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The best things about Android 3.1

I figured this needs a new thread since the others have been derailed by people trying to update!
1) Speed, finally a speedup! The lockscreen is faster, switching apps is faster, the browser is faster (scrolling/zooming/flash video/scrolling with flash video open) , the launcher is faster... I could go on and on about how fast it is now.
2) Smooth 720p flash video playback
3) Mouse support, tried it out and it works great!
4) Joystick support is cool but no apps seem to support it yet, it doesn't show up as a general input device as I had hoped, you have to specifically program for the joystick api I believe.
5) Resizable widgets! Even this operation is silky smooth
6) Scrollable app switching

does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?

Nice post. Thanks for the information. I speak for nearly everyone who at this time hasn't received the update when I say I can't wait to get my hands on 3.1 on my rooted Xoom!
I, for one, am most excited about the following: resizable widgets, mouse support (btw - what kind of mouse are you using? bluetooth or usb/wired?), and most importantly the overall speed-up and bug fixes (such as smoother 720p video playback) across the entire Android Honeycomb OS.
Kudos to Google for knocking it out of the park with this one. Maybe nothing absolutely groundbreaking or super innovative, but all we really wanted anyway was a quality level of polish added to the amazing base OS we already had. That's what we're getting with 3.1. Yay.
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sKepz said:
does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?
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There's documentation/changelog posted on the Android developer blog. Look it up. It lists every change in paragraph, essay form (instead of the usuall bullet point list associated with most changelogs).
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how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.
The quick launch controls for the browser have been updated as well. Very cool. You can scroll pages using the controls without having to scroll up the page.

GorfinG said:
how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.
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It only works on list widgets, like the email and bookmark widgets. Hold down on the widget like you're going to move it and then set it back down.

For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?
I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1

Any video hardware acceleration?

dark_aura said:
For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?
I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1
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I don't think that's any different, but I've only tried non high profile video. Still can't play .avi natively.

Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?

GorfinG said:
Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?
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I've always only had the gallery app to play movies. The movie rental program is called 'videos'
Edit: Speaking of which, the Videos app has a 'Personal Videos' tab, which shows all of your videos in a nicer display than the gallery app... nice!

sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?

I noticed the broken shortcut for movie studio on the desktop but then opened the apps drawer and the icon there opened it right up. Take a look see if it works for you.

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sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?
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I still have that app

GorfinG said:
sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?
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I still have that app

is portrait mode slow or is there a speed increase?
also has the auto rotate sped up?

If 720p YouTube videos are this smooth in the browser, I can't wait to get an overclock kernel on this thing!

Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?

uk release?
When is this hitting the uk? Mine isn't available yet.

>Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.1.html (scroll to bottom)

Request - tablet youtube

Is it possible to get a tablet (android3?) youtube app working for the N5? it's really the only thing I am badly missing on it. Having only 2 video thumbnails on screen at a time, with a 1920x1080 resolution, compared to having a dozen? on my tablet which is only 1280x720... is really bad. So, is it at all possible to have tablet-youtube on my N5 instead of the stock one?
If it's just a different apk then if someone could provide it that would be great. If it's more complicated... I hope someone can figure it out.

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Is it possible to get a tablet (android3?) youtube app working for the N5? it's really the only thing I am badly missing on it. Having only 2 video thumbnails on screen at a time, with a 1920x1080 resolution, compared to having a dozen? on my tablet which is only 1280x720... is really bad. So, is it at all possible to have tablet-youtube on my N5 instead of the stock one?
If it's just a different apk then if someone could provide it that would be great. If it's more complicated... I hope someone can figure it out.
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Download the app called App settings using Xposed module, then search youtube and change the resolution to 1280*720 and save and restart
i am using it and works fine :fingers-crossed:

vijay.alapati said:
Download the app called App settings using Xposed module, then search youtube and change the resolution to 1280*720 and save and restart
i am using it and works fine :fingers-crossed:
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It's not perfect, still a bit wierd (changing font scaling to 52% is best setting for it for me) but at least it's a bit better than default. So, thanks :good:

[Q] 1440p & 1080p missing from Youtube App!

Has anyone else noticed 1440 and 1080 are missing from the YouTube app?
I was looking forward to viewing glorious 1440p on my Note 4 but it's nowhere to be seen!
Any ideas how I can revert back to a previous version or is rooting the only way to go?
Thanks in advance!

danangdevils said:
Has anyone else noticed 1440 and 1080 are missing from the YouTube app?
I was looking forward to viewing glorious 1440p on my Note 4 but it's nowhere to be seen!
Any ideas how I can revert back to a previous version or is rooting the only way to go?
Thanks in advance!
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You need to uninstall the YouTube updates(there's an option for this in the applications menu) then sideload the YouTube version that works (I found It on XDA somewhere but can't remember where). I would imagine with the Nexus 6 QHD coming out ,Google will fix it soon.

Cheers Batfink33, i'll have a look for the better version....
What a pain!

danangdevils said:
Cheers Batfink33, i'll have a look for the better version....
What a pain!
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Even with the version that works, it's still quite buggy and you have to play around with it. Some people are going through the browser on desktop mode and that seems to work apparently (haven't tried it though).

I just gave it a go on the desktop site, doesn't work great, especially over mobile data! Could just be my signal's not that good though.
I think i'll just wait for the fix!

Amazon Prime Instant Video - KODI/XBMC

Yesterday by accident I found a thread on kodi forums with new release from some guy and I checked it first on my phone to see if prime is working and it indeed does work.
But there are some issues some videos might not play so hopefully the guy who did it updates it or fixes it but I just spent last 30 min on my fire tv testing what works and what does not
Here is what you do in order to get it to work on your Fire TV:
1) Download this zip (repo) and put it somewhere on your fire TV:
Link: https://code.google.com/p/addonscri...=repository.addonscriptorde-beta.zip&can=2&q=
2) Go to add-ons on your kodi/xbmc and install the repo
3) go to settings addons - get addons and download the Amazon Prime Instant Video from "Video-Addons" inside AddonSCriptorde Beta Repo
4) launch the prime addon select it as USA, set your settings like quality etc... then it should ask you to LOG-IN after you select US.
5) You should be able to browse tv shows/movies etc..
6) upon selecting play for certain movie/tv-show episode it should ask you to switch to Flash Player (no idea how it works on Fire TV) or any other android device without flash.
On my phone I don't have flash but on my fire tv I do and they both work.
Note: without prime instant access you can view things like Pilot episodes to test it out.
Now we need someone who can try and see why some videos will play and why some won't
Someone who is smart dig into these logs when some videos don't play and tell us what to do about it

What is the advantage here? Prime is standard app on the FireTV. Just curious.

Curious as to why someone would want to use an xbmc add-on for Amazon Instant Video when AIV is one of the core features of the Fire TV? I use built-in AIV all the time and it works great. Why use some hack add-on that will never be nearly as reliable as the official app? Do you not like the built-in AIV? I'm genuinely curious. Could be missing out on something here...

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Curious as to why someone would want to use an xbmc add-on for Amazon Instant Video when AIV is one of the core features of the Fire TV? I use built-in AIV all the time and it works great. Why use some hack add-on that will never be nearly as reliable as the official app? Do you not like the built-in AIV? I'm genuinely curious. Could be missing out on something here...
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In my case I am not a biggest fan of the KFTV Launcher I actually like the way it is made on Kodi with that plugin.
It's just me maybe there are some other people who prefer it that way
It's good to have options. Enjoy!
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What is the advantage here? Prime is standard app on the FireTV. Just curious.
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Not a fan of the design in the Prime MovieZ app in KFTV Launcher that's all

Fair enough then, OP. Good luck with the add-on!

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Fair enough then, OP. Good luck with the add-on!
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Thanks oh and also the themes are great that it works with any kodi theme you use.
Just wanted to post it so some people are aware of it.:good:

You can add Videos from the addon to your library just like they are local stored. So you can extend your local movies with amazon instant links.
You don't have to switch between your library and amazon Instant.
Adding ALL amazon Videos to library is not implented yet, i'm working on it

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You can add Videos from the addon to your library just like they are local stored. So you can extend your local movies with amazon instant links.
You don't have to switch between your library and amazon Instant.
Adding ALL amazon Videos to library is not implented yet, i'm working on it
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Yepp what are you working on tho ?
Trying to see what causes some videos not to play. Thanks !
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Add-on works but as mentioned not all Movies / Shows are playing.
Not 100% sure yet but it appears to me that HD are not playing.

iGetThis said:
Add-on works but as mentioned not all Movies / Shows are playing.
Not 100% sure yet but it appears to me that HD are not playing.
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Hd plays for me. Change quality settings. The guy who made is busy and I have no idea if he will fix it.
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patt2k said:
Hd plays for me. Change quality settings. The guy who made is busy and I have no idea if he will fix it.
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It is set to [email protected] I thought about the HD because everything it plays shows SD after played.
And looking at my Watchlist the HDs are not playing whereas the SDs are. Was just my first impression.
Are you aware of another addon for Amazon Prime Video?

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It is set to [email protected] I thought about the HD because everything it plays shows SD after played.
And looking at my Watchlist the HDs are not playing whereas the SDs are. Was just my first impression.
Are you aware of another addon for Amazon Prime Video?
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There are other but require to use real version of chrome not mobile.
It somehow uses chrome then passes video to kodi/xbmc addon.
I would give this dev some time he will for sure fix it. This is already one of the best I have seen.

This plugin broke the genesis plugin for me. .. would be great to have this working. specially when the AFTV skin for Kodi is released.

psycon said:
This plugin broke the genesis plugin for me. .. would be great to have this working. specially when the AFTV skin for Kodi is released.
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I don't see anyway this could break another plugin which is weird. And yea I tried googling for the aftv skin for kodi but all they do is show bunch of youtube videos.. I would gladly even pay few bucks for this.
With root this could be huge adding android apps etc.. making kodi act like a launcher.

This would be great for those with rooted devices who may one day be able to upgrade to CM12 / Android TV ROM. I am fairly certain that this upgrade will eliminate access to the current Fire TV Launcher and Amazon content. It would be nice to be able to access Amazon Prime if and when CM12 is possible from other sources.

Anyway to get this to pass 5.1 sound information to my receiver?
Or can that data not be captured from the Flash version of Prime.

This is very worth while if it works. Lots of people like to boot right into Kodi. Plus I hate just about everything about KFTV launcher. I think it's too tedious to navigate. The voice search was a great idea and the tech is perfect at picking up your voice but it often yields a bunch of results that you need to pay extra for. I think kodi has the best interface.

Hi I am from India and I have a Indian prime video account. Will this add-on work for that??

Possible to side load Hisense' Fox Sports 4K world cup app?

Any idea if this is possible? Does anyone have the APK?
Thanks
edit: I got it working: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/...o_get_fox_sports_world_cup_4k_apk_working_on/

Removing the Hisense-specific Android TV check
EvanVanVan said:
Any idea if this is possible? Does anyone have the APK?
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Yes. Please see below:
This special version of FOX Sports allows streaming of the World Cup in 4K, exclusive to the 2018 Hisense USA H9E Plus range based around the MediaTek MT5597 running Android TV 8.0 Oreo, as discussed at https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/06/12/hisense-h9-plus-4k-tvs-android-tv-now-available
As described at https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/8qltha , this unedited APK was pulled by /u/whatpens from their brand new retail TV.
However, /u/Ogreentech21 's LeEco Android TV returns the error, "You are not allowed to view this resource" and it also doesn't work on /u/suyo123 's NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV, nor (perhaps understandably) on /u/alanzeino 's Amazon Fire TV 4K.
Can any XDA-Developers users remove the device check? I have also submitted the APK to APKMirror to see if anyone there possesses this ability.
Thank you all for your help.
FOX Sports: 2018 FIFA World Cup Edition
FOX Sports Interactive [
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=FOX+Sports+Interactive
]
WHAT’S NEW
Production Release
Updated
13 June 2018
Size
4.9M
Current Version
Production 5
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxsports.hisense.worldcup
FoxSports-Production5.apk was downloaded from:
https://mega.nz/#!P35XgB5R!OxYyWvqaCsVIxCFPfGEsRQNbm9ZZPNYMAf76TUINP1E
and renamed to:
com.foxsports.hisense.worldcup-production_5.apk
MD5: 273F76FDD4DFD7255DDD435205157B3F
SHA-1: 91A7D89F515F5CBE2D65AA4D9D839D928A953315
SHA-256: D066AADE306C59A7D8AAECDB1FE0941C1B6162F743B64975F567B8376A8A52C0
Clean file: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d...41c1b6162f743b64975f567b8376a8a52c0/detection

Thank you! ?

Sorry. Never mind.

I got it working and put together a guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/...o_get_fox_sports_world_cup_4k_apk_working_on/

Do you guys know if the app only works on the Hisense H8E model? And not the H8 model?
Most of the articles I read about the World Cup edition app mention that it works on the H6E and H8E model, but no mention of the H8 model. But just looking at what you changed on the APK to make it work, it seems like the H8 should be able to install the WC app and stream in 4k, correct?
Granted both models are the same price, but the H8 model is available today at a store near me, the H8E will have to be ordered.. and the World Cup won't wait a week for the TV to get here!!
Thanks in advance.

Anyway to get this working on Sony 900e?

It would a charm if it was possible to modify the apk so that the check is bypassed completely. While rooting nvidia shield might be an option, for most android TVs it isn't so easy.

Anyone have a solution yet? Trying to watch on my Sony TV in 4k....regular Fox Sports go app is terrible

aman1127 said:
Anyone have a solution yet? Trying to watch on my Sony TV in 4k....regular Fox Sports go app is terrible
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I’m using the regular app but what’s the point of having a super car without the speed?! Want to see what 4K can do.

pulled this from reddit, Confirmed works on stock Sony Android tv (no rooting)

Not working on x750d sony. Playback media failed.

redrum77 said:
Not working on x750d sony. Playback media failed.
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Works on my X750D. I used ES File Explorer to upload the app to my TV and installed it through the ES File Explorer app on the TV.
Watching Mexico vs Korea right now.

I can install the app just can't play the content.
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Works on my X750D. I used ES File Explorer to upload the app to my TV and installed it through the ES File Explorer app on the TV.
Watching Mexico vs Korea right now.
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redrum77 said:
I can install the app just can't play the content.
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Have you gotten the prompt to sign into your fox/cable account?
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dasstig said:
Have you gotten the prompt to sign into your fox/cable account?
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Yep. Using directv now provider.
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Got it works but it stutters a bit on My Sony Bravia, is it smooth video for the rest of you?

luckdog said:
Got it works but it stutters a bit on My Sony Bravia, is it smooth video for the rest of you?
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No. Somewhat choppy for me. And audio is half a second slow. But I’m addicted to the sharpness and clarity so I’m watching it anyway.
I read it’s becuase it’s shot in European 50hz and in the us we have 60hz. Tried adjusting motion settings but nothing works.

To stop stuttering, in the app goto video and select a specific speed and resolution. Setting to Auto will cause stuttering. I have mine set to 4k (~19mbps) and it does not stutter.

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To stop stuttering, in the app goto video and select a specific speed and resolution. Setting to Auto will cause stuttering. I have mine set to 4k (~19mbps) and it does not stutter.
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Yup this is what I do.
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