Folks can someone help, im trying in use dns so i can watch a geo restricted service i subscribe to , i have this setup fine in all my other devices but wont work on FTV, i input all the details correctly, only thing i see wrong is when i look on about network settings it only shows DNS1 and not DNS3 i have tried constantly & on a few different ftvs but all the same, any ideas?
i meant does not show DNS2
folks surely some1 has an idea
ok clutching at straws here, but has anyone managed to setup dns on ftv, i have fully rooted device with latest firmware
The only thing I can think of is if you have Google Play Store installed to try to install an app that will allow you to change your DNS settings. I'm not sure if this will work as I haven't tried it myself but its something to try anyways. You could also sideload the settings .apk and try to set it up from there. Not sure if that will work either as selecting some items in the settings will crash the FTV back to the home menu. Hopefully you can get something to work. Best of luck.
Hi, yes you can do it very easily. You don't need route, settings.apk etc. Google Unotelly and Fire TV. Instructions will be the same for any DNS service.
Get US only services on FireTV.
paul.savo said:
Folks can someone help, im trying in use dns so i can watch a geo restricted service i subscribe to , i have this setup fine in all my other devices but wont work on FTV, i input all the details correctly, only thing i see wrong is when i look on about network settings it only shows DNS1 and not DNS3 i have tried constantly & on a few different ftvs but all the same, any ideas?
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I had the same problem. I had a US address and US credit card, an UnoTelly account, had set up the UnoTelly DNS on the FireTV and could stream Amazon and Netflix on the PC fine but the FireTV wouldn't let me open and use Netflix.
The solution is to change the country/region settings in your Amazon account. So go to Amazon in your browser on your PC, log in to your Amazon account, then click Your Account --> Digital Content --> Manage Your Content and Devices --> Settings --> Country Settings and then change your country to the United States.
After that it will work like a breeze.
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Hi all hoping someone can help I watch tv use catch up TV and iPlayer and Eurosport play on my nexus7 using wifi which work fine when in UK but I travel out side the UK for work a lot is there a app that will show my location as still being in the UK so I can still tv
You will need to acces the sites you try to see with the use of a proxy server with an UK ip-adress.
So in your situation it's local wifi nation B > proxy server UK addy > site you try to see that requires you to be in UK.
I wont go into more detail as I'm not familiar with the rules of the site you're trying to see.
I recently got a UK Fire TV so I can't root it, but I still want to block updates just in case.
I'm running a TP-Link WDR3600 with DD-WRT and I have set it to block the three URLs* using the devices static IP and MAC address.
However, when I go to the "check for system update" option it still lists the last check as 'today'.
I did additional tests using firefox on the device itself and it can block URLs (for this test Google) but I'm not sure whether the updates are blocked.
For now I've disconnected it just in case and OpenDNS isn't an option for me as I have a shared IP address.
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firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com
softwareupdates.amazon.com
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net
from what i read blocking the update URLs is useless, you might as well let it update and wait for a new root procedure.
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from what i read blocking the update URLs is useless, you might as well let it update and wait for a new root procedure.
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Not true. Just go to the URL in your browser and see if your router stops you. Mine didn't, so I setup an OpenDNS account. That worked.
OpenDNS also worked great for me as well.
Using a VPN kills the OpenDNS block on the Amazon updates, so make sure you do the internal block if you plan on using a VPN.
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OpenDNS also worked great for me as well.
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Thanks for the responses, unfortunately OpenDNS isn't really an option since I live in a flat where we share a connection/IP address.
So I guess I'm just going to have to risk it then or maybe look up alternatives.
In case I do try something, what is the way to tell? Does it just pop up with an error message?
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Thanks for the responses, unfortunately OpenDNS isn't really an option since I live in a flat where we share a connection/IP address.
So I guess I'm just going to have to risk it then or maybe look up alternatives.
In case I do try something, what is the way to tell? Does it just pop up with an error message?
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If you give the fire tv a static ip address, you have to manually fill in the dns servers.
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If you give the fire tv a static ip address, you have to manually fill in the dns servers.
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The problem is not how I'd set it up but that it could cause other issues, for example, if someone else uses opendns to block something which I want.
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The problem is not how I'd set it up but that it could cause other issues, for example, if someone else uses opendns to block something which I want.
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Can you guys not talk to each other to figure out a plan that works for all?
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Can you guys not talk to each other to figure out a plan that works for all?
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No, it would be impractical if not impossible where I am.
In the end I decided to give it a shot anyway, just have to hope I'm the only one using opendns.
So far so good.
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from what i read blocking the update URLs is useless, you might as well let it update and wait for a new root procedure.
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I did a lot of tests to day (UK fire tv)
you get different IP for that URL depending on what DNS you use unblockus,google,isp etc etc
so im not sure I think its all in the lap of the gods
I am so poised on smashing this thing up :¬) I will enjoy it
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I recently got a UK Fire TV so I can't root it, but I still want to block updates just in case.
I'm running a TP-Link WDR3600 with DD-WRT and I have set it to block the three URLs* using the devices static IP and MAC address.
However, when I go to the "check for system update" option it still lists the last check as 'today'.
I did additional tests using firefox on the device itself and it can block URLs (for this test Google) but I'm not sure whether the updates are blocked.
For now I've disconnected it just in case and OpenDNS isn't an option for me as I have a shared IP address.
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firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com
softwareupdates.amazon.com
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net
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All settings on DD-WRT:
Go to Settings. Under that make sure your tab is again "Settings".
Under the subsection DNSMasq, put these options.
DNSMasq: Enable
Local DNS: Disable
No DNS Rebind: Enable
Additional DNSMasq Options: Copy these 4 lines and paste into that textbox.
#block amazon firetv update
address=/amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net/127.0.0.1
address=/softwareupdates.amazon.com/127.0.0.1
strict-order
Also, refer to the PDF file. Look at the section "Network Setup". Within that look at "Router IP" and "DHCP". Change your private subnet to whatever you wish to use, mine is 192.168.5.0/24.
Once you have the setup, reboot your router. Next, reboot your computer and ping one of the above DNS address. You should get a reply back from "127.0.0.1". Next reboot your FTV and verify.
I have the same setup and works for me.
NOTE: MY TIME WARNER MODEM/ROUTER IS IN BRIDGED MODE. Meaning, it is a simple pass through and all router related functionality is disabled. Works solely as a dumb modem.
NOTE: Simple URL blocking is not sufficient. That ONLY blocks HTTP access, not HTTPS.
Thanks, that seems to have done the trick.
So I bought myself a fire TV and naturally it turned up with 51.1.4.0 pre-installed, so I wanted to at least block updates, but I'm using dd-wrt on my router which creates lots of fun when trying to do that, it was easier to just block all internet access to the device. I figured this would block all of their tracking and auto login stuff too.
My thinking was that I only wanted to use it for kodi/xbmc anyway, it mostly plays local files, but I could set up my file server to act as a proxy as well, put those settings into kodi so that only it can access the internet.
What was of no surprise is that it didn't work, I could get other computers to talk easily through the proxy but kodi on the fire TV didn't want to know.
However at some point, without changing any settings kodi started talking through the proxy, I installed youtube etc. etc. But then I figured out the delay.
The fire TV was actually blocking kodi from having a separate proxy, had seen the proxy settings, including password, and was now happily connecting itself to the internet through the proxy, the light even went white and everything.
Tin foil hat time, I assume their software is monitoring everything else kodi is doing as well?
Has anyone else find this kind of behaviour with their fire TV?
I don't know the answer to your question but the easiest and probably best way to do this is thru a free account on opendns.com.
I blocked updates through DNSMasq in the end, for anyone else having trouble with dd-wrt the settings that took me a while to find and sort it out was under DHCP settings.
Setup - Basic Setup - Network Setup, and under Network Address Server Settings you want to make sure the Use DNSMasq options are selected, then the Additional DNSMasq Options will work.
Of course, fireTV can still look for proxy settings to get around it apparently, even though I'm pretty sure they don't let you set the options yourself?
Hi, not sure where to go from here.
I have a rooted FireTV with ClockworkMod installed. It was registered to my name, but my wife just started a trial of Amazon Prime, so we thought it'd be a bright idea to deregister the FireTV from my Amazon account and register it with her account.
Big mistake. Now, the FireTV boots up and gets to the screen that gives you the choice to register or create a new account. I log in with her Amazon info, my Amazon info, doesn't matter--no matter what we do, it goes to a screen saying "The network connection has been lost." The only two buttons are "Try Again" or "Check Network Settings".
It's not a network problem, believe me (I have a home LAN and know what I'm doing, troubleshooted that, it's fine--in fact, I can connect to it via adbFire and see processes on it, etc.). My wife even phoned Amazon, and they made sure to register the FireTV on her account. I can see it in her account on Amazon.com under "Manage Content and Devices".
Even the Amazon tech was stumped. Any ideas? I'd rather not lose root if I can help it, but we can't get past this "network connection lost" screen.
I had blocked Amazon updates on the FireTV and on the router, but I enabled updates on both, thinking that maybe the update blockers were causing an issue. Yet even still, it's not working.
Try to connect using a cable instead a wifi connection, and try registering again.
Tried that, no luck, same thing
Unblock updates on the router or connect to a Hotspot just for the registration time. I have had amazon registration fail when blocking update domains on the router. Root will be safe.
Tried that, still no luck.
Well, I found the solution. I bypassed the router completely and plugged the FireTV directly into the cable modem. Registered first try. Bizarre...I know what I'm doing with routers (I have tomato firmware installed on my Asus RTn16). I had all the update blocks disabled (it's a single checkbox in tomato). Maybe it's a tomato bug? Anyway, works now, and I've since hooked it back up to the router and all is still well. I still have rooted firmware. I did see, when I went into Settings/System, that it was downloading a system update (the menu item said "Cancel System Update"), so I cancelled that.
Interesting...I opened an ADB session and I see that org.xbmc.kodi is still in the files list on the FireTV, as well as folders for a few other Android apps I installed, but none of them appear in the FireTV apps list (because I did a factory system restore). Is there a way to restore these without reinstalling? Some way to maybe have the FireTV "rescan" its own installations?
Hi there,
I have the AFTV Gen 2 running latest OS.
I have setup an OpenVPN VPN "Router-on-a-stick" on a "spare" Raspberry Pi I had lying around.
This is successfully using my PIA VPN login credentials to provide a alternative external IP..
I have pointed the FireTv gateway config away from my default router gateway, to my new RPi VPN 'router'.
Both the FireOS and Kodi still continue to work, but there does not seem to be a way to check that the Kodi load is using the correct/new (VPN) external IP address.
Note: I have checked this with my PC and the RPi definitely provides a switched IP.
So how can I check what the external IP address of the FireTV/Kodi setup is?
Many thanks in advance.
Do you have ES File Explorer installed? You can use the web function (in the Favourite tab) to access Google and search for 'What's my IP address' there. Alternatively, I use a simple 'Whats My IP' app to launch and confirm IP address. There are many available to download on Aptoide. When this shows that the correct IP address is working, Kodi always seems to use that web pathway/route.
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Do you have ES File Explorer installed? You can use the web function (in the Favourite tab) to access Google and search for 'What's my IP address' there. Alternatively, I use a simple 'Whats My IP' app to launch and confirm IP address. There are many available to download on Aptoide. When this shows that the correct IP address is working, Kodi always seems to use that web pathway/route.
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That's great - thanks. Have used google via ES File explorer and its confirmed the IP is as I hoped.
Excuse my ignorance but how do it get Aptoide - its a android app repository , yes?
Good stuff, glad it worked! Yeah, Aptoide is an Android app repository that works on non-rooted Fire TV (unlike Google Play Store). I'm not sure how others view it but I find it pretty good. The odd app download does come with annoying pop-up adds and, in that case, I undelete app (clean up with CCleaner) and then reinstall from another provider in Aptoide. Here is a link to the What's My IP app I use: http://m.sebastianvelmont.store.apt...git.WhatIsMyIp/7/3090847/What's+my+IP+Address
Make sure you close the app and clear its cache each time, otherwise it sticks to the first IP address it found. There might be better ones that refresh automatically?
To install, I have Aptoide loaded on my Fire TV first (via loading Aptoide apk file from ES Explorer) and then search for app in search bar. Saying that it might be better to find the apk from elsewhere but I like checking Aptoide occasionally on Fire TV to see what apps it recommends to update on my system etc.