Now that the Fire TV Stick has been rooted, I’ve been helping rbox figure out if TWRP and pre-rooted ROMs are possible for the Fire TV Stick, since he doesn’t own one. It looks like it’s very likely he’ll be able to create custom recovery and pre-rooted images for the Fire TV Stick, so I’ve sent him $55 to buy a new Fire TV Stick w/ Voice Remote for himself. Just as the AFTVnews community chipped in to buy rbox a Fire TV 2 when it was first rooted, you’re welcome to chip in and help with his Fire TV Stick expense. Once $55 in donations is reached, I’ll remove the donation button and refund any excess donations.
Update
That didn’t take long at all! Brian C. rushed in with a $50 donation with Kevin L. and Brad H. rounding off the last bit needed. Thanks James F. for your $5, but I’ve refunded it. If anyone would still like to contribute, general donations are always welcome. You may donate to rbox or to myself.
Donations:
Brian C. $50 ($48.25 donation – $1.75 PayPal fee)
Kevin L. $5 ($4.55 donation – $0.45 PayPal fee)
Brad H. $5 ($4.55 donation – $0.45 PayPal fee)
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Does rbox still have a Fire TV 1 to test with for Fire OS 5 recovery? If not, I’d be happy to help chip in.
Yes he does. Rbox has TWRP recovery for Fire TV 1’s that have unlocked bootloaders (the ones that have clockworkmod installed) working. He’s still working on TWRP recovery for the ones that need to root with KingRoot. I think he’ll release both version together soon. Then he’ll work on the Fire TV Stick once he buys it.
Great. Thanks for the update Elias! I’ll for sure stay put with my unlocked FireTV 1 until rbox releases the new TWRP recovery.
Yeah, I think he does… Just no one has captured the update url yet.
I just donated $5 to rBox for all he has done for AFTV community via the link provided above
We have the 5.0.5 update URL now. Pre-rooted ROM should be released soon.
I’d be very interested in getting a pre-rooted image. Any idea when this might be completed? I know it just started, but this is something I’ve been waiting on for a while now.
Rule number one of custom development, if you want it now, learn how to do it yourself. Rule number two, if you can’t, don’t ask for ETAs.
Elias – In a case like this, I think you can use Paypal friends & family, to avoid fees.
How are we going to navigate the TWRP interface? Would the remote function there?
You need a plugin usb keyboard. This was mentioned on one of Elias’s podcasts when he talked about what you needed to do to root the new firetv. You can probably find one at a dollar store.
Not if you’ve got a Stick without a USB port. I’m not even sure bluetooth devices would connect at the TWRP screen. Hopefully this is something Rbox will consider.
There’s always adb to control it
The network interface would be active while in recovery?
There may be a way using a type of USB OTG cable which allows you to provide power and a regular USB port (Y cables?).
IIRC these don’t work with the OS itself but maybe they could be made to work in recovery.
It will have to be done over the network using an ADB connection.
Admin of this site. How can I update fire TV stick to 5.0.5 from beta 5.0.3?
rBox hasn’t released a ROM yet for FireTV stick. Hence the purpose of this post. If you want just a regular update, you need to wait for your device to receive it. Amazon sets the time table on that. No “check for updates” will help speed that up.
True, but apparently setting back to factory reset helps…
I pushed the button a few times throughout the day with no response.
As soon as I reset, the update was ready. And of course if you have the software disabled then you need to enable it in your router.
Interesting. Good to hear. I am waiting patiently with my rooted first gen Fire TV :) I probably won’t update right away anyway, give it some time to make sure there is no issues as it does everything I need right now anyway :)
I’ve noticed this as well. It seems the Fire TV sometimes “caches” the check and doesn’t actually check again when you manually choose the option to check for updates. A factory reset clears the “cached” check which ensures a “real” check. I’m stating all this in quotes because I don’t know for sure that this is what it’s doing. It appears that this has been addressed with Fire OS 5 since those seem to really check every time you select the option under settings. Fire OS 5 is just more aggressive about checking for updates in general. It checks for an update every time you launch the “About” section, even before you scroll down to manually check for updates.