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[PORT] Amazon Kindle Fire "Silk" Browser

Update: I know this thread is super old but a Fellow member got us a working link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=846993&d=1325992799 Thanks lifegap .[/I]
After many test I managed to get Silk to work on a different OS. This worked on CM7 for Kindle Fire. If you get any errors please post.
Here is the link to the spreadsheet. Please check to see if your device is supported!
Install Tutorial:
1. Download the pack here.
2. Use Root Explorer to copy the lib files to /system/lib set permissions the same as the others.
3. Install all of the .apks like you would side load.
4. Copy the com.amazon.cloud9-1.apk from /data/app to /system/app
5. Reboot and enjoy
Check out this post from theverge! Here!
Edit (7/8/2012): Removed dead download links. All installer seems to be lost forever. If anyone still has the file please PM me. There is now no more spreedsheet editing. Most devices are listed so check it out.
Edit (1/6/2012): Made and Uploaded Silk Installer. Please read the directions in a later post. This is my last post for this project but I will still support it if people have erorrs.
Edit (1/4/2012): Updated SilkPort with puneet_champ's apk. Also Please stop screwing around with the spreadsheet.
Edit (1/4/2012): Updated Silk Pack/Added new mirror. (Removed Account and Sync) and Cleaned the post.
Edit (1/4/2012) As suggested by Cobracat03 you could try OTARootKeeper to use Amazon Prime Videos. If you can login to your amazon account through the Account and Sync settings post your method here or PM me if you can't post.

this worked for me on cm7 thanks!

This worked on my ATRIX also. Interesting. I used everything but the account and sync aol because it would have replaced one of my files and I didn't want to do that.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

Thanks so much for this! I've been patiently waiting for someone to do this! I tried myself but couldn't get it to work right.
Edit: I followed the instuctions, except I couldn't replace the accounts and sync, I haven't tried to manually do it via root explorer. I didn't think it worked at first, I tried to open the silk browser it FC'd on me. So I reset my kindle and it's working like a charm

It appears that the AccountAndSync.apk may be needed in order to get Prime videos working. Currently it doesn't recognize one as a prime subscriber.
The Silk Browser has the 'Accelerate Browsing' option checked (active) and greyed out (cannot deactivate).
Overall works well... Thanks!
Edit: I renamed the existing AccountAndSync.apk and added the one from the package. Still cannot find a way of adding credentials that are recognized by the VOD app. Currently it says that unit is not configured properly for playing videos when a video purchase is attempted.

Works perfectly! Thank you! Now is there any way you can port the stock rom keyboard? That would be great!

I'll look into allowing Amazon Video. Don't know about the settings in Silk.

Updated the main post with more info.

got the libs moved just fine. couldn't install any of the apk's. got a parsing problem each time. any ideas? i'm using a rooted optimus v with the bumblebee rom.

Try installing the apks in adb.

appreciate the help, but it still failed. i received the following on the terminal when trying to install the apk thru adb:
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]
any other suggestions?

trying on a galaxy s...

TyHi said:
After many test I managed to get Silk to work on a different OS. This worked on CM7 for Kindle Fire. If you get any errors please post.
Install Tutorial:
1. Download the pack Here
2. Use Root Explorer to copy the lib files to /system/lib set permissions the same as the others.
3. Install all of the .apks like you would side load.
4. Copy the silk apk from /data/app to /system/app
5. Reboot and enjoy
Edit: You might not have to install account and sync settings. You can pick.
Edit2: I don't have cm7 installed so I dont know if it works but replace the following in build.prop
ro.build.fingerprint (Try this one first, if it does not work change the next one also)
Code:
ro.build.fingerprint=generic/blaze/blaze:2.3.4/GINGERBREAD/6.2_user_3003020:user/release-keys
o.build.description
Code:
ro.build.description=blaze-user 2.3.4 GINGERBREAD 6.2_user_3003020 release-keys
If this doesn't work then you will have to sit tight because I am going to install cm7 on the first to fine tune this port.
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Awesome.. thanks!
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

works well on my droid x, and didn't need to install account/sync settings. great job!

This is awesome thank you, is there a way to port over the Kindle Reader? The one in the Android market doesn't have the option for bigger letters like on the Fire, thanks for your time
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irajames1176 said:
This is awesome thank you, is there a way to port over the Kindle Reader? The one in the Android market doesn't have the option for bigger letters like on the Fire, thanks for your time
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
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Yes it does. Tap the screen then hit the menu button. Mine has font size, face, and line spacing controls. At least on this Fire running cm7.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

DeerSteak said:
Yes it does. Tap the screen then hit the menu button. Mine has font size, face, and line spacing controls. At least on this Fire running cm7.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium
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I did notice however, that the KF version of the Kindle app renders books differently from the stock app. Also some books will not load at all on the Kindle App from the google market on the KF. I ported the KF Kindle app onto cm7 but I'm stuck because I cannot login into my Amazon account from cm7 (cannot register device)
For one, I could not install Accounts and Sync (anyone know how to get this installed?). Another reason I was thinking this might be failing is because Amazon expects to get a 16 digit serial number from the device during registration. My guess is the cm7 build prop does not provide this and so the registration fails. Thoughts?

I found it.

"Copy the silk apk from /data/app to /system/app",, where do I get this apk, its not in the silkport..

Houndog101 said:
"Copy the silk apk from /data/app to /system/app",, where do I get this apk, its not in the silkport..
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it's not actually called silk.apk, it's called com.amazon.cloud9-1.apk. move that one and you should be good to go.

[Q] ITV Player & 4od

Is there a version of ITV Player & 4od that work well with the Fire TV and the standard remote ?
I managed to install iPlayer & 5 on demand and they are working fine with the remote.
I had a version of ITV player but it didn't work well with the remote/FTV.
Not sure if it is allowed but a link to the .apk would be good also as I can't us the store as outside the UK.

Would also be interested in finding a way to get itv and 4OD on the fire tv

You can get an ITV Player Add-on for XBMC/Kodi. There was a 4od Add-on but it's broken. You could always try side loading the APK from the Play Store.
ITV Player XBMC/Kodi:
superrepo(dot)org/plugin.video.itv
4od:
play(dot)google(dot)com/store/apps/details?id=com.channel4.ondemand
apps(dot)evozi(dot)com/apk-downloader/?id=com.channel4.ondemand

Animal_UK said:
Is there a version of ITV Player & 4od that work well with the Fire TV and the standard remote ?
I managed to install iPlayer & 5 on demand and they are working fine with the remote.
I had a version of ITV player but it didn't work well with the remote/FTV.
Not sure if it is allowed but a link to the .apk would be good also as I can't us the store as outside the UK.
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Those apps need another type of remote with a touchpad.
Head over to Amazon fire tv uk on fb and you will get loads of help.

I haven't tried it, however try the STV app (It's the scottish ITV player)

ipodtouchdude said:
You can get an ITV Player Add-on for XBMC/Kodi. There was a 4od Add-on but it's broken. You could always try side loading the APK from the Play Store.
ITV Player XBMC/Kodi:
superrepo(dot)org/plugin.video.itv
4od:
play(dot)google(dot)com/store/apps/details?id=com.channel4.ondemand
apps(dot)evozi(dot)com/apk-downloader/?id=com.channel4.ondemand
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When I sideload/install 4OD from the Google Play Store using the above URL's I receive an error:
785 KB/s (4701578 bytes in 5.846s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.channel4.ondemand.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY]
Does anyone know how to fix this and get 4OD installed and working on the AFTV?

Oddball644 said:
When I sideload/install 4OD from the Google Play Store using the above URL's I receive an error:
785 KB/s (4701578 bytes in 5.846s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.channel4.ondemand.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY]
Does anyone know how to fix this and get 4OD installed and working on the AFTV?
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I don't think it would work, at least not without root.
Last year I tried to get 4OD running on my mums rooted fire hd tablet, first attempt involved removing the check from the apk and then I tried installing the missing module into the system partition, but I couldn't get it to work.

tech3475 said:
I don't think it would work, at least not without root.
Last year I tried to get 4OD running on my mums rooted fire hd tablet, first attempt involved removing the check from the apk and then I tried installing the missing module into the system partition, but I couldn't get it to work.
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Mine is currently rooted. Do you have the steps for adding the missing modules?
Thanks

Oddball644 said:
Mine is currently rooted. Do you have the steps for adding the missing modules?
Thanks
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IIRC I think they're either from a Google services zip or I manually extracted them from another device and I manually installed them (it's been a while).

Finally solved it!! After following another thread for a different app but works all the same for 4oD h t t p://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53949240
Kudos to long2know for figuring this out. I had issues having read/write access to /system the way that was shown but used the Amazon Fire Utility to push the required files to the SD card on the Fire TV and then used ES File Explorer to give root access to /system and then used the Cut/Paste feature to move the files to the relevant directories. Rebooted the Fire TV and it said 'System is updating' then went on to boot normally. I then sideloaded 4oD without a problem and ran the app which gave me all the available content.
The link for the Google Apps.zip: h t t p s://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip/
I acquired the 4oD app from the Google Play Store using APK Downloader h t t p://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/
Happy Days :good:

thank you for the tip
followed all the steps, got 4od app to work, but can not play content (wheel keeps spinning, but no video...)
I am currently in germany and have tried DNS Proxy + british VPN server...
cheers

Oddball644 said:
Finally solved it!! After following another thread for a different app but works all the same for 4oD h t t p://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53949240
Kudos to long2know for figuring this out. I had issues having read/write access to /system the way that was shown but used the Amazon Fire Utility to push the required files to the SD card on the Fire TV and then used ES File Explorer to give root access to /system and then used the Cut/Paste feature to move the files to the relevant directories. Rebooted the Fire TV and it said 'System is updating' then went on to boot normally. I then sideloaded 4oD without a problem and ran the app which gave me all the available content.
The link for the Google Apps.zip: h t t p s://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip/
I acquired the 4oD app from the Google Play Store using APK Downloader h t t p://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/
Happy Days :good:
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Hi Oddball
Can you tell me what you ran ES File Explorer from ?
I used to have an android tablet which had it on but got rid so only have iPhone/iPad and windows PCs now.
Have you tried this with ITV player too ?
STV player is only any good for stuff they have exclusive to Scottish TV so no good for mainstream UK ITV unfortunately.
p.s. My AFTV is non rooted.
Thanks

go0bs said:
Hi Oddball
Can you tell me what you ran ES File Explorer from ?
I used to have an android tablet which had it on but got rid so only have iPhone/iPad and windows PCs now.
Have you tried this with ITV player too ?
STV player is only any good for stuff they have exclusive to Scottish TV so no good for mainstream UK ITV unfortunately.
p.s. My AFTV is non rooted.
Thanks
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You can get a fair bit on STV player. You just have to enter a Scottish postcode.

coops_one said:
thank you for the tip
followed all the steps, got 4od app to work, but can not play content (wheel keeps spinning, but no video...)
I am currently in germany and have tried DNS Proxy + british VPN server...
cheers
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Mine's doing that as well so it's not just yours. I thought it was just buffering but apparently lot
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go0bs said:
Hi Oddball
Can you tell me what you ran ES File Explorer from ?
I used to have an android tablet which had it on but got rid so only have iPhone/iPad and windows PCs now.
Have you tried this with ITV player too ?
STV player is only any good for stuff they have exclusive to Scottish TV so no good for mainstream UK ITV unfortunately.
p.s. My AFTV is non rooted.
Thanks
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Your FireTV has to be rooted in order to install the ES File Explorer app. ITV player is available on XBMC as is BBCiPlayer but you will need a VPN if you are using them outside of the UK.

Oddball644 said:
Mine's doing that as well so it's not just yours. I thought it was just buffering but apparently lot
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Your FireTV has to be rooted in order to install the ES File Explorer app. ITV player is available on XBMC as is BBCiPlayer but you will need a VPN if you are using them outside of the UK.
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Not true. You can download the app for es file explorer and side load it like any other application. Works great!

collindv said:
Not true. You can download the app for es file explorer and side load it like any other application. Works great!
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Will ES File Explorer alone, allow you to play with the root etc without a rooted box. My bad if this is the case but the original instructions that are included in my post required SU commands. I just used ES File Explorer to move things.

Oddball644 said:
Will ES File Explorer alone, allow you to play with the root etc without a rooted box. My bad if this is the case but the original instructions that are included in my post required SU commands. I just used ES File Explorer to move things.
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No. You are correct that you can only write to the system directories if you have root access.

Oddball644 said:
Mine's doing that as well so it's not just yours. I thought it was just buffering but apparently lot
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Your FireTV has to be rooted in order to install the ES File Explorer app. ITV player is available on XBMC as is BBCiPlayer but you will need a VPN if you are using them outside of the UK.
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I am SOL regarding the root route. Bought in Currys at Christmas and cannot get it rooted.
I will try hunting a working kodi 14 version of ITV player but the last one I tried failed unless anyone can point me at a working release ?
Also I'll give STV another go with a postcode see what happens.
Thanks

go0bs said:
I am SOL regarding the root route. Bought in Currys at Christmas and cannot get it rooted.
I will try hunting a working kodi 14 version of ITV player but the last one I tried failed unless anyone can point me at a working release ?
Also I'll give STV another go with a postcode see what happens.
Thanks
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You can try installing one of these https://code.google.com/p/xbmc-itvplayer/downloads/list

xbmc problems with genesis and other video streaming

hi guys i recently got my gf an amazon fire tv now the device isnt rooted but i managed to get spmc installed fine
the plugin itself loads fine but other plugins such as genesis and mashup have real issues 1 issue is that genesis opens up but once i click movies and then go to click 1 of the categories it says loading and just as quick then stops loading at stays at the same menu i was at
i use xbmc on many devices and never had any issues was wondering if anyone could help me solve it or better yet upload there xbmc data so i could restore it to mine using the amazon fire utility app any help would be great thanks

Make sure you are using the new URL: http://fusion.tvaddons.ag
Lambda just updated Genesis to version 3.1.0. It is super fast with new HD sources.

thanks for your reply i was already using the latest its as if im not receiving the sources for some reason or should i be installing any modules as i received errors that the elementtree script didnt have its dependencies met would you mind backing up your xbmc configuration through the fire tv utility for me and sending me it in a zip so i could try yours out please

I would if I could figure out how to backup my SPMC install with adbFire. That's my new daily driver and the most up to date install that I have.

thats no probs mate thanks anyways here is my xbmc log its over my head this but maybe someone can see something in this log that im missing http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=342817

daryld said:
thanks for your reply i was already using the latest its as if im not receiving the sources for some reason or should i be installing any modules as i received errors that the elementtree script didnt have its dependencies met would you mind backing up your xbmc configuration through the fire tv utility for me and sending me it in a zip so i could try yours out please
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Did you open ADBFire preferences and change package name to: com.semperpax.spmc?

jmerrilljr2 said:
Did you open ADBFire preferences and change package name to: com.semperpax.spmc?
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no i never made this change i was unaware this had to be done and which package exactly am i changing thanks for the message btw

back thankfully with my solution it turned out that my router was blocking my amazon fire in the firewall i found this out by disabling the firewall temporarily on the router, and then i was manually able to open the ports to the amazon fire tv box but anyways just letting yous know i got it sorted thanks for all the help

TVAddons released a specific android version called TVMC which will load all that for you automatically. Its still good to learn the inner workings of XBMC though.

getting the same thing on the fire stick genesis movies not working?

[Q] Using older version with Amazon Fire TV Remote app?

I am using a AFTV with the old software installed on it, it is version 51.1.0.1. Now I know Amazon has released a new app called Fire TV Remote but unlucky it only available on the latest version. Now I want to use this remote app on my Android phone but I don't want to take risk on brick my AFTV or has to re-install all my apps.
I guest the service that allows we control AFTV via phone got to exist in /System/app folder, will it work if someone extract this file and I put it on my AFTV's system/app folder?
Another question is Could I change the time zone to other country?I am in Viet Nam, but my AFTV always show time zone in US.
Thanks in advance.

sibaschian said:
I am using a AFTV with the old software installed on it, it is version 51.1.0.1. Now I know Amazon has released a new app called Fire TV Remote but unlucky it only available on the latest version. Now I want to use this remote app on my Android phone but I don't want to take risk on brick my AFTV or has to re-install all my apps.
I guest the service that allows we control AFTV via phone got to exist in /System/app folder, will it work if someone extract this file and I put it on my AFTV's system/app folder?
Another question is Could I change the time zone to other country?I am in Viet Nam, but my AFTV always show time zone in US.
Thanks in advance.
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Any suggestion, please?

Install OpenVPN on fireTV (no root required)

HI all
Posting after ages.
I created this guide because i was tired of helping my coworkers and friends with setting this up.
http://www.ratzblog.com/2017/06/install-openvpn-on-firetv-no-root.html

Logged in here to thank you. I know this information is readily available but your blog helped cut through the chase. thank you

hellfire666 said:
HI all
Posting after ages.
I created this guide because i was tired of helping my coworkers and friends with setting this up.
http://www.ratzblog.com/2017/06/install-openvpn-on-firetv-no-root.html
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A year ago, I used this method to import a Mullvad VPN config file into OpenVPN for Android 0.7.8 running on my fire stick (fire os 5.2.7.6), and it worked beautifully and seamlessly. But now I'm trying to do the same thing on my fire tv cube (fire os 7.2.2.4) using OpenVPN for Android 0.7.21, and I can't import the Mullvad configuration file. When I click on the import icon, I get a message that says "No items". It doesn't even let me browse to select the file folder containing the configuration file. I've tried installing the old OpenVPN apk (0.7.8) to see if that makes a difference, and it doesn't. I've googled for that error message, and nothing comes up. I am left to wonder is the different fire os's are playing a part. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can get this to work? Thank you for any suggestions!

TotoToo said:
A year ago, I used this method to import a Mullvad VPN config file into OpenVPN for Android 0.7.8 running on my fire stick (fire os 5.2.7.6), and it worked beautifully and seamlessly. But now I'm trying to do the same thing on my fire tv cube (fire os 7.2.2.4) using OpenVPN for Android 0.7.21, and I can't import the Mullvad configuration file. When I click on the import icon, I get a message that says "No items". It doesn't even let me browse to select the file folder containing the configuration file. I've tried installing the old OpenVPN apk (0.7.8) to see if that makes a difference, and it doesn't. I've googled for that error message, and nothing comes up. I am left to wonder is the different fire os's are playing a part. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can get this to work? Thank you for any suggestions!
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Found a solution for this on https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?t=28000#p88008
You don't need Mouse Toggle to do it. You just go to Settings and then mark "Use internal file browser".