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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alvisaar:
I've gotten hold of an Amazon Fire TV that was already rooted, but has a very old Stock Rom on it.

It currently has software version: 51.1.0.1_

The newer versions of the the custom ROMS state don't install unless you have had version 51.1.4.0 and you just can't skip to it.

Can I install version 51.1.4.0_514006420? without any issues since my stock FW appears to be old. It doesn't list any pre-requisites on the page so I assume that it safe, but just want to make sure. Then after I install that firmware I should be able to load the latest, correct?

Does anyone have a link to a tutorial to updating the rooted firmware before the BOOT Menu requirement, or is the procedure essentially still the same?

Thanks for the advice!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bula1ca:
Read, read and re-read before you start installing anything or you will be regretting it .

start here:

http://www.aftvnews.com/start/
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theemaster:
Honestly as nice and sweet as the amazon fire is.. I don't think it is a "long term" solution for cheap android to home setups.. because as long as it remained locked like that (and we can't work around it) it's not a long-term solution.. (just cause you could root your device doesn't mean that it won't break.. and your root is gone :p )I've been following the development of phone hardware for hdtv's for a long time.. (stupid SMARTtv's suck what a waste of hardware!) the reason why I bought amazon fire is because all the other products out there.. (and there's plenty!)

Many have had over-heating issues.. and that's one thing that makes amazon's nice.. nice remote, no over-heating! (low price) So I wouldn't bank on it being around.. if people want stock android.. and I would have preferred that as well..

And now intel is selling a windows 8.1 stick with a additional usb port for storage.. hdmi version.. it's pricey at $150.. but maybe when it's $50.. it'll be worth it? :)

So I do think we should see lots more refinements on this technology.. and amazon's the only one who delivered a full usable product with decent spec's.. though I hear roku is much more "stable" in the apps department.. and now finally making one that has more then 512 mb ram..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] driftinaway:
Hey, I have a new idea about an app, but I have no programming skills whatsoever. Where can I find developers that might be interested?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giaman:
up to 10 post hix,up for everyone:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] santiago1095:
hi all i 'm from Spain and I have a note 2 T889 T -mobile and I need the qcn of n7105 to have 3G band 900mhz as the T889 has it at 850mhz , I 've tried with the i317 but as it is also a version of america not work

to see if anyone help Florist
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GuitarMannDude:
I have a Samsung Infusion 4G (ATT), that I rooted and tried to install 4.4.2 Beanstalk. It said it didn't take and I ended

up with a stripped down version without "Android Market" or "Play Store". I want to install at least the apps I need to

get Rom Manager going again....any ideas

NOOBIE to phones

I have been searching, but haven't found an answer yet.

Thank you for any help or advice.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yazyazoo:
I have been using XBMC on my FTV that is hardwired and also have a FireTV Stick connected to 5Ghz band on my router. I was playing a 720p MKV of Interstellar. It would cause the FTV to buffer especially at the scene around 3 minutes where the cornfields are shaking from the winds.

I then play the same file wirelessly on the FireStick and it has no problems playing this same scene.

Is the video processor on the stick better than regular FTV?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nusense949:
I think something is wrong with your fire tv or connection.. I just watch interstellar 1080p 15 gig mkv file without any buffering issues on a wired line.

try switching to wifi.

The fire stick is much much less powerful in video and processor speed.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sizzlechest:
There are issues with the FireTV hardwired connection that makes it SLOWER than wireless. If you did wireless on your FireTV, it would work better.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLit75:
Speed tests have consistently showed 5ghz to be faster than wired on my network, but I keep it wired because it's generally stronger with less interference, plus my speeds are more than fast enough for 1080p.

I'd try different Ethernet cables (simplest solution first.) I did that and found a discrepancy of over 20 Mbps.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yazyazoo:
OMG Thanks! I didn't every think to try the wireless on my FTV. This fixed the buffering on Intersellar MKV I was getting when I was hardwired.

That is so weird that the hardwired connection is slower than wireless?

How did you find out about FTV being slower hard wired?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sizzlechest:
It's been a known issue, but it's not totally common knowledge. There's other tidbits like you should probably use SPMC vs. Kodi and how to create an advancedsettings.xml that can improve performance, too.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCFish:
My testing has shown the opposite. On multiple different network setups in different locations. In some network setups that could possibly be true. But I wouldn't attribute it to the FireTV.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeptic_always:
Wow, I never heard of wired ethernet performance issues. Good to know if I ever run into issues, and good to know if I upgrade my wifi I can reliably wifi stream everything I already do. Personal experience with live TV through XBMC (MythTV + HDHomeRun backend), my hardwired FTV is flawless, but my older 802.11n 2.4Ghz connected FTV stick has buffering/stuttering issues with some of the stations. Not a true comparison to a 1080p H.264 mkv, but it sounds like if I buy a new 5ghz wifi router I might be able to get live tv working better on my stick.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freezer2k:
Never used this on the FireTV/SPMC, but works very well @ OpenELEC:

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache

I just said cache _any_ source to RAM, like 150MB (watch out as 150MB cache means *3 = 450MB RAM usage) and never had any issues after that, even on an unstable connection. You can also set how aggressive the cache should work etc, very handy tool.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROne21:
Anyone else here having issues with Google Messenger constant crashing? It's been happening a lot and I'm wondering if anyone else is having the same issue. I'm still on KK.

Sent from my D6616
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hussain_Salam:
I'm still on Kitkat cause Sony UK is being meh, but I recently downloaded Google Messenger yesterday, It's been working fine for me. (D6603)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvmygadgetz:
No issues here and I'm on KitKat (I declined the Lollipop update).
[Android Apps and Games] Lidanh:
Hi all,

My friend and I just finished developing our game called "Black or White".

Your goal is to decide what's more, black or white.

Give it a shot. I'll be more than happy to hear a feedback from you guys...

it's completely free, no in-app or anything.

Android (It's out for iOS, Windows Phone, Windows Store as well):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LidzDev.BlackOrWhite

Thanks and waiting for your feedback,

Lidan
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djamiirr:
Hello guys

i have installed resurrection remix on my gt i9100 and it's an excellent ROM :) but there is a big problem that i want to solve it

i've got "read only file system" every time when i try doing root requested operation like:

$ su
# mkdir folder
mkdir failed for folder, Read-only file system

:confused: :confused: :confused:

please i want solving this problem as soon as possible and thanx ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftyHungary:
This is a Question, as you mentioned in the title. Please contact an admin to move your thread to the Q&A Section, since this doesn't fit Development Section at all.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djamiirr:
ok thanx and sorry
[One (M8) General] dbarrett480:
Just got a notification saying that the 5.1 GPE update is available for download. I don't even have a gpe phone just the loserskater gpe rom....I'm downloading the update right now if someone wants me to upload it.
[One (M8) General] dbarrett480:
View attachment 3250813
[One (M8) General] digitalhigh:
Can you pull the OTA file and upload it?
[One (M8) General] graffixnyc:
I have it uploaded to my site already. :)

I need someone who isn't rooted and hasn't touched the system on 5.1 to PM me please so you can help me pull the system partition so I can create a 5.1 RUU. You must have time to be able to pull the system, root the device and then pull the system again and upload both images.

Thanks
[One (M8) General] ratatella:
Update error

Hi All,

After downloading the 5.1 OTA update on my converted GPe M8 device it verifies the download and asks to reboot and install.

When hit the button to let it reboot and install I see the green android and it attemts to install the update but then after a minute or 2 I get the android with explanation and error message "error" :(

I've tried a second time but same thing happens. :(:(

I updated my devies using OTA before without any problem and running stock recovery as well and no additional tweaks, just running like a stock GPe M8, only thing is I'm rooted, which shouldn't be any problem as far as I know.

Luckly I can just still reboot my phone and still use it running 5.0.1 without it being briked but of course I'd like to update to 5.1 using the OTA.

Does someone experience the same or has any tips, please?

Ratatela
[One (M8) General] Spectre007:
As far as I understand you will need a rooted 5.1 version... Or you can flash the unrooted ruu and then update...
[One (M8) General] Destroyer706:
Have had the same Problem with an Moto G GPE. I needed to unroot and factory reset the device, then it worked.
[One (M8) General] ratatella:
Mmm.. not so cool.. but thanks for the reply anyways.

Maybe to much of an effort to unroot (any link on how to do that for this device?).

Might wait for the RUU rooted/unrooted from graffixnyc as that's much more simple to apply.

Ratatella
[One (M8) General] benj!:
I did a fresh install of the non-rooted RUU, having backed up all my Titanium folder and other stuff, then sideloaded the OTA file, flashed TWRP and re-rooted. All worked perfectly.
[One (M8) General] ratatella:
Thanks, sounds like a good one.

Where did you get the OTA file? Is it here on XDA already?

Ratatella

---------- Post added at 09:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 AM ----------

PS: Found rooted and non-rooted 5.1 RUU for M8 here:

http://www.graffixnyc.com/m8.php

Ratatella
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Funnily enough, it's in the GPe OTA thread ;)
[One (M8) General] adamparsons:
boot issue

Please help,

Had the latest 5.1 rooted ruu flashed to my device for a month or two when I got this OTA update notification. I accepted the update and my phone rebooted. I saw the android robot do it's thing for a minute or two and without errors my phone continued further along the boot process. However it's currently stuck on the bootup animation ( ie the colored balls that move around ). It's been like this for an hour and I've event tried to reset the phone but it never makes it past the animation.

--- EDIT: UPDATE ---

Also, I had TWRP flashed as well when I accepted the update. I Think this may have been my problem but not sure. TWRP no longer works and all I see is the Android with a red exclamation mark. I can still manage to pull up the backup android recovery menu.

------------------------

Do anyone have any ideas about what could have happened?

Did I do something wrong?

What should I try/do?

Is there a way to recover from this without losing my apps & their data?

Thanks in advance for any guidance/help.
[One (M8) General] Alec2435:
So if I'm on a custom ROM this update is just the stock GPE ROM? So in order to maintain the ROM I'm using I need to wait for a rom release and ignore this?
[One (M8) General] kash55:
I just got this OTA update as well.

I converted my phone to UNrooted 5.1 RUU last week.

I run the update, it reboots goes through the install with no errors, restarts, goes through the "Android is upgrading... and optimizing apps".

But once it's finished, the update notification still popsup as if it didn't upgrade... ran it a second time, and for whatever reason this time it "took". Checked my phone and it said it's up to date.

Very odd.
[One (M8) General] attobrute:
Is it needed?

Hi everyone,

A bit of a newbie, so not quite sure if this is obvious to everyone else, but here goes...

I recently installed the rooted version of [RUU] M8 Google Edition Conversion. 5.1 LMY470.H4 provided by [MENTION=3537886]graffixnyc[/MENTION] as per this thread.

Everything worked fine, and I now have a rooted HTC One M8 running stock GPE 5.1. All fine & dandy, thankyou [MENTION=3537886]graffixnyc[/MENTION]...

Today (July 8, 2015) I am told that my phone has downloaded the OTA Android L-MR1 modification. Being in New Zealand it seems to have finally arrived here two months after everyone else received it.

My question is this - do I need to install the upgrade, or have I already got it thanks to the ROM I have already installed?

Another question is - if I do need to install it, are there any special steps and/or procedures I need to take in order to install it without doing something bad (& irrevocable!) to my phone?

Hope this doesn't sound newbie-ish... I am quite prepared to RTFM if someone can point me in the direction of appropriate answers to my questions,

Cheers,

Attobrute
[One (M8) General] adamparsons:
I'm pretty sure I've been able to answer my own questions after a many hours of searching and reading.

Just in case, for other noobs like me, here is what i learned:

There are many things that might cause havok for OTA updates including being rooted and having custom boot and custom recovery images; all of which I had.

I found the following sites to be useful:

littlegreenrobot.co.uk : serach their tutorials page for ota updates

wugfresh.com : faqs

( sorry for the lack of links but the site is preventing me from posting them )

I also learned that I should have taken a backup before applying something as simple as an OTA update. Lesson learned.

I am going to attempt to flash only the system partition and hopefully that will get me back up and going.
[One (M8) General] adamparsons:
I was able to recover from my issue :D.

For anybody else that runs into the same issue, this is what I did:

1) re-flashed twrp custom recovery

2) made data backup

3) created by own custom (system-only) ruu using graffix's gpe rooted ruu as a base. I basically deleted all img files from the zip file except for the system image.

4) I flashed the custom (system-only) ruu via fastboot

5) let the system boot

6) skipped all the account signup and settings stuff

7) rebooted the system one more time just to make sure things are still good ( I don't think this is necessary but I did it and things seemed to work for me )

8) rebooted into recovery

9) restored data backup that I made in step 2

10) let android do it's thing ( optimize and stuff )

And that's it. Things seem to be back to the way they were before applying the update. Even the android update notification, which caused me all this pain to begin with, is back.

The only thing I have left to do I guess is figure out how to get rid of the notification.

BTW, If I'm not mistaken, this update is not needed. I think it's already included in the 5.1 GPE room graffix supplies.
[One (M8) General] RichardEb:
Hello,

I installed Android 5.1 GPE with the "Rooted Flashable Stock Rom Build"(zip file install wit twrp) from graffixnyc a month ago. Is there an Update package(ruu?/ota?) that I can use to apply the L-MR1 upgrade without losing my data?

Thanks
[One (M8) General] leandronb:
Got this update this week too. In fact are two updates, one is 24mb and other is 20mb. Still stays on Android 5.1 instead 5.1.1, but build number changed two times, ending .h5 and .h6. Don't know what changed, maybe just bugfixes.
[One (M8) General] RichardEb:
Can someone upload the ota packages?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Carlito17_2000:
Has anyone installed his on a Note 3 with Lollipop? Has to be sideloaded. Haven't yet tried. I could test if no one has. Looks great!

https://github.com/PkmX/lcamera
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evlguin:
Unfortunately Samsung and/or AT&T either did not enable or outright removed the Camera 2 api

which is supposed to allow for RAW capture. That was the one thing I truly looked forward to. Imagine my

disappointment when I later found out that the camera 2 api was not available. If it is simply disabled it

may be possible to fix it. Perhaps one of the more knowledgeable members could answer that question.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Camera would need new drivers. But they are not open sourced...only Samsung has access to it. Unfortunately, I dont see them releasing them because it might hurt S6 sales.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] evlguin:
Thank you for your reply! It is most appreciated. That did not occur to me, however, it does make sense. Perhaps someday.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Carlito17_2000:
Thanks guys
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombunny:
My rooted Sony Xperia Z1S has recently picked up a new quirk. It seems to be random when it happens, but the volume buttons and power button suddenly will refuse to respond. The rest of the device is fine, it's not frozen or anything, it simply acts as if I'm not pressing those buttons at all.

Further more, the buttons apparently are fine..? I say this because when pressing and holding power and volume up, the device performs a hard reset. So, THIS it registers. After a reset, it's fine until the next time it decides to act up.

I can have workarounds to this, considering it's rooted, but I'm mainly curious as to why it's doing this, and if there's a way to actually fix this. It uses the stock rom on 4.3.
[LG Optimus 3D] nundoo:
When I try to turn off my Optimus 3D P920, it always restarts instead of shutting down.

I try to shut down either by holding the power button and selecting Power off from the menu, or using an app like Quick Boot. Always restarting.

This happened after upgrading from official 2.3.5 to official ICS.

One thing I noticed after the upgrade: immediately after the phone turns on, the LG logo changed(the one that appeares before the bootanimation). Before the upgrade it was red like in this image View attachment 3250818 Now, when the phone boots, it looks like fastboot View attachment 3250819

The only way I managed to actually turn the phone off is to enter TWRP recovery and select Shutdown from there.

Any help is appreciated!

Thank you!
[LG Optimus 3D] nundoo:
I just found out that this is a bug of using non-stock(wkpark's) bootloader. Finally found a way to flash stock bootloader/recovery using this tool - http://d-h.st/24C

The downside is that i lost TWRP. Well, I made a backup before, and if I ever need recovery I will reflash it. I prefer being able to turn the phone off normally.

P.S. The phone still has the fastboot look when it boots, it doesn't really bother me though, it might just be the way it is after ICS upgrade.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akira.pwr:
My mistake, my bad mistake, I was trying to gain root and to flash a CM rom, but after first successfull flash of a boot.img with fastboot, I have tried to flash the rom with TWRP but my device was recognized as a wrong model, so I couldn't to flash the rom (in settings it was recognized correctly as D6603), so I decided to flash another boot.img, but it was for Lollipop instead Kitkat and now I can't put my device in flash mode or in fastboot mode to flash the correct boot.img or a fw, turning on the Z3 the display lights on and seems to have a bootloop, I see the splashscreen, but nothing else.

Is there a way to recover it?

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sindroid:
Hold volume down and connect USB will take u to fastboot. Tried to flash a FTF yet?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akira.pwr:
Yes, I've tried with volume down (flash mode) and volume up (fastboot mode), nothing seems to works.....

EDIT: wow! now I was able to reboot it into recovery, but I don't know if it's useful, it's the Cyanogen recovery.

EDIT2: Yeaaahhh, from recovery I could reboot it into fastboot mode and to flash the correct boot.img, the device is recovered, I've tried one hour before, sorry to bother the community.
[T-Mobile LG G3] vel0city:
Thanks for xda members bofiana and Shehwaz for tinkering around and finding the fix!!

So the issue is how some members are reporting that their G3's after Lollipop installed via Autoprime's lollipop zip, stock lollipop untouch zip via twrp and KDZ, or pretty much and Lollipop upgrade; LTE is not sticking after reboot,standby for a couple hours, lost connection, airplane mode, and etc.. LTE would always switch back to gsm/wcdma by itself after rebooting,standby for a couple hours, lost connection, airplane mode, and etc.. Even after KDZ,TOT,TWRP restore stock zip to other firmwares like 10c,10m,10r, and 20b the issue is still present. Weirdly enough the only way to get LTE to stick was to flash BlissPop 2.3 rom. Once Blisspop was installed LTE would always stick and never switch back to wcdma/gsm! Here are my steps and the steps of bofiana and Shehwaz to get LTE back to stick.

Make sure you are rooted and have TWRP recovery installed before proceeding!

1.) Go get the Blisspop 2.3 rom, no need for Gapps, Put that rom on your EXTERNAL SD card

2.) Go to TWRP recovery and Backup your current rom (cache and efs is not needed so don't put a check mark on those) to your EXTERNAL SD card and reboot back to recovery

3.) Once back in TWRP recovery fctory wipe and advance wipe everything except for the EXTERNAL SD card since the BLisspop rom is on that and also your backup

4.) Then install Blisspop 2.3 rom

5.) Once booted into Blisspop 2.3 you will noticed in Mobile Network Setting that LTE is selected and even after a reboot LTE is still selected

6.) Once that is confirmed boot back into TWRP and restore your backup from before

7.) Once restore is finish go the mobile network settings and confirmed that LTE is selected by default if that is the case reboot your G3 again and check again to see if LTE is still selected and if it is the LTE switching problem is now fixed!!!!

NOTE:

If you want a clean install you do not need to backup your current rom, instead download the 20b stock untouched zip and just flash that after flashing Blisspop. Remember flashing the 20b untouched stock rom will get rid of TWRP and Root so if you want TWRP and root remember to do that after.

Also this fixed worked for us and I can't guarantee that it will work for all Lollipop LTE issues, but this is pretty safe bet to try if you are experiencing the LTE switch issues and no harm in trying!

Links:

Blisspop 2.3 rom: (By the way any version of Blisspop will work as I just tested out some of the latest Builds and LTE is still good)

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/rom-1-11-15-t3000137

Untouched Stock 20b zip:

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/firmware-t-mobile-lg-g3-t2818667
[T-Mobile LG G3] sasidhar79:
I am trying this method...
[T-Mobile LG G3] gaby04:
Worked for me, but i didn't do an advance wipe just a factory reset on step 3. When i loaded blissrom, it defaulted to 3g so i changed it to LTE.

Rebooted into recovery and restored the lollipop backup . LTE is now the default and working after rebooting. Thanks :highfive: