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[Q] will xoom bluetooth keyboard work with iconia tab

Hey people I don't know if anybody has asked this question yet but I'm very curious to know if the motorola xoom keyboard would work for the iconia A500?

it should work just fine, should work with your pc too as well and the playstation 3

Yes, it works.

Thanks for the answers I'm getting it for a really good price so I just wanted to make sure.
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The quick launch keys on the top row don't work on the Iconia FYI, that's pretty much the only incompatibility though. Otherwise it works great.

n9mtb said:
The quick launch keys on the top row don't work on the Iconia FYI, that's pretty much the only incompatibility though. Otherwise it works great.
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They do for me.

n9mtb said:
The quick launch keys on the top row don't work on the Iconia FYI, that's pretty much the only incompatibility though. Otherwise it works great.
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All of the quick launch buttons work for me except the mail button, I wrote that off as me not having the stock mail app...
The keyboard works great.

All the keys work for me, even the shortcut keys.

celltimemb said:
it should work just fine, should work with your pc too as well and the playstation 3
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my ps3? Sweet. can it pair to multiple devices or would I need to impair from my ps3 before pairing with my iconia?
Picked up the keyboard at target today. Birthday money.

all keys work for me except the apps key

Tincore and the ouya

Has anyone been able to set up tincore on the ouya? I was able to get modern combat 4 to work but I'm not able to get the controller to map correctly.

Asadullah said:
Has anyone been able to set up tincore on the ouya? I was able to get modern combat 4 to work but I'm not able to get the controller to map correctly.
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I haven't even figured out how to get the app to come up when I have a game loaded. The 3 button command list seems to need you to have already brought it up once in that app.
If someone can explain how to do that I'd gladly spend some time messing with it.

gottahavit said:
I haven't even figured out how to get the app to come up when I have a game loaded. The 3 button command list seems to need you to have already brought it up once in that app.
If someone can explain how to do that I'd gladly spend some time messing with it.
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yeah thats where i'm having my issue

Dev told me I could create a custom command using OUYA buttons, but I couldn't figure it out. He is working really hard on the app and has frequent updates, but no tutorials or help pages. He needs to take a break and show people how to use it a little more clearly. I spent an afternoon working with it and gave up.
I think it would probably work best to do the button mapping on a touch screen device and export it. It will probably still need to be tweaked on OUYA though. I have seen people take interest in the app on other forums only to be frustrated and give up.
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I am trying to figure it out too. I want to put games like subway suffers and temple on the Ouya for my daughter. Tried setting up a profile on my galaxy tab, and it works, sometimes. I can get left to go left once, but then the other buttons, like going right or jumping/sliding doesn't work for a few seconds. Makes it very hard to use.
I had to watch a few YouTube videos before figuring out that you have to name the profile first, then hit refresh a few times, then press a button on your controller to make it appear on the screen. After that you can select what you want it to do. Can't figure out how to make it do a store command though.
I tried making a profile for final fantasy iii as well, but once I hit a fiction, it stayed pursuing that direction after I let go. I think maybe I just haven't found the right option yet.
I see it has an update in the play store, so maybe I will try again.
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I have spent a few hours :crying: on this and I seem to be having some success. I have found when configuring stick 0 or stick 1 on the ouya controller, I have to check the box that swaps the X and Y axis along with checking the box to invert the x axis. I have attached a profile for minecraft that seems to be working. Feel free to give it a try (remove the .txt extension when importing).

The developer is flying blind developing for OUYA. He doesn't think he'll recoup his cost in sales to OUYA users. I'm at a loss for why anyone would buy the app right now.
Another thing I'm remembering that really aggravated me when trying the app. It took me quite some time to learn that when configuring the controls you have to click the check mark to register every change.
If someone could create a default controller scheme for the sticks and d-pad, and the home, menu, and back buttons it would be great so we all could build on that. If everyone maps those most basic buttons the same, it will make sharing profiles easier. Then there is the matter of enabling keymapper in game.
If this thread starts generating enough interest the dev will probably pop in for a visit. Then perhaps he can code in a shortcut combo for the controller to open the app in game.
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TadeoNYC said:
I'm at a loss for why anyone would buy the app right now.
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The app was free in the play store when I downloaded it. There is an option to support the dev though a donation which unlocks a couple of features, but the free version supports the features I need. I have been able to map games from the play store once I found out how to use the keymapper. The auto load profile is pretty sweet when it works... I may end up with a profile for every non ouya game and launcher that I installed from the play store ((Netfix and WatchESPN). IMHO using any non ouya app with the ouya controller sucks.

mikeones42 said:
The app was free in the play store when I downloaded it. There is an option to support the dev though a donation which unlocks a couple of features, but the free version supports the features I need. I have been able to map games from the play store once I found out how to use the keymapper. The auto load profile is pretty sweet when it works... I may end up with a profile for every non ouya game and launcher that I installed from the play store ((Netfix and WatchESPN). IMHO using any non ouya app with the ouya controller sucks.
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The important feature that is, or was, locked in the free version is analog stick support. For whatever reason in games that natively support the analog stick but nothing else ,Tincore overrides that and then you need to pay to enable it within Tincore in order to map the buttons and use the stick. Since I'm primarily interested in driving and racing game support, that makes it a no go for me until I have a clear understanding of how to map the controls and enable it on OUYA without spending a lot of time and doing workarounds.
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mikeones42 said:
I have spent a few hours :crying: on this and I seem to be having some success. I have found when configuring stick 0 or stick 1 on the ouya controller, I have to check the box that swaps the X and Y axis along with checking the box to invert the x axis. I have attached a profile for minecraft that seems to be working. Feel free to give it a try (remove the .txt extension when importing).
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Do i just load this up in load profile and then go into minecraft and it will work? I don't play minecraft but I'm wondering if it's that easy.
Almost forgot as for the dev saying that he won't be able to recoup his losses I don't get that. I'm all about supporting a dev but if I supported every dev that had a half working app that I would like to play then I'd be broke. If he makes a paid app with instructions and works on some games I'm all about it

Asadullah said:
Do i just load this up in load profile and then go into minecraft and it will work? I don't play minecraft but I'm wondering if it's that easy.
Almost forgot as for the dev saying that he won't be able to recoup his losses I don't get that. I'm all about supporting a dev but if I supported every dev that had a half working app that I would like to play then I'd be broke. If he makes a paid app with instructions and works on some games I'm all about it
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As others have said, one of the major difficulties with Tincore on OUYA is that you need to launch it within game. The apps shortcuts are created for phones our tablets.
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Asadullah said:
Do i just load this up in load profile and then go into minecraft and it will work? I don't play minecraft but I'm wondering if it's that easy.
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Launch the app and import the profile. Once it loads you should see the button layout on the screen and the minecore profile name at the top of the tincore options. From there just click the check mark beside the profile name and the app should be sent to the background. If you close the app with the "X" at the top, the tincore app will not be running and your controller will default back to the standard ouya layout. Next open minecraft and use the touch pad to click play and to create a world. Once the game loads up, you use the control sticks to move/look around.
At first I had a USB keyboard connected to the ouya and to launch keymapper when in a game I would use the vol down/vol up/vol down shortcut to bring up the tincore app. After getting a couple of games working and building a profile for Nova Launcher, I went into tincore settings and changed the shortcut to lunch the app from the default vol keys on the keyboard to buttons o/u/y on the ouya controller and I am able to make changes to the tincore app without the keyboard being connected.
It is late and I rambled on long enough... let me know if you get stuck. Once I figured out the basics of the app it has been easy to configure new button layouts.

besides tincore, anyone try using any other touch to gamepad app like gamekeyboard (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.gameboard&hl=en) and sixaxis? Tincore is a pain to use with the vague instructions & videos. I'd like to know what kind of success people have had mapping touch controls to a gamepad and on what app.

Hi,
It is soo difficult to find threads lost in different forums.
If people gather in one place we could organize a wiki or something.
I would like to know what do you find difficult to understand. Once you understand the pattern it is all the same I think.
To invoke the app without notification you need to set "Open mapper on sequence". It is a sequence of 3 keys (the 3 can be the same).
select -> select -> select for instance because Ouya does not have volume buttons. If you have a spare button you can set execute function and then on Key you select MAPPER.

ooBONGoo said:
besides tincore, anyone try using any other touch to gamepad app like gamekeyboard (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.gameboard&hl=en) and sixaxis? Tincore is a pain to use with the vague instructions & videos. I'd like to know what kind of success people have had mapping touch controls to a gamepad and on what app.
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I started a wiki. So if you have more particular questions I'll answer there. Maybe somebody wants to collaborate.
http://tincore.wiki-site.com/index.php/Usage#Move_stick

tincore said:
I started a wiki. So if you have more particular questions I'll answer there. Maybe somebody wants to collaborate.
http://tincore.wiki-site.com/index.php/Usage#Move_stick
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thanks tincore.. i'll try mapping again and visit your wiki if I need answers.

tincore said:
I started a wiki. So if you have more particular questions I'll answer there. Maybe somebody wants to collaborate.
http://tincore.wiki-site.com/index.php/Usage#Move_stick
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Thank you for the great job you done and keep doing. It is very important for us.

ooBONGoo said:
thanks tincore.. i'll try mapping again and visit your wiki if I need answers.
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Cheers!
The idea is to add answers to the wiki on demand and preferrably in a collaborative way. If you miss something please ask!

tincore said:
Hi,
It is soo difficult to find threads lost in different forums.
If people gather in one place we could organize a wiki or something.
I would like to know what do you find difficult to understand. Once you understand the pattern it is all the same I think.
To invoke the app without notification you need to set "Open mapper on sequence". It is a sequence of 3 keys (the 3 can be the same).
select -> select -> select for instance because Ouya does not have volume buttons. If you have a spare button you can set execute function and then on Key you select MAPPER.
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Your Wiki appears to be down. When I set the sequence while running from the home screen, I can bring it up from the home screen, however the key sequence does not work once I open any app other than the home screen. What's the trick?

gottahavit said:
Your Wiki appears to be down. When I set the sequence while running from the home screen, I can bring it up from the home screen, however the key sequence does not work once I open any app other than the home screen. What's the trick?
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Here are a few hints I have found... Make sure auto profile is disabled. Also, when you launch the app from the home screen, use the key sequence that is setup to minimize the app (don't click the check mark or the X to minimize tincore. Once you launch another app you should be able to use the key sequence again to bring tincore back up.

Tincore Keymapper + Root

This is pretty cool, thought I'd start a list of games that work great with Tincore Keymapper. It seems you have to have root to get it to work.
So far I've got these games mapped and work great:
Wild Blood
Samurai II: Vengeance THD
GT Racing 2
Great app, adds lots more games to play on the MOJO :good:

mherma said:
It seems you have to have root to get it to work.
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I don't see why rooting is required
maybe @tincore knows?

Root is required, because otherwise you can't map touch input buttons to hardware gamepad buttons.
Since not all developers take care of external gamepad support, sometimes, it is necessary to remap touch activity to a hardware key.

scorpio16v said:
Root is required, because otherwise you can't map touch input buttons to hardware gamepad buttons.
Since not all developers take care of external gamepad support, sometimes, it is necessary to remap touch activity to a hardware key.
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Yea, definitely have to root to get the app to work. App is actually very easy to use to create different profiles for different apps. Pretty much any game that has on screen controls can be mapped - as long as you can get through the menus in mouse mode.

gwaldo said:
I don't see why rooting is required
maybe @tincore knows?
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Rooting is needed to simulate touches and more. Those are Android limitations.
Another option would be a custom modified firmware.
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mherma said:
This is pretty cool, thought I'd start a list of games that work great with Tincore Keymapper. It seems you have to have root to get it to work.
So far I've got these games mapped and work great:
Wild Blood
Samurai II: Vengeance THD
GT Racing 2
Great app, adds lots more games to play on the MOJO :good:
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Awesome. Take into consideration that there is a central server where profiles can be uploaded and downloaded automatically from the app.

tincore said:
Rooting is needed to simulate touches and more. Those are Android limitations.
Another option would be a custom modified firmware.
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Awesome. Take into consideration that there is a central server where profiles can be uploaded and downloaded automatically from the app.
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Cool, I wasn't aware of the server containing profiles! Ill definitely be checking that out + upload mine!

I feel idiotic, but I cannot for the life of me get Tincore to work. I've set the buttons to activate the program, but they don't work. It tells me "No device detected" and I have no clue how to get the controller detected.
Suggestions?

ExtremeRyno said:
I feel idiotic, but I cannot for the life of me get Tincore to work. I've set the buttons to activate the program, but they don't work. It tells me "No device detected" and I have no clue how to get the controller detected.
Suggestions?
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Are you rooted?

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Are you rooted?
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Yep.
I've been able to get my PS3 controller to pair through Sixaxis which was pretty cool. I'd forgotten how light the PS3 control is after using the CTRLR for so long.
Anyhow, I followed a few of the videos on YouTube to get myself started. I cannot get the CTRLR to show up as a detected device. Strangely, I was able to set my button combination to get tincore running within the app (so the button presses registered then), but the combination doesn't bring up tincore when I'm in a game. I really like how your app works (from the videos), so I'd appreciate any info or insight on getting it up on the MOJO!
Seriously, though, your app looks pretty awesome. Once I get it working, I'll throw down some cash and buy it.

ExtremeRyno said:
Yep.
I've been able to get my PS3 controller to pair through Sixaxis which was pretty cool. I'd forgotten how light the PS3 control is after using the CTRLR for so long.
Anyhow, I followed a few of the videos on YouTube to get myself started. I cannot get the CTRLR to show up as a detected device. Strangely, I was able to set my button combination to get tincore running within the app (so the button presses registered then), but the combination doesn't bring up tincore when I'm in a game. I really like how your app works (from the videos), so I'd appreciate any info or insight on getting it up on the MOJO!
Seriously, though, your app looks pretty awesome. Once I get it working, I'll throw down some cash and buy it.
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CTRLR with the USB dongle? I've tested it last night and it was working fine. I plan to check how a few the BT gamepads are working on the MOJO asap.
Click on device discovery just in case.
Alse you can subscribe and try the latest beta. Or download it from here
https://mega.co.nz/#!NoNXyR5K!3lyLbzF-OafOu2GAXT5AnaaF46BqBYa3HXNs4EV0zlI

tincore said:
CTRLR with the USB dongle? I've tested it last night and it was working fine. I plan to check how a few the BT gamepads are working on the MOJO asap.
Click on device discovery just in case.
Alse you can subscribe and try the latest beta. Or download it from here
https://mega.co.nz/#!NoNXyR5K!3lyLbzF-OafOu2GAXT5AnaaF46BqBYa3HXNs4EV0zlI
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I haven't had any issues really with tincore. Whenever I started the app, the CTRLR was already loaded in the column - as well as any other devices such as a mouse. All I had to do was put the controller in gamesmart mode to get my buttons out there on screen, then switch back to mouse mode and place each button/control where I wanted them and then went to the column and chose how I wanted the button presses to react. Although, I could never get the app to work within a game. I didn't know how to do that. I would always just load the game, then go back to the homescreen and then back to tincore to make my adjustments.

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I haven't had any issues really with tincore. Whenever I started the app, the CTRLR was already loaded in the column - as well as any other devices such as a mouse. All I had to do was put the controller in gamesmart mode to get my buttons out there on screen, then switch back to mouse mode and place each button/control where I wanted them and then went to the column and chose how I wanted the button presses to react. Although, I could never get the app to work within a game. I didn't know how to do that. I would always just load the game, then go back to the homescreen and then back to tincore to make my adjustments.
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In the case of devices without touchscreen you can use a key sequence to invoke the mapper on top of the app. Default sequence is Vol- Vol+ Vol- and it should work from the CTRLR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHbHr7AIruw

Let's discuss Addons

So with the FireTV becoming quite popular and everyone modding & customizing them left and right.
Curious to see what some of you guys have done in regards to Addons for Videos etc.. I've had a Apple TV before but kept the XBMC install quite basic and basically just used 1channel and sometimes IceFilms if I was encountering errors.
Over the last couple of weeks I've setup 2 FireTVs and gone a bit further into customizing it. I've loaded on the usual IceFilms,1channel, SportsDevil, NaviX, XBMC Addon Installer. Also, loaded up XBMC Tweaks for FTV that gives me keyMap3, sleep mode on XBMC, installed time changer to reflect the right time on XBMC as FTV is not officially out yet where I am. Also, using Xposed and rbox module to auto launch XBMC.
So, what are some other addons you guys recommend? Just looking for some unique ideas!

In addition to the ones you mentioned I use mashup, xbmctorrent and p2pstreams.

Droidmote is my favorite thing that I've installed recently. For the rare times that I need a mouse to tick a checkbox or click a button, I can just use my phone as a touchpad.

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to0 said:
Droidmote is my favorite thing that I've installed recently. For the rare times that I need a mouse to tick a checkbox or click a button, I can just use my phone as a touchpad.
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Dammit, I didn't know about this. I just bought a USB mouse to tick that checkbox.
Nice thread. Keep it going...

to0 said:
Droidmote is my favorite thing that I've installed recently. For the rare times that I need a mouse to tick a checkbox or click a button, I can just use my phone as a touchpad.
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Yea thats a good one!
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Movies:
Yifi Movies HD
Glow Movies HD
GoMovies
TV Shows:
Ororo
GoTV
iStream
Live TV:
FTV (With the separate FTV Guide addon)
MashUp
Sports:
Sports Devil
Free PPV(offside stream)
NHL on Demand
WWE Online
Programs:
Trakt
XBMC Backup
Plex
GoMiso
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This FTV I keep hearing about, what exactly is it and what do you mean LIVE TV I wasn't aware of being able to get live tv on xbmc?
LastQuark said:
Dammit, I didn't know about this. I just bought a USB mouse to tick that checkbox.
Nice thread. Keep it going...
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Pretty sure, you need a USB mouse for that very first checkbox.. because if you dont check it off no way to get the other APPS on there like droidmote

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DHeffernan said:
Yea thats a good one!
This FTV I keep hearing about, what exactly is it and what do you mean LIVE TV I wasn't aware of being able to get live tv on xbmc?
Pretty sure, you need a USB mouse for that very first checkbox.. because if you dont check it off no way to get the other APPS on there like droidmote
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as in everything else xbmc stream related, the live tv aspect is only as good as your connection. I've watched live HBO and other premium channels and it works great on my ATT Uverse. Lotsa info here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/

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It's live TV, just like cable or satellite. There are a ton of channels. The only requirement is you have decent speed. Otherwise, it will skip a lot.
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Do you have to be in the UK to get Live TV working
I select a channel, it says 50% done then nothing

JJ-KwiK said:
It's live TV, just like cable or satellite. There are a ton of channels. The only requirement is you have decent speed. Otherwise, it will skip a lot.
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cmart4 said:
as in everything else xbmc stream related, the live tv aspect is only as good as your connection. I've watched live HBO and other premium channels and it works great on my ATT Uverse. Lotsa info here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/
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Oh that's pretty wicked, Ill be sure to install this addon then and check it out. Is there country restrictions because I know if you go on ABC.com or CBS etc.. they won't show you content unless your in the USA.

DHeffernan said:
Oh that's pretty wicked, Ill be sure to install this addon then and check it out. Is there country restrictions because I know if you go on ABC.com or CBS etc.. they won't show you content unless your in the USA.
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you will dig it for sure.... check out xbmc's site as well for more Fire TV info

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So I've installed FTV on the xbmc and not sure what the hype is but nothing seems to really work.
I've added FilmOn also, but does not appear to be compatible...

DHeffernan said:
So I've installed FTV on the xbmc and not sure what the hype is but nothing seems to really work.
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Same here, none of the UK LIVE TV channels work
As far as I can tell 99% of the listed channels do not work

to0 said:
Droidmote is my favorite thing that I've installed recently. For the rare times that I need a mouse to tick a checkbox or click a button, I can just use my phone as a touchpad.
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I have to check that out. I found an old wireless mouse I plugged into my Fire TV for now. I want to get something similar to the Flymote I use for the MX2 android box.

So I loaded on FTV Guide and I'm quite impressed with this addons it actually has tons of channels and most of them work.. however.
I am seeing that some channels I click on I can only choose the 'Remind' option and it doesn't actually load the channel.
Whats up with this? Can anyone let me know? Anything like SkyMoviesHD, Sky Sports, TBS etc.. just don't seem to actually do anything

I had the incompatible problem with almost EVERY addon when I recently did a fresh install of xbmc. I fixed it by doing a force refresh of the repository (use context menu on the enabled addon page and click refresh/update) . I waited about 10 mins, played some Quell and came back and then about 90% of the skins/addons are compatible now.
I tried mashup but most of the channels that loaded were SD and didn't work well. 1channel is great for movies/shows. Had almost everything I looked for it.
Anyone try Pluto.TV on the regular fire launcher? It is pretty awesome. It has about 50 channels of its own content. The guide looks very similar to something a cable company would put out and they have a good range of different genres

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JJ-KwiK said:
Are you talking about Pluto.TV the app? - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.pluto.android&hl=en
If so, does it require a mouse, or does it work with the firetv remote?
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Pluto tv is on the actual amazon app store that works on the fireTV without root or anything else. Its a APP meant for it.
The App itself is alright, wish I could make the F.T.V Guide work with all channels I'd rather have that

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Fire TV/Stick: Kodi on Home Screen (No Hacks no Image Replacements) Easy!

Why did I never think of it I have honestly no idea... and it works!
From comments it appears to work on 14.1 , 15 alpha. Might work even with 14.0. Might not work with XBMC because there seems that it's not in the AppSTORE.
Here is what you should do:
1. SIdeload Kodi 14.2
Q: Why? Here is why the Amazon link has Kodi 14.2 so it might not work with earlier versions.
2. (if you are a new user) do the initial setup just give it like 15 sec for it to load up.. (returning user) you should see similar thing but it would upgrade it.
3. on YOUR PC/Mac -- NOT MOBILE devices
go to this link:
http://www.amazon.com/XBMC-Foundati...6?ie=UTF8&qid=1425670241&sr=8-6&keywords=Kodi
4. Buy it with ONE CLICK <<< important! it will show your FIRE TV is not compaptible with it.
5. Go to settings on your Fire TV and go to my account (sync content)
BAM! you have now Kodi on your recents/home screen! Make sure you first sideloaded KODI
I just tested this on Rooted FTV but will work without on both Fire TV & Stick!

Nice tip. I had this working with SPMC on the fire stick for a while. Good to hear it works for Kodi now that it is available as well.

Thanks! I have 14.1 installed and it works great! Much better than messing with cms.db like I've been working on.

Besides having Kodi on the "Recent" tab, does it also show up in the "Your App" tab ?
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This is really cool. You an infact do this with any app that you have side loaded that is available from the Amazon App Store.

This would be cool if it worked but it doesn't on my Fire Stick.

Worked for me on ftv. Did the same thing with advanced task killer. Thinking about doing clean master also

MSUTigger said:
This would be cool if it worked but it doesn't on my Fire Stick.
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it should without any issues. Did you get an email from Amazon for purchasing free Kodi ?
did you also SYNC ? sometimes you have to sync few times reboot your FTV/Stick etc...
lowbee said:
Besides having Kodi on the "Recent" tab, does it also show up in the "Your App" tab ?
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It should since you actaully own the free app via Amazon Appstore. I am rooted so I barely look at this.

Did this a few hours ago and just got an email saying I received a $1 mp3 credit for my "purchase"

{ParanoiA} said:
Did this a few hours ago and just got an email saying I received a $1 mp3 credit for my "purchase"
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So you got 1$ credit for downloading Kodi? or you prob got 1$ credit for something else. Last few days there were bunch of apps that were giving 1$/credit for just downloading a free app.

No I matched up the order numbers. It was this one

I have found an easier way that puts any app on any screen, Dock4Droid.I have been using it for a couple months. I have it set up where the dock graphic is removed and it looks like the apps are floating in colored mist on the screen. The mist color can be changed to any color. I have made the icons small so that they are still big on the screen but are not distorted. Be sure to set the number of apps to appear on the dock, I think I have it set to 30 apps so that all apps opened will appear. I have hid the activation area and made the activation area 100% on the bottom right of the screen and made the activation area 0 width so that it does not interfere with apps. I have flipped it so that the last opened app is on the right side. You can also put a shortcut for any app so it is always on the dock. I have SPMC set to always appear on the dock so I can always open it from anywhere. The only downside is that any app that requires an activation area on the fire tv makes a square artifact on the top and left side edge of the screen when the cursor goes to the edge of the top and left side of the screen, but it isn't really a problem for me. The artifact happens with every app I have tried, Fancy Switcher, Sidebar etc. The dock also has App Info so that you can close apps directly from the dock. If you have an app opened, activate the dock, go to app info, the popup will appear and just force close it. To me its the fastest way I have found to multitask and force close apps on the Fire TV, cause it lets you launch any app from anywhere.

{ParanoiA} said:
Did this a few hours ago and just got an email saying I received a $1 mp3 credit for my "purchase"
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LOL, now that would be something if one gets $1 for getting Kodi. But this works fine, I did not even have to sync content. Took a few minutes and the app showed up on the home screen. I guess I can bid farewell to Llama and ClassicTV for now.

Thanks awsome trick
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It worked great for v15 alpha 2. But only in the recent list. It's something.

papars said:
It worked great for v15 alpha 2. But only in the recent list. It's something.
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Good to know I don't see a reason yet to use the v15 unless it's stable. Sooner or later it will happen. You can mix it now with aftvlauncher helper and home button will launch kodi without root,just set it to kodi to launch on home key press

Offtopic - v15 goes great, no problems on firetv. But you are right there is no point going in v15 since 14.x is perfect already.
Thanks for the tip for the home button.

papars said:
Offtopic - v15 goes great, no problems on firetv. But you are right there is no point going in v15 since 14.x is perfect already.
Thanks for the tip for the home button.
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NP enjoy!

patt2k said:
NP enjoy!
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weird...didn't work for me. Installed Kodi went to amazon link and logged in. clicked on get with 1 click. said app was purchased. went back to Fire TV and did the sync. but still not showing on home screen. I am on a rooted Fire TV.

Yep, for me too. At least on one of my fire-tv boxes anyway.
I've got three, all unrooted and all running the same version of Kodi (14.1). It worked on two of my boxes but not the third, I can't work out why not. I've unregistered it and reregistered even done a factory reset but it won't work on that box, weird?