yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gallegos1982:
Do I need to update kodi 14.0 for this to work? Also how would I make a backup to make my new FTV exactly like the one I have in my living room? Ive been trying for a while and cant get it to work. I had no issues on XBMC so I may be doing something wrong. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Here is the log

The system cannot find the path specified.

pull: building file list...

pull: /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/packages/plugin.vide

o.youtube-5.0.1.zip -> c:\FTV\Kodi_Backup\/files/.kodi/addons/packages/plugin.vi

deo.youtube-5.0.1.zip

cannot create 'c:\FTV\Kodi_Backup\\files/.kodi/addons/packages/plugin.video.yout

ube-5.0.1.zip': No such file or directory

C:\Users\agallegos\Downloads\FTV v0.36\FTV>
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
New Backup

I have been using this application now since the very early versions and it has progressively become better and better. Up until recently I have used it for everything loading a unit except for the backup feature since it seemed to miss all of my shortcuts and background image. I took an ADB backup and replaced the folders in "Kodi" to use for my restore which worked quite well and the only thing I needed ADB for was to push 3 zip files to the SD card since it's a one button push in ADB.

Tonight I decided to try out the latest version since I had heard that the backup feature was now working well. Working well is an understatement! Not only did it make a perfect backup and restore, it also backed up the zip files that I used to have to push to each unit with ADB! I made a backup and did a restore to a new unit and low and behold the zip files were there when ADB would never back them up...... Bravo!!!! Great job and goodbye to ADB for my purposes!!...( no offense to ADB,,,it's still a great program)... I can now do the complete load and restore from your program without the assistance...( and additional time) of using anything else but what is in this program and come out with a photo copy restore of my personal load.

Thank you very much for continuing to make this program better and better all the time!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Hi FXBill... Great to get a confirmation of how good the latest version is... [MENTION=231125]imtiajmeah[/MENTION] has really spoiled us with this app, specially v36... Can't wait for what next ideas he implements... I do wonder if it is possible to go from Gotham to Helix from a Gotham backup... Probably know since the structures might be to different.. Some one might need to get a hold of two backups to compare them...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] xnagra:
one good thing that can be added to this utility would be a progress bar speacially to know whena restore starts and finishes cause basically ur in limbo now
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nickyb003:
New Fire tv

I'm asking questions all over but no one seems to be paying me no mind. would really like for some help

I got a new fire tv, It was shipped w/ 51.1.1.0, so using the guidelines from aftvnews.com I was able to root and block updates...i've sideloaded kodi and tested it out this morning it worked flawlessly just like i was using it on a pc. However I'm having problems downgrading from 51.1.1.0 to 51.1.0.2 so I can put CWM. still following the guidelines on AFTVnews "http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/" i did up to step 13 but the downgrade failed. So I did the next steps

".....Run the command: rm -f /cache/*.bin

Run the command: rm -f /cache/*.zip

Run the command: exit

Run the command (yes, again): exit"

The downgrade still failed. so I continued with the guideline but ran into a problem with the recovery "adb push recovery.img /sdcard/" it comes back as cannot stat recovery.img no such file or directory.

So will I be able to downgrade from 51.1.1.0 to 51.1.0.2 using this utility? Or should i just use the "Change recovery" button to add the recovery then go back into adb and continue w/ the command "dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery" and the other commands in the guideline?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] JohnnyBravoB:
I had problems getting into recovery after following a similar path this weekend. I followed the instructions on the site to go back to stock and rather than picking my original fw, I downgraded to 5.1.1.0.2 and it worked beautifully. Reinstalled CHM without any issues.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nickyb003:
?

Thanks for your reply which site are you talking about www.aftvnews.com ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] JohnnyBravoB:
Sorry, yes http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-revert-an-amazon-fire-tv-back-to-stock-recovery-and-stock-software/

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Don't forget that you will have to root again and take measures to prevent ota update!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nickyb003:
Once again thanks for responding

this looks the same commands in the downgrade guide what i'm having problems is that the command "adb push recovery.img /sdcard/" comes back as cannot stat recovery.img No such file or directory
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
One change that you might want to make.....and it's a simple one. When you go to change the IKONO icon to an XBMC or Kodi iocon your window says to make sure that you have root before proceeding. You do not have to be rooted for this to work. The icon change will work on unrooted units as well as rooted ones! Insignificant, but it might stop others from doing it when in fact it does work on any unit.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] JohnnyBravoB:
Can you push a small txt file into the directory? Can you explore the directory with ES file explorer. Google for apk if not installed.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Good point will be updated in next release.. thanks for your feedback.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] stoke451:
I've noticed at least since 0.35, when pushing advancedsettings.xml under the "SPMC Version", it is not reaching the right place.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Thanks for your feedback I will take a look... something weird must have happened as I didn't change anything on that side. Anyway will get it sorted for next release.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] archie72de:
Thanks imtiajmeah

Hi imtiajmeah,

many thanks for your work!! I was able to init my new second AFTV with your tool and backup/restore in an half an hour. With all the customization and the addons. Great work, thanks again!

Archie
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] dR03:
Thanks for this app. Appears Google shut down the site where updates are linked to. Just FYI
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] JohnnyBravoB:
Feature Request: Push to KODI userdata folder

I plan to be tweaking and testing the advancedsettings file in KODI and I wonder whether you would consider putting it as a drop-down option for pushing to that folder on the device. Guess I am being a bit lazy!! Loving your work so far by the way.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
If everyone here can benefit from your tweak and it adds value. It would be a great addition ;)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Someone not so nice keeps reporting my site to google as inappropriate and keeps getting turned off.

Google will not tell me who it is, nor will they disable his action...

I have to keep waiting for someone to review the site and reactivate it again.... this has happened 3 times now...

Please use the backup site http://goo.gl/lUNWaT
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Can anyone please tell me where the hell to find the setting to set the date and time on the aftv?!?!? Im currently set to 1970 and the obly time related setting I could find changes the timezone only... what do I do?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Your problem might be router related... Or try doing a Sync under Settings/My Account & see if that helps... I thought it pulled the info off the Amazon servers but it could be that it pulls it off our router...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
I have 2 aftv's one is properly set the other isn't. I set them both up with this new router that is blocking the update servers. I will try to do an account sync and see if that works. You think it could be caused by power failure? I had an electrician here yesterday, he added a new outlet he turned breakers off and on to find the breaker that controls the area he was going to work in. You think that could've done it?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.37

Changelog v0.37

Update url now points to backup download site as main site keeps getting blocked

Updated warning message when switching ikonoTV to Kodi

Fixed bug pushing advancedsettings.xml to the incorrect dir
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Yeap.. Probably.. But should be easy to fix if sync doesn't work.. Just unplug it for a minute & replug it... Or you might need to sign-out of Amazon on that AFTV & Resign-in...

Thanks for the update...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Do i unplug before i sign it or after i sign out?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
I would first do a power reboot... And if that doesn't work then do the Amazon account log out & relog back in...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] feegus:
Sorry for the n00b question but I get my box in a few days and I'm trying to do my homework before it gets here.

So specifically, after I get past the initial setup, I can use this sweet app to do my root etc for me instead of going through all the steps in the ftvnews guide?

The guide is straightforward but using this app seems like it would be automated and pretty darn awesome.

Do I have it right?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
You should still block the update sites as it instructs on aftvnews. If you go through the initial setup without blocking them your aftv will get updated by amazon and you wont be able to root at all.

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Alright ill give it a shot and let you know
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Pickens:
Does this utility work while already booted into recovery? My FireTV is stuck in bootloop because of having XBMC Launcher installed but not having XBMC on there anymore.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
How to update

Hi

I have not been tracking the changes here in a few months and wanted to catch up.

On my AFTV am currently using (pre-rooted) 51.1.4.0_514006420 and on CWM recovery (6.0.5.1.3). The last time I used AFTV Ultility was probably around v0.29. :)

I see there is a new pre-rooted SW 51.1.4.1_514013920 which need CWM v6.0.5.1.4 and "BootMenu".

Before I mess things up, I wanted to check the steps need to be done using latest AFTVU v0.37

In the "Install Recovery Image \ Bootloader Lock" section:

Set Bootloader (Unlock)

Change Recovery (v6.0.5.14)

Bootloader Change

Firmware Change (51.1.4.1_514013920)

There are a lot of bubbles popping up that I may brick my device if I do something incorrect, and hence the paranoia .

Thanks in advance.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
If by recovery you mean Custome recovery... Yes.. you'll just have to use the IP that CWM shows you to connect. If it's wired then that IP shouldn't change but if it's thru Wifi then a new IP will be used when in custom recovery.

Seems you got the order right.. Although I hope you mean you are on the PreRooted FW: 51.1.4.0_514006420+updated And you should upgrade to the custom recovery: 6.0.5.1.4a in the order you mentioned. I did the upgrades just fine in that order you posted. Make sure you test the BootLoader Menu (U'll need a USB Keyboard) before doing the last PreRooted FW update.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
When i found the time to go and fix the issue i turned on the device and it corrected itself.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Legolas2:
Thanks for confirming. I am using PreRooted FW: 51.1.4.0_514006420+updated.

I hope I can do this over this weekend. Again, there is no pressing need for me to upgrade and hence the laziness :)

It is a good idea to test it out before I upgrade the FW that required BootMenu.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Cool.. Maybe your FTV rebooted by itself... I've seen one of mine reboot once before... Or maybe it just updated the time to the correct time.. Good to know your back to normal on it..

Yeah.. One must test booting into CWM & into FTV UI so If there is any problem with the bootmenu installation one can just reflash back to PreRooted 51.1.4.0_514006420+updated to fix it before flashing to the latest PreRooted version... As long as you do it in the right order then you should be good.. I like to tell the Utility to reconnect to the FTV even if it's showing it is connected after each step as an extra safety...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ylsf:
Thanks for this great software. I just rooted my first Amazon Fire TV today thanks to it and following the guides over at Amazon Fire TV News. I probably did more things manually that I could have avoided but I wanted to make sure I was doing it right.

One thing I am confused about is the "Firmware change" option that send the file to Cache. I tried searching in this thread and I don't see an explanation of what is supposed to happen. If I pick it, the file sends (get the message saying it is being copied, and then later gives me the speed/size sent/etc). Then what happens? Is it doing something and loading the firmware once the mod recovery loads? Or is there another step? I tried exploring and looking for the "cache" directory but I don't see it. I don't have a ton of experience with modding in general so I am assuming I am missing something. I see options in the recovery firmware to clear the cache and to unmount it etc but I am not sure what the next step is.

I will likely just manually load it onto the sdcard like I did for the other updates until now (updating it to the latest pre-rooted firmware as per AFTV news website) but want to understand the "Cache" option better.

Thanks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] _u2pop_:
hello and thanks for your wonderfully application... i want to know why this app not run in windows xp ? i get a error when i try to run the app

"C:/FTV/Amazon FireTV Utility App.exe is not a valid win32 application"

i have 3 computer with xp and same error.... in windows7 work fine... is just in my office i have xp and i do many stuff on there... thanks.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] vickee4u:
full of virus

SHA256:	46ab867a3ffa66617dc24c189e082a3531c811affc38616450d7787861b0e311

File name:	FTV v0.37.zip

Detection ratio:	24 / 56

Analysis date:	2015-01-19 06:41:43 UTC ( 0 minutes ago )

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Antivirus	Result	Update

AVG	Android/Deng.CFP	20150119

AVware	Trojan.AndroidOS.Generic.A	20150119

Ad-Aware	Android.Exploit.Root.A	20150119

AegisLab	Lotoor	20150119

Avast	Android:TowelRoot-B [PUP]	20150119

Avira	Android/TowelExploit.A.Gen	20150118

BitDefender	Android.Exploit.Root.A	20150119

CAT-QuickHeal	Android.TowelRoot.A	20150119

Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware	20150119

Cyren	AndroidOS/GenBl.2EE349F8!Olympus	20150119

ESET-NOD32	Android/Exploit.Towel.A	20150119

Emsisoft	Android.Exploit.Root.A (B)	20150119

F-Secure	Android.Exploit.Root.A	20150119

Fortinet	Riskware/Towelroot!Android	20150119

GData	Android.Exploit.Root.A	20150119

Ikarus	not-a-virus:Rooter.TowelRoot	20150119

Kaspersky	HEUR:Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.a	20150119

McAfee	Artemis!2EE349F8087C	20150119

MicroWorld-eScan	Android.Exploit.Root.A	20150119

NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Android.TowelExploit.dlbcaf	20150119

Sophos	Andr/TowRoot-A	20150119

TheHacker	Backdoor/IRCBot.pbr	20150118

VIPRE	Trojan.AndroidOS.Generic.A	20150119

Zoner	Trojan.AndroidOS.Agent.A	20150116

ALYac	20150119

Agnitum	20150118

AhnLab-V3	20150118

Alibaba	20150119

Antiy-AVL	20150119

Baidu-International	20150118

Bkav	20150117

ByteHero	20150119

CMC	20150116

ClamAV	20150119

DrWeb	20150119

F-Prot	20150119

Jiangmin	20150118

K7AntiVirus	20150118

K7GW	20150117

Kingsoft	20150119

Malwarebytes	20150119

McAfee-GW-Edition	20150119

Microsoft	20150119

Norman	20150119

Panda	20150118

Qihoo-360	20150119

Rising	20150118

SUPERAntiSpyware	20150118

Symantec	20150119

Tencent	20150119

TotalDefense	20150118

TrendMicro	20150119

TrendMicro-HouseCall	20150119

VBA32	20150116

ViRobot	20150119

Zillya	20150119

nProtect	20150116
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] PuntoG:
Towelroot doesn't launch

Hello. I've tried to root four Amazons with firmware which according to every site, should be rootable. Currently, I just tried your instructions as a last ditch effort to make Towelroot launch and no matter what I do, Towelroot just crashes and closes without ever launching or giving me the opportunity to "Make it Rain." The firmware of the Amazon Fire TV I'm working on right now is 51.1.02_user_510058520. I had 3 other boxes on the 51.1.1.0_user_511070220 firmware with the same problem. I've sold and rooted dozens upon dozens of these devices so I am 100% sure I'm doing everything right. I've sideloaded Towelroot, installed it with adbfire and on the Amazon Fire TV Utility. No matter the method, the result is the same: Towelroot refuses to launch.

I asked over on AFTVNEWS, but have not yet received any replies. Any help/insight would be deeply appreciated. Even though I've blocked updates on my router, my gut is telling me Amazon pushed out some update that's blocking root even on rootable firmware, because this simply does not make sense. I'm seriously scratching my head here...

Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
The "Firmware change" will upload the fw file you choose to cache & then it will install it. Since the cache method only loads the FW temporarily it is not the safest option. And it will not show you any errors if there is a problem with the uploading of the FW. That is why I & most highly recommend uploading the PreRooted FW you want to load (make sure you read the different FW version requirements) to the "SDCard/Download/" folder & then manually going into custom recovery (CWM) & installing it from zip. That way there is a much smaller chance of FW flashing problems... And you can easily find the FW later to delete it to recoup the 400mb's back.

Might not be compatible with x86 XP... Try playing with the "Compatibility" settings in the properties of the .exe ...

Let me explain this again... This Utility includes tr.apk aka Towel Root. Towel Root is the "exploit" that is use to ROOT the FTV's that have the right FW version. Most virus & other security programs will flag any package that includes Towel Root as having a virus or a security problem...

All you have to do to verify this is to remove the FTV\apps\tr.apk file from the package & rescan it & it will come up as being clean...

So NO THIS UTILITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY VIRUS...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] will4958:
Could someone point to the download link for this thing? I tried following both of the links on the OP, and neither one led anywhere. I'd really like to give this app a try. Thanks.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
The Backup link from the first post is working fine, just checked it.....
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] will4958:
Unfortunately, I just tried the backup link and every version listed there, and each time I get a message the site can't be reached. Also, the first link says it can't be reached due to a site violation.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
For the latest v37 just click on the ">> Click here to download current v0.37 <<" in the backup link to get it... It works fine..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] will4958:
Just tried it again and got the same response that it can't load the page. I've tried every browser I have on my computer; Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Chrome. I also tried it on my Tab 3 using Firefox and Dolphin. I even tried the default browser on my Tab 3, and get the same message on every one. When I get to it, I'll try it on my laptop, but I use the same browsers on that as I do on my desktop. Is there any way I could have the link directly emailed to me through this site? My main reason for wanting to try this thing is to hopefully finally get Link2SD working on the Fire TV. I'm trying it with a 4 gig flash drive that I partitioned the same as the 32 gig card in my tablet, but it still doesn't show in Link2SD even after mounting it with StickMount.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ylsf:
Maybe you have an ad blocker or something causing a download problem. I just downloaded it now using the backup link and click on the link under the "skip ad" button. It then brings up a page that has a bar across the top and at the end it says "skip ad". I clicked the skip ad again and it brings me to Mediafire with the file link and I was able to download it fine.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] will4958:
I think I'm about to give up on trying to download this thing. I just tried the link, all of them, on my Galaxy S4 using Firefox, Dolphin, and the default browser, and Firefox and Internet Explorer on my laptop. None of the browsers I tried had active blockers on them, and the ones that did I disabled. The links I tried either timed out or just didn't work at all, telling me there's a connection problem. My only reason for wanting to try this app again is to properly set up Link2SD on my Fire TV. I the app installed, but it just won't recognize my flash drive. The drive is partitioned like my 32 gig card in my Tab 3 and mounted with StickMount. If anyone can tell me how they got Link2SD working, I would appreciate it, but I'm just getting a bit of a headache from trying to download the app in the OP, not to mention all the time I spent trying to get the links to work.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Check your PM... But you should sort out why you can't access the sites when 99.99% of us can... Something on your end (rouer,isp, firewall, virus scanner, other) is blocking you..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] will4958:
Thanks a lot!!! That was driving me nuts:)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ylsf:
Using the app tonight, I am sending an update.zip via the "send to SD Card" command at the top. It is "sending" (i can log in via shell and see the file size changing) but I thought before there was some kind of progress windows that shows the sent file size/speed but that window isn't opening up now. Any suggestions on how to get that back again or what I may have done to disable that?

EDIT - I found the setting for the command window in the "Settings" screen. I must have changed it from the default by accident. Leaving this hear in case others have the same issue down the road.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] PuntoG:
Anyone? Anyone...?

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Anyone?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] toe-rag:
need to edit the HOST file /system/etc /hosts

I'm working on getting my FireTVs to be able to access my content servers over the internet -- from CT---> FL

I have it working on a PC installed with Kodi & OpenVPN - streams perfectly.

it's pretty cool, it actually grabs/streams the content via a path - handled to it by the shared MySQL library -- I don't have any sources defined - I created them, provided username/passwords then deleted the sources. This way there is no Library Updates that take place locally on those machines. I have a couple of key clients that I use to update the library. It appears that the passwords.xml keeps the credentials.

The only problem I had was host name resolution, I needed to edit/add the hosts file with the ipaddress->hostnames --- once I did that the PC Kodi clients worked great.

So I was able to setup a FireTv with OpenVPN and it does connect to my LAN --- I just need to edit the HOST file /system/etc /hosts

If your application can push/pull that file I'm golden. I've never played around with adb commandline --- I was hoping a GUI would be short and sweet...

can you HELP?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Good idea buddy.. I will add it to the next update. Thanks for the tip.