Has anyone tried getting any of the gameloft games side-loaded onto the Kindle? Thinking the extra screen size would really make a bunch of these games alot of fun to play.
Lets Golf 2 would not run Lets Golf started but it was not full screen and when you needed to touch an area on screen the area to touch was not on the button. but above very annoying uninstalled
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I tried several different GameLoft games and none seem to work.
I bought Asphalt 6 and Block Breaker 3, both of which work just fine, off the Amazon App Store.
I also bought Eternal Legacy off of their site (changing it to India to buy it for $2 instead of $5 =P), picking a PowerVR phone so it works with the Kindle Fire, and that too works fine.
SHADOWGUN shows under Market as well; it installed via Google Market (I already owned it) just fine, and works great.
3D games all work fine, as long as it's coded for it (e.g. PowerVR). I tried loading one coded for Qualcomm, but it didn't play 'till I used ChainFire3D Pro to play with. ChainFire3D Pro, however, doesn't seem to use per-app settings very well, so I gave up trying to play Qualcomm games on it.
working games
Asphalt 5 worked great, however could not get Modern Combat to install, it will install in the Android Market, but when trying to download the additional files needed, I get an error saying device not supported.
While not Gameloft Games, I have also got ShadowGun, and Riptide GP running on my fire perfectly.
What I think is funn; is a game that can be bought in the Amazon App Store. Dead Space; is the one 3D game I've had the most trouble with, even though it says Kindle Fire edition. I have to open the game about 5 times everytime I want to play it; to get it to open, and sometimes it will start to open, get half way and then force close. Once it does finally open thou, it plays perfectly then.
@Printerscape: did you download eternal legacy to a powervr phone and transfer it to the fire? because the only option i get when i try to buy it is entering a phone number....but since the fire does not have a phone number...well you know
Sandstorm installed fine, although there was a black strip along the bottom 1/5th of the screen, throughout the scenes.
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drcalypso said:
@Printerscape: did you download eternal legacy to a powervr phone and transfer it to the fire? because the only option i get when i try to buy it is entering a phone number....but since the fire does not have a phone number...well you know
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They give you the download link after purchasing via the site.
Note the game has about 1GB worth of external download, and personally it took me forever to download it because it kept failing (though Asphalt 6's 500MB download never failed).
Strange; the download said ~900MB, but the files in the directory is ~600MB (rar/compressed to ~450MB). Oh well; it works so... here's the SD Data direct link:
http://www.multiupload.com/YT0KLAG5IO
Note that this data itself won't do anything; you still need the apk that you purchased off the site.
Printerscape said:
They give you the download link after purchasing via the site.
Note the game has about 1GB worth of external download, and personally it took me forever to download it because it kept failing (though Asphalt 6's 500MB download never failed).
Strange; the download said ~900MB, but the files in the directory is ~600MB (rar/compressed to ~450MB). Oh well; it works so... here's the SD Data direct link:
(cannot post links yet )
Note that this data itself won't do anything; you still need the apk that you purchased off the site.
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Thank you really much for the link to the SD files. i'm gonna try purchasing it again from the site.
so am i basicly free to enter any mobile number or are they gonna send me a link to the apk to the phone number i supplied?
and did you go to gameloft indias site and when asked for your country and device you picked india?
one more question: do you remember which powervr phone you picked?
even though it's only $3 i still wanna save those xD
[EDIT] Whenever i select a powervr phone, like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus the site tells me that it's not a supportet device..what the...?
drcalypso said:
Thank you really much for the link to the SD files. i'm gonna try purchasing it again from the site.
so am i basicly free to enter any mobile number or are they gonna send me a link to the apk to the phone number i supplied?
and did you go to gameloft indias site and when asked for your country and device you picked india?
one more question: do you remember which powervr phone you picked?
even though it's only $3 i still wanna save those xD
[EDIT] Whenever i select a powervr phone, like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus the site tells me that it's not a supportet device..what the...?
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You can go to the site main site for Eternal Legacy HD, hit purchase, country: India, carrier: Others, manufacturer: Samsung, Model: Samsung Galaxy S, phone number: 911234567890 (doesn't matter, as long as it's correct number of digits):
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Pay via CC or PayPal and it's $2. Afterwards, they'll give you the link to download (they'll say that they sent it, but you can alternatively download directly off their site):
Check PM for more details.
Thank you sooooo much. buying/paying/downloading/copying as i type.
Those instructions were more than i could have asked for! absolutely perfect. and blazing fast.
once again, thank you.
i'll report back in a minute to tell you if everything works
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Sorry it took so long, my fire updated and i had to get swiftkey working again first, and reroot.
anyway i dont have a final answer yet as Eternal Legacy FCs while verifying the files. guess i'm gonna download the whole deal myself again. thanks for supplying though!
i'm gonna report back when it's done downloading, which could take some time....
drcalypso said:
Thank you sooooo much. buying/paying/downloading/copying as i type.
Those instructions were more than i could have asked for! absolutely perfect. and blazing fast.
once again, thank you.
i'll report back in a minute to tell you if everything works
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No problem; bored here anyway =P.
Attached is a hex-edited game save (early in the game; about 1 hour in) to give you level 50, 99 items of each, and a lot of currency. Extract it (.sav file), then use any file explorer on your Fire (or ADB push it) to put it in (you need root):
Code:
/data/data/com.gameloft.android.TBFV.GloftELHP.ML/
Once you load it, save the game again in a new slot, and load from the newly saved slot (if you play off of the save, it'll bug out; also you cannot overwrite this save, so save in a new slot). Feel free to delete the file afterwards.
The game is very unforgiving, so... it may come in handy =P.
Thank you Printerscape, was wondering how to get gameloft games on the fire, time to go spend my paycheck on a bunch of their game
Printerscape said:
No problem; bored here anyway =P.
Attached is a hex-edited game save (early in the game; about 1 hour in) to give you level 50, 99 items of each, and a lot of currency. Extract it (.sav file), then use any file explorer on your Fire (or ADB push it) to put it in (you need root):
Code:
/data/data/com.gameloft.android.TBFV.GloftELHP.ML/
Once you load it, save the game again in a new slot, and load from the newly saved slot (if you play off of the save, it'll bug out; also you cannot overwrite this save, so save in a new slot). Feel free to delete the file afterwards.
The game is very unforgiving, so... it may come in handy =P.
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And i have to thank you again . I'll definately keep that save at hand^^.
The game is still downloading right now because my connection is pretty much crap, so downloading stuff like that is more or less a test of will. I'm at around 55 to 60 percent right now.
any idea what might have caused the game to FC while verifying the files?
also, i assume this method works for other gameloft games like, for example sacred odyssey aswell, so i'm gonna check that afterwards.
drcalypso said:
any idea what might have caused the game to FC while verifying the files?
also, i assume this method works for other gameloft games like, for example sacred odyssey aswell, so i'm gonna check that afterwards.
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I have no idea. Out of the three Gameloft games I own (Asphalt 6, Block Breaker 3, and Eternal Legacy), only Eternal Legacy seem to disconnect/crash while downloading. But after it's complete, I've had no crashes or issues with the game.
As for the "method", I see no reason it won't work with other PowerVR games, since the Kindle Fire is PowerVR.
oh come on gameloft! 3 minutes after my last post it failed downloading and started over.....what the eff?!
this is gonna be a loooong night i guess.
I'm still trying to get my hands on the kindle fire edition of dead space. but since they removed it from the amazon market AND i'm located in germany it's not gonna be that easy. there are said to be powervr versions of it floating around in the web, but none of 'em seem to work /sadface
[EDIT]
This is taking some interesting turns here
I finally downloaded it. It started, i was able to start a new game, but after loading to 100% and right when i pressed "start" ingame. it closed. and now i, for the heck of it, cant get past the gameloft intro video.
i'm stumped
I'm out of ideas.
I downloaded everything again over night. reinstalled the apk i bought from gameloft. even restarted the kindle after downloading, for no reason. Same thing. It just plays the gameloft logo video (which is a mp4 file, so there is no reason NOT to play it) but after that it just quits back to the kindle menu.
God, this is annoying.
I don't know what to tell ya; that's what I did and I'm playing the game just fine >.>.
and i thank you for all the support you've given me .
i wrote an email to the gameloft support, i'm curious to see what they've got up their sleeves^^
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Data Connection 2G/3G/H
This phone when used on Bell's own network, it can only do 3G & H
(this is not a hardware issue but rather a network issue, there is a topic about this discussion, link coming soon)
However once unlocked the have full 1G(Cuba!)/2G(EDGE)/3G/H on Fido, Rogers, AT&T and any other network that supports the 850/1900/2100 band for data communication
Pre-installed Apps:
TeleNav GPS Navigator if you are not online via 3G or WiFi, you'll get an error message "This application is not available" or something along those lines
The application is not free, it wants you to register for $10 a month, it's safe to uninstall after rooting
BellTV Remote PVR only works if you have a Bell digital cable box for TV, it's safe to uninstall after rooting
Tunes & Apps it's just an Advertisement URL link, it tries to go
Code:
ads.bwanet.ca/getnew.jsp?request=PDAdownload
the link is dead anyways, it's safe to delete after rooting
TV & Radio supposedly to Watch Live TV, Listen to Music and Talk Radio... but it doesn't work.
It might be only available to people on Bell network, the error messages says
> Error
There was a problem
connecting to the service.
Check your data connection.
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my recommendation uninstall it if you are rooted, there are better Apps in Android Market that offers the same feature & service
Kobo it comes included with the latest official ROMs. You might want to keep it if you are an e-book reader. It channels you to their online catalog of e-books. Depending from each point of view, it can be categorized as another Advertisement or a Tool.
Personally I'll uninstall it (you'll need to be rooted), the only thing I'll ever read in my phone are PDF files, for everything else i got RSS feeds, tons of e-mails/SMS to go through an lots of websites to keep me busy and relaxed.
AllShare a simple to use App to share your files in the phone to other devices wirelessly.
Worth keeping? Yes
Layar is more of a fun tool than a real utility, it lets you catalog and get info of nearby places where you are standing, it requires the GPS to be ON-line. This App is based on the Anime feature in Eden of the East.
Worth keeping? Yes
Navigation Google Maps Navigation, a simple to use Navigation tool that works out of the box.
Worth keeping? Yes
ThinkFree Office requires activation, but it's completely Free as the name implies (unlike other Apps which claims to be "free" but is crippled one war or another, or with Ads.) you can open and create Microsoft Word Doc, Spread Sheet, and PowerPoint slides, all from the tips of your fingers.
It takes a bit to get used to navigating around the software to do what would normally have been a simple task in the PC.
Worth keeping? Yes
Samsung Apps List of available freebies:
- eBooks by Kobo (the other piece of the forced on ROM Kobo eBook Market)
- Social Hub Push Email and IM (as the name implies it does everything, it's quite good infact, it adds additional supported services to the original version, now it can do Google Accounts, Hotmail/Live Accounts, Yahoo Accounts, Facebook Accounts, Twiter Accounts, MySpace Accounts)
- RoadSMS (SMS that lets you see behind the phone, the road or whatever your phone camera seems to be pointing... great App to check out on girls on the restaurant table in front of you )
- Robert Parker (wine guide)
- Radio Companion (i find it rather interesting, it lets you sing karaoke to the radio station you are listening to... well sort of, it will scroll and display the lyrics as the song plays on the radio station)
- Asphalt5 (racing game, full version, completely free, notice this is not the Asphalt5 HD)
- Vlingo Voice (voice control your phone, dictation, launch apps, etc)
- Krazy Kart Racing (from Konami) cartoonish kart racing game, fun!
- Facebook for Samsung the name says it all it's a new facebook apps from Samsung
- Movies App for movie show times, trailers and reviews
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- Blinkx Beat
- ComedyTime
You may want to add something in here about Bell's lack of a 2g GSM network and checking if your phone has the download mode disabled or not. These seem to be 2 common questions on these forums about the Canadian I9000M.
Thanks for the reminder, yes this FAQ is a work in progress
The TV & Radio app is worth keeping if you are a Bell subscriber and into the idea. Basically it is a premium app, you have to pay for subscriptions to channels. But you can access content like live NHL games, HBO, etc.
It also lets you subscribe to and listen to Sirius sat. radio.
But if you don't have a 6GB plan it's a total non-starter.
For someone in the United States, where's the best place to purchase an unlocked one? I can't find any on US ebay and only like 3 on CA ebay.
AllGamer said:
... safe to uninstall after rooting
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Silly question: how do you uninstall apps after rooting? (I'd appreciate teaching me how to do that using Root Explorer.)
INeedYourHelp said:
For someone in the United States, where's the best place to purchase an unlocked one? I can't find any on US ebay and only like 3 on CA ebay.
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The states ones are all carrier exclusive, not sure when they'll have unlocked ones available?
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Silly question: how do you uninstall apps after rooting? (I'd appreciate teaching me how to do that using Root Explorer.)
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i do it via busybox or any other terminal app
using command lines:
cd /directory/where/apps/reside
rm WhateverName.apk
there is a topic in one of the 23+ SGS sub forums with a full list of all the Apk safe to remove, but i can't find it because i forgot which of the so many forums we have are storing it
this is why we need this to happen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764084
AllGamer said:
i do it via busybox or any other terminal app...
cd /directory/where/apps/reside
rm WhateverName.apk
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So is this just a matter of deleting the corresponding .apk file? Or is there something more to it? If the former holds, then how can I tell where the undesired (i.e. stock) applications are located for the I9000M?
found it, here's the topic you want to remove the stuff you don't want
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712546
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found it, here's the topic you want to remove the stuff you don't want
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712546
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Thanks. Where would I find the apps that you listed as safe, such as Tunes and Apps and the rest? Those look to me to be better deletion candidates.
Look, I know this isn't the right thread to be posting in, but I have a dying question to OP.
How did you root your i9000m? I cannot seem to root mine! Nor can I find a confirmed method of doing it.
roma17 said:
Look, I know this isn't the right thread to be posting in, but I have a dying question to OP.
How did you root your i9000m? I cannot seem to root mine! Nor can I find a confirmed method of doing it.
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follow step one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747235
and if you want to unlock you phone too
follow step two
AllGamer said:
follow step one
and if you want to unlock you phone too
follow step two
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and you're absolutely sure that if i follow step one correctly, that the phone will be rooted? (Yes I know nothing is sure, but I just need to hear it from you).
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and you're absolutely sure that if i follow step one correctly, that the phone will be rooted? (Yes I know nothing is sure, but I just need to hear it from you).
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those are proven steps that i used on my phones
Before this thread gets hijacked, would you mind answering my question above: Where would I find the apps that you listed as safe, such as Tunes and Apps and the rest? Those look to me to be better deletion candidates.
Thanks.
Edit: alright, I think I found'em. What's tn55-android-blur.apk? The TeleNav application by any chance?
updated
- Krazy Kart Racing (from Konami) cartoonish kart racing game, fun!
Any chance of an apk dump of "Social Hub Push Email and IM" and "Radio Companion" apps? (assuming that they are legal to share, these aren't in my JP3 app store).
I would also ask for Krazy Kart Racing, but pretty sure thats a paid app and I don't wanna break any rules lol..
Otherwise, if no-one can share anything... what firmwares are these apps available for? just the non-beta ones? or just for the bell i9000?
Yes, bell i9000m JH2 is the latest official ROM from Kies
it is compatible with I9000 international, but you will need Odin to flash it
or do the KIES cheat as mentioned in another topic, to make the changes in the registry, so it will download Bell JH2 for you.
But as far as i know, if they are included as freebies inside Samsung Apps, it should also be available to the international i9000 ROMs with Samsung Apps
Thanks for the reply AllGamer
Sorry that I'm a little confused, are the radio and social hub push email included in the firmware or downloadable from the samsung apps store?
Do you know how samsung app store determines phone version? Can we fake this through build.prop or something to download the latest apps, or does it have a more complicated check?
Only cause it seems that the number of apps available to JP3 is limited (and I wanna stick to this firmware for now, it's awesome )
Hey guys,
I am about to buy a KF here today on my lunch break. I had a few questions though. I see all the steps and downloaded all the tools needed to Root, one thing I wondered though is if you do root and install a custom rom (Which ones the best one to get?) can you still utilize the Amazon Prime and other amazon features that you get when you purchase it?
Which Rom would be the best choice? Something light weight but customizable of course. With full Android market.
Also, I have an evo 3d, and of course it uses my google account to know which apps I bought and such, will all that + my google wallet work for the Kindle also?
Thanks all!
Do It
Buy it, use your free month of amazon prime for about 4 days until you realize that its streaming is more useless than netflix and that the bookshelf launcher thing is more annoying than using Microsoft BOB on a 386DX. Even the amazon reader PDF viewer is total garbage
1. Copy CM7 and Gapps to the kindle in disk mode
2. Root using the Kindle Fire Utility (the only problems you may face are getting the right drivers on your PC), this will burritoroot it, install the firefirefire bootloader and install the TWRP touchscreen recovery
3. When you get to the bootloader, backup first, then flash CM7+Gapps. Login with your account that is tied to your Evo3D. Multiple device win.
4. Without hardware buttons, CM7 has tablet tweaks under CMsettings. Check the box for home button as it isn't there by default. If you are right handed, change from the default to right-side, this will now put the home button in the middle in portrait mode.
5. Set up google voice so you can send/recieve text messages on your awesome tablet (it is way more than a kindle now). GrooveIP for calls if you use a headset with mic built in. Gmail app for push gmail.
6. Install the amazon kindle app for your books/syncing and then adobe pdf viewer
7. Install Google Currents and Pulse if you read the news a lot. Especially if you want to read the news anywhere you won't have a wifi connection, like on an airplane. They both prefetch.
8. Dolphin browser is so much more awesome than silk.
9. Enjoy your $200 nerdgasm in other ways you see fit...
In short, as far as I know there isn't any CURRENT way to use a custom ROM and use amazon's software aside from the SILK browser which is garbage compared to the opera equivalent (Opera Mini) which in turn is JUST as useless because you're using WiFi and not 3/4G... So save yourself the headache and get a full featured browser (I'm personally happiest with regular Opera, but there is of course Firefox, Dolphin, etc)
Just bought mine and rooted last night. I tried cm7 but didn't like how small the apps looked so i quickly flashed ics rom and it's pretty cool so far. The only thing is no sound and no video, but that's not a big deal for me. I noticed too it's not to responsive, didn't really play with it before i rooted, so not sure if it's rom related or just the way it is
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If you use a launcher such s Go Launcher you would of been able to change your grid size. Thus making your icons bigger. I will share a screenshot in a bit.
sladehawke said:
Buy it, use your free month of amazon prime for about 4 days until you realize that its streaming is more useless than netflix and that the bookshelf launcher thing is more annoying than using Microsoft BOB on a 386DX. Even the amazon reader PDF viewer is total garbage
1. Copy CM7 and Gapps to the kindle in disk mode
2. Root using the Kindle Fire Utility (the only problems you may face are getting the right drivers on your PC), this will burritoroot it, install the firefirefire bootloader and install the TWRP touchscreen recovery
3. When you get to the bootloader, backup first, then flash CM7+Gapps. Login with your account that is tied to your Evo3D. Multiple device win.
4. Without hardware buttons, CM7 has tablet tweaks under CMsettings. Check the box for home button as it isn't there by default. If you are right handed, change from the default to right-side, this will now put the home button in the middle in portrait mode.
5. Set up google voice so you can send/recieve text messages on your awesome tablet (it is way more than a kindle now). GrooveIP for calls if you use a headset with mic built in. Gmail app for push gmail.
6. Install the amazon kindle app for your books/syncing and then adobe pdf viewer
7. Install Google Currents and Pulse if you read the news a lot. Especially if you want to read the news anywhere you won't have a wifi connection, like on an airplane. They both prefetch.
8. Dolphin browser is so much more awesome than silk.
9. Enjoy your $200 nerdgasm in other ways you see fit...
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All good some extras... 7. Also consider buzz box for news.
Also pair it with a phone, use wifi tether and you have net anywhere. Also you can use GPS tether and use google maps for navigation
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Here is a screen, showing how I have set my grid via Go Launcher, for bigger icons.
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Well, I have a question regarding the software uses. Say I buy the Kindle Fire.. will I be able to borrow books from the Kindle store if I were on a custom ROM or do I have to be on their stock ROM in order to borrow any books and use that feature/advantage.
to borrow books you have to be on the stock rom - so far as i know - i don't borrow books - the same for premium vod
Or to play it safe, you can use the STOCK rom with a custom launcher like the GO Launcher (shown above by a member).
You can still customize it with a stock rom, which I do it, cuz CM7 is not all that great on Kindle Fire yet (at least from my experiences).
Kindle Fire is great. It's fast, responsive, but the amazon apps aren't all THAT great. Best of all, you can switch between your Kindle and custom launcher at any time instantly.
How do you set up Google voice so you can send/receive texts? I just use Google voice for getting my vmails I don't use it for anything else.
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Takenover83 said:
If you use a launcher such s Go Launcher you would of been able to change your grid size. Thus making your icons bigger. I will share a screenshot in a bit.
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Thanks! Took your advice and went back to cm7. Its definitely better this time around. Ics is nice, but too many bugs. Plus a lot of apps dont support ics yet. Much more responsive too compared to ics.
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So, i tried to get this work during sunday and monday with no succes.
I have ripped some of my own games (Tombi 2 and crash bandicoot 3 PAL releases) via program Imgburn which i found from neoseeker forums after some googling.
I couldnt do ISO files so Imgburn did BIN files for me, i read that BIN files should work with PSXperiA, yesterday the author of the tutorial video, and possibly a member of XDA, confirmed that BINs should work by replying my utube comment. After this i updated my play to 2.3.4 and PSXperia to beta 2
I retrieved proper files (com.playsration something from phone memory and ZPAK from the memorycard i had crash 1)
After this i copy both files into "important 1" and "important 2" folders under (harddrive 2)/D:/PSX/
Extract folders is being created in same folder named as "data" after this i go to convert and fill the fields, mark the "analog box" and set paths (extracted content, game BIN and output)
When PSXperia is ready i take the game file and put it into my phone SD card to right directory (i dont excatly remember the path, its either way same path as described in the tutorial video i watched)
I unplug my play and check all the menus and places only to discover that games arent showing up anywhere
I think the problem could be either A ) minor detail i didnt notice or B ) something went wrong while ripping the game.
I believe both have some share in my problem, i tried original BIN files on PSX4droid (i had SPC10001 or something ~~ bios) but with all sort of tricking i didnt get any reaction (tried crash 3)
Soooo, what went wrong ? Can you help me ?
I did everything in that specific order so if something is missing, please do tell me
PS: i didnt mark box "yes this is a question" on these forums since this is call for help and not one question, i think i shouldng mark it ?
You should have watched all of the tutorial, You missed the part where you actually install the game. Watch my video again and see the part where I use a file manager to install the apk.
bubblegumballoon said:
You should have watched all of the tutorial, You missed the part where you actually install the game. Watch my video again and see the part where I use a file manager to install the apk.
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Aaaahh holy.....
I did see that part but because i was watching the video with my play i couldnt see file names and i think i just didnt hear that part correctly.
Though my excuse for sucha noob mistake must be that my PC read APK file as "Gamespy Arcade Custom Service" so all i could think was "WTH does this file do here ?"
Well, now i have instaled "Tombi 2" but its shutting down by itself (black screen and extremely quiet sound "sssshhhhhhh" from the speakers which stops after screen goes away)
But i think this problem is more common and can be found from "PSXperia beta 2.0" thread so i think i take a look at it
I will bump this thread if i need more help.
BTW, i cant get even PSX4droid to work, black screen and freeze, there seems to,be no topics solving or even containing the problem in the interwebz (tried PAL BIOS too but without luck)
It seems emulation god's are not on my side today
Thewonderboy said:
Aaaahh holy.....
I did see that part but because i was watching the video with my play i couldnt see file names and i think i just didnt hear that part correctly.
Though my excuse for sucha noob mistake must be that my PC read APK file as "Gamespy Arcade Custom Service" so all i could think was "WTH does this file do here ?"
Well, now i have instaled "Tombi 2" but its shutting down by itself (black screen and extremely quiet sound "sssshhhhhhh" from the speakers which stops after screen goes away)
But i think this problem is more common and can be found from "PSXperia beta 2.0" thread so i think i take a look at it
I will bump this thread if i need more help.
BTW, i cant get even PSX4droid to work, black screen and freeze, there seems to,be no topics solving or even containing the problem in the interwebz (tried PAL BIOS too but without luck)
It seems emulation god's are not on my side today
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my tomba 2 rip works fine except during white screens at the end of loading scenes where the it freezes for 5 seconds. try reconverting it and and putting the new zpak there
Sniper Spr3e said:
my tomba 2 rip works fine except during white screens at the end of loading scenes where the it freezes for 5 seconds. try reconverting it and and putting the new zpak there
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The problem might be that im using EU APK and ZPAK of crash bandicoot with Tombi 2
(i checked from github compatibility list and there was no sing about PAL release working, only Usa)
Tombi 2 is EU/PAL release while you are using USA version with possibly USA APK and ZPAK.
I try USA release of Tomba 2 with my current APK and Zpak, i will report in shortly
EDIT: didnt work, same deal as with PAL, i think next step is to get Usa Crash bandicoot APK and ZPAK and try with those, i think APK was in that PSXperi thread somewhere.
Small update.
Tombi 2 PAL works perfectly with US apk and ZPAK, minor graphical glitches and bugs (some edges of models look blue and few chains in second world are "hot" while they shouldnt be, this doesnt alter gameplay though.)
I have shared thanks for you two
Tombi 2 is by far, my favourite PSX tittle with countless hours of gameplay, im looking foward in trying Tombi 1 that i never had a chance to play and to play extra missions that are being unlocked in Tomba 2.
I wanted to try Zero Divided 2 but i had an error while ripping, today i will proceed trying out Croc 2, Crash Bash... Infact, all of my PSX PAL tittles.
crash 3 didnt work, ill try US release.
One last question, could converted game and the APK for for other xperia 2011 range devices, Arc is PS certified so i dont see why not on it, but im more thinkig about NEO.
My sister would like to play some PS classics too and the only PSX4droid version i could get working, performed horribly.
I know its kinda illegal, spreading software that is not desinged for centrain phone on purpose that is.
K, so I reflashed my phone and proceeded to repeat what I did to gain access to the G-Gee Market and Square Enix. It is not really easy to do.
Download this zip with all 3 G-Gee Markets, install each one but the one you want to really use is the GameBox installer.
After they are all installed download the modded build.prop I used (its from my Xperia PLAY, if on another phone just copy the SO-01C to all references of Build, Model, etc)
Modded Build.prop
Save as a text document, backup your old build.prop (system/build.prop) Then copy the modded build.prop to the same place as your original.
http://db.tt/1RQUKz4C
Next you need to download/install Market Enabler and set it to Japan - Docomo, reboot your phone.
Market Enabler:
http://db.tt/OWdfOWX6
After the above steps are done and you have rebooted. Open Market Enabler and set it again to DOCOCMO, then copy this link to your gmail and send it to your self.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ggee.gameboxam
Open the email and select the link and select Play Market to open, it should then be able to let you download the G-Gee ticket for the game from the Android Market, it should hten automatically open the GameBox installed and let you download nd install the King of Fighters.
I have done this same process 3 times now and each time it worked.
Found this and wanted to share with y'all
http://ggee.com/xperiaplay/playnow/
If you loon at the bottom it shows the Devil May Cry and says "coming soon". I will be keeping an eye out for this game...guarantee.
my R800x using xda premium
Hmm... I'm noticing a trend here.
Seems G-Gee's bringing out all those games shown off during Sony's Japanese Xperia PLAY launch specials.
EDIT: Looks like that's not all they're doing... snooping a little further in, I saw that they're promoting Disgaea Infinite on the Play Store, and even a special Android King of Fighters game!
Hear that? That's the sound of me getting hard.
TLRtheory said:
Hmm... I'm noticing a trend here.
Seems G-Gee's bringing out all those games shown off during Sony's Japanese Xperia PLAY launch specials.
EDIT: Looks like that's not all they're doing... snooping a little further in, I saw that they're promoting Disgaea Infinite on the Play Store, and even a special Android King of Fighters game!
Hear that? That's the sound of me getting hard.
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LOL.
Sent from my R800x using xda premium
In digging through some of the G-Ge apps I found this,
http://gmo-game.com/
Notice the King of Fighters
http://gmo-game.com/app/1313/
(I am going to change my build.prop to SO-01D to see if I can get this KofF apk)
For those interested there are two types of the G-Gee Markets and here they are:
http://db.tt/taYSFmA7
http://db.tt/e2I42xnf
http://db.tt/QLfNKsRT
Between using the market enabler, modding my build.prop to reflecct a r800i instead of r800x and the occasional Japanese VPN account I use (which is free by the way) I have been able to gain access to some of these games from the G-Gee market.
This is the pae for Devil May Cry, its not out yet..
http://translate.google.com/transla...%B3+android&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=643&prmd=imvns
Here is the original page,
http://www.4gamer.net/games/135/G013543/20110915028/
Right now as I type this I am downloading the game Disgaea Infinite. It is really slow download but still .... hope to have the app installed, apk saved and uploaded shortly.
I can download and buy any of the market g-gee apps using market enabler and docomo as the carrier, but the games themselves are performing a device check in case anyone trys to buy these.
LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
I can download and buy any of the market g-gee apps using market enabler and docomo as the carrier, but the games themselves are performing a device check in case anyone trys to buy these.
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So far I havent seen the device check but that doesnt mean anything, just havent seen it, also I did find this, Legion any chance you may be able to snag it? I am not having any luck getting it. Its Disengaea Infinite in English.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...me.OZStore_AM_Ticket745&feature=search_result
I lied, here you go... I can install the apk but it wont let me install the additional files which it said was I think 75mb.
Here is the file in case anyone wants to have a go at this.
http://db.tt/edxr37pt
easily done, http://www.mediafire.com/?vs2e1vb05g2l97w
I would highly recommend you check this out, this lets you download any android market app directly on your computer as long as its a free app.
http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/
OK, I got the Disgaea from the Gamebox G-Gee Market, the one I got from Legion was just basically a link to the game on th GGEE market. I got the game to download and install however the only problem is that I am unable to save the game as an apk. However the 149mb additional files that downloaded, actually I think its the whole game hence the reason no apk, and I backed it up. The files were saved to a new folder on my sdcard by G-Gee called Runtime Apps, Looks like all the files are there and unfortunately it is in Japanese. I am uploading the files to my dropbox account and will be posting a download link shortly.
And here it is...... someone mind taking a look at it? It is compressed as its 129mb zipped, 145 uncompressed
http://db.tt/rqPhsSEg
OK, so you ned to have the G-Gee Market installed, and the above zipped file on your sdcard. You load up the G-Gee market and it should show you the Disgaea game under "my apps". From there you run it. That is why the game has not apk, it is all run from within the GGee market.
Just in case here is 3 different versions of the G-Gee Market, one is web based and doesnt have much. the other tow are are G-Gee & Gamebox Installed. I would recommend installing both of those 2.
Here is the link, all 3 are in a single compressed file
http://db.tt/Vrd17wNy
going to try switching my build.prop to korean and see if I can get TLtheory , and everyone else, King of Fighters by SNK. Cross your fingers.
Ummm TLtheory... in the words of Pam on the FX series Archer... Holy ****snacks.... I got the King of Fighters and believe it or not, the xperia play controls works. Again though it requires you to have the G-Gee GameBox installed as it runs the game through that. I have the download link for the Kof F below and I sure hope it works via just having the games files saved to the Runtime App on the root of the SDcard with GameBox installed. So the android market link takes you to the G-Gee Gamebox which then after installing that tkae you to the K of F on the Gamebox app to download/install. The files are a good size.
Please let me know if it works... sure hope it does....
Also, since it was so large I had to break it into 3 seperate zip files. I know its a pain but it was the only way to do it and still be able to upload
Part 1 of 3:
http://db.tt/5tp3fZpg
Part 2 of 3
http://db.tt/9YSkq0FU
Part 3 of 3
http://db.tt/g6XDhqnw
Just a heads up on the 3 download links above, 2 of the 3 came back as having errors but I was able to download them from the links and they seemed fine. If anyone has issues with the links let me know.
......well you've been busy!
would you be able to get Sonic The HedgeHog and Super Monkey Ball 1 as well?
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unfortunately, I don't think it works just by copying it to the sd card, I tried a bunch of stuff like for example downloading an app that shows available to me and swapping the sd card data and so forth, no dice. Try making a titanium backup with these games already installed and upload that, that ought to work.
LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
would you be able to get Sonic The HedgeHog and Super Monkey Ball 1 as well?
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unfortunately, I don't think it works just by copying it to the sd card, I tried a bunch of stuff like for example downloading an app that shows available to me and swapping the sd card data and so forth, no dice. Try making a titanium backup with these games already installed and upload that, that ought to work.
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This is the part that sucks, I tried the TB first when I saw the apk saver app wasnt seeing the games. TB does not see the FoF or Disgaea either, as both games do not have an apk and are dependant on the GameBox. OTher then making a zip of the folders for the games and recommending installing the Gameox, thats all I could think of..
So you tried the uncompress and saved the folders to a folder on your sdcard called Runtime Apps, and had the Gamebox apk installed and you were not able to play/see the games? Hmm.....Gamebox is making this a total PITA, and probably for this very reason, to only make it available to countries that can access it.
Here is what I did to gain access to the games. I changed my buildprop to the SO-01D and went to these links: (with market enabler on Japan Dococmo)
K of F
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ggee.gameboxam
easiest way to open this was to email the above link to your gmail and open it on your phone, it then says its availanble. I selected install and installed it. OPening it then tales you to the GameBox or G-Gee market and then it allows you to Download and Installed the files. This worked for me, the files are around 45-500mb download. This same process worked for me on Disgaea,
Disgaea:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...kZWEucnVudGltZS5PWlN0b3JlX0FNX1RpY2tldDc0NSJd
This is all I can think of, as obviously saving the files and trying to transplant them onto another phone does NOT work.... try the above steps and see what you get...as said it worked for me. Attemting to look up the games on the android market after the enabler and build changes will NOT show the games on your phone, you HAVE TO open the above links from within you Gmail, hence emailing the links to yourself. Only then did it work for me.
Let me know how it goes
Could anyone upload APK file of King Of Fighters (this fighters game, not shotem-up) ? Only if is it a free game. I don't have root, so i have a hope that this game will be work like Locoroco... I love KOF serie ...
Oy... you guys are really kicking ass here!
...this is hurting my head though. I
• Modified build.prop
• Changed "ro.product.model" to "SO-01D"
• Got Market Enabler
• Faked Japan DoCoMo
...all seemed gravy til I hit some error screen. I couldn't even install KoF from the above link. I was able to grab the "com.ggee.gameboxam-3.apk" APK with the tool mentioned earlier, but that never got me to KoF.
I'm confused, and I just know I did something wrong... either way, I'm changing my build prop back for now.
There is no apk for the game. You have to run the game through the game box or g-gee. When you download the game it opens throught the ggee and then downloads the files. It saves all the files in a folder called Runtine Apps. I have no idea how to convert these files to apk as again all it is is all these .exe files.
Sent from my SO-01C using xda premium
Sooo... I see . I must wait... Maybe in some time they relese this game in google play ... I don't want root, so i can't change build.prop ...
I am going to make a video here in a couple minutes showing off the King of Fighters game on my Xperia pLAY and post it on Youtube. This game runs smooth and the controls aork awesome.... really really wish that SNK will release this to the android market. I had to buy the game for $5 from the G-Gee market and it is totally worth every penny. I will post the link once I have the video uploaded.
K, this video is almost uploaded but here is the Youtube link. Also I aplogize for the poor camera work, its my first video. I just found the app ScreenCast which records your phone screens rather then me holding a camera to it... so it should be much better picture. from here on out I will be using that to make my vids... I will make another vid soon, getting tired..... and will post it on here.......
Here is the link for the youtie video, its up now
http://youtu.be/OUDRPF401OE
Video is up, I did the best I could for my first video. And I am trying to remember everything I did to get this all to work.. honestly I was up till 230am trying to get King of Fighters to download, then to work, and so forth. I am going to attempt to recreate the process on another android phone and if it works and I can figure out a much easier process I will post as much info to help others as I can.
TLRTheory probably couldn't download it becuase he wasn't on a vpn. Yes, this is a tough one. Looking at the sd card data, it has alot of elements of an android apk, but its not all there...... its incomplete. There are two attack vectors available to us:
1: Find a way to modify the sdcard data/g-gee market
2: Try to inject the game data into an apk file and pray it works without force closes.
I will try both, but number 2 is really unlikely due to me ****ing hating using Eclipse.
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Currently there is no known root method - 14 July 2017
There is no reliable way to stop updates, without rooting. - 14 July 2017
see https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603 on how to add google framwork/playstore without root. - 14 July 2017
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Buzzing audio noise issue
I've recently bought one of these & it seems pretty good for the money (i.e. £40 on prime day with student discount). I've installed the Google Play Store & downloaded some apps & everything works fine so far. It's mostly being used to listen to music using the Google Music & BBC Radio apps, both of which work fine.
However I've noticed a couple of issues with the audio which are quite annoying. The tablet is connected to my stereo amplifier via a cable (headphone jack to 2 stereo jack). The first problem is when the amp is on but the tablet is off there is a buzzing noise. Secondly, when the tablet is on audio plays perfectly with no buzzing but when whatever is playing has finished (i.e. when no sound is playing) there is silence for some time (maybe 5 or 10 minutes) but then a buzzing noise starts & repeats erratically. However, this noise stops as soon as the tablet screen is switched on. The noise sounds like the tablet isn't earthed correctly but I've used the same cables & connections with my old Nexus 7 tablet without any problem so don't see why this should be any different.
Having spoken with Amazon they suggest a factory reset which I'm holding back from doing as it's taken me some time to set it up & I'd rather not go through it again. However, they did remove the adverts from the lockscreen for free while I was chatting to them which was good.
Anyway, my question is does this sound like a software fault, a hardware fault, or an issue with the cable I'm using. Obviously, if it's a hardware fault I'll have to send it back anyway but it's a pain whatever as I'm quite happy with it otherwise. Also if I send it back does anyone think that the fact I've installed the Google Play Store on it will affect the return.
Sorry for long rambling post but couldn't find anything about this issue anywhere else & appears this is the first question posted in this thread so maybe it's a bit too early to expect anyone to be able to answer from experience yet.
Cheers anyway.
Eagerly awaiting root fix for these!
Blank Home Screen on HD8-7th
I have a Fire HD 8, 7th Gen, running Fire OS 5.4.0.0.
My problem is that my home screen will sometimes go blank. I can swipe down to show the Brightness etc, and I can hit the square on the bottom to see and use any running apps, but the screen that usually shows Home, Books, Video, etc is completely blank. I can swipe down, open settings, and navigate through there with no problems.
I have done a factory reset, and still have the symptoms.
The only things I have done after the reset is install Adobe acrobat from the Amazon Appstore, and install the Google Play Store using these APKs:
edit: I am having a hard time with the forum link autodetect. All of these are on www<DOT>.apkmirror<DOT>com.
apk/google-inc/google-account-manager/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-release/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-services-framework/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-release/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-10-2-98-release/google-play-services-10-2-98-230-146496160-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-7-4-25-release/google-play-store-7-4-25-l-all-0-pr-145823605-android-apk-download/
Any suggestions? I am willing to try another reset, and try without the Google stuff for a few days, but it seems like lots of people are using this on this tablet without problem.
Thanks,
Ed
EdStokes said:
I have a Fire HD 8, 7th Gen, running Fire OS 5.4.0.0.
My problem is that my home screen will sometimes go blank. I can swipe down to show the Brightness etc, and I can hit the square on the bottom to see and use any running apps, but the screen that usually shows Home, Books, Video, etc is completely blank. I can swipe down, open settings, and navigate through there with no problems.
I have done a factory reset, and still have the symptoms.
The only things I have done after the reset is install Adobe acrobat from the Amazon Appstore, and install the Google Play Store using these APKs:
edit: I am having a hard time with the forum link autodetect. All of these are on www<DOT>.apkmirror<DOT>com.
apk/google-inc/google-account-manager/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-release/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-services-framework/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-release/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-10-2-98-release/google-play-services-10-2-98-230-146496160-android-apk-download/
apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-7-4-25-release/google-play-store-7-4-25-l-all-0-pr-145823605-android-apk-download/
Any suggestions? I am willing to try another reset, and try without the Google stuff for a few days, but it seems like lots of people are using this on this tablet without problem.
Thanks,
Ed
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Since this thread is pretty quiet & doesn't seem to have any responses I can only offer my own experience which is that I've installed Google Play Store following this thread:
how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603 & haven't experienced this issue. I'm not sure about the source of your apks but if you're getting them from elsewhere maybe try the links in the thread I've given to see if that makes any difference?
You could get the tablet replaced as a factory reset is the standard test Amazon suggest before offering a replacement so if that hasn't worked then it is likely an issue with the tablet itself. If you do chat to Amazon about it is worth mentioning the ads on the lockscreen (if you have them) as you can get them removed for free fairly easily (basically by just mentioning them).
sd_shadow said:
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Currently there is no known root method - 14 July 2017
There is no reliable way to stop updates, without rooting. - 14 July 2017
see https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603 on how to add google framwork/playstore without root. - 14 July 2017
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Thanks for the helpful post. Are you aware of a dedicated thread (or other place) where dev-minded individuals working with the hd fire 7th gen may frolic in efforts to root/unlock bootloader? At least a list of known potential exploits etc? I had no trouble finding such resources for my Note 4. I don't expect to have time to really dig in - but I might contribute in small ways.
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EdStokes said:
Any suggestions? I am willing to try another reset, and try without the Google stuff for a few days, but it seems like lots of people are using this on this tablet without problem.
Thanks,
Ed
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A couple thoughts-
-the steps must be followed in order on that post or things night get wonky.
-are you using the stock launcher or something else? I had similar issues with launcherpro. Did you start to follow the instructions on how to change your launcher perhaps?
-I had better luck when installing the apks from my device instead of sideloading. I have some ideas as to why, but that doesn't matter in this post.
-Do you have a particular setting that is synchronizing after you log in? You night try turning off app sync and backup and then clearing the data/cache for the launcher app.
Perhaps the easiest solution is to change your launcher app to something nicer. I've been using Nova (pretty standard launcher replacement) and it works great.
Blank Home Screen - resolution
Thank you all for your advice.
Here is what worked for me:
I uninstalled the Google Play store from my home screen, then reinstalled all four apks from my SD Card. I don't know why this worked, because I thought I did that before. Maybe I installed directly from the APK website, I don't know, but I have not seen the blank home screen I described above since.
By this time, I had already talked to Amazon, and their policy seemed to be "Blank screen after system restore? Ship him a replacement." So now I am returning a probably perfect HD8 to Amazon. <shrug>
Thanks, again, and I am looking forward to when you geniuses figure out how to root the HD8.
Ed
Hey I just ordered my HD 8 2017 and I'm worried I won't be able to stream to my chromecast. I use plex and netflix and something else I should maybe not mention, but I just wanted to make sure I could use this stuff because it's like 50% of what I plan on using it for.
staythepath said:
Hey I just ordered my HD 8 2017 and I'm worried I won't be able to stream to my chromecast. I use plex and netflix and something else I should maybe not mention, but I just wanted to make sure I could use this stuff because it's like 50% of what I plan on using it for.
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I haven't tried using mine to stream to other devices, but after installing the Google App Store (see other posts above), I've watched Netflix and have watched content streamed from my home PC using Plex. No issues so far.
Hey guys, anyone is having issues with the YouTube app crashing while viewing the subscriptions tab or having heavy lag? I can't even view that tab without the app force closing itself.
Hi! I'm running Fire OS 5.4 and I've installed the Google Play, Google Framework, Google Home, etc...
but I can't seem to get Netflix to display the Chromecast button, also Plex has the icon, but it's unable to cast to the device.
I like the tablet, don't mind the adds, won't even root it if there is a fix for the Chromecast issue. C'mon Amazon, it's an Android, stop restricting my life...
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staythepath said:
Hey I just ordered my HD 8 2017 and I'm worried I won't be able to stream to my chromecast. I use plex and netflix and something else I should maybe not mention, but I just wanted to make sure I could use this stuff because it's like 50% of what I plan on using it for.
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I'm having an issue with Plex casting to the Chromecast, it shows up within the app, but isn't able to cast to device.
Netflix, I don't see the icon anywhere, not even when you start the play the video.
Hoping there's a fix that doesn't require a root, but I like you would really like to use this feature.
I took my 5.4.0.1 device back to the store and exchanged for one with 5.4.0.0 and used the debloater tool to remove/hide OTA updates, should I block anything other than com.amazon.device.software.ota and com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe.forced.ota?
The ads don't hurt me so I left that but installed the Nova Launcher and Google Services, should I avoid registering with Amazon because of this? Will registering the device with Amazon cause any problems after installing those and blocking updates?
Didn't realize it, but I bought (again) moon reader pro and calibre companion on amazon appstore. I didn't know that they used their monopoly to block installation of alternative book apps from their own store.
Good thing for the sideload though. I didn't think I'd need it but Amazon forced me.
Just purchased a n Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8 7 gen after my Google Nexus 7 touch screen stopped responding, would like to get info off that device but that's another story. The Fire Tablet working fine but I feel restricted with the ads and apps. I would like to make this tablet open some like the nexus 7. What's the best way to make that happen on this devis.
gogo1555 said:
Just purchased a n Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8 7 gen after my Google Nexus 7 touch screen stopped responding, would like to get info off that device but that's another story. The Fire Tablet working fine but I feel restricted with the ads and apps. I would like to make this tablet open some like the nexus 7. What's the best way to make that happen on this devis.
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you can install a different launcher
see
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/using-nova-launcher-to-replace-fire-t3511831
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Depending on the fire os version, you can disable several apps, stop auto updates, install play store, change launcher and disable lockscreen adds. Just do a search un the amazon fire forum.
This is the thread.. https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/amazon-fire-utility-tool-bloat-removal-t3641151
Also are included any launcher tool ans you can choose your favorite launcher..
gogo1555 said:
Just purchased a n Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8 7 gen after my Google Nexus 7 touch screen stopped responding, would like to get info off that device but that's another story. The Fire Tablet working fine but I feel restricted with the ads and apps. I would like to make this tablet open some like the nexus 7. What's the best way to make that happen on this devis.
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Thank you, but I saw a thread that was similar to my issue and I called Amazon told them I want to send the tablet back and get a tablet with no Special Offers. They cancelled the Special Offer free of charge. That's customer service!
Did you ever have any issues after doing what you mentioned? I already had one tablet auto-update and really want to make sure the second is safe.
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I took my 5.4.0.1 device back to the store and exchanged for one with 5.4.0.0 and used the debloater tool to remove/hide OTA updates, should I block anything other than com.amazon.device.software.ota and com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe.forced.ota?
The ads don't hurt me so I left that but installed the Nova Launcher and Google Services, should I avoid registering with Amazon because of this? Will registering the device with Amazon cause any problems after installing those and blocking updates?
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