I just got my Amazon Fire TV stick and love it but I am not seeing a way to install the TWC TV app. Can I do this?
There's a thread on this in the Themes & Apps section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/time-warner-twc-tv-app-info-solutions-t2950375
The Fire TV has a bunch of exclusive apps and games that can not be accessed from other amazon devices or other android devices. Is there any way to download and buy (for paid apps) those exclusive apps from other amazon or android devices? I am interested in a few fire tv apps and games but the fire tv is not available in my country.
Any ideas?
You can try mimicking the FireTV's build.prop on the other device or using something like Market Helper etc but I have a feeling Amazon might have other checks in place against this.
Does the app Market Helper have a fire tv option?
I want to download this exclusive fire tv game: http://www.amazon.com/Shantae-and-the-Pirates-Curse/dp/B015QGY98G
I already acquired it but I do not have a fire tv to download it. Could someone with a fire tv use my amazon account to download the game and send me the apk? Please pm me or post here if you are interested.
You can change your Country in your amazon device Settings at the Website. I downloaded a bunch of US Apps, that useally not available in my Country. Its really easy and takes only 1 Minute.
Problem is the game is fire tv exclusive only, it does not let me download it from another amazon device, anyone with a firetv wanna help?
I just download this game for our friends Talos91.
Send him the apk. I runs without problems on my other (not Amazon) android device but on none of the devices of Talos91.
How could that be possible?
Greetings by Idijt
Does anyone know how to force a specific built firmware to a fire TV non-rooted? New basic edition Fire OS 5.2.6.0 (587444320) that allows Prime video in several countries it only differs from other firmware in built version as for example with Fire TV stick Fire OS 5.2.6.0 (587444820). Iam in SouthAmerica, own all the Fire TV versions except the basic edition, I deregistered or factory reset them, tests several accounts/countries in Amazon.com but the Fire TV devices still gets the non-basic built in
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201497590
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Hi there. I have the same issue here.
I bought the Fire TV Stick wit Voice Remote when I was living in the US, and now I cannot take into advantage my Prime subscription in Spain, as the the OS/software (not sure actually) of the stick is not exactly the same of the Basic Edition recently launched worldwide.
Any ideas, tutorials on how to flash our device wit a compatible rom, or remove/install any software to make the device compatible?
Thanks a lot for your help!
I'm in the same wagon. I have a 1st gen fire tv stick, and a fire tv, and live in south america. I have a prime membership to use amazon cloud storage, and I would like to use it also for the videos, but I can't without a VPN. This new basic editon gives me an alternative, but is more expensive, and it has fewer features that the regular fire tv stick, so I would like to buy the regular one, and change it to use it as a basic edition. Would it be possible?
Thanks!
I've asked the exact same question over at AFTVnews (sorry, I'm not allowed to post links).
I also found this comment at the Amazon Developer website (again, sorry, I'm not allowed to post links):
"How Basic Edition Differs from Gen 2
From a hardware perspective, the specs for Fire TV Stick Basic Edition and Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) are largely the same except that the Basic Edition doesn’t ship with an Alexa Voice Remote. Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) is available in US, UK, Germany, Japan, and India, whereas Basic Edition is available outside these areas in more than 100 countries or territories (see the full list here).
The user interface for Basic Edition is also simplified in some ways, making it more of an app-centric experience. For example, the “Recommended By Your Apps” rows that is normally populated through Recommendations isn’t shown on Basic Edition. The tabs on the top row are simplified, and you find apps by browsing the available categories rather than using search. Customers can set their default language as Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian Portuguese, German, or English."
So it seems the hardware is "largely the same", but the user interfaces are different.
As of today, I haven't found how to convert or flash a Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) into a Fire TV Stick Basic Edition.
Any News about that?
Thanks!
annilathor said:
Any News about that?
Thanks!
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I chatted with an Amazon rep, and he said "there's no way to convert the Fire stick into the Basic edition. The basic edition is hardwired to work outside the US (hence the Price difference)."
And he suggested I return the non-basic Fire stick for a refund, and purchase a Basic Fire Stick.
At least we can side-load prime video for androidtv version from play store.
It works, can play fhd. Just the picture stuck until next keyframe come after quality changes. And also it is not integrating into the ui.
one year has passed and I'm wondering if anyone found a solution
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one year has passed and I'm wondering if anyone found a solution
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I'm using the basic app on my alexa fire tv gen2 stick. And the firmware actually contains it, just it is hidden by default. Maybe the fw in europian region is different, or you need to change your region to an other (in my case to german) temporary to have the app on the stick.
You should read my comments from the other topic, with some adb magic
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/app-amazon-prime-video-fire-tv-t3762965/page5
And, btw, two years passed
Has anyone tried the live TV feature on the fire cube?
What tuners are compatible?
I forgot to post this screenshot.
So I bought a Fire TV second hand from like freaking far away, looks like I can't update the TV. I wanted to know if someone can point me into the right direction into where to get the information for Root/install something on it.
Edit : FireOS 7.2.3.7 on the TV