Hi guys,
I have Kindle Fire HD(8.9) rooted. I just want to use my paid VPN service with it when I am on public Wi-Fi networks. Is there any way to do that without installing any ROM?
Thanks!
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I bought a Fire from PC World yesterday, after several frustrating hours discovering that there's not much hope of it being rooted I had a look on Ebay, I've seen several rooted ones that seem to be quite good value, but they are in the states.
I have absolutely no intention of using my Amazon account on them, I only really want it for XBMC and all the rooted goodness and I'm sure there'll be a killer app that makes a rooted fire a very hot property indeed.
Question is, will a US fire TV work OK over here ?
Anyone know.
Thanks in advance.
Yes, it will work fine out of the box, apart from needing a US to UK plug adapter. Only things to be aware - you'll need to block updates so the box does not update to a firmware that removes root (which it will eventually try to do). And, if you want to update to a newer firmware manually and keep root, then you will need to use a custom recovery and a pre-rooted firmware update file. Manual updates is probably not vital though if you are only using it for XBMC.
Some useful guides over at aftvnews.com. First one may not be relevant if you're buying pre-rooted.
How to determine Fire TV Software Version and Rootability on First Setup Screen
How to block OTA update for Amazon Fire TV and keep Root Access
How to update a Rooted Amazon Fire TV to the Latest Version Without Losing Root
Hi,
just recieved my Amazon Fire TV - 51.1.0.1_user_510055620
upon recieving it i have added my UK amazon account but it is still displaying everything in american and says i dont have prime.
What pre-rooted firmware do i need to access my UK services? netflix/amazon prime
I want to ensure i dont lose root access or brick it.
Please someone help?
Is it safe to unlock the bootloader and install latest pre-root?
I know this is fairly new so dont want to risk bricking or lose any functionality.
Yes it's safe to unlock bootloader an install latest pre-root. You can get up to firmware 51.1.4.0 and keep root if you follow the guides here and on aftvnews.com.
In terms of getting UK Prime to work, I think you need to be on at least 51.1.3.0. I also noticed that it took like 10-15 mins for it to recognise my UK prime account after logging in to my Amazon.co.uk account. Before that, it kept showing the "try prime for free" tags everywhere.
Hi All,
If I performs the “de-register account” function on the FireTV and register another account, will i loose rooted access to my AFTV? Do i have root the device again? Does it work like a factory reset?
At the moment my box is fully rooted with cwm, unlock bootloader, rbox menu and pre-rooted firmware installed on it.
Thank you
ashsha7877 said:
Hi All,
If I performs the “de-register account” function on the FireTV and register another account, will i loose rooted access to my AFTV? Do i have root the device again? Does it work like a factory reset?
At the moment my box is fully rooted with cwm, unlock bootloader, rbox menu and pre-rooted firmware installed on it.
Thank you
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You will not loose root
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bula1ca said:
You will not loose root
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thank you
i have successfully de register an account and signed up with a new account. I did not loose any apps that were side loaded (xbmc, es file, llama, firefox, google play store, ect) or Root access, everything was there.
Hi, I rooted my firetv out of the box and managed to block firmware updates after gaining root.
My problem is I haven't had time to manually update to the latest rooted firmware nor have I setup clockwork mod. Now I'm getting errors when trying to update sling tv to the latest version to use the app.
So what I'm asking is can I simply reenable over the updates with one of the remote apps and update to the latest version and everything should be fine?
Is there any reason for my to keep root considering my use case is kodi in home streaming and sling box? Would I be missing out on anything cool?
Has amazon modified the home screen to include something silly like banner ads since the launch of the fire tv?
Thanks for any advice!
Install clockworkmod and bootmenu, then update latest firmware. Sling will then update .
As the title says, phone is not rooted yet. I'm on cricket running stock 8.0 trying to tether and hot spot but tells me i'm not setup for it and to contact the carrier. I was wondering how I can get around this?? If I root using Magisk would I then be able to tether??
Possibly,
If you are running the stock rom then the baked in tethering option will not likely work even with root access. If you root your phone however there are multiple tethering apps that you can get from the play store that will allow you to tether such as wifi tether router.
Hope this helps please hit the thanks button