Install Kodi on Amazon Fire TV in a few simple steps

56 thoughts on “Install Kodi on Amazon Fire TV in a few simple steps”

1. Great article.

   The last part where you describe the many steps necessary to launch the application has been my primary reservation in purchasing a Fire TV. My kids and wife aren’t going to figure out how to navigate through all those menus. I look forward to your guide on how to make launching Kodi a bit easier!!

   ~Mike

2. @Mike If your interested in a simpler interface, set top box like experience I wrote a guide and script to install kodi on very modest hardware .

   https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/all-in-one-htpc-and-internet-pvr-how-to/

   I really wish we could set something like this up on a small device like the fire stick. If you want wife and kid friendly check mine out.

   • Can you please help I have downloaded abd fire and the kodi arm however I can not send the app from my computer to the fire tv the abd tool is connected but the file will not transfer

3. Will these work with a fully updated fire tv?

4. I just bought an AFTV. Should I root it, if I can? Or am I better off following your method here? Appreciate clarification on benefits/differences of rooting or not.

5. I assume this will also work on the Amazon Fire Stick. Is that correct?

6. I tried downloading adb fire app to mac os, but it only comes up in error “can’t create logfile”. How do i get pasr that

7. Is there any advantage to run this on fire TV vs fire stick? As far as the processors of one over the other?

8. my wife has fire tv and i want to add xbmc , will the pricess in any way affect her existing and future prime account usage ?
   Also the firestick launches shere in the Uk mid april , I have pre ordered mine but I am worried that amazon will use an update to close the sideload window, I have seen stories in the oress that they are looking at pin activation which will maybe kill the process, can you programme settings to prevent updates being auto installed ?

9. Ok , maybe i asked too may questions in one post , hyperthetically speaking , suppose youd had kodi on your fire tv/ stick and you watpnted to update addons or mabe you were having issues with the current version and wanted to update.
   1. Is there an option in fire tv settings that you can enable to stop any amazon updates that may hinder sideloading .
   2. Lets say there is and you have it enabled , if you wanted to uodate kodi would you have to then have disable the above therefore giving amazon updates access to your device ?

10. How would you install extra apps to kodi when using a FireTV? As i want to get a few awesome KODI apps running to get some better media streaming.

11. OSX can’t create log file. How to Check if folder write able or not. If not how do I get pass this step. Thanks

12. I’m very knew to this. Ive downloaded kodi and the adbfw file and done the extract but it doesn’t look the same as what the screen shows. This then means I can’t continue to the next stage (I think!). Please help.

    Regards

    Stuart

13. I have a question for you, I already had Kodi on my Amazon Fire TV but I don’t know what I did but it’s messed up . Should I uninstall and re-install?

14. I’m having problems with my aftv. Keep getting the critically low on storage msg and black screen. If I do a factory reset and reinstall kodi will this fix my problem? If so, do you have a video or instructions on how to either fix my problem, reset to factory settings and reinstall kodi or uninstall-reinstall kodi. Thx

15. Ok, I feel really stupid (not tech savy at all) I’m trying to install Kodi on my fire tv stick. It’s complicated for me and I’m at the part where in adbFire it’s running and connected. Now it wants me to install APK. When I click this to install the APK it asks me where the file is…..I know where the Kodi program is, and the adbFire program and the FTV program but I have no idea what or where the APK file is or even how to find it. I’ve looked in all of these programs…..I feel like an idiot and I have no clue what to do.

    Thanks for any help

16. Does anyone know of an updater app you can install on the Amazon Fire Tv Stick to help keep Kodi up to date? This way I can just run the updater on the stick, and it updates Kodi, rather than having to manually configure and update it. Cannot find anything about it, and was just wondering if it exists. A friend of mine has one that has Kodi, but isn’t savvy enough to manually update. Thought an app for updating which you could just click on to update Kodi would save time and be less painful. Thanks all.

17. Thanks alot, very impressed with the aftv now I can get kodi. although still not a patch on minix boxes

18. I have downloaded both utilities and cannot get either to connect to my Fire tv box (and yes i have the correct IP address from Fire tv box). Please help

19. i keep getting “the system can not find the path specified”
    its downloading as an internet explorer, how can i change the type of file

20. Did anyone find the solution for the message “cannot create logfile” in Mac os?

    Thanks!

21. should the fire stick be plug in via hdmi in the computer or to the tv and use the same wifi while you install apk .. thank .

    • nevermind .. i used the wifi and it works.. thank you so much for your website !!

22. Followed the instruction but when i load it from applications it says this version is not compatible with my device?

    • I had the same issue last night…really disappointed because I can’t seem to find a fix for it anywhere online. 🙁

23. Side launch moves so fast using the Amazon FireTV utility that I can’t really confirm it worked. The app is not shown with all others. Any suggestions?

    • Never mind. I had an unfinished apk. I downloaded it again and all worked. Thanks for the instructions.

24. I just installed KODI on my fire stick with no problems. And now what? I’m totally lost. How do I find stuff to watch TV or movies with KODI?

25. Great article. I have a question hope its right place. I was able to install and change icon as well with no issues. Now I added super repo and I have lots of addons like Genesis and 1 channel and filming by nature etc.. Not showing up in add on list under super repo.

    Is there any way I can directly install these addons without super repo ?

26. A friend lend me his FireTV Stick with Kodi already installed and it immediately found my wifi and I was able to browse through the tons of stuff it has but I was kind of bummed that there is no option for running it Hardwired. Perhaps a stupid question but is WiFi the only way to run the firestick TV? It would be so much better if I am allowed to run it hardwire because there is to much freezing up when watching a movie. for instance. Thanks for the nice and simple tutorial, if I can run this hardwire I may have to pull the plug on one of them.

27. Dumb question…does the computer have to be linked to the AFTV with a USB or does it connect through wifi? Can’t get it to connect…

28. Currently I am running Kodi 14.2 on my firestick and firebox. Would it be worth it to upgrade?? I have so many repos and favorites added I would hate to loose them,.Is there a way to upgrade and not loose my current settings?? Is it even worth it?? 14.2 seems fine but if I am missing a better experience with Kodi I would like to upgrade without starting over. Thank You….

29. Hi! I got the files downloaded and am trying to transfer using the amazon fire utility app. I get “error: device not found” in the command prompt followed by “waiting for device.” I’ve tried turning the fire stick on and off, and I’ve tried retyping the IP. Nothing works?

30. Can sideloading be done behind hotel WiFi?

    Just purchased on my trip because AFTV is not available at home

    Whenever ininput fire tvs IP address I can not connect to fire TV …

    Fire stick works , can use stock apps on hotel WiFi with no problem

    Any tips or tricks for sideloading on hotel WiFi?

    • All settings are correct…debugging enabled….followed your instructions exactly

      Still can’t sideload on hotel WiFi

      HELP!!!!

31. Hi loaded kodi on my stick 1st time no issues, added a few addons etc genesis vdubt25 etc and all work amazingly. brought a 2nd stick for a friend added kodi again no issues but when i go into my addons they are just empty folders no matter how many i add nothing isin the folders. any ideas?

32. Hi Anand,

    I’ve reached the point where you put in the IP Address etc, then next step click connect, when I do this nothing comes up, I’ve used the IP Address from the Fire Stick, any ideas why I cannot get any further please?

33. I cannot get this to work.

    I am using the same network (optimum WiFi) on both the Fire TV Stick and my PC which has adbFire running. I’ve set everything up exactly as described. ADB debugging is on, but adbFire never shows the Fire TV Stick as connected, and when I click Connect, nothing ever happens. I don’t even get a message saying that it cannot connect.

    Windows Firewall is disabled as well.

    I am at a loss at what do to next.

34. hi i had kodi on my firestick but deleteted by mistake.can you help me get it back as i cannot find it.simple steps pls as im not good on computers

35. I have the kodi program on my aftv but it’s used all the data space on it is there a for that or is there a way to delete some data. I’m not that great with computers. I took the box to a person and he charged me fifty bucks to put it on then about 4-5 months later the data was full so I cleared the cache almost daily then on day a warning pop up saying the memory was full. So I thought if I cleared the data I would be ok but nope the program was still there but the movie channels that the kids use wouldn’t come up on the add on. I tried everything so I had to call him to reboot my kodi program and charged me another 50 . Now it saying it full again and it won’t let us see any of the movie. You can hear it and if you go back to the kodi home page you can see it as like you home screen but all the kodi home page is over it.is there anything I can do to fix it because I don’t want to take to him and he charge me again.

36. Hi Anand, I have the new Amazon Fire TV (2015) version, but I plugged it in already to my router and has received the updates when initially hooking it up via ethernet to my router. Can I still install Kodi? or do I have to uninstall the updates?

37. After multiple attempts to load Kodi onto my Fire TV with my iMac I had the best luck with your tutorial – it worked the first time. Now I need a description on how to add Sportsdevil to Kodi so we can watch live sports not showing in our area. Again, I would have to use my iMac to download the add-on and push to Kodi but I’m not having any luck. Do you have a link for this?

38. thanks for this Anand. i got it installed but when i go to enter the Applications it is asking me for Amazon Instant Video PIN. i dont recall setting this PIN anywhere. got any idea on where i could find it ?

39. Great article Anand ! Is there any advantage on installing on Amazon Firetv than a Amazon stick?

40. Hi

    I am installing following this guide but it seems to have stuck just after if asked to install the apk file and keeps showing as ADB running and the green progress bar keeps going to the end and then starting again.

    Can anyone help?

    Thanks

41. Can I setup a Fire TV stick without an Amazon account? I purchased a few of these to send to relatives and do not want my amazon account attached.

42. I get up to step 5 and can’t get to 6. I click on Connect to add my AFTV stick and nothing happens. I’m so sad I can’t get this thing to work. Tried deleting and re-adding the device and even restarting my laptop, but nothing :/

43. Hi

    I am installing following this guide using adbfire 2.0.1 for mac, but it seems to get stuck just after i install the apk file and keeps showing as ADB running and the green progress bar keeps going to the end and then starting again.

    any help would be appreciated

    Thanks

44. I followed all steps, and installation was competed successfully. But my remote started acting weird – even after a reboot its not acting normal, and jumps erratically to icons all over screen! How do I reset it??

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