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Hi, I just noticed that the sideloaded 1.8.8 (loaded from the USB stick) is not showing its icon in the app menu on the home screen. I'd swear the Samsung shop version had an emby logo there! The Samsung firmware version is 1120 on Samsung QE65Q80DAT . The highlighted item in the apps list is supposed to be the emby logo. As you see in the line below my mugshot from the emby user profile shows Okay.

I've got a Telstra TV (Roku 2), in Australia these are running firmware 8.0.3. I've currently got this installed: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Roku It works fine (1080p no worries), but I'd like to update to the new version. In Australia our Telstra TV branded devices don't have access to the full app store so we can't "add the channel" for the latest version. Is there any chance you can release a ZIP we can sideload like you did with the old version? Thanks

There are several methods to sideload an app on an Android TV device such as the nVidia Shield including by usb, smart phone, etc. The method described below uses smb3 from a Windows 11 client. Different Android devices and connecting clients may differ in steps The nVidia Shield uses smb3 as of SE8. If your Shield isn't upgraded to at least SE8 you should do so now. 1. Enable smb3 connections on nVidia Shield Go to Settings --- Device --- Storage Click and enable "Transfer files over local network" Note the Username and Password 2. Enable SMB3 on Windows client Windows 11 comes with smb3 already enabled. Older versions of Windows and other clients may require you to enable smb. 3. Download apk from website Both the standard Android (arm7 Shield, arm8 Shield pro) and Android TV apps work on the Shield. You can choose one or install both if you like. https://emby.media/download.html 4. Copy downloaded apk from Windows client to Shield (if you prefer to host the apk on a NAS see the second post) Start File Explorer Browse Shield by typing \\Shield (or IP address) in File Explorer (use the Username and Password from Step 1) Drag-and-drop downloaded apk from Window 11 to your folder on the Shield 5. Install X-plore File Manager on Shield start Google Play Store app search X-plore Install 6. Install Emby on Shield Start X-plore navigate to the folder where you copied the apk in Step 4 Click on the apk file Select Install and click OK 7. Add Emby to favorites on Shield Home Page (optional) navigate to Installed Apps hard press the Emby icon Select "Add to favorites"

Starting this topic as I have just found out, that now tv doesn't have firmware upto 7.5. making the new roku beta unsuitable. Anyone in Australia (amusing that's the only place telstra tv is being rolled out) who wants to use emby sideload. And before I upset anyone with any of the great projects I am not trying to steal anyone's glory or ideas just want to help others with telstra tv if i can. Saying that @@CBers tutorial works great for the Telstra Tv.

I am looking for a small tutorial or where to download the apk for the android app to sideload it? I didn't see it in the download section. Many thanks for whom can assist.