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[Q] Netflix on US AFTV won't play videos from non-US regions l

I generally don't mind as I use region blocker to use the US netflix content which is generally better than other regions. But I love the tv shows Homeland and that is on the UK Netflix but not on the US Netflix. Right now I am left with installing a second Netflixx app from the Google Play store to play videos from all regions, but since it is designed for touch devices and not remote controls like the one with the AFTV and other streaming boxes, has requires me to use an air mouse too use it. Is there a way to put the Netflix designed for the AFTV UK onto the US AFTV by sideloading it etc. I can't find anywhere on the net where this is available as a rip from the Amazon UK AFTV store. I am rooted so I don't want to update should a new firmware come out as Amazon has patched the root for the UK version and will obviously do so for the US one too. Thanks!

loughrey101 said:
I generally don't mind as I use region blocker to use the US netflix content which is generally better than other regions. But I love the tv shows Homeland and that is on the UK Netflix but not on the US Netflix. Right now I am left with installing a second Netflixx app from the Google Play store to play videos from all regions, but since it is designed for touch devices and not remote controls like the one with the AFTV and other streaming boxes, has requires me to use an air mouse too use it. Is there a way to put the Netflix designed for the AFTV UK onto the US AFTV by sideloading it etc. I can't find anywhere on the net where this is available as a rip from the Amazon UK AFTV store. I am rooted so I don't want to update should a new firmware come out as Amazon has patched the root for the UK version and will obviously do so for the US one too. Thanks!
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Was that one sentence? I'm out of breath reading it. lol
Okay, I don't run Netflix, so i can't get into the specifics, but I'm not exactly sure the Uk app is much different then the US app, I think it just shows what it can based on your location.
To get your hands on the apk from the UK Amazon store, you need to do this trick. Use a tablet or phone that you have, install the Amazon app store on it, then download the Netlfix app to that device. Use a backup manager, or like Apk Master to make a backup of that netlfix app, and then sideload that apk into your aftv. Might need root on that tablet/phone.
Now, that being said, if it's just about location, there is some recently written up guides about changing where the AFTV thinks it is.

I''m using a US box, and using the US Netflix app (the one with the red icon) and can play US, UK, South American and Nordic content just fine. I currently have a UK Amazon account set up on the box, but I had a US on previously and also it worked fine.
Many moons ago, there was a restriction on UK content, but I think a firmware fixed that. If memory serves, I think you need to be on at least 51.1.3.0, which is the one that dropped when Germany launched. What firmware are you on? You can upgrade to 51.1.3.0_513011820 without loosing root if you use a pre-rooted version of the update. Check out this guide:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-upda...tv-to-the-latest-version-without-losing-root/

[Q] BT Sports App APK for Fire TV

Hi, newbie here,
Does anyone know if there is a BT Sports app APK that could be side loaded onto Fire TV?
I have xbmc and have access to BT Sports but I've got access to an BT Sports account login and I'd like to run it separately from Xbmc.
My Fire TV isn't rooted. I've seen what looks like an APK on a dodgy Zip file site that asks for bank details to open it but I'd rather see if there was a free version about.
I'd be interested to here if anyone has managed to configure this set up on their FIre Tv.
Cheere

waggy_tail said:
Hi, newbie here,
Does anyone know if there is a BT Sports app APK that could be side loaded onto Fire TV?
I have xbmc and have access to BT Sports but I've got access to an BT Sports account login and I'd like to run it separately from Xbmc.
My Fire TV isn't rooted. I've seen what looks like an APK on a dodgy Zip file site that asks for bank details to open it but I'd rather see if there was a free version about.
I'd be interested to here if anyone has managed to configure this set up on their FIre Tv.
Cheere
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Yes it can be sideloaded, you will need a mouse to navigate through. I used a wireless keyboard/airmouse thingy
APK attached.

May i know what is sideload?
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desztan said:
May i know what is sideload?
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http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-sideload-apps-to-your-amazon-fire-tv-using-a-windows-pc/
Sideloading allows you to install apps to your Fire TV that are not available in the Amazon Appstore. There are numerous apps in the Google Play store that may work on the Fire TV that have not been officially ported over. You can download these apps using online APK downloaders. There are also apps like XBMC, which we will be using in this guide, which are not available on any appstore and can only be installed by sideloading.
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But use one of the two apps AFTV Utility or ADBFire to do it much easier then manually...

BT Sport App for Kindle Fire Stick
Hi, Could someone post the current version of the BT Sport Apk (2.11.0) so I can sideload to a Kindle Stick?
I have sideloaded an older version (link on this site) but this no longer works as the App requires an update. BT Sport App forces you to do an upgrade and stops any previous versions working. I assume there is no way to upgrade the app directly from the Fire Stick?
My google play account wont let me download the current BT Sport App version as says I have no devices connected (I have no access to Andriod phone or tablet). I've used APK Pure and APK-dl to download the current BT Sport App from Google play but abdfire fails to sideload (I get an "install failed" error msg). If I try to reload the old version of BT sport this sideloads fine so I know abdfire is working.
I have a Windows 7 PC.
Any help would be appreciated to either get the downloaded file sideloaded or a new link to the file (outside of Google Play) which I can download and try to sideload.
Thanks

If you want I have made a thread about working apps & accessories on the AFTV2 , look here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/aftv2-best-compatible-apps-accessories-t3269267

Lots of apps for tv box and Fire TV on this site www.apk4.tv

I have bT sport app side loaded and working,it doesn't play nice with fire tv remote,so you have to install Cetus remote and Cetus for tv on your phone and use mouse mode to navigate,but the app works really well,flawless streams in HD
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Since the latest update the bt sport app sideloaded on the fire stick now just comes up the message it can't start as it doesn't have access to Google play services. Any one else having this issue?

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Since the latest update the bt sport app sideloaded on the fire stick now just comes up the message it can't start as it doesn't have access to Google play services. Any one else having this issue?
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Same here, can't get anywhere so removed it, will be back to casting from tablet now.

It can be made to work again. Follow the steps here:
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-inst...amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick-without-root/
(You dont need to do the last step for Google Music, unless you really want it).
BT Sport app will then moan about the version of play services being too old, so download and sideload the latest compatible version of play services (For Android 5, arm64, nodpi). As of writing, it would be this:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...s-10-2-98-240-146496160-android-apk-download/
(I actualy think I installed 10.2.91 and not 10.2.98 above but I dont think it will matter)
After installing that, and rebooting box, BT sport would no longer complain but just go to a black screen. Gave up and assumed it wouldnt be made to work... but hey presto worked a treat a few days later when I checked again. Happily watched a game over the weekend.

hello someone can help me with the app Btsport, because I doe everything about to install the services of google play and always show me a error, pleases some help.

Install a app called droid buddy 2 ,then install BT sport app via that
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man in this app they don't have this app man(bt-sport)
combat goofwing said:
Install a app called droid buddy 2 ,then install BT sport app via that
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Anyone know what the current combination of the 5 files is, I've had no luck getting any version of BT sport to work.
Im using a Kindle Fire Stick 2nd Gen on Fire OS 5.2.4.2
Google Account Manager 511
Google Services Framework 511
Google Play Store TV 8028
Ive tried various versions of both of these but neither work, I receive the update google play services error.
Google Play Services
Google Services Framework
Any help would be appreciated.

The following combination of files will enable the BT Sport app.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...unt-manager-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...s-framework-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl.../google-play-store-android-tv-8-0-28-release/
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...s-11-9-51-230-177350961-android-apk-download/
https://apkpure.com/bt-sport/com.bt.btsport
For the above files, version 4.12.1 of bt sport will work. This may help with other google service dependant apps. Install cetusplay on your phone and set it to mouse mode for controls within the app.

It all installed correctly, however, as my BT Sport service is provided free from EE, it won’t work unless the device has an EE SIM card installed.
Presumably that’s that then? Unless anyone knows any way around this?

Looks like the latest by sport won't install on the firestick, anyone have it going or have found a workaround o)

UK/US/JP Fire TV apps repository?

Hi - I know I can change my country on the respectively Amazon website to download the apps onto my FTV, but I was wondering if there's somewhere I can just download and sideload them?
Apps that have such geo-specific restrictions: ITV (UK), UKTV (UK), NHK World TV (JP)
Or perhaps there's a thread in here somewhere I just missed?

My experience is that's it's not that simple to rip an official Fire TV app from Amazon without having a rooted Fire TV. Sideloaded APK app versions that rely on a usb wireless keyboard / mouse or bluetooth keyboard work without issues. Tried my Android phone and Nexus 7 to get the official apk version that works with the Fire TV off those devices and sideloaded to my FIre TV, but it would always take me to Amazon underground and install it directly without leaving an APK version of it to transfer to the Amazon Fire TV.
If you want to download the apk versions of those channels from one location, you could sideload the aptoide app store, but it can be keyboard dependent as sometimes it'll use a web browser ( I've tried boat browser, firefox, maxthon...take your pick and download them through aptoide ) looking for the apk file of the app you are interested in.
If you go in another direction, you'll find the most efficient way is to install these channels through Kodi using the add-ons for the respective channel. Call Kodi a one stop shop app for all your channel viewing. It saves the hassle of downloading say the ITV apk app and avoids having to use a keyboard to make it work. Highly recommend you familiarize yourself with Kodi if you haven't already. Another official channel on the Fire TV is the MediaHHH app. It's available on the Amazon Fire TV app menu ( At least for U.S viewers ). That's basically all the U.K freeview live channels on an official app and it works perfectly well without a proxy or vpn required which you'll need if you use either the sideloaded apk version of an app or run the add-on channels using Kodi.
My observation is that if you switch say Amazon locations on your Fire TV and download a regional official APP like the BBC iplayer, you'll lose it when you log back in to your local Amazon Fire TV account, but if all you want are the apps in that location then you shouldn't have a problem as long as you add a geo-proxy to your network or VPN access added to your router.
If someone knows how to pull off a rip of an official Fire TV app without root or knows how to get a ripped version from their Android phone / tablet of an official Amazon Fire TV app, not the universal apk ver, I'm all ears on how to do it.

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My observation is that if you switch say Amazon locations on your Fire TV and download a regional official APP like the BBC iplayer, you'll lose it when you log back in to your local Amazon Fire TV account, .
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I know for a fact that this not true. You can go it amazon content settings and change your locale to UK. Doing so, will allow you to search and download UK apps to your Fire TV. Once done switch it back to US and you can now search for US apps. The US and UK apps reside side by side and can be launched without issues (assuming you have SmartDNS).
None of the above can be accomplished on a Roku - which is why I really love this device.

Strange. Every time I've tried this in the past, the U.K apps disappeared ( 2 Fire TV's ver 1 and 1 Fire tv stick ), but that was a while ago. Maybe they've changed something in their firmware that allows you to do this now, because I remember hitting a brick wall a while back. and gave up Thanks for the heads up. I'll try it again and see if I can make it work now.
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I know for a fact that this not true. You can go it amazon content settings and change your locale to UK. Doing so, will allow you to search and download UK apps to your Fire TV. Once done switch it back to US and you can now search for US apps. The US and UK apps reside side by side and can be launched without issues (assuming you have SmartDNS).
None of the above can be accomplished on a Roku - which is why I really love this device.
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callanish said:
Call Kodi a one stop shop app for all your channel viewing..
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Perhaps you can help me - I use a LG smarphone to download apps from the Playstore and sideload to AFTV2. My issue is that since its a smartphone, the APKs it downloads is suited for a phone screen and not for the TV. Is there a way within Kodi to download different variants of the same APK. Google Playstore URL is the same on any device - except the APK that is made available on the page is dependent on the device requesting the download.
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Strange. Every time I've tried this in the past, the U.K apps disappeared ( 2 Fire TV's ver 1 and 1 Fire tv stick ), but that was a while ago. Maybe they've changed something in their firmware that allows you to do this now, because I remember hitting a brick wall a while back. and gave up Thanks for the heads up. I'll try it again and see if I can make it work now.
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Bear in mind that the approach I used did not involved signing out of my Amazon account. All the downloads happens with my single account (only the locales are switched).

I'm not quite sure what kind of experience you've had with Kodi, but Kodi basically is the hub. The channels aren't apps, they're addons from repositories that run content. When kodi is installed, you either rely on the repository that comes with kodi or you continue to add repositories to increase your content options. Those repositories usually come in Zip form and you can sideload them over to Kodi then install them under system / addons. Another way is to type in the URL for the repository directly. Kodi will then add the repository and after that you can install the plugins from that repository. I'm not quite sure if that even remotely answered your question, but just know that Kodi manages and automatically updates content through the repository and that content is universal, so whatever you add to kodi doesn't require an app to function, so you'll never come across a problem with installing phone vs tablet apps
Okay, if I understand you correctly you're looking for the non-phone apk version of an app. The easiest way is probably just to sideload the aptoide app on to the fire TV and download and install the apk apps from there. Aptoide can be browser dependent if it can't find a version of the app you are looking for and will open up a browser to find the apk file somewhere else for download ( In other words download a browser to the Fire TV - Boat browser for tablets is a good one ). You could try just installing the aptoide app on your LG phone and transfer the apk file to your Amazon Fire TV. I've done that before and all versions were non-phone apps. Downside with the standard APK apps on the Fire TV has always been that most of them are keyboard / mouse dependent requiring a usb / bluetooth - keyboard / mouse or app with a keyboard / touchpad that works with the fire tv.
http://www.aptoide.com/page/apps or look up the aptoide.apk file in google to download it and then sideload it. I've had no issues with aptoide and I've been using it for years.
P.S I'll look into what you mentioned. I've been signing into another Amazon account from the U.K, thus losing all my U.S apps. If I manage the settings on the same Amazon U.S account and do a country change to the U.K, maybe from there I can install the U.K official Amazon Fire TV apps directly to the Fire Tv box without losing my U.S content. That's probably where I was going wrong before.
Edit............That was the problem. The solution was not to sign out and re-sign in. As you mentioned, you just have to change the country under the same Amazon account. Downloaded U.K official Fire TV apps and running great without the need for a keyboard / mouse. Thanks for the tip.
Info for the original poster of this thread. Try this link
http://www.eyeondemand.com/2014/10/24/how-to-combine-us-uk-and-de-apps-on-the-amazon-fire-tv/
vulcan195 said:
Perhaps you can help me - I use a LG smarphone to download apps from the Playstore and sideload to AFTV2. My issue is that since its a smartphone, the APKs it downloads is suited for a phone screen and not for the TV. Is there a way within Kodi to download different variants of the same APK. Google Playstore URL is the same on any device - except the APK that is made available on the page is dependent on the device requesting the download.
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Bear in mind that the approach I used did not involved signing out of my Amazon account. All the downloads happens with my single account (only the locales are switched).
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vulcan195 said:
I know for a fact that this not true. You can go it amazon content settings and change your locale to UK. Doing so, will allow you to search and download UK apps to your Fire TV. Once done switch it back to US and you can now search for US apps. The US and UK apps reside side by side and can be launched without issues (assuming you have SmartDNS).
None of the above can be accomplished on a Roku - which is why I really love this device.
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So the technique is change the settings on the amazon website or on the ftv?

jarayn said:
So the technique is change the settings on the amazon website or on the ftv?
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You change the country settings on the Amazon Website, purchase / add the apps, then re-sync content on the Amazon Fire TV if required. One of the apps, I think it was the ITV player didn't show up immediately, but since I purchased it ( right term if it's free?? ), I could do a search on the main fire tv menu for the ITV player app and then I downloaded it. With all the U.K apps downloaded, I switched the country settings back to the U.S.

Thanks, got BBC and itv now. BBC is perfect but itv seems to require mouse still.

jarayn said:
Thanks, got BBC and itv now. BBC is perfect but itv seems to require mouse still.
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Don't know if you've tried this, but did you try deleting the app and then re-installing it. i've noticed just installing it over the one you already have won't replace it. The official itv player app doesn't require a mouse, so it must be either reinstalling the apk mouse version, or it hasn't synced the official app to your fire tv.
P.S You could try the STV ( Scottish television version of the Itv Player ) app. Pretty much the same content. One thing I noticed is you give up live content with the official ITV player, whereas you could get that with the mouse version. You can always get the live content of ITV through Kodi anyway.

Thanks, good idea. No live though is crazy, thats the only thing i would want itv for.

I don't want to install Kodi because I have no idea about the security rating of the repositories and packages. So far I only install from Amazon or Google Play (sideloaded).
I now have a single platform access to UK and US apps. Very happy. Cannot do this with any of the other devices.

vulcan195 said:
I don't want to install Kodi because I have no idea about the security rating of the repositories and packages. So far I only install from Amazon or Google Play (sideloaded).
I now have a single platform access to UK and US apps. Very happy. Cannot do this with any of the other devices.
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I agree, it's a great device and what's so great about it is just how open the platform is to allow us to do the things we can do with it. From an Ex-pat point of view, I just wanted to offer some various options that I've been using for receiving U.K content and thankfully you helped me solve one of those problems with getting the official U.K apps. If Kodi isn't your thing, then fortunately there are other ways to watch U.K content without having to go down that road. Alway good to have options, that's what I always say

The official ITV Player app on Fire TV is just a temp solution. It will soon be replaced by a new app called ITV Hub, which will have on demand and live tv for all the ITV channels

neil0129 said:
The official ITV Player app on Fire TV is just a temp solution. It will soon be replaced by a new app called ITV Hub, which will have on demand and live tv for all the ITV channels
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Good to know. Thanks for the info.

How To Download Paid App From Google Play Store?

Hello, I have recently rooted my 4k Fire Stick (mantis) and debloated it using a couple of threads on this forum and so far so good. Now I have a question about installing a paid app from the Google Play store.
I want to download install a PAID app available from the Google Play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.colucciweb.vpnclientpro&hl=en_US) and need to install the 'Pro' version, but can't figure out how to do this on my Fire Stick. I have a couple of Android tablets that I pay through the Google Play store and I'm trying to figure out how to do on the Fire Stick.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this?
Thanks!

gil_happy said:
Hello, I have recently rooted my 4k Fire Stick (mantis) and debloated it using a couple of threads on this forum and so far so good. Now I have a question about installing a paid app from the Google Play store.
I want to download install a PAID app available from the Google Play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.colucciweb.vpnclientpro&hl=en_US) and need to install the 'Pro' version, but can't figure out how to do this on my Fire Stick. I have a couple of Android tablets that I pay through the Google Play store and I'm trying to figure out how to do on the Fire Stick.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this?
Thanks!
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If you have the VPN app on your tablet, use the following app to extract the VPN apk on the tablet. Then do an "adb install" of the extracted apk on your firestick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ext.ui
The firestick does not have Google Play Services to enable use of the Play Store. I have seen several posts in this forum about problems caused by try to install Google Play Services, so I would not attempt it.

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If you have the VPN app on your tablet, use the following app to extract the VPN apk on the tablet. Then do an "adb install" of the extracted apk on your firestick.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ext.ui
The firestick does not have Google Play Services to enable use of the Play Store. I have seen several posts in this forum about problems caused by try to install Google Play Services, so I would not attempt it.
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Thank you so much! I will try this later afternoon. Yes, I do have the paid VPN apk on my tablet which happens to be rooted.

Brilliant... this works! Thanks so much for the tip.

[APK Request] YouTube TV for Fire TV (The live subscription TV service)

I have a UK FireStick and want to install YouTube TV (the live TV service) on my firestick. The alternative versions won't work, and I'd love to get hold of the official APK, which isn't available for UK devices, even when going through a VPN.
If anyone can pull the APK I would be hugely grateful!!
Thanks

No one here is in the US and can get the APK? Oh well, thanks anyway. Hopefully someone will post the APK online eventually

Apkmirror? Google the. apk+version number directly

Depending on your firestick, this version should cover all of them. It should run on any Fire TV: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-for-android-tv-2-12-08-android-apk-download/

blackout19 said:
No one here is in the US and can get the APK? Oh well, thanks anyway. Hopefully someone will post the APK online eventually
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You can get it yourself by changing region on the amazon store, there is no need for a VPN to download.. if somebody else gets it for you, and you sideload it, you'll just get the "not owned" error, anyway.