Is there a way to get leanback launcher working on the 4k amazon firestick with root or without root. I've tried lean back launcher with FTVLaunchX and it just goes to the standard home screen.
wondering if anyones got it working.
MeetBillLOL said:
Is there a way to get leanback launcher working on the 4k amazon firestick with root or without root. I've tried lean back launcher with FTVLaunchX and it just goes to the standard home screen.
wondering if anyones got it working.
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Just a general question:
Do all android apps work on FireTV as long as I sideload them?
Can I assume that apps from the play store are the same as from the amazon store?
I bought the Plex App for android and I don't want to pay full price now for something that I already bought
A lot of apps work fine,but the 3.0.x Twitch does not work so you'd have to get the older 2.5.0 version.
The Amazon versions of Twitch and YouTube suck when compared to the real apps for anyone that has a K400r Keyboard to control the apps with.
Alternatively since the original YouTube app requires Play Services,you can get the YouTube HD MOD and install it on Fire TV without root.
It is on XDA itself.
All widgets do not work at all.
Only the Memory Booster rectangle and a few other things "widgety" will work.
Cirno5 said:
Just a general question:
Do all android apps work on FireTV as long as I sideload them?
Can I assume that apps from the play store are the same as from the amazon store?
I bought the Plex App for android and I don't want to pay full price now for something that I already bought
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No, not all android apps work on the FireTV.
Some show up wrong because they are portrait mode. So show up fine, but doesn't seem to accept any types of input at all. Some just fail to load.
Guess I will have to try then
You can always get an app that forces the orientation to be landscape so you can run those portrait apps in landscape mode.
Screen Rotation Control from "jubo co" works well,but will need to be set again if you ctrl+alt+delete to reset your Fire TV or when anything else causes your Fire TV to go off like power outages.
Too bad this app don't have a "set on boot" option.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bong.android.androidlock
The latest Plex App works fine after sideloading
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i am rooted and have the latest software up and running. i have kodi installed and all set up.
i would like to get rid of as much amazon crapware as possible. i don't want to offend any amazon lovers, its just the only reason i bought this device is to run xmbc (kodi) better than i was on my apple tv. so far i like it a lot better.
i would love to have it boot into a screen with two icons, netflix and xmbc. is this what you would call a Launcher? is the best one for what I'm after here? do you recommend anything else? maybe with some screen shots?
Thanks guys, Cody
Yes, you can do that. You can either do it with the launcher you linked (pretty much makes xbmc the central hub of the fire tv) or this, which I prefer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782307
With that launcher you can just show xbmc and netflix and quickly boot into either. Or with the xbmc launcher you can create a shortcut to netflix from within xbmc.
I was wondering if you can answer a question for me, I have a rooted fire TV with custom recovery installed, but I would like to disable the default Amazon interface so it doesn't boot up, instead I only want kodi to boot.
I want to do this because I only use kodi on the fire TV, so by disabling the default interface I imagine it would speed up boot time and performance, as it's using less resources.
I know it's possible using firestarter app, but again I don't want this installed, But that app doesn't fill all of my requirements, as it doesn't disabled the default interface from boot, also wouldn't want firestarter starting on boot either just kodi
How would this be possible, any wisdom on this would be much appreciated thank you.
Kodi as Launcher
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Kodi as Launcher
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Thanks, I already saw this post and unfortunately it only works for fire TV first-generation, not second-generation 4k.
so Unfortunately this won't work as I'm after the second generation modification.
Ideally I wouldn't want to do it through an app, I don't mind editing core files if that's required
you can use firestarter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/app-root-home-launcher-replacement-app-t3118135
idk if it will completely disable firelauncher but it allows you to use kodi as the launcher
The best alternative launcher I've found is the SPMC Launcher which is maintained by a Kodi developer. SPMC supports Android devices including the Fire TV.
And what is about this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.blunden.xbmclauncher
You can load it with and sidelaoded then.
http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/
Greetings by Idijt
I had a some issues with Kodi being set as Home on both my stick and gen1. Might just be me but it didn't like it.
I still think the best way is to use Firestarter as the main launcher and have Kodi set to launch on boot and single click, with Firestarter as double click.
If Kodi crashes or gets frozen, you still have the oppurtunity to back out and force stop it from Firestarter, if its set as Home then you can't.
You can also edit the keymap.xml to have the back button perform something else while on Kodis home screen, this stops the accidental back-outs to Firestarter as well.
I can't remember where but I'm sure I read a post over on the Kodi forums as to why they don't cook this in from source but the reasons are sound.
Hey gents!
Been scouring every nook and cranny for an option. I've got a Fire TV 2 5.2.1.0r2 rooted in the bedroom. I've got an nvidia shield in the living room, and I'm obsessed with the leanback launcher in comparison to the drab dark and gloomy fire tv home. I'm looking to replace it with HA Launcher and access prime content via the same prime launcher app I use on the shield. Don't much care for the music.
Has anyone found a way to utilize the home button to open a different app? It seems it would be reasonably easy to utilize a root app to reassign the home button on the remote to do this, but I am not sure. I do have the prerooted 5.2.1.0 installed so it does have adb already - and firestopper's single home click does not register. I am aware the double click certainly does not work at this time (or likely ever as development has stopped). With that said, has anyone found an alternative way to remap the fire tv home button?
Any suggestion is appreciated, savvy enough to figure it out from whatever app or tutorial may be provided.
I believe rbox's firetv mods "alternate launcher" will still allow you to make firestopper the default launcher on the most recent firmware, and then you can remap the home button through the firestopper settings. It works great for me as I can totally circumvent the amazon launcher this way, although I'm still on 5.0.5.
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?
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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.
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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.
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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