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Hi folks, here’s a short tutorial on updating your Amazon Fire TV to the latest version of Kodi. As of this post, Kodi is at version 15.1. Here’s what you’ll need for the update: adbFire (software to connect and push the Kodi installation pack) latest version of Kodi know your Copy and Paste keyboard shortcuts (hehehe, just a little humour) After you download the latest Kodi APK (choose the Android ARM version from the Kodi website ). In the next step we need to Push the file to our Amazon Fire TV. We will use the “temp” folder for that as follows: Start ADBFire , select “ temp ” under “ Push/Pull/Delete Files ”, click the “ Push ” button and select the downloaded APK file . Once the push completed (ADBFire will show a message), click the “ ADB Shell ”. In the shell, type    cd /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/temp   and press ENTER. After that type, in the shell:   adb install -r kodi- 14.1 -Helix-armeabi-v7a.apk   (the APK filename depends on the Ko...

For those that have installed Kodi on their Amazon Fire TV, here’s the ‘How To’ to add Kodi to Amazon Fire TV Home screen. While watching the video, you’ll see the application we used is called ADBFire , however, you cannot link the app shortcut icon to Kodi..it no longer works, and this could be due to updated firmware on the Fire TV boxes. So what we did in the second half of the video, was manually link the shortcut to Kodi. Was done by using Lama which is installed when using ADBFire to replace the icon with a Kodi icon. For all the details, what the video, should be very simple to follow. If Llama import fails: Manual setting Llama … If import fails, then you can do this also manually as follows: “Events” (scroll right), and select the “+” button at the bottom (click “down”, “right”). On the next page, click the “Add Condition” button (click 4x “down”), where we select “Active application“. In the popup window select “Choose an app” and choose “IkonoTV” and...

The day has finally arrived that I pulled the trigger and ordered an Amazon Fire TV . Yes siree, after doing a little bit of research I found that Kodi can be side loaded on to an Amazon Fire TV ..very easily I might add. The video below will explain the hardware that’s packed in this neat little device. please watch and enjoy the Amazon Fire TV Unboxing! If you’re looking to order your own Amazon Fire TV , please the links found on this page. It’s a simple way of supporting The Tech Loft in all that we do for our readers. I’ve also added a media box comparison chart as a quick reference between the hottest media boxes as of this posting. Seems like the Fire TV comes out ahead in terms of hardware power.

If you have an online repo you’d like to share, please leave the URL in a comment below and we’ll add it to our Kodi Repositories list. This is my Kodi Repositories list for you to add to your Kodi installation. Using repos is the easiest way to get all of the top Add-ons installed on your Kodi box. You simply add the repos as Sources under File Manager. Forget about downloading and transfering .ZIP files to your Kodi box…these online repos are the way to go! Add the source address and you’re on your way to setting up your Kodi box with the best Add-ons in town! SuperRepo: http://srp.nu Fusion Repo: http://fusion.tvaddons.ag XUnityTalk Repo: http://xfinity.xunitytalk.com Total XBMC: http://i.totalxbmc.tv I Will Folo: http://iwillfolo.com/iwf Husham Repo: http://repo.husham.com metalkettle repo : http://kodi.mettlekettle.co pc riot repo http://jasonpc.pcriot.com Ivue http://tecbox.tv/install muckyduck repo http://muckys.kodimediaportal.ml shadow builds http:...

Sony’s new PlayStation TV is a pretty neat little device. It’s both a gaming console and remote PlayStation 4 player. While the PlayStation TV can download PSP and Vita games and play them locally off the console, you can also connect to your PlayStation 4 over a network connection and play your favourite PS4 titles. The remote play feature is pretty handy if you live in a house with 2 television sets and you’re the one to get regulated to the basement if the main tv (connected to a PS4) is occupied. For the most part, the PlayStation TV comes with everything you need to get started, especially if you already own a PS4, however, if you want to game locally off the PlayStation TV you require a memory card to save your downloads and game saves. I’ve recorded a video of my unboxing, enjoy. Sony PlayStation TV Unboxing YouTube video:

This Kodi Google Drive Add-on is great if you want to use your Google Drive as a repository for some of your media. And just because it says ‘Kodi’ this will work on XBMC versions of Kodi so those stuck on the old version, this will work for you. If you’re familiar with loading add-ons to your Kodi media player, then the following link will take you to the Google Drive Add-on project page where you can download and install the add-on. Remember, download as a .ZIP file! Project link for the latest version of Kodi Google Drive Add-on:  https://github.com/ddurdle/XBMC-gdrive For those that want some visual guidance, I have upload a video on to YouTube installing the Kodi Google Drive add-on. Other cloud drives are available, but unfortunately, they didn’t for me.

Assuming that your Apple TV 2 is jailbroken, you can install Kodi media player on your jail broke device. For those that have an existing copy of XBMC on their Apple TV 2, i suggest completely removing XBMC along with dependencies and settings and installing a fresh copy of Kodi. At the time of this writing, I’m only aware of the use of Terminal on OS X to install Kodi. So here’s how we’re going to update Kodi on Apple TV 2: Uninstall XBMC Uninstall XBMC dependencies Uninstall XBMC settings Install Kodi   Uninstall XBMC via Terminal apt-get remove org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 It will if you want to continue The following packages will be REMOVED: org.xbmc.kodi-atv2 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?   Uninstall XBMC Settings rm -Rf /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC   Uninstall XBMC Dependencies apt-get remove org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbel...