I've had the latest spmc running on a new fire tv for a few days now with the latest launcher version rooted so it would boot when I start. I was loading a movie today which was taking really long so i did a force restart and when i started back up spmc was completely gone from the applications menu. I reinstalled it and none of my addons or library content is still there so I assume it wiped everything. Is this a normal occurence? I've never had this happen before.
After updating my Fire TV with rbox's 51.1.6.3 rooted firmware I started to notice a problem in Kodi. When watching a video (via SMB or USB) I would skip around and it would eventually freeze, get pixelated and then struggle to catch up to where it should be. Most of the time it would get so bad that I'd have to exit the video and resume.
I was running Kodi 15.1 Isengard when I first noticed this, so I upgraded to 15.2 RC1 and the problem was still there. Downgraded to 15.0, same problem. Tried SPMC, the same. After eliminating Kodi as the issue I downgraded my Fire TV to rbox's rooted 51.1.6.2 and everything was fine again.
I'm curious to see if this anyone else has run into this problem. If you do reply, please say whether you're rooted or not.
Shoot! I did notice it's a lot more difficult to fast forward. I thought it happened to be the new files I was using or something with the file server.
Not just you I went through same steps as you. Have big issues with kodi since updating.
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I have a rooted AFTV1 and un-rooted AFTV2. I have no problem w/ Netflix w/ the AFTV2 but for the last few days, Netflix complains that it cannot reach it servers on rooted AFTV1.
The SW on this is quite old 51.1.4.0_514006420 http://www.aftvnews.com/roms/
Probably the Netflix App has changed quite a bit. If you think my old SW is the problem, can some of you gurus guide me what would be the quickest way to move to the latest SW, hope I don't have to do update to every release.
Thanks in advance.
Ditto. Tried rolling back many versions of the app. Nothing seems to work. Unroot the only option? Anyone found a cloak to work?
Legolas2 said:
Hi All
I have a rooted AFTV1 and un-rooted AFTV2. I have no problem w/ Netflix w/ the AFTV2 but for the last few days, Netflix complains that it cannot reach it servers on rooted AFTV1.
The SW on this is quite old 51.1.4.0_514006420 http://www.aftvnews.com/roms/
Probably the Netflix App has changed quite a bit. If you think my old SW is the problem, can some of you gurus guide me what would be the quickest way to move to the latest SW, hope I don't have to do update to every release.
Thanks in advance.
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Kerrnel said:
Ditto. Tried rolling back many versions of the app. Nothing seems to work. Unroot the only option? Anyone found a cloak to work?
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The link below is where to get started updating a Rooted FiresOS 3 FTV1 to FireOS 5.
It's easy. But just make sure you verify you have every requirement checked off before. As long as TWRP is installed correctly then you shouldn't have any problems at all. Since a good install of TWRP will always let you wipe/flash your FTV1.
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-install-twrp-custom-recovery-on-a-rooted-fire-tv-1/
I was planning to write a walk-thru of my experience updating my FTV1's. But I ran into a minor SuperSU bug. So have postpone writing the walk-thru until it gets solved. But might write one once I update my 2nd of 4 FTV1's. Been mostly re-flashing the 1st one to try some stuff.
I'm hoping you get around to writing up this walk-thru. That would be super helpful!!!
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I'm hoping you get around to writing up this walk-thru. That would be super helpful!!!
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Will try to get it done this weekend. Plan to mod my second AFTV1 from FireOS3 to FireOS5. With lessons learned from modding & re-modding my first one multiple times.
I updated to the latest prerooted rom by rbox (jan 8 2018) on fire tv 1 and now can't find Netflix.
Once I got to latest rom I realized my netflix was way old (from like 51.1.1.0) and figured this was probably the issue, so under settings all apps, cleared it's cache and data, then uninstalled. Now when I search for netflix it doesn't find anything. Tried resyncing my purchased stuff under my account and still don't see it. Should I try and reflash the prerooted rom again now that I've removed my old netflix apk?
CardinalChaos said:
I updated to the latest prerooted rom by rbox (jan 8 2018) on fire tv 1 and now can't find Netflix.
Once I got to latest rom I realized my netflix was way old (from like 51.1.1.0) and figured this was probably the issue, so under settings all apps, cleared it's cache and data, then uninstalled. Now when I search for netflix it doesn't find anything. Tried resyncing my purchased stuff under my account and still don't see it. Should I try and reflash the prerooted rom again now that I've removed my old netflix apk?
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I just installed Netflix on my rooted Fire TV 1 with the latest OS and Netflix works fine.
EDIT: Here's a link to my Netflix APK: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwh_VrvNbHA-1xdlIx0
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I just installed Netflix on my rooted Fire TV 1 with the latest OS and Netflix works fine.
EDIT: Here's a link to my Netflix APK: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwh_VrvNbHA-1xdlIx0
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Hey thanks that did the trick~! You are a golden god sizzlechest, with raw talent :good::good:
Getting back into the Android Dev scene with my recent purchase and successful root of an AFTV2. Loaded Rbox's latest pre-rooted 5.2.1.1 using TWRP after achieving root with Kingroot.
I like to run extremely lean, so I loaded the latest 16.4.2 SPMC build with the same exact two add-ons (paid IPTV services, not sure if allowed to mention here) and Ares Wizard to optimize my cache. However, I noticed that my available RAM (both using Ares Wizard and in Kodi) is ~350Mb. This is Avout a third of what my stock AFTV1 shows (a little over a gig) with an identical configuration. The only difference is one is using Rbox's pre-rooted 5.2.1.1 and the other stock 5.2.1.1 (side loaded with SPMC)
I only post this because my AFTV2 is experiencing buffering issues on the exact same programming that my AFTV1 plays just fine. Any idea what might be using up the excessive amount of RAM?
Any thoughts?
Hi! I have an non-rooted first generation Fire TV, and a 3 weeks ago when I started it up, I painfully discovered that pretty much everything other than the main Amazon app were simply GONE. I haven't the faintest clue as to why this happened, but after several attempts to recover the missing apps, etc, I finally resorted to a factory reset. I then re-installed all my previous apps, but only one of them failed every time I ran it: Netflix for AFTV!
Netflix invariably now immediately reports the "UI-800-3" error and it never stops. I followed all the instructions about how to resolve this problem, but it never works. One possibly critical issue is that, after uninstalling Netflix, when I use the main Amazon interface to attempt to re-download it -- or ANY other app! -- any click on any app to download it is totally ignored! No click sound, no response whatsoever!
So I used the "Apk Extractor" app on the Netflix app on my Second Generation Fire TV, and then installed it on the first AFTV using ADBLink, which completed without error. From then on the "UI-800-3" error nightmare began.
So what I need is a Netflix for AFTV apk that's compatible with First Gen Fire TVs running FireOS v5.2.1.1 -- Does anyone have such?
I've seen recommendations to use the APK for Netflix for Android TV, but that hasn't worked out for me.
Kindly help me. Thanks!
I've tried using ADBLink to install the following Netflix apks: Netflix_3.3.5.apk and Netflix_4.0.5.apk
The latter reports that it is incompatible with first generation Fire TVs, so I uninstalled it.
The former tries to run, but again gets infinite "UI-800-3" errors.
So I removed all the DNS blocks that were preventing Amazon updates, and went ahead (very reluctantly) and upgraded to the latest system, v5.4.2 (if I'm recalling it correctly). But Netflix still refuses to run without eternal "UI-800-3" errors!
Furthermore, when I manually navigate around the main Fire TV app looking to download Netflix, it's nowhere to be found! Every other app shows up and allows downloading EXCEPT Netflix!
What the hell is going on?
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Hi! I have an non-rooted first generation Fire TV, and a 3 weeks ago when I started it up, I painfully discovered that pretty much everything other than the main Amazon app were simply GONE. I haven't the faintest clue as to why this happened, but after several attempts to recover the missing apps, etc, I finally resorted to a factory reset. I then re-installed all my previous apps, but only one of them failed every time I ran it: Netflix for AFTV!
Netflix invariably now immediately reports the "UI-800-3" error and it never stops. I followed all the instructions about how to resolve this problem, but it never works. One possibly critical issue is that, after uninstalling Netflix, when I use the main Amazon interface to attempt to re-download it -- or ANY other app! -- any click on any app to download it is totally ignored! No click sound, no response whatsoever!
So I used the "Apk Extractor" app on the Netflix app on my Second Generation Fire TV, and then installed it on the first AFTV using ADBLink, which completed without error. From then on the "UI-800-3" error nightmare began.
So what I need is a Netflix for AFTV apk that's compatible with First Gen Fire TVs running FireOS v5.2.1.1 -- Does anyone have such?
I've seen recommendations to use the APK for Netflix for Android TV, but that hasn't worked out for me.
Kindly help me. Thanks!
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Embee11 said:
I've tried using ADBLink to install the following Netflix apks: Netflix_3.3.5.apk and Netflix_4.0.5.apk
The latter reports that it is incompatible with first generation Fire TVs, so I uninstalled it.
The former tries to run, but again gets infinite "UI-800-3" errors.
So I removed all the DNS blocks that were preventing Amazon updates, and went ahead (very reluctantly) and upgraded to the latest system, v5.4.2 (if I'm recalling it correctly). But Netflix still refuses to run without eternal "UI-800-3" errors!
Furthermore, when I manually navigate around the main Fire TV app looking to download Netflix, it's nowhere to be found! Every other app shows up and allows downloading EXCEPT Netflix!
What the hell is going on?
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Happened a while back. Netflix is only allowing the most recent version of their app to access their service. And those more recent versions only run on FIreOS 5. So you need to look thru this forum to the numerous ways to upgrade your FTV1 to FireOS 5. It's that simple.
I performed yet ANOTHER full reset and ANOTHER system update until no further updates were available, and finally, Netflix appeared and installed fine. Happily, it works fine!
I haven't submitted enough posts yet that I'm allowed to post external links, but I will be posting the working Netflix apk in another thread, here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/netflix-apk-compatible-aftv-gen-1-please-t3628174
I updated to the latest prerooted rom by rbox (jan 8 2018) on fire tv 1 and now can't find Netflix.
I had it before upgrading I was way back at os3, 51.1.1.0 or something and saw it under settings all apps, cleared it's cache and data, then uninstalled. Now when I search for netflix it doesn't find anything. Tried resyncing my purchased stuff under my account and still don't see it. Should I try and reflash the rom now that I've removed my old netflix apk?
CardinalChaos said:
I updated to the latest prerooted rom by rbox (jan 8 2018) on fire tv 1 and now can't find Netflix.
I had it before upgrading I was way back at os3, 51.1.1.0 or something and saw it under settings all apps, cleared it's cache and data, then uninstalled. Now when I search for netflix it doesn't find anything. Tried resyncing my purchased stuff under my account and still don't see it. Should I try and reflash the rom now that I've removed my old netflix apk?
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An update: I got my answer in a similar board from @Sizzlechest :
"I just installed Netflix on my rooted Fire TV 1 with the latest OS and Netflix works fine.
EDIT: Here's a link to my Netflix APK: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwh_VrvNbHA-1xdlIx0 "
Hi
Would you mind posting the netflix apk as I have the same issue
I just extracted this today: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjlFvM-kUCwhgP8UnX0ZLA7WOenuDw