This in-depth report of the Bolt Kodi Addon will provide you with everything you need to know about this add-on on Firestick, Fire TV, Android TV Box, or any other device.
Is Bolt safe to use? Is Bolt Kodi Addon legal? How do I install Bolt Kodi Addon? We will answer those questions and more in this article.
The reason why we ask legal questions is due to the fact that Bolt isn’t available in Kodi’s official repository. This is oftentimes a warning sign.
Since this add-on can’t be installed through the official Kodi repository, it must be installed from an external provider which we display in the screenshot guide below.
Bolt is a live-streaming Kodi Addon for sports and television that works on any device available. It features a simplified user-interface with various live category options to choose from. This includes streaming categories for live sporting events as well as live channels.
For these reasons and more, we have included Bolt in our list of Best Kodi Addons.
It is also considered one of the Best Sports Kodi Addons available.
Below you will find a screenshot guide to install Bolt on your preferred Kodi device.
In this instance, we are using an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max.
This is the most popular Kodi device due to its low price and jailbreaking abilities.
These same steps also work for those using the Firestick Lite, 3rd Gen Fire TV Stick, Fire TVs, Fire TV Cube, and any Fire TV device. This process also applies to those using Android TV devices such as the NVIDIA SHIELD, MECOOL Boxes, onn Google TV, Android TV Boxes, phones, tablets, and more.
Is Bolt Kodi Addon Safe to Use?
Before I install this, I first want to scan their repository URL with VirusTotal.
Here is the screenshot of the scan results.
VirusTotal did not find one suspicious file or malware within the Bolt repository URL.
However, we should always protect ourselves when streaming content from this unverified 3rd party add-on. Kodi even alerts us during setup that these 3rd party Add-ons will be given access to personal data stored on our device.
The best way to protect yourself when using Bolt is with our #1 VPN Provider. A VPN will provide you with an anonymous connection while streaming or downloading while using questionable add-ons such as this.
How to Install Best VPN on Firestick/Android
Now, here are the steps we went through to install Bolt Kodi Addon through their repository.
Bolt Kodi Addon Installation Guide
- Launch Kodi
- Click the settings icon
- Click System
- Hover over Add-ons menu item and turn on Unknown sources if not already on
- Read this important Warning prior to proceeding.
Add-ons will be given access to personal data stored on your device!
This is why it is important to run a VPN if you are going to use a 3rd party addon such as Bolt.
A VPN will not allow these 3rd party addons to access your personal data.
- Click back on remote to go back to the System page
- Select File Manager
- Click Add source
- Click
- Type the following URL exactly as listed here – http://cmanbuilds.com/repo and click OK
- Highlight the box under the source you just typed and enter a name for this media source, type “cman” or any other name you wish to identify this source as, and click OK again
- Click your back button on the remote or keyboard until you are back on the System screen
- Choose Add-ons
- Click Install from zip file
- Choose cman or any other name you gave the media source in the previous step
The cMan.replace(‘a’,’o’) addon can be added to Kodi by following these simple steps. First, click on the zip file URL with the name repository.cMoNWizard.zip. Wait until you see the message “cMoN’s Wizard Repository Add-on Installed” appear. Then, proceed to click on “Install from repository” when prompted.