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[Q] hbogo native resolution on fire tv?

Hey guys-
As good as the google play store integration was to the aftv, I have an issue with the resolution of these apps- specifically, hbogo and the mx player app. Although it is offered, the movies and shows I watch from it are quite worse than the resolution of the shows natively installed in the aftv, such as netflix. Same issue for the case of mx player. As a result, I find that I tend to not really use either of them.
The reason why I want to use hbogo instead of the hbo shows offered in the amazon aftv is because I have a subscription to hbogo, and it offers shows and movies that the amazon hbo shows don't offer.
I presume this problem is unsolvable, since the sole reason why we can run the google apps is because it is using market helper to spoof the aftv to act as a nexus 7, a smaller tablet. This part is also curious though, since the nexus 7 that it is spoofing is known to support 720p resoution.
Is my settings wrong, or is this a known issue that users are coping with?
I am aware that aftv is in constant development with new apps and features, so I will definitely be patient. I just wanted to make sure.
Appreciate the help in advance!!
gomavs123

bump.. i think this problem will extend not only to hbogo but to all other of the apps involving google play+ market helper.

gomavs123 said:
bump.. i think this problem will extend not only to hbogo but to all other of the apps involving google play+ market helper.
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How did you install the HBO go app?
I side loaded it onto mine without play store access. the app starts up fine but I don't have a keyboard yet so I can't get further to see what the video resolution looks like. I'm not sure the play store spoof would affect it.... maybe there is some sort of config file that needs to be modified
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thanks for the reply. I thought hbogo can only be installed through google play? if i can just sideload it, maybe that can provide better resolution.. where can i find the actual apk for the fire tv?
thanks in advance!

Do you have an android phone or tablet with root access? If you install the hbogo app on it you should be able to pull the apk off the file system
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I was able to use the side loaded app last night
I agree the resolution doesn't look perfect but I can't figure out why. It wasnt horrible but on a large screen I could see what you are saying
I suppose it could be hard coded into the app but I don't know how to tell what the native output resolution is
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chrisexv6 said:
I was able to use the side loaded app last night
I agree the resolution doesn't look perfect but I can't figure out why. It wasnt horrible but on a large screen I could see what you are saying
I suppose it could be hard coded into the app but I don't know how to tell what the native output resolution is
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thanks for the reply. Upon looking things up in the past xda forums, it seems the hbogo apk of the kindle fire version is hd. Unfortunately, I do not have any android phones or tablets.
If somebody can help me locate the HD kindle fire version of the hbogo apk, I can try sideloading it.
thanks in advance!

gomavs123 said:
thanks for the reply. Upon looking things up in the past xda forums, it seems the hbogo apk of the kindle fire version is hd. Unfortunately, I do not have any android phones or tablets.
If somebody can help me locate the HD kindle fire version of the hbogo apk, I can try sideloading it.
thanks in advance!
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Would love to see the Kindle Fire apk of HBO Go as well. For the time being, I can use the Xfinity app to stream HBO content at full resolution, though it's less than ideal. The HBO Go app quality is crap.

Official Youtube App for FTV

Is there a way to install the official Youtube App for Android?
Every time when I install it it says, you need Google Play services!
Can someone plese tell me that? Thanks

Can you access root?
If not,you can get the YouTube HD Mod from this forum even though you will probably have issues logging in on it.
I don't log in on YouTube apps,though I am logged in through Opera Browser.

Yesterday I found the original YouTube TV App in the Amazon App Store on FireTV and it works perfect. Pairing and Login works also... Great!

[Q] YouTube crashes when casting

Any idea why my YouTube crashes when I cast from the YouTube app on my Android phone or from my Chromebook using Chrome?
I have sideloaded Kodi and that's about it that's been modded on my AFTV

Same issue here and no fix that I know of.

I just restart the Fire Tv and then it does cast, annoying though.

incarceration said:
Any idea why my YouTube crashes when I cast from the YouTube app on my Android phone or from my Chromebook using Chrome?
I have sideloaded Kodi and that's about it that's been modded on my AFTV
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It's really sluggish if I cast YouTube from my phone to the YouTube app on my fire stick
I just use the YouTube plugin on kodi - you can search on your phone if you find that easier then once you know the name of the video type it in the search box

Yeah, rebooting fixes it. I was trying to find out which app to kill would fix it, but i couldn't. Was also hoping there was maybe some sort of fix.
I've got a wireless keyboard, so i guess i could search for it but it's nice if you find stuff and then just wanna show everyone else in the room
thanks guys

Can't watch videos on Facebook or Twitter anymore.

Hello, since a month or so, when I try to watch a video in facebook or twitter app, they immediately stop playing, and there is no way to watch them. The same has always appened in periscope and twitch but until now facebook and twitter never had problems with videos. Youtube videos work fine as always, never had problem with it.
Does it happen to you too?
Any suggestions?

same issue here on fire os 4.6.3, cannot play videos on FB app. The video just plays for 1-2 sec and immediately stops jumping towards the end

Another one with the same problem here.
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Same here... i see is a common problem...

the app works fine on CM11 it only happens in fire OS

solved mine by installing fire os 4.6.5

I still have this issue on 4.5.6
any advice?

Sialis said:
I still have this issue on 4.5.6
any advice?
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factory reset through settings but beware thats also going to wipe emulated storage(pics and apps) :cyclops:

theprov said:
Hello, since a month or so, when I try to watch a video in facebook or twitter app, they immediately stop playing, and there is no way to watch them. The same has always appened in periscope and twitch but until now facebook and twitter never had problems with videos. Youtube videos work fine as always, never had problem with it.
Does it happen to you too?
Any suggestions?
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I had the same problem on stock 4.6.3. I deleted Facebook and reinstalled it from Amazon app store, then restricted Facebook updating through Google play. Video in Facebook is working still.

anybody find a fix for this yet?

aksem said:
I had the same problem on stock 4.6.3. I deleted Facebook and reinstalled it from Amazon app store, then restricted Facebook updating through Google play. Video in Facebook is working still.
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This worked for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

amazon app store version of fb is incompatible with phone
aksem said:
I had the same problem on stock 4.6.3. I deleted Facebook and reinstalled it from Amazon app store, then restricted Facebook updating through Google play. Video in Facebook is working still.
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am running fire os 4.6.3 and have the same problem. uninstalled fb from google play store, but the fb on amazon app store is 'incompatible' with my phone (or so says the app store). any idea why that might be?

Can somebody upload the "incompatible" version of Facebook please and thank you..
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Amazon has pulled Facebook from the app store. Can anybody post the last working Amazon App Store version of Facebook?

Interesting enough, Facebook is still working on my Kindle. So, I (in retrospect, stupidly) created a backup APK on the Kindle to install on my Fire Phone. When I tried to install it on my Fire Phone and got a parsing error. Will have to wait for a goodly soul here to upload the pre-update Amazon Fire Store version of Facebook...or for Amazon to fix the problem.

ClevelandESQ said:
Amazon has pulled Facebook from the app store. Can anybody post the last working Amazon App Store version of Facebook?
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Older versions of Facebook can be found on APK Mirror. Here is a link to the most recent non alpha or beta version I could find that should work on the Fire Phone: Facebook 55.0.0.18.66 (Android 4.0.3+)

jack9955 said:
Older versions of Facebook can be found on APK Mirror. Here is a link to the most recent non alpha or beta version I could find that should work on the Fire Phone: Facebook 55.0.0.18.66 (Android 4.0.3+)
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Thank you, thank you! The build you provided was too recent. So, I had to go all the way back to Facebook 45.0.0.36.146 (Android 4.0.3+) and video is working again! :good:

It seems that at the beginning of August last year there was an update to the Silk browser which broke video playback in many Fire tablets. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...QQ7V&cdThread=Tx1NRB3LVTX30RF&cdPage=4&cdSort Could our issue be similar? The tablet issue was finally fixed. It appears that with Silk being the default, and part of the OS, it broke something system wide.

ClevelandESQ said:
Thank you, thank you! The build you provided was too recent. So, I had to go all the way back to Facebook 45.0.0.36.146 (Android 4.0.3+) and video is working again! :good:
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I went back to this build as well everything works as it should
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New update of Facebook is not working.

Youtube android app without root

Is there a solution to run youtube android app on Fire TV (without root)?
I tried this https://www.androidsage.com/2016/04...tore-on-the-amazon-fire-devices-without-root/ and sideloaded latest youtube apk but i get rh-01 connection problem with playstore.

What's wrong with the FTV version of Youtube?

sneezing_corgi said:
What's wrong with the FTV version of Youtube?
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I find that fire tv stick version is very choppy and audio comes in and out of sync alot, not so much on the fire tv 4k it seems OK with that.

sconnyuk said:
I find that fire tv stick version is very choppy and audio comes in and out of sync alot, not so much on the fire tv 4k it seems OK with that.
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try and get the android tv version, will probably have more success with that.
And you probably won't every get playstore to fully work but all you really want is for it to register so play services will work and thus youtube and playmusic apps will work.

nujackk said:
try and get the android tv version, will probably have more success with that.
And you probably won't every get playstore to fully work but all you really want is for it to register so play services will work and thus youtube and playmusic apps will work.
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Thanks for reply, I have actually sorted my issues completely now, I have stopped all unnecessary amazon stuff running, huge list by the way, and have Google play all configured with android youtube and all my Google paid apps fully configured and recognising I'm signed in. Xposed setup, custom recovery, six axis with ps3 pads connected, USB OTG configured on boot with mele pro airmouse/keyboard/remote combo ? An to top it off no amazon home stuff at all, I have a launcher installed (was going to use official leaseback launcher but found it rubbish) the one I'm using is called Top TV Launcher 2.97. Very customisable and good on the eyes. Firestick is much more responsive the way it's setup now.

Nice,... I'll have to check out that launcher