Develop Bugs

Llama not launching Kodi

I was able to successfully link ikono TV to Kodi on my Fire TV stick I bought on launch. However, the new Fire TV I just bought I can't get it link with Llama even after following the same steps. When I go to events menu in Llama, I can link any other app to launch but Kodi to ikono TV.
Anything I'm missing here?

bTrizzy said:
I was able to successfully link ikono TV to Kodi on my Fire TV stick I bought on launch. However, the new Fire TV I just bought I can't get it link with Llama even after following the same steps. When I go to events menu in Llama, I can link any other app to launch but Kodi to ikono TV.
Anything I'm missing here?
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I have my lama set for classic tv. do you want my lama files. You can put them in the lama directory and import from usb and you will be set. but you need to download classic tv. I dislike ikono.tv even as a sacrificial app but its available globally. You can change my profile to ikono easily once you have the files imported. PM me and I'll send it to your way.

Llama and kodi
You must 1st make sure your AFTV has the latest update from Amazon! Then it will restart and work fine! But make sure if you are using the AFTV for the 1st time that you go back and manually do the update! Hope this help have a great night!!

[Q] Cartoon HD?

What is going on with Cartoon HD apk, its asking to install a new version, I do so, it installs but this does not work with the fire remote? now there are two version showing on my AFTV, also HD cinema is no longer working its just says retry??
Anyone else having these issues?

darkdjay said:
What is going on with Cartoon HD apk, its asking to install a new version, I do so, it installs but this does not work with the fire remote? now there are two version showing on my AFTV, also HD cinema is no longer working its just says retry??
Anyone else having these issues?
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yeah the update breaks the Fire TV remote in the app. The update looks great, but doesn't work on the Fire TV because of the remote issue. You can uninstall the latest version by going to settings manage apps. When you select uninstall it will uninstall one version and leave the other. Problem is it will keep prompting you to update, which is a bit of a pain.

dk1keith said:
yeah the update breaks the Fire TV remote in the app. The update looks great, but doesn't work on the Fire TV because of the remote issue. You can uninstall the latest version by going to settings manage apps. When you select uninstall it will uninstall one version and leave the other. Problem is it will keep prompting you to update, which is a bit of a pain.
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Cartoon HD will no longer let you cancel the update. New version has major issues with Fire TV remote. UI just doesn't play well at all with the remote. You can barely select a movie, and it doesn't work at all with the side menu to select TV, or Movies, Updates. Too bad because I love the app. When playing a movie there is no way to pause, stop rewind or anything. You can only press the back button to get out of the video.

thread: [Q] Cartoon HD?
darkdjay said:
What is going on with Cartoon HD apk, its asking to install a new version, I do so, it installs but this does not work with the fire remote? now there are two version showing on my AFTV, also HD cinema is no longer working its just says retry??
Anyone else having these issues?
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most likely the application you use is no longer effective. You refer to the latest application techuptip today

New Twitch app for Fire tv please?

When I launch the Twitch app on my Amazon Fire TV Stick it's the old, super bare-bones version of the app, but when I look under the overview page the pictures are of a newer more shiny version of the app with more features. I guess the Fire TV Stick is stuck with the old version, possibly due to it's spec limitations. I really want the new apk so I can install it on my Nexus Player and my Fire TV stick, but I can't find the apk anywhere online. Could someone please install it on their Fire TV and rip the apk here for me. I would really appreciate it.

pngwolffman said:
When I launch the Twitch app on my Amazon Fire TV Stick it's the old, super bare-bones version of the app, but when I look under the overview page the pictures are of a newer more shiny version of the app with more features. I guess the Fire TV Stick is stuck with the old version, possibly due to it's spec limitations. I really want the new apk so I can install it on my Nexus Player and my Fire TV stick, but I can't find the apk anywhere online. Could someone please install it on their Fire TV and rip the apk here for me. I would really appreciate it.
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I upgraded to 5.0 dev preview and it still installed the old crummy app I done a full reset it now installs the same off the store with the side bar
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how can i Disabled the default Amazon interface, and replace it with Kodi

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

Antieco said:
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.

Skip Amazon account login on Fire TV Stick?

I had read on XDA that you could bypass logging into an Amazon account on a Fire TV Stick by using the remote app and pressing the gear icon on your phone, which would kick the stick directly into the settings menu; the Stick would essentially be just an Android set-top box at that point, which is my goal. But it seems like a recent firmware patched this, as trying to press the gear in the app just makes the TV screen flicker for a minute, then continue to prompt you to log in. Is there a way around this on newer firmwares that anyone has found? I'm just trying to use the Stick locally to do things like stream my Steam games over the same network, and if the Stick is anything like the Fire HD tablets, not associating an Amazon account with it would make it run a ton better. I also just like using things without having to rely on accounts whenever I can, and the Stick seems way more convenient than other Android boxes, so it would be great to be able to do that here. Thanks in advance for any insight!

Future-Proof said:
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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Skipping the login/setup wouldn't make the stick to an android tv. As you have a FireTV you get FireOS, without playstore/services and other common androidtv things.
If you have the second gen stick named 'tank' you can root the device and get the possibility to install playstore/services, other androidtv launchers, debloating stock apps...
Edit: since yesterday, there is also a lineage rom for tank, link