Does anyone know how to force a specific built firmware to a fire TV non-rooted? New basic edition Fire OS 5.2.6.0 (587444320) that allows Prime video in several countries it only differs from other firmware in built version as for example with Fire TV stick Fire OS 5.2.6.0 (587444820). Iam in SouthAmerica, own all the Fire TV versions except the basic edition, I deregistered or factory reset them, tests several accounts/countries in Amazon.com but the Fire TV devices still gets the non-basic built in
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201497590
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Hi there. I have the same issue here.
I bought the Fire TV Stick wit Voice Remote when I was living in the US, and now I cannot take into advantage my Prime subscription in Spain, as the the OS/software (not sure actually) of the stick is not exactly the same of the Basic Edition recently launched worldwide.
Any ideas, tutorials on how to flash our device wit a compatible rom, or remove/install any software to make the device compatible?
Thanks a lot for your help!
I'm in the same wagon. I have a 1st gen fire tv stick, and a fire tv, and live in south america. I have a prime membership to use amazon cloud storage, and I would like to use it also for the videos, but I can't without a VPN. This new basic editon gives me an alternative, but is more expensive, and it has fewer features that the regular fire tv stick, so I would like to buy the regular one, and change it to use it as a basic edition. Would it be possible?
Thanks!
I've asked the exact same question over at AFTVnews (sorry, I'm not allowed to post links).
I also found this comment at the Amazon Developer website (again, sorry, I'm not allowed to post links):
"How Basic Edition Differs from Gen 2
From a hardware perspective, the specs for Fire TV Stick Basic Edition and Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) are largely the same except that the Basic Edition doesn’t ship with an Alexa Voice Remote. Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) is available in US, UK, Germany, Japan, and India, whereas Basic Edition is available outside these areas in more than 100 countries or territories (see the full list here).
The user interface for Basic Edition is also simplified in some ways, making it more of an app-centric experience. For example, the “Recommended By Your Apps” rows that is normally populated through Recommendations isn’t shown on Basic Edition. The tabs on the top row are simplified, and you find apps by browsing the available categories rather than using search. Customers can set their default language as Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian Portuguese, German, or English."
So it seems the hardware is "largely the same", but the user interfaces are different.
As of today, I haven't found how to convert or flash a Fire TV Stick (Gen 2) into a Fire TV Stick Basic Edition.
Any News about that?
Thanks!
annilathor said:
Any News about that?
Thanks!
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I chatted with an Amazon rep, and he said "there's no way to convert the Fire stick into the Basic edition. The basic edition is hardwired to work outside the US (hence the Price difference)."
And he suggested I return the non-basic Fire stick for a refund, and purchase a Basic Fire Stick.
At least we can side-load prime video for androidtv version from play store.
It works, can play fhd. Just the picture stuck until next keyframe come after quality changes. And also it is not integrating into the ui.
one year has passed and I'm wondering if anyone found a solution
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one year has passed and I'm wondering if anyone found a solution
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I'm using the basic app on my alexa fire tv gen2 stick. And the firmware actually contains it, just it is hidden by default. Maybe the fw in europian region is different, or you need to change your region to an other (in my case to german) temporary to have the app on the stick.
You should read my comments from the other topic, with some adb magic
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/app-amazon-prime-video-fire-tv-t3762965/page5
And, btw, two years passed
So i just bought a Fire TV Stick 4K, but i just noticed there's only a handful of supported system languages. I would like the Swedish language, but it's not on the list. However, Swedish is supported on the Fire tv stick basic edition for the international market. I would also like Swedish input language aswell.
Is there any tweak i can do, or sideload anything to make this possible?
Hello
Sorry for my English,
I use fire stick basic edition, when i watch sport on iptv or molotov and other... the screen is blurring,
How fix it? Thanks for your help
Hello
Sorry for my English,
I use fire stick basic edition, when i watch sport on iptv or molotov and other... the screen is blurring,
How fix it? Thanks for your help
Hi all
Can you advise on how to load native UK (BBC iPlayer, etc) on German market EP680?
Thanks!
BaahBaah said:
Hi all
Can you advise on how to load native UK (BBC iPlayer, etc) on German market EP680?
Thanks!
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That's really interesting, as the Freeview app is preinstalled in the device, but as soon as it sees there's no UK tv signal, the TV disables the app and also the iPlayer, ITV Hub, etc...
So, is there any way to fool the system making it think you are in the UK and having UK tv signal?
Thanks
Weird thing is I also have a Philips 803, and was able to add BBC iPlayer. I used a DNS Proxy for UK TV if that helps