT know if it works or not, as I don't have any location specific services i can test on it.
Let's us know if that works for ya.

So the problem appeared to be initially an issue with my VPN (unblock.us) but after I updated to the latest version of the Gamecentre Android app I still had to enable location services to be able to watch full live games. This did work with the settings app you posted about so thanks for that. If anyone else has the issue you need to enable all three check boxes in the location services setting. Thanks again.

rotor00ter said:
So the problem appeared to be initially an issue with my VPN (unblock.us) but after I updated to the latest version of the Gamecentre Android app I still had to enable location services to be able to watch full live games. This did work with the settings app you posted about so thanks for that. If anyone else has the issue you need to enable all three check boxes in the location services setting. Thanks again.
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How were you able to check all 3 boxes on the firetv? For some reason I can only check the last checkbox, anything else I click on takes me out of the location services sub-menu.

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DaveTO said:
How were you able to check all 3 boxes on the firetv? For some reason I can only check the last checkbox, anything else I click on takes me out of the location services sub-menu.
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I didn't do anything special I just clicked all three of the the checkboxes one at a time. I had no issues with it crashing. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

JJ-KwiK said:
As an alternative, if you have/use xbmc, try the gamecenter addon.
Works great.
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Do you know which repo the gamecenter add-on is in? I'd like to give it a shot. I am using fusion to install all my add-ons and I haven't seen it yet.

rotor00ter said:
I didn't do anything special I just clicked all three of the the checkboxes one at a time. I had no issues with it crashing. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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And you used the Settings.apk that Nyder mentioned?

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DaveTO said:
And you used the Settings.apk that Nyder mentioned?
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Yes I sideloaded that app onto my Fire TV and launched it and checked the location services boxes and then I was able to watch NHL games again. Are you rooted and what firmware are you using? If you let me know what your set-up is I can try to compare to mine and see if there are any differences? Did you download the app from google play for the Fire TV or sideload it?

JJ-KwiK said:
I don't know which repo it's in. At work at the moment.
It's here though - http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=207041
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Thanks but I get script failed when I try to run it after I installed the latest 0.71 Gamecentre script. Do you have this actually working on your Fire TV? I would like to get this working as the way I have it set up now with the sideloaded Android app isn't ideal because you need the mouse ( or Droidmote) to use it and the apps UI is terrible. Off topic but the NHL app on the Roku is awesome. You can choose to join the game live, start from the beginning and also choose to watch the home/away feed. It would be nice if the Android app had these features too.

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rotor00ter said:
Yes I sideloaded that app onto my Fire TV and launched it and checked the location services boxes and then I was able to watch NHL games again. Are you rooted and what firmware are you using? If you let me know what your set-up is I can try to compare to mine and see if there are any differences? Did you download the app from google play for the Fire TV or sideload it?
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I'm on 51.1.02, rooted.

Has anyone else got the settings.apk to work changing the location settings ?
I've tried v4.04 of the settings.apk with one of my FTV's running pre-rooted 51.1.3.0_513011520 and can 'tick' the third (location & google search) but location service and GPS satellites goes back a screen when trying to tick them.
Is there another settings type program or any other way of doing this ?
I want to run NHL and keep getting the issue when trying live streams saying location services needs to be enabled.

I'm on pre-rooted 51.1.3.0 and I got all three of the location settings checked and was able to watch NHL after it initially not working for me.

rotor00ter said:
I'm on pre-rooted 51.1.3.0 and I got all three of the location settings checked and was able to watch NHL after it initially not working for me.
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Here is a video of what I get. I'm on 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated custom rom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZbXoZcVC8

DaveTO - I notice you have xposed installer on your firetv?
I was having the same issue as you and all I did was reinstall xposed installer over the top of the one already installed and I was able to tick all options on settings.apk
Works great.

Animal_UK said:
DaveTO - I notice you have xposed installer on your firetv?
I was having the same issue as you and all I did was reinstall xposed installer over the top of the one already installed and I was able to tick all options on settings.apk
Works great.
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C:\FTV>adb install de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v32_de4f0d.apk
729 KB/s (728857 bytes in 0.976s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v32_de4f0d.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
It won't let me overwrite an existing install. For reference, I got xposed from http://dl.xposed.info/latest.apk.
Thanks

Not sure where I got mine from.
Could you try to uninstall it and reinstalling? Not sure what else relies in it or if you have other modules installed.

Animal_UK said:
Not sure where I got mine from.
Could you try to uninstall it and reinstalling? Not sure what else relies in it or if you have other modules installed.
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Just tried uninstall/reinstall. There was no change.

google apps on a fire tv with no root

is it possible to install gapps on the fire tv thats not rooted? If so, what apk's are needed? I'm trying to run a few apps that ask for a google account (nba jam). I thought I read somewhere that a few apks are needed to run those type of apps but I can't find the topic now.

killerb777 said:
is it possible to install gapps on the fire tv thats not rooted? If so, what apk's are needed? I'm trying to run a few apps that ask for a google account (nba jam). I thought I read somewhere that a few apks are needed to run those type of apps but I can't find the topic now.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/general/fire-phone-how-to-install-google-play-t2977237
Is the method you are referring to? I have not tried it myself on my Fire TV but it worked perfectly on my Fire Phone.

Viperise152 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/general/fire-phone-how-to-install-google-play-t2977237
Is the method you are referring to? I have not tried it myself on my Fire TV but it worked perfectly on my Fire Phone.
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I dont think so. i think there were like 4 or 5 apk's to install and some of the google apps worked except play store.

killerb777 said:
I dont think so. i think there were like 4 or 5 apk's to install and some of the google apps worked except play store.
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The second link of that thread has those 4 APKs you are talking about. I sideloaded the four APks in the order they said and I had Play store and all Google apps on my Fire Phone. Im going to give it try on my Fire TV this weekend after I do some research. I'll post my results.

Thanks. I actually found the post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/how-to-install-gapps-root-t2960705
unfortunately it didnt work for me. even after setting the permissions from adb, i get the retry connection in playstore and play movies closes when I try and click a video. youtube works fine though. might have to give the other topic a try and see if the apk's are different. I was hoping to get nba jam and madden mobile working but they just force close.

{APK Request} Shudder Fire TV APK

Hi,
I have an Nvidia Shield and Shudder released a Fire TV app but not one for the Shield.
The normal android app crashes so I was hoping someone could upload specifically the Fire TV version and I could side load that on to my Nvidia Shield (which has worked for other Fire TV only apps like NJPW World). I tried the download APK of Amazon chrome extension alas it wouldn't let me download the apk.
Thanks in advance.

excelsiorlef said:
Hi,
I have an Nvidia Shield and Shudder released a Fire TV app but not one for the Shield.
The normal android app crashes so I was hoping someone could upload specifically the Fire TV version and I could side load that on to my Nvidia Shield (which has worked for other Fire TV only apps like NJPW World). I tried the download APK of Amazon chrome extension alas it wouldn't let me download the apk.
Thanks in advance.
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rainman74 said:
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Worked like a charm!
Thank you so much!

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Installation went well, but it keeps asking me to sign in to the Amazon App Store, and won't function until I do so. Any help would be great!

gunde015 said:
Installation went well, but it keeps asking me to sign in to the Amazon App Store, and won't function until I do so. Any help would be great!
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You can only work around this if you have root privileges. Otherwise you cannot avoid logging in.

rainman74 said:
You can only work around this if you have root privileges. Otherwise you cannot avoid logging in.
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How does that work? I'm sure it's a lot to explain. If it is, no worries!

gunde015 said:
How does that work? I'm sure it's a lot to explain. If it is, no worries!
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Install Lucky Patcher 7.3.8 and then disable the Amazon license verification for this app via ODEX modification

Blacklisted FireTV Bypass Registration?

Hello.
I recently purchased a firetv stick gen 2 from a market.
I couldn't register the device and amazon have informed me the device is blacklisted.
Is there any way to bypass this? Amazon will not help

I bought a lot of 17 of the firesticks from ebay and thought I was getting an awesome deal! Turns out I ran into the same issue on all 17. What I learned on from the fine forums here made it all worth it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/firetv-firestick-stuck-update-screen-t3594843

Adrian806 said:
I bought a lot of 17 of the firesticks from ebay and thought I was getting an awesome deal! Turns out I ran into the same issue on all 17. What I learned on from the fine forums here made it all worth it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/firetv-firestick-stuck-update-screen-t3594843
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What did you learn?

jezzymods said:
What did you learn?
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I learned to use the fire tv remote app which gives you a settings gear button in top left corner. When connected to your network using the remote app an pressing settings button it allows you to bypass update screen. Then after going to enable usb debugging and unkown sources I was able to sideload with apps2fire the hyjack launcher, app starter, confireator, boot2appstarter. This allowed my blacklisted firestick to boot straight to appstarter launcher instead of getting hung up at update screen. I was able to sideload any third party apps that I wanted as well like mobdro, terrarium, kodi etc. I hope this helps and all the info I just stated is available in the link in my previous post with links to all necessary apks.

Has anyone found a workaround for new firmware? On the 2nd generation firesticks I can get to the settings but developer options are not there. On the 4k firestick I get past update to register but says my username and password dont exist. Any ideas would be much appreciated!

So Amazon bricks Fire TVs? How does that happen? Thanks.

Iwas told by amazon that my device thst I purchased off ebay was reported lost or stolen....

Adrian806 Did you ever find a fix for the newer 4k FireTV Stick?

jezzymods said:
What did you learn?
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He learnt that he wasted his money buying 17 amazon fire tv sticks that are useless

Adrian806 said:
Has anyone found a workaround for new firmware? On the 2nd generation firesticks I can get to the settings but developer options are not there. On the 4k firestick I get past update to register but says my username and password dont exist. Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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Did you find an answer? having the same issue

nicholetuvk said:
Did you find an answer? having the same issue
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Just some thoughts,
If you unlock it and install TWRP-
You can install a custom rom (firestick2 has a working rom, firestick4k has one with work in progress)
You can possible restore a back up from another one, but likely most things wont work.
There is post #3 here that claims to skip registration -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/trying-to-skip-boot-update-brand-fire-t3752076
You will have to sideload apps or install a 3rd party appstore like F-Droid if you havent figured this out...
Good luck!

I did not see adb debugging options under the developer settings. Are those the same images you saw?

jezzymods said:
What did you learn?
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Where do you put that url which section

Adrian806 said:
I bought a lot of 17 of the firesticks from ebay and thought I was getting an awesome deal! Turns out I ran into the same issue on all 17. What I learned on from the fine forums here made it all worth it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/firetv-firestick-stuck-update-screen-t3594843
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Where do you type the https:// forum. Xda on my laptop or fire stick

Michajin said:
Just some thoughts,
If you unlock it and install TWRP-
You can install a custom rom (firestick2 has a working rom, firestick4k has one with work in progress)
You can possible restore a back up from another one, but likely most things wont work.
There is post #3 here that claims to skip registration -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/trying-to-skip-boot-update-brand-fire-t3752076
You will have to sideload apps or install a 3rd party appstore like F-Droid if you havent figured this out...
Good luck!
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If you have TWRP why not just disable the setup package from there?

Amazon Fire TV Stick :would it be possible to install the Play Store?

Hi guys.I purchased the Amazon Fire TV stick (not 4k).Id like to be able to install the Play Store.I read that it would no longer be possible.Is it true?If not, what guide could I follow?THX in advance

As far as I know adding Play Store to an Amazon device is not possibly or we all would have done it

pr1uk1 said:
As far as I know adding Play Store to an Amazon device is not possibly or we all would have done it
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Its possible and it is working on tank (Firestick2). You have 2 options but both require unlocking and rooting.
Change the OS to lineage and install the play store....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/how-to-install-gapps-fire-tv-stick-2-t3962263
Or this one (i havent tested it), i would read the thread because i seems like it may still work with some tweaking...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/root-install-gapps-fire-stick-2-t3911501

Well just shows you what I know, nothing