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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjmethod:
Can you tell me how you did this- I sideloaded settings on my stick with adb from windows from sidelaodfiretv.com and when i click on bluetooth, it disappears and goes back apps. I tried and a micro usb otg adapter and didnt read enough to find that doesnt work. I have the directv app for tablets on the stick and it is rediculously hard to navigate and after hitting live tv and scrollinbg to a channel- there is no way to select to open it. The only thing I can do is mirror tablet to the tv which isnt that great, it freezes, drops and somewhat doesnt seem all that good of a stream. If anyone can shed some light on the subject that would be great.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NiMaD83:
Ok so hopefully someone here can help as this seems like an easy answer maybe. I just side loaded DIRECTV 4.5.011.apk as well as Mouse Toggle for Fire TV as found here and i thought it might help.

http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/help/directv-app-versions-t3025058/post67355314#post67355314

When i go to open the app on the firetv it tells me i need google play services to run. How can i bypass this?

*edit* I wanna add that its a 1st gen non rooted FireTV
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mollygeorge66:
Directv wont even open on my firestick following the recent update anyone know why or if there is a way to fix this it worked great before the update first generation firestick
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncube2:
Have the same issue on 2nd gen fire tv w 4.5.011.apk - google play services dependency errors. Is there a fix ?

Thanks
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
not sure what you guys are doing wrong but it works fine on mine, but I'm using the tablet version 4.5.0.10 and works great on my ftv1 and ftv2.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncube2:
Could you post a link for the apk download. Will give it a try.

Thanks.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
sorry i'm away from home but a quick search thru google shows several places where it can be downloaded, search for directv for tablets 4.5.0.10 apk
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munguse:
Is this version still working for your ftv2?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollywood1969:
Not anymore for me on my ftv2. I then loaded 4.6.008 and it would only stream maybe two channels (ESPN & Freeform) Almost all channels state "Could not play video" "Video stream is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. (4100)"

Anyone have this or a different version working?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munguse:
I'm experiencing the same problem.[emoji20]
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
Im getting the same error on the latest version as well, guess even more time with xfinity tv go is in order
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
First time I installed it as soon as it got updated I got 4100, I just tried it and am now getting 5100. ESPN works cause those channels aren't encoded by DirecTV (I guess FreeForm isn't either).

About the errors, 5100 seems to be more specific (er5100_prgmnotstreamable) than 4100 (nds_error_generic):

com.directv.dvrscheduler/res\values\strings.xml:980: Video stream is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. (4100)

com.directv.dvrscheduler/res\values\strings.xml:399: "Video stream is temporarily unavailable.

com.directv.dvrscheduler/res\values\strings.xml:400:Please try again later. (5100)"

Not sure why the channel wouldn't be streamable but I have a feeling that they might be explicitly blocking based on the device (as in, blocking the FTV specifically). And I say that cause the app works fine on my phone.

Edit: words
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
I agree with your assumption that the directv app may be designed to block the ftv. I tested on my old chinese media streaming device the tronsmart mxiii and the newest version plays fine on it. If one really wants to make it work on the ftv i guess you can try editing the build.prop to appear as another device entirely.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illmatc07:
bump...anyone have this working?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intheb0x:
I side loaded the newest apk to my fire stick and it loads works login etc but won't play anything, I have yet to try it with my shield. But it looks funny too, like its shrunk.

Anyways anyone got a apk or way around the issues?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illmatc07:
Exact same issue and error. Please someone let us know if they have a working version, otherwise we'll probably have to wait for the next version.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
I just tried again, no dice. Maybe the previous version can be modified to not do the update check?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aymanote89:
Same here, apparently only Disney owned channels (Disney HD & XD, ESPN, ABC, FreeForm, etc..) stream. Would be nice to have the apk edited somehow to trick the device model. The DTV app works on other android boxes so my guess is it is the detection of the AFTV that is stopping the streams.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y314K:
Are you guyz that can log in but can't not watch anything Rooted ??

I know ATT & XFinity implemented a root checker on their app. So most channels would give an error if rooted. I guess it checks for SuperSU binary or some other method to know if the device is rooted as a security check when ever you try to stream a channel.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axecaster:
My fire tv boxes are all rooted and the DirecTV app started giving me problems recently. Is the app still working fine on unrooted fire tvs? Or is there also an Android version conflict thrown into the mix?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y314K:
Not sure, Don't have a DirecTV account to test. I was just sharing the problems other provider apps where having specially with rooted devices due to an added security check for root. Could be something they recently added to the DirecTV app that is causing the problems now. They probably added root check to it.

Might be able to get access to a DirecTV account from a friend next month to test things out.

There is way to still have a PreRooted FW on a FTV v1 & v2 box while taking off SuperSU. So might be something to test in the future.

The Att Uverse streaming app as with most streaming apps seem to be very buggy & laggy by looking at the reviews. They always seem to get worst instead of getting better.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
My box is not rooted and the app doesn't work.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
New version came out today, neither phone nor tablet app works. Tablet app giving 4100, phone gave a different error. Both work fine on my phone and tablet.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
I don't know about on-demand content but using the directv app to stream live content on the firetv isn't great as often the audio will go out of sync with the video. This only seems to be a firetv issue, because it plays fine on my minix and mx-III android streaming boxes.

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On the flip side my mx-iii device is rooted and directv works fine on it.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrosaly:
The latest version which was updated on my phone a day or 2 ago has some channels working, a lot give the video stream not available right now 5100 error though on my 1st gen firetv. It's definitely doing some kind of hw check. When I had two, there's a guy in the forum that managed to remove all the adb , hdmi, and other checks from the app. I think that's what we need here. Unfortunately my programming days are way behind me, so I can't help there.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
I tried yesterday to use an apk editor to remove the device check from the app, but when i do this the app just sits on the loading screen whenever i select any channels, no 4100 error or anything. Some even ask to update location settings. Maybe someone more inclined than I am in apk editing could give it a go.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncube2:
any fix for this guys.. ?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
Nvidia Shield same issue

Hello my friends. I am very happy to see that I am not alone on this issue. I just wanted to let you all know that the I was not having any issues whatsoever with my Nvidia Shield Android TV. It is not rooted and all I had to do is sideload the DirecTv app. I starting getting this error before any updates in the past month or so. I thought that an update would solve this but the newer version this September has not solved anything. I too get only local channels and channels that are not direct DirecTv streams, such as ESPN. It seems to be an issue regarding all HDMI streaming devices that AT&T has blocked. My tablets all get all the channels and work perfectly. I hate when companies stick their noses into everyone's business. The error code is 4100 in case you were wondering.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
I have an update my friends. I don't believe it is an hdmi issue. I have a Sony Smart TV with built in Android TV. I tried the app on there and it did not work. My best guess is the app knows it's not on a tablet and it stops itself from working. A good working previous version was 4.4.104 released in June.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
It most certainly isn't a HDMI issue as I've stated earlier in this thread the app works perfectly using either my Minix Neo x8 Plus or my MXIII Plus android streaming boxes.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
I must have missed that when reading this thread. Does it still work now? What is the current status of the app and devices?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saulin78:
For Nvidia Shield TV users, so it looks like the Direct TV App works on the Shield Tablet. So maybe we need to look into spoofing the Shield Android TV Box to appear like a Nvidia Shield Tablet. Or look into bypassing the check that checks the device type
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
From what I have researched, rooting the device will allow to change the device ID through IMEI. I have yet to achieve this because I am really reluctant to root anymore given the possible headaches it can cause. I have rooted before without any trouble, it can just get a little overwhelming to keep things working .
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
Frankly the directv app just isn't worth all of that hassle, or at least to watch live tv. It constantly has audio video sync issues only on the firetv
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
I agree. Video quality is also pretty bad to be honest. I gave up on this for those reasons.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
I have always had excellent performance and amazing quality with the app. It stopped working for me mid version, before any updates were done. I don't care much if it works because there is never anything to watch but I would love to have it work.

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Can you please tell me your current configuration on your devices?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
Not much to tell, the minix is on a modified 4.4.2 kit kat os and the mxiii is on rooted lollipop. I think the firetv and shield devices are blocked because those 2 are the most popular hdmi android devices and im sure Directv doesnt want you watching this on your tv, or at least not make it super easy for you.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
Sorry to ask again, but just to confirm it still works on those two devices of yours?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
yes it still works on the minix, would have to check the mxiii device again but 2 weeks ago it did.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
Weird. I've tried pretty much every single cable provider app there is and all have worked better than the directv app, which also liked to crash quite frequently when stopping a channel. YMMV I guess.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
Someone on the Nvidia GeForce forums has a rooted Shield Android TV. He has attempted the spoofing by changing the build prop and other parameters of the device. I think the IMEI path might be the simplest and most effective since there are apks in the Play Store that do that for rooted devices. This is my best bet for solving this for anyone who is concerned. No guarantees if it will work.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
yea that should work, it just depends on if the directv app is worth going thru that amount of trouble for. For me the simple answer is no as the xfinity tv app works 100x better on the firetv than the directv go app. If directv go is your only option then maybe it's worth doing, but only for on demand content as live tv streaming is atrocious.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhor888:
That's funny because it's the second time I am hearing it and I'm probably the one who actually had great performance on the DirecTV app. It has always been great for me and it's my only live streaming app. I can still cast it but the quality is not the same. It's still very strange how this happened to me mid version before any updates.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
Agree
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hirent:
I use a method that works for me and should work for certain phones.

I use the Miracast feature to share my (LG G3) phone screen with the screen mirroring feature on the FTV Stick.

It works surprisingly well. No lag between audio & video on the TV, in HD quality.

The phone screen has to be kept on, so I reduce the brightness to the lowest level and keep it hooked up to power.

Since there is no hacking or install involved, all channels play just fine without any problems.

If your phone/tablet has the Miracast feature, you should be able to do this too.

Good Luck!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saulin78:
Can anyone else confirm if Cast works on their Android Phone? I have a Samsung Note 3 and I'm pretty sure I have installed the DirecTV App before and there is no Cast option available in the app. I have however managed to mirror the iPhone Screen to my TV using a Lightning to HDMI Adapter and some hacks on the IOS App.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hirent:
There is no casting involved from the app itself.

The phone screen is actually duplicated on your TV/display device using the Fire TV (Stick).

What you do on the phone is of no concern to the Fire TV or any of the apps. You could watch pictures, videos, listen to music, play games etc.

Basically, once you mirror your phone screen, you can open the DirecTV app and you should be able to see that app opening on the TV.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
This also works when casting the entire device to a chromecast or some other Google cast compatible device. I just tested it with the phone app. Problem is you device becomes unusable and it absolutely needs to be plugged in.

It's also rather un intuitive as in, my wife will never do this just to get the app to work.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
Great news, my bud out in the Northwest gave me the heads up, DirectTV is working again !
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
I can confirm that the directv for tablets app is back working again mysteriously. I'm using version 4.7.015......it's a christmas miracle!!!.....just kidding I still much prefer the xfinity tv app but this is a good backup.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
You have to wonder if something was done due to the launch of DirecTV Now today
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
I just installed latest version on my firestick2, but can't get past the initial terms and conditions, I select I agree, but it didn't do anything. Any ideas?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
make sure your using the tablet version 4.7.015
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
I am. I side loaded it, it runs, but when I try to agree to terms, nothing happens. Its as if I am not selecting agree. Any other ideas?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
I have not tried firestick2 so unfortunately no idea
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
May want to try using a mouse or the mouse toggle app to make sure you are selecting the agreement to terms.

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Good theory. This would make sense as they probably had a generic block on firetvs but removed this due to them launching the directv now app.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trcurren:
Does the fire tv need to be rooted for this to install? The tablet app won't install on mine, however the phone version does.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
No, needs to be sideloaded
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
So I got it installed using a mouse. I don't see what the draw to it is though. It looks horrible on my 58 inch TV. It looks like SD. Am I missing something?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trcurren:
I'm trying to sideload it..... The tablet version just refuses to install, version 4.7.015 (INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER). I also tried different versions as well and none of those will install either. Does the apk need to be modified? Or maybe somebody can attach the apk they used?

I can however push the phone version and it will install that no problem. With a mouse I can get to streams, but nothing actually loads up.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Don't waste your time, it looks like $hit.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
not sure, for me it starts in sd but after a few seconds it buffers and goes to hd. Maybe it's because you're using a firestick and not a firetv box??

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how are you sideloading this?? I installed through es file explorer. I can also install from my tablet using Apps2Fire, using the Install option.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trcurren:
I've tried adb from Windows, downloading the apk onto the fire tv, and agk fire from the tablet to install directly from tablet. I've never had a problem before until this app. I guess last ditch effort would be to wipe the fire tv, but not really wanting to do that.

On a side note, it did install on my Nexus player fine and works excellent and looks great.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
Not sure why you folks are having issues, however, I did this a few days ago. Perhaps they have blocked it again.

Quality is great on my box, sorry your having issues
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
it wouldn't be worth doing all of that, especially if you have it loaded up on the Nexus player.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trcurren:
Finally got it to install.... after a few reboots and install and uninstall of the phone app a few times, the tablet version finally installed. Working excellent. Not sure what is up with people having low resolution, it looks fantastic on my 60in 2015 Vizio m series. Thanks for the help.

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Fire TV is in a different room, hence the effort. All good, for now anyways.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
Great to hear! BTW, just signed up for Directv Now, pretty impressed so far, fast, smooth, excellent quality so far.............................
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
Nice. How's channel surfing? From what I've read directvnow is much better on the appletv.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chokers:
For me it is the best app for fire tv in terms of quality, smooth transition, fast channel switch etc.

There have been a few 1st day issues but I would have to say AT&T has done a great job with this app.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skolar72:
Guys has anyone been able to get the live TV to work? I got the streaming to work but when I go to the live TV it ask to check my location then when I grant it access it says no location settings available. Anyone know how to bypass this? I'm running Firestick 2 DirecTV tablet app 4.7.015
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Strange. I can stream 50mb up and down, and it never goes above SD quality.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithle06:
I really wish I found this sooner I kind of figured out how to put it on Amazon fire TV. You need to side load the tablet version onto AFTV. And also side load Aptoide onto AFTV. Ive only tried Aptoide. After that search directv for tablets app on Aptoide and open it. And where it would say install it says open. Click that and you are set. You do preferably need a track pad or mouse. I figured this out because I kept trying and the app wouldn't show up on the Fire TV, so I searched it on Aptoide that I had already on it and did what I posted above and it works amazing.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
anyone else have problems streaming any of the espn channels on the directv app? whenever I attempt to play any of them and a few other ones I get a popup telling me to enable location settings.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
It's their choice of cdn. Works for some users but it's absolute crap for others. Directv now uses the best, biggest cdn, and it looks amazing and never does any of the annoying quality switches the phone/tablet apps do.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
What?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
Google cdn
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Sorry, this makes no sense. On my tablet it streams HQ, HD. On my 2 fire sticks, it looks SD. Wtf does CDN have to do with it?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktek:
Unless you're using different dns servers on each, nothing. I wasn't referring to you specifically, I was referring to the issues *most* people have run into. You, it's likely just that the fire sticks are really underpowered and underwhelming or they simply don't have good WiFi signal. I have one and never use it in favor of the fire tv box cause it's just so damn slow and WiFi is super finnicky. I had to try like 8 times the first time I connected it to my network cause it just refused to connect properly. It also disconnects every once in a while. It's just not a very good device. Mess with your WiFi bands and channels in your router and see if that makes a difference.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
I have no WiFi issues. Using speed test, 6ms ping, 48mb DL, 52 up. Its def not a WiFi issue. That's why I'm stumped.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munguse:
Yeah I have same problem not being able to watch ESPN because of the location pop up. I use the watchespn app anyway. Other then that, this version of the app is much better than the previous versions because HD video snaps in within a couple seconds and haven't had any buffering or downgraded video quality.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
i definitely agree that this is the best version of the directv app as I used to have the constant buffering, audio/video out of sync issues but not this version. I use the watchespn app as well but it would be nice to be able to tune in to espn from the directv app, but I do still have the xfinity tv app installed.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munguse:
I use the xfinity app as well and would have liked if they also had something similar to directv's "watch from the beginning" feature.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
Agreed, but i guess we can't have it all.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trcurren:
Just an FYI, directv must have dropped support for the 4.7 version. Got a message today saying it was out dated. However, I loaded up the latest version and everything seems to work as normal.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
That's funny, I got the same prompt but when i updated to 4.9.102 it only will play the espn channels and yields a network error on other channels.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adpool:
and just like that later on the app just started working again....heh