[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
UnLocking Partial BootLoader & Custom Recovery (CWM) installation...

IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES: MUST HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS UTILITY OR AT THE VERY LEAST v34. IT MUST BE UNZIPPED & USED FROM "C:\ " SO IT'S PATH STARTS FROM "C:\FTV\ ".

K... So your next steps are to unlock the bootloader & install CWM. I do both with this Utility & it has never failed me when on FW 51.1.0.1_user_510055620. The easiest way to move around & control the CWM menu is with a USB Keyboard. So I would go ahead to hook one up since this guide is very quick at installing CWM. And you will need the keyboard to get back to the FTV UI.

First, even if the AFTV Uttility says it's conntected at first start. I always go to File & hit Connect so it shows it's Connected in he CMD window that pops up. Then I type exit to close that window.

Then go to the Bootloader Lock section & make sure the default "Unlock" is selected & hit the "Bootloader" button to the left of it. DO NOT HIT the "Bootloader Change" button since that button is related to the BootMenu not the Bootloader unlock/lock.

This will bring a confirmation window as the last safety. Click "Yes". The Utility should pop a CMD window & do it's thing & at the end there should be a line saying the bootloader was unlocked successfully.

Make sure you got the "Attempting to unlock... " & "All done!" message in the CMD window. If you don't get those messeges, take a snap with Windows Snap Tool of what ever message the program gave you in the CMD window & posted here. I've never had problem with it.

Type exit to close the CMD window. If there is flickering underscore to type exit. Then you can always hit CTRL+C to get the option & then you can type exit.

Next it's time to install the latest CWM. Make sure you now have a USB (Wired or Wireless) keyboard hooked up to the FTV. Test it on the FireTV by moving around the menus, make sure it is working correctly.

Now click on "Change Recovery" in the "Install Recovery Image" section of this Utility.

A window will pop up for you choose the recovery file you will be installing. The pop up window should be in "C:\FTV\Recovery". Make sure you choose the "firetv-cwm_recovery-6.0.5.1.4a.img". This is the CWM recovery.

Once choose the last safety window should open & it should list the "C:\FTV\Recovery\firetv-cwm_recovery-6.0.5.1.4a.img" on the bottom. Verify you choose the right file. And hit YES.

This will load & install CWM on the FireTV. Once completed the FireTV will auto reboot into recovery. There can be a few 5-20 seconds time for CWM to boot.

Once booted you can verify in the lower left corner you are on CWM recovery v6.0.5.1.4a.

Use the keyboard arrow keys to move up & down on the menu. The main Enter key chooses and option. And Esc is the back button. Most of the other keys will not work. Just those six,for the most part. I normally want to hit the Enter key next to the Numbers section but that Enter key does not work. Only the main one works on most USB keyboard.

Now choose the "Reboot System Now" to boot back into the AFTV. Make sure everything is back working normally. The main way to go back to CWM recovery at this point is to use this Utility by clicking on "Reboot to Recovery".

Let me know when you are done installing CWM. And then I will guide you thru the next 3 steps... For that you will need the keybaord, a USB hub (Powerd or not powerd) & a USB stick. If you don't have a USB HUB then there is another way to do this flashing. Just let me know if you do or not. You don't need to buy one if you don't have one. Will await our response.

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So the next three steps are to...

Install PreRooted FW: 51.1.4.0_514006420+updated - The FW can be sideloaded to the SDCard/Download folder using this utility or you can use a USB stick. Both of this options are safer then just upgrading using the cache.

Install FireTV Boot Menu v1.0 - The BootMenu can now be installed with v34 of this Utility by just a couple of clicks of the mouse. We can use this Utitlity to sideload the Boot Menu file & to start the Shell window. But the inputs need to be done manually for now. But it is very easy to do. Mostly copy & paste.

Install the current latest FW: 51.1.4.1_514013920+fixed - The FW can be sideloaded to the SDCard/Download folder using this utility or you can use a USB stick. Both of this options are safer then just upgrading using the cache.

You can still use the cache option to install the FW. This can be all done from this Utility. It works very well for the majority of folks. Specially if you have the FTV hooked up to the internet thru a ethernet cable. But even over Wifi it works fine. I myself prefer to not use the cache method (The cache method means just doing it form this Utility) of installing FW. Since it has cause problems for a few. But I think most of those folks where doing the manual FW update option & their cache might of full of stuff. There might not have been enough room for the 400-500mb of space the FW takes up. I myself prefer installing the FW thru CWM. The two options to installing FW thru CWM with the help of this Utility are very simple. Let me know if you do have a USB hub + Fat32 or Ext4 USB Stick or if you don't you can first sideload the FW to the SDCard/Download folder. Once there you can go into CWM to install it. I can type up a walk thru of your prefer method.