An easy way to get apps to loaded to your AFTV is to use an APK extractor. If an app is not available directly to your AFTV you can install it on your phone or tablet, extract the APK, and then transfer it to your AFTV. I use the one below as it allows it to be transferred to your cloud account, by email, WiFi, and many other ways. I usually opt for Google Drive then go to the AFTV, open Drive, and run the APK.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asif.apkextractor
Disclaimer - Obviously not all apps will work/run properly on the AFTV but many will.
Not to make your way seem bad, cause it isn't, but there are so many backup tools to backup apk files that most people already know this. I backup my apk files with root browser, but there is no need to backup apps and transfer them. There are actually a couple easier ways to install apps without backing them up. My favorite way is by installing third party app stores. I have six differnt app stores installed on my fire tv and most every one of them have my updates the same day that gooogle play gets them. My next favorite way is by using the fire tv app that lets you pick what apps on your phone or tablet you wanna install on your fire tv and it sends the apk files from your phone to the fire tv without backing them up. Its called Fire Installer. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the app stores I have installed, but send me a message and I'll let you know.
Not sure what your point is. The app I mentioned is not backing anything up although it can be used for that purpose. It simply pulls the APK without you having to figure out what its unfriendly name is and where it is located and sends it by several different routes to where you want it. I looked at FireInstaller but is a single purpose app. The other day I wanted an app installed on my tablet but it was refused as incompatible. I then used APK Extractor to send it to Drive from my phone, opened drive on the tablet, and installed it. It runs fine on my tablet. The file I mentioned is simple and versatile.
Attached is a screenshot of some of the Send To options.
I use apk extractor that is how it's called looks very similar great way to transfer apps from play store
Here are some screenshots of my disabled apps list.
So far I have been running with improved battery life and performance.
If you try this with your phone please let me know your results.
List of apps I uninstalled:
1. Android Pay (because it doesn't support my bank)
2. Chrome ( I use Firefox because I hate ads & tracking cookies)
3. Device Unlock
4. Docs
5. Google Play Movies & TV
6. Google Play Music
7. Google Play Newstand
8. Hangouts
9. Sheets
10. Slides
11. T-Mobile Name ID
Disable Steps (not sure if all of these make a difference but its been great for me so far)
1. Disable the apps on this list
2. Went into each individual app and cleared the data and cache for improved storage.
3. Force quit all apps still listed as running.
4. Reboot
I only have Calendar, Device Unlock, Gmail, Hangouts, Lookout, Music, and Name ID disabled. The other LG apps I uninstalled.
So you can disable stock calendar on tmobile version?
god I need to take a few minutes & go through & do this for mine. All of the LG stuff needs to go, but I have to admit I love Name ID & will wait to kill the unlock app till my 40 days is up & I unlock mine.
I despise the tmobile app. The iOS version is leaps and bounds better and actually useful.
How do you disable the apps?
greysonofusa said:
Here are some screenshots of my disabled apps list.
So far I have been running with improved battery life and performance.
If you try this with your phone please let me know your results.
List of apps I uninstalled:
1. Android Pay (because it doesn't support my bank)
2. Chrome ( I use Firefox because I hate ads & tracking cookies)
3. Device Unlock
4. Docs
5. Google Play Movies & TV
6. Google Play Music
7. Google Play Newstand
8. Hangouts
9. Sheets
10. Slides
11. T-Mobile Name ID
Disable Steps (not sure if all of these make a difference but its been great for me so far)
1. Disable the apps on this list
2. Went into each individual app and cleared the data and cache for improved storage.
3. Force quit all apps still listed as running.
4. Reboot
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Why freeze or uninstall device unlock?
I'm not in the US so I don't need a lot of the apps that came with this phone - the others I have disabled are apps I don't really want active on my phone or apps that I don't use...
I've disabled:
Android Pay (doesn't work where I am)
Chrome (I use Orfox or Firefox)
Cloud Print
com.facebook.appmanager (I don't have facebook)
Device Unlock (I bought the phone used and unlocked)
Email
Gmail (I use protonmail)
Google App
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Hangouts
Lookout
Maps (I rarely use it. If I absolutely need to use it, I'll use the web version)
Mobile Hotspot
Photos
Quick Help
T-Mobile
T-Mobile Name ID
Voice Recorder
I've removed a lot of permissions on most of the apps that I still use with App Ops, and I have also disabled background data on 99% of these apps + I have installed DroFirewall (this seems to be the firewall that works best on this phone in my experience) to block internet access for all the apps that have no business going online.
I love this phone, and now that I have root I can finally use it as I want. (I used to have the F700K and was never able to root it so I ditched it and went for the H830 as root is a must have for me,)
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Forgot what I have frozen in Titanium Backup:
Android System Webview
App Updates
GCUV
Google Calendar Sync
Quick Help Service
Setup Wizard
Talkback
I installed Google play on my daughter's kf and now I'm trying to set up my Google family link. The problem is that I can't figure out how to add her Google account to the kid, since she is under 13. Her child account is limited to what apps she can use, and all the apps I can think of where I might be able to add her (like Gmail), she doesn't have the permission to add herself.
Is there any way to add a Google child (under 13) user account?
Aoibhell said:
I installed Google play on my daughter's kf and now I'm trying to set up my Google family link. The problem is that I can't figure out how to add her Google account to the kid, since she is under 13. Her child account is limited to what apps she can use, and all the apps I can think of where I might be able to add her (like Gmail), she doesn't have the permission to add herself.
Is there any way to add a Google child (under 13) user account?
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What would you have them using to device for?
rjmxtech said:
What would you have them using to device for?
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Just some school & game apps, youtube, etc. I want it mainly so I can better control what they see on youtube...
you have to create the account from the parent's Family Link app on your phone.
Were you able to figure this out? I'm having the same problems. At first it wouldn't install on the Kindle Fire because it was connecting to her father's g-mail account so I reset to factory settings. Now it's saying I can't install using her gmail address and password.
We're you able to figure this out? I am stuck because I believe it needs the Google settings app rather than the fire version. I am getting the error "this profile manager is required for kids under 13". Rather annoyed by every aspect of the fire tablet and this seems to be the final straw.
Curious to know
I ma curious to know if you ever figured this out? I just jumped down the rabbit hole of the Google Family Link account for my twins but can't seem to figure out how to use it with the Kindles.... Any help you can provide would be so appreciated.
Aoibhell said:
I installed Google play on my daughter's kf and now I'm trying to set up my Google family link. The problem is that I can't figure out how to add her Google account to the kid, since she is under 13. Her child account is limited to what apps she can use, and all the apps I can think of where I might be able to add her (like Gmail), she doesn't have the permission to add herself.
Is there any way to add a Google child (under 13) user account?
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I'm working on this one as well. Keep getting stuck in a loop, I try to log in my sons account, it wants to install Family Link Manager, installed Family Link apk, it leads into the same thing, saying it needs to install itself..I'm just looking to do a custom rom at this point I guess. Should probably just let him use the Freeplay thing from Amazon but paying for the whole damn Google Play Premium One whatever family plan...
I have been playing with this and got a little farther. I have an old SGS5 and got my kid set up there. Then I extracted the Family Link Manager APK (different than the Family Link APK).
Then:
Installed the four APKs needed to install Google Play Store: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
Installed the Family Link Manager APK. I posted it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVmTXa1KqvZ_MV9tmYaZYYsd-2E1351C
Launched Google Play Store
Signed in as my child
It asks which parent is setting up the device. I choose myself.
Got a warning about Android 5 and not be able to control an apps permissions after approving.
Then, a message that Family Link Manager needs to be installed. I already installed it at this point.
Checking Info...
It asks for a name for the Device
Asks which installed apps should be blocked
Then I get a screen that says, "Next, you'll activate Family Link Manager, which helps parents..."
After clicking next, I get a screen that says, "This profile manager is required for Google Accounts managed with Family Link." The only option is to click, "GOT IT." I then end up on the previous, "Next, you'll activate..." screen. If I click NEXT there, I see the same, "This profile manager is required..." screen. The process is now stuck in this loop. Does anyone have any idea what may be preventing the process from accessing the profile manager? Is it talking about the default Android profile manager? Has Amazon replaced that with their own?
One other thing: I cannot install the Family Link APK. It looks like it is going to, but then says "App not installed". Does anyone know if this is my whole problem? I have four kids, each with a Fire tablet. I am going to try this process on another one and see if I get closer.
Found a workaround for anyone interested. Create a new gmail account with a date of birth older than 13 (if in the UK, may need to be older for other countries). Invite this new account to join your 'family'. Install Google Play on the Kindle Fire (which can be done without root), install Google Play Music, add the new account to the Music app and job done! [EDIT just noticed the post above has links for installing the Play services]
Only downside I've found is that if more than 1 child then they are 'sharing' the account and any playlists they create are also shared.
This is what I've done for now as well, just was hoping to take advantage of the schmancy new parental controls and such via the family link thing. Hope it works for Chromebooks now that they are the new Android tablets
iain2510 said:
Found a workaround for anyone interested. Create a new gmail account with a date of birth older than 13 (if in the UK, may need to be older for other countries). Invite this new account to join your 'family'. Install Google Play on the Kindle Fire (which can be done without root), install Google Play Music, add the new account to the Music app and job done! [EDIT just noticed the post above has links for installing the Play services]
Only downside I've found is that if more than 1 child then they are 'sharing' the account and any playlists they create are also shared.
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Xeroid said:
After clicking next, I get a screen that says, "This profile manager is required for Google Accounts managed with Family Link." The only option is to click, "GOT IT." I then end up on the previous, "Next, you'll activate..." screen. If I click NEXT there, I see the same, "This profile manager is required..." screen. The process is now stuck in this loop. Does anyone have any idea what may be preventing the process from accessing the profile manager? Is it talking about the default Android profile manager? Has Amazon replaced that with their own?
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exactly the same problem with Mi Pad 4 - Oreo 8.1...
unable to proceed & get past that screen...
do you find the solution?
I'm in the exact same loop. Did you ever figure it out?
Xeroid said:
I have been playing with this and got a little farther. I have an old SGS5 and got my kid set up there. Then I extracted the Family Link Manager APK (different than the Family Link APK).
Then:
Installed the four APKs needed to install Google Play Store: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
Installed the Family Link Manager APK. I posted it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVmTXa1KqvZ_MV9tmYaZYYsd-2E1351C
Launched Google Play Store
Signed in as my child
It asks which parent is setting up the device. I choose myself.
Got a warning about Android 5 and not be able to control an apps permissions after approving.
Then, a message that Family Link Manager needs to be installed. I already installed it at this point.
Checking Info...
It asks for a name for the Device
Asks which installed apps should be blocked
Then I get a screen that says, "Next, you'll activate Family Link Manager, which helps parents..."
After clicking next, I get a screen that says, "This profile manager is required for Google Accounts managed with Family Link." The only option is to click, "GOT IT." I then end up on the previous, "Next, you'll activate..." screen. If I click NEXT there, I see the same, "This profile manager is required..." screen. The process is now stuck in this loop. Does anyone have any idea what may be preventing the process from accessing the profile manager? Is it talking about the default Android profile manager? Has Amazon replaced that with their own?
One other thing: I cannot install the Family Link APK. It looks like it is going to, but then says "App not installed". Does anyone know if this is my whole problem? I have four kids, each with a Fire tablet. I am going to try this process on another one and see if I get closer.
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I'm in the exact same loop.. Did you ever figure it out??
Xeroid said:
I have been playing with this and got a little farther. I have an old SGS5 and got my kid set up there. Then I extracted the Family Link Manager APK (different than the Family Link APK).
Then:
Installed the four APKs needed to install Google Play Store: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
Installed the Family Link Manager APK. I posted it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVmTXa1KqvZ_MV9tmYaZYYsd-2E1351C
Launched Google Play Store
Signed in as my child
It asks which parent is setting up the device. I choose myself.
Got a warning about Android 5 and not be able to control an apps permissions after approving.
Then, a message that Family Link Manager needs to be installed. I already installed it at this point.
Checking Info...
It asks for a name for the Device
Asks which installed apps should be blocked
Then I get a screen that says, "Next, you'll activate Family Link Manager, which helps parents..."
After clicking next, I get a screen that says, "This profile manager is required for Google Accounts managed with Family Link." The only option is to click, "GOT IT." I then end up on the previous, "Next, you'll activate..." screen. If I click NEXT there, I see the same, "This profile manager is required..." screen. The process is now stuck in this loop. Does anyone have any idea what may be preventing the process from accessing the profile manager? Is it talking about the default Android profile manager? Has Amazon replaced that with their own?
One other thing: I cannot install the Family Link APK. It looks like it is going to, but then says "App not installed". Does anyone know if this is my whole problem? I have four kids, each with a Fire tablet. I am going to try this process on another one and see if I get closer.
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so close...
i found a few useful nuggets with `adb logcat` . Unfortunately, they exited my scroll back buffer before i could write them down.
the initial loop (downloading the app)
it doesn't have permission to write to storage; looks like its downloading and discarding
... it should be like "[email protected]%# where'd my download go?"
thanks for the apk - sideloading gets us moving on
the next loop (activate manager) ... more permission issues
this time like "denied granting because this is not a system app".
i thought its trying to become a device admin -- so i manually enabled it in the settings > device admin ... no change
would someone (smarter than i) please point out which permissions & how to grant them, or tell me if i'm way off base ? alternately, with root - we can make this a system app, so it is not blocked from what it needs ?
FWIW: i also managed to use my sons account for ~7min ... opened the store - accepted T&Cs -- updated installed apps, grabbed a few from the family library & request a few new apps ... then i got a notification (on parent and child devices) "the account was removed because setup was incomplete"
I have been trying to get this working as well. From the looks of it, it is down to a missing settings page. I guess we could sideload the settings.apk from a AOSP device and see if that gives us access to the required pages to enable access for the app? Would that work?
leaskovski said:
I have been trying to get this working as well. From the looks of it, it is down to a missing settings page. I guess we could sideload the settings.apk from a AOSP device and see if that gives us access to the required pages to enable access for the app? Would that work?
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I tried installing a settings.apk from apk-mirror but the name conflict with the one already installed
Stuck at the same place
Hi, did you managed to figure this out because I'm stuck at the same place as you!
Xeroid said:
I have been playing with this and got a little farther. I have an old SGS5 and got my kid set up there. Then I extracted the Family Link Manager APK (different than the Family Link APK).
Then:
Installed the four APKs needed to install Google Play Store: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
Installed the Family Link Manager APK. I posted it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVmTXa1KqvZ_MV9tmYaZYYsd-2E1351C
Launched Google Play Store
Signed in as my child
It asks which parent is setting up the device. I choose myself.
Got a warning about Android 5 and not be able to control an apps permissions after approving.
Then, a message that Family Link Manager needs to be installed. I already installed it at this point.
Checking Info...
It asks for a name for the Device
Asks which installed apps should be blocked
Then I get a screen that says, "Next, you'll activate Family Link Manager, which helps parents..."
After clicking next, I get a screen that says, "This profile manager is required for Google Accounts managed with Family Link." The only option is to click, "GOT IT." I then end up on the previous, "Next, you'll activate..." screen. If I click NEXT there, I see the same, "This profile manager is required..." screen. The process is now stuck in this loop. Does anyone have any idea what may be preventing the process from accessing the profile manager? Is it talking about the default Android profile manager? Has Amazon replaced that with their own?
One other thing: I cannot install the Family Link APK. It looks like it is going to, but then says "App not installed". Does anyone know if this is my whole problem? I have four kids, each with a Fire tablet. I am going to try this process on another one and see if I get closer.
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So I went through the process of installing on a android VM, and it looks like this might be down to profiles. It looks like there are multiple profiles on the device after setup.
It seems to work until some timeout triggers and the account gets removed, but I'm able to install apps and have the approval come through to my device.
I haven't been able to break out of the loop. If I manually installed Family Link then it would prompt for which account to add. Selecting the child's account would stay in the loop. Adding my own would break out of it and I'd be able to access to Play Store but only as myself. The top left selector allowed my to choose the child account but would just put me back into the loop. Eventually I cleared away the Family Link stuff in the hope that a fresh attempt would work but once I was the sole account in the Play Store, I found it impossible to break out of that situation, even after deleting data from the various Google apps. I reckon removing either the Android user or the Google account record from the "Users & accounts" section in Settings would allow me to proceed but bloody FireOS hides this in favour of their own hobbled multi-user stuff.
I have made a discovery though. I found that the Humble Bundle app is also broken and despite the problem being very different, I believe the cause is the same as you get the exact same Download Provider permissions error in logcat. This post explains that it is down to an incompatible difference in FireOS compared to stock. I tried to replace DownloadProvider and DownloadProviderUi with APKs from LineageOS 12.1 but got INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE. I then "uninstalled" the existing apps using the same trick that the debloater does but then I got into a real mess as the earlier error remained and I wasn't able to restore the old apps either, even with the APKs, as they have separate ODEX files. The app isn't even really uninstalled as it is a system app and I do not have root but it seems sufficiently broken that I will have to wipe and start again. I still wonder if this is the right direction for solving this problem though. Any bright ideas?
I am rooted on a pixel 2 XL with magisk v14 and manager 5.4.3. I have twrp 3.1.1 beta 2. I have changed the calling preference on the phone to wifi with an ADB command. Aside from that no other mods come to mind.
I have multiple functioning apps on my phone and am loving root. However, Facebook, Tumblr, Microsoft word, and Microsoft Excel give me messages saying they can't connect to the internet when I open them. This renders Facebook and Tumblr useless. The office programs can work locally. I tried hiding root from Facebook in magisk to no avail. What's going on with these apps? Do I need to change something on my phone or in it's system? Could any particular root apps like adaway be causing this?
Ok, so I was at least smart enough to be able to determine that adaway is not allowing every single one of the apps I mentioned to connect to the internet.
What's the solution here? Is adaway obsolete in 2017? Is the answer to just go download and buy adguard from the playstore?
Schroeder09 said:
Ok, so I was at least smart enough to be able to determine that adaway is not allowing every single one of the apps I mentioned to connect to the internet.
What's the solution here? Is adaway obsolete in 2017? Is the answer to just go download and buy adguard from the playstore?
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Adaway is definitely not obsolete. It was removed from the Play Store and will never come back there. There is a thread here on XDA with updates, lots of good help, (and the same questions asked over and over). :good:
Adaway blocks urls / websites but not apps, so you have something else going on. Here is the tutorial to find blocked sites that need to be whitelisted, You can try it.
https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/wiki/LogDNS
This was tremendously helpful. It did exactly what I wanted. Thank u. Hopefully others see this and it helps them too.
Schroeder09 said:
This was tremendously helpful. It did exactly what I wanted. Thank u. Hopefully others see this and it helps them too.
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Hi, my setup is similar to yours (rooted, etc) and I've got Google Docs and Sheets thinking they're not connected to WiFi or data. How were you able to resolve your data issue?
MinimalistChris said:
Hi, my setup is similar to yours (rooted, etc) and I've got Google Docs and Sheets thinking they're not connected to WiFi or data. How were you able to resolve your data issue?
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I haven't focused on getting those working yet, but it seems that the word is working. Excel still gives me the connection error. Adaway was the culprit for facebook. I suspect it is for the microsoft office apps too. I just have to addressed them because I will not be using them heavily. If you have an adblocking app please follow the instructions in the link that Pkt_lnt posted. They're very straightforward and helpful. You need to basically turn ad-blocking off, put it in a "scanning mode", use the app you want to for a few minutes so the adblocking app sees it, then the adblocking app will pick up on host file sites that the app uses. You can add these to a "white list." The adblocking will no longer block the app. It's important to note that if other apps use the same host file that you have just whitelisted ads will appear in that app too. White listing a host file is universal and is not done on an in-app basis.
Thank you!
¡¡IMPORTANT!! -I'm not the developer of this app, or affiliated with the devs. Just want to share my experience
Hi everyone,
One of my biggest problem with the fire tv stick was to find the apks of the android tv version of an app, which usually isn't the same apk that you have installed on your phone (and are impossible to find ). I found this app called YalpStore that basically lets you download apps from the play store as an android tv device and doesn't require Google play services.
How to use:
-Download the app from xda labs and sideload it on your fire tv
-Open the app, click on the menu button on your remote and select "search"
-if asked, select "log in without google account"(experimental)
-to navigate inside the app, you may need the "mouse toggle" app to emulate a mouse pointer (or a Bluetooth mouse)
Install the apps and enjoy
Link from xda labs:
https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore
Hope it is useful
I just found this app too. Using my google account I was able to download apps that I have paid for and directly load the and install the app. There is a tutorial https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/7il7qx/tutorial_how_to_download_any_android_tv_game/ You can download the Yalp app https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstorehttp://
I don't believe you need to be rooted to use this Yalp.
Within Yalp are some options to blacklist andn whitelest apps but I have not experimented to see if that has any validity on my Firstick 1, x5.2.6.0, rooted.
nice
Search bug in android kitkat
Hi, thanks for this so useful app,
But the search return always nothing,
Although the apps appears in the categories menu, but the search doesn't work at all...
Perhaps only on kitkat ? I have a Samung S4 android kitkat
Hope you will fix it soon :good:
freeman2019 said:
Hi, thanks for this so useful app,
But the search return always nothing,
Although the apps appears in the categories menu, but the search doesn't work at all...
Perhaps only on kitkat ? I have a Samung S4 android kitkat
Hope you will fix it soon :good:
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Seems like developer just abandoned this project. And based on commit history He's missing himself since October 2018.
I'd recommend Yalp's fork - AuroraStore. Though didn't use it myself, it's at least have active commits...
gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore