Just compiling different methods of getting "stuff" onto FireTV. Aside from Kodi, here are my methods:
****FILES****
1. adbfire from PC
2. AGK Fire app from phone
3. ES File Explorer from FTV
*****LINKS***** (http links)
1. GBookmark app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amlegate.gbookmark
Save bookmark inside GBookmark phone app or from PC to Google bookmarks, then sync GBookmark app on FTV and open link.
2. Gmail
Cumbersome, but you can email yourself a link.
*****MEDIA***** (photos, music, video)
1. AllCast Receiver (on FTV) and AllCast (on phone)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast.receiver
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast
2. AirPlay/DLNA Receiver PRO (on FTV) and DLNA/UPnP Sender (on phone) (by WaxRain)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waxrain.airplaydmr2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waxrain.droidsender
This app is good because the receiver app is the one that costs $, so you don't have to re-purchase anything for the wife and kids to be able to stream stuff to the FTV.
3. Samba Filesharing for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba
Any other efficient ways of getting "stuff" onto the FireTV?
AirDroid
i say use pushbullet, there's even pushbullet for xbmc.
Downloader app
Oh so frustrating! I've had my best success using the Downloader app built in browser and my google drive online. In the past I've used and android app "apps to fire" but I get a Java script error with the fire tv cube. Gonna give your methods a try. Got to get Google services.
RG GEIGER said:
Oh so frustrating! I've had my best success using the Downloader app built in browser and my google drive online. In the past I've used and android app "apps to fire" but I get a Java script error with the fire tv cube. Gonna give your methods a try. Got to get Google services.
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Either use adb via a pc
Once you have adb on pc type in command prompt as admin at adb location
Put apk file you want to install at same location as adb for ease of use
adb connect ip_of_fire
adb devices
adb install example.apk
Or
Get yourself a filelinked account
Upload all your apks to Dropbox
Enter the path details into filelinked (watch video on website for guide)
Put the filelinked app on device - either using downloader or above method
Now you can open app & download & install all the apks you have in your store
So i just got my MOJO and was in the process of rooting it but, i can't seem to get windows 7 to recognize the device when i connect it by USB. It always shows up as "unknown device". How do i get Windows 7 to recognize it?
Also i have another problem regarding sound....there isn't any. When i load up a video on the MOJO, or just try to do anything that would have sound, theres nothing. I have the sound at MAX using the CTRL gamepad controls. Still, nothing.
I knew the MOJO was going to be one of those devices you have to fight with in order to get it to do what you want but, this is worse than i expected.
Help?
It really is a terrible experience out of the box. We know who to blame Mad Catz!
For Windows to recognize it, you have to install ADB Drivers, try the ones from teamandroid: www teamandroid .com/download-android-usb-drivers/
You will have to locate the device in the windows device manager and install the drivers manually.
But you can root the mojo without conencting it to the pc. you can root it with towelroot (Version 1). you have to search with google for the apk. the newest version (3) and v2 won't work.
After that you can use Flashify to flash a custom recovery.
For the sound: do you have another hdmi slot at your tv? this sounds like a connection problem.
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For Windows to recognize it, you have to install ADB Drivers, try the ones from teamandroid: www teamandroid .com/download-android-usb-drivers/
You will have to locate the device in the windows device manager and install the drivers manually.
But you can root the mojo without conencting it to the pc. you can root it with towelroot (Version 1). you have to search with google for the apk. the newest version (3) and v2 won't work.
After that you can use Flashify to flash a custom recovery.
For the sound: do you have another hdmi slot at your tv? this sounds like a connection problem.
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Connecting it to the PC is (supposed)to be the EASY way though. Also....i don't see the mojo listed among the devices on that link you mentioned. Which one should i download??
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Connecting it to the PC is (supposed)to be the EASY way though. Also....i don't see the mojo listed among the devices on that link you mentioned. Which one should i download??
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Try the driver from Samsung.
If they don't work, use the universal adb drivers: github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver
Towelroot would be much easier, you just install the App and klick one button (but only v1 works with mojo)
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Try the driver from Samsung.
If they don't work, use the universal adb drivers: github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver
Towelroot would be much easier, you just install the App and klick one button (but only v1 works with mojo)
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Thanks for the reply but i've tried all towelroot 1.0 as well as 3.0 and it did NOT work. I got an error saying, "This phone isn't currently supported". No matter which version i try.
Edit: Ok got it working! Turns out i was attempting the V2.0 & V3.0 versions. There are plenty of sites out there that would claim to have v1.0. However, once i downloaded and installed it, i'd see a "v2" or "v3" at the top of the screen.
In the end, I had to do a google search for a towelroot spefically for MOJO. Only then did i finally come across a site that had a legit v1.0.
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Thanks for the reply but i've tried all towelroot 1.0 as well as 3.0 and it did NOT work. I got an error saying, "This phone isn't currently supported". No matter which version i try.
Edit: Ok got it working! Turns out i was attempting the V2.0 & V3.0 versions. There are plenty of sites out there that would claim to have v1.0. However, once i downloaded and installed it, i'd see a "v2" or "v3" at the top of the screen.
In the end, I had to do a google search for a towelroot spefically for MOJO. Only then did i finally come across a site that had a legit v1.0.
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Good job! I'm glad it worked in the end.
I also had to search a long time to find the correct tr version. But you will never need it again, once it's rooted. if you want to go back to stock, you can flash the original firmware with twrp, too!
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Good job! I'm glad it worked in the end.
I also had to search a long time to find the correct tr version. But you will never need it again, once it's rooted. if you want to go back to stock, you can flash the original firmware with twrp, too!
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Here was the thread it was in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mad-catz-mojo/development/root-mojo-towelroot-one-click-t2799712
And the link for V1.0 in case anyone wants it. It was tough to find:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oxrryya4ffs4w6u/tr-1.apk
Ok so after a few hard weeks messing with this device, i've figured out ways to fix all its quirks, except for one: Not being able to connect to Pc. Thats annoying. I don't like having to remove my Micro SD card everytime i want to add more files.
Especially since this device was deigned in such a way that, its virtually impossible to remove without first removing the HDMI cable first. As they are sooooo CLOSE together.
Any suggestions for drivers? I just need it to function like a plain USB mass storage device, so i can access my Micro SD card on the Pc.
Yeah, the microSD is a pain to remove.. but I never need to touch it.
I don't understand why you want to access the SD via PC as a USB device?
To access the sdcard over wifi I use a SambaDroid server on the mojo pointed to the sdcard.. it works.
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Yeah, the microSD is a pain to remove.. but I never need to touch it.
I don't understand why you want to access the SD via PC as a USB device?
To access the sdcard over wifi I use a SambaDroid server on the mojo pointed to the sdcard.. it works.
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I want to be able to freely connect my MOJO by USB and drag & drop files at will to the Micro SD, without having to physically remove the Micro SD card each time (which also means unplugging the HDMI every time!!).
So far i'm enjoying the MOJO console as i've found fixes for every other problem i've run into. This is the only one that continues to elude me. I had not thought about the possibility of my Pc being able to connect remotely though wi-fi, to access the MOJO storage. This might be yet another out-of-the-box fix for me. Can you explain more about how this is done??
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I had not thought about the possibility of my Pc being able to connect remotely though wi-fi, to access the MOJO storage. This might be yet another out-of-the-box fix for me. Can you explain more about how this is done??
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Not sure why you want to have a USB on the MOJO that way... the idea of MOJO(or any other topset box) is to keep it online next to your TV, I used to plug USB thumb drives into it.. but you never want to change microSD cards.. same like on a phone or tablet really.
Just install this on mojo:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sambadroid&hl=en
You can configure it so it shares a folder (google how to share folders on windows or youtube sambadroid).
You can use just the microSD (i think it's /mnt/card1) or the internal storage(i think /storage) or both using just /
I wouldn't do just / though.
It's pretty easy, just replicates windows file sharing and works well.
Ok, here is the problem I need to solve:
I have Nexus Player and external SSD I want to use as a storage.
I know that I can connect it to Nexus Player directly and play media from it by using ES file manager and Kodi.
I was able to share a folder on my laptop and NP has access and can play media from that with no issue.
The problem is that I have not found anything online on whether it is possible to connect an external storage to NP and then share it. In my particular case, I want to have the ability to upload files from my PC directly to that storage and then play it from NP.
All previous similar topics seem to focus on connecting that external drive directly to network (NAS), but I do not have that option.
Any help appreciated.
Some additional information I was able to gather - via Remote manager in ES file Manager you can enable access to Nexus Palyer files, but this is via ftp only, which is not ideal.
It seems that there's no other access allowed.
You can use Sambadroid as fileserver and share your storage. For me sambadroid is only working with lollirock rom. Didnt start with rooted 5.1.1 or 6.0.
Hello,
I recently purchased a shield, followed all the steps to share shield folder (update plex app, enable the option) and sometimes I can acces from pc and sometines I can't. Someone have the same problem?
Regards
gengt said:
Hello,
I recently purchased a shield, followed all the steps to share shield folder (update plex app, enable the option) and sometimes I can acces from pc and sometines I can't. Someone have the same problem?
Regards
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Same issue here since 6.X firmware, it was working perfectly in 5.x firmwares .
it's one of the numerous bugs introduced by nvidia in 6.x branch ......
Just mount Network storage device on pc.. It makes life easier. YouTube how. Very simple.
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I'm using a nexus 7 2012 tilapia which runs well on a marshmallow 6.0.1 rom. Now I did a factory reset because I want to give the tablet to anoter person.
Now, wenn using the build in browser an even after installing chrome there ist a message, that the download is not possible because there is no usb storage (in german).
I don't now what is wrong. When I plug the tablet to the pc I can access the storage and transfer files to it. But on the tablet itself there seems to be no access to the storage.
I can install apps from the play store, but I have to remove my google account when i give the tablet away.
Any solution where to search for the problem? Its a custom rom and before the factory reset it runs well. TWRP is installed.
Thanks in advance for your help!