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Show Box App

Show box is sideloaded on both my Fire HDX tablet and my Fire TV but it only works on the tablet. When I open it up in Fire TV I can see the list of videos but when I click on them it always states "Video not available". Is there a way to overide this block? It also blocks Bluestacks via my computer.

ihadtoregister said:
Show box is sideloaded on both my Fire HDX tablet and my Fire TV but it only works on the tablet. When I open it up in Fire TV I can see the list of videos but when I click on them it always states "Video not available". Is there a way to overide this block? It also blocks Bluestacks via my computer.
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I'm not familiar with Show box specifically, but a different video app that I sideloaded and was trying in the past thought there was no connection and displayed errors even though the Fire TV was connected via Ethernet. Switching to a wifi connection made the videos play. Just a thought and something to try.

the wifi / wireline support in the firetv is unusual in android devices. More common in emulators and in some phone deployments, though.
There's a slide presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/gxben/elce-2012-dive-into-android-networking-adding-ethernet-connectivity that I think may have some interesting suggestions for how to keep wired connections as sole connections - but wireless support was hardcoded into android as of the time that presentation was written...
the patch referenced in the talks is at https://github.com/gxben/aosp-ethernet for ICS and JB.

This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!

Possible wired / wireless requirement fix
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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changing the title to make this easier to see - I don't know yet but think that Xposed module may be able to help people support quite a few of the apps that are making trouble b/c they want a wireless connection and most of us who can are using ethernet on our firetvs.
Nice find!

Thank you
I'm going to see if this works because i'm having the same problem with Xfinity stating that it can only connect via wifi connections and I'm using the ethernet that's tethered to a USB Pdanet+ connection. I can no longer use Wifi as my mobile provider has blocked it.
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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Oh no the module has messed up my FireTV
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
Spelvin said:
This worked for me to trick the Xfinity apps into thinking my wired connection was wifi:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.lemonsqueeze.fakewificonnection
It does need a rooted FireTV and Xposed installed as well.
Enjoy!
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ihadtoregister said:
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
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I installed this earlier and havent had any similar issues

ihadtoregister said:
Update: I had to quickly open up Xposed (before getting thrown back to my the Photos menu) and deselect everything in the Fake Wifi Module but Xfinity and Show box. Xfinity works now. I'll check Show Box in a bit. Thanks
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Unfortunately after I installed and checked the lemon fake wifi connection my FireTV box will not let me go into my settings. It keeps on reloading itself or going to photos every time I try to go into the settings menu. How do you uninstall using the cmd prompt?
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Uninstall via adb:
Code:
adb uninstall package_name
or use the -k option to keep the apps data and cache:
Code:
adb uninstall -k package_name
You can get the package name by running this on the apk file:
Code:
aapt dump badging /path/to/apk_file

I'm having a different problem with showbox on my fire TV, I side loaded the app and it works it plays the videos fine but the problem I'm having is after playing for so long they start freezing on me. I'm thinking I might need to install a different video player

I use the showbox video player included in the app because it will continuously play episodes. I have not noticed any freezing that you are mentioning, is it high quality, big movies or everything?

i've loaded showbox and tried it with and without the wifi faking module posted and all i get is no internet connection msg. i've used the wifi faking app to use xfinity tv go.

stanggman75 said:
I use the showbox video player included in the app because it will continuously play episodes. I have not noticed any freezing that you are mentioning, is it high quality, big movies or everything?
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it seems to only happen when i stop a movie or tv show or if its been playing for to long. I'm running the latest update of showbox
im going to install MxPlayer and see what happens from there.

I use MX player
kratos313 said:
it seems to only happen when i stop a movie or tv show or if its been playing for to long. I'm running the latest update of showbox
im going to install MxPlayer and see what happens from there.
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I use mxplayer with showbox and always works great ....I also use videomix app

How to navigate ShowBox?
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?

ursa08 said:
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?
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Either plug in a usb mouse or buy droidmote server and install in on the Fire TV and use droidmote client on your android device to control it.

ursa08 said:
Please help me to find out how to navigate ShowBox on Fire TV?
Do I need to buy a special controller?
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The k400 wireless keyboards has a touchpad, works great out of the box, or "limitless remote" app on your phone and sideloaded the server apk part on the FTV works good for free

Thank you guys! Going to try right now.

I'm getting 'dowloading data please wait...' etc whenever i try and install this on my fire tv, any ideas how to fix that?

Fire TV Stick & ShowBox
Show box works fine on the Fire TV, but has a lot of buffering issues with the Fire Stick, has anyone else experienced this?

HELP chromecast disappeared!

So I just noticed that my chromecast option in you tube, chrome browser, Netflix, etc no longer appears for me to cast the video to my TV. The chromecast app itself is still there though... any ideas?

GReddySetGO said:
So I just noticed that my chromecast option in you tube, chrome browser, Netflix, etc no longer appears for me to cast the video to my TV. The chromecast app itself is still there though... any ideas?
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Did you happen to disable any apps? Either through the application manager or block them through adb from the guide in the other sections?

I had the caller name ID app disabled. Could that be causing it? I re-enabled it and still no luck

Are you able to open the Chromecast app and does it find your Chromecast? If the Chromecast app does not find it, it may be more of an issue with your Chromecast losing connection to your wireless network.
If Chromecast does not open, uninstall and reinstall the app from the Play Store.
If it still doesn't work after that, report back and we'll look deeper.

Yes, the app finds my chromecast and I can connect to it. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the chromecast app with no luck.
The problem I am having is the cast icon is not appearing in my other apps like Netflix and you tube, etc.

Might take a look here; specifically post 83 and 84, however the entire page is regarding a disappearing chromecast icon.
Also, here.

Why don't you just mirror the phone to the tv. That what I do then I run whatever app I want on phone while mirroring on tv.
Then run YouTube or Netflix on phone and it plays on tv.

Same thing happened to me today. I couldn't get the icon on the Avia app. It does however show up when I go to Youtube. Weird.

Reinaldo33897 said:
Why don't you just mirror the phone to the tv. That what I do then I run whatever app I want on phone while mirroring on tv.
Then run YouTube or Netflix on phone and it plays on tv.
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Don't you lose the second screen experience by doing that since you're basically just mirroring what's on your phone to the TV? One of the best things about Chromecast is that you cast the video to your TV, then you can use your phone as a second screen, like adding Youtube videos to a queue (a playlist of sorts).

It don't bother me not like I'm in a rush to see next video. Just another option till issue is resolved.

I need an advice about fire tv stick

I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot

gulluwing said:
I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot
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Get Kodi, as far as I know I reckon about 90% of people who have a fire tv stick use Kodi on it to stream Movies/tv/sports/soaps/music on. Look it up It's pretty easy to put it onto as well, plus you don't need to root/unlock it to use it ether. Hope this helps.

deanr1977 said:
Get Kodi, as far as I know I reckon about 90% of people who have a fire tv stick use Kodi on it to stream Movies/tv/sports/soaps/music on. Look it up It's pretty easy to put it onto as well, plus you don't need to root/unlock it to use it ether. Hope this helps.
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ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot

gulluwing said:
ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot
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Probably not, depends on the site and what browser you use. Kodi however, will have access to live sports if you look in the right places.
For Kodi from an Android device to Chromecast, I believe you can get an app called Kodicast for this (or just mirror - but laggy.)
Edit:
I misread your question about Chromecast. The Fire Stick does support mirroring from an Android device via Miracast, so yes you should be able to stream content from the tablet to the Fire Stick. Although you will find almost everything you need within Kodi.

Lol. said:
Probably not, depends on the site and what browser you use. Kodi however, will have access to live sports if you look in the right places.
For Kodi from an Android device to Chromecast, I believe you can get an app called Kodicast for this (or just mirror - but laggy.)
Edit:
I misread your question about Chromecast. The Fire Stick does support mirroring from an Android device via Miracast, so yes you should be able to stream content from the tablet to the Fire Stick. Although you will find almost everything you need within Kodi.
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If you have the right stuff on your phone or tablet you can mirror it to your AFTV, like before I was watching American content (which was blocked in the UK) on Kodi using a VPN on my phone which was being mirrored via my Amazon Fire Tv stick on my telly. If you've not tried Kodi yet dont wait any longer.... You won't be sorry
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gulluwing said:
ok for kodi but would like to know if using the fire tv browser and entering the address of a site (eg Rojadirecta for Sport) I can see the sport as I do now connecting the PC to the TV.
Thanks a lot
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The fire tv stick does not have a native "browser" to enter an address. However, you can sideload a browser(chrome or ]firefox) and try it. But if you sideload Kodi, you can install addons that can stream Rojadirecta.

the last thing. if I buy from amazon germany can I setup menù in english? I suppose that italian language is not available

TROJAN4EVR said:
The fire tv stick does not have a native "browser" to enter an address. However, you can sideload a browser(chrome or ]firefox) and try it. But if you sideload Kodi, you can install addons that can stream Rojadirecta.
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Opera browser works, chrome doesnt work
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deanr1977 said:
Opera browser works, chrome doesnt work
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Thanks for clarifying that.

gulluwing said:
I live in Italy and to buy the fire tv stick I should resort to amazon germany. However, before making the purchase I would understand if I can be useful. Let me know if I can connect, via wifi, with the browsers of tv stick to the sites that show the sport in clear and if I can connect to the sites which broadcast streaming tv series.
I would avoid to connect to the sites with the tablet and then transmitt , with google Chromecast, program on TV. Is it possible with fire tv stick?
Thanks a lot
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Hi Gulluwing
You can use Firefox as a browser. But it's not very comfortable to access the streams (mousesupport needed via app on smartphone). Also you need to install acestream support. Not sure if this works. But i will try
For Italian TV Shows and movies i recommend this App: KUIU. Don't search in Play Store. You won't find it.
To install easily apps on your fire TV Stick use following App which you can download from Play Store: Apps2fire.
I prefer a premium IPTV provider and a app called LazyIPTV. I'm also using a synology nas so i'm hooked up to my box with DS Video. I just miss a VPN functionality.

Lost YouTube Casting

Hi, had my Fire Tv for over a year now. I have always been able to cast Youtube from from Samsung Galaxy phone to my fire tv. Snce the last update, the fire tv no longer shows up when i press the cast button on my phones youtue app, has it been disabled?

neil0129 said:
Hi, had my Fire Tv for over a year now. I have always been able to cast Youtube from from Samsung Galaxy phone to my fire tv. Snce the last update, the fire tv no longer shows up when i press the cast button on my phones youtue app, has it been disabled?
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did you use amazon youtube app with the blue icon or sideload another one? also did you try using youtube in kodi?

I have a similar scenario. I am using the Amazon youtube app not a sideloaded one. I haven't tried Kodi plugin

Moayadjishi said:
I have a similar scenario. I am using the Amazon youtube app not a sideloaded one. I haven't tried Kodi plugin
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i will try and test it out but google casting is very tempermental for me
sometimes i get a message saying no devices in the chrome icon for tab cast while the youtube one is working and or vice versa i will have to test it out with with all 3 apps amazon youtube, sideload youtube and kodi

using the standard "blue" youtube app, it does not appear at all in my casting list, i have 2 fire tv boxes (gen 1 and 2) and they both have vanished from casting, very annoying. its not my phone or the youtube app on my phone as it still casts fine to chromecast (as you would expect) but it apears now to have been disabled on the Fire TV

Razer phone can do casting?

Can the Razer phone cast to Chromecast or Android TV?

Of course it can for movies, music etc not sure about screen mirroring if that's what you mean.

Few apps that work generically in the play store.
Maybe someone with more Android experience will chime in. Looks to be a few tho.

techvanity said:
Can the Razer phone cast to Chromecast or Android TV?
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Casting is not device specific but app specific. For example The CW app doesn't support casting, so I can't cast it to my Mi Box with has chrome cast installed in it. But, YouTube app has cast in the app, so I can then connect to my Mi Box with Bluetooth or over my wifi connection to cast the YouTube app to it. I just did this last night with no issues.

Hi were you able to try google home mirroring? Thanks again.

Google Chromecasting works, as well as miracasting. Which is not than the Google Pixel would do.. Answer is yes and supports all forms of casting well.

I was in a restaurant that had chrome cast with their TV. My phone saw it and asked if I would like to cast.

Shoulda thrown up some porn lol

Look in the drop-down notification screen. There is an icon for casting. That means that you can cast your screen or anything on it. It's not app specific.
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Hi when I've been looking to use my casting on my razer phone it says no devices available however when I look on my roommates phone it picks up my anycast stick and solutions please

Jacob hanna said:
Hi when I've been looking to use my casting on my razer phone it says no devices available however when I look on my roommates phone it picks up my anycast stick and solutions please
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Chromecast yes, miracast, not on stock (I think you can enable it with root, but not sure)