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in this video we are going to talk about
jail breaking your fire stick what does
it mean and can it be done
so let's go and take a look
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before we get started jailbreaking is
not actually the correct term for
opening up the potential of your fire
stick but this is a very popular search
term and if you're new to using a fire
stick jailbreaking is probably what you
assume you need to do with it
jailbreaking an electronic device means
gaining root access to the device
software to remove restrictions on it so
you can do things like install
third-party applications
with a fire stick or any other fire cube
or fire tv gaining access to the
software to modify it so you can install
your own apps is simply not necessary
you only need to make one change within
your fire stick settings that will then
allow you to install almost any other
app
sounds easy right well that's because it
is
this is referred to as side loading and
not jailbreaking
if you do want to install apps from
other places you can sideload them by
using a web browser that supports
downloading files onto your firestick
from the internet
the downloader app is a great tool for
doing this and you can get downloader
right from the amazon app store
from the home screen choose the find
option
then click on search
use your remote to start typing in the
word downloader and you'll see it appear
as a predictive suggestion underneath
the on-screen keyboard
tap down and click on downloader
select the orange downloader app
and on the next screen
click the button to get or download the
app
when it's finished installing click open
and then click allow to ensure that
downloader can save files to your device
if you are using the downloader app you
will need to give permission for
downloader to install apps
go into your fire stick settings myfire
tv
developer options
install unknown apps
and click on downloader to turn the
permission on
and that's it you can now use downloader
to visit web pages or other app stores
to install third-party applications onto
your firestick such as my downloads page
here's how to use it and install apps
using the abc app as an example
open downloader and type in 28907
then click go
press the menu button on your remote and
press it again to enter full screen mode
tap down and wait a few seconds for my
download page to load fully so that you
can see the search box
tap to select the search box and type in
abc
then press the back button on your
remote move down the page and you will
see the abc app
click the download button next to it to
install it
once the app is installed click done and
then click delete and delete again to
delete the installation file as it's no
longer required
you can now go into your list of apps
and open the abc app from there
i hope that you found this video useful
and you're now able to side load your
fire stick
there are many more reasons why the fire
stick is such an amazing and easy to use
streaming device and you can find more
videos on my channel that will help you
do things like send apps from your phone
to your firestick wirelessly
mirror your phone tablet or pc to your
firestick and even expand its storage
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