Hi, my Amazon Fire Stick tv (sheldon - 3°rd gen) with original stock rom suddenly stop to work, doesn't turn on anymore, tv do not recognize it no more.
Tried the kamakiri's steps to unbrick the device and received 'ERROR: Serial protocol mismatch, expected 0000 got 2001', most likely due to an online firmware update.
Question is :
> Avoiding the will of unpatching, unbricking the device, is there a way to fix this issue by using Amazon stock rom or amazon software with intent to let the device working back again ???
Thanks
It depends how far the FireStick is getting in the boot process. If you don't even see the FireTV logo on your screen there isn't much you can do.
There is no option to reflash the stock ROM, Amazon blocked that. Flashing can only be done with unlock hacks.
All you can do is try a different power supply and USB cable in case there is a problem with either not providing adequate power.
If it's less than 1 year old, Amazon will replace it for free.
thanks anyway, no logo appears on tv, but voltage 5.5VDC arrive to hdmi plug
No logo means it's not booting past the bootloader.
5v is good, but what's the amperage.
All you can do is try a different power supply and cable, otherwise it's effectively dead.
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So like so many other users around here, I tried to root my Kindle fire, flashing the firmware back to 5.1.2 but after using the ADB sideload command and rebooted, instead of being greeted by the generic "Fire" logo I got a black screen. I want to say it's a hardbrick but I don't believe any kind of tech is unfixable and if Amazon can fix it, so can we... Just a little unconventionally. I should also mention that as long as it's connected to a computer, the USB device icon does pop up for a fraction of a second then disappears so I'm thinking it's stuck in some sort of preboot loop. The only way for it to be shutdown was to pop the back and disconnect the battery. Is there anything I can do to bring my Kindle back from its perverbial grave? Any kind of nifty software that can breathe life into the device?
TerminusWolf said:
So like so many other users around here, I tried to root my Kindle fire, flashing the firmware back to 5.1.2 but after using the ADB sideload command and rebooted, instead of being greeted by the generic "Fire" logo I got a black screen. I want to say it's a hardbrick but I don't believe any kind of tech is unfixable and if Amazon can fix it, so can we... Just a little unconventionally. I should also mention that as long as it's connected to a computer, the USB device icon does pop up for a fraction of a second then disappears so I'm thinking it's stuck in some sort of preboot loop. The only way for it to be shutdown was to pop the back and disconnect the battery. Is there anything I can do to bring my Kindle back from its perverbial grave? Any kind of nifty software that can breathe life into the device?
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this is only for kindle fire 1 (2011)
there is a separate section for your device see
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
for correct forum link
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Hi,
My stock fire tv is stuck in boot process. When I turn it on loads the b/w amazon logo and, about 30 seconds after, the colorful amazon fire tv logo comes up. And that's it, nothing else ever happens. No reboot, noloop, nothing else.
I have tried to factory reset it by pressing alt+i+print-screen hundred of times while booting with no success. I have tried with 4 different keyboard (including a logitech k400).
I have tried to connect a USB-A to USB-A cable from the fire tv and the PC and installed adb drivers (all devices are recognized by windows and display and device manager) but I can't detect the device with adb devices at any stage of the boot process at all.
Does anyone have any other possible way to un-brick it? O any other suggestion to revive it?
btw, It "bricked" itself. One day I turned on tv and I saw empty menus and nothing happened if I tried to navigate on it... So decided to reboot it and... there you go, the way it is now.
Thanks in advance.
Anybody can help please? I've got a precious brick os plastic and circuits on top my desk right now....
This is where my Kindle fire is at:
-Boots up using power button
-Displays Kindle Fire(orange) logo for about 5 secs
-Display goes blank for about 3 secs
-Loops in this manner indefinitely.
-Pressing Power & Volume Up during boot up puts into a specific mode where screen is blank and
PC would detect Kindle at Amazon Tate (In portable devices) and another device as ADB composite.
- When I run adb, it shows the device name and says unauthorized.
I have tried various methods, like plugging in HDMI cable, OTG mouse but there is no way to enable ADB on the tablet as there is no display.
-BTW, bootloader is locked on this tablet, I made fastboot cable but it doesnt work. I was never able to put tablet in fastboot
I basically bricked tablet by installing 7" ROM on 8.9" tablet. I dont know how it would break the tablet but it did. My tablet was rooted before I bricked it.
Tablet is worthless even if I fixed it but I am just curious if there is a way to fix it. Any help is much appreciated.
harshil22 said:
This is where my Kindle fire is at:
-Boots up using power button
-Displays Kindle Fire(orange) logo for about 5 secs
-Display goes blank for about 3 secs
-Loops in this manner indefinitely.
-Pressing Power & Volume Up during boot up puts into a specific mode where screen is blank and
PC would detect Kindle at Amazon Tate (In portable devices) and another device as ADB composite.
- When I run adb, it shows the device name and says unauthorized.
I have tried various methods, like plugging in HDMI cable, OTG mouse but there is no way to enable ADB on the tablet as there is no display.
-BTW, bootloader is locked on this tablet, I made fastboot cable but it doesnt work. I was never able to put tablet in fastboot
I basically bricked tablet by installing 7" ROM on 8.9" tablet. I dont know how it would break the tablet but it did. My tablet was rooted before I bricked it.
Tablet is worthless even if I fixed it but I am just curious if there is a way to fix it. Any help is much appreciated.
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You installed a Tate Rom on a Jem and you don't know why it's bricked?
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I got so excited once I was able to finally root the tablet that I completely missed in the tutorial video that the ROM was for different tablet. Damage was done!
harshil22 said:
I got so excited once I was able to finally root the tablet that I completely missed in the tutorial video that the ROM was for different tablet. Damage was done!
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Hello !!! I have the same issue. Could you fix it?
I have a FTVS 2nd gen. When I boot it, I get the Amazon logo, then a brief black screen, then the "Fire TV . . ." screen.
Then, it goes to "Optimising system storage and apps - this may take up to ten minutes". It takes a lot longer than this; then it reboots. Rinse and repeat.
I have an OTG "Y" cable with a logitech K360 wireless keyboard (confirmed working), and a working remote paired to the stick.
I have tried "Back and right" held down throughout the entire boot process with zero response from the stick; I have tried ALT-FN-PrtSc-I repeatedly during the whole time it's on; I have also got funky and tried ALT Gr-FN-PrtSc-I, Alt-FN-Insert-I, and have tried throwing "CTRL" into the mix a few times too.
Nothing elicits any response from the stick. I don't think that the stick gets to the point of firing up the network stack, so there's no ADB via wifi; and of course I can't enable debugging via USB so there's no ADB by USB either.
Is there any way I can proceed? It's so old I don't mind opening it up if I have to, but that's a last resort.
TIA for informed responses.
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I have a FTVS 2nd gen. When I boot it, I get the Amazon logo, then a brief black screen, then the "Fire TV . . ." screen.
Then, it goes to "Optimising system storage and apps - this may take up to ten minutes". It takes a lot longer than this; then it reboots. Rinse and repeat.
I have an OTG "Y" cable with a logitech K360 wireless keyboard (confirmed working), and a working remote paired to the stick.
I have tried "Back and right" held down throughout the entire boot process with zero response from the stick; I have tried ALT-FN-PrtSc-I repeatedly during the whole time it's on; I have also got funky and tried ALT Gr-FN-PrtSc-I, Alt-FN-Insert-I, and have tried throwing "CTRL" into the mix a few times too.
Nothing elicits any response from the stick. I don't think that the stick gets to the point of firing up the network stack, so there's no ADB via wifi; and of course I can't enable debugging via USB so there's no ADB by USB either.
Is there any way I can proceed? It's so old I don't mind opening it up if I have to, but that's a last resort.
TIA for informed responses.
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Yes you can follow the thread "Unlock Root Twrp Unbrick Firetv Stick Tank" and once youve unlocked and rooted, flash a new fimware and start fresh.
Something has became corrupted in your sticks /system folder. Just take your time and follow the steps to the letter and dont be scared to ask for help if you get stuck.
Regards
Bertonumber1 said:
Yes you can follow the thread "Unlock Root Twrp Unbrick Firetv Stick Tank" and once youve unlocked and rooted, flash a new fimware and start fresh.
Something has became corrupted in your sticks /system folder. Just take your time and follow the steps to the letter and dont be scared to ask for help if you get stuck.
Regards
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Thank you my man, much appreciated!
OK, a combination of my shakes and my traditional mini soldering iron (HUGE compared to this circuit) I am unable to complete step 2 which is to short the CLK line to GND. At the risk of damaging my stick, I've given up.
Hello,
I just joined the forum this morning and wanted to say hi to everyone. Hopefully someone can help me here. I have an Amazon Fire TV 2 and it has been rooted and I have Teamwin Recovery Project 3.0.0-5 on it. It has been working for years, but one day a few months ago, I switched the TV input to the Fire TV and just saw the Teamwin splash screen sitting there and blinking. I disconnected the Fire TV and connected it to another TV and it booted up normally, however, without the option to select Boot Normal or Launch Recovery. I then disconnected the Fire TV again and reconnected it to the original TV, it did not boot and got stuck at the splash screen again. Finally after numerous attempts at restarting the device, it booted (without the option to choose Boot Normally or Launch Recovery). I used the Fire TV for a month or so and have restarted it a few times and always was able to get in, but still without the option to Boot Normally or Launch Recovery.
Last night, I was watching a movie and it ended. I tried to use the back button on the remote to go back to my Emby server to watch another show. The Fire TV was not responding and I did not see the white light on the Fire TV at all, but I still had the picture of the finished movie on the screen. I pulled the power plug on the Fire TV and plugged it back it. I'm back to the Teamwin splash screen and it just sits there and blinks every few seconds or so. I never get beyond it and cannot get back into my Fire TV. The white light on the Fire TV also blinks slowly.
I saw a post about the Fire TV 1 and a new 3.0.0-7 recovery that is supposed to resolve that issue, but I did not see anything for the Fire TV 2.
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris
AFTV2 as in Model DV83YW? (found on the bottom of device).
If so, I've found that sometimes a faulty power cable can cause this kind of behaviour - try plugging the device into the wall & a computer/laptop (at the same time) with a USB-A to USB-A cable - for some reason allows the box to draw enough power to boot if the power supply is faulty.
If this doesn't work your power supply is probably fine - you could probably re-flash the pre-rooted rom and it would probably boot again, but honestyly I'd recommend unlocking your bootloader via the unlock.zip method (found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/unlock-root-twrp-unbrick-firetv-2-sloane.4222331/) if you're running FireOS 5.2.7.2 or below, or the brick method if running 5.2.7.3 or above.
Of course, you will need to backup your /data partition via TWRP (to a external SD), but I think this is the best option for future proofing & would allow you to recover from something like this a little easier if anything were to happen to your AFTV in the future.
Thanks for the reply. Don't think it is the power cable as I have another power cable I had purchased a while back and it does the same thing with that, but I'll still try connecting it top the computer and see what happens.
I'll also try the methods you linked. Unfortunately, since I cannot boot into the Fire TV, I cannot determine what version of FireOS I'm running.
You mention backing up via TWRP, but I can't get into TWRP, that's the issue. It just sits there with there with the TWRP splash screen and it blinks. No options to boot normally or boot into recovery.
I try what you suggested and report back.
Thanks again,
Chris