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* [http://troypoint.com/how-to-add-fire-tv-applications-to-home-screen/ How to add FireTV Applications to the Home Screen]
* [http://troypoint.com/how-to-add-fire-tv-applications-to-home-screen/ How to add FireTV Applications to the Home Screen]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Say12RImnyo Mouse Pointer for your FireTV (YouTube Video)] Use an apk to make your fire stick remote work like a mouse. Note that it doesn't work on the FireTV home page.


* [https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/devices/fire-tv/docs/fire-tv-system-xray System X-Ray] This option allows you to view information about your network, your data speed, and at what rate your videos are playing, among others. Useful for debugging network issues without having to sideload another application
* [https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/devices/fire-tv/docs/fire-tv-system-xray System X-Ray] This option allows you to view information about your network, your data speed, and at what rate your videos are playing, among others. Useful for debugging network issues without having to sideload another application
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* [http://www.aftvnews.com/you-can-now-select-from-3-video-quality-settings-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick/ Select from 3 Different Video Quality Settings]
* [http://www.aftvnews.com/you-can-now-select-from-3-video-quality-settings-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick/ Select from 3 Different Video Quality Settings]
; FireTV Remote Controller Utilities
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Revision as of 12:24, 12 July 2017

These links aren't very well publicized, but they have a great deal of potential to help if you are running into performance issues in Kodi, want to adjust your video quality, or even monitor the data you're using, if your ISP has imposed a data cap on your account. Some system hacks are also shown here.


  • Data Cap Alert For those that have data caps on your network, this utility will monitor your data usage and alert you when you've hit a limit that you set
  • System X-Ray This option allows you to view information about your network, your data speed, and at what rate your videos are playing, among others. Useful for debugging network issues without having to sideload another application
    • MyNetLyzer is a free app that can display channel congestion in a chart for each frequency range, MAC addresses and other useful information


Video Playback Options


FireTV Remote Controller Utilities