January 24, 20179 yr Moderators I've always been a big fan of Apple TV and have one on every TV but it really sucks I can't utilize my Amazon Prime account since Apple will never allow Amazon to have any apps on it. Also Apple TV is very locked down so no Kodi is going on Apple TV (well at least easily) and I tried Roku and what a piece of garbage. I am completely blown away at how much power that little Firestick is and now that you can load Kodi on it fairly easily, its a no brainer and now I have a Firestick also on every TV (we have way to much money spent on movies through iTunes to ever give up on Apple TV) So here is how you do it.. Step-by-step guide to installing Kodi on a factory Fire TV Stick Kodi (previously known as XBMC) is a powerful media player that lets you access a huge range of media content, including film and TV. It’s great on a PC or laptop but really comes into its own on your living room TV, which is easy to achieve thanks to modern, cut-price streaming sticks. Here we'll show you how to install Kodi on the Amazon Fire TV Stick. Note: Initially, Kodi was available to download straight from the Amazon store. However, it has since been pulled due to Kodi being used as a platform to access dodgy add-ons. Fortunately, there are several ways you can still force the Kodi app onto your Fire Stick, and I'll take you through them all here. (NOTE: So far this Works on ALL Amazon Fire TV Sticks without the need for a laptop) Plug your Amazon Fire TV stick into your TV and plug the USB power cable into a spare USB port or use the power adapter. Go to Settings | System | Developer options. Find "Apps from unknown sources’, which should be switched OFF, and turn it ON, then say yes in the pop-up box. Go back to the homescreen and install ES File Explorer – this will be listed under the Popular Fire TV apps section. Open ES File Explorer, select Favorite and then Add. Enter "http://kodi.tv/download", hit Next, the text you’ve entered will disappear but don’t worry, now type ‘Kodi’ into the next box and press Next again, then select Add. Open the new Kodi link you've created. This can be found in the left-hand panel. Find Kodi Android apps and select the ARM version (32bit). Nothing will happen, but this is normal. Next, navigate yourself to the three dots towards the bottom right of the screen and select "Open in new Browser". ES File Explorer will then download the latest version of the app to the stick. This can take a little while to do, so be patient: you can see that ES File Explorer is doing something, because you'll get a spinning circle at the top-right of the image. After a short wait, a Download dialog box will appear. Once Kodi has downloaded, select the Open File option and then Install. A dialog box will open with app permissions, press down on the remote until the options at the bottom highlight, and then select Install again. Kodi has now been installed to your Fire TV Stick, click DONE. Now comes the part to make it useful like installing Phoenix and Exodus. click the gear icon at the top and select File Manager click Add source Select <None> Type the following EXACTLY http://fusion.tvaddons.ag and select Done Highlight the box underneath Enter a name for this media Source, type fusion & select OK Still under Settings go to System - Add-ons and make sure Unknown sources is enabled Go back to your Home Screen Scroll down to Add-Ons and click on it at the very top left, click on an icon that looks like a box scroll down to "Install from zip file" and click on it Select fusion Select kodi-repos - english - repository.exodus-1.0.1.zip Wait for Add-on enabled notification Select Install from repository Select Exodus Repository Select Video add-ons Select Exodus Select Install Wait for Addon enabled notification (NOTE: will now be available from your home screen by selecting the Add-ons button) FYI: I usually have to reduce the screen some so I can see the entire Kodi screen (Settings - Interface - Skin.. just select Zoom)
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