So I was having a little insomniac theater and decided to upgrade one of my fire tv' s. and install clockwork mod and bootmenu.
I was on version. 51.1.1.0 and I was required to go to 51.1.0.2 with my stock recovery which went fine.
I then unlocked the bootloader and installed clockworkmod. success
I then installed bootmenu. success
I then read that you must go to 51.1.4.0 before getting to my final destination of 5.1.4.1. and then I read the following
"Starting with 51.1.4.1, these require FireTV Boot Menu. For the time being, you must update to 51.1.4.0 before updating to 51.1.4.1. Also, if you flashed 51.1.4.0, you must flash bootmenu afterwards. If you are already on 51.1.4.0, then you just need to flash bootmenu."
Its the flashing of bootmenu after 51.1.4.0 is installed that has me concerned. I obviously am still on 51.1.02 with bootmenu installed. Should I uninstall bootmenu before upgrading to 5.1.4.0?
rp201 said:
So I was having a little insomniac theater and decided to upgrade one of my fire tv' s. and install clockwork mod and bootmenu.
I was on version. 51.1.1.0 and I was required to go to 51.1.0.2 with my stock recovery which went fine.
I then unlocked the bootloader and installed clockworkmod. success
I then installed bootmenu. success
I then read that you must go to 51.1.4.0 before getting to my final destination of 5.1.4.1. and then I read the following
"Starting with 51.1.4.1, these require FireTV Boot Menu. For the time being, you must update to 51.1.4.0 before updating to 51.1.4.1. Also, if you flashed 51.1.4.0, you must flash bootmenu afterwards. If you are already on 51.1.4.0, then you just need to flash bootmenu."
Its the flashing of bootmenu after 51.1.4.0 is installed that has me concerned. I obviously am still on 51.1.02 with bootmenu installed. Should I uninstall bootmenu before upgrading to 5.1.4.0?
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never mind. answered my own question here
Flashing anything that updates boot.img will cause you to loose bootmenu support. All pre-rooted roms 51.1.4.0 and lower will do this. Anything past 51.1.4.0 will only support booting their kernels through this method. When flashing 51.1.4.0 or lower when using bootmenu, you must repeat the entire bootmenu installation procedure because those roms will overwrite the bootmenu.
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I have an Amazon Kindle Fire running FFF 1.4a, TWRP 2.6.0.0 and CM10.
Trying to install the latest CM11 ROM, but when I flash it, the Kindle goes into and endless reboot cycle (It says "Booting" at the bottom, then reboots, and repeats).
So then I tried installing the latest TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility (also tried with adb) and it appears my Kindle cannot reboot into fastboot mode to allow the upgrade to take place. When the Kindle receives the "reboot into fastboot" command, it reboots, but I just get the TWRP menu with "Normal" and "Recovery" choices.
Luckily I can flash my old ROM and it works fine. ButI would love to upgrade to CM11 if possible.
Is the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1 at the time of this writing) required to install CM11? The post for CM11 states the "latest TWRP" is required.
Thanks!
squiddog said:
I have an Amazon Kindle Fire running FFF 1.4a, TWRP 2.6.0.0 and CM10.
Trying to install the latest CM11 ROM, but when I flash it, the Kindle goes into and endless reboot cycle (It says "Booting" at the bottom, then reboots, and repeats).
So then I tried installing the latest TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility (also tried with adb) and it appears my Kindle cannot reboot into fastboot mode to allow the upgrade to take place. When the Kindle receives the "reboot into fastboot" command, it reboots, but I just get the TWRP menu with "Normal" and "Recovery" choices.
Luckily I can flash my old ROM and it works fine. ButI would love to upgrade to CM11 if possible.
Is the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1 at the time of this writing) required to install CM11? The post for CM11 states the "latest TWRP" is required.
Thanks!
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Yes the latest TWRP is required
Is the latest TWRP requirement also necessary is you're trying to install either of the newer HellFire 4.4.xx roms? I'm on 2.2.2.1, (TWRP), and can't seem to get it to work, just pops up an error every time. I had thought about upgrading TWRP, but had read that there were a lot of problems with it. So if I upgrade to the latest TWRP, should this sole my HellFire problem?
So, for some reason, I cannot get TWRP to update. I tried both GooManager and ROM Installer apps. They both try to install TWRP but are unable to get the device to reboot into fast mode. In fact GooManager claims that TWRP was installed successfully, but then the reboot fails. When I go back into TWRP, it is still the old version.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thanks!
You need to flash the version that hashcode updated specifically for the Fire. Link below, flash like any other zip.
TWRP 2.6.3.1 by Hashcode
It will still say 2.6.3.0 but it is updated and will work with cm11 ROMs
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That did the trick. Thanks!
Hi guys,
I was in the final step (7) of this gude: http://www.aftvnews.com/start/
Which is installing the latest pre-rooted stock software, (version 51.1.4.1_514013920) After pushing the rom to /sdcard, I rebooted the device so that I could flash it via clockworkmod recovery, but I was not able to select the recovery option with my keyboard. So I decided to re-do the installation of Rbox's kernel boot menu. Now, I'm stuck at a boot loop with just the white Amazon logo showing up. Is my device bricked and is there a way to fix it?
FYI I cannot access clockworkmod recovery. I wish I could, as I would then be able to flash the latest pre-rooted ROM that's in /sdcard
Does anyone know how I can access recovery?
Newbie_from_NJ said:
FYI I cannot access clockworkmod recovery. I wish I could, as I would then be able to flash the latest pre-rooted ROM that's in /sdcard
Does anyone know how I can access recovery?
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You need cwm 6.0.5.1.4 or higher AND unlocked boot loader or you will brick it. If this is your situation believe me I hope I'm not the bearer of bad news. Hopefully you'll be ok. Good luck!
KLit75 said:
You need cwm 6.0.5.1.4 or higher AND unlocked boot loader or you will brick it. If this is your situation believe me I hope I'm not the bearer of bad news. Hopefully you'll be ok. Good luck!
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I have all that. Box came with 51.1.1.0_user_511070220. Here are the steps I did:
1. Rooted & install busybox and blocked updates
2. Downgraded to version 51.1.0.2_user_510058520
3. Rooted again
4. Unlocked Bootloader
5. Installed Clockworkmod recovery 6.0.5.1.4a
6. install Pre-Rooted Stock ROM version 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated via Clockworkmod recovery
7. Installed Busybox
8. Installed Kernel Boot menu
9. pushed to sdcard the latest pre-rooted stock software, version 51.1.4.1_514013920
10. Rebooted box, but here is when I realized I could not select recovery option from boot menu using my keyboard.
11. I decided to try and reinstall the boot menu. I followed the same steps I did in #8.
12. Stuck at boot loop with white Amazon Logo.
In hindsight, now that I've reviewed each step, what I should have done was flashed Pre-Rooted Stock ROM version 51.1.4.0_514006420 AGAIN via Clockworkmod recovery in order to properly uninstall the kernel boot menu. Then I should have tried re-installing the kernel boot loader again. Lesson learned.
Newbie_from_NJ said:
I have all that. Box came with 51.1.1.0_user_511070220. Here are the steps I did:
1. Rooted & install busybox and blocked updates
2. Downgraded to version 51.1.0.2_user_510058520
3. Rooted again
4. Unlocked Bootloader
5. Installed Clockworkmod recovery 6.0.5.1.4a
6. install Pre-Rooted Stock ROM version 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated via Clockworkmod recovery
7. Installed Busybox
8. Installed Kernel Boot menu
9. pushed to sdcard the latest pre-rooted stock software, version 51.1.4.1_514013920
10. Rebooted box, but here is when I realized I could not select recovery option from boot menu using my keyboard.
11. I decided to try and reinstall the boot menu. I followed the same steps I did in #8.
12. Stuck at boot loop with white Amazon Logo.
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Then I don't know...I always double or triple check to make sure but your steps seem correct. Was this a new box? I only say that because I remember that super tedious process and at one point I think I needed to root again. At that point it maybe possible an update could sneak through but that would probably result in losing root--worst case. Not a brick.
It's concerning because you seem to know what you're doing and were cautious during the process.
Hopefully someone else can confirm where you went wrong. If you didn't go wrong then that might be a bigger problem. Everything went smoothly up until it hung at boot?
As they always say, if your in a jam and get "failed" messages when writing to boot or recovery or flashing, do not reboot. keep trying till you get no errors. that said, I thought I was stuck in a boot loop cause I insalled the llama and xbmc launcher and removed the launcher app. I was still able to get through adb but it took like 5 or 6 reboot tries. good luck.
I blindly tried to install CWM on my second rooted firetv running 51.1.1.0_user_511070220. I am trying to downgrade to 51.1.0.2_user_510058520 so I can properly install CMW but it doesn't seem to take, when i reboot recover it just stays on the amazon logo and halts. I followed all the tutorials perfectly and had no problem installing CMW on my other fire tv that came stock with 51.1.0.2_user_510058520.
Im curious if CMW is installed yet not compatible thus blocking any downgrading attempts, if so what would be the process of removing cmw?
so I decided to install second version of Pre-Rooted 5.2.1.0 ROM and only had a partial boot unlock. I managed to full boot unlock and install clockwork but then I tried to install the prerooted rom but missed the step about not imstalling a prerooted without busybox and bootmenu
Anyway I bricked the device and managed to recover to version 51.1.4.0.
I still have the full boot unlock and it boots into clockwork on startup but I can't root version 51.1.4.0 and can't seem to install a lower firmware version through clock work. I always get "error in update.zip Status 7 installation aborted"
I've tried these guides to put me back to lower stock firmware but no luck.
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unroot-a-fire-tv-and-switch-back-to-stock-updates-from-amazon/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/
I know you can't root 51.1.4.0. but is there any options if I already have the bootunlock and clockwork still installed.
I'm at my wits end at the moment. Any advice would be appreciated
It sounds like you tried flashing the 5.2.1.0 pre-rooted ROM using ClockworkMod, right? You can't do that. You must first replace ClockworkMod with TWRP and then use TWRP to install the Fire OS 5 per-rooted ROMs (like 5.2.1.0).
I'm not quite sure the damage you've done, so best to see if @rbox will reply.
Yep, I was trying to get to TWRP. I can still sideload apps and have kodi all working again but running off a SMB share now. No Usb access without the root.. So not all lost I guess. SMB share seems to work well on a wifi network
I ve been trying to find a way to UNROOT my Fire TV-1 on v5.2.1.1 which has TWRP boot menu.
I was told the easiest way would be to flash one of the first pre-rooted rbox rom's so i picked
51.1.4.0_514006420+updated ROM and flashed it using TWRP and did a delete of the cache/dalvik and
rebooted the system.
It went thru the setup and after connecting to my wifi it downloaded the latest update
and rebooted into TWRP again. I am on 51.1.4.0 now and not sure what do i do to get to STOCK
version with the latest update. - Plz help.
Edit: I ve tried to flash the latest version of the prerooted ROM 5.2.1.1_r1 and it just sits at the Amazon Fire TV logo screen after bootup.