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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
The USB method is just for the FW updating, not for the BootMenu installation. You can boot into the FTV & use a file manger like ES File Explorer or something similar to go into the SDCard & see the content of it & the Download folder. So you unlocked the boot loader then installed the PreRooted FW 6420. But you are having problems adding the BootMenu... Humn.. You might need to reboot the AFTV. Plug and unplug & also restart the pc and Utility. Since you where sending different commands when you first started to mess with the BootMenu installation.

One option would be to reinstall PreRooted "bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated" since that would get you back to the pre-BootMenu install tries.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] baophan09:
I did it but now I am stuck in a loop where i select the BOOT KERNEL and I get the Amazon logo and then back to BOOT MENU. Help !
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Mine did the same thing the first time I tried to install it just using the Utility. Without manually imputing the info. Make sure you have a USB keyboard plugged in this time to tell the BootMenu to start Recovery (Down arrow key on the USB keyboard). This should start CWM. From there you can tell it to flash zip if you have a copy of the bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated. If not you will have to either use a USB Hub to connect both the USB keyboard and a USB Fat32 with the FW in it or you can try sideloading the FW with this Utility but this time using the IP that CWM is telling at the bottom under the CWM version. It will take minutes to finish if your doing over Wifi. Either way once you have FW on there you can flash it and this time that should get rid of the BootMenu. Then you can reboot and if the BootMenu screen is missing start the installation again. Or if it's still on there. This time it should work fine. That happens to my first FTV & that is how I learn the way I installed the BootMenu without any errors on my other 3 FTV's... The goal is to boot into FTV again like before as the starting point.

Any?'s what you are about to do ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Not to change the current subject, but I was finally able to get Google to install by changing the names once again to simply 1 , 2, 3 and 4....but taking them out of the Google folder in FTV and putting them directly into the ftv folder instead of a sub folder.

I'm still having trouble with the backup not saving my shortcuts and savings, but discovered that if I take the backup made with ADB and place it into the Kodi folder of the program I get a perfect restore with all shortcuts and settings exactly as I have them made. I now only have use of ADB for one function. I need to push three files to the SD card and it's easier to use the one button push command in ADB than to open a command window and do it manually with the utility. If I was able to add those 3 SD card additions either to my restore or with an easier method than ADB I would have no use for the program at all and everything could be done through this utility!

Kudos! This has been a time saver! One note.....something that I don't care for..... I like seeing the dos window showing that the programs install, but they wander all over my computer screen and when I'm finally done loading everything I have to go all over the place to close them out. If they would lay on top of each other it would make life a lot simpler. I know that's a silly thing to worry about, but it is time consuming if you have several units to do.

Again..... Thanks for a great program! It just keeps getting better!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Hi Bill... Seems the Kodi Backup has a bug that will need to be address... Glad you go the PlayStore thing ironed out. They way I deal with the popup screens is once I know one part is complete I type Exit to close it. Or I type CTRL+C & then Exit to close the window when the prompt is not there. Before I move over to the next option I am working on. It's as CMD promp drawback. Good feedback.. Catch you later..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] baophan09:
I don't see any "flash zip" so I don't think I have a copy of the bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated. I don't have any USB hub so I do sideloading. You says "try sideloading the FW with this Utility but this time using the IP that CWM is telling at the bottom under the CWM version." What step by step how to sideload it, Y314K? I'm not tech person. I'm so sorry for taking a lot of your time...

Oh is that I have to install Pre-Rooted Stock ROM version 51.1.4.0_514006420+updated step again?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fxbill:
Unfortunately I'm going too fast to close each window out as I go... I'm actually loading the next program to side load as it's completing the prior one! I use peripheral vision to see the "success" prompt and the instant it pops up I'm already hitting the side load button in the utility for the next apk!lol The longest thing about the entire progress is the restore and I wish I could be loading another unit as the prior one restored! I was hoping the multiple IP addresses in the utility would allow three connections at once! Now that's something I'd love to see! Three cable out of the router all loading at the same time......although I'm about to quit loading and selling these.... I'm burned out on them! It was fun for a while and I did pretty good....everyone was thrilled with what they got and it is loaded quite differently than most. It has a few features that other sellers didn't offer and buyers liked them, but it started out as an experiment and just got out of hand.... I don't want to be a bulk dealer....never did....it just sort of happened for about a month.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
NP, but I might be gone 30 mins to and hour shortly. Need to run to the store. If you are using Wifi on your FTV then CWM changes the IP it can ADB into. If you are using a ethernet cable then it stays the same. So if you it is on Wifi this utility won't be able to ADB into CWM unless you change the IP to the one showing in CWM. You do that on this utility under File/Settings. Use one of the empty IP fields to input the CWM IP & tell it to connect. Once you can ADB with this utility into CWM then you should be able to simply Sideload to SDCard/Download . Just choose the bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated as the file to sideload. This will take at least 4-6 mins maybe more. Once it tells you how long it took it to sideload it means it's completed. Then you can just use your keyboard to do a CWM zip install of the FW. Got to run but will be back withing 40 mins... Catch you then..

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Yes.. Installing the Pre-Rooted v51.1.4.0_514006420+updated FW suppose to wipe out the BootMenu failed install. So it we can try to install the BootMenu again. This time without errors...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] baophan09:
Everything went smoothly. I just installed the current latest FW: 51.1.4.1_514013920+fixed. Last question, after this step, do need to do anything else?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] imtiajmeah:
Update v0.34

Changelog v0.34

Kodi icon graphics update with higher resolution png file. Thanks to drkhrse over at http://forum.kodi.tv/

Added a total of 7 saved IP Addresses

Added description for the saved IP Addresses

Added description to connected device statue

Fixed bug found in Bootloader setup
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
AWESOME... This is why I like helping folks.. ROOT paydirt... Once you are rooted. You can go into the SDCard & delete any sideloaded files that are taking up space. This is the reason why I only sideload to "SDCard/Download/". Makes cleaning up files a zinch... The only files I would leave are the "bootmenu.img" & "bueller-51.1.4.1_514013920-rooted+fixed.zip". Just for emergencies. In case something needs to be re-Flashed. Those two files will only take about 460MB's so unless you are really press for space they shouldn't get in the way. You can even leave the "bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated.zip" file too but all three files would take up about 920MB's. And should not be really needed. Use a File Manager app to delete or move the files around. I think you will find a bootmenu.img in your SDCard/ too since you sideloaded to it. And you might have multiple bootmenu.img files if you sideloaded multiple times to the same location.

Next there are ton more stuff to do but it's mostly APK flashing. Like getting the Google Play store going. And also forcing all the apps to be in Landscape mode. There are a ton of other guides to do here: http://www.aftvnews.com/tag/guide/page/4/

Start at the Landscape mode for apps one & move on up, just skip the ones you already did, related to Root, CWM or Bootmenu or FW stuff.

Guyz, DON"T FORGET TO DONATE TO [MENTION=231125]imtiajmeah[/MENTION] for all his awesome hard work...

(Just look under his name in any of his post for the DONATE button.)

Thanks.. Will take it for a spin in a minute. And will adjust the walkthru I am writing since we should be able to install the Bootloader from the Utility now..

Thanks a Million Imtiajmeah... Your work is really appreciated..
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 057wds:
Archive corrupt

Archive 0.34 is corrupt. I cannot unpack it.

ReUp or Fix for me please :)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
IT IS NOT CORRUPT. JUST TESTED DOWNLOADING IT.

ReDownload it... Either link goes to the main Utility page & it downloads without a prob... Could be your virus scanner too.. Some will see TowelRoot as a virus or trojan which is a false positive. The problem is on your end.. Checked hash's & tested unzipping with Winrar & it passes all the tests.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Does anyone know if the game controller works with XBMC?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
It should... Some third-party game controllers are listed on the wiki: http://kodi.wiki/view/Amazon_Fire_TV#Controls .

So if they work then the official one should work fine too. You will have to push the different buttons to figure out which one does what. And not sure how the 4 XBMC remote remapping options will change things on the game controllers.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Thanks Y341K. I am having issues with this process. I read on aftvnews that you should block the domains of the Amazon update sites so that the aftv doesn't automatically update itself on initial setup. I have been through every setting menu of my att uverse router. There isn't a sigle spot where I can block those domains. I saw a video on there that shows the guy making a wired connection then pulling the plug as soon as the light turns white. Has anyone had success with this? Is there an easier way to get passed the ota on initial setup? My AFTV will stay sealed until I feel certain that I can overcome this obstacle.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Good move.. You always want to have a backup blocking updates... The choices is to get a second router that can block them & only connect to that router. But there is a online way to blocking them too..

Here is the post I found here at XDA: http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/how-to-block-root-using-uverse-gateway-t2896422

I think the cheapest & fastest method would be to do the OpenDNS blocking. I've never done it myself since I run Tomato on my router & I can block the IP's directly.

https://www.opendns.com/premium-dns/

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52897735&postcount=6

Trying to find a guide on it but haven't found one yet... The way I understand it you change your DNS's to OpenDNS on your ATT router & then you register an account at OpenDNS where you can block the IP's from.

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-block-amazon-fire-tv-update-to-ensure-rooting/

After rooting then you can add a third layer of update blocking using this app.. It's a one button push. But only after rooting.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
I thought of adding a second router to the mix. Is that the way you did it? It seems the most logical way. Any idea of a router that will have the ability to block domains?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
More info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMg-0Hwx8Q4

I run a TMobile Asus RT-68T converted to a regular Asus RT-68U & flashed with Shibby's Tomato. TMobile sales them for $99+Tax. Best price all around. Last I read you don't have to be a TMobile customer to get one.

A bunch of routers will have the option to block things. But a Shibby Tomato flashable router is the best over all.

What model is your Uverse/ATT modem/router ?? You can check on OpenDNS if they have a walk thru for your Uverse/Att device. I would bet they do. From that old OpenDNS video I do see a 2Wire option on there. So I think OpenDNS will be the quickest way for you to get your FTV Rooted safely.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
I am not sure open dns would play together well with my vpn service. I have software cloaking my IP address and blocking my ISP from seeing the sites i use. I was just on the phone with upper level tech support at ATT. Their routers do not have the capibility to block domains. This is so frustrating, do you know of anyone loosing root because they couldn't block the domains from their router and only used the otablock on the device itself?

PS - There are no areas on the router at all for DNS settings so i think that negates that whole idea.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Then you will need to get a router for it... What speed do you pay for on Uverse ? The closer to that speed you want to get the more expensive the router you will need. The cheapest Tomato flashable router I know of is the ASUS RT-N10P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16833320158&cm_sp= which can be had for a slow as $5 After Rebate if you wait for a sale. It's $20 AR right now... You can see how much better he reviews get once they flash Shibby's Tomato on it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16833320158&cm_sp= .

Once rooted with the Blocked OTA Updates setting should be fine. That setting is only lost when you do a Factory Reset. But you do need to have things blocked while you root the FTV. Maybe you can borrow a router from a friend just to Root your FTV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
What do you think if I let the light turn white to show I have Internet access just like the video shows in and then pull the dsl line from the router instead of the ethernet line from the device. This way I get the ip address I need because the home network will still be active. Any opinion on that idea?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Should work in theory but you will still need internet to log into your Amazon account. Can't remember if the FTV will load or will get past the Amazon login window without internet.... You have to be ready for it... And you need to test if pulling the DSL line turns of the internet but leaves the home network untouched so you can ADB onto the FTV while offline for internet. I am thinking you will still need to be blocking the update IP's for the first few minutes until rooted.

Update: You should be able to setup a PC/Laptop as a internet bridge just to Root it. And block the IP's on it, if I am not mistaken... You would be able to do the OpenDNS from a PC/laptop. Search for how online.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
My brother is an it professional he says the network will definitely stay active, networks do not require internet access. You make a good point though i didn't know I had to log into amazon... This complicates things. I pay for 18 kbps right now and plan to upgrade to the 45kbps package come February. So if I buy a router it would have to be expensive. But if I only use a router for the root process I can buy a cheap one on ebay or amazon just to get root. I'm so glad I didn't give in to temptation and open amd mess around with it just because its a new toy lol. Thanks so much for everything man you have been very helpful. God knows if I wanted to wait to root I would've bought the roku 3 lol.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Any chance your brother has some router laying around you can borrow over the weekend.. ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Lol unfortunately my brother lives in Connecticut and I live in Florida. But I did consider asking him to mail one to me lol. I just realized something from your last post. You said I would need to know the IPs of the update sites yet aftvnews only shows the web domains. How did you find the IP addresses for the sites?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
They are the same thing.. We just call it IP address.. but it's just the domain name.. Was surprise Uverse did not have the option in Parental Control's.

If you are going to buy one then the best features vs price will be the TMobile one. With that router you should be set for years. Although you will need to do some flashing to mod it to a non TMobile version for full control. Haven't kept up how they are shipping now. But you can also "rent" one too. By buying it and returning it within the time allowed.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
SUCCESS!!!!!I am going to type what I did here for anyone else like me that has a deranged ISP (like ATT Uverse) that decided domain blocking capabilities are not necessary for the routers/modems they give to their customers...

1 - I booted the AFTV initially without an internet connection.

2 - Waited for the LED to turn orange as the AFTV discovered it did not have internet access.

3 - Plugged a live ethernet wire into the device long enough to have the LED turn white and cause the AFTV to believe it had internet access.

4 - The AFTV immediately started to check for updates, so i pulled the ethernet out of the AFTV,

5 - The AFTV took me directly to the settings menu, (I was not required to log into my amazon account) it was at this point that I purposely navigated to the system/network menu.

6 - I grabbed a piece of paper and pen and attempted to do this part as quickly as possible and this is where I hit my first snag, I plugged the the live ethernet wire back into the device and immediately the network menu came to life and populated an IP address. I promptly wrote it down and entered it into the settings menu of the AFTV Utility app. At this point I didn't realize that I was supposed to choose "connect" from the "file" menu... (DUH) It was at this moment that I went into DEFCON 1 crisis intervention mode lol by frantically clicking on the "Root AFTV" button and watching no response from the app or the device.

7 - Knowing I had virtually no time before the now downloading OTA update was making it's way into my AFTV, I switched back to the AFTV fully intending to pull the Ethernet wire out in an attempt to regroup my thoughts and prepare for my next attack. Instead of pulling the wire I hit the back button of the AFTV remote and moved back to the "system" menu from the "system/network" menu it was then that I chose to go into the "system/about" menu. In this menu there is an option to manually "check for system update" accept durring the OTA download this option is briefly changed to "cancel system update" I then quickly selected this option noticing that my OTA download was over 80% complete. I noticed that the download stopped and the menu option switched from "cancel system update" back to "check for system update" and it was at this moment that I realized I should have done this from the beginning and had full confidence that the AFTV would not be automatically checking for an OTA any time soon. If you take the moment when you're disconnected from the internet to familiarize yourself with the menus you could navigate to system/network plug in your live Ethernet wire, write down your IP address and then hit the back button go into the "about" menu and cancel the update before even entering your IP into the settings menu of the AFTV Utility App.

8 - I then switched back to the Utility App and after some puzzled searching through the menus of the app found "connect" in the file menu clicked on it and saw my IP show up on the bottom. Then rooted and disabled OTA's.

Question for you though, what is llama ? Do I need it if I installed autopilot?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] desztan:
hello...I wanted to put the update.zip in the folder to push the update to AFTV. Where should I put the update.zip?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Theteflondon:
Are you using this app to push them? If so last night I was keeping files right on my desktop and pushing them from there.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Congrats.. But you where extremely lucky... You played with fire & didn't get your FireTV burned... The way you did it is a crap shoot option at best... But nonetheless I am glad it work out.. But would never recommended.

LLama & Autopilot apps are options to help with launching apps at bootup. Like if you want to launch XBMC automatically at statup. It will go into FTV UI for a sec & then start XBMC. This are automation apps. So other automatons can be done too. This can be also done when rooted with RBox's Mod's Xposed module. I am not to familiar with this options at the moment but there are other posts around....

Can you please explain more what step is requiring you to use a "update.zip". When using his app it's not good to follow every exact step on the manually inputed guides. The guides should be a overall walk thru of steps but most steps are done thru the Utility. So more info will be needed to figure out what your are up to... Will also need to know what steps you have completed too.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] desztan:
I'm on 51.1.0.2_user_510058520 right now using the automated downgrade script file from rootjunky. com. I've also downloaded 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated and rename it to rom. zip. Then I've to adb push rom.zip /sdcard/. My question is there anyway to save the rom.zip in a USB and insert at the USB of the AFTV and enter recovery to install the zip file. Whenever I push a file into the AFTV, I couldn't find the file on AFTV. I'm an idiot at this!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
1. Are you already rooted ?

2. Did the FTV arrived with 51.1.0.2_user_510058520.

3. What are you trying to install that would require you to downgrade if you are already on 51.1.0.2_user_510058520?? If you are trying to install the custom recovery, aka CWM & you would of follow the guide I mention below & in a ton of posts, you would know that: "you're Fire TV is rootable and does NOT need to be downgraded!".

I've never heard of RootJunky. com or there guides. so I would not be able to help there... This is the guide that we recommend on XDA: http://www.aftvnews.com/start/

I can try to help but I will need to know what you have done to your FTV since unboxing it...

This two posts should give you all the info you need...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57569149&postcount=609

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57604431&postcount=638
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] desztan:
I'm already on 51.1.0.2_user_510058520 and have CWM. I've a rom.zip and wanted to adb push into AFTV. I know I need to go to recovery mode to install the zip file. the problem is when I push the file into AFTV, I cannot locate the file to install it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
K, so just to confirm...

1. Rooted with SuperSU & BusyBox with premisions ?

2. Partially unlocked Bootloader.

3. Latest CWM v6.0.5.1.4a installed & functional..

4. Now you just want to upgrade the FW to PreRooted bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated.zip .

5. Then you will want to install RBox's BootMenu..

6. Then you will install the latest released PreRooted FW: bueller-51.1.4.1_514013920-rooted+fixed.zip .

Correct...

If this is so, then you don't need to rename anything to update.zip . You can leave the name of the FW .zip's the way the come. If you don't have a USB Hub then you can do the FW update by using this Utility to sideload to SDCard/Download the PreRooted bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated.zip file. And then use this Utility to boot to CWM. And from CWM install the zip.

I explain it in more detail here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57604431&postcount=638