Anybody who has the FireTV Stick can tell me if I'm boutta make a good investment ?

[InstantKlassik]

What are the benefits of a jail broken apple TV?

I second this.

 

[That1guy]

Firestick.... look up Kodi/firestick if you have a great wifi connection it's worth the time... depending where you live you can buy the firestick preloaded with it for about the same amount check craigs or ebay or offerup

 

[BaldingSoHard]

$40 and investment shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

"I invested in $40 worth of condoms at the beginning of the semester."

Spoiler

 

[The G.O.D II]

Someone explain Kodi to me? I can watch live tv on it?

 

[Aceofspades404]

Someone explain Kodi to me? I can watch live tv on it?

you can but depending on the host, it might not work. Like I said earlier, I was using the simple client add on but the channels would buffer and then I tried dexter tv but it wouldn't load at all.
@DMGAINGREEN I sideloaded mobdro today and am currently about to watch ne vs pitt
It gives me all the channels I want except espnu and sec network so I'm still on the fence about keeping sling tv. I'd basically being paying $30 a month for 2 channels since all the all other channels the have, I can get on mobdro.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

you can but depending on the host, it might not work. Like I said earlier, I was using the simple client add on but the channels would buffer and then I tried dexter tv but it wouldn't load at all.
@DMGAINGREEN I sideloaded mobdro today and am currently about to watch ne vs pitt
It gives me all the channels I want except espnu and sec network so I'm still on the fence about keeping sling tv. I'd basically being paying $30 a month for 2 channels since all the all other channels the have, I can get on mobdro.

I order it yesterday last night and I selected the one day shipping so it should be arriving anytime tomorrow , but that lil summary you gave me got me anticipating even more than I was before

The enhancements I'm boutta install on this shyt
Cable companies better decrease their prices now because these devices are going to advance more and more every year , cable might just be obsolete in 10 years tbh .

 

[Aceofspades404]

The enhancements I'm boutta install on this shyt

When you do,

 

[.༼-◕_◕-༽.]

good investment. Put kodi on it with the genesis plugin and eat good forever breh.

I just did that thanks to the cut cable thread! Yassss!

 

[satam55]

@CashmereEsquire Do you have to hardware root, to root the Fire TV and/or Fire TV stick? I'm not comfortable soldering.

 

[Apollo Creed]

@CashmereEsquire Do you have to hardware root, to root the Fire TV and/or Fire TV stick? I'm not comfortable soldering.

nah not that I know of, I can't speak for the Fire TV/Stick but I believe theres a straight forward root tool somewhere on XDA. Now that I think about it, you might not even need to root it, I could be wrong. I know on my Nexus Player when I had it All I had to do was download the Sideload launcher app, and then I could download apps from my desktop straight to the Nexus player. I through Kodi on there too but I didnt feel like reading up on all the sources and crap.

 

[.༼-◕_◕-༽.]

@CashmereEsquire Do you have to hardware root, to root the Fire TV and/or Fire TV stick? I'm not comfortable soldering.

I didn't root mine to add Kodi

 

[Apollo Creed]

I didn't root mine to add Kodi

yea I didnt root m nexus so it is probably the same for the Amazon stuff, only thing you will need to do is set up the devices to be able to side load apps.

 

[.༼-◕_◕-༽.]

Im still on the fence about Roku 3 vs Firestick. But I think the apps (Hulu, Netflix) run better on the Firestick.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Im still on the fence about Roku 3 vs Firestick. But I think the apps (Hulu, Netflix) run better on the Firestick.

I hear Roku is dope, but Amazon is the best thing out just from hacks. The main issue with the Nexus Player is you can't expand the storage, and for me It was laggier than just using my chrome cast.

 

[Golayitdown]

Amazon patched up the root exploit a long time ago, unless XDA has found another way in. You basically have to get lucky and get an old software version and make sure to root before ever connecting to the internet. Root isn't needed for Kodi though. I rooted day one and haven't really used it since.