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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yigo:
Hi actually its not , im soft bricked by host file and this jewel find method didn't:crying help :crying:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roustabout:
If you can get into fastboot, I ran into an interesting fastboot command recently for tegra devices, don't know if it's implemented on these or not, and don't know if the Amazon OTA update supports it or not, but

fastboot update /path/to/update/on/your/computer

attempts to push an update over and install it.

However, there must be a context file in the update for it to work, and I think that adding one to the zip if it's not there to start with will change the signature of the zip file, making it uninstallable - if fastboot is signature checking - it may not be, in which case the file can be added.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
fastboot can only do img files. The updates that Amazon uses are zip files, which only work in recovery.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arman68:
You are my hero! Thank you.

Just tried with a wireless Logitech K400 keyboard and it worked great. I had to use the Fn key as well to access Home and PrintScreen.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roustabout:
incorrect for

fastboot update

I am not referring to either

fastboot flash

nor

fastboot boot

Both of which do require img files.

I ran into fastboot update in another context, and it requires an update.zip.

In fact, if you invoke fastboot with no arguments, it's the first option mentioned :)

C:\Users\esnowden>fastboot

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

Now, the sticky part - you have to have a zip that contains a device description file for this to work. (Forgetting the name of the file just now.)

I also don't know if OEM locked devices support fastboot update, nor if fastboot checks crypto integrity of the zip and breaks if you've manually added the required file.

Nice tutorial on Fastboot here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkdg100:
on the k400 can you be specific ?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
The update.zip for that command is not the same as a recovery zip. That type of zip is a zip of .img files with an android-info.txt file in it. fastboot running on your computer reads the android-info.txt, proceeds to extract each img file, and flash them all.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireTVnews.com:
Does the hardware need to be unlocked to flash that type of update.zip?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roustabout:
Hm. I'm looking at a discussion referencing what's allegedly a fastboot-flashable update that's file based. (and here, I've gotten the command wrong - these folks are referencing using fastboot flash rather than fastboot update...)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541088

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system UL-K00C-WW-10.14.1.47-user.zip

I actually went and found the container, WW_epaduser_10_14_1_47_UpdateLauncher.zip and extacted UL-K00C-WW-10.14.1.47-user.zip from it for a look - I too was expecting a zip of images and was specifically curious about the android-info file.

What I found looked a great deal like a standard recovery, except that in

UL-K00C-WW-10.14.1.47-user\META-INF\com\google\android

there are three files - rule, updater-binary and updater-script

The rule file is one line long:

WW_epad-n-10.14.1.47-

The updater-script is a standard looking one, though, starting as

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "K00C" ||

getprop("ro.build.product") == "K00C");

show_progress(0.500000, 0);

format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "0", "/system");

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "/system");

package_extract_dir("recovery", "/system");

package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");

symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf");

symlink("mksh", "/system/bin/sh");

symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cat", "/system/bin/chmod",

and the /system folder in the zip is file-based

So it looks to me as if there's a way to build out a fastboot flashable file-based installer.

That said, it is probably beside the point as I just looked at the FTV update, and it does not contain the rule or the android-info files.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
I don't know what bootloader that device is using, but the one on the Fire TV expects a partition image for the flash command.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htduy11:
Hi!

my AFTV hanging at to logo "amazon firetv", I can boot to recovery mode. how to connect adb on recover mode?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
You can't
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slbenfica10:
Pressing the home button on my keyboard does nothing. I am using a logitech k120. Any thoughts?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AFTVnews.com:
Press Alt+PrintScreen+i one more time. The screen will go black but should come back to the update failed screen. Now press the Home button.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shumes:
home buttom

is the home button next to page up!!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
press right arrow and back button for about 15 seconds and you get a beautiful factory reset option god bless itThe fire remote that is

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sorry about answering with this which didnt answer your question at all but want to put out the option...have not seen it and thought it was a blessing..Peace
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
So I've seen a few posts where it shows this "Post added" line and I've always wondered how people do that?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htduy11:
Can you guide me the steps from the beginning?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
sure 1st does it boot up at all and if so does it get to amazon fire tv logo?

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just highlight what was said and reply It might be when i reply on my laptop instead of other devices
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htduy11:
Hi!

I was on the screen in recovery:

[IMG="img_recovery"]http://www.aftvnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/800x426xfire-tv-recovery-mode-options.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Os20y47p8V.jpg[/IMG]

or I was on the screen in boot nomal:

[IMG="img_nomal"]http://www.brekan.net/files/amazon-fire-tv-300x223.jpg[/IMG]
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davekaz:
Are you bricked? if so just factory reset in recovery screen or second screen as its booting hold right arrow(outside of circle on remote)and back button at same time for 10 to 15 seconds You will see light on unit turn yellow and it will come on to ok or cancel a factory reset
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venom12784:
could i use this to downgrade?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
Yup. If you read the downgrade instructions that's exactly how you downgrade. Except you have to put the downgrade file in /cache ahead of time, which requires root.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emtownsend:
Edit: Here is more specific information on my problem:

So, I had a totally unlocked and rooted FireTV and bricked it trying to do update to a newer rooted ROM. At any rate, it is hanging at the black and white Amazon logo screen. I purchased a USB A-to-A cable and can type in “fastboot devices” and get a response of “70900303423302UL fastboot”.

When I then do a “fastboot flash recovery recovery.img”, it returns:

sending ‘recovery’ (8360KB)…

OKAY [0.266s]

writing ‘recovery’…

FAILED (remote: flashing not allowed for locked hw)

finished. total time: 0.297s

Any thoughts?? Did I trip the permanent hardware lock? Are there any fancy fastboot commands to browse my device a delete the boot.img so it doesn't try to run it?

Thanks!!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
You aren't totally unlocked. You didn't do the full unlock. If fastboot is your only hope, you can't do anyting. Fastboot doesn't work unless you had the full unlock.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emtownsend:
Thanks for the definitive answer rbox. Guess I'm shopping for another! Lol
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunigb:
Bricked

Hi, i soft reset my fireTV and now is bricked by host file. is there anything that i can do?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TROJAN4EVR:
When you typed “fastboot devices” and got :

“70900303423302UL fastboot”

you were good to go. All you had to do next was to type:

"fastboot continue"

and if necessary type "fastboot continue" again.

This is the only way I can get past the white "amazon" logo on black screen. I'm on the latest pre-rooted rom(51.1.5.3_515040320)and have root, supersu, cwm, full unlock bootloader[root@android:/ # prompt], busybox installed, and rbox's boot kernel menu. Every time I restart the fire tv or if the power is cut/unplugged,...it just boots to the white "amazon" logo on black background screen. I then have to disconnect the power , attach one end of an A to A usb cable to the fire tv and the other end to my laptop(which already has fastboot and necessary drivers installed). I then turn on the power/plug in the fire tv and instantly my laptop makes the usb connection sound. I then know fastboot is active and just proceed to type "fastboot continue" which takes me to rbox's boot kernel menu,....which does its count down to boot kernel,....but instead just goes into the white "amazon" logo on black background screen. I then type "fastboot continue" and the fire tv boots into the colorful(white/yellow) "amazon fire tv" logo and then goes straight into the fire tv's home screen. Really weird!!! I wish I could get this fixed!!! Any suggestions?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emtownsend:
Thanks for the heads up! I will try this tonight! I would guess, but I am no expert (obviously!), that this might be related to a boot.img or something similar that is becoming the boot focus rather than rbox??
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TROJAN4EVR:
All the guides mention "bootmenu.img" and not boot.img....So maybe you're naming your file wrong....
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emtownsend:
I tried the fastboot continue and received, "resuming boot", "okay", "finished" and no change. So, I repeated fastboot continue and got, "waiting for device" and I am still on the same white logo screen. I think it is just time to pay the piper and get another......... :(
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TROJAN4EVR:
Did you have clockworkmod installed. If so, Alt+i+print screen might be your only other option.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberma007:
Hi guys

you may know this, but in case you dont, it is very easy to get in to recovery.

you dont even have to unplug the unit from power,

click and hold alt+PrintScreen and then hit i, dont click all keys together, or it wont work.

every time splash screen comes up, hit i key and make sure you already holding the other 2 which is alt+PrintScreen

1: Hold alt+PrintScreen

2: Click i

3: fire TV screen will restart and come back, you should still be holding alt+PrintScreen and all you need to click on is i key

4: do above 3 times until splash screen will no longer come back and all you see is amazon logo in the middle of the screen

at this point, let go of all the keys and wait for firetv to go to recovery mode.

good luck!

I already did this over 20 times and it worked every time, super simple.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolz mclollerson:
I can get into the recovery mode but my USB keyboard stops working, anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djakov:
Same sh*ty prob :confused: :rolleyes:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harpyie:
Same procedure und problem here. Sometimes the Fire TV boots up and I can use it, but only with Network Cable. Wi-Fi ist broken and there is no MAC Adress. Sometimes I can boot into recovery, but it isn't with blue text like in some pics here. I have recovery with red text and no menu. I think it's bricked... :(
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DigiRay:
When it boots up, have you tried to do a factory reset from the settings menu?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harpyie:
Yes, tried several times, but no luck. After factory reset the Fire TV boots up about 20-30 times and sometimes it stays up...
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DigiRay:
You might have more luck than me. If it stays up, and with ethernet you can ADB in to it, maybe when custom recovery and prerooted software is released you can install that and recover your device.

My one never finishes booting or stays up...
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbracht:
Now what do I do from here? Did everything the op stated and this is where it takes me. 1st Gen fire tv. Thank you
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karyyk:
Amazon system recovery <3e>

I'm having this same exact issue with mine. My 1st Gen FireTV was working in the morning, but after coming back to it in the afternoon, it now just boots to the black screen with red text that says Amazon system recovery 3e.

Amazon support has been less than helpful, and all attempts to resolve the issue have been unsuccessful. As of right now, it appears to be bricked, but there doesn't seem to be any way to restore the firmware in this state (it just boots directly to the error message after flashing the white Amazon logo onscreen for a few seconds). Pressing back and right on the remote (Amazon's only trouble shooting step, aside from changing my HDMI cable?!?) and the ALT+PrtScr+I to get to recover mode don't seem to be working. I've had devices bricked by updates before, but this is the first time I've had support tell me that a botched update isn't covered by the terms of the warranty.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lycnt:
I end up with the same screen as mrbracht posted a screenshot of on my 2nd gen Fire TV. I just want to do a factory reset o my fire TV but every way I have tried fails. I cannot do it from the settings menu/ systems/ Reset to Factory Defaults, I just get a dimmed screen when I select it, not the buttons that are supposed to confirm it. I also get no menu under settings/My Account. Amazon support is worthless, I finally got them send me another Fire TV and it does the exact same thing, almost as if there is something in my settings that is automatically transferred to the new device by my amazon account.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jfields213:
Am trying to us alt prtscn i method but no luck getting update screen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamessr79:
My device shows a white amazon logo on a black screen. When I try the PrtScn+I+Alt the screen goes black and does not show anything. The led slow flashes 4 white and then 4 fast orange flashes. It does recognize the keyboard while the screen is black. As when I hit a key on the keyboard the led turns white.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velishka:
same red screen here. what should I do ?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
I know this post is old but I'm hoping someone can help?

I bricked my AFTV and tried this. Do we press Alt+PrintScreen/SysRq+I while the white Amazon logo is showing?

I tried that and got this screen as well: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qh6sbibugf5pbd/20140629_185422.jpg

Except mine doesn't have the recovery stuff (in blue) at the top? Is this when we press HOME? I tried that also and nothing changed?

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This didn't work either. I got the white Amazon logo screen and let go and it just went to the "The System Update was not successful." screen?

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Thanks Rbox! So, how do we proceed if "Apply update from ADB" won't work?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
UPDATE:

The instructions on this site is more clear on how to get the recovery options

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unbr...ry-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv/

However, my device still cannot reset by installing the ROM from Amazon's website? I have it plugged into ethernet and my router isn't blocking anything?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgreco99:
Hello,

I have a normally functioning FireTv Gen 2 with software version 5.2.4.2 (574263120) that I can't get into recovery mode using the above tutorial.

I am trying to do a factory reset.

When I do the interrupt with ALT-i-PrtSc, or the <adb reboot recovery>, I get the red "Amazon system recovery <3e> " screen and the home button does not open up the options menu shown in the picture. The only last ditch possibility I can think of is that the K400 wireless functionality doesn't work once the device is in recovery mode?

I have seen numerous other people reporting that they are seeing the Amazon system recovery <3e> screen instead of the "update not successful" screen, but never any resolution on how to get past it.

My goal here is to factory reset it because I don't know the pin.

Could it be due to thepin lock? I just stupidly bought the thing off EBAY, with the seller disclosing it was pinlocked, without doing research into whether I could unlock it. I just figured it would be like a router with a hard reset to wipe any pins.

The seller told me that he thought the same thing.

Amazon predicatibly won't help since I am not the registered owner, and that's fine. I would hope they would do that to a device that belonged to me.

I was hoping to factory reset it using recovery mode which, amazon tells me, should automatically deregister it once it is rebooted.

Anyone have any ideas here about the red amazon recovery screen?

Thank you very much.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TV33:
i guess there is no solution when getting the red screen in "amazon system recovery 3e". i get to this point using various workaorunds including the keyboard Alt+Print+i method ... in my case i deleted the APK for Systm Settings and cant do system reset but the box itself works with custom bootloader ... however i want to get it back to system recovery ... guess no luck
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goerti:
I'm in the same boat with a Gen2 Fire TV. Could you, or someone else figure out how to proceed from this "Amazon system recovery <3e>" screen, or make the device usable in any way?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRICK0044:
Is yours pin locked?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goerti:
no, bought second hand as-is, and stuck on "unable to update" page. Amazon told me it is locked to an other user, and can only be used if it is deregistered from the original account, which they can't do ofc.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adrian806:
What firmware ?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jfpuerta:
USB keyboard Fire TV reset key combination

Hi. I recently purchased the fire TV stick 4k and tried to install the Google play services. Honestly I wasn't aware of the trouble I could get by doing so and the stick is in the continuous boot loop logo. I didn't enable ADB debugging, so I don't have access through it. I made my OTG-T cable (photo attached), tested it in an Android phone (worked) and I'm about to test it using USB keyboard process described before but I have some questions.

1. The CAPS LOCK key light only turns on when the stick is in the white screen with the fire TV logo, so should I assume it's the only moment to use the key combinations?

2. Does the 4K stick have a specific set of key combinations using the keyboard? I tried ALT+PrtScreen+i, CTRL+ALT+Menu+PrtScreen+i, CTRL+ALT+i+PrtScreen and ALT+Fn+PrtScreen+i but nothing works

Thanks for all the information or guidance you can provide
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jfpuerta:
I just got it to work! Used CTRL+ALT+Menu+PrtScreen+i counting 10 seconds after the orange logo over white background. It entered to safe mode and went to my device and factory reset :good:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maysbach:
I have a AFTV Gen 2 and tried all discussed key-combinations on my USB-Cherry Keyboard without any success.

I´ve no idea which version is on the AFTV Gen 2, got it in that state as it is. It just shows up white amazon logo (without orange part) on black background. It is possible to enter factory-reset via remote (holding right circle + back button). It is not possible to interrupt the factory reset or something else. After a factory reset it takes a while till remote is possible to reconnect via holdung home-button for 20sec.

USB-Plugged in my AFTV Gen 2 and on startup the NUM-State-Light flashes up and staying off => white amazon logo comes up.

Wehen I`m pressing ALT (left from spacebar) + PrntScr (s-abf) + i I can just see that the interaction is ok from the AFTV state LED in the front. On Startup it is like the keyboard inputs are not recognized. After pulsing white a short time, keyboard inputs are recognized by the AFTV Box (white front LED is On when I press a key on the Keyboard).
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tul:
hi guys, my FTV 4k is in boot after google play as i believe,

can someone give instructions in how to perform the boot to recovey? i have tried without sucess

should i press when the first black screen saying Firetv appear or after the black screen and when the white screen with firetv in red?

i have already tried some keyboard without sucess. [MENTION=10056473]jfpuerta[/MENTION] that combination, what is the key menu?? and when you say after 10 seconds, is pressing after 10 second of the white screen with firetv red, or you start pressing there for 10 seconds?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jfpuerta:
The key labeled as "menu" I used is the one in the image

https://www.howtogeek.com/425623/what-is-the-menu-key-for-and-how-to-remap-it/

After the white screen/red firetv logo, the 10 seconds is when my keyboard became available for key combinations. It was a trial/error and a bit of patience :rolleyes:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tul:
how did you know when the keyboard is available?

nevermind, it worked at the first try, ty :)
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artlovesart:
Can you be more specific on how you connected keyboard to fire stick tv?

i am in same situation, gen 2 is bricked during software update and there is no way i can boot to recovery.

Thanks
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarvil:
You need an OTG cable to connect a keyboard. Here are a couple of examples.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TX8FY6W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MNW25Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artlovesart:
Thanks dcarvil, that helps to get started on unbricking.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motinka:
Helló barátaim!

Kínai multimédiás fejegységem van. Januárban jött, telepítettem, megfelelően működött.

A múlt héten aztán kicseréltem az autó akkumulátorát, és amikor újra bekapcsoltam a rádiót, jelszót kér.

Mostanra rájöttem, hogy ez egy képernyőzár jelszó.

Sajnos ezt nem tudtam, ezt nem kapcsoltam be.

Olvastam a fórumokat, és helyreállításra lenne szükségem. A leírt módszerekkel ezt nem tudom elérni.

A bekapcsológombbal nem lehet kikapcsolni a rádiót. Tehát a power / + VOL kombináció nem lehetséges.

Hogyan lehet elérni ezt a helyreállítási módszert?

Kérem, segítsen, nagyon hálás lennék.

Ez a videó:

Tibor
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huracan_Seznam:
i need debrick SD-Card file for SM-G900H
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weverton1996:
Thank you for the help, I will try with the Sagemcom S4KW3 model (Claro TV Box), as I have been trying for days to enter recovery mode and have been unable to do so. If anyone can give me some guidance, I would be immensely grateful.