Now that ClockworkMod custom recovery is available for the Amazon Fire TV, you can now install custom ROMs. Custom ROMs are customized version of the Fire TV operating system. There aren’t too many custom ROMs to choose from right now, but I’m sure that will change in the near future. This guide will walk you through all the steps to installing a Custom ROM on the Amazon Fire TV.
Important: If you are setting up a new Fire TV, you should visit the Starters Guide if you haven’t done so yet.
- If you haven’t done so already, follow my guide to install ClockworkMod Custom Recovery
- Download the Custom ROM you wish to install from AFTVnews.com/roms
Note: If you are installing Pre-Rooted ROM version 51.1.4.1 or higher, you must first install Rbox’s Boot Menu. - Connect to your Fire TV via ADB and transfer the ROM to your Fire TV with the following command:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
(Note: This assumes the rom file you downloaded is named rom.zip and is in the same directory as ADB, otherwise enter the full path to the file like this:
- Verify the integrity of the file you just transfered using this guide.
- Connect a keyboard to your Fire TV and enter the following command on your computer to boot into recovery: adb reboot recovery
- Once in ClockworkMod recovery, use the keyboard arrow keys to highlight “install zip” and press “Enter”.
- Select “choose zip from /sdcard”
- Select “0/”
- Select the ROM file you transferred in step 3
- Select “Yes”
- Wait for the ROM to install
- Once the installation is complete, press “Esc” on your keyboard to go back to the main menu
- Select “reboot system now”
- Your Fire TV will restart and finish installing the ROM
- Once the installation is complete, you can delete the rom image from your Fire TV (if you’d like) by running the following two commands from ADB:
adb shell
rm -f /sdcard/rom.zip
(Note: be sure to replace rom.zip in the second command with whatever your ROM file is called.)
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will this work with fw version 51.1.0.1
Yes
Thanks! I follow XDA development, but can always count on this site for well written guides and the latest news. Thanks again!
Nice, things seem to be moving quickly. So I could get the latest update in pre-rooted form and get that feature of not displaying the numbers in the PIN as you enter it.
trying 2 root fire tv os 6 help newto this
Any know the how to delete the rom.zip file after installation?
After updating I used ES File Explorer from Play store to delete the file. I’m not sure if it defaulted to the right directory, but once you see the file click and “hold” it, which makes it selected, then hit delete. It confirmed the file and size that I wanted to delete, and then it was gone. Not sure if it frees up actual usable space, but I’d rather not leave it there for confusion later.
Thanks for asking this. I’ve added one final step to the guide with instructions to delete the ROM file.
Hey Elias I love your simulcasts you have devoted a lot of time into these guides for information purposes as well as the benefits of rooting these devices. My question and I’m sure you’ve answered before was I’m rooted and would like to upgrade the FW on a FireTV 2. Im running 5.0.5.1 I remember you mentioned something about upgrading in increments I want to upgrade to the latest prerooted rom 5.4.1.0. should I do this increments? Thanks
is there any trick to installing the remote firmware?
Not really. You just go to the remote section of the settings menu and the update should be there waiting to be installed. I’ll put up a guide later today for you and everyone else.
I’ve blocked updates at my router level. Once moving to bueller-51.1.3.0_513011520-rooted.zip I suppose I could turn that off (temporarily) so that the device can download the remote firmware?
There’s no need to do that. The remote and controller updates are packaged in with the Fire TV update. It does not get downloaded separately.
Just wondering if it would be feasible to somehow port the ADT-1 Rom to the fire tv now??? It would be awesome to run pure android on this thing that has been designed for a remote!
Is there a way of doing this without a keyboard? I tried a usb mouse and was able to scroll through the options but was unable to select anything. And I also tried using
adb shell
/sbin/recovery-input
but this did not work either
Open one adb shell and run: /sbin/recovery-input
Then open another adb shell and run: killall recovery
Then go back to the first adb shell and use the arrow keys to navigate.
I haven’t tried it myself from Windows, but I read one person not able to get it to work using Windows. I’ve used it just fine from Mac and Linux.
Can this be done with this method, or do you have to use ClockworkMod?
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/
No, with ClockworkMod installed, you cannot use that upgrade/downgrade method. To use that method, you have to re-install the stock recovery image using this guide: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-revert-an-amazon-fire-tv-back-to-stock-recovery-and-stock-software/
Thanks for these guides and even the support! I was hoping to just push the rooted software and let the FireTV take it from there. Oh well. Didn’t see anything too exciting in the latest version so I’ll wait and see if anything is added later.
Hi, thanks for the guide. Can this be done without proior rooting of the AFTV?
Kind regards
Jan
No, sorry. In order to install a custom ROM you need to first install ClockworkMod. And in order to install ClockworkMod you need to be rooted.
I’m coming from the mac/ios world so this has gotten a bit over my head. First question: if I haven’t installed the first custom recovery can I go ahead and install the latest without installing the first. Second question: Installing custom rom — I don’t understand step 4. What happens after the keyboard is installed? Don’t you need to run adb commands from a Terminal window?
Yes, you can install the latest ClockworkMod custom recovery without first installing the old version.
You need to plug a keyboard into the Fire TV to control ClockworkMod. Steps 5 thru 12 all occur on the Fire TV. There is a way to control ClockworkMod remotely (over ADB from a computer). I plan to put up a guide for that later today.
Any reviews for this pre-rooted latest software update from the people who have tried it? Does it have any bugs after you’ve applied it? Do you lose all your apps after flashing this firmware or will my apps remain intact? Does this install wipe anything that will need to be reinstalled with root priviledge?
I am on the very first old version of fire TV firmware and am rooted and have google play store and other apps loaded fine at the moment. But I don’t have the latest amazon changes to their software. So I want to apply this update but need to confirm that it will remain rootable going forward. Thanks for any feedback on whether this pre-rooted firmware is worth it at this time or not.
Another question I have is, if I apply this latest pre-rooted software, will I be able to back it off and reinstall the older firmware versions again? Does installing this pre-rooted image totally wipe out the FireTV environment, deleting ClockWorkMod and all the tools and apps I currently had loaded?
Coming from romming on other android devices, a CWM question: Do we need to format system (or cache/dalvik cache) before flashing the rooted rom?
Well, I decided to go ahead and load the pre-rooted software version of bueller-51.1.1.0_511070220-rooted.zip and all seemed to have installed and rebooted fine. But when I go to the Music selection, it displays “Loading your Music Library” forever and just hangs there never completing. I went to amazon.com prime manage devices under my music account and it does not list my Fire TV as a device to authorize. I wonder why? Before I decided to load this pre-rooted version of software, my new Fire TV was at original firmware version 51.1.0.1_user_510055620. I had rooted it too before updating it to the pre-rooted software. Anyone else got their Music files working on this firmware version? Is there something special I must do to activate my Fire TV so that it is registered under my amazon music device settings?
After installing the pre-rooted 51.1.1.0_511070220-rooted.zip firmware, my Music selection does not work… it is just sitting there displaying “Loading your library”… anyone have this issue and knows how to fix it?
i have rooted fire tv with cwm installed im tying to push software version, 51.1.3.0_user_513011520 i am getting cannot stat “ro.zip” no such file or directory any help would be appreciated
I get to the step of doing adb push update.zip /sdcard/ but it just stays there for a long time and never finishes the push. I go into clockwork recovery to check and nothing is in sdcard directory. Any ideas why it just hangs and never pushes zip file? I’m trying to upgrade from 51.1.0.1_user_510055620 to 51.1.1.0_511070220.
It takes a pretty long time to actually finish transferring the file. Several minutes. Even slower if you’re on wifi. It may be you’re not waiting long enough. You can check Windows task manager or Apple activity monitor to see if something is actually being transferred over your network.
can sum1 plz tell ne what im doing wrong when i
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
i get: cannot stat ‘rom.zip’: No such file or directory
TIA
You need to enter the full path to the file rom.zip
@ben go into “view” in windows explorer then make sure “file name extensions” is checked. Then rename the file to rom.zip I had the same issue as the file renamed to rom.zip.bin until I figured this out. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your reply @Wangster i will give it a try thank you
checked file name extentions still saying
cannot stat ‘rom.zip’: No such file or directory
plz Help!!! tia
worked!!! was using adt-bundle so swapped to adbfire and worked a charm
hi i’m trying to do this but idk if i should continue because the Official Stock Software file that i downloaded was in a bin format not a zip format, can anyone tell me if it doesn’t really matter or how to change it thx
nvm thx
Just want to say thanks for the great guides. Everything has worked almost exactly as described, good job!
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the site and finding it useful.
This this mod include vpn.api and is there screen shots of what it looks like? Does amazon prime work on it? The downloaded games bought on amazon can they be played there?
To get the FireTV to connect to a VPN, I used the guide at https://vpntips.com/fire-tv-vpn-install/. Not all VPN services will work. I had a Private Internet Access VPN account but that would not work, so I purchased an IPVanish VPN account and that works just fine on the FireTV
Private internet access works with the fire tv
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/21257/setting-up-pia-on-amazon-fire-tv
and
http://hotstickybun.com/tutorials/how-to-install-vpn-private-internet-access-firetv-kodi
Question on Step 4 — After the keyboard is plugged in is the boot command entered by the external keyboard or by adb from your computer. (I understand you do to use the keyboard once you are in recovery.) Just trying to avoid a brick! Duh.
The command is entered on the computer via adb. I’ve added a little to the step to clarify.
Thanks. Trying to follow this on XDA-Developers gets harder and harder for me anyway.
will i lose anything a have previously installed?
like xbmc,llama…etc.
No, All your apps and data will remain in place.
Thanks for this. I’m on 5.0.5.1 and I haven’t updated in years because I didn’t want to lose my data. Currently backing up in twrp just to be safe before I update to the latest preroot
Your apps will be in place, but after you update Roms, Busy Box and Xposed Framework (if you use them) will become inactive. I had to re-open those apps and re-launch those apps and hit the install button within them to get them working again.
hi
I have a aftv running 51.1.3.0 513011820 is there any way this can be rooted ?
cheers
It was my understanding the pre-rooted custom rom would allow update to newer version without losing root. If my understanding is correct, then this doesn’t work. After rooting, installing tr, su, busybox, ssh, clockwork mod, and blocking updates from amazon in both my router and internally as recommended, I installed the custom rom ending 520. Everything went fine, the custom rom installed, and when I did a reboot as directed in cwm, the rom completed. But, I lost root, and now it will not let me run tr to re-root. Thus, no more access to cwm, tr, su. Therefore I’m stuck with a custom rom with no ability to delete and restore to factory or to unblock internally, and, I cannot run normal updates because the unit is blocking updates. If you try this, don’t go beyond custom rom ending 220. Good luck.
I just updated to 51.1.3.0_513011820 via CWM. I still have root access.
How did you block updates? Again, I blocked using the 2 urls as well as the key words for each stock amazon update above number ending xxxxxxxxx220 in my router and blocked the updates internally while I had root. If you were able to update to custom 820, then obviously I did something wrong, and I’m thinking it was the way I blocked updates?
Is it possible the update was already present in the cache at the time I rooted. After rooting, and blocking as above, the unit remained online for 2 days without updating. Also, when I tried to download the updates from “stock” they were blocked by my router. Thus, I felt I had successfully blocked any amazon updates. Maybe this might help others avoid similar problems. Thanks.
Thanks. I am wrong. I still have root. The problem is not the guide, but rather the operator. Everything is working fine. Thanks again for your comment
Can I use any USB keyboard (non wireless) for Step 4 above? or must I use some specific keyboards made for Amazon Fire TV?
Thanks.
Any standard USB keyboard should work.
I previously followed this guide to install 51.1.3.0_user_513011520.
Can I just repeat the steps to install the latest 6420 version?
Yes.
Can the upgrade be done by using aftv utility instead of using the line commands?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I tried this and it says it can’t open the rom zip code in recover mode. All the above is successful but when it tries to open the zip code it says it can’t and aborts the installation. :-(
hi did you figure the problem out as i am stuck in the same situation
Does this custom rom include vpn.api that amazon decided to remove from its android build?
I don’t think so. To get the box to connect to a VPN, check out the instructions at https://vpntips.com/fire-tv-vpn-install/. I used those successfully, along with VPN service from IPVanish
The lasted custom rom still has Netflix playback issues. It only works the odd time.
hi i downloaded the custom rom firmware and named it rom.zip and pushed it to my box rebooted into recovery selected file and it says installing update. then it says installation aborted. any idea as to what i am doing wrong?
I’m having exact same problem. Have you been able to find a solution?
will we have to re do the process of blocking updates after we are done with this?
Almost there…When I install update package it comes up with red letters state “Amazon kernal detected: not patching” Install from sdcard complete. Is this ok? Is there another step I need to do? I unlocked the bootloader
Patience could go a long way. All good red letters nothing to worry about?? Loaded up fine. Thanks again.
Hi guys,
I need some help here.I follow every step precisely but I get error when try installing the zip file. Now my FTV won’t boot to CWM. It just stuck on Amazon logo. What do I do now? I can reboot using keyboard ctrl+alt+del. Did I just brick my FTV? Please help this poor guy. :'(
If all you’re getting is the white logo, then the only thing you can do is try this method and hope you can get into recovery: http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unbrick-by-entering-recovery-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv/
I want to say first, I appreciate this forum and all the work that goes into it. I think I am in a pickle. I had a fire tv all rooted with Kodi installed as well as the fix for the usb being used for storage. It had been working great for several weeks and it just went bad on me. I tirned it in under warrant and low and behold two days later I have a brandy new Fire TV at my door. This is what my problem is. The Fire TV was turned on but before I knew what was happening it had updated to the Rob version 5.1.4.1_user514013920. My understanding is there is no way to root this, but without my USB for storage I run out of memory very quickly on Kodi. Can you offer any help? BTW i have sent a small paypal donation with more to follow in appreciation to your work.
How can i delete rom.zip from directory /sdcard/ ?
adb shell
rm -f /sdcard/rom.zip
Been waiting on the adb screen for it to finish pushing the zip file but not showing it’s been pushed yet… been over 10 minutes now. Am I missing something here?
Depending on your connection, it could take that long. ADB transfers are very slow.
I got a bit of a problem here.
I extracted two .obb folders with FolderMount to my usb drive and then set my aftv (running pre-rooted 51.1.4.0_514006420) back to factory settings + did wipe cache, data and dalvik in recovery.
all runs fine except I can not enter the usb drive.
stickmount shows it is mounting “sdcard/usbStorage/sda1” but I can not access it, neither in ESFile Explorer nor FolderMount.
sdcard/usbStorage/sda1 is showing the two empty .obb folders and I can not change them.
I just reinstalled the .zip 51.1.4.0_514006420 from recovery but saw there is a lot of junk left + the same problem with the usb drive.
how can I safely wipe to a totally clean 51.1.4.0_514006420 ?
thank you for your great site!
best
Thanks as always for the awesome write-ups and guides.
There are a lot of comments here, so I didn’t read them all. I notice that for me, on CWM 6.0.5.1.4a, when I install a new rom, the “stomach” of the little android guy (where that weird 3-d blue wireframe shape spins) is misaligned. The stomach of the android goes black, and then above and to the left, I see the animation occur. Not a big deal, since the rom installs fine, but wanted to just see if anyone else saw that issue? Guess I should/could probably post in XDA in rbox’s thread too… didn’t look there for this issue either yet.
Yes…I have the same issue with the android robot when I use CWM to update to newer rom after 51.1.4.0_514006420. I’m on newest rom but my prime music section does not work….When selected,…it just skips to the next menu category…weird…Also, upgrading from 51.1.4.0_514006420 directly to newest rom…I get supersu that can’t be launched from aftv manage all apps,….it just has force close as an option but no launch option. And the installed 1.94 version jumps to 2.4…which is weird. Also busybox needs to be reinstalled. And the installed towelrootv1 apk shows V1 in manage all apps menu…but when launched it says towelroot v3!!! When clicking on make it rain it says “this phone isn’t supported”. I still have ota updates blocked via pm disable, SupperSu still grants permissions, and I have root as I get # root prompt when I run adb shell su command.
I’m getting the exact same thing you described. I went from 51.1.4.1_514013920 fixed to 51.1.5.0_515030720. Others here seem to also have had issue with the music menu, but no one has commented on them.
I was going to flash my other FTV, but this bears further investigation before doing so. Perhaps the issue is that this update is not cumulative and a lesser version ROM needs to be applied first?
I looked at my other FTV and, even with 51.1.4.1_514013920 fixed, the other issues you listed, (supersu not launchable, towelroot show v1 but v3 when launched, “make it rain” stating the phone isn’t supported, and busybox needing to be re-install), all occur. This is not an issue with the newer ROM.
But, the music menu issue is. I use my FTV mainly for Kodi, so I play all of my music within Kodi. Therefore it’s not a big loss to me. But if I find a resolution for the music menu issue, I’ll come back here and post it.
TROJAN4EVR and Dhorlo…both of you state that with a ROM install you saw towelroot show phone not supported (and somehow the version changes), supersu only showing force stop/clear data/clear cache, and busy box shows it needs to be installed again, but won’t let me bc towel root and supersu aren’t working right. Did you ever figure out the issue? I’m following the guides to root and got to this step and now I can’t move forward…help!
FYI to all interested.
Flashing the latest stock image, 51.1.5.3_515040320, seems to have corrected the FTV UI music menu issue for me. The music menu is fully functional now with this new stock image.
Thanks for all the walk through guides. I have an issue that I need help with. I’ve added clockwork mod and everything seems fine. But I am unable load XBMC/kodi using adb fire. Should I be doing it a different way?
Does the MUSIC screen actually work for any of you on the latest custom ROM? I was successful in rooting my new Fire TV, then upgraded it to custom ROM 51.1.4.0_514006420, and then to the latest custom ROM 51.1.4.1_514013920… The problem I have is the Music screen just gives me a message saying “Please visit amazon.com/cloudplayer to create an Amazon Music Library Account.” I did that but for some reason the Fire TV isn’t finding it or linking it to my account. On Amazon’s website I have a ton of music in my Music Library. Should I be seeing it on the Fire TV?
Oh NO…I had completed the downgrade, installed CWM and then installed the pre-rooted stock rom and was on my way to installing the latest pre-rooted ROM.
Well, I walked away for a few minutes and my device downloaded an update. It now is on the latest ROM and it says its no longer rooted.
I still can reboot into CWM…what should I do? push an earlier ROM over?
I might have jumped the gun…it seemed I was still on the pre-rooted 51.1.4.0 but the system update said it was downloaded and pending install. I just disabled the OTA updates and it’s back to “checking for updates”
My Rom.zip didn’t install into the sdcard/0/ directory it ended up in the root sdcard directory. it installed fine but now i can’t delete it. what SU command do i run to delete from that directory?
did you ever resolve this? I have the same problem
Hi AFTV News & All,
After installing pre rooted 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated, deleted rom.zip file, i than installed busybox free and than installed kernel boot menu. Booted in kernel by default and Launch recovery mode, everything as you stated.
However, now when i go to SuperSU i no longer the see option sfds all i see is Launch Application (Force stop, clear data, clear cache). Is this normal and how do you get the Launch Application button back?
I know Supersu is working because it still granting access adb shell, ES file explore, busybee box.
Thank you
This is a known issue that should be resolved in the upcoming 51.1.4.2 pre-roted ROM.
AFTVnews,
Great, I will wait for the new updates but I read on XDA form you can remove SuperSU via adb and installed older version of supersu. Do you have a guide for that? I try to unintall it using adbfire utility but I get an error message stating unable to uninstalled.
Also, is there a guide to free up space for the fire TV. At the moment my fire TV shows only 3.59gb space aviliable from 5.49gb.
I only have kodi, Firefox, chrome, es file explore, busybee box, supersu and Google play store. I didn’t think these app(s) + pre rooted 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated files took 2gb. Is there an easy way or app to see which files or app is taking up how much space?
Thank you
Pushing rom.zip always appears in sdcard not sdcard/0
Installation fails from there. Any ideas?
Thanks
Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package…
Opening update package…
Installing update…
assert failed: !less_than_int(1413319821, getprop(“ro.build.date.utc”))
E:Error in /data/media/rom.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Running version 5.1.1.0.1_user_510055620 trying to update to 51.1.4.0_514006420
Unless I’m mistaken, I think the file needs to be named “update.zip” instead of “rom.zip”
Would this error occur if I had downloaded a stock ROM by mistake instead of a custom one?
Is there a guide to reroute user data to an external hard drive / USB? I keep streaming and the internal storage on my fire tv keeps shrinking. I’d clear the cache and it still a no go. I’ve cleared kodi data and that would free up at least 1GB of space
Have you tried purging your packages? There’s an option in Maintenance Tool > General Maintenance > Purge Packages. Or if you prefer to do it manually, just delete everything in the .xbmc > addons > packages folder. It’s hidden, but if you’re using ES Explorer, there’s an option to show hidden files/folders. This location can accumulate a lot of junk pretty darned fast.
hi, I need some help. My AFT lost the sound when I install the last pre-rooted custom rom, and also the apps does’t work pretty well… help please
First of all a big THANKS for all who worked on this, especially rbox! Excellent guides and instructions!
It took a while but I updated my box to 51.1.4.1_514013920
I now have access to my Prime Music! Yay!
Note that at times adb stopped working so I turned it off from the FTV, rebooted and then tried again.
My wireless keyboard which otherwise works great, does not work with the bootloader menu :-(
THANKS!
Woot!
Another successful guide follower here. Started at the beginning and managed to get through it all fairly quickly (for me).
Thanks upon thanks for the awesome guides!
I guess I’m off to set up xbmc and start to get to know my new box!
I have the latest custom ROM installed (51.1.4.1_514013920 fixed) Everything seems to work except that I have playback issues with Netflix. Netflix launches and I’m able to browse movies and shows. But as soon as I start to play a movie/show, I get the following error: We’re having trouble playing this title right now. Please try again later or select a different title.
Any help would be appreciated. I wanna keep root to use my usb drive but I’m tempted to return back to stock firmware to have Netflix play back again.
Hey, I had the same problem as you and I just finally got Netflix to work again. I downgraded my AFT down to 51.1.3.0_513011820 and that seems to fix the stupid Netflix problem. Good luck!
has any developer managed to actually create a real custom rom to give it a Roku style appearance where all the installed apps are together on the screen? I know there is Fired TV but it isn’t a permanent solution. This was one of the reasons I rooted the device, but without such real customizations rooting is a little pointless.
AFTVnews.. Great work..
n00b question..
I rooted my fire tv before I was your website. It has aweful lot of apps installed. Full bootloader unlocked and CWM latest. I’m on 51.1.0.1 stock rooted with towelroot.
If I wipe data/factory reset in CWM, is there any chance of bricking my device. I don’t care if i loose root as planning to install rbox version anyways. just want to go to rbox rom as fresh setup without any garbage that i installed on my AFTV.
Normally on a phone i format all drives including system before installing any custom rom. not sure if the same works on AFTV.
Please Enlighten..
I bought a fire tv that was already rooted. If I update to the newest rom will I lose my setting that are blocking the updates from Amazon. I am not blocking them from the router.
Thanks
How do you create an ADB directory on your computer? I wish you’d make a tutorial on how you do that to make everything easier.
Thanks for another great update. My question is now that USB has been opened up to us how can I use a simple USB cable to run ADB rather than going at it via wifi? I tried and failed. Instructions on downloading the driver file for the Fire TV for Windows I found online didn’t help much. Any simple guides or ideas? Thanks!
Hi just wanted to add my experience because I think it will help other dumbasses like myself. I kept getting a file not found error from my adb push command and abandoned the upgrade for months. What I eventually realized was that I named the file “rom.zip” so it’s full name was “rom.zip.zip”,which is why it couldn’t be found. Don’t be a dumbass like me and put the extension in the name!
Hi. Thanks for the guide. Prior to flashing one of the pre-rooted custom roms, do you need to wipe data and cache?
My previous experience with rooting and flashing roms tells me that I should, but it doesn’t seem to be a requirement with your instructions.
I successfully updated to the latest ROM without issue using your comprehensive guide, but would like to know.
Thank you.
By wiping data and cache, I mean in Clockwork Mod recovery.
Thanks for your great contribution to the FireTV community. Without your step by step help, all these mods would be way out of reach for many of us. Just a quick piece of feedback: the following might be good additions to your ROM install guides to help people avoid trouble.
Before installing the rom, instructions on how to make a full nandroid backup from ClockWorkMod (to USB drive if possible), and a link to instructions on how to recover from such a backup.
After updating rom, does “pm disable com.amazon.dcp” need to be executed again?
After updating the rom, a reminder that busybox should be launched and re-installed. Otherwise, those using VPN on FireTV (https://vpntips.com/fire-tv-vpn-install/ and perhaps other things that rely on busybox) will lose functionality
Xposed Installer (for those who used it) should be launched and reinstalled. Otherwise, those using rbox’s Fire TV Mods to remove unwated menu items or using XBMC Launcher will lose that functionality
SO I just tried this to get to the newest custom rom from the first one that used clockwork mod and now my fire tv’s stuck on the home logo. Is there anything I can do to fix this without losing root?
Fixed it I needed to have the boot menu don’t know how it went away in the first place.
I failed. I installed last custom ROM without install 51.1.4.0 what will I do now? Please help me.
Do the latest ROMs have the eFuse thing in them? Also, now that the latest updates support USB drives, can you still use stickmount so thayt you can use filestems other than FAT32, like NTFS ext4 etc? Or are you stuck with using FAT32 drives…ugh!
Thanks for the great guide. Nice to have it all laid out and ordered rather than searching all over XDA. Although, those guys are brikkiant!
Er.. Brilliant even. Silly no-backlit kjeyboard in the dark meh
Will installing a custom ROM allow me to change the device video output refresh rate to 1080P 24Hz?
I am new to rooting, but have been following your guide to root my AFT to get Kodi media player and so on. I’ve been following the Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Rooting Starters Guide and all subsequent shoot off guides from there. I was able to downgrade the AFT I special purchased with bootable serial and stock 5.1.1.1.0 down to 5.1.1.0.2 as the guide required. Blocked updates from the router. The downgrade took no problem, the root with supersu (old version) and towel root took no problem. Then I moved on to the next page of the starters guide. Update blocking guide=done, Unlock your bootloader=done, Installed CWM version 6.0.5.1.4a=done. Then I went on to accomplish…”follow my guide to install Pre-Rooted Stock ROM version 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated”. I was able to follow the instructions and get it installed. The next step is to install BusyBox if it’s not already done then move on the Kernal Boot Menu. Since I had already installed BusyBox I decided to just go check it to be sure it is installed since the guide checks this before the next step. The app is shown in the Settings/Applications, however, it shows the install button upon launch as if it wasn’t installed. I went to do so, but it won’t let me. I then went to check the root with towel root and supersu. Supersu won’t launch and towel root says this phone isn’t yet supported. What the heck?! How did I lose the root? The instructions said to do these things and that this version would allow us to keep the root. What do I do now?! HELP! (I’m on a Mac btw and have to control CWM via remote terminal on the mac and not keyboard…just so you know what I’m working with.)
I have root.
I have bootmenu.
I downgrade it to the right version.
It’s unclear if I can install the latest ROM or I have to install another ROM first.
My Fire Tv is bricked
I follow the tutorial instructions to Install Custom ROM,by this title:(How to install a Custom ROM Image on the Amazon Fire TV)
Unfortunately, because of my carelessness, I forgot this step：“you must first install Rbox’s Boot Menu.”
so….
My Fire Tv is brick…
and I found this tutorial：“How to unbrick by entering Recovery Mode and Factory Reset the Amazon Fire TV“
Unfortunately, I have Unlocked and Install ClockworkMod Custom Recovery already，Ｉalso adb ”51.1.6.1_516010220“ into fire tv，so I can’t use “wipe to factory default”
I think I can through sideload of way will ROM or BOOT menu installation in, but I not know how using this method, I in screen Shang see IP Address is 244.98.26.0, I through cable will Fire Tv and I of computer connection, but ADB way also not success, actually I not too understand, so, not know you can to right of method, in now this situation.
Hope to get your reply, thank you, because you may be the only an unofficial expert.
China Tv Box connect your fire tv using Ethernet and you will get a ip address that your computer will easily connect to and you will be able to push the correct files for install
Hi. Just bought Amazon Fire TV from Tesco. Software is latest, just updated. Ok to root or will it brick?
Hi AFTVNEWS and fellow enthusiasts. I’m trying to update my rooted Fire TV 1st gen to the latest custom ROM 51.1.6.3_516012020. I follow these instructions exactly and clockword mod says i’ve installed the custom ROM successfully. Yet when I check the firmware number, it still says version 51.1.4.0_514006420. any ideas as to what I’m doing wrong?
Please ignore my last post. Figured it out. Missed the fact I had to select 0 after /sdcard/ within Clockwork Mod :(
Thanks for the great tutorial, Finally I’ve got to my Fire tv running with latest custom ROM 51.1.6.3_516012020
I started from version 51.1.1.0_user_511070220
Hi Milton
I want to do exactly the same and I am very confused with all the guides and steps.
Can you please tell me the steps you did?
Thanks!!
Heads up for others, the time to send a file can be as much more more than 10 minutes if you are doing it over wifi. I saw 300 seconds or so on teh example above and was wondering what was happening with mine. Over wifi it took over 600 seconds and nothing is happening in the meantime. Just wait it out.
Further note, installing 51.1.4.0_514006420 (as an upgrade path as I had an earlier version stock) – also removed busybox. I had to reinstall it afterworks. It showed listed under the apps directory still but I tried using the M5checksum and it didn’t work so I re-installed it. I had used that tool earlier for the upgrade to 51.1.4.0_514006420
will this work with the fire TV stick?
Im having problem installing latest room. When I booth in to recovery I get E:can’t open/cache/recovery/log
Is there anything im missing?
Hi
I have a rooted fire tv version 51.1.1.0_user_511070220. Until now it served me well. I would like to update to the latest custom ROM and I am very confused with the right route to do so. There are a lot of guides and I don’t from where to start…
Can anyone explain to me the right route?
Thanks
Gur
Install custom recovery (CWM), install boot loader menu. Install custom roms as needed. You’ll need to install TWRP recovery when making the jump to os5 roms (the newer os).
Can someone help me please? I tried to install the bueller-5.2.4.1-rooted_r1 on my rooted Generation 1 firetv and It trys to install it but gets stuck 1/4 of the way into the install. I am able to still get into ClockworkMod recovery but that’s about it. I tried adb but when i issue the command to install the rom it doesn’t take.
You need to install beuller recovery at this point,version 3.0.0-7 it available on xba forums
Try installing 5.2.1.2 rom first… I’m on this version and everything works..
You need to switch recoveries to jump to new os5!
I followed all instruction to install TWRP and all was fine and then tried to update from 51.1.6.3_user_516012020 to 5.0.5.1_user_537175520 but I didn’t notice that updates to OS5 should be done with TWRP so I went ahead and installed it with ClockworkMod recovery and all was fine. The Fire TV 1 rebooted into OS5 so I then wanted to block software updates but couldn’t get into superuser. Anyone have an idea on what I should do to get SU back?
New issue, I’ve updated and downgraded many times. Now when I try to upgrade to 51.1.6.3 from 51.1.6.2 I get an error message when trying to push the zip file. Here is the log:
[B]root@android:/ # adb push /Users/user1/update.zip /sdcard/
cannot stat ‘/Users/user1/update.zip’: No such file or directory [/B]
I’ve searched similar problems, and tried every fix I can think of to no avail. Is it possible to get this zip file in the sdcard directory any other way??
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