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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.
Sent from my HTC Sensation running Digitalized 0.7

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] WWE App on AFTV

Cannot download/install WWE apk on my AFT saying unavailable (geolock I guess)
My AFT/Amazon account is aware I am Not is the USA even tho I do run via DNS.
In my Amazon.com account the AFT is there with a red X next to device so they are
on to me, but Netflix works 100%.as did Prime 30 day.
The Amazon App store app is android but needs GPS location no good
I tried another WWE.apk from here but mentions not my app not going to run.
Do I fudge the system again with a new email and reset the box.
Will root resolve this issue.
I feel it is more to do with how i registered the box.
Thanks

o-I-c said:
Cannot download/install WWE apk on my AFT saying unavailable (geolock I guess)
My AFT/Amazon account is aware I am Not is the USA even tho I do run via DNS.
In my Amazon.com account the AFT is there with a red X next to device so they are
on to me, but Netflix works 100%.as did Prime 30 day.
The Amazon App store app is android but needs GPS location no good
I tried another WWE.apk from here but mentions not my app not going to run.
Do I fudge the system again with a new email and reset the box.
Will root resolve this issue.
I feel it is more to do with how i registered the box.
Thanks
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question has been already asked in he amazon fire forum but i'll post you to my apk where i removed the amazon store check
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ouya/general/wwe-network-t2798831

mejdam said:
question has been already asked in he amazon fire forum but i'll post you to my apk where i removed the amazon store check
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ouya/general/wwe-network-t2798831
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Again thanks, gets a little further...
Get a white strip 1/3rd r/h side of screen,but continues, Warning about content etc
Then get error cannot play this video at this time time try again later? can stream ok on PC
Both Wifi and cable connection
Also tried on a MINIX box same deal
Cheers

o-I-c said:
Again thanks, gets a little further...
Get a white strip 1/3rd r/h side of screen,but continues, Warning about content etc
Then get error cannot play this video at this time time try again later? can stream ok on PC
Both Wifi and cable connection
Also tried on a MINIX box same deal
Cheers
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try it again, i patched the file again. this time the latest 1.0.1 version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ouya/general/wwe-network-t2798831

mejdam said:
try it again, i patched the file again. this time the latest 1.0.1 version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ouya/general/wwe-network-t2798831
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Thanks Again
Same deal as previous gets to the last bit then
Error cannot play this video at this time Please try again later.
Cleaned the cache, relogged in and tried various events
Also tested on Samsung Tablet same deal.
Do I fudge the system again with a new email and reset the box.
Will root resolve this issue.
Cheers

The new Amazon Video app and its quirks

Hello guys and girls,
I've been using the unofficial Amazon Video app (the one pulled from a Sony TV that's been floating around) for a while now and it worked pretty much OK (except for the functions triggered by the 4 coloured buttons).
But, because the update to Nougat, I decided to ditch the old app and use the one included with the update. Until my wife pointed out some obvious problems:
1. When the Shield goes to sleep (like when pausing the movie to go pop some more corn) the new Amazon Video app is closed. Restarting the movie implies restarting the app and navigate to the movie again. This was not the case with the unofficial app.
2. When restarting the movie, it is rewinded some 30 - 60 seconds, which is a little too much, especially when you've just seen that part 5 minutes earlier. This was not the case with the unofficial app.
3. The parental control seems to be active this time around. For example some episodes of Two and a half men need the pin code every time they are started and restarted. Problem is that we wouldn't need this feature at all, but cannot be disabled. Again, not the case with the unofficial app.
Have you noticed these quirks? Are they annoying to you too?
Sadly the old thread seems to have been deleted so I cannot recover the unofficial Amazon Prime Video app...
Wish you a great day!

I can't even get my Amazon Video app to load. I just get error message 1066 (this one) and all I can do is go back to the home screen
Amazon CS just denied that the Shield TV supports Amazon Video and Manuel Guzman from Nvidia can't pick up my error feedback, so no help really.

Andy4Shurr said:
I can't even get my Amazon Video app to load. I just get error message 1066 (this one) and all I can do is go back to the home screen
Amazon CS just denied that the Shield TV supports Amazon Video and Manuel Guzman from Nvidia can't pick up my error feedback, so no help really.
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Just outta interest... And as I ran... (Well more like scatterbrained), also running into this Problem with Amazon. I would ask if your not running some kind of Proxy Service \ VPN App?
I happen to be currently using Keep Solids VPN, as it was One of the first such Apps to have appeared in the TV PlayStore. It worked better under Lollipop. But, I suspect the quriks with Nougat will improve a bit further down the road.
The uphsot of all this is, is if I forget to turn this Service back off again latter on, when I want to browe a bit on the Amazon App. It runs into nearly the same conditions such as you've described. Save being very, very lagy, and slow. When it actually does try to do something other than landing on a Black Screen.

I am using no proxy or VPN. There's no need for one or the other with the German Amazon Prime Video.

Ichijoe said:
Just outta interest... And as I ran... (Well more like scatterbrained), also running into this Problem with Amazon. I would ask if your not running some kind of Proxy Service \ VPN App?
I happen to be currently using Keep Solids VPN, as it was One of the first such Apps to have appeared in the TV PlayStore. It worked better under Lollipop. But, I suspect the quriks with Nougat will improve a bit further down the road.
The uphsot of all this is, is if I forget to turn this Service back off again latter on, when I want to browe a bit on the Amazon App. It runs into nearly the same conditions such as you've described. Save being very, very lagy, and slow. When it actually does try to do something other than landing on a Black Screen.
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I do have VPN Unlimited installed but as I'm in the UK I have it disabled for Amazon Video as it's not needed.

Humm odd I'm from Germany (w/German Amazon), but am using VPN Unlimited, to purloin such Services, such as the BBC iPlayer, and as many US Catch-up Services that do NOT require a Cable Sub Login, to access it. Everything is working more or less.
Like I said sometimes I forget that I have it enabled to watch say iPlayer, than shut it down to play some Game or other. Than decide I go watch Some Top Gear um.. The Grand Tour, only to wonder what the heck was wrong with Amazon, and why it wouldn't load up, or if it did manage to load up. Why it would just sit and spin, till it timed out, with some Error. Which was near enough to the Ops Error Code. But I can't say if it was that very exact Code, or not.
It's about this time when I remember that I did in fact still have my VPN turned on. Once I go to the VPN Unlimited App, and then proceed to turn it back off again. It's at that moment when Amazon starts working for me again.

Ichijoe said:
Humm odd I'm from Germany (w/German Amazon), but am using VPN Unlimited, to purloin such Services, such as the BBC iPlayer, and as many US Catch-up Services that do NOT require a Cable Sub Login, to access it. Everything is working more or less.
Like I said sometimes I forget that I have it enabled to watch say iPlayer, than shut it down to play some Game or other. Than decide I go watch Some Top Gear um.. The Grand Tour, only to wonder what the heck was wrong with Amazon, and why it wouldn't load up, or if it did manage to load up. Why it would just sit and spin, till it timed out, with some Error. Which was near enough to the Ops Error Code. But I can't say if it was that very exact Code, or not.
It's about this time when I remember that I did in fact still have my VPN turned on. Once I go to the VPN Unlimited App, and then proceed to turn it back off again. It's at that moment when Amazon starts working for me again.
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It wasn't my VPN as I was disconnecting that but you got me thinking... I had a DNS service that I set up ages ago (and in fact don't even use) but it was still set in my static IP configuration in network settings!! I reset my network back to dhcp and it works now so THANK YOU so much. Amazon CS were useless and the the error message didn't tell me much at all.

Is NETFLIX Being Blocked on Rooted Devices

Read here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/13/netflix-vanishing-play-store-rooted-users/
I seem to have lost it but maybe just a glitch. getting error:
Sorry we cannot reach the Netflix service. Please try to restart the Netflix application (-114)
A big ouch if true. Looking for alternative streamers anyway. Recommendations?

schneid said:
Read here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/13/netflix-vanishing-play-store-rooted-users/
I seem to have lost it but maybe just a glitch. getting error:
Sorry we cannot reach the Netflix service. Please try to restart the Netflix application (-114)
A big ouch if true. Looking for alternative streamers anyway. Recommendations?
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Luckily the Amazon FTV App is in a different update cycle then the PlayStore's. No problem with playback on my Rooted FTV1 so far. Watching the new NORM MACDONALD Comedy Special to test it out ... :laugh: :good: (He still got one of the best unique deliveries)

False alarm. Just a coincidence. Still need a new streaming solution with locals and DVR. That's not asking for much.

Mind if I ask how you fixed this error?
Ever since installing the latest pre-rooted on my Fire TV gen 1, netflix just comes back with ui-error-800-3
Everything I found on the net to try and fix it has not worked. It works fine on my non-rooted Fire Stick, just not the Fire TV.
Thanks.
-Chris

Delete Cache, Data, Uninstall, Reinstall

if that doesn't work:
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/12232

I just wanted to throw this in there because I had the exact same problems with a brand new device, not rooted - Samsung Galaxy S8+ kept giving me the error "Sorry, we cannot reach the Netflix service. Error (-1001)." I looked and looked for answers and couldn't figure it out, and finally I found VPN apps. I downloaded Turbo VPN from the Play Store and installed it and started it. I then started Netflix and it actually opened. I tried to watch a show via streaming and it said that I had to uninstall my VPN app. I thought "great, now it's over". But it wasn't! I turned off the VPN and restarted Netflix and it actually opened like normal (without any errors!) and now I can watch my shows. I don't know if this was a block by Samsung or AT&T or whatever to make us use their DirectTV Now service, but this was how I fixed the issue.

Question Streaming NBA game pass not workingi

I can stream NFL game pass and Netflix etc but not NBA game pass.i am subscribed and have location on but it's still not working. After numerous emails with the NBA support staff they cannot get it to work. It works fine on my laptop and phones but not this tablet. Does anyone have any ideas?

manow1999 said:
I can stream NFL game pass and Netflix etc but not NBA game pass.i am subscribed and have location on but it's still not working. After numerous emails with the NBA support staff they cannot get it to work. It works fine on my laptop and phones but not this tablet. Does anyone have any ideas?
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I have the same problem as you for NBA game. Since its passage on Microsoft, I noticed that the application asks me to activate geolocation services in order to access premium content. Before everything was working perfectly.
P.S: Geolocation services is active.

Thanks for the answer...nba has not been able to sort it out...but i am on the case...42 emails and not going to give up

manow1999 said:
Thanks for the answer...nba has not been able to sort it out...but i am on the case...42 emails and not going to give up
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Let me know, if you have an answer plese.

Will do...im on it

After 47 emails they finally told me since the mi pad 5 does not have gps it will not work with nba game pass....

manow1999 said:
After 47 emails they finally told me since the mi pad 5 does not have gps it will not work with nba game pass....
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Many thanks for your answer. Their argument is false. I use an external gps bluetooth, and there is no way to see the matches. In addition, before they made changes to the application, everything was working perfectly.

Tried it with a gps spoofer. Aka what people used to use for Pokemon go

No, it's not a gps problem, but the application itself. Catastrophic year, after redesigning the app, nothing works when you subscribe to the LP. Before the overhaul, everything was working fine.

Well I am done with this. Did not know they changed the app. At least it still works with my phones and laptop. Anyway the NBA cs sucks...they are a waste of time.. Over and out.

Based on what you guys told me about gps not being the problem i have started a new service ticket and will still stay on them to sort it out.

manow1999 said:
Based on what you guys told me about gps not being the problem i have started a new service ticket and will still stay on them to sort it out.
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OK, wait and see.

Hello;
here is a solution to solve the problem of the fictitious position not enabled to watch NBA LP games in our tablet.
Install the "Fake GPS" app, then you must enable fictitious position in developer options for the app to work properly in Mi Pad 5.
do not forget to deactivate the fictitious positions after use to avoid problems with the reception of the real GPS.
Credit to Coxx31.

vista00 said:
Hello;
here is a solution to solve the problem of the fictitious position not enabled to watch NBA LP games in our tablet.
Install the "Fake GPS" app, then you must enable fictitious position in developer options for the app to work properly in Mi Pad 5.
do not forget to deactivate the fictitious positions after use to avoid problems with the reception of the real GPS.
Credit to Coxx31.
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It works...thank you so much

FYI it works again without Fake gps maybe our email among others with customer service did something.

Thanks...I saw...to bad my team got smashed in game 7...cheers bro