yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] jjbrown84:
Thanks, I occasionally get freezes and "sorry there was a glitch"

Are you getting these too? Maybe there's a conflict with Alexa and I should disable it?

I also mapped the microphone key (long press) instead of the volume and it seems to work just as well (not very well lol) as using the two buttons, though I guess your way you can choose between Alexa and GA.

I might remap the activity to a short press so the first press wakes GA and then engage with the long press.

Edit

I've now changed it so a short tap of the mic followed by a long press engages GA. Still glitches occasionally unfortunately
[Fire TV General] robin994:
i haven't used short tap on mic coz it glitches as you said. I've not tried to disable alexa. But i guess it would help to make it work better. Anyway it's not worth. Google Assistant work, but voice search seams to be bugged. I can't find tv shows or other stuff, but i can use it to controll smarthome and random assistant request... Anyway i'm trying to link it to my Home system with google homes , but i guess that the device hasn't a proper ggaps installation that's why i can't even find it in home settings.
[Fire TV General] yeahman45:
No not firestick casting but about chromecast function found on other android tv official devices? Does it work on this rom?
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
Thanks for the info. I've enabled it to try but it seems too buggy. Like when I finish speaking it still listening or does not understand my words most of the time. It might me intercepting with alexa's voice input I'm not sure.

No they're already disabled.
[Fire TV General] robin994:
yeah it's kinda buggy, but it works, i guess it just need to be tweaked to get it works. Alexa must be stopped in some way it messes with google assistant stuff
[Fire TV General] yeahman45:
Does google chromecast works like on official android tv devices?

Not fireos casting but android tv chromecast receiving abilities?
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
I really don't know what do you mean, this is my first streaming/casting device I've never used android tv before.

When I enter the screen mirror menu on device, I can mirror my android phones screen or casting icon shows up on video players and when I press that it casts the video on firestick. I'm also using an app called airpin pro to cast/mirror my iphone screen to firestick and it works just fine too.

If you're asking for the casting button that shows up on youtube, prime video, etc, yes it is there.
[Fire TV General] yeahman45:
do you need to open the fireos "receiving" cast app before being able to cast?
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
For android yes.

I'm using iPhone as main and airplay receiving is constantly enabled and showing on my iphone as firestick. As I said I did this with an app called airpin so you may find an app that does the same with chromecast but I'm not sure.
[Fire TV General] yeahman45:
ok thx. If you need to open the app to allow casting, it is the fireos casting app. This is not chromecast function found in android tv devices; it is not the same thing. chromecast is smoother to use.
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
I found this thread. They claim chromecast works with this app on firestick but its too old. I would still give it a shot
[Fire TV General] yeahman45:
thx. Don't think it will work..google has worked hard on blocking these kind of third party chromecast server apps a long time ago.
[Fire TV General] n0ryn:
it worked nice... (y)

Testet Stadia its up and running (had to enable experimental Mode in Stadia APP).

Most Apps running good.

Just one App don´t want start - Live NetTV 4.8.2. I TWRP restored original FireOS and Live NetTV is running good

Any hint to start Live NetTV?
[Fire TV General] The shadow 5249:
Can i eliminate the amazon launcher?
[Fire TV General] carsti77:
The ROM replaces the Amazon launcher out of the box. It's gone.
[Fire TV General] The shadow 5249:
Hello i try to create a backup for have one image for clone my stick but after start the process said failed. What i am doing wrong?
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
:/

Its good to hear that cloud gaming works. I was planing to use steam link but I couldn't pair my dualshock 4 with firestick.

I don't know about that app sorry.

You selected only system image and vendor image right?
[Fire TV General] robin994:
Has anyone been able to get prime video recommendations on leanback launcher? i tried with official android tv app and amazon's one (actually native version is the best one by the way)
[Fire TV General] The shadow 5249:
You selected only system image and vendor image right?

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No, all
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
No, all
[Fire TV General] cityboy19:
I have the same problem
[Fire TV General] felsjc:
1. Could anyone confirm if the HDMI output is switched off when you put the device to sleep?

2. Do volume and power off buttons work via Bluetooth instead of direct IR to tv?

If those are the case I will definitely give it a try. :D
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
@burcbuluklu Any chance you could do something like this rom for sloane? Thanks either way
[Fire TV General] mariosx:
1. Tell me a scenario and I can test (like, tell me what to do)

2. They do not.
[Fire TV General] felsjc:
1. Just put the device in stand-by mode and see if the TV or monitor shows "no signal" message as if no device was connected.

Background: the original firmware nevers turn off the signal when in stand-by, but shows a black screen instead, which would never let my monitor sleep. So I have to manually switch the monitor on and off the monitor.

2. That's a shame. Maybe there is some app for rooted devices that allow remapping. With other Android devices the same remote works just like any other Android remote control.

Thanks for testing, sir! :D
[Fire TV General] The shadow 5249:
I have better experience using the remote control software with my phone. The regular remote control need to pair if i turn on... anyway i dont care. Amazing job. I hope amazon cube could be using the same firmware in the future... will be nice
[Fire TV General] mariosx:
I wish I had better news. When I leave it on, even after 45 minutes, it doesn't go on standby...

When I put it manually in power-saver mode, the screen turns black, but it doesn't stop the signal.

So it's a "no-go" for letting it sleep by itself... it will keep everything on.

I don't know if I'm missing something. I did the configuration for the screensaver, on the settings menu at the bottom.

The screensaver amazon fire menu, is disabled.
[Fire TV General] The shadow 5249:
The only issue i have is with the remote control. Remote unpair after i shutdown stick. But if i use my phone with remote software working great. I think you should do the process again.
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
can someone help me? it is normal that kamakiri script couldn't read my device that has been exploited already (already installed kamakiri) and wont show up on the command?

(ps. 2 - my firestick dont have vm190 or higher it was vm139 like in that range in its serial number)

because im doubting that my firestick was not successfully flashed because mouse pointers wouldnt show up on the os or in the twrp recovery (yep twrp is still bootable but cant navigate it)... i did not tried yet trying a new otg cable but physically there was no damages to the cable itself.. idk if this was a hardware or software issue...

this prevents me from installing these beautiful modules to my old firestick...

sorry for the messy text, im not a native american speakers

hope someone could help me.. thanks!
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
My mouse sometimes takes up to 2 minutes to show up in twrp. I just let it sit and eventually it shows up and can navigate twrp.
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
maybe its a power issue, takes time to have power flow in the mouse so it would work, maybe need a powerful power brick, from a fast charging phone...
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
still doesnt work...
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
Is anyone having trouble with wirelessly adb into the stick after install? No matter what I have tried it won't connect. It says " A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060)" .

Nevermind, I wiped everything and started from scratch. Works now.
[Fire TV General] MRog40:
When I try to boot to TWRP, my mouse and keyboard doesn't show up so in the first 5 seconds I cannot click "Cancel" and it automatically boots into FireOS. What should I do?
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
Try another mouse or keyboard if you have one.
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
Thank you for this work, very nice. Has anyone been able to change background pics?
[Fire TV General] burcbuluklu:
There is no built in adblocker. I get that error when I try to open the app with vpn connection. Do you use vpn on your router or stick?

I couldn't get the native prime video apk to work. Can you please share the apk you used?

I don't have one sorry.

For 2.

I'm using my firestick with pc monitor and airpods so I can't control the volume too. I couldn't find any way to control volume without remote ir.

Please try otg adapter with another device

Mouse support in twrp is not stable. Somethimes my mouse just doesn't move in that 5 sec twrp screen until I reboot. Entering twrp from the system ui is easier when its possible.

Thanks. You should change the name of your wallpaper file to background.jpg and move to the sdcard partition. After that set it from the launcher settings.
[Fire TV General] robin994:
no neeed to share, just go in amazon's appstore and download it
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
Worked great, Thanks again
[Fire TV General] MRog40:
How do I enter twrp from the system ui?

With my OTG cable, the device bootloops even though I'm using the same power supply
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
but what if mouse pointer still doesnt show up in system ui? even in an unmodified fire os? i did not tried another otg y splitter for my Firestick (but still no damages physically to the otg itself) and I lost also my original cable for fire stick... i tried to also change the power brick of the fs like using a 33 watt charger but still doesnt power up my wired and wireless mouse... but no indication to the fs that my supply is weak... what should I do?

I will just try to bring back stock recovery and unroot my fs and try the exploit again...
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
try to use adb commands?
[Fire TV General] MRog40:
How do I use ADB commands while using OTG?
[Fire TV General] yan2xme:
Thru remote adb?
[Fire TV General] marcge 63:
Tried as Well, but only Netflix, Spotify and YouTube seem to be able to display recommendations.

Mycanal is in the launcher's list but does not display anything.

Amazon prime is not in the list...
[Fire TV General] robin994:
i don't know what's wrong. But i guess we need a rom with original android to get better compatibility , not the fireos modded
[Fire TV General] MRog40:
Remote ADB? Over a network?
[Fire TV General] 5h1v4u:
I get com.amazon.device.services has stopped popup quite frequently.Can someone help about it?
[Fire TV General] jisgore:
Hello Guys. I have managed to get the system install and working up until the registration screen. once i go to the link to register and use the code shown on the firetv it says registered but the code then expires on the firestick and it doesn't matter how many times i try it won't register.

Anyone has a solution for this issue?
[Fire TV General] Future-Proof:
Is logging into an Amazon or Google account absolutely required after installing this custom ROM? I just got a 4K Stick, and I'd really like to just use it as kind of an Android set top box, without having to log into any accounts (I'd just sideload what I want to install).
[Fire TV General] ELPOTRILLO79:
VERI GOOD WED HERE HELP VERY GOOD ALL WAY THANKS YOU
[Fire TV General] blaze2051:
is this a 32bit or 64bit Os . because i recently found out the all amazon devices run on a 32bit Os with a 64bit capable cpu, same thing with the chromecast with google tv 4th gen .

But at this point the GC_TV spec are very similar or a little higher than the FS_4k and its Os is less blotware and less restrictive, and it capable of running dreamcast and psp emulation
[Fire TV General] Rortiz2:
Yes, mantis is running a 32-bit OS (32-bit user space), although the CPU is capable of running a 64-bit OS.

No, that's not correct. There are some Amazon devices that use 64-bit user space like Amazon Fire TV 2 (sloane), Amazon Fire HD8 2017 (douglas), Amazon Fire HD10 2017 (suez) and some more.

Your comparison between GC_TV and mantis is true. However, I personally think mantis is a good device once you unlock and debloat it.

I would love to continue comparing both devices but unfortunately this is not the right place to continue the discussion.
[Fire TV General] blaze2051:
i started using telegram that might be a place to discuss
[Fire TV General] rpcll:
Can you set this up without an amazon account? Essentially skipping the wizard
[Fire TV General] Animizio:
Hello.

I m using that root for some time now and everything worked well. Now I can't open the Plex app anymore. It's always crashing directly, I tried Google Playstore and Amazon store version. Also Spotify does not work after opening. It opens, but then I see a not loading website screen (I m not logged in at the moment). This also happens for the installed Spotify and the Google play version.

Any help? Without these apps the stick would be useless for me. Thanks for any help!
[Fire TV General] trecko1234:
Also getting this with the Plex app. This rom is great but without that app then my fire stick is useless
[Fire TV General] Languor:
I had issues with apps not opening on my stock rom rooted when I installed the magisk module fire tv stick 4K addons. The one that includes the leanback keyboard. I see it is included with this rom. Try deactivate it in magisk and see if apps open again. It was my problem for some apps not opening.
[Fire TV General] trecko1234:
This one? This is the only other magisk module installed besides xposed and the selinux fix
[Fire TV General] Languor:
this one:

https://xdaforums.com/t/magisk-module-firetv-4k-stick-add-ons.3979117/

i disabled it and removed it from xposed and magisk and the app i had that wouldn't load, now opens
[Fire TV General] punkrockfan:
heyho, just found this thread here

knowing from android smartphones restoriung a backup through twrp often fails

so would there be (which) safe way to get back to fires tick 4k's stock gui/system/launcher after trying this mod?
[Fire TV General] felsjc:
Edit: Sorry. I noticed I already asked what I needed.

Can I delete this myself?
[Fire TV General] Z23:
Just flash a Stock Rom, you can find plenty of them on XDA. Flashing roms is always a bit risky. But Mantis is very cheap hardware, so why worry?
[Fire TV General] izeman:
I was thinking about flashing KODI to a new Pi4, but remembered the not used firetv 4k i got laying around :)

Luckily I didn't upgrade to the latest firmware, so I could root it and install this TWRP backup. Thanks a lot! Works great!

Btw: I also got the error:255 mentioned some pages back. I used a different powered USB hub (3.0) and everything worked fine after.

Now my question: How and where do I set an autostart for one of the installed apps? I'd like it to start KODI once the firetv is started.

Is this even possible, or do I need to add another app for this?

Thanks!!
[Fire TV General] izeman:
Maybe it helps: I never use PLEX app, but KODI together with the excellent kodiconnect add-on. Works like a breeze here!
[Fire TV General] Skel40:
@burcbuluklu here's the updated settings for your android tv rom with av Sync tuning and wifi icons here:
[Fire TV General] daddyodizzel:
Quick question, do the power on and off, volume function work on this rom?

EDIT: Nevermind, I fixed it by managing control equipment.
[Fire TV General] schoenchen:
Hello, can I go down from 6.2.7.7 to your software?

edit: have now uploaded your firmware. had to go a different way, because your backup was not recognized but very nice work. thanks
[Fire TV General] subhash_india:
Note:

Never use AFTV xm and AFTV gaps xm together , Google voice and Google assistant won't work if you do so.

Update leanback launcher to 1.48,

Uninstall AFTV gaps xm from Magisk , reboot to twrp , just flash open-gaps and katanis in twrp and reboot.

see the magic of Google voice and Google assistant flawlessly after reboot !

Thanks and regards

Subhash India
[Fire TV General] skrippi:
How am I supposed to use the OTG adapter? I can't power the FireTV stick with usb power because the OTG adapter is blocking the port. Without USB power it's not turning on
[Fire TV General] Sus_i:
OTG Y Cable ;)
[Fire TV General] blaacksheep:
Here's an Amazon Link to a 3 port hub that should do the trick.
[Fire TV General] mposadzy:
Why you want to do it with OTG?

Plug to Pc and do ADB commands, they works with twrp also, wipe cache, etc
[Fire TV General] mposadzy:
adb push ~/Desktop/***.zip /sdcard/

adb push ~/Desktop/***.zip /sdcard/

adb reboot recovery

adb shell

twrp install /sdcard/***.zip

twrp install /sdcard/***.zip

twrp wipe cache

twrp wipe dalvik

reboot -p
[Fire TV General] CristianRog:
This doesn't work on fire stick lite, right?
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
Yes , you need twrp only for 4k.
[Fire TV General] nicedog:
Just rooted a brand new fire tv stick 4k but I did not use an OTG cable, so I unplugged the usb cable. Now I am using an OTG with mouse and keyboard, I have been trying to get back to TWRP but the keyboard and mouse do not seem to work at all so I am not able to hit the "cancel" button. I am not able to use "adb" command either because the stick is brand new so developer mode is not enabled. I also tried to run kamakiri's bootrom-step.sh but that did not seem to detect tv stick 4k anymore (because it's already rooted?). Can someone please help?

--updated--

Never mind, I was able to run kamakiri's script again. Forgot to mention that this stick refuses to get updates from Amazon so I'm not able to log in to my account to enable adb.
[Fire TV General] maxi_gg:
Hi! Which gaps version and... what is katanis? I cant find it. I've already uninstall old leanback and installed v1.49
[Fire TV General] Bertonumber1:
Hello, you can try flashing a new firmware and see if you can obtain updates then but updates are really a no no and can lock the bootloader on this model via the efuse.

If you get onto home screen you can install power menu little Vic apk and access recovery via the app, you can also use "adb reboot recovery" from your pc or " reboot recovery" from remote adb shell. Idk of sudo boot-recovery.sh is included in this version of amonet.

But Flash another rooted firmware and you should have access to the missing settings such as dev options

Regards
[Fire TV General] maxi_gg:
Erase, problem solved. Installed leanback 1.49 without problems for now.
[Fire TV General] Giuseppe 1971:
Hello,

Can someone please confirm that Prime Video is still working? I've a Fire TV Stick 4K with firmware 6.2.7.6 (but not this ROM) and since few days the app Prime Video asks me to update. Since I've the updates blocked, I get an error and I cannot open it.

Before installing the ROM in the OP, I want to be sure that Prime Video works.

Thanks in advance

Edit: problem solved thanks to the help of the user Sus_i, I needed to install an updated version of Prime Video found here: https://xdaforums.com/t/prime-video-fire-tv-apk.4315163/
[Fire TV General] maxi_gg:
Hi, prime video works fine. I use the version from Play Store.
[Fire TV General] Bertonumber1:
Hi , I like that u/name ...In the name of the father ? :unsure:

https://xdaforums.com/t/fire-tv-sti...ps-official-cloud-front-direct-links.4088247/

Here is a handy thread should you ever need to update any apks without having to flash newer firmwares.

Regards
[Fire TV General] Giuseppe 1971:
Thanks for the link, just added to the "watched" for future reference.

Sorry, I've not understood, are you asking whether my name is the name of Jesus's father? If yes, you are right, Giuseppe is Joseph in English 👍
[Fire TV General] SamA31:
Is it possible to replace Fire OS with Android TV OS? I mean Fire OS is completely out of the picture - the device literally runs on Android TV OS; and the only app left is the remote control app. Fire OS has a lot of restrictions, censorship, ads and no more registering the device to Amazon. Even disabling the location on Firestick 4K is a pain in the neck. The only pre-installed apps are Google Play Store and Google Play Services. Thanks in advance for your helping hand.
[Fire TV General] Bertonumber1:
This build and Tsyniks magisk addons is the closest you will get to an android TV rom .

This is due to the kernel and features required to make remote and other stuff work

Regards
[Fire TV General] dennis148:
is it possible to load this backup from rooted 6.2.8.1r2 with magisk and twrp installed without otg mouse/keyboard?
[Fire TV General] jisgore:
Flashed the rom and it works great except for the play store. I followed instructions to remove updates by deleting data and cache for the play store, also removing and adding my google account. When I try to download something it says "Downloads Pending" and doesn't do anything else.

My firestick is blacklisted so not sure if has to do with the amazon app store not working.
[Fire TV General] dennis148:
worked flawlessly but prime video app ist not playing video. downloaded newest from google play store. ("Something went wrong). anyone an idea?
[Fire TV General] Seattleweather:
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[Fire TV General] puma9S:
Hey, to those who installed the ROM successfully, how did you experience the performance on this ROM?

Is it faster/smoother than what you had on FireOS?

I tried the methods where you'd replace the launcher on top of FireOS and wonder now whether I get even more out of it by using a whole ROM

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] niggonet:
Thank you, this ROM is just great!

Can you maybe modify the Android's "Display.HdrCapabilities" class (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Display.HdrCapabilities) in a way that it doesn't tell the apps there is a HDR capable TV hooked up to the Fire TV and get a "HDR free ROM"? Many people wish this feature but Fire TV doesn't offer.

I think it's enough to rewrite the "isHdr" function to always return false (https://android.googlesource.com/pl.../+/master/core/java/android/view/Display.java)

public boolean isHdr() {
return false;
}

Would be helpful for the following people (including me):

https://xdaforums.com/t/firetv-cube-disable-hdr.4293547/

https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/9z0xte

https://www.reddit.com/r/firetvstick/comments/k5dwmw
[Fire TV General] ChosenCypher:
Installed the ROM successfully, everything seems to work except Stadia (installed from the Play Store).

Stadia keeps crashing after a couple of minutes of playing.

MainWebModule >>> com.google.stadia.androidtv <<< signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 (SI_TKILL), fault addr --------
Abort message: 'art/runtime/indirect_reference_table.cc: 132] JNI ERROR (app bug): local reference table overflow (max=512)'

Full stack trace as attachment. Sorry for the photo, didn't know how to screenshot or copy paste :)

Any idea what to do? I only updated LeanbackOnFire to v1.50 and logged in with my Amazon and Google Account. Also reinstalled the ROM but with no success, same issue.

I was thinking of updating open-gaps but not sure which version. ARM, 7.1, tvstock? Anything else besides uninstalling AFTV-GAPPS-XM and flashing open-gaps in TWRP?

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] ChosenCypher:
Ok, so I managed to update open-gaps, followed instructions from tsynik from here. The link to the GDrive is this one.

- placed all files from the GDrive link above in /sdcard/

- booted into TWRP and installed/flashed open_gapps-arm-7.1-tvmini-XXXXXX.zip and then update_katniss-4.5.zip

** also, there is a typo here katanis is actually katniss

** if you also want to update LeanbackLauncher you can find it here

Stadia still crashes... unfortunately.