[GUIDE][ROOT] Play Store on Fire TV

• TWRP recovery or equivalent
• Root access
• Android Debug Bridge (adb)
• Know how to connect to device through adb (USB, network)
• Ability to extract tar, lz and zip archives (7-Zip, Lzip)
• Allowed apps from unknown sources through Fire OS
• Ability to launch system apps (ES File Explorer, FireStarter)
• USB or bluetooth mouse helps but is not required

1. Install Xposed and the HDXPosed module
2. Download and install Open GApps ARM64, 5.1, pico using TWRP recovery
3. Download Google Play Store (Android TV) and rename APK to Phonesky.apk
4. Create a temporary folder on your Fire TV:
   Code:

   adb shell mkdir -p /sdcard/gtmp/lib/

5. Push Phonesky.apk to your Fire TV:
   Code:

   adb push Phonesky.apk /sdcard/gtmp/

6. Extract Core/gmscore-arm64.tar.lz and Core/gsflogin-all.tar.lz from the Open GApps archive obtained during step #2
7. Extract the contents of gmscore-arm64.tar.lz and gsflogin-all.tar.lz
8. Push these newly extracted files to your Fire TV:
   Code:

   adb push gsflogin-all/nodpi/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/GoogleLoginService.apk /sdcard/gtmp/
   adb push gmscore-arm64/nodpi/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk /sdcard/gtmp/
   adb push gmscore-arm64/common/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/arm64/* /sdcard/gtmp/lib/

9. Enter adb shell and run su for root
10. Mount the /system partition with rw access
    Code:

    mount -o remount,rw /system

11. Create missing directories that Open GApps failed to create:
    Code:

    mkdir /system/priv-app/Phonesky
    mkdir /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService
    mkdir -p /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/arm64

12. Copy the missing APKs and libraries to their proper locations:
    Code:

    cp /sdcard/gtmp/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/
    cp /sdcard/gtmp/GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/
    cp /sdcard/gtmp/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/
    cp /sdcard/gtmp/lib/* /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/arm64/

13. Change the permissions for the newly created files and directories:
    Code:

    chmod 755 /system/priv-app/{GoogleLoginService/,Phonesky/,PrebuiltGmsCore/,PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/,PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/arm64/}
    chmod 644 /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
    chmod 644 /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/GoogleLoginService.apk
    chmod 644 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk
    chmod 644 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/lib/arm64/*

14. Remove the temporary folder:
    Code:

    rm -r /sdcard/gtmp/

15. Exit adb shell
16. Download Google Play services (Android TV), variant 846 (8 for Android TV, 4 for arm64-v8a, 6 for 320 dpi) and rename APK to com.google.android.gms.apk
17. Download Google Account Manager 4.4.4 and rename APK to com.google.android.gsf.login_4.4.4.apk
18. Install Google Play services (Android TV) and Google Account Manager 4.4.4 using adb:
    Code:

    adb install 'com.google.android.gms.apk'
    adb install -r -d 'com.google.android.gsf.login_4.4.4.apk'

19. Disconnect adb and reboot Fire TV
20. Connect to adb, enter adb shell and run su
21. Mount the /system partition as ro
    Code:

    mount -o remount,ro /system

22. Exit adb shell and disconnect adb

1. Launch Google Play Store. Play Store is a system app and requires a program such as ES File Explorer or FireStarter to launch.
2. Login to your Google account. You should be able to fully navigate this version of Google Account Manager with the Fire remote, but a mouse can be helpful.
3. Play Store should have launched and you can now install Android TV apps and use apps that require Play Store or Google accounts.

• Fixed minor typos
• Fixed Phonesky.apk source directory path in cp command (command would have failed)
• Greatly simplified push and copy commands which should also improve future Open GApps compatibility
• Corrected directory and file permissions (chmod) which may have worked before but were incorrect and possibly insecure. If you've followed the guide before, do step 9 & 10, 13 and then 21 & 22

• I omitted some very, very basic things from the guide such as how to use adb, extract archives, and launch system apps from specific apps due to the guide already being very long and most XDA users should be familiar with these or can be easily learned from Google.
• Windows users may have to replace forward slashes (/) with back slashes (\) in paths depending on their shell.
• I only tested this on my Fire TV 2 but I don't see why this wouldn't work on other Fire TV devices with root. I didn't personally test this 1:1 since I already installed Play Store, so let me know there's problems.

chris-89 said:

First of all thank you @Bracket- for the guide :good:

I have done Everything exactly like the guide
but i can't open the playstore.
When i open it, it loads for few seconds and then it close.
Do you have or anybody else here have an idea why this happens?
My system: Fire TV 2, 5.2.6.2 rooted, xposed and hdxposed installed

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• 2. Customize build.prop
• 4. Install Open Google apps for Android TV (the newest version works fine)
• 5. Allow Google registration (NoTouchAuthDelegate)

chris-89 said:

Thanks for you help :good:
I will do this tomorrow.
Short question: do i need also the gapps-config.txt or not?
And when i need it, what did i need for using only the playstore and services?

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forceclean
skipswypelibs
skipvendorlibs
GoogleAssistant

+extsharedstock
+keyboardstock
+provision
+packageinstallerstock
+webviewstock
+notouchauthdelegate

Include

gappspico