I have a rooted Fire TV and just upgraded to the latest firmware. Is there any way to remotely (from ADB) install BusyBox and XPosed Framework? I have to go to each Fire TV and run the apps to install these programs after a new firmware upgrade and I'd like to automate it instead. Do those apps have command line options and if so, how do I run them that way?
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requirement : working adb to fire. don't forget to put 0x1949 on adb_usb.ini
download the package. extract it in the folder
rmrk_osx1.sh for osx 1st step
rmrk_osx2.sh for osx 2nd step
after you run rmrk_osx1.sh wait for the command prompt come back and run rmrk_osx2.sh. you got root + market installed. for linux rmrk_lnx1.sh and rmrk_lnx2.sh
once you rooted your fire. you won't able to use amazon video. you can download ota rootkeeper from market to temp unroot your fire to use amazon video. market will not show up on amazon launcher. you can download go launcher from amazon appstore.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCHEB8NJ
So I am looking to buy an amazon fire tv. I talked to someone at customer service and they said it will come with the new update so I won't be able to root it. I want to know if there is a way to install apk's without root? Thank you.
bnichs5 said:
So I am looking to buy an amazon fire tv. I talked to someone at customer service and they said it will come with the new update so I won't be able to root it. I want to know if there is a way to install apk's without root? Thank you.
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Ya you can install apps all the time but if the app requires root no go !
Click here for thread with more info
The best way is if you have something like a Logitech K400r Keyboard and you install the following through ADB sideloading:
Terminal Emulator (allows ADB on Fire TV itself)
Opera Browser (access to apk files and much,much more)
ES File Explorer (management and many other useful things like finding out the directory and name to type in Terminal for ADB installs)
And finally,App Stores like 1Mobile and Appchina (although Chinese only,so it is hard to navigate)
You can't directly install the apps downloaded by 1mobile,but you can rename them to short names for the ADB install command to install them that way.
I can't remember the kill and start commands before Terminal Emulator works since I've had root priviliges for so long.
I think it was "ADB Connect localhost" for the first step though.
DISCLAIMER: THIS METHOD WORKS ON THE FIRE TV, AND MAY NOT WORK FOR THE FIRE PHONE. IT HAS WORKED FOR ME, BUT I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO ANY DEVICES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I searched around and couldn't find a way to do this on my own. Some threads suggest deleting system files to get this to work, but I found you can disable OTA updates on the Fire Phone the same way you can with the Fire TV.
You need to have root access to the phone, which requires both:
A) Downgrading your phone to 3.5.0, and installing the ADB. Which you can read about in the first part of B1ackByte's guide HERE.
B) Using towelroot to get root access HERE (Click the symbol, download the apk and run it.)
After you have the ADB and drivers installed on your system, and your phone has been downgraded to 3.5.0, you MUST choose
"Wipe Data and Factory Reset" in the recovery menu before rebooting your phone. If you do not, you can get a couple glitches and hangs... nothing major, but you'll still have to boot into recovery to do the wipe and finish the process.
After you're downgraded, rebooted, and rooted... Install the latest version of SuperSu from HERE then REBOOT AGAIN!!! If you don't, SuperSu might not take over properly.
Open CMD or Command prompt as an administrator, and navigate to where you have the adb.exe, then issue these commands:
adb start-server
adb shell
su
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Your phone will then ask you to grand permissions to the adb console, click "grant" or "accept" (Depending on the version of SuperSU you have.)
Then Type:
pm disable com.amazon.dcp
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You should see an output message that says "Package com.amazon.dcp new state: disabled"
And Voila! OTA updates are turned off.
EDIT: I've also read a couple guides about how people have used the Fire HD FirstAide package to install google apps and maintain root, but that process didn't work for me. The Fire Phone (or mine, at least) doesn't come with busybox, and the FirstAide script relies on busybox. You can manually install busybox into the system files of the Fire Phone and give it system permissions, but that is outside the scope of this tutorial.
Also, even after manually installing busybox and granting root permissions to the adb shell running the commands, the script still fails to copy some files because the filesystem isn't EXACTLY the same as the Fire HD. (I may be wrong on this, but I just couldn't get the process to work due to some missing folders on my end.)
I tried this and it worked for me. Thanks!
is that possbile to downgrade 4.6.6 to 3.5 reply quick please guys
Hi,
I've successfully rooted my FireTV Gen2 and have Kodi installed.
I want to install Xposed but the official version does not support SDK 22 or Arm64.
There is an unofficial version of xposed which works on SDK22 and Arm64 but it is a zip file flashed via recovery.
I am currently on version 5.0.4 and have tried installing CWM but could only find one guide.
I run into an issue immediately when i try chmod the cache folder:
"Unable to open /cache: Is a directory"
No **** it's a directory lol.
I've power cycled several times which hasn't helped. I can't downgrade either because SU isn't working properly.
The device is actually functioning fine and the first time I ran SU in shell the FireTV prompted me to grant.
So can anyone please tell me what the **** is going on?
joncy92 said:
Hi,
I've successfully rooted my FireTV Gen2 and have Kodi installed.
I want to install Xposed but the official version does not support SDK 22 or Arm64.
There is an unofficial version of xposed which works on SDK22 and Arm64 but it is a zip file flashed via recovery.
I am currently on version 5.0.4 and have tried installing CWM but could only find one guide.
I run into an issue immediately when i try chmod the cache folder:
"Unable to open /cache: Is a directory"
No **** it's a directory lol.
I've power cycled several times which hasn't helped. I can't downgrade either because SU isn't working properly.
The device is actually functioning fine and the first time I ran SU in shell the FireTV prompted me to grant.
So can anyone please tell me what the **** is going on?
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Well there is no CWM for the firetv2... so there's that problem. And there is also nothing to downgrade to...
I am currently working on recovery for the firetv2 and will release it soon.
OK so I installed the system update recently. I already had Kodi all set up on my Fire stick. When the RC1 update was released I set about updating Kodi.
I followed the guide here:
http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/xbmc/kodi-on-amazon-fire-tv/
Eventually I got adbfire to connect (had to turn adb debugging on and off first though). I pushed the Kodi RC1 apk over as advised on the guide (near the bottom). However when I open ADB Shell and attempt to install using
adb install -r kodi.apk
I get an error saying the device is offline. It mentions emulator-5554. I'm at a loss what to do to solve this. I'm half tempted to try install the Kodi.apk using Total Commander but am unsure whether all my Kodi addons and settings will be retained.
Any advice please before I go and possibly make things worse!?!?! Thanks!