yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus Player General] mufsta:
will.blaschko

I saw the intent that you posted earlier as a work around. I was wondering would you have to add that to the manifest, recompile and then resign the apk or does amazon check the signature of the apk?.....which would make the whole venture moot.

I also saw a few requests for the most current version. So here you go.

ATVBlastAndroidTVThinClient_US(1.43).apk
[Nexus Player General] Justjusten:
I'm pretty sure amazon is checking the signature, I am trying to work on an xposed module that will spoof the Bravia TV based on some of the previous replies in this thread stating that you just need the user-agent to say that you are a Bravia. I am new to working with xposed though and thus have not had any luck successfully spoofing my ADT-1 as the bravia.

I did try modifying the build.prop with the info for the Bravia but it did not seem to work either so I have my doubts that all we need to do is spoof the user-agent. If anyone wants to work on the xposed module with me shoot me a pm.
[Nexus Player General] Dano19:
I have the 65X8500CPX, and I have sideloaded the Amazon app. For those who have been examining the amazon apk, have you found out how it determines if the TV is HDR compatible? My TV will go into HDR mode if I run a HDR video from a USB drive, but it Does not show a HDR picture mode. I'm guessing that this means it does not report back to the app that the TV is HDR compatible. This means while the app works fine on the TV it does not give me access to the HDR versions of any of the Amazon content. I would like to force the app to expose and play the HDR content.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Dan
[Nexus Player General] Lowbrow71:
Thanks for posting. So I finally got surround working on my Nexus Player. Here are the steps I took, most unnecessary as it turns out but hey, I learned how to root and sideload apps so maybe that will be of benefit down the road. What tripped me up from the beginning was that my TV does DD+ passthrough and (not many TV's do this) will decode that to regular DD and send it back to my AVR. This is how it works with both my cable box and my Roku. However with the Nexus Player I guess it relies on the handshake between the AVR and the the NP to cause it to display a DD+ option.

So I bit the bullet and bought a new AVR. Not a huge deal got it for $200 on a boxing day sale and as soon as I hooked it up it gave me DD options as with the Roku and can do PCM surround quite well from Google Play movies (my old AVR had low background hum in PCM mode). But this was after I:

Rolled back the firmware to Lollipop (x2)

Rooted to install an app to prevent updates (it updated automatically after the 1st time I rolled back, so I had to do it again)

Reinstalled the Android TV apk after the rollback wiped the player

So it turns out that it wasn't the Marshmallow update that was blocking DD+, and I could have just bought the AVR and left the NP stock without messing around with the firmware for hours. Anyway...sorry for the long post but I just wanted to relay my experiences in case somebody else runs into the same situation.

Thanks everyone.
[Nexus Player General] Justjusten:
I'm in the process of moving right now. When I get my rig back up and running I'll try to see what references I see in the smali to determine if the device supports HDR. Are you rooted?
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Dan:

Are you're saying that when you play HDR video from the Amazon app, and while playing go to the Action Menu>Picture Adjustments to check the Picture mode it isn't set to HDR, that is normal.

Since the Amazon app stops playing video (doesn't pause, but actually stops it) when you access the Action menu, the TV automatically switches back to your "normal" picture mode that you have set (e.g., Cinema Pro). So the fact that you don't see "HDR" as the picture mode in picture settings is meaningless.

You can test to see if HDR mode is working in the Amazon app easily.

1. Open the Amazon app

2. Action menu>Picture adjustments

3. Select PIcture mode and scroll down and select HDR

4. Select Advanced settings

5. Change something obvious in your HDR picture mode settings - change color to Min for instance

Exit the menus and go back to the Amazon app and select and play some HDR content. Make sure you see the HDR logo on the episode/movie, UHD doesn't = HDR, of course. If HDR mode is engaged when you play the HDR content, it will be obvious from the lack of color...if not, then HDR mode isn't being recognized and the side-load on your set isn't working completely.
[Nexus Player General] Dano19:
Quick model overview: 65X8500C is the version of the X85C series sold in Asia-Pacific region. The one I have has no country designation selected in the service menu.

So my issue w/ this model is it seems to be HDR compatible (as stated before I can play the HDR life of Pi test clip and other HDR clips and they look great) but it does not report in the UI as being HDR compatible. It does not have a selectable HDR mode in the picture mode menu, and when I am playing HDR clips it switches to the HDR mode, but as you can see in the picture attached it doesn't report any picture mode.

As to Amazon, the Man in the High Castle doesn't play as HDR as far as I can tell. I can't force it to HDR mode as you suggest. When I check the episode description, HDR is not displayed in the features line (the line that says 5.1, CC, etc) where it should be.

This lead me to believe whatever mechanism is not reporting HDR to the UI as a selectable picture mode, even when it is actually using HDR mode is connected to how the amazon app checks for HDR compatibility. Whatever variable call that the app is making is coming back empty, and therefore it won't even let me access the HDR encoded content. This is why I am trying to figure out how to spoof the app to expose the HDR content.

The only thing I can figure is since this model is a general Asia-pacific model, and does not come w/ the Amazon app (the only real current source for HDR content) the software team for this region hasn't bothered to add the mode to the UI. Interestingly if you got to the Sony Australia page and look at the specs for this TV they show HDR compatible, but do not show a HDR picture mode in the Picture mode list.

Also here is what I posted over at AVSforum detailing my quest to fix this issue through the firmware side.

"Interestingly in the service menu it gave an option to change the designator of the TV. it would show something like "KD-65X8500C VN3" or "KD-65X8500C TW2" which appear to be country designators (Vietnam & Taiwan)

This leads me to believe the hardware is universal for the Middle East/Pacific Asia area. Since my TV was intentionally sold to be country agnostic this was not set to anything, but it gave me an idea.

If you go to the Asia Pacific support page you see

System Software Update for Vietnam 17 Dec 2015	PKG3.051.0080PAB

System Software Update for Asia Pacific 18 Nov 2015	PKG3.017.0080PAB

System Software Update For Hong Kong 18 Nov 2015 PKG3.017.0080HKB

System Software Update for Taiwan 18 Nov 2015 PKG3.017.0080TWB

Oddly Vietnam has the PAB designator at the end just like the general Asia Pacific firmware. . .so I just finished updating w/ the 3.051 build. The TV didn't break, but I still have the same behavior as before. "

Cheers

Dan
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Thanks - really interesting behavior (both your's and the TV's, I mean). :) The lack of a selectable HDR picture mode in the menu is really interesting. Vietnam FW is at 3.051 (12/17) and US is at 3.043 (12/15), so the Vietnam release is more recent. SInce HDR pic mode/compatability has been in the TV code base since late summer, and since they must leverage a common code base across regions, they left the HDR compatibility code in the Vietnam FW but then strangely took the time to remove/hide the HDR picture mode? That's just odd. Even if Amazon is the only source of streaming HDR content, I can't see why they'd think it was a good idea to spend resources on their FW & QA teams removing/hiding the HDR picture mode from the menu. This just looks buggy...

If they tied the HDR picture mode to the Amazon app that's just poor SW design, and while I'm sure worse things have happened, it seems odd they would tie those two up together like that since they did take the time to exclude normal" (e.g., non-sideload) access to the Amazon app on these sets.

Are you going to contact Sony support about the missing HDR picture mode - it would be interesting to see if they have any clue about this, and if you get them to escalate (after they tell you "Please factory reset the TV" :D) will you get any intelligible/useful response.
[Nexus Player General] Dano19:
I think I was insulted :p

The Vietnam release is more recent, which is why I went ahead and upgraded after I first realized the TV was able to play HDR properly even w/o any menu options. I had some network issues when the TV did it's initial update (this took 2 weeks to troubleshoot and turned out to be a bad port on the switch) to 3.017 and I thought that may have corrupted the update and caused the lack of HDR PM. Unfortunately you can't reset to the original version Android the TV came with (at least to my knowledge.)

I felt the VN firmware was a relatively safe bet after I had been into the service menu and realized that the only difference from my TV and one from Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia etc was a setting in the service menu. Add to that the naming convention being the same as the general Asia Pacific firmware, and the worst I figured I might be dealing with was all the menus being in Vietnamese until the next update.

If it doesn't get fixed after the next update I will be contacting Sony. The reason I didn't take the TV back was that I have a good panel and don't feel like doing a round of panel lottery to find out what I'm dealing with is a bug not an error on this particular TV.

Cheers

Dan
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Definitely! :mad:

Let's meet at dawn for a duel. I suggest HDR Blu Rays at 50 paces. :silly:

Hope things work out for you and you can keep your good panel.
[Nexus Player General] Dano19:
I will gladly accept your challenge. . . if you can point me in the direction of some HDR Blu-rays that are available right now. :)
[Nexus Player General] natemac:
I was so excited when I found this thread, then so sad when I read this thread.

I just attempted the Amaazon App & VUDU App on my Shield TV with no luck.

The Amazon App says that there is an update and I should go install it, and the VUDU App just crashes on me.

Is it the consensus that both these apps are broken on the Shield TV?

(I don't hear to much about the VUDU app any update on that)

Thanks to everyones hard work on this, I wouldn't even know where to begin.
[Nexus Player General] gordnnnn:
Hello everyone,

first sorry for my bad english.

Second, i've read the few threads about the amazon Video app for the nexus player.

Is it right, that actually there is no way to Start looking amazon Video?

I didnt unterstand every thing, but thats what i am understood.

Is someone working in this?
[Nexus Player General] pintaf:
Hi guys.

Thanks for sharing these APK.

I've been looking for the APK of the opera TV browser

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.tv.browser.sony.dia version 1.7

The latest I was able to find was the 1.2.

Would anyone be kind enough to download this app and share the APK here ?

My ISP box is under Android TV (France) and there is no browser... A shame !
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/msm7md69v4l2lc7/com.opera.tv.browser.sony.dia.apk?dl=0
[Nexus Player General] Codename_Falcon:
Can someone please upload the Sony Select apk?
[Nexus Player General] Den9696:
Looking for the Masters Amen corner 4k apk if anyone can grab it. Thanks
[Nexus Player General] lartomar2002:
Try a Google search. You may be surprised!
[Nexus Player General] Den9696:
I tried. Can't find the 4k app.
[Nexus Player General] lartomar2002:
Will this work? https://apkplz.com/android-apps/masters-amen-corner-in-4k/masters-amen-corner-in-4k-1-1. It was the first one on the page.
[Nexus Player General] deuse:
Nope the link is down. :(
[Nexus Player General] Den9696:
Yeah no luck with that. So I'm not the only one looking for this app
[Nexus Player General] wileywos76:
System App APKs

Is there anyway you could possibly send me these system apps? It would really help!

VenderProctolService

Both of the TV programs apps

TV program player

Second Screen Setup

Second Screen Setup Auth Bridge

SecondDisplay

RecommendationService

Music

HueyDMRSettings

HomeNetworkSettings

Home Network (Videos)

Home Network (Photos)

Home Network (Music)

Games Shop

Enjoy TV SideView

ExternalInputServices

discovery

DMRemote service

DIRECT READY

dialService

Devices
[Nexus Player General] bingloverld:
Hi,

is anyone here from Poland and can extract polish VOD apk's (Ipla, TVN Player etc.) ?

Thank you!
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Can someone provide me the 'Playstation Now' and 'Playstation Video' apps from Sony TV ??
[Nexus Player General] 7ty4:
vudu apk for sony android TV

Hi,

Do you know where i can find the latest vudu apk for sony android TV? i should be version 1.1.0

Thx
[Nexus Player General] BrianDigital:
I used esfilemanager to sideload amazon instant, and i just get a circling spinning around and around, is it broken or is there a way to get this to work?
[Nexus Player General] d3l1:
Same here, it just keeps spinning no matter what I try.
[Nexus Player General] taranfx:
Does this work on Shield TV and support 4k videos?
[Nexus Player General] lartomar2002:
Don't know if this will help or not but if your Sony tv has a android OS then it might. https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/4iy4wv/playstation_now_apk/?st=ipzurf7m&sh=a4e6b60f
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Can someone share the new Amazon Video Apk from their Sony TV
[Nexus Player General] alero5752:
Yes, I agree. Please share latest Amazon Video apk. It would be highly appreciated
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Latest Amazon Video App Apk from Sony. Working on Nvidia SHIELD Android TV but not on Nexus Player.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon...ideo-android-tv-3-11-44-android-apk-download/
[Nexus Player General] tdw197:
Does anyone have the UK version of the Amazaon video app? The version from apkmirror works, but doesn't recognise my UK prime subscription
[Nexus Player General] XxMP25xX:
4K content will not load. 1080p content works well
[Nexus Player General] Zxurian:
just side loading it directly? Did they remove the platform check that prevented it from being used before?
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
I asked a UK Sony owner for AIV UK apk but he said Sony still didn't update the UK Amazon app

---------- Post added at 11:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 AM ----------

Amazon redesigned the app for Sony Android TV, maybe they forgot to add the Platform Check when they made the update.
[Nexus Player General] tdw197:
Ah shame, hopefully they will update it soon. The new app looks fantastic and on the free tv shows I was getting 1080p too
[Nexus Player General] FOPE:
Please download and share this apk for me please because I don't have play store on my tv thanks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.france24.androidapp.gtv
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Here is the European AIV app from Sony. (The language maybe in Germany)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2iZv_Bg_T6BVmJHZ3FzZ0ZjWEU/view
[Nexus Player General] killerplauze:
Can't be used with the nexus player! I think it's only the arm version of atv...
[Nexus Player General] poisike:
Cant download, it says "You need permission"
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Here is the link from APKMirror:

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon...se/amazon-video-3-11-44-android-apk-download/
[Nexus Player General] corporal_hades:
Nvidia shield user here, been using this Amazon video app ever since Prime day and today I loaded up the app, went to play something and I hear the audio just fine but there is a red X on the screen. I uninstalled and reinstalled and same thing. I think Amazon killed this app sadly.
[Nexus Player General] McChen147:
Mine still works fine
[Nexus Player General] corporal_hades:
Really¿ What the heck is going on with mine then? Loads up and looks just like usual, search to find something to watch, select to play...red X but working audio. Really strange!
[Nexus Player General] McChen147:
Not sure, maybe try deregistering it from your Amazon account and reinstall and reregister the app?
[Nexus Player General] corporal_hades:
I'll try that tomorrow, didn't think about that. Crossing fingers that might do the trick.
[Nexus Player General] IthsSunnyB:
Been having this issue with the stock netflix app everything loads fine, menu, movie selection, and the moment I go to play a movie it goes 99% then errors out saying "unable to play selected media at this time" that's for all videos or it gets stuck at 25 and never goes past that. I'm on a nexus player anybody have this issue or can help. I've clear cache and data same thing.
[Nexus Player General] vincenzo697:
I live in Australia so if somebody can upload Stan and Presto it would be great. Thanks
[Nexus Player General] wileywos76:
I've been having issues with the Netflix app on my Shield TV. It's the same issue except it'll also crash in the background.
[Nexus Player General] lartomar2002:
I found this apk that you might try and sideload to your tv or put it on your phone and cast or mirror it the tv.

https://apk.plus/products_stan-1110826-apk/
[Nexus Player General] marisatomei:
PS Now apk??

Hello guys,

Does anyone have the ps now apk from Sony's Android TV installed in any other device? Do you have the apk to sideload to Shield? I would like to try it. Also I would like to know if you have tested the PS Vue app in Android TV.

Thank you!!!
[Nexus Player General] dr.zapp:
Won't start on Nexus player

So I installed this on my Nexus through es File manager, and it appears on the home menu, but when I open it, I get an infinite rotating circle, and it never loads. Anyone know a fix?
[Nexus Player General] Atamagaokashii:
Same here. They might have enabled some security feature to keep it from working, methinks.
[Nexus Player General] moe2046:
Does anyone have an apk for Crunchyroll would like to see if it would work on my Fire TV
[Nexus Player General] michael08071984:
I had the same Problem till Today. With the OTA Update for android 7 it starts the App perfect. I couldn't test a Stream, cause i don't have US Prime. I will look into it tomorrow. So far it looks good for the Future. :)
[Nexus Player General] michael08071984:
Amazon App Nexus Player Android 7

I can just try trailers. They work flawlessly in 1080p.
[Nexus Player General] michael08071984:
Quick Update:

Amazon Instant Watch Apk US and EU Version from Sony TV can't play Movies or Shows. Login works, browsing works, trailer works, but Movies and Shows are in a buffering loop, till a Error returns.
[Nexus Player General] dr.zapp:
I updated to android 7 and reinstalled it, but still the infinite spinning circle, never starts. Maybe it's a regional thing?
[Nexus Player General] MasterChief18:
I have the same problems, app works fine for menu, scrolling through videos etc, but when you open a video to watch, you get the spinning circle and the video doesn't start. I use the EU Version. Is it working for someone?
[Nexus Player General] CharleySimmons:
It (US Version) doesn't seem to work on nexus players, but does on Nvidia Shield's. I can't confirm the nvidia shield - as I don't have one, but from other members it does seem to work for them. I can confirm Nexus Player - does not work for tv/movies. I have multiple NP's, and none of them work. It will allow a sign-in/browse, but sticks at spinning circle when attempting to play.
[Nexus Player General] AndroidDuke17:
Hello is there an Maxdome APP for your Sony TV? If yes can you extract it for me?

Regards
[Nexus Player General] alan.cramer:
Stan app is not an Android TV app but a specific Sony Smart TV app that runs on the Sony Android TV. The Presto app won't be useful soon as it is being shutdown and replaced with Foxtel Play. As soon as Foxtel Play appears though, I'll try to extract the apk.
[Nexus Player General] vincenzo697:
Thanks for the information.
[Nexus Player General] KingNothing81:
I posted this in the Nvidia Shield forum too but maybe someone here could help:

For those who are missing 5.1 audio in the Amazon Video App, I found some interesting news in the Sony Support Forum from an employee.

The post is from last week. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to post external links already.

But if someone with an Sony Android TV could update and check and extract the APK, at least people from US could probably enjoy 5.1 audio on their Shield now.

As I'm from Europe I really hope that this update will come to us too quickly. Or maybe it is already here? Maybe someone from Europe reading this and owns a Sony Android TV could check too.

Edit: It seems that with Firmware update (version 6.0514) for Sony’s Android TV (2016 models: XD75, XD70, XD83, XD80, SD80 and ZD9 Series) released on 27. September the updated Amazon App with DD+ passthrough is already available for Europe. So if someone owns one of those TVs and could share the APK, would be great. =)
[Nexus Player General] flipside101:
the latest US APK works in the UK and I'm told Germany
[Nexus Player General] tdw197:
This one?

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon...video-android-tv-4-1-20-android-apk-download/
[Nexus Player General] corporal_hades:
That Amazon app update isn't working on my shield, I had to go back to the previous version and I'm back in business. None of the controls (buttons, joystick, arrows) would work unlike the previous version.
[Nexus Player General] KingNothing81:
Yes... This One.

Are you using just the Gamepad to control? Obviously the app does not work with gamepad. But works with the remote. I am using it with a universal remote programmed for Shield. If you have a universal remote, you can also try to set it to a Sony TV and see if the app reacts to it. Or get a Shield Remote.
[Nexus Player General] tdw197:
Thanks, already tried it on one of my sheilds and getting 1080p & 5.1 :)

On the remote it works fine with my harmony, which is connected to shield as a bluetooth keyboard.
[Nexus Player General] corporal_hades:
Previous version works perfect with the game pad...I'll see about getting a regular remote, any good ones other than the official one?
[Nexus Player General] greys11:
Has anyone tried to test the amazon Video Apk from note 7 so far? As Amazon help site says it supports HD and Hdr, might be as well on other devices
[Nexus Player General] jsuresh:
I can't figure out how to get my apps in multiple lines on my nexus player. I looked through all options.
[Nexus Player General] brar.arsh:
So here's the app list, let me know what you want.
[Nexus Player General] brar.arsh:
Here's the extracted Netflix, someone asked for..
[Nexus Player General] staknhalo:
All the Sony Music/Video/Photo branded apps and Vudu please. Thanks!

Edit: There appears to be 2 each for the Music/Video/Photos app - ones labeled just Music/Photos and ones labeled (Home Network) Music/Video etc. Can we get all those please :D
[Nexus Player General] ganggreen777:
Ummm I'm driving right now but THANK YOU. ..and I'll put my 'order' in lol soon....

Do I have to be rooted....not rooted yet....just got the NP. ....
[Nexus Player General] Archon810:
You don't need to be rooted, no.
[Nexus Player General] briansuperduper:
Firefox, Soundcloud & Vudu would be amazing! Thanks again for your help!
[Nexus Player General] brar.arsh:
I would do Vudu, but Firefox and soundcloud were sideloaded and you can download from apkmirror.com
[Nexus Player General] mikelav456:
Thank you so much for this!

Also really looking forward to VUDU!
[Nexus Player General] briansuperduper:
Gotcha, so Firefox & Soundcloud would still require a keyboard/mouse, as not optimized for Android TV, correct? I'll still take that Vudu. Thanks AGAIN!
[Nexus Player General] patt2k:
wow works on razer forge,key mapping is weird tho :)

could you check if your TV has HBO GO,Showtime Anytime?