HBO GO Works on FireTV Stick!

mr3p

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Didn't try apk from link above but did transfer it directly from Fire TV - Fire TV stick. App works fine but navigation through menus are definitely laggy on Fire TV Stick compared to regular Fire TV.
 

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Didn't try apk from link above but did transfer it directly from Fire TV - Fire TV stick. App works fine but navigation through menus are definitely laggy on Fire TV Stick compared to regular Fire TV.
What are you using to navigate on the Fire TV Stick since it doesn't work with the standard remote?
 

PsycloneTW

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How do you install this? I sideloaded via ADBFire but when I launch it, it says that I don't own it and takes me to the screen to install it. Attempting to install it says that my device is not compatible with it. I am not rooted. and am running the 6220 firmware.

Any ideas?
 

lexluthor

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The Fire TV stick remote works just fine, why would you believe it doesn't
Because it doesn't work at all for me and I thought I saw in another thread someone say you needed wkremote app to make it work. wkremote does work for me, but it's a pain.

I just pushed the .apk from my play store phone version of hbo go to my fire tv stick. That's the same 2.7.06 version as in the OP, so not sure if what the OP posted is different, but just the same version #.

OP, did you get that file from the Fire TV?

mr3p, can you post the .apk you got to work?
 
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mr3p

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What are you using to navigate on the Fire TV Stick since it doesn't work with the standard remote?
Because it doesn't work at all for me and I thought I saw in another thread someone say you needed wkremote app to make it work. wkremote does work for me, but it's a pain.

I just pushed the .apk from my play store phone version of hbo go to my fire tv stick. That's the same 2.7.06 version as in the OP, so not sure if what the OP posted is different, but just the same version #.
apk in the OP is the one to use. Works pretty well. Maybe slight lag, but not enough to diminish the experience
I suggested you obtain apk specifcally for the FIre TV as you weren't having success with what you were doing. Sounds like the apk posted above is from Amazon ;) Glad you got it to work.
 
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unfortunately Charter has not enabled this and the showtime yet for the fire tv so I am using the phone version with the wukong remote
Apparently Comcast is the same. I guess after successfully holding Netflix hostage they want to do it with everything. It plays on my Kindle fire, but when I hook up the hdmi, all I get is the HBO GO menu, and then the hbo logo intro, ratings, etc., and then a black screen with a zero minutes time bar across the bottom, till it times out and goes back to the menu. Anyone with comcast able to get the stick to work?.]
 

lexluthor

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HBO Go (version from the OP) stopped working on my Fire TV Stick. I now get a "video error: we're having trouble playing this video right now".

Anyone still have it working?

What's strange is that my Fire TV firmware is the same version as when it was working and the app hasn't update, so is this some sort of a server side block?

Is there a newer version than what's in the OP somewhere?

HBO Go still works on my android phone so it's not something network related. Other video apps work fine on my Fire TV Stick.
 
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until we get proper version for fire stick.. you guys can use sceen mirroring off your tablet/phone to play it easily (a some sort of workaround)