Will this support Netflix?
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From what I've read, even thou Amazon is directly competing with Netflix they are interested in having it on the fire. I'm kinda surprised by that. Really thou, Mine is already pre-ordered, hopefully it arrives on the 14th. First thing I will do is try to sideload Netflix, so I wil let you know for certain when I receive it.
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From what I've read, even thou Amazon is directly competing with Netflix they are interested in having it on the fire. I'm kinda surprised by that. Really thou, Mine is already pre-ordered, hopefully it arrives on the 14th. First thing I will do is try to sideload Netflix, so I wil let you know for certain when I receive it.
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Thanks. Mine is supposed to be a Christmas gift so I may have to wait awhile.
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rmcvey said:
From what I've read, even thou Amazon is directly competing with Netflix they are interested in having it on the fire. I'm kinda surprised by that. Really thou, Mine is already pre-ordered, hopefully it arrives on the 14th. First thing I will do is try to sideload Netflix, so I wil let you know for certain when I receive it.
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I have mine pre-ordered as well so that would be so that would be nice to know. Doesn't it come out the 15th?
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Just today, Amazon announced that the Fire wll come with the Netflix app.
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According to the engadget review, you can sideload apps. The caveat is that they seem to not work too well.
I can't post the link because apparently I've not posted enough. It's right on their front page though.
Email yourself the dropbox apk, then you can install apk's from your dropbox (or keep emailing yourself apk's to install). Some don't work fully, Market won't at all (darn). You'll have to also check off install 3rd party apps from the device settings.
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If you grab netflix from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150
You can install that and it's working fine for me, streaming Prince of Persia now. It was stuttering a bit but then stopped after I paused it for a few seconds to catch up with buffering (I think).
Google Apps?
Does someone have the link(s) where we can grab Google apps (Gmaps, Gmail,Gtalk, etc...)?
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Does someone have the link(s) where we can grab Google apps (Gmaps, Gmail,Gtalk, etc...)?
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I think we might have to get these ourselves. The biggest issue that I found was that I couldn't get google maps location services to work, maps loaded but wouldn't find me when I selected to.
Update: Gmail does not work right now (has to do with the account being set). FC
Maps works but no location.
Looks as though sideloading netflix is the only option until the official Netflix app hits the amazon store at some point. Right now it isn't in there -- hulu+ is and works pretty well.
fludiddy said:
Looks as though sideloading netflix is the only option until the official Netflix app hits the amazon store at some point.
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It's there now. I just installed it.
Somebody please sideload ADW or ADW Ex and post the results.
I can confirm Netlifx is in the Amazon AppStore. You have to look for it from the device.
Also, XDA works via sideloading as you can see for those of you that don't want to re-buy the app.
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Somebody please sideload ADW or ADW Ex and post the results.
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I just tried LauncherPro and ADW - They come up in a list when you hit the home button, but they force close.
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I just tried LauncherPro and ADW - They come up in a list when you hit the home button, but they force close.
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I side loaded adwlauncher ex. Works fine except bottom home tray stays active. The amazon fire tray.
Go launcher, facebook app, twitter are all working for me. Of all things, I can't get the USAA app to install.
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After installing the google services framework apk from the gapps zip from cyanogens site, i was able to get google books and gmail working - gmail wont auto-check mail atm, but it works. Also, adw ex works for the most part - you have to drag application shortcuts to the homescreen by holding down on them from the drawer, as the popup to add an application seems to be broken.
Also sideloaded dropbox and netflix without issues, as well as beautiful widgets and the animation package for it - latest facebook apk was force-closing on me.
Has anyone gotten google reader? Where can I get gmail? Which gapps should I use? The tiny one?
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Looks as though sideloading netflix is the only option until the official Netflix app hits the amazon store at some point. Right now it isn't in there -- hulu+ is and works pretty well.
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I downloaded the Netflix app right from the app store on the kindle. Works great!
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Does anyone have the apk file for Xfinity Mobile v3.5? I was able to get version 3.01, but it doesn't have the new features like text messaging.
It's a free app, so it's not pirating.
Thanks for the help.
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Does anyone have the apk file for Xfinity Mobile v3.5? I was able to get version 3.01, but it doesn't have the new features like text messaging.
It's a free app, so it's not pirating.
Thanks for the help.
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HERE ya go, I downloaded it to my Galaxy Nexus and then uploaded it to box.com
Thanks airmaxx, but no joy with that link. I get this message:
Oops — this shared file or folder link has been removed.
Here you go.
Any chance you could download the Entertainment Weekly app from the amazon market since it's kindle fire only? (And post it). It's also free.
Thanks. Let me know if the apk works for you. I tested it and it worked for me.
Mike - Thanks that worked!
As for the Entertainment Weekly app, I'm not a subscriber, so I don't know if it will work. Also, I've never backed up an app before. I'm not rooted, so hopefully one of the back up apps will let me do that.
If you know how I can do it, let me know.
Tom
Shouldn't need a subscription to grab the app because it'll ask for your subscriber info at app launch.
*edit*
Shouldn't need root. The Amazon AppStore downloads the APK to your SD Card prior to installation. It's located at /sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache
Thanks!
Mike:
I'l give it a try.
So, you don't have a Kindle Fire yourself?
Tom
Not yet. Been thinking about it for my wife. I bought the Xoom last March and have been really happy with it... and use the Kindle app (kind of irks me that I don't get all of the free Amazon Prime rentals without actually owning a kindle, but... that's another topic).
Anyways, it seems like a nice product and all. I just can't justify it at the moment since the Xoom does everything I need it to. I just want to try to fiddle with a few of the apps that are locked to the kindle at the moment... for whatever reason.
If you want any other freeware apps that are in the market or otherwise unavailable for the kindle fire, feel free to PM me.
Entertainment Weekly
Mike
Try this
Worked like a charm. I was able to log into my account and see all of the available issues. I downloaded one and it worked just fine... I wonder why they have this locked down to just the kindle fire...
Thanks for your help!
plomaris,
Thanks so much for uploading the Entertainment Weekly apk!
I can now =finally= access EW on my tablet, even though I'm overseas & the Amazon App Store doesn't let me download the app *boo hiss*
So thanks from a very happy camper
Since upgradung to the leaked ics, I noticed hbo go is not in the google play store. I went to the hbogo website and clicked the link to download it in the google store. It pulls up but says its incompatible with my device. Is there an alternate way I can download this
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download the apk from the web
Don't you have to modify something else in order to get that to work? I thought I read something about a build.prop file or something..
dvandam said:
Don't you have to modify something else in order to get that to work? I thought I read something about a build.prop file or something..
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That would be good to know , since installing the ICS leak I've been having a lot of issues installing apps such as Groupon,Living Social , Yahoo Mail that would all show as incompatible with device
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That would be good to know , since installing the ICS leak I've been having a lot of issues installing apps such as Groupon,Living Social , Yahoo Mail that would all show as incompatible with device
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Groupon and Living Social both work on mine, although I'm using the Stock Revamped ROM. As far as Groupon goes, did you do a backup and then restore in Titanium Backup? If you do that Groupon doesn't launch. If you delete it and then redownload it via Google Play it should work fine.
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Groupon and Living Social both work on mine, although I'm using the Stock Revamped ROM. As far as Groupon goes, did you do a backup and then restore in Titanium Backup? If you do that Groupon doesn't launch. If you delete it and then redownload it via Google Play it should work fine.
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I'm using Mod1411's NexusMod ICS with LCD Density set to 200. I thought it was the LCD Density at first but it wouldn't work even if I set it back to 240. I searched for Groupon first on Google Play but couldn't find it. Going to the direct Google Play link it will show me as incompatible
Even after setting density back, you have to clear google play data and may have to go to recovery and wipe caches and reboot.
Can anyone speak to the HBO (No) Go app issue? Has anyone been able to get this running on their phone? I'd like to get that back up and running.
Well my i heart radio app was working fine until they released 4.2.1 version for it, now I get that my device is not supported.
Update, found the app on the Amazon app store and it installed and works fine.
to the OP, try that.
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Well my i heart radio app was working fine until they released 4.2.1 version for it, now I get that my device is not supported.
Update, found the app on the Amazon app store and it installed and works fine.
to the OP, try that.
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I tried with HBO Go and it isn't working. Won't even come up when I search for it.
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I'm using Mod1411's NexusMod ICS with LCD Density set to 200. I thought it was the LCD Density at first but it wouldn't work even if I set it back to 240. I searched for Groupon first on Google Play but couldn't find it. Going to the direct Google Play link it will show me as incompatible
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I'm using the stock leak (UCLD2) and I don't have any issues searching for groupon on the phone in the market.
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I'm using the stock leak (UCLD2) and I don't have any issues searching for groupon on the phone in the market.
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Good , hopefully when MOD1411 get a chance to put out the new ROM it would work fine.
Just loaded the new AOKP and had a few issues with app incompatibility, couldn't get SwiftKey and others to install... I tried all the usual suspects - LCD Density, reboot, clear store data, but two tips I haven't seen anywhere else that both worked for me:
- Manage Apps, Google Play Store, 'Uninstall Updates'
- Install from browser instead of Play Store on device
Hope this helps someone!
Moderated.
Dude... exactly what I need. You are awesome.
Thanks was just reading about its release else where.
Made for sharing as they say...
Awesomesauce. The really strange thing is that while the Play Store won't even let you install the app if you're in the US, the app itself appears to be geographically aware -- I see a front page section called "Team USA". I can't imagine that's hard coded.
works on stock jelly bean
Thanks for this. I tried Market Enabler and had the message it wasn't compatible with my device (GNex Jelly Bean). This apk installed fine and I can open the app and watch videos. No live streams yet, so see what happens then.
Yea, it obviously knows where I am, but who cares, the NBC official app is horrible...
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Awesomesauce. The really strange thing is that while the Play Store won't even let you install the app if you're in the US, the app itself appears to be geographically aware -- I see a front page section called "Team USA". I can't imagine that's hard coded.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/130712olympics.html - Information about the personalization by country but not much about the "international" app.
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Thanks for this. I tried Market Enabler and had the message it wasn't compatible with my device (GNex Jelly Bean). This apk installed fine and I can open the app and watch videos. No live streams yet, so see what happens then.
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Yeah, it was kinda strange for me too. On the market (via Chrome) it said that my device isn't compatible, when I scanned a QR code it said that I can't download it outside the UK, but Market Enabler did the trick.
It's such a good app!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/130712olympics.html - Information about the personalization by country but not much about the "international" app.
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Thx for the link. It's kind of a cool feature, but unfortunately not so handy if you are an expatriate.. I live in Sweden but I'm Italian.. so "unfortunately" I'll get all the news about the Swedish team and not about the fabulous Italian athletes
Thanks a ton mate. You're the best.
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Thanks a ton mate. You're the best.
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You are welcome I'm always happy to help fellow sports interested!
Hi,
Thanks a million for this app. Are you able to play videos? I get the following message "video playback is not supported on this device"
My GN is running android 4.1.1 (jelly bean)
BBC usually limit their streaming video to UK IP addresses, so I don't think streaming will work on non-UK IPs. Just a guess though...
Anyone got the app to play movies on jelly bean ? I have manually installed teh flash apk but get the little plugin icon when i try to play movies
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Anyone got the app to play movies on jelly bean ? I have manually installed teh flash apk but get the little plugin icon when i try to play movies
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Sigh - I guess I should have remembered to reboot
Wow... Thanks a million mate...
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I see there's an updated app (1.1.0) in the app store . Would someone from the UK please post the updated apk?
Was just looking for a good Olympics app and this one seems great!!!
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installed fine over cm10. too bad the app itself wont work.
I can play some videos live which go to full screen but the video stops and replays again , does anyone have a fix
Thanks for the .apks guys! I was bummed when I tried to install from the playstore and being in the US it wouldn't let me. Of course, XDA and you people come to the rescue. Works great on my OG Evo.
In case you didn't know Amazon brought down their price for Prime today (only) to $72 for new members only. So I went and bought a subscription. I can get it to work on my Note 4, but cant seem to get it to work on my Note 12.2
Has anyone figured out how to play from Amazon Instant Videos?
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I was wondering If anyone knew the right combo of Apps I need to download in order to get Instant Video to work?
Side Note. I know Google Removed Amazon’s Original App from Google Play for Adding their own type of Appstore inside there App.
Ist very simple: you must use the PHONE Version of Amazons store app (NOT "Amazon for Tablets"!!!) to get Instant/Prime Video to work on the tablet! You have to install it with Amazons own app store.
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Ist very simple: you must use the PHONE Version of Amazons store app (NOT "Amazon for Tablets"!!!) to get Instant/Prime Video to work on the tablet! You have to install it with Amazons own app store.
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Ok Yeah after downloading a few wrongs ones I figured it out.
Amazon Version 5.2.2 - (Not the Tablet One, or Shopping One)
Instant Video Version 1.0 (I havent looked for an updated version yet)
Sweet I got it to work Thanks!
I must be doing something wrong... I downloaded the amazon app from the Amazon app store and it shows the green watch instantly link, but when I click it loads into the instant video and fails with "unknown_error". Any tips for what I should try differently?
Jargin said:
I must be doing something wrong... I downloaded the amazon app from the Amazon app store and it shows the green watch instantly link, but when I click it loads into the instant video and fails with "unknown_error". Any tips for what I should try differently?
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Did you make sure they were the same Versions I posted in my previous Post?
Mine is playing perfectly fine. Try uninstalling and re-installing the apps.
There have been a few threads on this for the stock ROMs, but in case you're rockin' CM 12 I thought I'd chime in... It's actually pretty simple and worked flawlessly for me. will it work on CM11 ? Honestly, I don't know.
Step 1: Remove any pre-existing Amazon store apps, instant video apps from your device.
Step 2: Go to apkmirror dot com ( note: this is not a warez site to the best of my knowledge ), and look for the amazon area, Grabbing these: com.amazon.avod.thirdpartyclient-1.0-1-minAPI15.apk and com.amazon.mShop.android-5.2.2-502012-minAPI9.apk .
Load them up. Open the amazon instant video app, log in, select your movie and enjoy! Hope you found this useful.
This looks like what I've been looking for but I can't find these files. Suggestions?
bagsofcole said:
This looks like what I've been looking for but I can't find these files. Suggestions?
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http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/amazon/amazon-5-2-2-android-apk-download/
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/instant-video/instant-video-1-0-android-apk-download/
Works great. Thanks.
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http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/amazon/amazon-5-2-2-android-apk-download/
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/instant-video/instant-video-1-0-android-apk-download/
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Didn't work for me, i had to move to SlimLP. I was trying to stream amazon prime music, would't work with CM based ROMs.
bagsofcole said:
Didn't work for me, i had to move to SlimLP. I was trying to stream amazon prime music, would't work with CM based ROMs.
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Sorry to hear that; this was only to get the movies up and running.
I found an easier way:
Install Amazon App. The one for phones from an app store.
Install Aptoide and install Amazon Instant Video from there. Or Instant Music. In general, an okay app for free apps not available due to device limits.
Login to the Amazon app, then run Prime Video.
Hide the Amazon Mobile app in the launcher. If you need to use Amazon, install the Tablet version.
By the way, I got this to work for me on Cyanogenmod 11. You don't need to uninstall previous Amazon apps either if they're another fork like the Tablet version.