I am new to Amazon Fire TV, I have a gen 3. Seeing that older gen 2's have root, nothing for gen 3. Anyway to no root disable/uninstall bloatware? Anyway at all to reclaim some memory would be great, if not, taking this thing back. Thank you all in advanced.
Don't think there's any guide yet mate. I posted a similar question here and got no replies. Probably be a few weeks before something crops up.
not sure if this link will meet your requirement. it helps to disable the bloatware from TV Stick.
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Hi, I want to first thank every body working on this to give us the best experience possible with our aftv boxes.
I know root is currently unavailable for newer aftv versions. So, I was wondering if there is someone currently working on getting that sorted out and if is making any good progress. I wish he/she/they are progressing.
If so, which version is the one is currently being worked on?
PS. Admins, move this to the appropriate forum if needed.
I am also interested by this whole thing, as I got my AFTV from Amazon Germany this week and think that many others will get it from the same batch (unrootable latest version) mine is turned off as I have no way to block the update addresses... It's horror to have a new toy and not be able to play with it...
Of course, I would be willing to test everything you throw at me to get root working
Was thinking of picking up a second Fire TV (my first one is rooted with Xposed and XBMC launcher). I see from your post that new versions from Amazon can't be rooted yet. Anybody know if the ones in Staples are on versions that can't be rooted?
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Was thinking of picking up a second Fire TV (my first one is rooted with Xposed and XBMC launcher). I see from your post that new versions from Amazon can't be rooted yet. Anybody know if the ones in Staples are on versions that can't be rooted?
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I got mine at staples about two weeks ago. It was the last they one they had at the time, but I was able to root it, no worries.
Yup, I picked one up on Wednesday and was able to root it without issue. They still had a bunch there. Thanks.
Hello.
I hope this doesn't come off as a stupid question, but I'm fairly new to rooting Kindle Fires, or just rooting in general. I just bought the new Kindle Fire (fifth generation), and I'm quite unsatisfied with the app selection so I was wondering if I would be able to root my Fire because I heard that you could get the Google Play Store, which has so much more selection. My fire is on its latest update, Fire OS 5.0.1.. I'm assuming I won't be able to root it because it was only just released on Wednesday. I apologize if there is already a thread about rooting the new Fire but I haven't seen one, so if there is one if someone could direct it to me, that would be amazing. If it can be rooted, I would love to know how, but if it can't be rooted that's all right, I'll just have to deal with the pathetic selection of apps.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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Hello.
I hope this doesn't come off as a stupid question, but I'm fairly new to rooting Kindle Fires, or just rooting in general. I just bought the new Kindle Fire (fifth generation), and I'm quite unsatisfied with the app selection so I was wondering if I would be able to root my Fire because I heard that you could get the Google Play Store, which has so much more selection. My fire is on its latest update, Fire OS 5.0.1.. I'm assuming I won't be able to root it because it was only just released on Wednesday. I apologize if there is already a thread about rooting the new Fire but I haven't seen one, so if there is one if someone could direct it to me, that would be amazing. If it can be rooted, I would love to know how, but if it can't be rooted that's all right, I'll just have to deal with the pathetic selection of apps.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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see http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help
the 5th Gen forum
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Hey, I am also interested in this topic. I am actually using the Kindle Fire HD 8, 8" (5th generation). This thing wouldn't be so bad if it were possible to read ebooks from the sd card, but they have locked that feature out with the kindles dumb downed android. The whole reason I go it was being able to read pdf's from the SD card. After a huge amount of time sideloading different readers, I finally found one I liked, but it was copying the pdf's from my sd card to the internal memory. Not a bad thing, except I only have 16 gigs of it, and about 80 gigs of ebooks =/. Thanks for any assistance you can give.
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Hey, I am also interested in this topic. I am actually using the Kindle Fire HD 8, 8" (5th generation). This thing wouldn't be so bad if it were possible to read ebooks from the sd card, but they have locked that feature out with the kindles dumb downed android. The whole reason I go it was being able to read pdf's from the SD card. After a huge amount of time sideloading different readers, I finally found one I liked, but it was copying the pdf's from my sd card to the internal memory. Not a bad thing, except I only have 16 gigs of it, and about 80 gigs of ebooks =/. Thanks for any assistance you can give.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62894605
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My mother in law just picked up a second generation Fire TV Stick and was asking me if it's rootable. She said she knows someone who rooted their 1st generation and had a bunch of stuff sideloaded onto it, but from what I have researched online, the second generation is not yet rootable at this time...
Anyone know for sure? I have never dealt with one of these before, I am only familiar with ROKU.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
I have read many articles and am very confused about the Fire TV2 4K.
Does this EMMC Hardware Root method still work on the latest version 2 Fire TV? (https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/hardware-root-via-emmc-chip-t2885344)
If so, can someone point me in the right direction as to where to buy one of these devices (https://shop.exploitee.rs) as this seller seems to always be out of stock?
Thanks for your help.
Just wanted to bump this as I had similar questions and all the videos I have found so far show the Gen 1. A gen 2 vid or images would be helpful
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Just wanted to bump this as I had similar questions and all the videos I have found so far show the Gen 1. A gen 2 vid or images would be helpful
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I don't think anyone ever tried it on the FTV2. The risk of damaging it outweighed the reward. You're best bet is to block updates and hope for a root solution to the version you are on. There is currently a way you can block updates from a shell. I would block the updates before amazon patches this blocking method.
I’ve had Kodi since I got my FireStick on Black Friday of 2016. I’ve been trying to customize it as much as possible but I know it’s Lipitor’s without root. Added the HA launcher and love it. Want to debloat the amazon crap to make it faster. Anyway to do this?
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I’ve had Kodi since I got my FireStick on Black Friday of 2016. I’ve been trying to customize it as much as possible but I know it’s Lipitor’s without root. Added the HA launcher and love it. Want to debloat the amazon crap to make it faster. Anyway to do this?
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Unfortunately, there is no currently known method to remove/disable bloatware on devices that are running firmware 5.2.6.1 or higher.
Damn. Ok thanks
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Due to the new firmware you should only buy a current Fire TV device if you mainly use Amazon Prime!
That was exactly the goal Amazon was pursuing
^ Bull****. My debloated Firestick 2 broke. Still can do everything I could do before, with its replacement 5.26.1 (boot to new launcher etc). Only thing missing is voice search in Leanback.
Would you be so kind as to share? There is A LOT of information to sift through and AFTVNews is actually still indicating that the Fire TV 3 can't be rooted, which we know isn't necessarily true now (given firmware level).
Thank you!