FireStick Setup Guide

Step 1: Install APK Downloader on FireStick

The Amazon App Store does not host the free apps we need . Therefore, you will need to get these applications from external sources.

FireStick uses an Android-based operating system. However, it does not allow the installation of third-party apps directly from a web browser.

To install such apps, you use an App Downloader. Thankfully, you can install Downloader from the Amazon Store. Here are the steps:

1. Go to the home screen of your Amazon Fire TV Stick.

2. Select Find in the middle bar, followed by Search.

3. On the search window, type the app’s name, Downloader. Click Downloader in the search suggestions.

4. Click the Downloader icon on the next screen.

5. Choose Download (or Get) on the next window.

6. Wait for the Downloader app to download and then install it. Then click Open to launch the Downloader app.

7. Dismiss any prompts displayed when you use the Downloader app for the first time. But if it asks you to give it any permissions, ensure you Allow them all.

Later, you will this Downloader to install apps. However, before that, we need to take care of something else. This requires changing the default setting of your device

1. Power on your Amazon Fire TV Stick and wait for this home screen to load.

2. Select the gear or cog icon in the middle bar (on the far right) to open Settings.

3. Now, choose the option My Fire TV.

4. On the following window, click Developer options.

Note: If you do not see Developer Options, go to Settings > My Fire TV > About.
Now, select Fire TV Stick and click it 7 times to enable Developer Options.

5. First, switch ON the ADB Debugging (don’t worry if you don’t see the ADB debugging option. It is optional).

6. We are going to allow third-party app installation in this step.

You will see one of the following two options depending on your FireStick device version:

• Option 1
  - Install Unknown Apps: Click it and proceed to the next step to enable Downloader.
• Option 2 - Apps from Unknown Sources: Click this option and then click Turn On on the following prompt. Skip the next step.

7. Click Downloader and turn it ON.

8. Press the back button on the Amazon Fire TV remote. It will take you back to the Settings window. Open Preferences.

9. Open Privacy Settings.

10. Turn OFF the following options to stop sharing the usage data after you jailbreak Fire Stick in the Privacy Settings:

• Device Usage Data
• Collect App Usage Data

11. Press the back button one time. You should now be back in the Preferences window. Click Data Usage Monitoring.

12. Now, turn OFF the Data Usage Monitoring setting on the next screen.