HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Fire TV

This page describes some of the methods to install Kodi onto an Amazon Fire TV (box) or Fire TV Stick. The Fire TV uses Kodi for android and does not require root. All Fire TV products allow sideloading, so no hacking or modification is required to install Kodi.

Enable Debugging on the Fire TV
In order to install apps from outside the Amazon app store, we need to enable these options:


 * 1) From the Fire TV Home screen, select Settings
 * 2) Go to System -> Developer Options
 * 3) Enable both the ADB Debugging and the Apps from Unknown Sources options.
 * 4) Go to System -> About -> Network, and take note of the Fire TV's IP address

adbFire (Win/Mac/Linux)
adbFire is a companion program for FireTV and Android Kodi & forks. It allows you to sideload Kodi (and other apps) without the bother of downloading the Android SDK and other tools. Additionally, it allows you to copy files to and from Kodi, backup Kodi, root the FireTV, mount USB drives and more.

Download website link: http://jocala.com/adbfire.html

Tutorials for using ADBFire to install Kodi:


 * http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/xbmc/kodi-on-amazon-fire-tv/

ADB command line
These are steps to manually install Kodi using the ADB command line tool, as an alternative to using an app like adbFire.

General Steps


 * 1) Setup the ADB Utility via OS-specific instructions below, or install the Android SDK for your platform: https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
 * 2) Follow these instructions to connect ADB to your Amazon Fire TV:  https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/asb/connect-adb.html
 * 3) Follow these instructions to install the Kodi app onto the Fire TV (using the ADB tool):  https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/asb/app-install.html

Setup ADB on Your Host
Note: Your host must be connected to the same network as your Fire TV.

Install Kodi to the Fire TV
Note: If your APK file name contains spaces, make sure you put quotes around it in the adb commands. On OS X and Linux, you may need to prepend  to the adb commands.
 * 1) On your host (PC or other Android device), download your desired Kodi APK
 * 2) Open a Command Prompt (Windows), Terminal (OS X/Linux), or Terminal Emulator app (Android)
 * 3) Navigate (CD) to the directory with your Kodi APK (In Terminal Emulator on Android you only need to run the adb commands)
 * 4) Run the following commands
 * 5) ADB is connected when it reports the message "connected to : "
 * 6) Run the following command
 * 7) Installation is complete when it reports the message "success"
 * 1) ADB is connected when it reports the message "connected to : "
 * 2) Run the following command
 * 3) Installation is complete when it reports the message "success"
 * 1) Installation is complete when it reports the message "success"

(Note: For Android you need to type in the full path. e.g. >adb install /sdcard/Download/apk-file-name.apk)

Launch Kodi on the Fire TV
Note: Users have reported that you can autostart Kodi after boot using an Android automation apps such as Tasker, AutomateIt, or Llama. Alternately, you can use Autopilot to autoboot to Kodi.
 * 1) From the Fire TV Home screen, select Settings
 * 2) Select Applications
 * 3) Find and select your Kodi installation (it may be named "Kodi" or "SPMC")
 * 4) Select Launch Application

Launching Kodi from Fire TV Homescreen: You can also have Llama (and probably others) launch Kodi when a native Fire TV app like Flixter is launched from the Fire TV homescreen. Some apps work better than others.

Upgrading Kodi
Kodi can be upgraded through ADB without losing your settings. To do this, you must use a newer version of the package already installed on the machine.
 * 1) Download the package to your machine
 * 2) Make sure ADB is connected to the Fire TV
 * 3) Run
 * 4) Installation is complete when it reports the message "Success"

Kodi will still go through the "first run" screen the first time it is launched but your settings will remain intact.

Downgrading Kodi
If you wish to downgrade your version of Kodi (because you installed a test version that didn't work properly, for example) and keep your settings, the following commands will allow you to do so.



If you are downgrading using an Android device, you will need to use the "shell" command.