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The app should now work on most Marshmallow devices. Please report any issues with your device name and android version?
New tab for browsing fire TV/ Stick SDcard to pull/delete files.
Now you can play any http video on FireTV/Stick by selecting AGK fire as option..(Need MX Player installed on the Fire TV/Stick)
Auto Find FireTV/Stick. You still can add custom IP address.
Two new tabs. Has an Expert mode/Basic mode. Can be changed from settings.
You can Lunch/Uninstall apps on FireTV/Stick in expert mode.
I need to updated the help file. Please give me some time, I will update it.
New version added with ability to push files/folders to FireTV/Stick. Let me know what works and what doesn't.
Finally got it back on Google Play as paid version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googletv.sideloader
Added a new version. In this new version You can export apps for sharing.
Now a Paid ad free version(if you want to support) @
http://www.amazon.com/Gopi-Adusumil...=UTF8&qid=1420754153&sr=1-2&keywords=agk+fire
Just added an ads support version. No new features. Just still working on few issues. Don't download this, if you hate ads. If you want to support me, please download this. I will try to post new version with with multi IP support and Auto IP discovery soon.
The App is now avilable on Amazon app store too.
http://www.amazon.com/Gopi-Adusumil...d=1418414099&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=agk+fire
Anyone having issues on moto phones, Can you please, try the attached moto version.
I have created this little android app for my own use. The main purpose of this app is to install any app that is on you android phone/tablet to FireTV/stick. All you need is the adb turned on your FireTV/Stick and Allow installing apps from unknown sources.
Here are steps copied from Amazon
Turn on ADB Debugging
You must enable ADB on the Fire TV device before you can connect to the device.
From the main (Launcher) screen, select Settings.
Select System > Developer Options.
Select ADB Debugging.
Get the IP Address
You need the IP address of your Fire TV device on your network to connect ADB to it.
From the main (Launcher) screen, select Settings.
Select System > About > Network. Make note of the IP address listed on this screen.
Now Just open the AGK fire app attached below, enter you FireTV/Stick IP Address and select the app you want to install on your FireTV/Stick.
Credits goes to alexjlockwood for "https://github.com/alexjlockwood/AppListLoader" which is the backbone for my app.
Also Thanks to all the wonderful tutorials on android app development on the web.
Any Suggestions are welcome. I will try to address as soon as I can.
I don't know how many people tried this app and felt it to be useful, but I am posting a new Version of this app. One small request if you use the app, please post a comment , any comment greatly appreciated.
Changes in version 1.1:
Added new menu option when you can select an apk file to install to your firetv. (Thanks to jfmdev for https://code.google.com/p/afiledialog/wiki/UserGuide)
Changes in version 1.2:
Aimed at using the app on FireTV/Stick (Thanks to AFTVNews.com for valuable suggestions and promoting my app)
Added an option to lunch apps or install when you select an app.
Still troubleshooting the problems some users are reporting. Will fix them ASAP.
Changes in version 1.3:
Made changes to adb install as per AFTVNews.com suggestion.(Hoping it will fix all the problems that some users are having. Please let me know it is still not working).
Changes in version 1.4:
Ability to push files/folders to Fire TV/Stick
Ability see all apk files
Export/Share apks.
Changes in version 1.5.11
Auto Find FireTV/Stick. You still can add custom IP address.
Two new tabs. Has a expert mode/basic mode. Can be selected from settings.
You Can lunch/Uninstall apps on FireTV/Stick in expert mode.
Changes in version 1.5.12
New tab for browsing Fire TV/ Stick SDcard to pull/delete files.
Now you can play any http video on FireTV/Stick by selecting AGK fire as option.(Need MX Player installed on the Fire TV/Stick)
Changes in version 1.5.15
The app should now work on Marshmallow devices
Tried it and its awesome!!!
Imagination is your limit.I have installed Chrome Beta, Xfinity TV (which covers lot of subscribed live channels like ESPN, ESPN2, CNN ( YOU NEED TO HAVE SUBSCRIPTION) etc), TWMC (XBMC for Android) and all of them works well. Great Job!!!!
Thanks for this. I will try this when I get home.
Android TV
Will this work for Android TV devices as well?
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Will this work for Android TV devices as well?
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It should work. I haven't tested any. I have fire stick only. Any device that has adb over network turned on should work.
I'll try it tonight and let you know. I have an ADT-1 Developer Kit.
I think ADT-1 uses port 4321 so when you set your ipaddress add :4321 to the end of it. Thanks for testing.
Looks great. Super simple. Saves a bunch of time, thank you
Can't get it working
I have enabled adb and install of unknown apps, but no apps are installing to My Fire TV. When I select an app to install, I see a window pop up very briefly that says "Installing app", but then nothing.
It's awesome
adusumilli said:
I have created this little android app for my own use. The main purpose of this app is to install any app that is on you android phone/tablet to FireTV/stick. All you need is the adb turned on your FireTV/Stick and Allow installing apps from unknown sources.
Here are steps copied from Amazon
Turn on ADB Debugging
You must enable ADB on the Fire TV device before you can connect to the device.
From the main (Launcher) screen, select Settings.
Select System > Developer Options.
Select ADB Debugging.
Get the IP Address
You need the IP address of your Fire TV device on your network to connect ADB to it.
From the main (Launcher) screen, select Settings.
Select System > About > Network. Make note of the IP address listed on this screen.
Now Just open the AGK fire app attached below, enter you FireTV/Stick IP Address and select the app you want to install on your FireTV/Stick.
Credits goes to alexjlockwood for "https://github.com/alexjlockwood/AppListLoader" which is the backbone for my app.
Also Thanks to all the wonderful tutorials on android app development on the web.
Any Suggestions are welcome. I will try to address as soon as I can.
I don't know how many people tried this app and felt it to be useful, but I am posting a new Version of this app. One small request if you use the app, please post a comment , any comment greatly appreciated.
Changes since last version:
Added new menu option when you can select an apk file to install to your firetv. (Thanks to jfmdev for https://code.google.com/p/afiledialog/wiki/UserGuide)
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It's awesome. It works fine.
geezman said:
I have enabled adb and install of unknown apps, but no apps are installing to My Fire TV. When I select an app to install, I see a window pop up very briefly that says "Installing app", but then nothing.
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I get exactly the same behavior. Doesn't work.
This didn't work for me on my moto x 2014 but worked great on my galaxy tab 4 10.1 thanks
ddubz said:
This didn't work for me on my moto x 2014 but worked great on my galaxy tab 4 10.1 thanks
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Hmm, doesn't work on my 2013 Moto X also. :crying:
Amazing app! Thank you!
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Thank you! This worked flawlessly (version 1.1) on FireStick. Much faster than upload/download from Dropbox.
I haven't tried the direct apk, only apps installed on my phone (oneplus one).
edit: Had a moment where it would toast "installing", but then fade and do nothing. Killed app and restarted FireStick, and worked again. Not sure which of those two actions fixed it.
I have a few suggestions:
1. Go into your XDA settings and enable the donation button. You deserve compensation for your efforts. This is a great app.
2. When the app executes any adb command, like "adb install ....", you should target the IP address specifically. Some Android devices, including the Fire TV, will already be connected to an emulated adb device if developer mode is turned on. So when the app connects to the Fire TV, your adb commands will fail because there are two connected devices. I think this is the source of many peoples issues. You can direct adb commands like this:
Code:
adb -s <ipaddress:5555> ...
Note that the port number is required for this to work.
3. The app can be used on a Fire TV to install Fire TV only apps onto a Fire TV Stick. However, navigating with the remote is a bit broken. When the app list initially loads, make it so that the first item is selected/highlighted by default. This will allow the Fire TV remote to move the selection down the list. I found a workaround that allows this to work for now. If you press the menu button on the Fire TV remote and go to the apps settings, when you return to the app list, the selector will be present.
AFTVnews.com said:
I have a few suggestions:
1. Go into your XDA settings and enable the donation button. You deserve compensation for your efforts. This is a great app.
2. When the app executes any adb command, like "adb install ....", you should target the IP address specifically. Some Android devices, including the Fire TV, will already be connected to an emulated adb device if developer mode is turned on. So when the app connects to the Fire TV, your adb commands will fail because there are two connected devices. I think this is the source of many peoples issues. You can direct adb commands like this:
Code:
adb -s <ipaddress:5555> ...
Note that the port number is required for this to work.
3. The app can be used on a Fire TV to install Fire TV only apps onto a Fire TV Stick. However, navigating with the remote is a bit broken. When the app list initially loads, make it so that the first item is selected/highlighted by default. This will allow the Fire TV remote to move the selection down the list. I found a workaround that allows this to work for now. If you press the menu button on the Fire TV remote and go to the apps settings, when you return to the app list, the selector will be present.
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Thanks for the help. I will try to add all the suggestions in the next release.
ddubz said:
This didn't work for me on my moto x 2014 but worked great on my galaxy tab 4 10.1 thanks
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Can you please check if you can start adb on your phone from terminal app. It would be a great help.
Really need to support upcoming developers... Donated... You can buy a pack of beer.
adusumilli said:
I think ADT-1 uses port 4321 so when you set your ipaddress add :4321 to the end of it. Thanks for testing.
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Aha! I will try that. I had no idea about the port.
BTW, your app looks much nicer than the Fireinstaller app that is available on Google Play. Maybe you should make it available there. Make it work for both Fire TV and Android TV. Call it "Sidestaller TV".
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Dude! Your app has been posted on AFTVnews!
aftvnews.com/agk-fire-app-lets-you-transfer-apps-from-an-android-device-to-an-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick
(Cut an paste the URL, I don't have enough posts to post links outside XDA, apparently.)
Hi all
Sorry if this is a repeat but hope not.
My AFTV updated to 5.0.5. Claims an installed date of 21 Jan 16, but only recently have I noticed a number of issues, so not sure why they took so long to show up, unless 21 Jan is actually the 5.0.5 build date, rather than install. So here's what I've found (on Fire TV and stick - got both).
1. First Llama stopped working - I used LLama events with Condition/Action setup to start Kodi whenever I started Ikono (and switched logos). Testing the condition appeared to work, i.e. Kodi fired up but the difference was that in the test BEFORE you used to see Ikono fire up for a few seconds then switch to Kodi. After the 5.0.5 the test just fired up Kodi. And then when you start Ikono in the normal way, Kodi does not fire. Same for all my other "shortcuts".
2. Wukong: would not work for a while, the mouse pointer showed up by clicks did not fire off any action on AFTV side. A few reboots and messing around solved it but even now a bit flakey, compared to solid before.
3. Side-loading: cannot side-load apps now! Can connect via ADB, but running "adb install xxxxxx.apk" results in a:
error: device not found
- waiting for device -
4. Apps that update themselves, e.g. ShowBox, are failing (probably for the same reason as 3)
So is this common? I'm assuming Amazon have put in a range of changes to lock-down the device? Are there any workarounds / fixes?
Jed
JedSpink said:
Hi all
Sorry if this is a repeat but hope not.
My AFTV updated to 5.0.5. Claims an installed date of 21 Jan 16, but only recently have I noticed a number of issues, so not sure why they took so long to show up, unless 21 Jan is actually the 5.0.5 build date, rather than install. So here's what I've found (on Fire TV and stick - got both).
1. First Llama stopped working - I used LLama events with Condition/Action setup to start Kodi whenever I started Ikono (and switched logos). Testing the condition appeared to work, i.e. Kodi fired up but the difference was that in the test BEFORE you used to see Ikono fire up for a few seconds then switch to Kodi. After the 5.0.5 the test just fired up Kodi. And then when you start Ikono in the normal way, Kodi does not fire. Same for all my other "shortcuts".
2. Wukong: would not work for a while, the mouse pointer showed up by clicks did not fire off any action on AFTV side. A few reboots and messing around solved it but even now a bit flakey, compared to solid before.
3. Side-loading: cannot side-load apps now! Can connect via ADB, but running "adb install xxxxxx.apk" results in a:
error: device not found
- waiting for device -
4. Apps that update themselves, e.g. ShowBox, are failing (probably for the same reason as 3)
So is this common? I'm assuming Amazon have put in a range of changes to lock-down the device? Are there any workarounds / fixes?
Jed
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1) Lama does not work under OS5
2) Sometimes I have to reboot as well
3) go in settings/ Developer Options/and turn off and on ADB debugging a three times ....
bula1ca said:
1) Lama does not work under OS5
2) Sometimes I have to reboot as well
3) go in settings/ Developer Options/and turn off and on ADB debugging a three times ....
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Thanks for confirming 1), I tried AutomateIt too and it seems to have the same problem, so I suppose it's some sort of OS-level blocking of the kind of hooks that Llama and others used in the past? Guess they could argue it was a security improvement as allowing one app to start another could be abused...
Re: Wukong and side-loading being blocked.... I played a bit more and similar results to you.... I don't think the OS is deliberately blocking / preventing but there may be a bug or issue. For example if I do a reboot of the box then, say, Wukong, will work fine but then tried:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb connect xx.xx..x.xx
and then quick test with: adb shell
and get the error: device not ready.
Do a reboot, don't connect Wukong and try the above commands and adb shell works (quick test) and then any commands like adb push / install work too. But then Wukong seems blocked, e.g. may connect as mouse pointer but using the click function does nothing, or may not connect at all.
I'll try your fix of the ADB debug off/on instead of reboot; and see how that goes.
Fun times!
Wukong seems working fine for me but the remote mouse for fire t.v. unable to click
did you carry on using your device as is with the same data from the old version?i.e. no factory reset after the update?
i ask because things often break after an OTA.
i factory reset my fire stick after the update and then again after kingroot(do not push super su on it yet if you want root-wait for a pre-rooted image if you want super su).
so after re-logging in, i enabled adb, sent kodi to the device and i can launch it from Apps on the left hand side, no need to go into settings anymore or even use llama. it's there. it won't be in the recent apps, i don't know why, but at least it shows up in apps.
i don't use wukong, but i have set up my rooted phone to be a bluetooth mouse, just encase or even use my ps4 touchpad.
El_Nino9 said:
did you carry on using your device as is with the same data from the old version?i.e. no factory reset after the update?
i ask because things often break after an OTA.
i factory reset my fire stick after the update and then again after kingroot(do not push super su on it yet if you want root-wait for a pre-rooted image if you want super su).
so after re-logging in, i enabled adb, sent kodi to the device and i can launch it from Apps on the left hand side, no need to go into settings anymore or even use llama. it's there. it won't be in the recent apps, i don't know why, but at least it shows up in apps.
i don't use wukong, but i have set up my rooted phone to be a bluetooth mouse, just encase or even use my ps4 touchpad.
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Lama is broken in OS5. Are you sure about it?
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Lama is broken in OS5. Are you sure about it?
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i never said llama works under OS5.
all i said it's not needed anymore due to kodi being available to launch from the apps menu on the left hand side.
Zenroid said:
Wukong seems working fine for me but the remote mouse for fire t.v. unable to click
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My remote mouse for fire tv works fine on OS5 prerooted rom
Zenroid said:
Wukong seems working fine for me but the remote mouse for fire t.v. unable to click
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Hi that's what I get sometimes, shows mouse pointer but click does not work. I find a reboot of the fire box fixes... what i've noticed it that once you have got say Wukong working then adb will not do adb - install or push: gets the device not ready error. Again a reboot will fix but then, say, Wukong won't work properly.
So it seems like something is blocking the other process - hence why I was wondering if a bug.
Take on the point about doing a factory reset from @El_Nino9 but then I'll have to reinstall and setup Kodi and my other side-loaded apps from scratch?
Jed
JedSpink said:
Take on the point about doing a factory reset from @El_Nino9 but then I'll have to reinstall and setup Kodi and my other side-loaded apps from scratch?
Jed
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as with all factory resets, you have to redo the setup. there are tools available to back up your setups and its easy enough to adb install apps. plus you might be able to push all the latest versions of the apps back on the fire if you haven't done so already.
it depends what you want to achieve and what you want to eliminate. it all involves doing some sort of work, however i understand the more little work you have to do the better it is. no need.
El_Nino9 said:
as with all factory resets, you have to redo the setup. there are tools available to back up your setups and its easy enough to adb install apps. plus you might be able to push all the latest versions of the apps back on the fire if you haven't done so already.
it depends what you want to achieve and what you want to eliminate. it all involves doing some sort of work, however i understand the more little work you have to do the better it is. no need.
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You are right of course. Just being a bit lazy. It's mainly Kodi I worry about as I have a lots of add-ons and takes time to setup correctly. I know you can backup your Kodi configuration but never done a backup / restore of Kodi. Will take a look into it and if I can preserve my add-ons then will do factory reset and adb -install them again.
JedSpink said:
You are right of course. Just being a bit lazy. It's mainly Kodi I worry about as I have a lots of add-ons and takes time to setup correctly. I know you can backup your Kodi configuration but never done a backup / restore of Kodi. Will take a look into it and if I can preserve my add-ons then will do factory reset and adb -install them again.
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i rooted my device and would use titanium back up. however kodi within itself has various tools.
they have an addon called back up and they also have other features.
however, on the stick, you can use storage easily unless you know how to adb well.
for simple use i would recommend titanium back up and then back up to a cloud service such as gdrive.
each user has different preferences.
if you aren't rooted just use the addon back up too or there is a 3rd party app that also does similar stuff which i've never used so can't help.
if you do decide to root, do not use supersume app after kingroot. stick to king root su until a rooted system image is released for the device. i used kingroot 4.1 from xda thread and despite it saying failed i had root.
if you're not comfortable don't do it
You can use Tasker instead of llama
Over the last week I've been trying to get OpenVPN Installer and then OpenVPN Settings to work on my rooted Fire TV 2 (on 5.0.5_r4). I've described the steps here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/vpn-rooted-fire-tv-t3370488
Even though the VPN turns on, it appears the Fire TV 2 internet traffic is still routed through the original pathway and the IP address remains unchanged, which I've been unable to fix. Has anyone managed to get OpenVPN Settings to work on a rooted Fire TV?
However, I recently noticed OpenVPN for Android (https://plus.google.com/communities/114121831091105660092) and gave this a try on my Fire TV 2 and it worked straight out of the box (giving an updated IP address when checked). I presumed that it only worked because my Fire TV 2 was rooted with the necessary VPN binaries installed (by OpenVPN Installer). However, the author of OpenVPN for Android communicated to me that root is not needed and, as a test, I've just tried it on my unrooted Fire TV 1 (on 5.0.5) and it also works!
Will be interesting to see if others have had similar success and can confirm findings.
I gave this a go ( OpenVPN for Android ) on my rooted firetv 1,
and sure enough it works
Does anyone know if this gives accesss to different content with a German Prime membership, e.g. when routed to an US VPN-Endpoint? Or does it just stop working?
What do you need to do to install this on an unrooted Fire Stick? My only guys is to install it on my phone, grab the apk and adb it to my stick. Any better suggestion?
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What do you need to do to install this on an unrooted Fire Stick? My only guys is to install it on my phone, grab the apk and adb it to my stick. Any better suggestion?
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Thats what I did but you can install it straight from phone
Petesky said:
Thats what I did but you can install it straight from phone
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Yeah, I installed AGK Fire onto my phone last night. It seems that's probably the best way to get that app on the stick.
guys can someone help me?
My device: fire tv 2 (rooted with firmware 5.04)
i have install the files apks (openvpninstaller+openvpnsettings+busybox)
i can see in open vpn setings under prequisites it says successful
i can see 4 green lights with successful
i have download my openvpn config files from hidemyass.com
and copy the files to my sdcard.
when i open vpnsetting i have turn first open vpn tick it on
i can see the hidemyass open vpn files under vpn configruatiuons
but can not choose it (tick on dont work)
why i can not choose my config file from open vpn settings menu?
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guys can someone help me?
My device: fire tv 2 (rooted with firmware 5.04)
i have install the files apks (openvpninstaller+openvpnsettings+busybox)
i can see in open vpn setings under prequisites it says successful
i can see 4 green lights with successful
i have download my openvpn config files from hidemyass.com
and copy the files to my sdcard.
when i open vpnsetting i have turn first open vpn tick it on
i can see the hidemyass open vpn files under vpn configruatiuons
but can not choose it (tick on dont work)
why i can not choose my config file from open vpn settings menu?
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Just use the app in the op
dean4k, like Petesky says, just use 'OpenVPN for Android' found in the link in the first post - it works great and the latest version is much easier to use with just the Fire TV remote (no need of a mouse pointer) once setup!
Bramtom1 you may have already seen this useful page (on AFTVnews) but I found it a great help for learning how to connect/load stuff onto Fire TV:
http://www.aftvnews.com/sideload/
Add Proxy only for Prime
Guys I live in Argentina and can change the DNS setting on my stick to receive USA prime but doing so breaks my Netflix, also have Kodi installed and that works fine with US Dns or local. Is there any way to add some code to only Proxy prime through the US DNS server.
I tried installing DNS changer app but it does not change the Firestick settings although it says changed, my stick is also rooted.
Thanks not sure what thread to post on.
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What VPN Service works?
For those of you that got this working, what VPN service are you using? I am trying with Private Internet Access, and the app shows connected, but when I check, I see my original IP. Thanks.
Hi Mav21,
I'm using IronSocket VPN, which works fine.
Mav21 said:
For those of you that got this working, what VPN service are you using? I am trying with Private Internet Access, and the app shows connected, but when I check, I see my original IP. Thanks.
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Not using it just now but I was using PIA as well and it does show original ip but if you use another app to check it will show that your ip has changed
Thanks, when I check on the PIA website, it returns my original IP address and says "not protected". Any other settings that I need to look at?
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Not using it just now but I was using PIA as well and it does show original ip but if you use another app to check it will show that your ip has changed
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Thanks, when I check on the PIA website, it returns my original IP address and says "not protected". Any other settings that I need to look at?
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Ever figure this out with PIA? I only see my original IP despite installing "OpenVPN for Android" and it connecting. I also have the OpenVPN binary installed manually (I'm rooted).
People need to be very wary about this. If the PIA site sees your source IP address, you are NOT protected.
I'm seeing the same issue as others, both the PIA site and any other site the returns IP addresses shows the source IP in both Firefox and Chrome.
OpenVPN appears to connect, but traffic is not being routed through it.
May it be possibile that this only works with the fire tv and not with the fire tv stick?
Has anyone of you managed to use OpenVPN on a non-rooted fire tv stick?
I tried and my stick is connected to my VPN, but the traffic is unfortunately not routed through the tunnel
I can't get it to work. Using Iron Socket and i get the error "tls-auth enabled, but no valid --auth alogorith specified". Not sure why. Fire TV 1 running 5.2.1
No luck for me either.
I have a Firestick. I sideloaded the latest OpenVPN for Android.
Imported the profiles from EZ Explorer.
After entering password/user, it attempts connecting and I See the following errors:
Code:
Failed to open the tun interface
Error: Cannot find de.blinkt.openvpn.core.OpenVPNService
ERROR: Cannot open TUN
Exiting due to fatal error
Process exited with exit value 1
MGMT: Got unrecognized command>FATAL:ERROR: Cannot Open Tun
Not entirely sure what this means. Anyone?
Hi everybody!
Hi got a brand new fire tv stick with Alexa and when powering it on i'm able to select the language and to connect it with wifi but then i get an error when it check new updates. I'm able to enter the setup menu through the fire tv app on my smartphone but i can't enable adb to skip ota (i read some thread here). I see that there are no apps and i can't login with amazon account. I live in a country where it isn't still released and so amazon support said that they can't help me... I just want to connect the fire tv to internet to use some basical app like spotify or youtube... can someone help me please?
Calciovita said:
Hi everybody!
Hi got a brand new fire tv stick with Alexa and when powering it on i'm able to select the language and to connect it with wifi but then i get an error when it check new updates. I'm able to enter the setup menu through the fire tv app on my smartphone but i can't enable adb to skip ota (i read some thread here). I see that there are no apps and i can't login with amazon account. I live in a country where it isn't still released and so amazon support said that they can't help me... I just want to connect the fire tv to internet to use some basical app like spotify or youtube... can someone help me please?
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I don't know of anyway around registration of the stick. In settings you can not enable ADB? You will have to root it to disable the OTA (firestick2 is rootable). The other option is set a VPN to let you register it. Just some ideas...
Michajin said:
I don't know of anyway around registration of the stick. In settings you can not enable ADB? You will have to root it to disable the OTA (firestick2 is rootable). The other option is set a VPN to let you register it. Just some ideas...
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Hi thank you so much for the reply! I tried to connect it with a wifi with VPN (hotspot with rooted smartphone with vpn, i checked the ip and the position) but it still gave me error. In settings i can enable developer options but i can't find them... Can you help me to root it? What should i look for?
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Hi thank you so much for the reply! I tried to connect it with a wifi with VPN (hotspot with rooted smartphone with vpn, i checked the ip and the position) but it still gave me error. In settings i can enable developer options but i can't find them... Can you help me to root it? What should i look for?
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I don't know how to get past registration. Here is the rooting thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/unlock-fire-tv-stick-2nd-gen-tank-t3907002
Also, did the VPN actually do the hotspot VPN? Did you check with a 3rd device? I have done VPN hotspot and my connected devices are not in the VPN.
hi! I tried thousands times to adb my fire stick on wifi. But it never pop up the adb authorize window. Finally, I pull out the usb line from charger and plug into PC. Then adb link again, the window pop up on TV and you can select "agree" to allow the adb debug.
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Also, did the VPN actually do the hotspot VPN? Did you check with a 3rd device? I have done VPN hotspot and my connected devices are not in the VPN.
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thank you for the link, i'll take a look. However yes, the connected devices to hotspot were connected in vpn.
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hi! I tried thousands times to adb my fire stick on wifi. But it never pop up the adb authorize window. Finally, I pull out the usb line from charger and plug into PC. Then adb link again, the window pop up on TV and you can select "agree" to allow the adb debug.
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Hi! Can you explain me what do you mean in ''adb link again''? I connected fire tv with my pc but then i hadn't pop-ups
Calciovita said:
thank you for the link, i'll take a look. However yes, the connected devices to hotspot were connected in vpn.
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With rooting and unlocking you can get into ADB VIA TWRP. You might run into an issue on connecting to ADB and still having keyboard access with a powered hub to power the stick and have ADB sideloading, it can be done though. but you can also work in advanced in twrp-terminal. You also have file manager. I am still not sure how to get past the setup though. I find it weird that it wont let you register it though...
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With rooting and unlocking you can get into ADB VIA TWRP. You might run into an issue on connecting to ADB and still having keyboard access with a powered hub to power the stick and have ADB sideloading, it can be done though. but you can also work in advanced in twrp-terminal. You also have file manager. I am still not sure how to get past the setup though. I find it weird that it wont let you register it though...
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Thank you! I'll try this!
Hi,
I recently bought a new Fire TV 4K that came with Version 6.2.8.1 out of the Box. It also has a Serial Number containing VM in it. According to some posts here this means, that it has some efuses blown and the USB Download Mode disabled in its bootrom, which makes it impossible right now to root or downgrade it.
The reason I need to downgrade is that I need to automate some tasks on the Fire TV for example with tasker. For exmaple I need the Fire TV to switch the Input at Boot automatically. It does this only when I press the home button. Automating this with tasker however requires the Accessibility Service, which Amazon has removed in current Versions of the Firmware. So the only solution is to root it or go back to older Firmwares, and both ways seem to have been blocked by AMazon right now.
Is this the latest information or are there solutions for this device to still root it?
And are there alternative ways to automate for example Home button press without root and Acessibility Service?
And which Fire Tv Stick can still be rooted right now even with the latest Firmware installed?
Any help would be appreciated.
According to this post, only versions with "VM190 or higher" have the fuse blown.
[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 4K (mantis)
NOTE: There have been multiple reports of devices with serial numbers containing VM190 or higher being shipped with DL-Mode disabled in BROM. These devices cannot be unlocked using kamakiri. These devices do not show up at all on USB when...
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So maybe your unit has a s/n lower then VM190.
Yeah my Serial contains *VM081* but I bought it far later than the post you mentioned. Also that post was made before Version 6.2.8.1 was released and efuses burned, which apparently does not allow downgrading anymore. And the guy who found the exploit has not posted anymore since 2019.
My understanding is that the USB Download mode being disabled and the efuses blown are two different things.
I have not yet read any comment on wether you can root a fresh out of the box device that has Version 6.2.8.1 on it.
And additionally newer devices seem to have no USB Download mode.
Is there a way to check whether my devices efuses are blown or not? And whether my device has USB Download mode before I open and short the device. RIght now I can still send back the device, but not once I have opened it. I don't wanna find out after opening the device that I can not root it.
So before I open the Fire TV, I wanna know whether it is rootable or not. Otherwise I will send it back. I wanna know wether the rooting method does also work once the device has been updated to 6.2.8.1.
ALso it would help to know wether the efuses burning only is limted to the 4K model. In that case I could get a Lite or Version 2 of the Fire TV. Unfortunately I have not found any FAQ regarding such questions.
Spamm00r said:
My understanding is that the USB Download mode being disabled and the efuses blown are two different things.
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No, it's most likely the same thing...
Spamm00r said:
Is there a way to check whether my devices efuses are blown or not?
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Yes, you can short the stick, connect usb and watch in lsusb. It will show no sign of the stick if the efuse is gone.
You can also connect an USB TTL UART Adapter, while doing the shorting. Then the log shows you that the boot-process goes to halt.
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So before I open the Fire TV, I wanna know whether it is rootable or not. Otherwise I will send it back. I wanna know wether the rooting method does also work once the device has been updated to 6.2.8.1.
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The root/unlock method based on BR DL-Mode (via shorting), will not work on any 4k stick running 6.2.8.0 or later, regardless of the serial number.
The new Lite Stick, the new fTV Stick and the newest fTV 4K-Max Stick are also BR DL-Mode disabled.
So its game over for the current Fire TV Stick Models in regards to rooting right?!
This wouldn't be such a big issue if Amazon hadn't removed accessibility services, which dramatically reduces the use of a Fire Tv Stick.
I guess we will have to search for alternative routes. WHile it is probably still possible to root the device via eMMC hardware method, this is way too complex for me.
I have already a few ideas.
My plan now is to use a raspberry pi in conjunction with the Fire TV and issue the automation commands via adb from the raspberry pi.
All I need is issue the Home key at certain points. Everything else Tasker can already do without root and accessibility services.
Also Tasker contains ADB over WIFI Plugin, and only needs a one time issue of the adb tcp command after every boot. After taht you have a adb client running on the fire tv itself to do the rest for automation.
My plan is to let the raspberry issue this adb command at every boot of the fire tv and after that Tasker will be able to do the rest via adb WIFI.
I hope that works out.
For further reference and anyone else stumbling over these issues. Before buying a Fire TV, I wasn't aware of these issues, that for example Accessibility services have been removed and Rooting is impossible right now. So Right now I think the better option is to avoid any Fire TV and buy a Raspberry 4 and run Android TV on it. That way you already have root access and can do anything you want on it.
Spamm00r said:
So its game over for the current Fire TV Stick Models in regards to rooting right?!
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That is valid for the current methods. There is still further development, but development needs time...
So it's best if you take a look into the xda forums from time to time
Spamm00r said:
So its game over for the current Fire TV Stick Models in regards to rooting right?!
This wouldn't be such a big issue if Amazon hadn't removed accessibility services, which dramatically reduces the use of a Fire Tv Stick.
I guess we will have to search for alternative routes. WHile it is probably still possible to root the device via eMMC hardware method, this is way too complex for me.
I have already a few ideas.
My plan now is to use a raspberry pi in conjunction with the Fire TV and issue the automation commands via adb from the raspberry pi.
All I need is issue the Home key at certain points. Everything else Tasker can already do without root and accessibility services.
Also Tasker contains ADB over WIFI Plugin, and only needs a one time issue of the adb tcp command after every boot. After taht you have a adb client running on the fire tv itself to do the rest for automation.
My plan is to let the raspberry issue this adb command at every boot of the fire tv and after that Tasker will be able to do the rest via adb WIFI.
I hope that works out.
For further reference and anyone else stumbling over these issues. Before buying a Fire TV, I wasn't aware of these issues, that for example Accessibility services have been removed and Rooting is impossible right now. So Right now I think the better option is to avoid any Fire TV and buy a Raspberry 4 and run Android TV on it. That way you already have root access and can do anything you want on it.
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You don't need to issue TCP command. By default, wireless adb debugging is turned on in Fire TV stick.
Shaikh Amaan FM said:
You don't need to issue TCP command. By default, wireless adb debugging is turned on in Fire TV stick.
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But the Tasker adb function needs it or how else can I make that Tasker function work?
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But the Tasker adb function needs it or how else can I make that Tasker function work?
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You might already knew this that in normal Android mobile phones, with "adb tcpip 5555" command in PC, you start the wireless adb on port 5555 in phone. But when you enable ADB Debugging in Fire TV from it's settings, the wireless ADB Debugging is by default started, so you don't need to run that TCP command as the wireless debugging is already on and then Tasker will use it to get it's work done.
Shaikh Amaan FM said:
You might already knew this that in normal Android mobile phones, with "adb tcpip 5555" command in PC, you start the wireless adb on port 5555 in phone. But when you enable ADB Debugging in Fire TV from it's settings, the wireless ADB Debugging is by default started, so you don't need to run that TCP command as the wireless debugging is already on and then Tasker will use it to get it's work done.
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Yes I agree the adb is active one the Fire Tv Stick and you can connect to it via wifi on port 5555.
But tasker still does not work with the adb function.
How did you make it work?
According to this:
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_adb_wifi.html
You need to run this comamnd everytime you reboot.
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Yes I agree the adb is active one the Fire Tv Stick and you can connect to it via wifi on port 5555.
But tasker still does not work with the adb function.
How did you make it work?
According to this:
https://tasker.joaoapps.com/userguide/en/help/ah_adb_wifi.html
You need to run this comamnd everytime you reboot.
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I am not using Tasker. But as you said above that you'll use raspberry to issue adb tcip command to the stick to turn on wireless debugging, that's not needed.
As far as I think, you'll have a profile of device boot event in Tasker and in it you'll have a ADB Wifi action which will have the button press command.
If that's the case then it should work without any issue.
In ADB WiFi action, set host to 127.0.0.1 ( Just saw that this is optional as well )
If it doesn't works let me know, I'll try installing tasker in my stick and test adb wifi in it.
How do you change volume in your volume change app without root?
Maybe I can issue the command for changing hdmi input the same way.
Shaikh Amaan FM said:
I am not using Tasker. But as you said above that you'll use raspberry to issue adb tcip command to the stick to turn on wireless debugging, that's not needed.
As far as I think, you'll have a profile of device boot event in Tasker and in it you'll have a ADB Wifi action which will have the button press command.
If that's the case then it should work without any issue.
In ADB WiFi action, set host to 127.0.0.1 ( Just saw that this is optional as well )
If it doesn't works let me know, I'll try installing tasker in my stick and test adb wifi in it.
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How do you change volume in your volume change app without root?
Maybe I can issue the command for changing hdmi input the same way.
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What's the adb command to change hdmi input?
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What's the adb command to change hdmi input?
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There is no adb command to do that diretcly, but the Fire TV switches to HDMI source, if you press home button. SO I wanna issue Home key input via adb to make it switch the HDMI source to the Fire TV Stick.
"key_home": "adb shell input keyevent 3",
As far as I know you need to have root to issue CEC COmmands diretcly. Otherwiese you ahve to make a system method do that for you.
You probably bought one with a serial number of
G4N0VM081..... which is the new blown fuse version. You need to scour ebay for serial number
G070VM190..... or lower, then follow the current rooting guide. Make sure it's BRAND NEW and never been opened or else you're SOL since used sticks have probably been updated. New rootable sticks exists. I found half dozen on ebay a few months ago.
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There is no adb command to do that diretcly, but the Fire TV switches to HDMI source, if you press home button. SO I wanna issue Home key input via adb to make it switch the HDMI source to the Fire TV Stick.
"key_home": "adb shell input keyevent 3",
As far as I know you need to have root to issue CEC COmmands diretcly. Otherwiese you ahve to make a system method do that for you.
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Ok so I just installed Tasker in my stick, tested adb wifi in it, it didn't worked. But I can develop an app which can execute provided adb command on every boot. It's night in my timezone, I'll develop that app tomorrow inshaallah.
That would be awesome.
Please keep the command to execute generic, as it may be useful to also execute other commands at boot. Let the user decide what command to execute.
Shaikh Amaan FM said:
Ok so I just installed Tasker in my stick, tested adb wifi in it, it didn't worked. But I can develop an app which can execute provided adb command on every boot. It's night in my timezone, I'll develop that app tomorrow inshaallah.
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That would be awesome.
Please keep the command to execute generic, as it may be useful to also execute other commands at boot. Let the user decide what command to execute.
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[APP][NO ROOT] ADB on Boot | Run adb commands at boot automatically
How to use? 1. Enable ADB Debugging from Fire TV settings 2. In this app, add the adb commands that you want to execute on every boot 3. Set whether you want to display a Toast message on completion of command execution 4. Test the script if...
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I have to correct myself about adb wifi out of tasker not working.
ADB Wifi does work depending on the app that you are using. Local ADB shell does not work, while Remote ADB Wifi app does work.
The adb plugin for tasker does not work, but the adb wifi action from Tasker itself does work right away. In my earlier tests, other apps were just blocking adb wifi and I was confused and thought tasker's adb wifi is not working. But you have to properly close the abd wifi session with a "exit" command. Also the windows adb tool freezes and has to be killed in taskmanager. That is a source of error for testing adb on fire TV.
Also the adb wifi of tasker will not accept semicolon seperated commands. Shaikh Amaan FM's tool however does. In tasker You will have to create new task for every command and only issue one command. I don't know why, but thats the result of my troubleshooting.
Also you have to make sure that Tasker is properly bought, a trial version or a not genuine version won't work, as Tasker has signature checks implemented which silently brakes plugins without any obvious error messages.
Plugins however also do not work in Macrodroid.
So best thing is to use Remote ADB Shell app or Tasker's built in adb wifi task. Thatway you can mostly work around the fact that Fire TV is locked down, has no root and has accessibility services disabled.
So this is the solution to:
Solution for no Root and no Accessibility Service on Fire TV 4K Mantis on Version 6.2.8.1
Thatway I'm able to make Fire TV switch input via tasker by issuing a home button press via adb.
That's the best thing you can do under these conditions that you can't have root on Fire TV right now.