Activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick: A guide
If you have a craze for K dramas, OnDemandKorea is just the right place for you and if you have an Amazon Firestick and want to know how you can activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick, then this article is the right place for you.
What most people find annoying is the lack of resources available to stream their famous K-dramas and other Korean TV-related content. But, what if we tell you that there is a platform where you can watch most of these for free? Well, OnDemandKorea is one such platform that assuages the hunger for Korean TV content. However, it is only available in North and South America, so too bad if you are outside these regions, but again you can always bring a VPN into utility.
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How to activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick
If you have already set up Amazon Firestick and are all ready to stream OnDemanKorea on your Firestick device then I will have to break it to you that the app is not available on the Amazon App store. You can watch it via Firestickick’s nemesis, Apple TV, and Roku (The latter features OnDemandKorea but with ads without a subscription while the former will be able to support the app once you opt for its premium subscription plan).
However, we can still skirt around a little and finally get you to watch OnDemanKorea on Firestick by a method called ‘sideloading’. It is used when a particular app is not available on the Amazon app store, so you download or install it via a third-party app to activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick, which would be ‘Downloader’ in this article.
Step 1: Downloading Downloader- a sideloading app that is free
For the purpose of installing OnDemandKorea on Firestick, we would be requiring a tool called Downloader. Here is how you can download it from Firestick.
- Connect your FireStick device with Wi-Fi
- Go to the ‘Find’ option from the home screen
- Click ‘Search’ and type ‘Downloader’
- From the popped-up results, select the Downloader app.
- Click ‘Download’ or ‘Get’ on the next appeared window
- Wait for the app to complete installation
- Click ‘Open’ to launch the app.
Step 2: Making use of Downloader
- Firstly, go to settings from the Firestick home screen to activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick.
- Then click ‘My Fire TV’
- Click on ‘Developer Options
- Click ‘Install Unknown Apps
- Enable the downloader option by just clicking on it
- Run your Downloader app on Firestick
- Right after the previous step, the home tab will by default be popped up open
- Click on it
- Click on’ Install from zip file’ with a box that would say ‘Enter a URL or Search Term’
- Now, enter the URL of OnDemandeKorea website that you want to use as an app on your Firestick device
- Click ‘Install’ for the installation to get started
- After the installation gets finished, click ‘Done
- Delete the successful installation message by clicking the delete option, and if it again pops up click ‘delete’ again.
Upon the completion of these steps, you will finally be able to watch OnDemanKorea on your Firestick device.
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How to create an OnDemandKorea account for Firestick
To activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick you need to create an account
- Once you open the app and you will be outrightly able to watch shows that don’t carry any premium or plus content symbol. However, if you want to avail of the feature where the content will start right from where you left it, then you will have to create an account that is free.
- Select ‘Sign up’ from the top and then you will be asked to provide some minor details including your email address, name, password, date of birth, etc.
- After this, you will have an account OnDemandKorea account created.
- If you want to buy a subscription, then you can go to their website and select the plan you want to buy and then click on ‘sign up’. Once you make the payment, your premium/plus OnDemandKorea will be activated and you can use those same credentials while logging in to your firestick app.
How to use Firestick outside of the US to stream OnDemandKorea
In order to stream OnDemandKorea on Firestick from anywhere in the globe, a VPN is required. It could easily remove geo-restrictions from streaming apps.
- On the Fire TV home screen, click Find > Search.
- Using the Fire TV remote, type ExpressVPN to find the app. After that, select it from the list below.
- Click Get to install ExpressVPN Firestick
- Select Sign In after clicking Open to start Express VPN.
- Input your account’s email address and password. Sign In.
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Can I watch movies for free on OnDemandKorea?
Without a subscription, OnDemandKorea is available for free, but with advertisements. It requires you to create a free account using your email or Facebook account.
OnDemandKorea also has a premium service where you can watch premium content for a small fee. The monthly fee ranges between $6.99 and $10.99.
Pay-per-view movies are not included in the price, though, as they range in price from $1.99 to $4.99 per movie.
Conclusion
OnDemandKorea has indeed been helpful for those who want a pure Korean entertainment experience. The app is not available on the Amazon app store and the way to sideload seems daunting, but we promise you, it won’t be like that once you follow all the above steps to activate OnDemandKorea on Firestick religiously.