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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Perfect... Thank you! I tried a backup with XBMC Backup and got no response from the good unit so I did a backup using the FTV Utility here. I then plugged in the "bad" unit and did a restore..... Bingo!!! I didn't get the splash screen or the boot to XBMC, but I can do the Llama trick for that. What I did get though was every shortcut under each setting on the XBMC home page and if i took photos from the "bad" unit and posted them here you would think that they were from the good unit. I'm done, it's great and I'm thrilled! The only difference between the 2 units now is that one boots to XBMC and you have to use a shortcut to get back to FTV...tjhe home button takes you to XBMC... and the other boots to FTV and you have to use a shortcut to get to XBMC....but the home button takes you back to FTV. Just the opposite, but both are identical when you are in XBMC or in FTV.... It's a toss up and they're equally as good.

Time to leave well enough alone....and if the other box has problems I think I can duplicate what I have done to this bad one again. I'm really pleased...and want to thank you for all of your time to answer questions and help a beginner in this end of hobbies and interests.

By the way....to the fellow who wanted to know how to put his unit to sleep in XBMC.....In all of my exploring today I ran across this..... The first few steps on this website tell you exactly how ro do it, what to download and where to get it. It's quite simple actually. If i can do it....anyone can! http://kodi.wiki/view/Amazon_Fire_TV I trust it's OK to post a link here....if not would a mod please remove it and I apologize for posting it.

I'll post some screen shots from the bad unit tomorrow....you'll be shocked at the difference!

PS.... I'd still like to know how to do a complete backup and restore if you don't mind and have the time to share.

Thank you again!!!

PPS...... My undying gratitude for this fantastic utility program!!! Without it I would still be kicking that box down the street!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Great, glad to hear you got it that close. I think you will just need to play with a couple of settings to get rid of the differences.

As for a complete backup, I think there will be a guide that eventually gets done over at AFTVNews.com. Right now I am not sure that function is working correctly on the CWM recovery. Will read some more on it. But I would wait for a guide.

The problem is that the system storage space is probably not big enough to create a good backup image. We will need to get it save directly to USB but a USB keyboard is needed to easily control CWM. So for some their USB hubs are not working out. Seems like the problem has been resolve.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Well.....it appears that I spoke too soon and was patting myself on the back for nothing.... XBMC works well, but none of the aps in FTV are working. They all pop up with an error message that says there is a connectivity problem and that my internet connection must be too slow....and yet the good unit has no problem at all. I think I am going to do a total restore back to stock and begin again. My questions now are if I should use the FTV utility to restore to the stock Amazon image or to use the CWM image. What is the difference and which is preferable and for what reason? Looks like tomorrow is going to be a long day, but being retired I have time and am slowly learning. I'd prefer not to have to use a command line utility to do it since it's much too easy to make a mistake that way, but will if I have to. I'd like to hope that the image in the FTV utility would set me back to a unit that I can start out with clean and go slowly with. Sure wish there was a simple way to do a complete clone of the good unit.... That would save a world of time and effort.... Oh well....at least it looks great!!lol If I didn't use Prime and many of the FTV programs I wouldn't really care, but I've got a lightning fast Ugoos UT3 if that's all I wanted..... I'd love to be able to clone an FTV to the Ugoos...it has such an incredible processor and 4 times the memory and storage of the FTV....

Anyway.... Utility program with CWM or stock restore??.... and will that completely clean out any crap that I might have put in there?

Thanks again for the support!

BTW... I think I know where I went wrong. I reinstalled Superus with a keyboard installation and installed from a zip. That went fine, but I never saw an icon for it like the good unit has in FTV, settings, applications so I downloaded an apk file for it and used the utility program to sideload it onto the unit, I always finish up everything I do in the program with a "disable updates" command just to be safe..... After sideloading the Superus apk file I hit the button to stop updates and it did nothing....the cursor just blinked for several moments and then went back to the command prompt. I knew something was wrong right then and there but since everything still looked OK I assumed it was. It wasn't until I tried to use Llama to load XBMC that I discovered there was an issue. No matter what I picked as my trigger app it popped up with the connectivity error and would not switch to XBMC, That's when I started checking out other aps in FTV and discovered that none of them....( except prime movies) was working. I need to start with a clean slate and I'll learn more that way as well.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Once you have CWM on the FTV forget about the stock recovery or stock firmware. Just deal with CWM aka Custom Recovery & Pre-Rooted firmware. That way you can never loose root. If what you truly want is to go back to rooted stock. That is easy using this app.

This is only to be done from CWM.

Have a usb keyboard hooked up to the AFTV

From the app hit "Reboot to Recovery" (Located in the "Root Configuration Tools" grid) - Your AFTV will restart & boot to recovery

In recovery using the usb keyboard just hit "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" & follow the promps (I think the cache is left alone)

Wait for the AFTV to finish the recovery/restart. Make sure the AFTV has fully loaded.

Then from the app make sure you do the "Disable OTA update" again because that setting was whipped out.

Then you can start from scratch by sideloading SuperSU & go from there. (You don't need TowelRoot since you are already rooted.)

Etc, Etc, Etc...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] minhgi:
Needs some help. I have ADB enable on my FireTV and try to sideload Chrome. Getting this message..

What could be wrong... My firewall was disable and still getting the error message.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mejdam:
Looks like the program isnt killing previous connection before connecting to FireTV. The error pretty much is telling you that you have multiple connection and it doesnt know what device you want to run the commands on. If you run a adb devices command from the C:\FTV (if thats where its at) to confirm multiple connections

minhgi,

open command prompt, navigate to the location of the FTV Side App Installer.exe file (could be C:\FTV if you followed the instructions) and manually type the two comands below.

adb kill-server

adb start-server

after you run the commands above try again, or you can reboot your computer (make sure you dont have an android phone/tablet directly connected) and try again

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Since i cant see your code can you verify that you added adb kill-server and adb start-server before the adb connect command? if you havent you should probably do so or else users will have multiple adb connections and your app will stop working,
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Hi mejdam I think you're correct with what you believe the issue is here.

I can confirm all commands will start with adb kill-server and adb start-server before the adb connect command.

I deliberately left the CMD window visible instead of hiding it so incase anyone wanted to see it for debug reasons.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanemj:
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME app!

Could you make it so I can set the default IP address of my Fire TV? I, and probably others, have given my Fire TV a static IP so it'd be nice to not have to enter the IP every time I use your freaking sweet software.

Thanks again!:good:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thrashman69:
My IP comes up automatically. I think the program has to be installed in C:\FTV
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanemj:
That's where I put it...my FTV's IP disappears after I close the app. Am I doing something wrong?

Also, another suggestion is to start the command prompts on the desktop. It's a bit of a pain having to manually bring up every window to check if the APK installed correctly.

Just love this application, man! Love it!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] thrashman69:
I'm not sure about the IP then sorry. Yes that would be cool if the developer could make the CMD window pop up
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] minhgi:
I have like 7 android devices that are connect om my network. Google TV, Chromcast, 2 Tablets, and 4 phones. THis could be a challenge especially when they constantly in use. My Fire TV is connected by wireless. Should I try to connect it by network cable and try the sideload.

My fireTV is inside a cabinet and hard to reach...FYI
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
The IP address will automatically save as default once you click close at the bottom. ..not the X on the top right.

I will look at making the cmd windows stay in focus in future release... thanks for your feedback
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanemj:
Ah, okay. That fixed it! Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mejdam:
you should have the Form_unload action point to the File - Close action. So it wont matter how they close the program, it'll still save.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanemj:
What's funny is that until he mentioned the "close" button, I didn't even notice it. Maybe at least make it more noticeable. Perhaps "save &close" or some such.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
New update release. It addresses some of the feedback received.

Changelog v0.5

Command Window now in focus when running

Llama apk file updated

Added Llama XBMC config file upload

Disabled the X from top right of app
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Aureo69:
help please

Thank you very much for the app, but I keep getting an error when trying to load the xbmc apk file... it states "too many files specified; only takes APK files and verifier file"

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Aureo
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Make sure that the apk file you are side loading doesn't have any space in the name. Best to replace with a full stop.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Aureo69:
Still not working...hellp!!!

Shortened the name and removed all spaces and still getting the same error.

But i can get the splash screens on.

Please help

aureo
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mejdam:
dont know if you are aware of this but this code is for a different program.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Pithism:
hi,

Im not able to "find" the apk to install. It will connect to the fire tv, but it wont push the apk.

also tried putting the apk into the apps folder and i get to many files specified, only takes apk file and verifier file
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] deanemj:
Does the APK you're trying to sideload contain spaces in its name? If so, you need to remove the spaces. It will only work if there are no spaces in the APK's name.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Again....my thanks. I did, however do some research and have now recovered all the aps in FTV and they are all working again. This is going to sound stupid, but I researched "error screen Internal Service Failure" and found several entries from phone users who got this message. Their solution sounded ridiculous, but I figured I had nothing to lose so I tried it. I deleted the Amazon Ap store! I shut it down and cleared all info that I could from the delete prompt.

Immediately everything in FTV began to work! The only thing I can't get to work is Llama to boot to XBMC from any app. It simply boots the trigger app as if nothing had been set up and yet if I try the exploit from Llama it works when you test it. It just won't work after that. I still have to go to settings, applications and then XBMC to launch it. Also....none of the shortcuts under the Android section of XBMC are non functional now. They work fine in FTV, but the shortcuts from XBMC don't work. Actually everything I have installed is working and all the shortcuts under any other section work fine.....only the android ones don't work. It's a fully functional unit now, but navigation is difficult without having Llama working. Now I don't know if I should do the restore or not. I suppose I will for learning, but I can use it now OK...I just can't make a gift of it as I wanted to.

From the FTV ap when you say boot to recovery....do I use the CWM recovery from the drop down menu on recovery? ( sorry....I'm still having to wait 2 minutes to edit my post!)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
The drop down menu is just to install CWM. Above that on the right side of the buttons you can find "Reboot to recovery" in the "Root Configurations Tools" grid - updated instructions.

[IMG="v27"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2972918&d=1413444757[/IMG]
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Ahhh Yes... I understand what you're saying now. It's going to be a sleepless night......still pondering whether it's worth trying to sort this one out since it's actually pretty close to what I want or if I should bite the bullet, do a restore and see if perhaps the restore file from the good unit will work or if I should try to stick with clean installations on everything and learn how to configure them correctly to begin with. I know the proper thing to do is the restore and learn from the experience, but after the iphone last week and this mess this week I'll have to admit I'm feeling pretty burned out on it. That'll change though,,,it always does since my quest for more knowledge always wins out!lol

I'll post tomorrow as the unit progresses. Thank you again for the countless hours you've spent helping me!!!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Leave it alone until you get the clear mind to tackle both things. If you are going to factory reset it. Then you can try a bunch of things before that. ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Point well taken... There are really not that many things that are out of whack at this point. I believe if I was more knowledgeable about all of this I could correct what I have and end up with something really good. I might have to explore that option before taking the big leap!

Talk to you tomorrow,

Thanks again!

Bill
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Old & current features...

[MENTION=231125]imtiajmeah[/MENTION]

Was wondering about some of the old & new features....

Changelog v0.19 - Mouse over button tweak

Was his feature discontinued & would it had helped on the few times some apps require a mouse input to be able to choose something like when installing the PlayStore & one needs to check a box when dealing with the HDXPosed module. http://www.aftvnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/firetvscreenshot_20140621-132923.png I see there is a Virtual Input - Remote & Keyboard but not mouse. Or will the Keyboard input work. By hitting tab to get to the box and Enter to click it ??? Or will we need to use something like the DroidMote Client ??

Changelog v0.26 - Added Remote Keyboard

This remote keyboard should work fine not only on apps but specially on CWM correct. Eliminating the need for a USB hub for Factory Resets & flashing zips, etc.

Changelog v0.22 - Updated Link2SD. Now works with Custom ROM by rbox

Does the Link2SD option still works fine with a PreRooted v51.1.3.0_513011820. Have seen posts about folks having to downgrade to be able to install Link2SD properly. Or maybe that had something to do with upgrading the FW after Link2SD was setup. Guess one would UnMount/Upgrade PreRooted FW/Mount using the app in those cases ??
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
Hi Imtiaj

Wondering if we can see any of these requested features soon :)

---------- Post added at 09:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:58 AM ----------

FYI, when I run some of the commands I get the below ifno:

C:\FTV>adb.exe shell getprop ro.product.model
AFTB

C:\FTV>adb.exe shell getprop ro.build.version.release
4.2.2

adb.exe shell getprop
.....
.....
[ro.baseband]: [apq]
[ro.bluetooth.hfp.ver]: [1.6]
[ro.bluetooth.le.disable]: [false]
[ro.bluetooth.remote.autoconnect]: [true]
[ro.bluetooth.request.master]: [true]
[ro.board.platform]: [msm8960]
[ro.boot.baseband]: [apq]
[ro.boot.emmc]: [true]
[ro.boot.hardware]: [qcom]
[ro.boot.serialno]: [70900201409501B6]
[ro.bootloader]: [unknown]
[ro.bootmode]: [unknown]
[ro.build.characteristics]: [default]
[ro.build.date.utc]: [1411429378]
[ro.build.date]: [Mon Sep 22 16:42:58 PDT 2014]
[ro.build.description]: [bueller-user 4.2.2 JDQ39 51.1.3.0_user_513011820 release-keys]
[ro.build.display.id]: [bueller-user 4.2.2 JDQ39 51.1.3.0_user_513011820 test-keys]
[ro.build.fingerprint]: [qcom/bueller/bueller:4.2.2/JDQ39/51.1.3.0_user_51301182
0:user/release-keys]
[ro.build.host]: [ip-10-232-155-186]
[ro.build.id]: [JDQ39]
[ro.build.lab126.build]: [118]
[ro.build.lab126.buildtype]: [Nightly]
[ro.build.lab126.sign.type]: [release]
[ro.build.platform.version]: []
[ro.build.product]: [bueller]
[ro.build.tags]: [release-keys]
[ro.build.type]: [user]
[ro.build.user]: [e-scm]
[ro.build.version.codename]: [REL]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [51.1.3.0_user_513011820]
[ro.build.version.number]: [513011820]
[ro.build.version.release]: [4.2.2]
[ro.build.version.sdk]: [17]
.....
.....
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Mouse over button tweak - Just a bubble info when you hover over the button

Added Remote Keyboard - Should work in CWM but I never got it to work yet.. Not sure if ny setting in CWM needs to be turned on for it to except ADB commands, but will look into that soon.

Updated Link2SD. Now works with Custom ROM by rbox - I'm on the firmware just before myself and the works. I'm waiting to update to the 51.1.4.0_user_514006420. So I'm unable to confirm myself.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Hi thanks for the details... Yeah I'm actually working on them.... This will help.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Seems you might be missing Putty in the app package & coding for the Remote Keyboard to work ??

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-remotely-control-clockworkmod-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-using-adb/ (https://github.com/sztupy/adbputty/downloads)

So you must be on 51.1.3.0_user_513011520. You can kind of see the problems discuss from page 10 on related to install-recovery.sh. ( http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/link2sd-amazon-fire-tv-t2828687/page10 )

Don't forget about the hardcoded folder instead of file for CWM. For easy fast updating in the future.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] stanleyopar2000:
If I disable OTA update do I still need to block the ports or be afraid of using another non-router connection that cant block ports?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Sorry to interrupt and not trying to change the current subject, but I received my 4th box today and it wasn't even rooted! It had the latest version of firmware already on it! I called the seller and he balked a little, but returned my money and I simply purchased another "good" unit from my friend who as it turns out is a computer programming major in his final year at college....no wonder he does these so well! Long story short he explained how to make my other box into one of his and sent me all the files to do it with through a drop box. I now have the means to exactly duplicate what he has done!

Thanks again for all the help you fellows have given me! I'm back to learning more now....I'll have it under control one of these days!:o

PS... I was told by another seller that it is a good idea to also block your router with the 2 update URLs. I don't know if it's actually needed or not, but it seems like a good idea, especially if you do a restore....I almost had my last unit do it before I was able to cancel it and load the unit and stop the updates with the FTV utility.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
It's always good if you keep the ports blocked for updates. It's just good practice. But blocking ports is the bare minimum one can do.

UnRooted or already at UnRootable FW - Continue to block the ports everywhere so you don't get updated. Since if there is a new root method it is unknown up to what FW the new root method might cover.

Rooted -

1. If you are rooted then continue to block the ports (Level 4 Protection). If you have CWM installed then you can go online without the block ports. Since CWM will block any attempts to install any non-PreRooted FW. But at home & where you have control keep them block.

2. Also disable the OTA updates from the FW (Level 3 protection). Very easy to do with this app (One button push). This has to be redone each time you do a Factory Reset. Since it's so easy to do, Always keep this protection on aka disabled.

3. Also install custom recovery aka CWM (Level 1 Protection) . Very easy to do with this app (Two button push). This blocks any non-PreRooted FW. Even if stock FW is downloaded. If the system tries to install it. CWM will block it. The only thing that will kill this protection is if you install a stock recovery which you can also do with this app (Two button push). I would never recommend you reinstall stock recovery unless you where following a very precise & trusted guide.

4. Install Pre-Rooted FW (Level 1+ Protection). We might have to wait a day or two to update to latest FW (Depends when Amazon releases and image of it) but the PreRooted FW has all the updating crap taken out of it while keeping all the features. Worth the security.​

Great to hear. I will be interested on learning more about that sweet setup. Glad your friend turned out to be a good guy & shared his knowledge with you. Talk about a fun hobby when folks share the knowledge. :victory:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
PM sent...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
Installing CWM and pre-rooted latest FW

Hi

I am FW 51.1.1.0_user_511070220 and have successfully, blocked, rooted, disabled OTA updates.

I want to update to the latest pre-rooted FW 51.1.3.0_513011820 and wanted to install CWM via AFTVU v0.27. I get a message that I should be on exact FW version 51.1.0.2_user_510058520. Is this really necessary?

Thanks in advance.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Yes. In your case downgrading is necessary. This is only needed on the first time install of CWM. After this you can upgrade from any FW.

http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/recovery-cwm-recovery-6-0-5-0-0-t2882336

[MENTION=231125]imtiajmeah[/MENTION] will probably add the "or newer" to the popup. In your case you do need to downgrade since you are on 51.1.1.0. Sorry....

Never really messed with the stock recovery. But I think you can do things with this app. Just sideload the stock 51.1.0.2_user_510058520 FW to the SDCard/Download folder & then boot into recovery with this app. And choose to flash from zip & find the FW to flash. When done choose to reboot FireTV. As soon as it boots up again. Make sure to disable OTA updates again with the app. And then install CWM & upgrade to latest PreRooted FW also with the app.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
Oops, copy/paste error. I am actually on 51.1.0.1_user_510055620 So, can I go ahead w/ CWM latest version?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Yeap... I didn't have to downgrade since my FireTV's where all on 51.1.0.1_user_510055620 just like you. All you have to do is connect a USB keyboard to the FireTV. Start the v27 app. Change setting to "Custom Recovery" & hit "Change Recovery". Your FireTV will reboot & start CWM. You need the USB keyboard to control it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
Where is the downloaded FW saved?

Hi

I have downloaded and installed CWM, and then rename the latest pre-rooted FW and downloaded to AFTV. AFTV boots into recovery, but I am unable to find the "update.zip" file in /sdcard/0 directory. Where is this downloaded to?

I presume I need to install this FW via CWM, and when I rebooted out of CWM, I am still on the old FW.