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    I am still using adbFire with no issues whatsever on occasions I come across difficult sticks I just use my laptop. Here is a video on how to install Kodi to the Firestick by connecting it to your computer of laptop.

    hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUvcq_HKS1E

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    adbFire has now been superseded by adbLink, they are both from the same developer Jocola.

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    In the bottom right corner of the screen, click on the 3 dots. This opens a menu with the option of downloading with the browser. Choose it, and you should be good to go.

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    Tried today to put kodi on a new Fire Stick using the "Es Explorer" file but I cannot download Es to the stick
    When the Es box appears instead of "Download" it shows "Get" when I press get a box appears saying we cannot complete your
    purchase because you do not have valid billing address.
    I thought Es was Free!!
    Then tried to follow you tube using adbfire but again no luck, the video is still showing the link for adbfire but you get a 404 page.
    Can any member update me please on the latest way to install kodi onto my stick.

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    Here is a link on a how to also links to the needed Programs hxxp://www.htpcbeginner.com/setup-fire-tv-on-adbfire

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    i mainly use adb fire to install kodi to firesticks,,,,,you could also get one of those ********ing web accounts and upload kodi to the site then use es file explorer to ftp the website....works a treat ..maybe a bit "ott" to setup one ,,,but great if you are doing a few.

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    @ cannydo & voyager1972, thanks for your reply's, cannydo I will give that link a go.

    My problem now is Kodi is DL'ing has a zip file and will not load. I am using IE and an earlier post explains this problem
    I am trying to find a DL not ZIP!

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    Quote Originally Posted by maurice View Post
    Tried today to put kodi on a new Fire Stick using the "Es Explorer" file but I cannot download Es to the stick
    When the Es box appears instead of "Download" it shows "Get" when I press get a box appears saying we cannot complete your
    purchase because you do not have valid billing address.
    I thought Es was Free!!
    Then tried to follow you tube using adbfire but again no luck, the video is still showing the link for adbfire but you get a 404 page.
    Can any member update me please on the latest way to install kodi onto my stick.

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    go into the amazon account on your pc,,,,the account that you used when setting up the firestick ,,,,then search the appstore for es file explorer....and send it to your firestick.

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    when you download kodi from the site it is an .apk file

    h**p://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/android/arm/kodi-16.1-Jarvis-armeabi-v7a.apk

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    It say's APK but when I go into my saved file it is a zip file


    1600hr CET@ voyager1972 managed to get an APK file from your link above
    will try my stick after my dinner

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    Last edited by maurice; 02-09-2016 at 03:04 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maurice View Post
    It say's APK but when I go into my saved file it is a zip file
    Looks like you are using Internet Explorer to download it as it wil change the extension to .zip

    You can just change it from .zip to .apk and ignore the warning when it says it may not work or download it again with Chrome or Firefox as it will then download as the .apk file

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    Thanks Sandra, but how do I change it!!! please

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    Quote Originally Posted by maurice View Post
    Thanks Sandra, but how do I change it!!! please
    Rename the file and change the .zip. To .apk ,,,,if you don't see the file extension you will have go into file explorer
    And change the folder options ,,,and untick hide file extensions

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    If you can not do it as Voyager has explained just download it using Google Chrome and it will save as a .apk file.

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    the way i do it is very easy.
    download "Amazon FireTV Utility App.exe" to laptop on wifi - download KODI ANDROID ARM to same laptop.
    then sideload the .apk over to the stick using the firetv app (you must turn on the ADB debuggging mode or whatever its called on the stick first - found in settings)
    simples

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    Thank you all for your assistance, success, found a APK file on a mirror site and it DL ok and now my stick is
    up and running. Going to practice today changing zip to apk.
    Last edited by maurice; 03-09-2016 at 09:14 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ManikM View Post
    the way i do it is very easy.
    download "Amazon FireTV Utility App.exe" to laptop on wifi - download KODI ANDROID ARM to same laptop.
    then sideload the .apk over to the stick using the firetv app (you must turn on the ADB debuggging mode or whatever its called on the stick first - found in settings)
    simples
    The problem that Maurice was having was in downloading the .apk file as a .apk file as for some reason most websites that host it, especially the official Kodi one changes the .apk extension to a .zip if you download it using Internet Explorer and not with a different browser.

    Other browsers download it correctly as a .apk

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    I look back on old posts occasionally to see if anything can be added. Regarding ES Explorer, if you have an account with A****** you get an invoice but for zero cost. In other words it's free.

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