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[Q] Copy one FTV to Another, possible?

I was wondering if it is possible to Copy over my flash drive from one FireTV to another one. I am buying 2 more for my house, have my first one set up perfectly with all the side loaded apps, XBMC and all of its settings. For XBMC I do have XBMC Backup - it doesn't remember a few things when I use the backup but it gets it mostly right. But loading all of this took me 1-2 hours.
Just wondering if there is an easier way to get my setup onto the other 2 new boxes.

Might be possible to do what you're trying to do with Titanium Backup, I know it runs on the FTV but I haven't used it for backing anything up yet.

Joemilwaukee said:
I was wondering if it is possible to Copy over my flash drive from one FireTV to another one. I am buying 2 more for my house, have my first one set up perfectly with all the side loaded apps, XBMC and all of its settings. For XBMC I do have XBMC Backup - it doesn't remember a few things when I use the backup but it gets it mostly right. But loading all of this took me 1-2 hours.
Just wondering if there is an easier way to get my setup onto the other 2 new boxes.
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1.) Download and sideload SSH Daemon http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=web.oss.sshsftpDaemon on your configured amazon fire tv box
2.) run ftp client and connect to fire tv, using IP
3.) navigate in the android folder and copy the xbmc folder (SPMC com.semperpax.spmc, XBMC org.xbmc.xbmc) to your computer
4.) sideload SSH daemon on the new fire tv, install the same xbmc or spmc version that is one your first amazon fire tv
5.) use ftp client to connect to the new fire tv box and copy the folder from step 3 into the android folder of the new box.

mejdam said:
1.) Download and sideload SSH Daemon http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=web.oss.sshsftpDaemon on your configured amazon fire tv box
2.) run ftp client and connect to fire tv, using IP
3.) navigate in the android folder and copy the xbmc folder (SPMC com.semperpax.spmc, XBMC org.xbmc.xbmc) to your computer
4.) sideload SSH daemon on the new fire tv, install the same xbmc or spmc version that is one your first amazon fire tv
5.) use ftp client to connect to the new fire tv box and copy the folder from step 3 into the android folder of the new box.
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He wants to backup everything, that could be slow as hell to do over again for every app he has. There are also much easier ways to backup XBMC settings. Titanium Backup should be able to let him backup/restore all his apps and their respective settings at one time.

0xi said:
He wants to backup everything, that could be slow as hell to do over again for every app he has. There are also much easier ways to backup XBMC settings. Titanium Backup should be able to let him backup/restore all his apps and their respective settings at one time.
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Thank you! I will try Titanium Backup and let you know how it goes. Thanks for responding!

Hi - did you manage to do this with titanium?
I'm looking at doing this myself also. I've got one FTV set up exactly how did like it and want to copy apk's and all xbmc settings in one.

Backup

Hello, its possible backup xbmc pc plugins and all to pass to me amazon fire tv xbmc??
If its possible please share me the steps to do..
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Hello, its possible backup xbmc pc plugins and all to pass to me amazon fire tv xbmc??
If its possible please share me the steps to do..
Thanks
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Sure you can...
on your XBMC/KODI pc goto System - settings - add ons -get add ons - Kodi add-on repo - programsAdd-ons and get Backup.
Once you've done that, Open BackUp and configure the path where you want to save your backup. Usually a folder in ur pc where you can be able to access it from Amazon Firetv within your network.
while you are on the BackUp Add-on configuration section.. make sure you go to FileSelection and tick all the options except for the Custom ones and hit ok,
Then Open Backup Add-on and make a backup of your current XBMC/KODI.
You have to install the same BackUp Add-on into you Amazon Firetv configure the path where you saved the file of your backup on your pc and hit saved. Then go back to it and open it up and hit restore from backup.. will show usually some numbers which are the date and time of the latest backup. And there you have it. All the add ons and all from your XBMC/Kodi into your AFTV.
I hope it was clear enough to understand.
Good luck!

Thanks so much..
I have other question, if i cant root me fire tv because i have the last version installed, how i can install app, like google chrome, youtube and some games????
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Thanks so much..
I have other question, if i cant root me fire tv because i have the last version installed, how i can install app, like google chrome, youtube and some games????
Thanks
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You need to sideload apps (apk files) using adb or utilize an app like adbfire.

Ok, the only way to install google play store its with amazon rooted?
Thanks

ryu05 said:
Ok, the only way to install google play store its with amazon rooted?
Thanks
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Correct.

dont exist one like aptoide to install and downloads the app directly?

ryu05 said:
dont exist one like aptoide to install and downloads the app directly?
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you can install aptiode apk without root

[Q] Backup single app on Fire TV

Is there a way to backup a single app on the Fire TV. Any way to pull it from the box via adb or something as an APK?
I'd really like to make a backup of my Hulu Plus app before updating. Because I am outside US, I always fear that updates can cause hassle with the geo-checking. In this case I could revert to my "old" backuped APK..

Geo IP checking is done on server side not within the app, so a backup wouldn´t help. That´s why many people are using VPNs.
There are some possibilities to backup an APK:
1.) use another app which can backup APKs for e.g. ES FileExplorer, Astro File Manager etc.
2.) Pulling it via ADB command: "adb pull <path_to_your_APK>"

Clone Fire TV 2 w/ TWRP Backup - possible?

Hey folks,
I would like to clone my fire tv 2 to another one. Was wondering if a simple TWRP-Backup and Restore will work or will it cause problems?
Anyone tried that?

zroice said:
Hey folks,
I would like to clone my fire tv 2 to another one. Was wondering if a simple TWRP-Backup and Restore will work or will it cause problems?
Anyone tried that?
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You could try it... but in the past people have had problems. Won't break anything a factory reset can't solve. You can also use Titanium Backup to backup individual apps.

Oddly enough, I stumbled on this thread while working on this today.
I was able to successfully clone a fire TV 2 brand-new out-of-the-box never turned on using this rooting method with the A-A USB cable and TWRP by rbox/zeroepoch posted on AFTVnews.
( sorry I can't post a link to the rooting method because this is my first post.)
However, it hasn't been thoroughly tested and I do have some concerns. ( I will mention later)
NOTE: the following assumes you have already rooted your Fire TV and installed TWRP. You will also need a keyboard ( i'm using logitech K 400) and a microSD card. Also, have your device's serial number ready before you start this.
Here's how I did it:
1. I made a backup using TWRP onto a microSD card. I chose to back up both system and user data. Then safely eject the microSD card.
2. Put the microSD card into the ROOTED Fire tv you want to clone to. Power it up and boot into recovery mode.
3. Click on ADVANCED, FILE MANAGER. Navigate to external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/ then choose "select current folder" on the bottom right of the screen. Choose RENAME FOLDER. Rename it to the serial number of your current device. It can be found on the box.
4. Navigate back to the main screen and choose RESTORE. Click on "select storage" on the bottom right, select microSD card, and hit OK. The backup should now appear.
5. Click on the back up and swipe to restore. Voilà!
This works and I didn't need to even register the device. Though that concerns me that there could be an issue if it wasn't registered.
One thing I haven't figured out is that although it installs the apps, applies all the settings (like blocking updates etc.) it didnt transfer my Kodi build. It installs all the apps, and it even keeps the configuration for firestarter, but I have to manually upload my Kodi build after that.
I will keep testing

is this working?
cancelyourcable said:
Oddly enough, I stumbled on this thread while working on this today.
I was able to successfully clone a fire TV 2 brand-new out-of-the-box never turned on using this rooting method with the A-A USB cable and TWRP by rbox/zeroepoch posted on AFTVnews.
( sorry I can't post a link to the rooting method because this is my first post.)
However, it hasn't been thoroughly tested and I do have some concerns. ( I will mention later)
NOTE: the following assumes you have already rooted your Fire TV and installed TWRP. You will also need a keyboard ( i'm using logitech K 400) and a microSD card. Also, have your device's serial number ready before you start this.
Here's how I did it:
1. I made a backup using TWRP onto a microSD card. I chose to back up both system and user data. Then safely eject the microSD card.
2. Put the microSD card into the ROOTED Fire tv you want to clone to. Power it up and boot into recovery mode.
3. Click on ADVANCED, FILE MANAGER. Navigate to external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/ then choose "select current folder" on the bottom right of the screen. Choose RENAME FOLDER. Rename it to the serial number of your current device. It can be found on the box.
4. Navigate back to the main screen and choose RESTORE. Click on "select storage" on the bottom right, select microSD card, and hit OK. The backup should now appear.
5. Click on the back up and swipe to restore. Voilà!
This works and I didn't need to even register the device. Though that concerns me that there could be an issue if it wasn'
One thing I haven't figured out is that although it installs the apps, applies all the settings (like blocking updates etc.) it didnt transfer my Kodi build. It installs all the apps, and it even keeps the configuration for firestarter, but I have to manually upload my Kodi build after that.
I will keep testing
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Have you done any more testing? Were you able to get kodi to transfer correctly? and did you unpair your remote and unregister your fire tv before the cloning?

aaddaamm1111 said:
Have you done any more testing? Were you able to get kodi to transfer correctly? and did you unpair your remote and unregister your fire tv before the cloning?
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I didn't unpair the remote or on register, but that is totally possible and I will add that. Recently I've added the xposed modules and I did a back up and it works perfectly, even backed up Kodi. I'm not sure what was different before, I followed this exact same process.

Issue with restore from backup
pwntrik said:
I chose to back up both system and user data.
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Hello! What exactly Partitions you've backuped? I was trying to do the same. I've backuped from one FireTV Stick 4K next partitions: System, System Image, Vendor, Vendor Image, Data, Boot. Then was trying to restore all of them on another with changing backup folder serial number and when another FireTV Stick 4K has been rebooted it stuck on the FireTV logo ((( And I don't know what to do with it know. Could you help, please?

Backup iplayer

Hi guys,
I'm in the US and I'm trying to get both UK and US TV apps running on my shield. Iplayer and ITV hub are giving me trouble as they are system apps which are disabled when the shield detects I'm not in the the UK. I'm running a VPN/DNS on my merlin router to get the UK ip address. The general plan is:
1- Log onto the VPN, so the shield thinks I'm in the UK, and shows iplayer/ITV hub
2- Backup iplayer/ITV apk's to a data stick using x-plore
3 - On my PC, decompile the apk's using apktool and rename the packages
4 - Side load iplayer/ITV with a different name so it won't hide them when the region changes.
5 - Switch to smart DNS on the router. The shield will go to back the USA default, but hopefully the SmartDNS will route iplayer traffic through the UK
6. - Install HBO and all the other USA stuff, and done.
I'm stuck on step 2 as x-plore only shows installed apk's, and not system apks, like iplayer. Does anyone have any ideas on how back them up? Do I need to root the shield to get at them? I'd rather not root because I have read that All4 (normal android version) will not run on a rooted shield. I would prefer to use this method as I can only find older versions of iplayer on mirror sites and I'm not even sure they are for android boxes.
Thanks for any help

gi54321 said:
Hi guys,
I'm in the US and I'm trying to get both UK and US TV apps running on my shield. Iplayer and ITV hub are giving me trouble as they are system apps which are disabled when the shield detects I'm not in the the UK. I'm running a VPN/DNS on my merlin router to get the UK ip address. The general plan is:
1- Log onto the VPN, so the shield thinks I'm in the UK, and shows iplayer/ITV hub
2- Backup iplayer/ITV apk's to a data stick using x-plore
3 - On my PC, decompile the apk's using apktool and rename the packages
4 - Side load iplayer/ITV with a different name so it won't hide them when the region changes.
5 - Switch to smart DNS on the router. The shield will go to back the USA default, but hopefully the SmartDNS will route iplayer traffic through the UK
6. - Install HBO and all the other USA stuff, and done.
I'm stuck on step 2 as x-plore only shows installed apk's, and not system apks, like iplayer. Does anyone have any ideas on how back them up? Do I need to root the shield to get at them? I'd rather not root because I have read that All4 (normal android version) will not run on a rooted shield. I would prefer to use this method as I can only find older versions of iplayer on mirror sites and I'm not even sure they are for android boxes.
Thanks for any help
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To alter/uninstall/backup apps that are installed as system apps you need root.
And for backup while rooted I would suggest using Titanium backup.
You can also use an app like App Cloner to clone the app with a different name.

mLgz0rn said:
To alter/uninstall/backup apps that are installed as system apps you need root.
And for backup while rooted I would suggest using Titanium backup.
You can also use an app like App Cloner to clone the app with a different name.
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Can I unroot (if that's a word) afterwards?

gi54321 said:
Can I unroot (if that's a word) afterwards?
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You can yes

Use total commander apk to backup system apks

have you tried kodi with the iplayer addon

Ok so I have a lot of exp with this, if you want to use BBC iPlayer and itvhub in the USA (maybe without VPN) you can use the Kodi add-ons - which are better as they have no adverts at all! If not you can sideload the regular Android version and it will work fine probably with VPN. All4 I did not manage to get to work with root but apparently using magisk if you use the option of "changing package manager to random package name" (it's named something like this in settings) then it will work.