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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sgs9:
If you can root a aftv2 you can do everything ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] zephyr4:
Thanks for the reply, I have now rooted and installed firestarter.

z4
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] lennie paz:
Is anyone on the newest firmware, and FireStarter is still working?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Yes running 5.0.5 on AFTV2 & still working fine
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] lennie paz:
Any idea why it would have stopped working on my friend's AFTV2?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Don't know? Maybe he changed the settings? Try a reboot & or select it from settings/manage apps/firestarter/start firestarter & change the start up app/1 touch home & double touch home & see if it works after doing this now? (Sometimes I have to do this Every now & again)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] lennie paz:
I know none of the settings were changed, because I opened the FireStarter settings on my FTV, and they were the same on hers. I'll tell her to try a reboot.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Change the start up to firestarter, then reboot & see if it goes to firestarter after about 6-1ish seconds? Then try the home button? I know the home button works a lil different on the OS5. Hope this helps
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] lennie paz:
I'm not home. Can you refresh my memory as to how to set the startup to be FireStarter? Also, when you said to try a reboot, do you mean the select+Play, or unplug the FTV?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sgs9:
5.0.5 and FS3.2.2 are working, Kodi 15.2 :D, AFTV2 is one from 4 android without root I have, for what you need/use it?

1. Firewall?

2. AFwall +?

3. Ad-blocker?

4. Xposed?

5...........?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Go into firestarter from amazon/settings/manage devices/firestarter/open firestarter/

Then move left if no menu Is present & move down to I think the last section? Goto start up & tick firestarter, then if needed goto one button home press & tick what you want as a shortcut to what ever app when you press the home button once (I use firestarter as my 1 button home press), then if needed goto double button home press & tick what you want as a shortcut to what ever app when you press the home button twice (I use Kodi as my 2 button home press), now you should be good to go.

I still use Firestarter & I'm rooted on 5.0.5 r2 with rom/recovery, adblocker & xposed. For me Firestarter is great & I like the layout better than the Amazon original menu, plus you can custom button presses & startups & change the size of your icons & there locations onscreen & even hide icons If you don't wanna see them anymore. Plus I have emulators on there too which use sd locations for roms (games), but there is loads more stuff You can do with root access.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] officiallyme:
nobody else having issues opening apps that were not closed manually?

e.g. leaving kodi wih the home button whilst a movie is playing? if i then double-home it won't re-open kodi until i force close it first.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Hoggels:
Drawer

Plz next Version Drawer to sort Appz like Google, Office, sozial Networks, System Drawer!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] eXOBeX:
Screen autorotation bug

Since the FireOS 5 update on Gen 1, some apps now appear to auto-select portrait mode (like an upright tablet) with the image scaled to fit the screen instead of on its side. Unfortunately when exiting back to FireStarter the apps don't re-rotate the screen, leaving FireStarter in portrait mode until either a landscape-format app is launched or the Amazon home screen is visited. Even the screensaver doesn't correct it (it appears as a landscape image shrunk within the portrait section of the screen.

Screenshot is attached.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
I've found sort of the same problem when I started using Market Helper on my AFTV2, some of my sideloaded apps like Busybox which was stretched before to the screen on my tv, after using the Market Helper it displays like the picture you posted which I like.... But when I close the app everything goes back to normal. But it would be great to have an option to pick which one we want to display? Because some of my apps now only stay in the new display
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ddyourself:
The last fireTV update from Amazon screwed up this APP, right? The home button is not working anymore and error message is thrown out all the time.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] eXOBeX:
Have you turned changed FireStarter's settings?

Enable background observation: tick

Fallback to Non-ADB Observation: tick

Home-Detection via ADB: untick
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elliwigy:
dont see how itd affect it unless you chose a phone in market helper instead of a tv option
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] pdogg6:
Left my TV stick for a few minutes came back and amazon was updating the firmware. NOES! KODI is now gone. Firestarter is still there but trying to install latest kodi results in error could not install app. Anyone having this problem?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Wow? Which version (firmware) are you running? 5.0.5 ******* ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] pdogg6:
Says 5.0.5(537174420) maybe it wasn't an update but I came to a please wait screen optimizing data and apps screen. I'm assuming it was a firmware update. Now kodi is gone :(. Firestarter seems to update fine to 3.2.2. It sees new version of kodi available v16.0. Says my current version is "unknown". Install fails. So sad was about to have a movie date with the wifey.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kaisersolo:
Click home button once and then press and hold for a sec . Then wait and be patient
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] slackbladder:
Hi all,

I've been really enjoying using Firestarter over the last month or two, but today my "double click" on home button does nothing.

I haven't changed any settings, had it set up as double click to firestarter screen,... and from there a single click went back to firetv home screen.

I tried a re-boot as this has happened once or twice before and a re-boot usually did the trick, but not any longer.

Firetv is not rooted, and amazon updated are blocked.

Has anyone got any ideas as to what may have happened.

I have been into firetv settings and made sure that everything that may have been running has been "force closed".

Could I simply re-install it, and would it remember my settings from previous install.?

I would really appreciate some help here chaps,... as I've run out of ideas.

Hopefully if I do get it back working again are there any suggested "best settings" for firestarter please?

Thanks chaps...

slackbladder

p.s. I tried the previous posters advice but it didn't do anything for my firetv.

Also tried a complete power down waited 5 mins - restarted still nothing.

the only thing that happened recently was that I had to change the battery's in the remote.... don't laugh because know I'm clutching at straws...

I also read whilst browsing here that some people say this: go to the Fire TV home screen, then Settings, Applications. If we click on FireStarter..... Well I don't have firestarter... is that normal behavior for a firetv v1.....

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Remedied:

I am obviously loosing my sight in my old age.... I found firestarter.

After running it, I checked my settings and they are still the same,.. So I tested it and its working fine.

I thought i would post these details and maybe someone could say yay or nay...

Auto Select First Item ... ticked

Enable Background Observation... ticked

Fallback to non-ADB Observation.... ticked

Home Detection via ADB..... ticked

Home button single click application: Fire Tv Home

Home Button Double CLick Application: Firestarter.

Thanks chaps for any advice or help,.... and sorry for the long winded explanation.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] intelg:
Hi!

I'm running 51.1.0.1_user_510055620 and in the SYSTEM menu there is no 'allow unknown sources' toggle, I am trying to update Kodi but it complains I am blocking unknown sources is there a way to fix this either via ADB shell or editing a conf file or sideloading a separate app? I don't think I should update the FireOS (should I?)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] slackbladder:
Is it a Stick or box?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Look here -

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-block-software-updates-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elliwigy:
i think hes asking if he should update or not and hes trying to enable unknown sources..

do you have a box or stick?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gweezer:
Hi All....new user here. Got the Fire TV hooked up last night and then used the ES file explorer method to install FireStarter and then used the Updates section to install Kodi. All appeared to go well, but when I went into Kodi to add my Synology NAS Video location it said it couldn't find it. I then discovered that Kodi has an ip address set that is not on my network...192.168.49.1. I then found that when I look at the System section of FireStarter it has both the correct address from my network as well as this bogus one listed under the network section.

Where did this address come from?...and more importantly, how do I get rid of it?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
The other ip address Is the wifi remote!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gweezer:
Thanks for the reply! Where is it getting that address from though? the FireTV itself is hard-wired into my network and I'm not using 192.168.49.x as my subnet. Furthermore, while the FireStarter shows both addresses, Kodi only shows the 49 subnet and fails to find my NAS...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
I don't know, I got told about the ip address from someone else cause I also asked this question like you did
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gweezer:
Thanks....back to your first reply...when you say "wifi remote" do you mean the actual remote control device for the FireTV itself?....it works via wifi and not IR? If that's the case I can't remove that address ...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
That's what I've been told, the first remotes was bluetooth & the next gen remotes for fire TV are wifi based
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gweezer:
OK...thanks for the info. Guess I need to come at this from the Kodi side and find out why it's grabbing the wifi address and not the hard-wired ethernet address....
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] goodhur:
With the issues that are happening now between Kodi and their Android Dev, can SPMC be added as an install and update like was done for Kodi? Thanks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jaydee 77:
+1 for SPMC
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] kentoe:
[MENTION=3172973]sphinx02[/MENTION] Just want to say thank you so much for creating this. Saves so so so much time and ease to a leanback experience. No more breaking out the IP address then adb install -r on new kodi updates. Double click to kodi is fantastic.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Defactio:
It's LOSE warranty - not LOOSE warranty.

Get an education.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mattgyver:
He's German. English is probably not his primary language.. This, after all, is an international community. So, don't belittle someone for not typing something completely perfect, in a language that may or may not be his main language. Thank him for the app that allows homescreen customization on the fireTV without root..

Sent from my TARDIS
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dh3lix:
+1
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Anto T:
I just installed Firestarter (way better and easier to look at vs the stock launcher) via my Pc then I went into the app and ran the update to the latest version. I am having a few issues; my firetv won't boot to firestarter and my home clicks aren't being detected.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sphinx02:
Hello everybody,

the new Version of has an Updater for SPMC and includes some Pull-Requests like the Simplified Chinese Translation. Hope you like it :)

v3.2.3

Added SPMC updater (possibility to install and update SPMC).

Added simplified chinese translation (thx lostindark).

Hit THANKS button if you like it! :)

Or buy me a cup of coffee, donation-link on GitHub​
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dk1keith:
SPMC not working on my rooted Fire TV 2. Won't open. I'm rooted on 5.0.5. Don't think it's FireStarter though. it wouldn't open when I installed it via adb either.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] bula1ca:
Is it possible to have KFTV Launcher icon to show up under apps like Fire TV Settings icon? - it only shows up if Show System Apps is selected in Settings. Thank you
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Jawomo:
Awesome work! Working perfect here.

Die Doppeltap Funktion ist echt top :)

Hätte nie gedacht, dass man so einfach zwischen FireTV un Kodi / FireStarter umschalten kann. Perfekt!

Grüße nach Freiburg!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Kramar111:
[MENTION=3172973]sphinx02[/MENTION]

thanks for your work

but have question

is it so hard give to translators strings.xml before releasing new version?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Walgeon:
What would be the preferred Kodi version? I have been using the Kodi version offered by Firestarter... Now with SPMC I'm not sure if I should switch.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] binary01:
Firestarter doesn't seem to work right for me. If I press the home button once it goes back to the Fire TV launcher and only if I hit it again will it actually launch what I have specified. It seems the home button detection is very inconsistent on my device. Any way to fix that?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] smartymcfly:
You can do that already, I turned on system apps and then hide all of the other apps that are of no use to me in firestarter.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] f4rell09:
Fire tv2 rooted..no problems detected on spmc 16.1.2 so far i have been using it since released..just FYI....just a question on fire stick anyone manage to bypass log in screen on fire stick..or maybe fire tv..thanks...thanks 2 dev. Of firestarter ..keep up the good work..thank u..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] shacky4:
One little suggestion. Not sure if it would have universal appeal, but I know I would really appreciate a shortcut to restart the FTV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] binary01:
Could you make it possible to change to wide icons and hide the app name text labels?

I would love to be able to customize the launcher to look like this:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
Even just the hidden file names would be good too
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] loughrey101:
wow, this is absolutely amazing Sphinx! I have been using the FiredTV launcher for a while but it would always freeze up on me and it was almost impossible to move apps around, this launcher runs so smoothly, apps are super easy to rearrange. With root access it leaves it permanently stamped on the screen using mods courtesy of Rbox. With this there is no need to get the Apple TV for that app-friendly interface that AFTV lacks. The SPMC update feature is an awesome part of the latest update as I happen to use that. Thanks a million for this and all the work, and please keep supporting it!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jaydee 77:
Long press Play-/Pause and Select/OK buttons together on your remote.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ouradu:
I've had a problem after upgrading to 3.2.3 using the update feature in fire starter. Home clicks are no longer detected. I went back to 3.2.2 and it works fine. Anything special that needs to be done in an upgrade?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xenoglyph:
been using this since it came out, big fan. however, 3.2.3 is completely broken for me on fire sticks. had to revert to 3.2.2. tried factory resets, kodi reinstalls, everything i could think of. it just doesn't want to work correctly anymore for me. multiple fire sticks tested.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] TX16095:
Found this app just a couple of days ago and like it very much.

I have a lot of apps installed, and the ability to move them around on the start screen is nice, but it would also be nice to sort apps by name, while maintaining the ability to individually move them around.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] always&forever:
First thank you sphinx02 for this great app and the work you put in updating it.

Now you have added SPMC option would it be possible to add another button that I could double click to and go straight to SPMC so I could have the choice at start up of picking Kodi or SPMC with a double click ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] officiallyme:
Works fine on my firetv stick, sorry. Do you have latest firmware?

I updated firestarter and kodi via firestarter's update menu and worked without any issues
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xenoglyph:
yeah, that was the first thing i checked
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sphinx02:
Thats really strange, as nothing in the detection engine has changed. I can not really imagine, what could be the reason v3.2.2 is running and v3.2.3 is not... Hard to help you, as I had no problems on none of my FireTV's (FireTV 1.Gen, FireTV Stick and FireTV 2.Gen).

As already mentioned, the release have been tested on my FireTV Stick and a lot of my friends are also using 3.2.3 on a FireTV Stick without any Problem.. Is there a possibility that there is another reason than the update to 3.2.3 ??

You can configure the Startup-, Single-Click- and Double-Click-Action in the settings of the App. If you want to decide if SPMC or Kodi opens each time you double click, I really recommend to open the App itself on double-clicks and re-arrange the SPMC and Kodi icons to be the first ones in the App list...

Best regards
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] filnirv:
Many thanks for this great app

Enviado do meu DARKNIGHT através de Tapatalk
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xenoglyph:
for me 3.2.3 conflicts with kodi 16.1 RC1, not tested with any other combo. also, both the affected sticks updated from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3. on those sticks kodi freezes at intro screen every time, 100% of the time. able to reproduce it every time. also, nothing helpful at all in the kodi logs. took me forever to even figure out it was firestarter because i never suspected it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] zroice:
hey there - really love the app for the fire tv!

Got some feature requests / suggestions though:

1. Ability to change the App Name Text. Size most important but font type, color, weight etc would be cool as well. I already sized the app icons down but the text is too big to fit now.

2. How about an option to sort all the installed apps by name? (not super necessary since one sorts their apps by type most of the times anyway, but still cool to initially sort the apps before adding custom touch)

Regards
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Claude Koch:
No problem with Kodi 16.1 RC1 or RC2 on my 4K, though I'm now using the Pass-Through build. I would reset your Firestarter to default, uninstall Kodi (including data), then rebuild fresh. More likely to be plug-ins.

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Heads up: new Fire OS update likely to break double-click detect. Doesn't bother me, I have double-click set to open FireStarter. Will now be able to open from recents, not that I need to open it very often.

http://www.aftvnews.com/software-up...e-fire-tv-home-screen-and-a-new-app-shortcut/
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] AFTVnews.com:
I'm seeing several reports that the new 5.0.5.1 update removes FireStarter and prevents it from being re-installed.

See here:

http://www.aftvnews.com/software-up...screen-and-a-new-app-shortcut/#comment-235109

and here:

http://www.aftvnews.com/software-up...screen-and-a-new-app-shortcut/#comment-235225

I have not received the update yet to do my own testing. Can anyone with the 5.0.5.1 update give any more insight?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] FrankNS:
Firestarter no longer run on my FTV 4k since yesterday FTV update. Firestarter don't appear in installed apps list under settings. Think the blocked it or something. :(
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Timmiotool:
I can confirm this. Since the new Update on the ftv i have the 2015 version -> Firmware 5.0.5.1 Fire Starter stop to work. You can delete FireStarter and reinstall it then it works but if you reboot the FTV it seems Fire Starter is now blocked by Amazon and self deleted-> aftzer reboot doesnt find Fire Starten in the App Menue...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] krawhitham:
Try this

http://www.aftvnews.com/software-up...screen-and-a-new-app-shortcut/#comment-235658

---------- Post added at 02:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ----------

So Amazon is now interfering with side loaded apps, wonder how long it will be before they start blocking Kodi
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xenoglyph:
all of that was done already, multiple times. i'll keep you guys updated if i track down what was causing the issue. the sticks suck anyways, it's working fine on my FTV2.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Kdog65:
My take is that the new FTV firmware introduces a native double-click function which is probably behind the firestarter removal. It also introduces the ability to see sideloaded apps in recents. I'm just launching kodi from recents and awaiting further news.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dh3lix:
same behaviour confirmed here - firestarter is gone with 5.0.5.1 .... the apk itself is still installed - not visible in the "Installed apps" within the firetv itself - you can uninstall the apk using adb and reinstall it - firestarter will then show up again and work as expected till the next reboot where the firetv removes the firestarter again. totally sucks overall for the moment but well ... amazon sucks partially also ...

--rgds marcO
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
For those that have not updated. Can you try this to see if this is the problem. To me it sounds like FireStarter ADB & Two Click settings might be causing the issue. Probably wrong, but can be verify if before the update some one changes the following settings:

FireStarter/Settings/Home-Detection via ADB to Unchecked

ADB Settings to OFF but make sure you leave "Apps from Unknown" ON

Turn "Home Button Double Click Application" to "- No Action -" Save settings.

Take the update & reboot manually once too. And see if FireStarter is still missing form Apps. Please report back.

My guess is that FireStarter likes to be the only program using the ADB Debugging & the new FW might be using this same method &/or creating a conflict with FireStarter. Amazon probably decided to filter out FireStarter during the update to get over this. Or it might be related to where FireStarter is installed into. It probably gets wiped out during this update. So a reinstall fixes things.

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@dh3lix Interesting. Guess the problem introduced by Amazon might be more nefarious then thought before.

Can you reinstall FireStarter and change the following settings:

FireStarter/Settings/Home-Detection via ADB to Unchecked

ADB Settings to OFF but make sure you leave "Apps from Unknown" ON

Turn "Home Button Double Click Application" to "- No Action -" Save settings.

and report back if it is still removed after a reboot ???
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dh3lix:
Sure ... Step by step done like this: Removed firestarter apk using adb - reinstalled right away after - disabled ADB - left unkown sources enabled - started firestarter - Deactivated ADB Home detection and checked for double click home detection for "No action" - reboot ... firestarter gone for good. *meh*

--rgds marcO
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Thanks for trying. Hopefully it's a new bug or something can be done about it. I wonder if it has to do with where FireStarter is installed too. Since it's not installed to the /Android/Data/Appname like other apps since it's kind of its own starter app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dh3lix:
Np. If you need something tested just drop a line ;)

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6 mit Tapatalk
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] AFTVnews.com:
Could you try the following in this exact order:

Uninstall FireStarter via adb

Transfer the FireStarter APK to the Fire TV (adb push firestarter.apk /sdcard/) but do not install it yet

Disable ADB debugging on the Fire TV but leave Apps form unknown sources enabled

Reboot the Fire TV

Install FireStarter using ES File Explorer (so that ADB remains disabled) and do not launch FireStarter

Reboot the Fire TV and see if FireStarter is gone again

If FireStarter remains, launch it, wait a few seconds, and then reboot the Fire TV and see if FireStarter is gone.