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Once I registered it, my money would be refunded. I have an e-mail stating that the FireTVStick would be free, with a link to register it. After a brief pause, I was told that Amazon would give me new FireTVStick, at their expense, one time. I, again responded that, that was not acceptable and could be an attempt at exploitation of the elderly. A Beirut pause, and I was offered a 15% discount. I was upset, but nicely saIвЂ™d, that was not in my budget at the present time, and since it was good for streaming dozens of sites before the tech did the reset, I thought Amazon should replace it at their expense. I was then told I would have to buy a new one. Since the stick is obsolete, it could not be reprogrammed to do anything. This stick is no longer being sold, but still worked great, until the hard reset, which wiped everything. What ended up happening, is the tech made an error, then did a hard reset on my FireStick. I called Amazon Tech support, to get help to initiate my Amazon Prime Video account. IвЂ™d been using the FireTVStick to stream Netflix, YouTube, Crackle, and many other streating sites. I have been very disappointed with Amazon, ever since I purchased an Amazon Prime video account and tried to get it to upload to my first generation FireTVStick, which, for a senior, on a fixed income was somewhat pricy.

#Android launcher kindle fire 7th gen Bluetooth#

The easiest solution to that is just use a Bluetooth mouse when needed.

#Android launcher kindle fire 7th gen android#

The one caveat is because they are general Android compatible apps, some may work fine with your Fire TV remote control, but others wonвЂ™t and youвЂ™d need to use either a hardware USB or Bluetooth mouse or mouse app in order to use them on a Fire TV.

#Android launcher kindle fire 7th gen install#

Once you have Downloader working, you can either install the Android apps for, or simply download apps from a variety of 3rd party Android app sources, including sites like APKPure, Aptoide, APKMirror and others. The Downloader app includes a functional web browser thatвЂ™s capable of viewing websites on your Fire TV device using only the FTV remote control, and then downloading and installing Android compatible non-Amazon apps (.apk files) onto your Fire TV device. There are several ways to do that, but the most common is to first install an app called Downloader from the Amazon app store. Installing Android compatible apps from sources other than the pre-installed Amazon App Store. Sideloading on a Fire TV device means the following: Since that wonвЂ™t be changing anytime soon, you can expect that Amazon will always eventually block all methods to circumvent its Fire TV home screen. This is why Amazon must keep its home screen in use because that home screen is the avenue for nearly all of its Fire TV profit. The other reason for not covering custom launchers myself this time around is I knew that me writing a guide for this latest method was a sure-fire way to get AmazonвЂ™s attention on the method and get it patched up quickly.ДЄs many people already know, Amazon sells Fire TVs and other devices for little to no profit because it expects to make a profit while people use the device, either through direct purchases on the device, advertisements, or several other methods.

It took an unusually long amount of time for Amazon to catch on this time, but, sure enough, they have now.

IвЂ™ve avoided doing so because I knew it was only a matter of time before Amazon patched the workaround allowing them to work. IвЂ™ve received many messages from people over the last year asking me to write a guide for installing a custom launcher on their Fire TV, since a method has existed for a surprisingly long while. There are some relatively new ways to block updates by using 3rd-party custom VPN or DNS settings, but I havenвЂ™t covered them because I donвЂ™t feel comfortable recommending that people put a middle-man that you know nothing about between all of your Fire TVвЂ™s internet traffic, so proceed with caution if you seek out those methods on your own.

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If youвЂ™re currently using a custom launcher on your Fire TV and want to continue doing so, you can try to block software updates, but that has long been difficult to do effectively and safely.

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There is also a Fire OS 5 update labeled as version 5.2.8.7 that is rolling out to the 2nd-gen Fire TV Stick, 1st-gen Fire TV Stick, and 2nd-gen Fire TV that may or may not also contain changes that thwart custom launchers. The Fire OS 6 update that blocks customer launchers, which is rolling out to the Fire TV Stick 4K, 1st-gen Fire TV Cube, and 3rd-gen Fire TV (Pendant), is version 6.2.8.7 with build value PS6287/3768. Fire OS 7 software update version 7.2.7.3 with build value PS7273/2622, which prevents custom launcher use, is currently rolling out to the 2nd-gen Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Stick 4K Max, 3rd-gen Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Stick Lite.