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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Thank's eskay993,

I never knew there was a serial decoder available,.... I often wondered if there was some way of being able to know what type of hardware one had by the serials on the outside of the packaging.

I stuck in my serial and it seems my unit "if the details are correct by the decoder" is unrootable....

Amazon Fire TV Serial Number Decoder

Rootable: No

Likely Software Version: 51.1.4.0

Manufactured: By Foxconn on 10/29/2014

Hardware Revision: 03

Unit Revision: 09

Condition (New or Refurbished): New

Note: This information may not be entirely accurate. Especially with recently manufactured devices.

4412+	51.1.4.0	No

This would make sense as it was purchased only a week ago from a local PC World store in UK.

Although I am tempted to try the router block anyway just to see if I can get hold of the serial, although probably unlikely as it's going to need to go through it's registration first before I can get to use adbfire.exe.

On a side note chaps, the user's with WD My Cloud units,... did you have to sideload the WD My Cloud app to get these to work, or was you able to get kodi/xbmc to see your Nas units via smb?

Believe it or not, but this is the first time I have read anywhere that someone is actually using these units with xbmc.

Thanks for persevering with me.... you have no idea how helpful you all have been.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepartpricer:
You do not need to sideload an app. In Kodi when you are adding a source, you will have multiple options for how you access the myCloud, depending what is enabled on the device. Available options include SMB, NFS, FTP, SFTP & UPnP,
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Thank you for the reply thepartpricer,

Is there any particular preference to which would work best, .... I have always used smb, only because that was all there was available to me. (obviously because it was only an attached HD to router).

I have read varying arguments about what to use but they have never been about the WD units, it's mostly others talking about qnaps or synology units.

Some say that only ftp works, (Not looking forward to having to keep typing in username/passwords all the time).

And some have mentioned NFS, but not much information about upnp.

I understand that the WD unit is a upnp device, and from what I have read xbmc/kodi has a upnp server built in. So is this the same as when I use smb to see my attached HD, instead xbmc/kodi simply reads the information from the nas in a different way, but basically the same as smb.

I think I've got that totally wrong somehow.... In my head at 1.30am it kinda makes sense..... lol

At the moment I have 4 Folders, Movies, TV Shows, Music, and Photo's all on the one HD, and I get xbmc to scrape each one as necessary.

But some of the videos I have watched, it's not quite as simple as that when using a Nas, Does one make the same folders all within the Share (Shared folder)...

Thank you for any reply's responses..

slackbladder..
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
Hi Slackbladder,

Coming form an atv2 myself, I can just say that the Fire TV is better in many ways - Kodi/XBMC searches quicker and seems much more responsive (and runs at 1080p). On atv2 it was getting quite slow at times. Of course, this all relies on Amazon continuing to let folk side-load apps. I live in the UK and my Fire TV was unrootable as well but now I have the Kodi icon on the home page it works as good as I would like. Also, there's apps that can be downloaded making the Fire TV much more inclusive than the atv2. I'm currently using Amazon Prime trial as well and am impressed by the streaming quality of the HD films (as well as getting my orders next day)!

So long as Kodi continues to work than it's the Fire TV I'll be using going forward. However, I do keep my atv2 plugged in because its mirroring/airplay functionality is better with my iPhone than the Fire TV (and it's nice to know I have a backup). Worth pointing out that I've read rumors somewhere that Apple will allow SDK development on atv3 sometime soon, which might allow Kodi to be loaded that way. However, when/if that happens I don't know.

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Thanks for the reply Leedsgreen,

Are you just net streaming or have you got any type of Nas with your own content?

That would be blinding if Apple allow it,.... Can't see it happening myself, but it would be good,..... Just imagine the price of all those £50 atv3's suddenly shooting up to the £200 mark... lol

Yep, the misses is already thinking about taking out prime, only cos she orders a lot of stuff of there.

Decided to try and get myself a Logitech k400 keyboard, as I've read that they work well with the firetv.... So the guy in PC World has a quick look on his system and goes directly to amazon's U.S. store,... He see's on their site that they retail at $20,... So I said to him "that works out at about 30 notes then"... his reply was, "that's not possible" "we should have that in stock for about £15...." So I asked him to show me one,... he came back with a rather sad look on his face, and said sorry, there marked up at £27.15p... I said "I told you mate, and I don't even work in here", He even tried to get some money off for me, but it was a no go...

you've just got to luv the u.k. NOT.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
HI Slackbladder,

Yeah, streaming to Kodi on AFTV via MyBookLive NAS with no problems at all. Just set up the link and it's worked since without issue. Apple TV3 up to £200 lol! Have to sell timing of my ATV2 just right ;)

I've actually bought the Logitech K400r keyboard - overall very good (if blomin' expensive). Needed it to work Sky Go app which is sweet. Very responsive but pinch-to-zoom doesn't work on track pad, which is a bit of a pain (i.e. for angry birds). Turns out this is a common issue for android devices with many keyboards - would be good to know if anyone knows anything different?

Yeah, does annoy me how expensive UK is but I did get my Fire TV for £63 on Amazon promotion (as it should be)!

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Hi Leedsgreen,

Sorry for the late reply.... but I've only just seen in the last 24 hours that amazon has returned to there £64 price....

Just wanted to know mate, but are you non-rooted and get the latest firmware update from amazon? I only ask as I've heard it's been causing a few problems, such as units not turning back on after a reboot, and other numerous problems with kodi sideloaded.

Appreciate replies,..... as i'm going to try to set mine up this weekend and wanted to be aware of any pitfalls.

cheers

slackbladder..
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
Hi Slackbladder,

No probs. I can confirm that my Fire TV is unrooted but is still on 51.1.4.2 (and not the latest 51.1.4.3 firmware). I've managed to stop (so far!) the update by blocking the URL links to software update pages on my router. It's not an exact science so I trolled the internet for every URL to block (starting with those on AFTVnews). So far, my AFTV has stayed at 51.1.4.2 so I can't tell you how things would work on 51.1.4.3

However, it's likely that any you buy in UK will still be on 51.1.4.1 or earlier and so long as you block updates then you should be OK.

Hope this helps,

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Thanks for the reply Leedsgreen,

I've been doing some more searching and came across these to block updates via router method,

amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net

softwareupdates.amazon.com

updates.amazon.com

atv-ext.amazon.com

amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net

a1910.d.akamai.net

hopefully I shouldn't have any problems with my linksys e4200.

Have you any others blocked as well? (I don't know how true this is but also read that amazon can now bypass blocks and units are being updated).

I read that on first time installation a ftv box will automatically try to get the latest firmware, and if it cannot it will not allow the user to continue with the installation.

This would make sense if a newly purchased unit came with a more recent firmware already installed, if this is true how would one get to continue with the installation?

on a sidenote, did you decide to stick to 5.1.1.4.2 in the hope that root may become available?

I have to admit that it isn't made any easier now that I've read the only way to root is via solder method,.... the last time I did a solder job was on the PS1.... lol

Even worse the wifey likes the idea of "prime" so I've no idea what will happen, even if I can get to keep the unit from updating.

I did have one idea, and that was to buy a second unit and allow it to be updated and then sideload, but then realized that with the blocks in place I'm back to square one.

cheers for any ideas....

slackbladder..
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
Hi Slackbladder,

First of all, on my router I've got all the URLs blocked that you list as well as:

firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com

bueller-ota

montoya-ota

I think the last two are the starting strings for the update address for both Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. So far I'm still on 51.1.4.2 and think it's working. Amazon Prime runs great at the moment so no probs there.

As to rooting - yes, I'm keen to keep on 51.1.4.2 in case it comes possible but not sure if it ever will. I've also heard 51.1.4.3 now places advert banners (on home page) and leaders on Prime films/shows so I want to avoid that if possible. However, some say that will happen regardless of firmware - I'm not sure. Soldering is only for the Fire TV Stick I believe and not necessary to root the Fire TV. Anyway, on an impulse I've just ordered another Fire TV from the states of eBay. It's advertised as being on 51.1.1.0 (and I've also written to confirm) so is rootable. With postage it's cost me £95. TBH I'm not sure what rooting will give me but I like a bit of a challenge and fancy giving it a go!

Have you checked the guides on AFTV webpage? There's good tutorials there about turning AFTV on for first time and avoiding updates etc and I think you'll get some good info there. I don't have the tech knowledge to really advise but I reckon so long as you trick the system (and unplug the Ethernet cable at just the right time) the Fire TV eventually gives up trying to update and just goes to the next part of the load sequence. (No doubt I'll be itching to know how exactly to do this when my new Fire TV comes and will be asking you how you did it)!!

With best wishes,

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Cannot believe my luck...... Poxy router....

It seems that amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net is just 1 letter short.... hope i can post an image of what my router software looks like: View attachment 3179209

I'm fairly sure this is the only page avaialble to allow blocking....

Yes mate, I've been going through the "How to complete the Fire TV Initial Setup without Updating" at aftvnews (but without actually doing it yet)... if that makes sense...

I thought I would start with the router first, but it looks like that's a no go....

The last thing I want is advertising.....

The only other item is "Parental controls" View attachment 3179216 but if I try this one, one has to choose an object connected to the router, I.E. ATV2, Ipad, or anything else connected.

At first this seemed a possability, but I would have to have the firetv connected and turned on to be seen on this page, and thus probably get updated.

We really should be allowed to block unnecessary updates if we want to.... (I know atv2 pushes them as well). But I used to have a Thompson Freeview box that used to push updates, but it had a backup firmware onboard if anything went titsup, problem is it would eventually add the new FW to the backup, That's how my box ended up dying.... not my fault but the fault of the manufacturer pushing ****ty FW. But they did say for £50 I could send it back and they would re-flash it for me.... ~a~kers.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
Hi Slackbladder,

That's just what happened for me on my Huawei rooter - there wasn't quite enough space for the full amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net URL. In the end, I entered it twice: once with amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite and once with edgesuite.net that has seemed to do the trick. For example, I played around with amazon.co.uk and various variations of and it appeared that so long as amazon was in the string somewhere then I couldn't go shopping online! Anyway, hopefully you will get something to work and block those pesky updates!

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
updateYep that's the only one I'm having a problem with.... amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net what I end up with is amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.ne

and no amount of inputting is going to make much difference.

I would have tried the openDNS way, I've found lots of posts/pages mentioning to do it this way but no actual setup procedure.

I'm only guessing that one would choose the "for personal" section, and then "parental control" (get started) and then Sign up now, for "OpenDNS Home" free.

Well I've opened an account with them, and chose the item I would like to block, (my home router) It then gave me a selection of routers, of of which is linksys.

instructions are as follows:

2. Go to the "Setup" menu.

Click on the “Setup” tab.

3. Go to the "Basic Setup" page.

Click the “Basic Setup” page.

4. Enter the first DNS resolver.

Enter 208.67.222.222 in the “Static DNS 1” field.

5. Enter the second DNS resolver.

Enter 208.67.220.220 in the “Static DNS 2” field.

6. Enter the third DNS resolver.

Enter 208.67.222.220 in the “Static DNS 3” field.

that all seems quite easy,.... but how do you block the updates......

Any chaps out there like to help a hopeless individual please...

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Well after much head scratching I finally found out how to block individual addresses,... Had to come down to the very bottom of the page below the list of items most people would pick, such as,.... well you get the gist, there's a load of items one can have opendns to automatically block.

but right at the bottom there a part where one can pick single entry's to add.

so I added each one of these,

amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net

softwareupdates.amazon.com

updates.amazon.com

Don't know if they need a www or http or anything else in front of them I just added them as they are,

I opened portable ffox and tested each one and there blocked. (Don't really know how the firetv is going to get on though, will try it tomorrow).

one choice opendns did give me was to block anything with the word amazon in it, (I thought probably not a good idea).
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
updateHi Leedsgreen,

I decided to go with just the three :

amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net

softwareupdates.amazon.com

updates.amazon.com

using opendns,..... then took the plunge, plugged in the unit to tv, plugged in the psu, but left out the lan,.... unit booted up and went to a screen asking for my language, (I think there were 3 to choose from, German, english, (and one i cannot remember)... I chose english and it then asked for what wifi i wanted to join.

at this point i plugged in the lan, I held the unit and the very second the light turned white i pulled the lan,.... the unit went straight to the reg screen, i then re-attached the lan and put in reg details.

I am a little optimistic about vermin media though.... I may have a static ip now, but I know from the past that they do change my ip about every 4 to 6 months,.... the only reason I know is because Zonealarm flags it to let me know.

I tried the "Select & Play" buttons to turn off the unit, which initially it did, .... for about 10 seconds, it then turned itself back on and the amazon swish came back on the screen,.... So I did the button again and this time turned it off at the mains.

I have read somewhere that the Logitech K400 will turn off the fire tv, (I guess sleep mode) same as atv2, with Fn+Esc,..... but I'm wondering if it will just do the same as "Select & Play".

I went through some basics, I thought the screensaver was okayish..... some of the pictures had some weird fringing, a kind of shimmering on them,.... So I changed the default res to 1080p at 60hz but made no difference.... Might be better at 50hz?.

I did try to get a Logitech bluetooth keyboard that I use with an ipad to use with the ftv but the ftv could not see it,.... so it may be down to getting a k400.

My next step is to sideload kodi, I'm keeping everything croosed that it doesn't go tits up. I'm also thinking about getting some type of hdmi multi port thing, so I can keep my atv2 going over wifi, but most I have looked at don't live up to the hype... 5 good reviews 50 bad... lol

Honestly I cannot believe my luck.... Firmware that I am holding onto is 51.1.4.0_user_51400520

Seems like no kodi for me then.... Is it true that kodi is not compatible with this version?

update and i bet i'll get the dreaded banner ads..
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leedsgreen:
Hi Slackbladder,

Glad that Fire TV turned on OK and you managed to block updates. However, sorry to hear that's it's on 51.1.4.0_user_51400520. I didn't realise there is an issue with it and Kodi (as a quick search on the internet says). One thing to check is if the annoying advert banner does come with 51.1.4.3 or to all Fire TV's regardless of firmware? I've heard conflicting messages on this. Maybe blocking the URL update sites also blocks the adverts, maybe not?

I have the Logitech K400 keyboard that does work well (but more expense of course). I also recently bought an HDMI switcher off Amazon. I bought one without a remote control (have too many of those already!) and it has worked well so far.

Anyway, let us know if you manage to get Kodi to work on 51.1.4.0 and/or if you update to latest firmware if the ad banner pops up. Fingers crossed!

Leedsgreen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
editOh for the love of XXX.... I don't think i can take anymore....

Installed helix.... fine

installed llama .... fine

replaced icon...... fine

run helix ......... fine

but Xuck me.... how on XXX's earth can one enter anything once one presses the "Context button", there really must be a easy way of doing this....

I Just want to disable some addons,... I can go to the addon, press the button with three lines "context menu" appears, I can then either enter "Check for updates" or "add-on information", .... So I select "add-on information" , the screen opens but I cannot select anything, it's like I'm not inside it to select anything,.... I've tried every possible button press, but I cannot change anything....

Please, someone tell me what the HEXX I'm doing wrong please...

p.s. all I can do is press the return button to close the "Addon-on information" window.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TROJAN4EVR:
try this:

go to System >Add-ons >Enabled Add-ons >select the add-on type(video add-ons, program add-ons, etc) >then just click on the enabled add on you want and select disable.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackbladder:
Thanks for the reply TROJAN4EVR,

If there's one thing I should know by now,... and that's I should really get some sleep when I need it.....

Your right mate,..... I decided to try and add my smb shares just to see what would happen,... Strangely the keyboard appeared allowing me to use the RC to rename the folder.

This seemed a bit weird to me, why could I do this but not simply change the configuration part of an addon,.... So I went back to addons, and chose something that was already enabled,.... (Guess what), I was able to go straight to the configuration part of the addon.

Bit of a jump for me from Frodo 12.2 and 12.3... A lot of items have changed.

Totally shocked by the speed of this thing,.... compared to my ATV2.

Only one small gripe,.... a strange high pitched whine shortly after running Helix, It's quite noticeable, but stops when any form of sound is played whether it be tv/movie/or mp3.

And just need to find out why Helix has decided to remove the top layer image from some of my movie sets. I have "Group movies in sets" enabled.

For for replying again mate...

slackbladder...

update,.... Not to sure why Helix removed my top layer images for my sets,... If I go to "Manage" on a set and try to go to the folder on my smb HD where I keep the images sets, for some unknown reason Helix Won't let me choose that particular folder, In fact It wont even allow me to select my smb folder...... weird.

I removed the smb, removed online scraping and set if for local only... re-added the smb folder, everything loads and I can see my set, but my "Set images" have been removed,.... The movie images are still there, just the Set images have gone,.. if that makes sense.

Decided to test something.....

I Added my Data folder on my smb hd, just like one would add a movie folder, but told helix not to scrape.

This time when I went to choose an image for my collection I was able to select my Data folder which held my collection covers...

Another job done...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egandt:
I've fought and fought with transferring data to and from the phone, now I have an SD card, at least in my current phone, and only real way to move data is to yank the SD card copy and replace. Now for small files (say pictures) I've gotten ssh or samba clients/servers to work well, but only for small data sets. Any large file (A movie, over say 400megs) fails no chance of success, a ROM image at 250meg works 1 in 3 times.

I've fought this battle for years with an SIII (that was decent as at least I did not need to pull cards as they were un-mounted when you plugged into the computer), but remote transfers were a mess. My S4 never worked well, nor has my Note3, Nexus 5's or my current Note4. MTP is a nearly useless protocol (on Linux it is even worse than useless) and pulling the SD card is a hack. Now the network connection is not bad as I have 0% packet loss and I can download the same movie via HTTP from a local server, but that is also not always practical, since it requires getting the phone and moving the file to a location where the http server can locate it extra steps.

What I want is to have the Phone auto start a server (be that samba or ssh) when connected to my home network and then allow for transferring data (real data of any size). It is the transferring that is my issue, the autostart is simple with Tasker and works well enough. I've tried many different ssh and samba Android servers without much difference, and also different networks.

I also want to mention that downloading a movie to the phone is about 12 to 15 megs a second, yet to upload using ssh or samba is about 1.2 megs a second or 1/10th the speed, it should be at least 8/10th the speed. I assume the failures have something to do with Android interrupting the server communications as a notebook on the same network running Linux never fails. Cloud drivers are slow and impractical (however do work in a pinch) as it is also multiple steps and requires me to move data to a remote location I do not control.

My question is how have other people handled this issue with Android?

Thanks,

ERIC
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amruhaidy:
Greetings everyone, can I ask for a help from anyone to direct me to the reliable source of Samsung I9295 Official firmware for XME (Malaysia)? It seems like most of the web I have visited lead to a false page. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devo7v:
Use Sammobile. The firmware you are looking for is I9295XXUCNF1.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amruhaidy:
Well, I did try it before for thousand times and the link is dead. So alternatives?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkvenom83:
Im looking for a rom that allows to update the prl. I used to have a note 3 and was able to find one but i am unable to find one for the lg g3. I have sprint service and searched the forums as best i could. If anyone has any knowledge of rom with this option please let me know. Thank you