If you missed yesterday’s live stream, here’s the latest AFTVnewscast episode. Thanks to everyone who viewed live and who participated by asking questions. In this episode, I talk about the various new Fire TV FCC documents and compare the new device to the new Apple TV. Then I answer a bunch of reader submitted questions.
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Show Notes
Possible next-gen 4K Fire TV surfaces in FCC filing
FCC filling for next-gen Fire TV
Next-gen Amazon Fire TV Remote and Game Controller likely use WiFi instead of Bluetooth
Fire TV Fire OS Developer Preview
Prime Music Stations added to Fire OS 5 Preview for the Fire TV
Pre-Rooted 51.1.6.3_516012020 Fire TV Custom ROM Released
Blank screen issues related to HDCP
Amazon joins Disney Movies Anywhere cloud service
Disney Movies Anywhere app released for Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
New Apple TV coming in October with Siri and App Store for $149
Amazon Fire TV remote has an Accelerometer
Comparing the new Apple TV to the potential new Amazon Fire TV
Kodi may be sideloadable on the new Apple TV without jailbreaking
Plex coming to the new Apple TV
Questions answered in this episode
How to launch Kodi and other sideloaded apps from the Fire TV homescreen
Wiimote Guide – For app disabling information
Controlling the Fire TV with the Amazon Echo – For app package name identification
Amazon Prime Instant Video now streaming in 4K Ultra HD
DiskUsage on the Google Play Store
Download DiskUsage APK with Evozi Downloader
How to install Fire OS 5 Developer Preview on a Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
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First time listener. What a great show and the advice was excellent. I learned a lot. Also, thank you for the comparison between the new Apple TV and a possible forthcoming Fire TV. They both sound very intriguing. At some point perhaps you might address the reasons why Plex on the AFTV is so awful versus say Kodi with PleXBMC?
Thank you…philip
So glad you checked it out and enjoyed the show! I don’t really use Plex, I wouldn’t be able to answer that question. I have heard that Plex released a big Android 5.0 update, so it’s possible they’re waiting for Fire OS 5 to update the Fire TV apps.
I think the APK that is the “Photo’s App” on the FireTV is called “signed_gallery-bueller-release_601920010.apk”. I was browsing through the extracted rom image and that’s the only one that stuck out as being the correct APK.
Package Name: com.amazon.bueller.photos
Launchable Activity Name: com.amazon.bueller.photos.activity.MediaListActivity
BTW…It worked! It actually removed/hidden Photo’s completely from my device!
Awesome! If you notice any negative side effects from disabling it, I’d love to hear about it.
Okay…I made a windows batch file to simplify using aapt. I’m gonna post them here and over on XDA. They’re very simple but extremely easy and user-friendly. I hope someone else finds some use for them too.
Here’s a zip file with 4 different very useful batch files. 2 of them output to text file and the other 2 display directly in the command prompt. The aapt MUST be in the same folder as the batch file being used.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9do27y6aknzy0b/aapt%20GUI.zip
Ehhhh…this is the correct link… https://www.dropbox.com/s/rchq46qrso2m3kp/aapt%20CLI%20GUI.zip