I've got a first gen fire tv box with a remote that doesn't want to detect the remote. and being as it wont let me pass the setup im looking for any fix for this ? Im still able to access the stock recovery so is their any ota's i can flash ? or any other method to root the box without being in the system ?
is the box fubar ?
Dumb question but did you put the remote in pairing mode when you are trying to connect? You can always connect a keyboard to navigate through the set up. As for rooting, you should check AFTVnews for guides if you are on a rootable software version.
Hey I just got a gen2 firestick from a friend and it didn't come with a remote is there any way to set it up without remote I have a gen 1 firestick I use the remote app on it but can't connect with the new one due to it not being set up Any suggestions
Adb probably isn't enabled, is it?
My Fire TV stick 2 suddenly refused to recognize my remote but I could send a few key presses via adb and suddenly the remote worked again.
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Hi Guys,
Just bought the fire tv and was looking to sideload the kodi app to it. Unfortunately at home I don't have access to a computer so have brought it into work were I work on both mac and pc. I am unable to connect via hdmi to view the menu options but should be able to tell the ip address of my fire tv via my network.
My question is if I sideload an app and once finished I power down the fire tv will this work when I go home and power back on again?
I have already enabled adb debugging at home.
Thanks for your time
Darren
Shouldn't be an issue..
If you have an android phone you can sideload via agk fire
Alright So i rooted my fire tv stick v5.0.5, with kingroot 4.82, everything was working perfect, i blocked ota updates, and i froze the fireTV Home, and used firestarter. I rebooted the fire tv and it rebooted perfect, still had root, everything was great! I wanted to connect my playstation controller to it, but i couldnt access the fire tv settings because i froze the fire tv home and the built in settings is part of the fire tv home, i tried to install regular settings.apk, i tried several different ones but it would just fail installing, i thought my regular settings was interfering with it, so i backed it up and froze the fire tv settings just to try to install regular android settings afterward, and i rebooted the stick. Now my stick is stuck at the fire stick logo and wont boot, im sure its because i froze the settings, since it booted fine with root before i froze that, and that was the only change i did. Anyone got any ideas on how i can fix it?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Deershoot3r
I had the same issue with the FireTv Stick but another os.
I had a hardware rooted FireTv-Stick on Software: 54.1.1.0_user_110031420. That means FireOS 3, not FireOS 5.
Yesterday I let the stick push some file with ES-File-Explorer to my NAS. In this process the system restart (I think because to much power consumption and less powerfull usb port yesterday).
Now it does not start anymore. @deershoot3r
Perhaps we had a chance to get our sticks back by flashing a stock-rom from amazon.
Once I read something about fastboot and recovery possibilities.
At first you should load your stock-rom from here: http://www.aftvnews.com/software/
Perhaps we can connect a usb cable and start fastboot, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57308281&postcount=6
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I_did_it_just_tmrrow said:
I had the same issue with the FireTv Stick but another os.
I had a hardware rooted FireTv-Stick on Software: 54.1.1.0_user_110031420. That means FireOS 3, not FireOS 5.
Yesterday I let the stick push some file with ES-File-Explorer to my NAS. In this process the system restart (I think because to much power consumption and less powerfull usb port yesterday).
Now it does not start anymore. @deershoot3r
Perhaps we had a chance to get our sticks back by flashing a stock-rom from amazon.
Once I read something about fastboot and recovery possibilities.
At first you should load your stock-rom from here: http://www.aftvnews.com/software/
Perhaps we can connect a usb cable and start fastboot, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57308281&postcount=6
Greetings by I_did_it_just_tmrrow
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Actually i tried this, i cannot connect to it through fastboot, because the fire tv will not get past the "FireTv Stick" logo, any suggestions? am i doing something wrong?
deershoot3r said:
Actually i tried this, i cannot connect to it through fastboot, because the fire tv will not get past the "FireTv Stick" logo, any suggestions? am i doing something wrong?
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fastboot kicks in as soon as you power off your unit, if you get to the amazon logo it is already too late however fastboot will not work for you anyway as your firestick boot loader is locked.
Please push my amazon community topic:
https://www.amazon.com/forum/fire/r...orum=Fx2L8EBNTOXFSA7&cdThread=Tx2LHG0S7L0Y9MK
Perhaps amazon help us and provide a solution!
But I need you guys!
Greetings by Idijt
Edit:
By the way, here is a thread in the Amazon developer Account, asking for a way to unbrick devices in an officially way:
https://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=11981&tstart=0
We should Support it by pushing this thread.
Greetings by Idijt
Fire tv has been working great since i got it a few years ago. Over the weekend i got this message - Optimizing system storage and applications.
Sits at this screen even if i reboot it.
Called amazon but they didnt help at all.
Anyone had this issue or got a fix?
No custom ROM, just stock.
Can i force a restore with a USB pen ADB?
Thanks
I've the first problem here! It's the FireTV 1st Gen form 2014. I don't want to buy a new one because of Passtrough problems with Denon and Kodi.
I've testet my Logitech Multimedia Keyboard to get into Recovery but it there is nothing happen...Only Amazon brand and the picture with "Optimizing system storage and applications..." Beside of Kodi i didn't modified the FireTV.
i had this happen as well but was able to boot into recovery to delete cache, data and everything else. after that it worked fine. the best bet for an unrooted aftv is probably this procedure :
how-to-unbrick-by-entering-recovery-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv
(google this)
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i had this happen as well but was able to boot into recovery to delete cache, data and everything else. after that it worked fine. the best bet for an unrooted aftv is probably this procedure :
how-to-unbrick-by-entering-recovery-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv
(google this)
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Thanks for your help. I tried to get into recovery with a Keyboard. I took a Logitech Corded Multimedia Keyboard but I can't get into recovery mode with Alt+Print+l
I repeated it severeal times. On my keyboards aren't any LED lighted so i don't know if the FTV realize that a Keyboard is connected. Is there any other way?
I testet a A-A USB Cable to connect with my PC but i find no device with fastboot.
Hi, I am having exactly the same problems as Ottacon. Fire TV 1 with stock - non rooted, stuck at boot 'optimizing......'
Keyboard Alt+print+i trick doesn't work, as no lights on keyboard, as if no power from usb.
Any way out of this or is it a brick forever?
Any help much appreciated.
Getting the same issue with First gen Fire TV
firestick stuck on optimizing
Brought firstick a month ago , working fine then all of a sudden when turn it on it stuck on optimizing.. Wont allow me to get into any apps or use my firestick remote.. Any suggestions
I sideloaded settings.apk to my Fire Stick 2.
I opened it up, & accidently disabled wifi.
Now the stick barely boots past the logo, and displays a no network WiFi error message. It wants to connect to a network, but won't since Wifi is off. Rebooting has no effect.
Worst of all: the remote will no longer communicate with the stick. I guess that connects over wifi too.
I need to enable wifi again to unbrick my device. Or factory reset. But I can't use the remote. I have no way to input commands, that I know of. So the remote reset is a no go.
I will try to reset using adb commands over windows, connected via micro usb.
And/Or find a way to reflash the stock rom, or a custom one. I don't care about root. My stick is not rooted, runs some version of Fire OS, and its got Kodi and a few other apps sideloaded. Install Unknown Sources and Adb debug should both still be enabled.
Please help me guys! I need my tv back. What's my best course of action? Anyone got any steps, instructions or helpful links? I'm no expert, and I'd love experienced input.
If you can connect via ADB, then see this guide on how to control it: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-remotely-control-an-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick-via-adb/
Your other option is to use an OTG cable with a USB keyboard. See here: http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire...d-ethernet-adapters-via-usb-otg-without-root/
firetv 1 st gen was Birked only white amazon logo . ( in the past i used keyboard and manage to factory reset ) but not with this firetv .
i manage using fast boot to instal recovery .
now i can use the keyboard to have access to recovery menu
i can connect using adb .
i pushed many roms and fallow installation from scared
i get update or installation from scared complete . but with red kernel: not dispatched
when i reboot i get only white amazon logo hunging .
i do not care about rooting all i want is bring my amazon to boot again normally
please how i do .
ps i have access to recovery menu
i can connect with adb .
god bless i tried everything in this forum .
it looks like no one knows or no one gives damn
If you install kingroot on a Windows PC and then plug that into the Amazon device.
If you set kingroot to automatically root your Amazon device it should automatically reinstall the factory image if it fails to root it for you.
This is how I unbricked a fire TV stick. I understand that this is a full fire TV, however if you are stuck what have you got to lose.
Alternatively if you have installed TWRP, then you should be able to mount external devices and install the factory image from there yourself...
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If you install kingroot on a Windows PC and then plug that into the Amazon device.
If you set kingroot to automatically root your Amazon device it should automatically reinstall the factory image if it fails to root it for you.
This is how I unbricked a fire TV stick. I understand that this is a full fire TV, however if you are stuck what have you got to lose.
Alternatively if you have installed TWRP, then you should be able to mount external devices and install the factory image from there yourself...
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hi bro
i hav now fire stick that don't update it stuck om update screen and go no further can not allow me to get to registration .
i tried to use king root but the pc dod not recognize the fire stick so the process did not happen how to do it thx
can not connect to adb or anything but can connect to a wifi
Sorry for the late reply on this, I only just saw it when I installed xda labs.
Firstly use Windows 7 or 10, which version did you use? Secondly you will need to follow the respective instructions to install kingroot. For instance Windows does not come with complete USB drivers and needs to install Android drivers for each device. You can get round part of this by installing the Android SDK which includes a repository of most drivers. Test it is working first with a phone or tablet.
I assume you have the internet enabled on both the windows device and fire TV stick? You will probably also need to ignore any false positives from virus guard software during the process and temporarily (keep it safe by avoiding doing anything else on the internet!) Turning off your firewall.
Finally kingroot has many fake copies floating around! Only follow genuine threads from xda. (I would give a link but have noticed they change from time to time because of the nature of these apps).
I have successfully un-softbricked both my fire TV sticks using this process. Good luck!