BackWhenTV

Amazon Fire TV

Works on Fire TV Sticks, the Fire TV Cube, and Fire TVs that run Fire OS (Amazon's version of Android), including older Fire OS 5 and 6 models. You need app version 1.92 or later; the download here is the latest. It is the same app as Android TV. About 3 minutes.

Check this first: Vega OS does not work

Amazon's newest sticks, starting with the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, run a different system (Vega OS) that cannot install apps like this one. If you have one of those, there is no way to install BackWhenTV on it. Use the web player on a phone or computer, or another device. See Amazon's list of Vega OS Fire TVs. A quick sign you have one: the Downloader app is missing from the Appstore, or Settings has no "Install unknown apps".

  1. Get Downloader by AFTVnews. On the Fire TV home screen, choose the search icon, search for Downloader by AFTVnews (the orange icon with a download arrow), and install it. It is free.
    ⚠️ Important: Make sure the app listing specifically says by AFTVnews. There is a clone/lookalike app in the Appstore that does not work.
  2. Allow it to install apps. Go to Settings → My Fire TV → Developer options → Install unknown apps and switch Downloader on. If you do not see Developer options: go to Settings → My Fire TV → About, and press OK on your device's name 7 times; then go back.
  3. Enter the code. Open Downloader. In the address box type 5778898 (or backwhen.stream/get), choose Go, wait for the download, then choose Install.
  4. Watch. Choose Open. Next time, find BackWhenTV under Your Apps & Channels on the home screen. Press OK for the guide.

Remote: Up/Down = channel up/down · OK = guide / watch · Left/Right = page the guide · 0-9 = go to a channel · Back = close guide / exit.

Stuck?

"Install blocked" or "unknown sources"

Your TV only allows installs from apps you approve. Allow Downloader (not BackWhenTV) to install unknown apps, as in step 2, then run the install again.

How do I update?

Do the Downloader steps again. The new version installs over the old one.

Prefer the web player first?

You can try everything but the live Pluto channels right now at backwhen.stream/tv. It works in a browser and can cast to a Chromecast.