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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ashmanmb:
I have used Xeebo skin for a few years, and it is my favorite. It is not the fastest skin but works great on the fire tv. I was running it on my 1st ten apple tv under xvmc eden, and also on openelec with gotham. best skin I have found. it is simple to use, and love the look. My favorite feature is the tv posters wall, the size is big with 4 movie posters across the screen, and makes accessing them a breeze even for my 7 year old who started using it when he was 4.

Cannot complain or change from it because the wife and my son are too used to it.

I prefer to not see fan art etc, just good old movie posters, and use the same view throughout.

I have tried almost every skin out there, but keep coming back to xeebo. to me xeebo has the best views for media around because it allows the movie posters view in either small or big, and I like them bigger on the tv vs smaller.

A couple of other skinds have come close to being able to replace it because of more customization and they were lighter and performed a bit faster, but none of them can come close to giving me the poster view I want.

I could probably try to modify a skin, but just don;t have the time to get truly into it.

Amber is second for me followed by confluence in 3rd.

When I first started out, PM3-HD was the skin to use, but it has since pretty much been phased out.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TV ADDONS:
Your best bet is to stick with the default Confluence skin if you're looking for efficient performance and reliability.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jeep364:
Is there any way to remove skins once you have 'tried' them? If I just click on the skin after its been downloaded it switches to them.

I downloaded a whole bunch and want to keep just a few that I like on the limited space of the fire tv.

EDIT: Never mind figured it out, add-ons -> uninstall
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] QUICKRYDE:
No, the best way to remove XBMC Skins.....Go to your Maintenance Tool - General Maintenance - Skin Removal and go to clear your cache in XBMC. :)

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Great setup...I have been searching for a webpage like this. I think I'm going to try the Amber Skin. I'm searching for a small size skin/with style...since the Amazon FTV only have around 3.5GB to play around with. I don't know way they advertise 8GB. :confused:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] EL TEJANO:
That's what I use. Simple & Clean.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Rugged96:
Ace is my favorite so far too but I really would like a way to go straight to Netflix from the home screen.

thoughts?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] navigates:
I like and use the confluence ++ skin by elmero. It has the power options and 7 addon's on the home screen. Also like the firetv theme and my own background.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] welshboy09:
I have to give another vote to eminence. Previously I'd been using amber, since it was all my RPi would run. Since getting a FireTV, I've looked at all the skins in the main repo and LOVE eminence. Here are some screenshots of my setup.

All movies and tv shows are from online content using Genesis, the search button searches using genesis also. The youtube button links to the official FireTV youtube app (not the XBMC one), Android apps lists all android apps (obviously), and lastly the next aired button is the TV Shows Next Aired plugin in the official XBMC repo, which tells you when tv shows in your library are airing next. The RSS feed on the bottom, which can be seen in the walking dead episode listing, ties into the Next Aired plugin to show when the next episode of that series will be showed.

As you can see I'm a huge fan of this skin and its customisability! Any questions, just ask :D
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Rugged96:
From the amber skin I have no idea how you remove those skins with this method...what is the maintenance tool?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] LastQuark:
I evaluated everything that is in Kodiskins and all those available for Android. I ended up with Aeon MQ5. The level of customization is tremendous. There is a lot of familiarization and a steep learning curve. But once you're accustomed to it, to me it is the best XBMC skin. If you are looking for vertical menu, the Ace skin is the more appropriate skin.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] KLit75:
Eminence is an awesome skin--no doubt. But I keep going back to aeon nox. I just love the way it displays fanart. There is a more customizable aeon I tried awhile back but I found I didn't need all that. One trick I like (not a huge secret) is superfavorites add-on. With this tool you can customize to the nines! Not only can you basically create an awesome add-on with just the videos you like, but if you aren't pleased by the lack of color in aeon box skin homescreen, you can change the font color to any you like. That's one complaint about skins like aeon is the colors to choose. Think it's default, red and orange (I don't care for any of those.)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] blackhartct:
If you upgrade to helix, experience1080 XF is now my favorite.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] KLit75:
I was planning to upgrade soon so I'll try it out. I think another thing that keeps me using aeon is how quick and easy it is to customize. But that's probably because I'm so used to using it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] blackhartct:
the nice thing about 1080 is how easy it was to setup the home menu. Its the only skin out right now that allows you to have icons for android apps on the home screen and have them look good at the same time!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] JohnnyBravoB:
I cannot seem to get get the short cuts to appear on the home screen when I press up or down (when setting is inverted). Any ideas?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] piruzinho:
Can you help on how to set that button to search eminence? I know how to get the Search button to OPEN genesis, but not to open directly to the Movies Search. Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mychaelp:
Adding my thoughts to the thread:

I've tried almost all listed here, but have stuck with Ace for the last week or so and love it. It is quick, maybe quicker than Confluence. AND best of all, it works the best with Cinema Experience. Odd however, is that I have to start a movie, then stop it, then do CE or it will simply crash and take me back in the Fire TV app menu again. I can live with it though, because all of the others I've tried that say they work with CE simply crash too often.

One thing I'd like to figure out, is where can I add a Programs section to Ace? I have looked and looked, and can't seem to find where to add that section. I want to add items I had on Confluence there.

Also beware: After playing around with various skins, it filled up my Fire TV! After uninstalling, XBMC still used up most of the memory. So I wrote all settings down (not sure how to back up), then cleared the data, now down to 350MB or so. Be sure to turn off downloading of Actor images, that saved me 400MB alone!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xm41907:
Metropolis has been my skin of choice for a couple of years now. It works great with CE. I just open the movie details, then click the CE button. I've never had an issue with it once I got it set up properly in the CE settings.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mychaelp:
How odd. I tried that skin as well, but it would always crash when selecting CE. Seems the Fire TV gives many odd reactions to people posing here and other forums, who seemingly have the same settings. I'm just glad I found one that works. Now my next fix is to figure out how to get 1080p to work without the buffering issues. I know it's not my network because my ancient WDTV still works flawlessly. Tried every single advanced setting posted here, and many other forums, with same results. If my router was capable of blocking updates I'd do that and root the machine, but it is not because when I set it to block the servers, it requires me to set the Amazon device, but it does not show up in my list of devices hooked up. Almost as though the Fire TV doesn't exist to it. e1550 by cisco in case anyone has similar issues. Did not install custom firmware for it and don't want to risk it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] porkenhimer:
I use Media Portal skin on the fire TV, and Neon on my Apple TV. Those are best for me, but why ask for opinions? Its all subjective to the user and your experience and taste. Try some skins out, if you like a certain one then use it. Asking people what they think you should uuse is never a good way to go. Sometimes you gotta do things for yourself. The most popular or best looking things are not always what everyone needs. If you like it, rock it, but never let anyone make the decision for you.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] theremix:
Any recommendations for skins that are best suitable for plexbmc? I have been using Amber and its good but was wondering if anything else out there that is compatible with Plexbmc.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xm41907:
CE has always been finicky for me, no matter what device I have it on. The trailers option seems to be the hardest thing to get working. The buffering thing has been an issue for me too. In my experience SPMC seems to have less a buffering problem than the official Kodi version.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] droidguy80:
I am liking this skin as well. One question though. In order for the Movies and TV shows button on the bottom to have content we have to manually add each movie from the Genesis plugin into our library and then the button will show all of the movies? Is there not a way to add the source url from Genesis plugin and have it populated our movie library? I'm having a hard time understanding how to achieve this using this theme. I thought we could point the source to say "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.genesis/Movies" and then it will automatically add those to the library and update as well when new movies are added. But from what I'm reading here it looks like we need to manually add each movie to the library first before the "Movies" folder will show up for the Genesis plugin.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Antieco:
I'm using fTV skin and its just perfect for my fire tv.

Alpha - fTV
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
What flavor/version of Kodi are you using the fTV Skin on. ? I know v15 is what is supported but have read that SPMC v14.2 works fine too..

Where you able to use Genesis as a source for stuff not on your local library or local network storage to fill in the the followed show & movie lists like Eminence does ?

Are you able to use/link to stb emulator or one of the many kodi addons for IPTV/EPG although the Live module is not part of the skin?

Found any drawbacks worth mentioning ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Antieco:
* Kodi 15 beta 2

* Didnt use Genesis, but 1channel does the job.

* Havent tried IPTV/EPG

* Skin is in alpha version, but it just works fine, fast & stable
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] spotdog14:
Another vote for Eminence. I've got it setup so all my wife's favorite apps (Genesis, SlingTV & Slingbox) on the main menu along with TV and Movies. I love how easy it is to use.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Cool... Where did you get Kodi 15 beta 2 for Android.. Can't seem to find it..

Did you have to do any settings mods for it to get content from 1channel...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
The latest Kodi nighly builds are 15 beta 2 ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
thanks bud... That was my guess but wanted to make sure... Didn't see it on the nightly build names... Good to know...:good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
Hi everyone,

I've currently got a note 3 and a s5 and I cannot stand the recent button where the menu button should be. I know you can long press to get to the menu but it drives me crazy!! Is there a way to swap them back? I noticed the new note 4 has the recents key too so any tips would be great so I can change that when I get it too.

Cheers

Kev
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
Asked and answered more than a few times in existing threads. Long press for a temporary reversion. Or edit the keylayout files for a permanent change. If you do a simple search you'll find all of the details on how to do this. Or have a look at my post history, I described how to do it (again) just a few days ago.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
Using xda app and the search finds absolutely nothing to do with what I'm looking for. As does clicking your name, I get the option of threads started by you and again nothing to do with what I'm asking. Could you post a link directly to what you've written please?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
I just did a cursory search and stopped counting at 14 threads, including two posts by me that do exactly what you asked. To wit: Change the recent button back to the menu botton [sic]

Don't see how you could miss so many threads or dogmatically state that they do not answer your question.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
Never mind searched on Google and found it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
Just searched xda app again for : change the recent button back to the menu button and found only my thread. My search must be messed up
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonG21:
I stupidly accepted th latest ATT update on my rooted G2 with TWRP. When it rebooted it displayed LG screen then went straight to TWRP. Can't flash nandroids or anything.

Anyone have any suggestions?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonG21:
Thank you guys so much, this got it working again!
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
I am not able to boot device into flash mode!!! It does not boot into flash mode too when switched off!!! I was able to boot it in fastboot mode using Flashtool and able to flash Extended Stock kernel v6!

But, I cannot use volume up or down button when switched off to boot in flashmode or fastboot mode!

The device is not detected in Device manager when switched off!

I want to revert back to Stock!

The device is not even charging when it is switched off!!! But, when it is powered on it charges!

I am currently using windows 8.1 Pro X64!!! I have installed flashtool drivers also!

Everything works when device is Switched on but, nothing works when it is switched off!!!

Plz Help!:(
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
[Help]

Can anybody provide me the charger file in system!?:confused:

Plz Confirm that it is present in root directory and no other charger file exists in other folders!!!
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Is there a charger file located in /system/bin?????:confused:
[Sony Xperia L] abhi007.john:
Flash any kernel any see if the problem still persists. Since you are able to connect in fastboot mode, download any other kernel (preferably phantom v7 if you're on jb or any higher version if on kitkat) and flash it using fastboot.

If your device starts working again then problem was in the kernel.

If you still face the problem look for the charger file, make sure it's there.

Best of luck

Hit thanks if it helped.
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
I hv already tried flashing the kernel!!!

Plz give me the charger file located in /system/bin!!!!
[Sony Xperia L] abhi007.john:
I don't find any charger file in /system/bin/

However there's one in the root

I'm attaching it here. Copy it to the root of your device and reboot.

Best of luck

And hit thanks if it worked.
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Attachment???

Tell me the permission set also!
[Sony Xperia L] abhi007.john:
I'm trying but seems to be some issue. WAIT

Edit: Here is the file. I uploaded it to Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2c1x03wa9970oez/charger?dl=0

Hit the thanks button
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Doesn't work!!!!

Are You on Stock OR Kitkat???
[Sony Xperia L] abhi007.john:
Stock JB

.17 firmware

extended stock kernel
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Can you suggest any other Solution!!?
[Sony Xperia L] TakuyaZ:
This thread is a fail, charger file manage how the device charges, flashmode/fastboot resides in TA partition

remove battery, plug usb while holding vol down or up, and then plug battery.

try that
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Can anybody give me updater-script for creating a ROM flashabble zip???
[Sony Xperia L] abhi007.john:
I just went through your post again, and got confused this time

tell your problem exactly

can you enter fastboot using volume power button??
[Sony Xperia L] david pro:
Nope!!!

I was not able to!!!

But, I have fixed that problem now!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhood9:
I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 that I got from a friend. He was with Sprint but went to another carrier so he unlocked the phone and used it with them. Now I want to use it on my Sprint acct but when I tried to activate it Sprint told me the the ESN is not in their database anymore so they can't activate it. The ESN does not show up as bad, they just say they have no record of this ESN at all.

It this point I'm not sure what to do. This phone is a better phone (it's 32 gb, mine is 16) and it's in better shape than mine so I would settle on cloning my ESN to this phone but I have not been able to find any way to do that.

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can activate this phone?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
well sprint doesn't have the ESN in there database cause it was literally moved to the other company......unless they went to a sub company of sprint cause then it would still be alright
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus_5:
Hi, I'm having issues with...

1. Restarting loop(I'm guessing power button failure)

It's been around a month that I've been experiencing this problem. It randomly shows power off/air plane mode menu. If it starts to doing this it shows the menu repeatedly and rapidly. And after few seconds maybe a minute it goes to restarting loop. And it does it for few times and turn off completely.

I did tried pushing power button for minute or two but of course didn't work. Also I tried to reboot it to fastboot mode(didn't unlock it or rooted) and it seems to have same problem-power button is keep working it self, so that it will immediately select 'start' so it goes to restarting loop again.

2. Not a single sensor works except microphone.

I found out that my auto rotation doesn't work today and I tried factory reset. But again it didn't work plus I found out that all my senors not working.

I tried to search for how to fix this, but it seemed like there was none that have same problem with me.

PLEASE HELP.

p.s Is rma the only answer?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I'd ram it
[General Topics] andromeda9:
Hi,

I'm thinking of gettinga Mac laptop.

Can I get (free??) software to synch XDAs to the MAC?

Thanks
[General Topics] aebp:
SynCE is a free syncing program for OS X, but you better keep a bottle of tylenol by your side.

http://www.synce.org/index.php/Mac_OS_X

http://www.synce.org/index.php/SynCE-Wiki
[General Topics] _Nomad_:
I've tried synce on several occasions without ever getting it to work. To be honest the only "real" alternative today is missing sync for $40. Although I read somewhere that I guy had gotten activesync to work with wine on osx but I wouldn't consider that a solution...
[General Topics] yak86:
i heard parallel's desktop works for WM5 phones too. Too bad i don't have an intel mac to try that out. Check our their forum if u want more info on that.

For my g4, i go with exchange server syncing. works pretty nicely, and never have to dock. :-)
[HTC Rezound] Balian67:
Is this phone worth it?

My Options are:

Repair current Motorola Razr M 8 GB cracked screen ($45)

HTC Rezound 16 GB $50-70

Samsung Nexus 32 GB $60

or keep looking/negotiate price on Rezound or Nexus more.

My Nieces requests are

Bigger Screen (if possible, but preferably smaller then 5 in. *Moto G, Nexus*)

Front Facing Camera

Hairline Cracks are ok (if she can get a newer more powerful phone for less)
[HTC Rezound] kcipopnevets:
I would recommend the Moto G (1st generation) over everything else. It's significantly better than everything you listed, and you will get Android L without having a ROM. Plus, more features, warranty, official support, and it's much faster.

http://swappa.com/buy/moto-g-verizon There's some nice deals on Swappa, why not consider these? Unless you mind prepaid, this is the best deal.
[HTC Rezound] Balian67:
I don't mind prepaid but Verizon wont let people use a prepaid phone on a contract unless it has been active on a prepaid account for 6 or more months.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Go with the Galaxy Nexus for the money, if you are stuck in a contract... I loved my Rezound, but honestly GN is a nice phone as well.

If your not in a contract, why stay with Verizon? I jumped ship from them some time back and couldn't be happier, there are tons of new GSM phones you can get that are quite reasonable and prepaid @ $45 for unlimited talk, text, and data (2.5GB at high speed) is pretty nice.
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] skljsklj1:
On every ROM (CM11 M9, Paranoid, Spirit, Pac-man....) i have force close app problem. I flash micro, nano, or stock gapps and i have force close... Instagram app, Minion Rush, Xda Premium app..., all of them app force close by itself.

Solution?

Sorry for my bad bad bad english

:D
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] rs tony:
Fix permissions?
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] skljsklj1:
I did it, but again i have some force close... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] SH1M4BD3:
Outdated gapps, download newest one should works fine

OrdinaryNoob
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] skljsklj1:
I flash newest gapps, nano, from PA gapps thread..
[Shield Q&A] Toxic_Dragon:
[ShieldPortable] Is it ok to keep charger plugged in 24/7? I don't want to damage the battery and I don't intend to always have the charger in but it would be nice to keep it charging while i'm home so that when I'm on the go its full charged.
[Shield Q&A] danomat1073:
I charge it over night.
[Shield Q&A] Toxic_Dragon:
I use it all day and would like to always have it completely charged so if I decide to take it with me I can have it at 100%
[Shield Q&A] Martin-Doc:
I use it as a home console and have it sitting on shelf in living room, plugged via HDMI to TV and plugged into the charger, which is plugged into a surge protector. For safety reasons, I am switching the surge protector off at night and switch it on when I want to power on the TV. I do this for 2 months now, the SHIELD portable gets power from the charger for an average of maybe 10 hours a day, no problems met so far.

I do recommend you do this only with the charger it came with or with a charger with the same output voltage and amperage.
[Shield Q&A] Toxic_Dragon:
I guess you answered my question. How many hours of on screen time do you get?
[Shield Q&A] Martin-Doc:
Since it never leaves the charger, I get infinite screen on time.
[Shield Q&A] Toxic_Dragon:
Got it. Can you take it off the charger when you have time and maybe get on grid or any intensive application/game and see how much on screen time you get. Perhaps also using full brightness. If you can I would appreciate it. :)
[Shield Q&A] Martin-Doc:
I'm sorry to turn you down, but I am at a busy schedule currently and therefore have no time for such testing.

Nevertheless I do believe battery life is not an issue on this device.
[Shield Q&A] Toxic_Dragon:
Sweet thats ultimately what I needed to know. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] donniemceduns:
Hey xda members,

I made the Chromecast wallpapers app . it is a collection of 680 stock wallpapers from Google Chromecast and its all wrapped in material design too..Enjoy!!

Google Playstore Link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nigerstudios.chromecast_wallpapers

[IMG="homescreen"]http://i.imgur.com/LThQ4PY.png[/IMG]

[IMG="save page"]http://i.imgur.com/EwePDuF.png[/IMG]
[Android Apps and Games] donniemceduns:
If there is feature you want me to add to the app.kindly specify.cheers
[Android Apps and Games] GerManiac:
will check it out. Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Sandivisi:
Downloading now
[Android Apps and Games] donniemceduns:
Did you like it?
[Android Apps and Games] donniemceduns:
Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] lets_zock:
Nice Developer Name.?
[Android Apps and Games] donniemceduns:
Thanks alot :victory::victory:
[Android Apps and Games] Sandivisi:
yes, i like it bro :D