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App to *possibly* fix the blank my apps list issue

Hi all,
I have a Bell Atrix and I always have the blank my apps list issue with any Blur based Gingerbread ROMs. I found that removing the Preset app fixed my problem. So I put a small app together to scan the market database to compare the list of market recognised installed apps to the available apps in the market. Users can then remove apps and the market association in the market database.
If possible, can I please have someone to help me test this app? Also, I'd imagine this app should work with any gingerbread running phones with the same problem.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kstudio.marketfixer
Steps:
1) nandroid backup then start the app
2) Click on Load Market Data (and wait for it to finish)
3) If the app found anything, it will be added to the list
4) Select apps from the list and click on "Del Checked Entry" to delete them
5) Uninstall window will show for the selected apps, click on Uninstall
6) Open the market again, wait a bit and see if the list shows.
Thanks!!
Update1:
I found that Android Market, when starting from scratch (after deleting all the app data), downloads a list of all the apps you have ever associated to your account. If you have ever used TiBu (or the like) to associate apps you shouldn't have associated to the market, and still have the app installed, you will start to have the market problem after wipe.
Update2:
I believe the version 3.5.15 market has made this app obsolete. You can find the download link in the post below
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-google-play-store-apk-3-5-15/
Update3:
Uploaded version 2.0.0, for anyone still wanting to remove market links in the new market.

ken218 said:
Hi all,
I have a Bell Atrix and I always have the blank my apps list issue with any Blur based Gingerbread ROMs. I found that removing the Preset app fixed my problem. So I put a small app together to scan the market database to compare the list of market recognised installed apps to the available apps in the market. Users can then remove apps and the market association in the market database.
If possible, can I please have someone to help me test this app? Also, I'd imagine this app should work with any gingerbread running phones with the same problem.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kstudio.marketfixer
Steps:
1) nandroid backup then start the app
2) Click on Load Market Data (and wait for it to finish)
3) If the app found anything, it will be added to the list
4) Select apps from the list and click on "Del Checked Entry" to delete them
5) Uninstall window will show for the selected apps, click on Uninstall
6) Open the market again, wait a bit and see if the list shows.
Thanks!!
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Worked as stated. Nice to have this feature back. Thank you for your work and sharing.

Glad to hear this is working! cheers!

Ken218, thank you for this app.
After I ran "Load market data," a bunch of apps (meaning way more than I'd like to count) showed in the list, but nothing was checked.
Expected?
If so, how do I identify troublemakers from the list?
This is on a Sprint Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch, running Calkulin's ROM, v2.8.1.
Thank you again.

Holy s***! This works! Thank you!!
There were three apps found, none were checked, so checked them and uninstalled them, market working perfect now! You rock!
Oh and this works on stock ICS 4.0.2 (galaxy nexus gsm) so you can add this to your compatibility list.
Need to sticky this in every device forum.
Thanks again!!

holy sheep **** you are a mad genius this worked for me i have a rooted unlocked motorola photon running rocko rom joker kernel and a fistful of tweaks and my apps are listed again in the market major thanks for this

you will need to manually check every app... I will add a "select all" to the list when I update the app.

Genius........that works perfect on ICS 4.0.3 rooted Iconia 500.
I then reinstall the delete apps.
Thank you so much

I had com.motorola.contacts.preloaded as faulty app. Maybe market acts sensitively when using AT&T-Rom on INT'L Atrix in non-default locale.

Wow, thank you very much. I had tried everything before this to fix this problem, and had given up on seeing it working again.
Well done.
Fixed on my Galaxy SII

sxg75 said:
I had com.motorola.contacts.preloaded as faulty app. Maybe market acts sensitively when using AT&T-Rom on INT'L Atrix in non-default locale.
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I tried the UK retail sbf and still had the same problem on com.motorola.contacts.preloaded...

Thank you so much for this! This has annoyed me to no end for months and it's finally fixed!
On more thing. Is there any way to get the market to stop showing apps from Amazon's AppStore as "Purchased" in the market? There's a few I've gotten from the Free App of the Day that I'd like to purchase on the Android Market but am unable to because it says "Install" instead of "Purchase". When I go to install them it says something like "Cannot install because you haven't purchased it." Thanks again!

sanitarium09 said:
Thank you so much for this! This has annoyed me to no end for months and it's finally fixed!
On more thing. Is there any way to get the market to stop showing apps from Amazon's AppStore as "Purchased" in the market? There's a few I've gotten from the Free App of the Day that I'd like to purchase on the Android Market but am unable to because it says "Install" instead of "Purchase". When I go to install them it says something like "Cannot install because you haven't purchased it." Thanks again!
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Uninstall the app
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Uninstall the app
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That doesn't work. It registers the app as purchased. Same thing happens with cracked apps. If you installed one and upgraded to the latest market, you'll never be able to purchase the app again off the android market.
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sanitarium09 said:
Thank you so much for this! This has annoyed me to no end for months and it's finally fixed!
On more thing. Is there any way to get the market to stop showing apps from Amazon's AppStore as "Purchased" in the market? There's a few I've gotten from the Free App of the Day that I'd like to purchase on the Android Market but am unable to because it says "Install" instead of "Purchase". When I go to install them it says something like "Cannot install because you haven't purchased it." Thanks again!
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There is a workaround, but it involves some messing around:
1) Uninstall targetted app
2) Freeze market auto-upater
3) Downgrade your market to 2.2.6, run market
4) search for chosen app (Don't go to my apps, that doesn't seem to work anymore)
5) buy app
6) restore new market...
7) ???????
8) Profit!

Ken you should add some cache feature.
I've deleted apps one by one to find the trobulemaker, but after every uninstall I've had to rescan again - with <10 apps it doesn't take too much time, but if search results can be stored within MarketFixer it'd speed up the whole process
EDIT: Thank You very much, market fixed (at least for a while )

ken218 said:
you will need to manually check every app...
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There are a lot of things in my list which are part of my ROM (Keis Air, for example).
There are also many Android Market apps for which a Market Search turns up no hits (Super Froggy and Twidroyd Pro). I guess these apps have been retired....?
At any rate there are probably 4 dozen things in my scanned list, and I'm nervous about whacking them. Any advice, sir?

xpanmanx said:
There are a lot of things in my list which are part of my ROM (Keis Air, for example).
There are also many Android Market apps for which a Market Search turns up no hits (Super Froggy and Twidroyd Pro). I guess these apps have been retired....?
At any rate there are probably 4 dozen things in my scanned list, and I'm nervous about whacking them. Any advice, sir?
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I'd assume you used TiBu to fix market link? Because components formed part of the ROM (Certificate Installer, Cell broadcast, etc) won't be attached to the market.
I'd say wipe the market and let it rebuild its database first (by starting the market app and let it sync/download all the things automatically).
Like you said, it is possible that some of the apps you have are retired. Also, during my tests, I found some apps where the developer decided to change the package name (xe currency) so the market became broken (doesn't cause the blank market problem though).
In the case of Atrix (and possibly other motorola devices), removing "Preset" is all its needed to fix the market.

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Ken you should add some cache feature.
I've deleted apps one by one to find the trobulemaker, but after every uninstall I've had to rescan again - with <10 apps it doesn't take too much time, but if search results can be stored within MarketFixer it'd speed up the whole process
EDIT: Thank You very much, market fixed (at least for a while )
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Hi metk, Thanks for the advice, will retain the initial search result in the next version glad this works for you.

Holy ****, i could kiss you. In a totally heterosexual way.

Excellent work my friend! This has been bugging the hell put of me for days! Thanks pal.
Samsung Galaxy S2 - 2.3.6 LA4

6.3 update may be out

Someone on the Amazon forums has reported getting a software update to 6.3.
I have droidwall blocking a lot of stuff in hopes of avoiding the automatic update. We shall see...

Someone reported it on The Verge too. Nothing on Amazon's site about the software update, though.

6.3 was pushed out to my Kindle today as well.
there's now a parental controls on/off toggle option in the 'more' menu, not sure what it might control yet (would be nice if it protects from purchasing apps w/o a password). *update*: parental control restricts wifi use (going online requires the parental control set 4+ character password). however, there's no options to lock the wifi immediately after screen lock, or a certain timeout, etc. appears you need to manually disable the wifi after you use it to re-enable parental control.. also doesn't require password for downloading/purchasing from amazon app store (would've be nice).
Also seeing that the screen can now be dimmed lower (i noticed that first, since i keep the brightness at lowest setting, after the update it stayed at lowest setting, but was noticably dimmer. I also compared it visually w/another kindle i have that's still at 6.2.2 while both are at their lowest brightness setting)
I'm noticing pulse reader has been updated as well (from 2.4.3 to 2.7.6).

6.3_user_4019920 got pushed to my device a short while ago and I lost access to root. There is a little information on the Kindle Fire site from Amazon that says 6.3 is coming and lists some of the new features. I was in the middle of something and all the sudden my fire restarted and I lost my root.

Direct link for anyone who's interested:
http://kindle-fire-updates.s3.amazonaws.com/update-kindle-6.3_D01E_4019920.bin
Still nothing on the Amazon site about it, though. I just figured out the link.

Amazon says that is is coming soon and lists some details on a update. It is on the fire update page under 6.2. Sorry I can not post a link to it.

Thanks for the link - each new version's download has been about a meg bigger than the last one, but this one is an 11 meg jump - wonder what's grown so much!

Please excuse my ignorance on the issue, I haven't used stock rom since I pulled my first Kindle Fire out of the box...But, is there a way to disable automatic updates? Isn't forcing updates on someone pushing the boundaries of what's actually legal?
Isn't that why Microsoft was having so many issues with forcing their "Legit Check" on people?
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It is my first update..hope it will not destroy my current settings.

I also got this update today. Now I lost root and Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.3 is not working anymore.

6.3 Update
No more root even here in the other side of atlantic.
Now the solution is wait for the wonderful people of XDA.

Got 6.3 update preloaded into my KF already when I got it. Anyway to download 6.2 on it without root? D;

jdock said:
Someone on the Amazon forums has reported getting a software update to 6.3.
I have droidwall blocking a lot of stuff in hopes of avoiding the automatic update. We shall see...
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I just installed droidwall to avoid having my root removed. Thanks for the advise

Just a quick thought did any of you that lost your root capability install Voodoo OTA? Because this app supposedly allows you to keep root even after over the air updates. It's also the primary app I use for watch amazon prime. No 6.3 yet for me, but waiting to see what happens. Also does anyone have a link on how to disable the OTA updates in case future updates break recovery options?
Jspex said:
I just installed droidwall to avoid having my root removed. Thanks for the advise
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Thank you. What application do you black list to stop the OTA?

Here we have it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k6land_software2?nodeId=200790620
It says coming soon, but the bomb has landed for some users. I still don't have it yet though.

Laquox said:
Just a quick thought did any of you that lost your root capability install Voodoo OTA? Because this app supposedly allows you to keep root even after over the air updates. It's also the primary app I use for watch amazon prime. No 6.3 yet for me, but waiting to see what happens. Also does anyone have a link on how to disable the OTA updates in case future updates break recovery options?
Thank you. What application do you black list to stop the OTA?
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Yes, I had Voodoo OTA installed. I still have access to google services (gmail, calendar, google play, and more) after the 6.3 update but if I go into a program like Titanium Backup it say there is no root to the system. I can click on restore root in voodoo and there is a pop up that "root su restored" but nothing happens. So there is no root access anymore.

pwissing said:
Yes, I had Voodoo OTA installed. I can click on restore root in voodoo and there is a pop up that "root su restored" but nothing happens. So there is no root access anymore.
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This displeases me. Well DroidWall it is then. Thanks for the update. I will let it come through once I know there is a custom recovery (root) solution. Until then I blocked most of Amazon's services.

I will be updating with a new exploit within the week. I have had a second one in the waiting for a while, I just need to package it properly.

jcase said:
I will be updating with a new exploit within the week. I have had a second one in the waiting for a while, I just need to package it properly.
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If I had the money right now I would be buying you a pint! Awesome news!

jcase said:
I will be updating with a new exploit within the week. I have had a second one in the waiting for a while, I just need to package it properly.
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Just sent you a pm sir.
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Software Update version 51.1.4.0_user_514006420

Amazon just posted the source code to software version 51.1.4.0_user_514006420 on the US Source Code Notice page. So far this update has been limited to UK Fire TVs, but based on the timeline of the German updates, we should all start to see this update roll out soon. The last two updates both began arriving on US Fire TVs 3 days after the source code was posted.
Be warned that there is an older update prior to this one, numbered 51.1.40_user_514005520, that is reportedly causes XBMC/Kodi to instantly crash on launch. I'm guessing most, if not all, will skip it and update directly to the newer version.

Reason number 1 to root and block updates.

Download URL for software version 51.1.4.0_user_514006420 is http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...ueller-ota-51.1.4.0_user_514006420-signed.bin
Interestingly, the file path is slightly different from previous updates.
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net/obfuscated-otav3/... (this update)
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net/obfuscated/... (all previous updates)
Thankfully the domain has stayed the same.
Like the previous update, the Fire TV I don't want to lose root on is the one that received the update. So I'll post my overview of the changes this update brings when either my "sacrificial" Fire TV gets the update or rbox gets time to pre-root this one.
Psst, @rbox

My FireTV updated last night to this firmware (I am in the Netherlands). XBMC/Kodi still works.

AFTVnews.com said:
Download URL for software version 51.1.4.0_user_514006420 is http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuit...ueller-ota-51.1.4.0_user_514006420-signed.bin
Interestingly, the file path is slightly different from previous updates.
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net/obfuscated-otav3/... (this update)
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net/obfuscated/... (all previous updates)
Thankfully the domain has stayed the same.
Like the previous update, the Fire TV I don't want to lose root on is the one that received the update. So I'll post my overview of the changes this update brings when either my "sacrificial" Fire TV gets the update or rbox gets time to pre-root this one.
Psst, @rbox
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So I just updated my Fire TV and uploaded it to my prerooted thread. It looks pretty much the same although my Menu Items xposed module stopped working. It looks like they added the English (UK) language to the selection list. FreeTime still shows up even when switching the language, so not sure how the German/UK boxes know to hide it. Netflix told me I had to update. I hadn't seen anyone mention a new Netflix version and I don't know if people on the old firmware can update to it. The old one is here and the new one is here. It looks like it's a completely different package name, but somehow the Fire TV knows to remove the old one in the process. Some Amazon magic probably, because stock Android doesn't do that. I think this is the "new" layout people have been waiting for. It also seems like it's possibly a native android app vs the old one which seemed to be an html5 app. I am having issues with actually using the Netflix app though. At first it wouldn't log in, then it finally did and it doesn't seem to want to play anything. It might have to do with the fact that the tz partition was updated and it requires that update. I hope not because updating tz can cause an instabrick. I may have to look into this later if Netflix doesnt start working tomorrow.

same issue here. I hope, there is a solution for this as i want the new netflix ui

I tried too. I was forced to upgrade the Netflix app which then prompted me to re-enter my login credentials. I had no problem with that, but nothing will play. I restarted the app multiple times. It always connects to the service, but cant play anything. The circular indicator comes up and spins a bit, gets to 3% and then fails with a message saying that the video cannot be played right now.

Unless Voice search is part of this NetFlix update or not sure if it was already functioning ?? Isn't it better to just sideload NetFlix from the PlayStore since it's the one that gets the most/quickest updates anyway ?? And get rid of this one ?

Y314K said:
Unless Voice search is part of this NetFlix update or not sure if it was already functioning ?? Isn't it better to just sideload NetFlix from the PlayStore since it's the one that gets the most/quickest updates anyway ?? And get rid of this one ?
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I tried the Android Netflix app once. Thought it ran and looked like crap.

If I update to this with a prerooted image, will I get root, if I don't currently have root?

shollywood said:
If I update to this with a prerooted image, will I get root, if I don't currently have root?
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Well, you need root (and custom recovery) to update the pre-rooted image. So, no, you won't...

possible Netflix fix?
rbox said:
So I just updated my Fire TV and uploaded it to my prerooted thread. It looks pretty much the same although my Menu Items xposed module stopped working. It looks like they added the English (UK) language to the selection list. FreeTime still shows up even when switching the language, so not sure how the German/UK boxes know to hide it. Netflix told me I had to update. I hadn't seen anyone mention a new Netflix version and I don't know if people on the old firmware can update to it. The old one is here and the new one is here. It looks like it's a completely different package name, but somehow the Fire TV knows to remove the old one in the process. Some Amazon magic probably, because stock Android doesn't do that. I think this is the "new" layout people have been waiting for. It also seems like it's possibly a native android app vs the old one which seemed to be an html5 app. I am having issues with actually using the Netflix app though. At first it wouldn't log in, then it finally did and it doesn't seem to want to play anything. It might have to do with the fact that the tz partition was updated and it requires that update. I hope not because updating tz can cause an instabrick. I may have to look into this later if Netflix doesnt start working tomorrow.
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I just had a look over on the amazon forums and found this below. Is someone able to try this to see if it fixes Netflix please? If I upgrade & break Netflix I'll be in a lot of trouble with the family
From Amazon customer discussions...
"I found this tip somewhere, and it finally worked. Apparently the Amazon Video app has problems clearing cache or some such.
Go into your settings--> Apps---> Amazon Video. Click the clear cache, and then the delete data. Let it sit for about 30 seconds. Back out and view it to make sure they both show 0.0 MB. Then just turn off (unplug) the FireTV for about 30 seconds. When you come back in, Netflix, Hulu and anything else that has been having trouble connecting will work again. IIts clearly a bug in the Prime Video software "

Resnoid said:
If I upgrade & break Netflix I'll be in a lot of trouble with the family
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Just backup and restore the backup if it doesn't work.

rbox said:
Just backup and restore the backup if it doesn't work.
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You are quite correct. Complete brain failure on my part

Tried it and its not working. Same problem as before...
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moqwai. said:
Tried it and its not working. Same problem as before...
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How about clearing the cache of the NetFlix app too... Or uninstalling Netflix & trying to get it from the Amazon Store again.

Y314K said:
How about clearing the cache of the NetFlix app too... Or uninstalling Netflix & trying to get it from the Amazon Store again.
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I tried that earlier. I cleared data and cache from the Netflix app but it didn't help. (Though I still had no problem connecting again after entering my credentials for the second time.)

I have a possible fix for Netflix. I'm not very confident about it and there is a very good chance it could brick the Fire TV. If anyone wants to try it, knowing that it could very well brick it, PM me.

rbox said:
I have a possible fix for Netflix. I'm not very confident about it and there is a very good chance it could brick the Fire TV. If anyone wants to try it, knowing that it could very well brick it, PM me.
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i cant get the new netflix to install on the older firmware, not backwards compatible for me at least.. which is weird since US users aren't forced to update yet afaik so it should work, amazon store says it sent it to my fire tv but it was still the old app. so i added it to the amazon cloud, which got it showing up on the TV, when i goto download it i get "install failed". Are any US users using the new netflix app with an older firmware and updates blocked?
can we swap boot and recovery and still get to fire OS via reboot recovery? might make it safer to test.

nhumber said:
i cant get the new netflix to install on the older firmware, not backwards compatible for me at least.. which is weird since US users aren't forced to update yet afaik so it should work, amazon store says it sent it to my fire tv but it was still the old app. so i added it to the amazon cloud, which got it showing up on the TV, when i goto download it i get "install failed". Are any US users using the new netflix app with an older firmware and updates blocked?
can we swap boot and recovery and still get to fire OS via reboot recovery? might make it safer to test.
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The new netflix app seems to require a newer version of the Amazon SDK. After playing around with some things I noticed it's expecting a new type of drm library that if it doesn't exist it will fail to run. And that library didn't exist before 51.1.4.0.
As for testing my fix, it's something that would prevent the main bootloader from working if it were to brick it. If only someone was able to figure out how to write the mmc, it'd be very risk free to test...

Apps on main menus Unrooted firetv

Hi my first thread I was excited. I have been using aptoide for installing virtually anything without any difficulties and whilst browsing it informed me there was an upgrade for Amazon store, of course I clicked it, I have updates blocked in the router by the way.
Well I didn't expect much , Amazon store runs for about 20 seconds and closes so far, shame.
I opened my main menu, closing the fire menu Low and Behold all my apps now appear in the main app menu . I have powered off and on, they are still there. Here is the screen shots, excuse the text I'm on my phone . Enjoy

photize said:
Hi my first thread I was excited. I have been using aptoide for installing virtually anything without any difficulties and whilst browsing it informed me there was an upgrade for Amazon store, of course I clicked it, I have updates blocked in the router by the way.
Well I didn't expect much , Amazon store runs for about 20 seconds and closes so far, shame.
I opened my main menu, closing the fire menu Low and Behold all my apps now appear in the main app menu . I have powered off and on, they are still there. Here is the screen shots, excuse the text I'm on my phone . Enjoy
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This is a great post.
I really want this but do not want to loose my root access or want any funky issues. I think my questions will put a lot of user concerned to rest.
I hope someone brave enough who has rooted there AFTV would try your approach and see if it works. I would love it if that person can confirm the following
1) Was your AFTV rooted before you click on the AmazonApp and updated?
2) did you block OTP updates using adb or just thru router?
3) what firmware are you currently running? Is amazon stock firmware or pre-rooted firmrware?
4) Did you try the boot into CWM using Rbox boot menu and try to reboot system thru CWM for normal amazon boot?
Thank you

Doesn't this break the Amazon apps?

photize said:
Hi my first thread I was excited.
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Great first post. Thanks!
And welcome to the asylum.

jpeg42 said:
Doesn't this break the Amazon apps?
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I read in another thread that installing the Amazon Appstore breaks something.
Would be nice to have all appears appearing like this, but I'm waiting until I hear more.

hate to be that guy but this is old news. has been known for a long time
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Doesn't this break the Amazon apps?
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yes it wants u to log in with no way to. the reason i stopped using it.

pbanj said:
hate to be that guy but this is old news. has been known for a long time
yes it wants u to log in with no way to. the reason i stopped using it.
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Hi I did as stated have Amazon store open. With my details etc I clicked through to log-in all fine the store opened and can be opened but closes after a short period. I did not use the store before presuming it unavailable and just a service I don't have anything paid on the device and probably never will being an ex-pat. Just running xbmc with smart DNS all fine here Thx

photize said:
Hi I did as stated have Amazon store open. With my details etc I clicked through to log-in all fine the store opened and can be opened but closes after a short period. I did not use the store before presuming it unavailable and just a service I don't have anything paid on the device and probably never will being an ex-pat. Just running xbmc with smart DNS all fine here Thx
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it is fine if u dont use prime video or any of that but if u do it breaks things

It doesn't really break anything, and there's a simple solution to get things working as they should, simply uninstall and things are instantly back to working. What I have always done is keep the app store apk so that I can uninstall when I need to install amazon apps, then reinstall when I am done.

Reporting back
Seems as reported I jumped the gun, appstore does indeed get broken. As a helper you can use Es file manager, Go into Library and app. You will find the apk there , long hold to highlight then backup / uninstall it will ask you if you would like the factory default apk. All done and returned along with the backup for reinstallation . hope this helps

New AFTV owner
photize said:
Seems as reported I jumped the gun, appstore does indeed get broken. As a helper you can use Es file manager, Go into Library and app. You will find the apk there , long hold to highlight then backup / uninstall it will ask you if you would like the factory default apk. All done and returned along with the backup for reinstallation . hope this helps
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I have got my AFTV yesterday, I have blocked the amazon urls in my rooter and used opendns as well but still Firetv is updated to the latest version which is 51.1.4.2 I think which is unrootable. Any way I have tried OP's option of getting the aptoide and updating the amazon appstore, which broke the the appstore but all the apps appeared in the apps as OP showed in the image without doing any llama thing etc. but as in previous post I have repaired the amazon appstore and all the view is back to normal for the apps screen. So, I am thinking to update appstore again and restore my apps view which is better for me as a starter but I have to think of a way to get the appstore working for some apps. hope my exercise will someone and if anyone have solution for my problem, please reply. Thanks.

[Q] has anyone else side loaded the play store?

Just curious...I used app extractor, sent it to Google drive and installed it...shows up in side loader app (chainfires) and shows quite a few more apps than the limited playstore access the nexus player has built in. Haven't checked to see if it shows led our more apps than the web version does. Yet, was just excited it even worked

So glad this was moved to the "where threads go to die forum" X__x
I'll keep any future ideas for development of the product to myself.

Which version did you use?

How positive... Patience is a virtue.

Yeah I did this. Make sure you backup your original play store first. I thought it wood install side by side the other play store just like the YouTube app does. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get the normal android tv play store back. Anyone have a titanium backup of it I could try? So far side loading the apk into the system/app folder gets it to show up, but when I launch it out just goes back to home screen.