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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] perez_mar:
Having Issues installing Kodi in AFTV using AFTVUAPP

AFTV is connected once i choose the path to install kodi and click side load 3rd party bottom immediately I get the error the system cannot find the path specified.

Help
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] BMcD17:
Same issue

I have the exact same issue. Is it possible that APK must be in a different folder similar to how the Utility App must be extracted in C drive?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Probably a detail, but I've been seeing in this thread that SPMC's path is xxx/files/.xbmc , but I'm pulling a backup with .40 now and it's working off xxx/files/.spmc...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dapapers1:
FTV Ap on netbook

Hello I want to say this app saves me plenty of time programming my ftv sticks and made things so much easier for me I loaded it on my Toshiba laptop and it works great. I have now loaded it on my Acer netbook with windows 7 but for some reason I am getting connected to IP but I am getting an error message stating 'adb' in not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What did I do wrong I prefer to use the netbook to program if I could but this seems to not work due to the error please help.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] meehawl:
Looks nice. Any idea if it works on Linux with Wine?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Slim1023:
I keep getting an error when trying to extract/open this zip. I either get a folder is invalid error or it says that it's empty even though it shows a file size of 28.9 MB. Tried both download links.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dapapers1:
Anyone seen similar?

Has anyone else seen the error I am seeing and has a resolution or is this a new one?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] SpencerA99:
Error installing APKs

I get errors installing any apks, i have USB Debugging selected and Unknown sources. Ive connected my ip address selected normal debug mode. When i try to install an app it says "error: more than on device and emulator

-waiting for device-

error: protocol fault <status read>

-waiting for device-

error: protocol fault <status read>

-waiting for device-

error: protocol fault <status read>

-waiting for device-"

and repeat. any fix?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dapapers1:
Am I asking the questions in the right section or what

Are we asking these questions in the right section or just no assistance or anyone having the same issues we are describing
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Back soon

Hi friends... sorry for the silence... not been very well of late, but on the mends..... Will be back soon ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bolinao:
Hi

I hope someone can help me,I am trying to push a repository to the sd card or download folder on Kodi.

Amazon FireTV Utility App connect to my I.P ,but when I got to push the file to the directory,I get a message saying "The system can not find the path specified".

It was working a month ago and the only thing I can see that is different is that the I.P address of my FTV has changed,but I have entered the new I.P in the Utility App and it connects.

What could the problem be please ?

thanks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] truckmann:
Is this tool still available? I've tried to download it but the zip file is invalid.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Glad to hear it Imtiajmeah... You've been missed... And just in time for a major update... Get well mate...

Sound like the name of it is to long or has spaces... Rename it to something simple & try again...

Both v40 links are working great for me... Try again..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bolinao:
That didn't work,the problem is something else... thanks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] truckmann:
I finally got around to trying again and it still doesn't work for me. I can download the file, but still can't open it. I just get a message saying it's an invalid file.

EDIT: I was finally able to download the file using my phone. I have no idea why it was downloading as invalid from my desktop. In the mean time I did I learned a little adb and pushed all the files I needed manually to my new FireStick.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dapapers1:
Thanks Again

Thanks again I just wanted to make sure I was posting in the right area, get well soon and as I said it works fine on my laptop and I downloaded it the same way on my netbook and get that error. I look forward to your assistance once you get well.

"Hello I want to say this app saves me plenty of time programming my ftv sticks and made things so much easier for me I loaded it on my Toshiba laptop and it works great. I have now loaded it on my Acer netbook with windows 7 but for some reason I am getting connected to IP but I am getting an error message stating 'adb' in not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What did I do wrong I prefer to use the netbook to program if I could but this seems to not work due to the error please help. "
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.41

Hi guys....

As I mentioned i've been a bit distracted for a bit, but should be catching up with all the new changes and requests soon... Just a small update to get your taste buds going again. More to come :)

Added more ikono TV icon switching now including (Kodi, SPMC, OUYA, TVMX, XBMC)

Some minor coding tweaks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thesticks00:
So I am wondering as I think I may be missing something or overlooking something. Is there a advantage to sideloading apps to the amazon firetv via this app vs using something like dropbox? I ask because when I initially got my firetv I used this app to push a few apks to the firetv (one of which is dropbox). Last night i used dropbox to install a handful of apps and it seemed to work fine. :/ Is there a general preference in using this app over the dropbox method? If so please let me know.

As a sidenote, my notebook (windows 8) that i would use to run the utility app runs kinda slow, especially when pushing apps over (the reason i initially tried dropbox).
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] contentryder:
Trying to find the Ikono TV app. Is there an APK available? The market isn't allowing me to download after I put it in the app cloud of the amazon app store. Can somone pull the apk please? TIA
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] XNO:
Any know if the Amazon TV or Amazon Firestick is better to run XBMC/KODI on?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] _u2pop_:
hello, why this app dont work for WINDOWS XP ???? come on please put that app work for xp!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.42

Changelog v0.42

Added button - Kodi entire data can now be moved from SDcard to extUSB to free up internal memory space. For Amazon FTV firmware 51.1.5.0_user_515020820 and above which supports external USB. Thanks to AFTVNews http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-parti...l-usb-storage/

Added button - Kodi entire data can restored from extUSB back to SDcard. Thanks to AFTVNews http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-parti...l-usb-storage/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Can you please add the same feature for SPMC. Is this possible? Thank you.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
:) yep in next update...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
+1 for SPMC, that'd be very helpful indeed!!!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Thank you.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TX16095:
Another awesome addition.

Although I realize the functions themselves are completely different, for those without sufficiently speedy USB drives, how about adding an option to move "All Data" or "Thumbnails Only" when the move button is pressed?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Yeah good idea..... Just wanted to get out a quick release at the time. I will add it to the next update ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] niceguy0815:
Can't download it Virus infection!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Your virus checker is reporting a false positive..... It has been covered many times on the forum. :)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] niceguy0815:
The problem is I m behind a proxy server and The Proxy himself checks for Virus and if a Virus is detected i cant download the file :(
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Sizzlechest:
To OP: I think I mentioned this before, but the PNG files in this program can be a lot smaller. Please download this utility: http://pnggauntlet.com/

Run it on all the PNG files so they're be smaller for the next release.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Will do thanks for the tip and reminder ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Wasuhz:
None of the buttons are working KODI options not working

I am trying to get all of the buttons to work correctly. It says that i am connected but when i click any KODI function nothing happens. Even when i install 3rd party apps it doesnt seem to do anything. Any ideas why this is happening? It happened on both this utility and adbfw utility. I am on windows 8 if that matters? Could it be something with my wireless network at work? ANy idea?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kywildcat:
Apk Install failed

Trying to install apk and getting - install failed older sdk... message

Update: Older version of clean master installed fine. Seems they have done something to break the app on clean master 5.9.5 via fire tv. I say this because it doesn't even try to install via dropbox aswell.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TX16095:
One more thing (guessing you've never heard that before), after a data migration to a USB drive occurs, the "Backup your Data" function is essentially useless as it does not detect the relocated data and, thus, backs up only the remaining data in the AFTV (.kodi) "files" directory, which for me is nothing more than a .smb directory. Backup manually via FTP of the now-relocated files is no real issue (/storage/extUsb/kodi), but a lazy-man's fix for this would be peachy, too. ;)

Again, thanks for your great and continued work on the little, but oh so handy and helpful, program.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for your feedback... will look to get that addressed in the next couple of releases ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mjbxx:
Kodi Flavor

Would it be possible to select and default to a particular Kodi Flavor. For instance, I use SPMC and consistently forget to select it as the AFTV Utility App has Kodi on the top of the Kodi Flavor list. TIA.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for your feedback... I will add it to my list ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] pedro0223:
I keep getting an error when trying to sideload an app "Could not access the package manager. Is the system running?" Any thoughts?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] muhtacin:
plz help

Why am i getting this error:crying::crying:?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.43

Changelog v0.43

Bug fixed for video cache installing in wrong location

Added additional v4 video cache config in Kodi cache wiki page

Added prompt before installing custom video cache, and offers to open wiki page if not sure which config required

Added option for SPMC and XBMC entire data can now be moved from SDcard to extUSB

Added option for SPMC and XBMC entire data can restored from extUSB back to SDcard

Updated SPMC for latest build 14.2 custom Key mapping file location

Updated SPMC for latest build 14.2 custom Splash screen file location

Added prompt before installing custom Key Mapping, and offers to open wiki page if not sure which config required

Tweak to Kodi flavor button description depending on which you select

A few code tidy up tweaks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Thanks you.

I have both SPMC and Kodi installed however once I transfer Kodi data to USB SPMC losses all the apps and goes blank. As soon as I transfer Kodi data back to SD both start working just fine. Any idea why is this is happening?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
hummm...oppps..... Thanks for the feedback...

I will take a look and try to replicate the issue. I will have it fixed in the next release if I can identify what I did wrong........
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
NP. One more thing, xbmc_env.properties gets created but it is not populated. I had to populated manually. Did try twice with same result.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dav120982:
When i try to add new addon for kodi. Some addon respotories zip file i have to manual download on the web. How i push this file to fire tv stick kodi (using android tablet). i sideload app with my tablet and dont use windows. But if i have to use win to push the file is fine.

Plz help
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Do you have your computer/laptop set up in a network? If so just copy these zip files on your HD and then within Kodi search for workgroup and install it from there.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Can someone tell me what are the lines that the program adds to move data to the external USB?

Also, if there's already a customized advancedsettings.xml does this get replaced or is the program clever enough to just add the lines needed?

Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
see this post for all info you need:

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-partially-or-entirely-move-kodi-data-to-external-usb-storage/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dav120982:
I will try.... but any solution that can do straight from tablet
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] m0000:
Since the recent support for extusb anyone have any recommendations for a fast thumb drive we can use for xbmc data? considering a better performace drive should minimize lag time. i was thinking maybe 16gb or even an 8gb should suffice.

TIA!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Ahhh I had forgotten about that article, thanks!

Anyone has an idea what happens if there's already an advancedsettings.xml?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TX16095:
I played with three or four USB 2.0 sticks, including a couple of "name-brand" sticks, and each failed pretty miserably. By "failed," I mean that the lag/slowness was downright painful. On the other hand, each of the half dozen or so USB 3.0 sticks I've plugged in has worked flawlessly, name-brand and generic included.

The bottom line is that I couldn't tell the difference between the USB 3.0 sticks and the native AFTV performance, whereas if I were forced to use the USB 2.0 sticks, I'd be searching for a buyer for my AFTVs. ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mikeymike88:
Hi there, think I may have found a bug. I tried pushing v4 of advancedsettings.xml to Kodi 14.2. It didn't seem to work. I backed up the Kodi config from the app and took a look and there was a separate .xbmc folder along with the .kodi folder. The advanced settings xml was in the userdata of the .xbmc folder. I manually moved it to the .kodi userdata folder and then it worked. Did I do something wrong or is the app pushing it to the wrong directory? Thanks for the app, it's amazing!!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for the feedback... I will take a look and fix it on the next release if any issues.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] LivinOne:
I found an issue I just spent an hour wasted on... looks like this app connected to my Mobile Phone (usb) and not my Amazon FTV (wired network) ... even though it says it was connected to my FTV

PLEASE add something that tells you FOR SURE what the app is connected to
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.44

Changelog v0.44

Optimised all .png files files now smaller. Thanks Sizzlechest at XDA forum for the tip

Fixed save IP Address setting bug

Save your selected Kodi Flavour on exit

Fixed advancedsettings4.xml bug

Fixed the xbmc_env.properties not writing to file bug
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] LivinOne:
Can BOOT.IMG be properly flashed using this App or must we manually do it using ADB?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Yeah! :)

How about the issue reported above, where even choosing SPMC the changes are done to the XBMC directory?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Hm, I tried pushing a new splash,png with the program but it didn't work... does it have any strict specs?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
The splashscreen currently only installs to SD installed Kodi not extUSB
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Yup, that's my case though...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Strange... Can you send me details of what flavour of kodi and version you have and the current setup so I can try and replicate it and see where its going wrong.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Sure, SPMC 14.2.0 on an unrooted AFTV, no data moved to USB at all.

But, I may have found what's causing it - I noticed the splash screen I'm now getting is the Splash.png included in the package and NOT the one I have in c:\FTV (I'm running the Utility from another path). So I'll just replace the included file with my own and see what happens :)

[EDIT] Ah no, this didn't work either, still getting the XBMC screen...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dapapers1:
Back up and restore

Hello I have a question I been using version 0.40 and I cab just click on restore data or backup data and it works fine, will I notice on version 0.44 there is an option for extusb and sdcard neither of these seem to do anything compared to version 0.40 is there something I am doing wrong?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kywildcat:
Question

Blocked updates on a rooted Fire TV with busybox and towel root installed. Would I have any issues with updates installing? Say just unblock updates let it download and reboot.

Am fully aware I would lose root
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Why do you want to do that when you can upgrade and still keep root?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kywildcat:
Had issues downgrading...Everything on the command prompt completed successfully, and restarted to update. But the system update failed....

running 51.1.1.0_user_511070220, trying to downgrade to 51.1.0.2_user_510058520

used this guide http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/

I want the new features and since i have tried several times to downgrade, kinda just ready to move on and bite the bullet. sadly

Has been a couple of months since i tried to downgrade, maybe they have updated the guide?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Your box may have a recovery partition that blocks downgrading, this type of box requires a different guide to downgrade.

Read here: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Im guessing you have Kodi installed as well and the data on extUSB with "xbmc_env.properties" file in the sdcard dir? If so:

The file gets installed correctly, but due to "xbmc_env.properties" file it looks on the extUSB instead and if it cant find it it loads the default. (I hope that makes sense)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Also you need to select which flavor of Kodi you are using.. I will think about simplifying the process going forward.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Well, yes and no... I do have Kodi installed as well (maybe time I removed it after all! SPMC is running fine...), but not on extUSB. Does this make sense to you?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.45

Changelog v0.45

Updated Kodi/SPMC temp logs delete from multiple directory depending on where it is installed

Added option to delete selected file from Download or SDCard directory

Added move Partial kodi data to extUSB

Added restore Partial kodi data to SDCard
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Sounds interesting...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.46

Changelog v0.46

Fixed bug when deleting file crash from SDcard and Download directory

Auto refresh list after deleting file from SDcard and Download directory

Added Progress Bar when Sideloading APK and Pushing files to AFTV
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.47

Changelog v0.47

Added multiple APK install (require tickbox in settings to show option in Main)

Minor code cleanup
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] aashishjain:
Thanks for the regular updates Imtiaj!

I'd like to suggest adding a way to quick connect to a device. It would be helpful if there was a small text box right on the gui for the last 3 digits of an IP, and a "Connect" button to go with it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for the feedback... I will add it to my list ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Spades2006:
i downloaded the latest version twice and the archive won't extract with either winrar or 7zip, it appears to be corrupted or something. maybe it's just my pc as i had an issue with another archive a week or two ago. idk

i downloaded the previous version and it extracts fine, but i am having problems using it to install kodi on my fire tv. my firetv is running 51.1.5.0_user_515030720 unrooted with locked bootloader, is this version incompatible? the program appears to push all the files fine and doesn't throw any errors or anything, but i'm not seeing anything on my fire tv. is there another hidden step? i'm new to the fire tv game (i'm late to the party i know...)

thanks in advance.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
The zip should be fine.... Might be your antivirus checker or firewall stopping it from downloading correctly. Strange how the previous ver is fine as nothing in the zip structure has changed .

To launch Sideloaded apps, go to “Settings” > “SYSTEM” > “APPLICATIONS”, select the app, and select “Launch application”.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Jonno2001:
Can't sideload apps ?

Hi Team

Downloaded your handy app to sideload a couple of apps, ES Explorer mainly.

Firestick already set up with Kodi 14.2 (and running well),

switched ADB and Unknown sources ON,

IP address of stick is 192 . 168 . 1 . 9 and entered this into the initial window of FTV Utility

Close FTV Utility ... then reopen it :)

Select to add good source of ES Explorer apk . . .

Click Sideload 3rd Party App . . .

Command window opens and closes just as fast (no chance to read anything in the window)

but ES Explorer doesn't appear on my FireStick ??

Anything I might be doing wrong ?

Or any other option to force it over ?

Regards

John
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krakout:
Why do you close and reopen the program?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Jonno2001:
More based on the YouTube tutorial for an earlier version of FTV, but notice, certainly on this version it says it is connected to my stick on 192.168.1.9 on the bottom of the utility window.

But even if i don't close and reopen, I still can upload (sideload) ES Explorer, or any sideloaded app for that matter ??

The Command window opens, presumably does something and shuts about 1/2 second later ?

Certainly no prompt stating that it is uploading or successful etc ?

Also notice, if i do disconnect my stick from the FTV File list, then reconnect, the command window says:

'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Please check and confirm:

1. Unzip the folders to "C:\FTV"

2. Launch app "C:\FTV\Amazon FireTV Utility App.exe"
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Also make sure your running the .exe as administrator... And reboot the PC & FireTV Stick. And make sure your FTV Stick didn't get it's IP changed by your router...

Great job on the best FireTV app... Seems now that the fTV Skin has been release & it's officially made for Isengard aka Kodi v15 Beta... Can you add Isengard to the Kodi options... I am hopping the file structure is the same as Helix but not sure...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for the feedback buddy... I've installed it myself, but only works on 15 and above.... It's verys nice.... Can be a bit slow at times, but i'm sure the dev will be tweaking it over time.

I will ping him and see if hes happy for me ref his ftv skin part of my app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Jonno2001:
No problems, couldn't get FTV to sideload, but used adbFire (from your site) and that has worked a treat

:good:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.48

Changelog v0.48

Added the ability to extract installed APK files from the AFTV

Added USB ADB Connection for use with AFTVS (Many thanks to Poli Maltsos for the donation of an Amazon FireTV Stick)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Cltme89:
I love this community. Thank you!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] crossface:
How do I restore a backup? I backed up the files from one box, but can't figure out how to restore it. I read through a lot of pages on this thread and everyone is talking about success, but not giving details.

I did a backup with this program to SDCard I guess. I can't figure out how to restore the files on another box.