Sideload Fire Tv Apps Mac

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  • Dec 24, 2017  First: Enable Third-Party Apps in Settings. In order to install apps from outside Amazon’s Appstore—a process known as “sideloading”—you’ll need to enable a setting first. Go to the Fire TV home page, then navigate all the way to the Settings tab on the.
  • Sep 14, 2018  By playing around with Amazon Fire TV's debut settings and using the methods below, you can sideload Fire TV apps onto your device. That unlocks a variety of unofficial Fire TV apps.
  • Oct 05, 2015  Download the APK file, onto your Mac, that you want to sideload to your 1st-gen Fire TV, 2nd-gen Fire TV, or Fire TV Stick. If the app is in the Google Play Store, you can try using this APK Downloaderor see if it’s available on APKMirror. Connect to your Fire TV using the ADB utility.
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This guide is out of date. Please see the new Ultimate Sideloading Guide.

Step 1 – Enable ADB Debugging
In order for the Fire TV to accept sideloaded apps, you must enable ADB Debugging. You may turn it back off once you’re done sideloading apps.

  1. From the home screen, scroll down to “Settings”
  2. Scroll right to “SYSTEM”
  3. Scroll down to “Developer Options”
  4. Change “ADB debugging” to “ON”
Step 2 – Obtain your Fire TV’s IP Address
You will need your Fire TV’s IP address for step 4. Here is how to find it.
  1. From the home screen, scroll down to “Settings”
  2. Scroll right to “SYSTEM”
  3. Select “About”
  4. Scroll down to “Network”
  5. Write down the numbers next to “IP Address”

Step 3 – Setup ADB
ADB is a tool used to communicate with your Fire TV from you Mac. You will only have to set it up once.

  1. Download the Android zip file from here: adb-fastboot-install
  2. Unzip the file you downloaded by double clicking it.
  3. Open the unzipped folder.
  4. Open Terminal (Search for it from Spotlight with ⌘-Space if you don’t know where it is)
  5. Drag the “ADB-Install-Mac.sh” file from the unzipped folder into the Terminal window. Then press enter in the Terminal window.
  6. Once the installation completes, quit Terminal.

Step 4 – Sideload an APK file
Now that everything is setup, you can sideload an app.

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  1. Open Terminal (Search for it from Spotlight with ⌘
  2. Type: adb connect 192.168.1.131 and press enter.
    (*be sure to replace 192.168.1.131 with your Fire TV’s IP address that you wrote down from step 2.)
  3. Type adb install /Users/USERNAME/Downloads/xbmc-13.0-armeabi-v7a.apk and press enter.
    (*be sure to replace /Users/USERNAME/Downloads/xbmc-13.0-armeabi-v7a.apk with the path to your app file.)
  4. Your app is now installed on your Fire TV. To launch it, go to “Settings” > “SYSTEM” > “APPLICATIONS”, select the app, and select “Launch application”.

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ShareTweetShare+1bgsays:November 27, 2014 at 3:07 pm

stuck on the installing busy box screen! help?

Replyfranksays:January 16, 2015 at 5:29 pm

Sideload Fire Tv Apps Mac Os

i was able to get the first one to work but then when i try again it tells me error more than one device and emulator

what does that mean?? mac 10.6

Sideload Fire Tv Apps Mac

Thanks

Replymalcolm chapmansays:February 9, 2015 at 7:39 pm

Thank you worked for me. I wish I could put the kodi icon on the home screen

ReplyAzizsays:April 2, 2015 at 4:35 pm

If you are using a MacBook to sideload, floow this steps and you will be fine. I have done many times.

Copy this link and follow the steps. it is very simple!

http://sideloadfiretv.com/add-kodi-xbmc-icon-to-fire-tvs-home-screen/

Good luck!

ReplyJason Heinesays:April 24, 2015 at 6:42 am

don’t use this method,it’s difficult and text/type based which is awkward.
instead just download “adbFIRE” App for Mac,it does all of that simply for you.

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October 14, 2015 at 3:51 am

Hello, I did the commands which everything worked until step 4. I did what you said with my IP address but it said in terminal unable to connect. Please any assist would be greatly appreciated.

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