My fire tv somehow replaced the default application view with this custom one. Not sure how it happened but I want to get it back to default.
I do not see any launchers in my listed of installed apps and I ripped out Xposed and disabled all the modules just to confirm none of them were causing this.
Also, I tried restoring the software to 51.1.4.1_514013920 using clockwork mod - but the menu did not revert back.
The only thing I can say, is that Aptoid was installed on my FireTV box and I dont recall installing, maybe I installed a rogue app that did this?
I had the Amazon Appstore installed and it was causing this - uninstalling fixed the problem.
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i rooted,and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283 i used vending 3.3.12,...i succes market installed..
but,every times running on message show `add on account on market`then disappear .. how download apk???
Since you're going through the trouble of trying to install the market manually (and the lack of specificity), I can only assume you're running the stock Amazon software. In which case, I would strongly suggest saving yourself a butt-load of trouble and flash the MoDaCo rom (you do have recovery installed, don't you? Gawd, I hope so)
MoDaCo is not much different from stock, except it has Google apps and Market pre-installed, and it's missing most of Amazon's "assume the position" software. Besides you'd be hard pressed to find a better "stock" experience anywhere else IMO.
soupmagnet said:
Since you're going through the trouble of trying to install the market manually (and the lack of specificity), I can only assume you're running the stock Amazon software. In which case, I would strongly suggest saving yourself a butt-load of trouble and flash the MoDaCo rom (you do have recovery installed, don't you? Gawd, I hope so)
MoDaCo is not much different from stock, except it has Google apps and Market pre-installed, and it's missing most of Amazon's "assume the position" software. Besides you'd be hard pressed to find a better "stock" experience anywhere else IMO.
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Or if hes not rooted (like me) he could install the googleservicesframework apk... im not on computer now but just go on google and type in googleservicesframework apk kindle fire... it has to be a certain version in order to work... have fun!
EDIT: Here is the link! http://www.mediafire.com/?19n79m81o51tpht
having problems running the apk any suggestions? not rooted.....
more apps
yes my wife is running the stock 6.3.1 rooted rom with market installed is there any way to get more apps to show up she cant install angry birds or google voice at all it dont list it
PS: Its running 3.7 market
try agane but not work....it is 3.5version vending...
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it`s 3.8.5 vending is not working too...
Merry Xmas to all
My Kindle Fire 1st Generation is rooted and now boasting JB 4.4 ROM. Everything worked perfectly until last night when Kindle App stopped working ("Unfortunately, Amazon Kindle has stoped" message). I have tried to reinstall the ROM, wipe the cache and dalvik, install 4.4.2 ROM, downgrade to 4.3 ROM and nothing has worked. Everything else is working fine.
Any ideas or similar experiences?
Cheers everybody.
Dr Feelgood
Yes, I had the same problem, but I was able to get it to work by downloading Build.prop Editor from the Play store and using it to change the ro.product.manufacturer line from Amazon to Samsung. I'm guessing Amazon intentionally stop their non-stock apps from working on Amazon devices to avoid people using non-stock apps by mistake, but hopefully changing this workaround will work for you.
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Yes, I had the same problem, but I was able to get it to work by downloading Build.prop Editor from the Play store and using it to change the ro.product.manufacturer line from Amazon to Samsung. I'm guessing Amazon intentionally stop their non-stock apps from working on Amazon devices to avoid people using non-stock apps by mistake, but hopefully changing this workaround will work for you.
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I, too, had the same problem, and your fix with Build.prop editor worked for me! Thanks, thanks, thanks.
There is also a "change to nexus7" zip file in the cm11 thread that probably does the same thing. This is nice because you just add it into the rom/gapps flash. The cm11 rom was the last one I tried to fix this issue before I found "the fix". Now I have to go back and setup HellFire because I haven't found a way to remove the lock screen in CM11.
DrFeelgood75 said:
Merry Xmas to all
My Kindle Fire 1st Generation is rooted and now boasting JB 4.4 ROM. Everything worked perfectly until last night when Kindle App stopped working ("Unfortunately, Amazon Kindle has stoped" message). I have tried to reinstall the ROM, wipe the cache and dalvik, install 4.4.2 ROM, downgrade to 4.3 ROM and nothing has worked. Everything else is working fine.
Any ideas or similar experiences?
Cheers everybody.
Dr Feelgood
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It turns our non working Kindle app was the least of the problems I had. Shortly after that problem I started getting message SystemUI stopped working and then the screen would flash. 5 or 6 reinstallments, full wipes and the likes later I realised that the ROM was the culprit as after installing HellKat 4.4.2, problem seems to be gone. As for Kindle App, I think problem was latest update which was not compatible with 4.4. I stopped the app from getting new updates and its working for now. Had a glance in quite few Kindle related forums and its seems people agree with that as so many complained of app stoping after getting the update.
As for now, Kindle Fire is happily running HellKat 4.4.2 with lovely red theme. We will see how it goes.
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So I just installed CM 10.1.3 and now my kindle app, amazon mp3 app and HBO go apps all crash. I had previously changed the build.prob file to enable access the HBO go, but the amazon apps always worked fine. I just tried to edit build.prob andi I keep getting told that the file is read only. I have tried root explorer and file expert. Any ideas?
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Yes, I had the same problem, but I was able to get it to work by downloading Build.prop Editor from the Play store and using it to change the ro.product.manufacturer line from Amazon to Samsung. I'm guessing Amazon intentionally stop their non-stock apps from working on Amazon devices to avoid people using non-stock apps by mistake, but hopefully changing this workaround will work for you.
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This also resolves same crash on Rooted Kindle Fire (1) running 4.3.x
Thanks!!
app crashes
Found this
Kindle app crashing has a workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48928053#post48928053
Short answer:
download Build.prop Editor from the Play store and use it to change the ro.product.manufacturer line from Amazon to Samsung.
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I currently have my Fire TV rooted with ClockworkMod Custom Recovery 6.0.5.1.4a, rboxes boot menu and Custom Pre-Rooted ROM 51.1.4.0_514006420updated installed.
I'm basically ready to upgrade to Custom Pre-Rooted ROM 51.1.4.1_514013920fixed but I wanted to know of any repercussions first.
Will I lose any of my non Amazon installed apps? For instance will the update affect my XBMC install at all? Or side loaded apps like Google play store or rbixes Fire TV mods, chrome, etc.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I just want to save myself some time by getting all my apps ready if I will need to reinstall them.
Update went smoothly
I decided to just go ahead and do the update. EVerything went fine and all of my applications were there still.
The only thing I noticed was the menu customization item was not in settings anymore.
If you have the Xposed Framework sideloaded, you will have to launch it and then go to Framework and then Install. Afterwards everything appeared as normal.
I finally managed to get spmc to show up on the home screen of my fire tv stick and it will open the app when i click the icon. But if I click information it still acts as if i did not purchase it and when I try to purchase it says this app is not compatible with my device. It also does not show up in the app menu so if it ever disappears from the main screen i have to go all the way to settings etc. Is this how it is supposed to behave and will it still get auto updates?
This depends on how you did this, there's a variety of options I've seen on getting SPMC on the homescreen, using llama or even the deregister/register method. But in either case, no sideloaded apps will not be auto updated, you will have to manually update them. infact SPMC released an update yesterday 13.4.0.
Amazon has yet to officially mark SPMC as compatible with FTV, and at this point it looks like they may not ever do it. So if you used the deregister/register trick, it showing incompatible is what I would expect to see as normal.
I just updated to the new version I was worried I would have to restore my whole xbmc backup but when I installed the latest apk it just overwrote the current one, cleared the cache and did the initial first time run thing. Then it loaded straight back to my setup. Out of curiosity I have just been installing the launcher version on all my devices ftv or stick, does it make a difference?
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I just updated to the new version I was worried I would have to restore my whole xbmc backup but when I installed the latest apk it just overwrote the current one, cleared the cache and did the initial first time run thing. Then it loaded straight back to my setup. Out of curiosity I have just been installing the launcher version on all my devices ftv or stick, does it make a difference?
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The launcher version is made to function as the default launcher if you wanted that option. However it requires root and rbox's xposed module to make it work on fire TV. So you're just not see'ing any difference in it, if/when you gain root it will make a difference depending on how you want it set up.
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The launcher version is made to function as the default launcher if you wanted that option. However it requires root and rbox's xposed module to make it work on fire TV. So you're just not see'ing any difference in it, if/when you gain root it will make a difference depending on how you want it set up.
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Yea I have it on all my rooted aftvs and just out it on my ftv sticks as we. Just making sure there's no disadvantage to having it on a non rooted device.
Hey, just wondering if anyone can help, for the past week I've been trying to fix a problem with my Fire tv and have tried various methods to fix this issue. Basically I use Sloane 5.0.5 r4 ROM on my aftv 2, it comes with super su and the root does work as superuser requests pop up to allow or deny. However super su doesn't appear in apps (the GUI management tool) when installed (tried various versions of supersu from 2.4 to 2.7) and I try to launch it, it just takes me back to the home screen. From googling I can see a few others have a similar problem, some people suggesting kingroot(not keen to use that as it doesn't give me the same options as super su) some suggesting rbox will make an update to sort the problem. Although not something I know is definite. The super su works and it's binaries as suggested earlier but the gui tool is nowhere to be seen. Even tried changing sloanes rom and replacing it with another supersu version but this hasn't worked. Just to add more details im running TWRP recovery also!
Thanks.
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Hey, just wondering if anyone can help, for the past week I've been trying to fix a problem with my Fire tv and have tried various methods to fix this issue. Basically I use Sloane 5.0.5 r4 ROM on my aftv 2, it comes with super su and the root does work as superuser requests pop up to allow or deny. However super su doesn't appear in apps (the GUI management tool) when installed (tried various versions of supersu from 2.4 to 2.7) and I try to launch it, it just takes me back to the home screen. From googling I can see a few others have a similar problem, some people suggesting kingroot(not keen to use that as it doesn't give me the same options as super su) some suggesting rbox will make an update to sort the problem. Although not something I know is definite. The super su works and it's binaries as suggested earlier but the gui tool is nowhere to be seen. Even tried changing sloanes rom and replacing it with another supersu version but this hasn't worked. Just to add more details im running TWRP recovery also!
Thanks.
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It's something Amazon does to Android and SuperSU being a system app. I noticed the same problem with the Play Store. You might be able to launch it while in an alternative launcher and/or using adb shell.
Run a adb shell and fire up this one
pm path eu.chainfire.supersu
Just to check the installation path
Hey rbox! Many thanks for your reply, and well done on your effort with this rom, can't fault it except for this minor issue. Been tearing my hair out trying to figure out exactly why it all looks fine and well but won't launch. I was thinking of trying to install play store using xposed, was looking at a guide online and wondered if it would open through play store. Didn't realise I could use another launcher with your rom though. Do you know if there's others you know that understands amazon devices to come up with a fix, update etc? seems like you're the only one to make a rom so far for the aftv so I'm guessing it'll take time until everyone fully understands amazon devices and apply similar Android based roms. Thanks for your advice.
Here's what the path came back as, I did notice there's two different locations for supersu though.
correct me if i'm wrong but as far as i know the supersu (the one that you just found) is the su binary but the GUI (which is responsible for the grant notification) is here: /system/app/Superuser.apk
I'm not 100% sure about it, so maybe someone could light up the dark
once sloane-5.0.5-rooted_r4 is flasheed can we update SU from play store?
Sure but you don't have to. Just take that one http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
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Cool thks but i purchased the pro and thought i could update without breaking anything on the fire
ok i updateed to pro since it was allready purchased, all went well but dont know what it does more since i cant open the app loll, but it works, thats what counts
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ok i updateed to pro since it was allready purchased, all went well but dont know what it does more since i cant open the app loll, but it works, thats what counts
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My experience is with Firestick.
1) On main Amazon screen, go to the App line and look accros there.
2) Connect Wukong Remote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wukongtv.wkremote.client.en and you'll see the Apps selection at bottom.
I like to go into Supersu settings and the default to "Grant" and I like to turn off notifications.
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My experience is with Firestick.
1) On main Amazon screen, go to the App line and look accros there.
2) Connect Wukong Remote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wukongtv.wkremote.client.en and you'll see the Apps selection at bottom.
I like to go into Supersu settings and the default to "Grant" and I like to turn off notifications.
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thks cool app but i still cant open super su , dont know after reading some that you even can
Arghhhh. Think I've soft bricked my fire tv or worse! I was re flashing the rom and was cleaning the data before hand, I must of wiped the system and now I'm only seeing the amazon white logo when i turn it on... Tried to install recovery again since I can't even get into recovery but when going through preloader it eventually says error can't find target file. Tried to use fast boot but fire tv isn't connecting to try and install recovery etc that way! You guys got any ideas or have I totally broken the device? ???
Keep calm buddy, als long as the preloader is still working everything is possible. Did you try to Flash TWRP again?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/development/firetv-2-unbrick-image-t3313349
Thank you so much! It saved the day! never will i ever be such a n00b and delete the entire system again. Also big thankyou RBOX for your guide and files to unbrick, they worked a dream. Everything is installed now, hopefully in near future someone manages to get SuperSu opening in the GUI lol im just happy I can actually use my fire tv again though!