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May 08, 2018  Adbfire is also known as Adblink, so both Adb fire and Adb Link are same. It is a software by which we can manage multiple Kodi devices with a single PC. This software is available for all leading operating system of PC, you can get it on your Windows, Mac(OS X) and Linux. Download adbFire and extract the compressed folder to a location of your choice. While I have used both apps to install Kodi on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV UHD, in this FireTV Kodi guide I am showing only the adbFire app. Read: 5 Must try Kodi skins for Amazon Fire TV 4. Setup Fire TV on adbFire. The next step is adbFire device setup.

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Every Android user who loves modding and tweaking their device, who wants to try different firmware’s, root their phone, install a custom ROM and kernel’s, first they need to unlock their bootloader and install custom recovery and for that, they need to install ADB and fastboot drivers. And in this guide, we help you to install ADB and fastboot driver on Mac OS and Windows. We already discuss what is ADB and fastboot is, so we skip that part and move it to setup ADB and fastboot on Mac OS.

How to Setup ADB Mac OS and Windows: –

Setting up ADB and Fastboot on Mac is as simple as in Windows. Since they both are part of the Android SDK package, all you need to do is download the kit (which is over 500 MB) and set up path variables, or you can use below methods to install ADB and fastboot driver on Mac OS. One of the first things to remember is to put your device in USB debugging mode. Without doing this, your PC won’t recognize your device.

Install ADB and Fastboot on Mac: – There are two best methods to install ADB and fastboot driver on Mac OS. First one is by passing a script in Terminal by WonderHowTo sub-blog HTC One and the second one is by using Nexus Tool. So let’s begin with setup ADB and fastboot driver on Mac PC.

Install ADB and fastboot driver on Mac OS Method 1: –

• Download the Android zip file and extract it on the desktop.

• Now Open Terminal on Mac PC by Pressing Command + Spacebar key combination to open Spotlight search and type ‘Terminal’ on that.
• Type ‘cd Desktop/Android’ on Terminal.

• Now select the file on Android folder, select file ADB-Install-Mac.sh file and drag it on Terminal and press Enter.

• It will ask for your password detail to proceed, enter your login password and it will install ADB and Fastboot on Mac OS.

• You can see a message on Terminal ‘You may now run Android and Debug Bridge and Fastboot Command’ means you successfully setup ADB and fastboot on Mac OS.

Install ADB and fastboot driver on Mac OS with Nexus Tool: –

• This method developed by XDA member @corbin052198 that install ADB and fastboot on Mac OS and Linux by typing a single command on terminal.
• Now type or copy the quoted code and paste it on Terminal “bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/install.sh)“

• This command will setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac OS. According to the developer, this command also works on Linux and you can easily setup ADB and fastboot on Linux also.

• To uninstall ADB and fastboot from Mac type or copy the quoted code and paste “bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/uninstall.sh)“

• This command will uninstall ADB and Fastboot from Mac OS.

To check ADB and Fastboot is correctly configured on your PC and type ‘adb devices’ on the terminal. It will show you the list of devices connected. Also checked by going to the location ‘/usr/bin ‘ and if you can found ADB and fastboot files their means you successfully setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac OS.

These are the easiest way to install ADB and fastboot on Mac PC. You can also check how to setup ADB and Fastboot on Windows PC If you have any doubts, comment below.

You can use Android Debug Bridge (adb) to connect your development computer to an Amazon Fire TV device or stick for installing, testing, and debugging your apps. Before you use adb, you must enable debugging on your Fire TV device, and set up adb on your computer. Follow the steps below.

If you're looking for instructions on connecting to a Fire tablet instead, see Connect to Fire Tablet through adb.

Note:Android Debug Bridge is provided by the Android Open Source Project, not by Amazon.

Step A. Enable Debugging on Amazon Fire TV

You must enable both adb and debugging on your Fire TV device before you can connect to it:

1. From the main screen of your Fire TV, select Settings.
2. Select My Fire TV > Developer Options.
3. Turn on ADB Debugging.
4. Turn on Apps from Unknown Sources.
5. (Optional) If your Fire TV supports USB, and you plan to connect your computer to your Fire TV device using a USB cable, turn on USB Debugging. Note that when USB Debugging is enabled, the USB port is unavailable for other uses such as external storage or input devices. To re-enable the USB port, turn off USB debugging.)

Step B. Set Up Android Debug Bridge

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command-line utility for running and managing Android apps on your device or emulator. adb is available when you install Android Studio, but Windows users will need to install a special USB driver.

You can check to make sure adb is installed in Android Studio by going to Tools > SDK Manager. Click the SDK Tools tab. Select and install Android SDK Platform-Tools (if it's not already selected).

No action is required for adb to work on Mac OS X.

If you're on Windows and want to connect your computer to Fire TV through a USB cable, you need to install a special USB driver to connect your computer to a Fire TV device through adb. The driver supports all the Fire TV platforms. To install the driver:

1. Download the USB file and extract the zip file's contents.
2. Double-click the FireDevices_Drivers.
3. Complete the installation dialog boxes as prompted.

Step C. Add Android Debug Bridge to Your Path

You need to add adb to your PATH so you can more easily execute adb commands. (Your PATH is an environment variable used to specify the location of the program's executable. If you don't add adb to your PATH, running adb commands will require you to browse to the <Android SDK>/platform-tools directory to run adb.)

Tip: You can check whether adb is already added to your PATH by typing adb version from a terminal. If you get back version information, then adb is in your PATH.

To add adb to your PATH on Mac:

1. Get the path to your Android SDK platform-tools directory:

   1. Open Android Studio and click the SDK Manager button .The location to your Android SDK appears near the top next to Android SDK Location. For example: /Users/<your username>/Library/Android/sdk

      If this is your first time opening Android Studio, there isn't an SDK Manager button. Instead, at the Welcome to Android Studio prompt, click Configure > SDK Manager and provide the location to the Android SDK.

   2. Copy the path to the SDK and paste it somewhere convenient, such as a text editor.
   3. Add /platform-tools to the end of the path you copied in the previous step. ('platform-tools' is the directory containing the adb executable.)
   4. Copy the full path to your clipboard.

2. Use the following command to add adb to your .bash_profile. Replace <your username> with your actual username. Also, make sure the path points to your Android SDK.

   Your .bash_profile file is usually in your user directory, which you can find by typing cd ~ (change to your user directory). Then type ls -a (list all) to show all files, including hidden ones.

   If the file isn't there, simply create one. You can then type open .bash_profile to see the paths listed.

   After you add this PATH to your bash profile, you should see the following in your .bash_profile file:

   (Only instead of johndoe, you will see your own username.)

3. Fully restart any terminal sessions, and then type adb. If you successfully added adb to your path, you will see adb help info rather than 'command not found.'

To add adb to your PATH on Windows:

1. Get the path to your Android SDK platform-tools directory:

   1. Open Android Studio and click the SDK Manager button .

      The location to your Android SDK appears near the top next to Android SDK Location. For example: C:Users<your user name>AppDataLocalAndroidSdk

      If this is your first time opening Android Studio, there isn't an SDK Manager button. Instead, at the Welcome to Android Studio prompt, click Configure > SDK Manager and provide the location to the Android SDK.

   2. Copy the path to the SDK and paste it somewhere convenient, such as a text editor.
   3. Add /platform-tools to the end of the path you copied in the previous step. ('platform-tools' is the directory containing the adb executable.)
   4. Copy the full path to your clipboard.
2. Click your computer's search button (next to Start) and type view advanced system settings.
3. Click View advanced system settings.
4. When the System Settings dialog opens, click the Environment Variables button.
5. Under System Variables (the lower pane), select Path and click Edit.

6. Do one of the following:

   • On Windows 7 or 8, move your cursor to the farthest position on the right, type ; and then press Ctrl+V to insert the path to your SDK that you copied earlier. It may look like this: ;C:Users<your user name>AppDataLocalAndroidSdkplatform-tools. Click OK on each of the three open dialog boxes to close them.
   • On Windows 10, click the New button and add this location.
7. Restart any terminal sessions, and then type adb. If you successfully added adb to your path, you will see adb help info rather than 'command not found.'

Step D: Connect to a Fire TV device through adb

You can connect to adb either through the network or through USB. Most Fire TV devices only allow network connections, so this is the more common approach.

With this option, you connect using either a wired Ethernet or wireless network connection. Both your computer and the Fire TV device must be on the same network for a network adb connection to work. All Fire TV devices offer the option to connect wirelessly.

1. Make sure your Fire TV device and your computer are on the same network. You can use either a wifi network or a wired network. You can check the network your Fire TV is on by going to Settings > Network.

2. Now get the IP address of your network. From Settings, go to My Fire TV > About > Network. (Some Fire TV models might say 'Device' instead of 'My Fire TV.') Make a note of the IP address listed on this screen.

   Warning: This is somewhat unintuitive, but you do not get the IP address from the Settings > Network screen. There's another Network screen under Settings > Device > About > Network that shows the IP address. Don't confuse the two network screens.

3. Open a terminal window.

   On a Mac, you can open Terminal by pressing Cmd + spacebar and then typing Terminal. On Windows, you open the Command Prompt usually by typing cmd in your program search. (The exact steps vary based on your Windows version.)

4. Run the following command, where <ipaddress> is the IP address of the Fire TV device noted in the previous section:

   For example:

   Note: Make sure you added adb to your PATH, as described in Add Android Debug Bridge to Your Path. Otherwise you will need to cd to the platform-tools directory first and use./adb on a Mac or adb on Windows to run adb commands.

   The first time you run adb connect, Fire TV will show a screen that says 'Allow USB debugging?'

   If you don't allow USB debugging, Fire TV won't authorize the adb connection. Select the Always allow from this computer check box, and then click OK.

   If the adb connection was successful, adb responds with the message:

   If you need to stop or restart the server, use these adb commands:

5. Verify that the Fire TV device appears in the list of devices:

   adb responds with a message like this:

   (where 10.49.172.51 is your IP address.)

If the serial number does not appear after running adb devices, or you get a message saying unable to connect, you will need to troubleshoot adb.

Tip: You don't always need to kill and start the server with adb. Usually you can just run the adb connect <ipaddress> command.

Note: This option is available only for Fire TV devices that have a USB port — namely, Fire TV (Gen 1 and 2), both of which are unavailable in Appstores.

To connect your computer to Fire TV (Gen 1 or 2) through USB, you need an A-to-A USB cable. Note that you must have a Fire TV Gen 1 or Gen 2 device, not a Fire TV Stick, Fire TV (Gen 3), or Fire TV Edition, because only Fire TV (Gen 1 and Gen 2) have a port for the USB cable. If your Fire TV device doesn't offer a USB cable port, use the Network Connect option instead.

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1. If you're on Windows, install the USB driver as described in Set Up Android Debug Bridge.
2. Turn on USB debugging. See the section on Enable Debugging on Amazon Fire TV. (Go to Settings. Then select My Fire TV > Developer Options. Then turn on USB Debugging.
3. Connect your Fire TV to a USB port on your computer.

4. Run the following commands:

After the last command, adb responds with the following message, where <serialno> is the serial number of the device:

If you run into issues connecting to adb, see these troubleshooting tips.

Troubleshooting

If you receive a message such as the following:

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• Make sure both Fire TV and your computer are using the same network.
• When connecting wireless with adb connect <ipaddress>, make sure you're typing the IP address correctly, with all the required dots .
• Close Android Studio and any other emulators or USB cable connections.
• Kill (adb kill-server) and restart (adb start-server) the server.
• Restart Fire TV (Settings > Device [or System] > Restart).
• Restart your router.
• See if another service is blocking adb.
• Read through the Android Debug Bridge (adb) on Android
• Search online for the error message you're seeing.

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To install and run your app on a Amazon Fire TV device for testing, see Installing and Running Your App.