Title says it all. I read somewhere about connecting to adb and she'll and there was a huge list of commands to disable bloatware
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Hey guys.
I have an old Fire TV 1 box here.
The firmware should be great and unlock'able.
My problem is that I can not block the updates with my router. It's a AVM fritz.box 7490 (all other avm should do the same) and I try it parent controll, balcklist sites. No success.
So at the moment the emmc-adapter is connected and the box is in dl-mode.
So I have access to the hole nand.
There should be a way to disable the auto-update service or enable adb, to disable the auto-update service over shell.
Code:
pm disable com.amazon.dcp
I hope any of you had an idea and can help me!
Greetings by I_did_it_just_tmrrow
EDIT:
SUCCESS!
I read a thread about the fire tablet and that they rename the com.amazon.dcp.apk to com.amazon.dcp.apk.bak .
I just do the same when I was connected with my emmc-adapter in dl-mode. So I just copy the su file to the xbin folder & rename the com.amazon.dcp.apk to com.amazon.dcp.apk.bak with sudo command.
Without blocking url's, the aftv1 just skip from updates process directly to login process in the initial setup.
After log-in I disconnect my lan cable, to be sure and on the safe way. Then simple enable adb, connect with shell & install Supersu. After that "pm disable com.android.dcp" service.
I was on the following os from factory: 51.1.3.0_user_513010720
I can not say anything about earlier or later fw's!
Usually I let my fire tv update it self,cause I don't really care bout something going to be broken since I have no root in there..but not anymore since the last update (5.0.5)kick in,and that messed up one of my helpful app i used..Name is mouse toggle i used for the remote..uninstall tried to put it back but can't get none of the sideload apps to work with my fire tv..anyone out there kwn which one that's working or in PC..any links please? your help would be appreciate.I'm a none root user possibly will use for that purpose as well
Ths
im using this on 5.0.5 on my rooted AFTV2, my boys non rooted stick the one with the voice controller, & my AFTV stick without the voice controller & non rooted. Works on all of them, since you have installed OS5 things have changed in the settings of Firestarter which need to be changed, ADB only works with one device at a time so you have to look in your firestarter settings? try a fresh reboot? or reintall the app again?
Ok..deanr1977 I got it all figured..i now that i root, I'm waiting for a working costume recovery so I can install a nice launcher get ridded of somes bloats..thanks for your replied though
So do you own where to get the latest ADB software so I can try to block the update?
donjan3 said:
So do you own where to get the latest ADB software so I can try to block the update?
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ADB -
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-a-mac-or-windows-computer/
How to connect ADB to a Stick -
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-connect-to-a-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick-via-adb/
How to block updates -
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-block-software-updates-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick/
Commands -
adb shell
su
pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota
exit
exit
PLEASE NOTE
On the su part be sure to select “Grant” if your Fire TV prompts you for superuser access!!!!
If this helps press that thanks button
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I really just want disable some of the apps in order to declutter a little bit...
I don't mind unistalling them or just hideing/disabling them.
I have launcherHijack installed, which works well and I'm able to adb into the stick via adblink, however all the usual (disable) commands don't seem to work... (like "pm hide" or "pm uninstall").
I've tried various apps that can disable without root (Ice Box Pro, Brevent), but I can't get the command "dpm set-device-owner " to execute properly - which is a prerequisite to running in non root mode .
I haven't tried de-registering the device and then running the commands yet though (not sure if it'll make a difference).
The only thing that works so far is the disabling of background apps.
https://www.xda-developers.com/freeze-app-background-processes-without-root-android-nougat/
I'm OK with just disabling them in the background and never running them, however I would like to remove the icons from the applaunchers. Is there any way to do that?
Thanks
*EDIT*
I found this info from another thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/suprise-root-pc-adb-fire-stick-to-t3918668
It mentioned Shizuku Manager, which enables IceBox on an unrooted box.
I can now disable any app I want!
I have been having some problems of Amazon updates downloading and trying to install on my FTV and FTV2 boxes. They are rooted and I tried to block using the router address blocks and using adb commands to block. However the last two days I have seen my FTV stuck at TWRP screen. I'm think the update tried to install and got stopped by TWRP.
Just wondering if there is any new methods for blocking these updates from Amazon?
Have you tried a system app remover or disabler?
If you look through your system applications, look for com.amazon.device.software.ota and attempt to uninstall it or disable it. I mostly disable packages within adb shell, su, pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota. Just by getting rid of this package should give you an update error which is completely normal until there's a prerooted rom available for the Fire TV. Let me know if you need any help
Personally, I have an OpenDNS setup blocking stuff. I have 2 AFTV2 boxes, and much easier to setup the dns in the wifi settings, than to do other things.
Plus, I'm all set for any future devices I may get!
On a side note, I also use Blokada. And in the section to whitelist/blacklist, I came upon a 'All apps'....and it adds, just that! I did notice a lot of those same services in the mix, but unknown if I'd trust just using that to stop updates.
Hello!
Do you know how to backup & restore the settings of apps that are installed on a Fire TV stick 4K?
I have SuperTuxKart and 2 other games on that device and need to reset it. In order not to lose the kids' playing progress (* cough, cough *), I would like to backup the settings of these games, including (hopefully) also the playing progress.
This stick is not rooted, and I do not want to root it.
Thanks for any helpful hints!
PS:
I am now looking into Oandbackup, available from F-Droid. Well, it needs 'su', so without root, no backup.
I have access via adb. But as I have no clue, where the games' settings are placed, this will be complicated.
Without root.
adb backup -f myapp.ab -apk com.myapp
# backup on one device
adb restore myapp.ab
adb shell pm list packages -f
# to get the appname com.******
@0815hoffi
Great - thank you so much!
Slightly OT:
Despite I ticked the box to always allow adb connections via network from this device, the message pops up on the fire tv on every adb connection attempt (and the box is then always again un-ticked). Is there a way to allow this really permanently?
@0815hoffi
This does not seem to work. The backup command results in this message:
Code:
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation...
The start page of the fire tv is shown throughout this process, and I had given permission for the adb connection before.
Any hints what I am doing wrong or could do? Thanks once more!
Have you Turned on
“Apps from Unknown Sources”