I got Root for my Fire TV Stick 5.0.5.1!

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badflife

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Thanks for all your help.
But I solved the problem.
I just installed the Kodi fork SMPC.
And now everything plays normal.
So I won't be unrooting it.
I just can't get openvpn to work.
I installed the required binarys with openvpn installer.
Then I imported the VPN configuration files from my vpn provider ( AirVpn)
Installed openvpn settings.
Then I choose the VPN confige file but nothing happens.
I checked everything is installed.
Anybody else tried this?


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ashmanmb

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crackers8199 said:
i'm just asking if the command works. i know from my fire tablet that disabling those apps will work to disable updates...someone elsewhere had posted that the command wasn't working. i forget where i saw that earlier this afternoon...
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Successfully rooted using kingoroot

Tried multiple times on 5.0.5.1 version, stuck at 90% multiple times. Tried again and again, rebooting and all. switched usb ports, installed superuser, uninstalled superuser, cleared cache, cleared data on kingoroot. nothing.

Finally decided to just update to the new version. After fully updating, ran kingoroot, and it said my wifi was down. but it was working. rebooted again, and tried launching kingoroot.

It kept crashing back to the apps screen. So tried several times and no go. Went into ADB fire, connected and ran install api for superuser again. and while I was still installing superuser, got kingoroot to launch and it rooted successfully. confirmed by running superuser after reboot and it shows kingoroot is allowed.

Not sure if it was a combination of the system installing superuser while kingoroot was trying to root or what, but it is rooted now.

Not sure what I plan on doing with it with root access, but if anyone has ideas to make it better, I'm all ears.

I really only need it to launch spmc on boot. since that is what I use it for mostly, apart from netflix and pandora.
 
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ashmanmb said:
Successfully rooted using kingoroot

Tried multiple times on 5.0.5.1 version, stuck at 90% multiple times. Tried again and again, rebooting and all. switched usb ports, installed superuser, uninstalled superuser, cleared cache, cleared data on kingoroot. nothing.

Finally decided to just update to the new version. After fully updating, ran kingoroot, and it said my wifi was down. but it was working. rebooted again, and tried launching kingoroot.

It kept crashing back to the apps screen. So tried several times and no go. Went into ADB fire, connected and ran install api for superuser again. and while I was still installing superuser, got kingoroot to launch and it rooted successfully. confirmed by running superuser after reboot and it shows kingoroot is allowed.

Not sure if it was a combination of the system installing superuser while kingoroot was trying to root or what, but it is rooted now.

Not sure what I plan on doing with it with root access, but if anyone has ideas to make it better, I'm all ears.

I really only need it to launch spmc on boot. since that is what I use it for mostly, apart from netflix and pandora.
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Nothing much yet id advise until rbox releases custom recovery.
You can make a start by disabling updates, as if by the time rbox has finished and released custom recovery the fire stick/tv might of endured more updates rendering root unavailable. At least you have root now and as long as you block updates your good for when recovery is released.
Then maybe xposed, any custom launchers that might work.
Just don't try install stuff that could brick the device until you have recovery.
 
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sconnyuk said:
Nothing much yet id advise until rbox releases custom recovery.
You can make a start by disabling updates, as if by the time rbox has finished and released custom recovery the fire stick/tv might of endured more updates rendering root unavailable. At least you have root now and as long as you block updates your good for when recovery is released.
Then maybe xposed, any custom launchers that might work.
Just don't try install stuff that could brick the device until you have recovery.
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What happens if I unroot the stick, as far as the OTA updates. I disabled the updates but want to unroot at this point to get the PS VUE app back. Will updates still be disabled if I can successfully unroot?

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Edit part

How do i do the edit part? //edit
Everything worked great, just dont know that part works thanks.

Antieco said:
Worked as charm.
First installed super user, then kingoroot..
Adb didn't work at first but it did after disabling and enabling it back.
Just can't disable Ota update

//edit pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota did the trick.

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Ive been trying this for a few hours now.

Fire Stick on 5.0.5.1 purchased a couple of weeks ago in the UK. It does not currently have the option to download the newer firmware 5.2.1.0.

Tried the apk method using various timings, tried with and without the su (from op) app installed, with and without firestopper - no luck. Tried the windows program - no luck either.

Strangely at some point without my knowledge KingoSuper Battery managed to install itself, I assume this was via the Windows program. It got swiftly uninstalled.

Ill keep trying i suppose :)
 
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wdcspurs said:
What happens if I unroot the stick, as far as the OTA updates. I disabled the updates but want to unroot at this point to get the PS VUE app back. Will updates still be disabled if I can successfully unroot?

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82ross said:
Ive been trying this for a few hours now.

Fire Stick on 5.0.5.1 purchased a couple of weeks ago in the UK. It does not currently have the option to download the newer firmware 5.2.1.0.

Tried the apk method using various timings, tried with and without the su (from op) app installed, with and without firestopper - no luck. Tried the windows program - no luck either.

Strangely at some point without my knowledge KingoSuper Battery managed to install itself, I assume this was via the Windows program. It got swiftly uninstalled.

Ill keep trying i suppose :)
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Try windows again and when it gets to 70 percent plug the hdmi in.
 
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I've tried this so many times with no luck. When I open KingoRoot it shows Android version 5.1, is this why I can't get root. My AFTV Stick software version still says 5.0.5.1.

VZW Nexus 6 - Chroma - Franco kernel

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Also, this is the error I'm getting, but I don't know the significance of that address.

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VZW Nexus 6 - Chroma - Franco kernel
 
daddymikey1975

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sokrboot said:
I've tried this so many times with no luck. When I open KingoRoot it shows Android version 5.1, is this why I can't get root. My AFTV Stick software version still says 5.0.5.1.

VZW Nexus 6 - Chroma - Franco kernel

---------- Post added at 06:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:06 AM ----------

Also, this is the error I'm getting, but I don't know the significance of that address.

e185db9aa9e41d1ae8d3368ffa8580fc.jpg


VZW Nexus 6 - Chroma - Franco kernel
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If you update to 5.2.1.0 it'll work for sure. With 5.0.5.1 it's very hit or miss. I have one stick still on 5.0.51 and played with it for over 5 hours trying to get it to root with no luck.

On both of my 5.2.1.0 sticks it rooted right away.

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    jaminmc
    Here is the exact APK I used. I also had to have the app "Rotate screen orientation " lock all apps in landscape mode, as kingo wants to open in portrait.

    Below should be all you need...

    You will need a mouse, or I just used "RemoteMouse" with my iPhone.

    The first time I ran it, I thought it froze, and I held the center, Play-pause buttons to reboot the Fire Stick, and on reboot, I ran it again, and it worked. While it was rebooting, the progress bar started moving. SuperUser needs to be installed for it to work.
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    MrDarkZone said:
    How do you downgrade your Stick?
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    ive put together a guide here:


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    jaminmc
    I Installed BusyBox, as uname isn't on the Fire Stick by default. I also did the Home button double-press disable as proof that it is on 5.0.5.1
    Code: 
    $ adb shell
shell@montoya:/ $ su
root@montoya:/ # uname -a
Linux localhost 3.0.31+ #3 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 15 01:19:40 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@montoya:/ # cat /proc/cmdline
console=none androidboot.hardware=montoya androidboot.selinux=enforcing mem=509M@0xA0000000 lpj=12001280 androidboot.serialno=70940507607XXXXX s.irdrop=534 silicon.type=Typical_Fast usb_charge_type=wall_charger uboot_timestamp=2015-11-12
root@montoya:/ # pm disable com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.venezia.list.AppsLibraryDeeplinkEventReceiver
Component {com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.venezia.list.AppsLibraryDeeplinkEventReceiver} new state: disabled
root@montoya:/ # top


User 10%, System 4%, IOW 0%, IRQ 0%
User 51 + Nice 11 + Sys 29 + Idle 521 + IOW 0 + IRQ 0 + SIRQ 0 = 612

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 3091  1   3% S    74 1055380K  42464K  fg u0_a23   com.waxrain.airplaydmr
 5361  0   2% S    40 1099740K  54800K  fg amz_u0a4 com.amazon.bueller.photos
 3235  0   1% S    70 1047828K  41356K  bg amz_u0a3 com.amazon.whisperlink.core.android
 5782  0   0% R     1   2500K    984K  fg root     top
   51  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     VCHIQ-0
   29  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ksmd
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 3148  0   0% S     1    964K    180K  fg u0_a23   /data/data/com.waxrain.airplaydmr/files/wdog2
   52  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     VCHIQr-0
 1167  0   0% S    22 989300K  28336K  fg system   com.amazon.device.services
 1060  1   0% S    91 1076764K  65484K  fg system   system_server
   15  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     i2c_master_rese
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   17  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     knllog
   18  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     sync_supers
   19  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     bdi-default
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   23  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     cfg80211
   24  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/1:1
   25  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     rpciod
   26  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     bcm_hsotgctrl_e
   27  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     khungtaskd
   28  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kswapd0
   30  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     fsnotify_mark
   31  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     nfsiod
   32  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     crypto
   50  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     VCHIQka-0
   53  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     VCHIQs-0
   54  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     vc-watchdog
   55  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/u:1
   62  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     dwc_otg
   63  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     DWC Notificatio
   64  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     f_mtp
   65  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     file-storage
   66  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kinteractiveup
   67  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     SPUM proc threa
   68  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     SPUM done threa
   73  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     SPUM proc threa
   74  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     SPUM done threa
   79  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     binder
   80  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     irq/156-caph-in
   81  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     AudioCtrlWq
   82  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     VC-FB-Read
   83  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     SMIO
    1  1   0% S     1    920K    404K  fg root     /init
   85  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     mmcqd/0boot0
   86  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     mmcqd/0boot1
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   88  0   0% S     1    900K    212K  fg root     /sbin/ueventd
   90  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     jbd2/mmcblk0p15
   91  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ext4-dio-unwrit
   94  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     flush-179:0
   98  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     jbd2/mmcblk0p18
   99  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ext4-dio-unwrit
  100  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     jbd2/mmcblk0p17
  101  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ext4-dio-unwrit
  112  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     jbd2/mmcblk0p5-
  113  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ext4-dio-unwrit
  121  0   0% S     1   1148K    496K  fg root     /system/bin/sh
  139  0   0% S     5   6548K    776K  fg logd     /system/bin/logd
  140  1   0% S     1   1588K    148K  fg root     /sbin/healthd
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  142  0   0% S     1   1248K    464K  fg system   /system/bin/servicemanager
  143  1   0% S     3   5820K   1084K  fg root     /system/bin/vold
  145  1   0% S     7   8540K    576K  fg system   /system/bin/mcDriverDaemon
  153  0   0% S     9  10816K    952K  fg root     /system/bin/netd
  157  0   0% S     1   1816K    516K  fg root     /system/bin/debuggerd
  158  1   0% S     1   1944K    608K  fg install  /system/bin/installd
  162  0   0% S     2  21404K   2824K  fg root     /system/xbin/vitals_collection_agent
  164  0   0% S    11  42528K   2740K  fg media    /system/bin/mediaserver
  165  1   0% S    11  31636K   2336K  fg system   /system/bin/tvserver
  169  0   0% S     5   6392K    752K  fg system   /system/bin/vclmk
  176  1   0% S     5   6296K    768K  fg system   /system/bin/cecdaemon
  177  0   0% S     1   4364K   1160K  fg keystore /system/bin/keystore
  178  1   0% S     6 966408K  29072K  fg root     zygote
  179  1   0% S     3   4028K    832K  fg media_rw /system/bin/sdcard
  180  0   0% S     1   1324K    308K  fg root     /system/bin/btremoted
  182  0   0% S     8   7728K    252K  fg shell    /sbin/adbd
  245  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kauditd
  289  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     mc_log
  338  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/0:2
  462  0   0% S     5  19892K   3296K  fg drm      /system/bin/drmserver
  562  0   0% S     1   1064K    164K  fg root     daemonsu:mount:master
  744  1   0% S     3   3116K    268K  fg root     daemonsu:master
  760  0   0% S     1  19892K   3296K  fg drm      /system/bin/drmserver
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 1363  1   0% S    12 983240K  25584K  bg amz_u0a6 com.amazon.tv.ime
 1412  0   0% S     1   5120K   1660K  fg wifi     /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
 1420  1   0% S    14 976792K  23916K  bg amz_u0a5 com.amazon.precog
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 1526  0   0% S    43 1063040K  43428K  bg amz_u0a6 com.amazon.tv.launcher
 1606  1   0% S    47 1016240K  29824K  bg amz_u0a2 com.amazon.client.metrics
 1631  0   0% S    18 983648K  25428K  bg amz_u0a2 com.amazon.device.settings
 1755  0   0% S     1    972K    352K  bg amz_u0a5 logcat
 1819  1   0% S    21 996956K  32564K  bg amz_u0a6 com.amazon.tv.launcher:MediaBrowseServiceProcess
 1836  1   0% S    15 987772K  31968K  bg amz_u0a5 com.amazon.kso.blackbird:BlackbirdServiceProcess
 1849  1   0% S     1   1112K    340K  fg nobody   /system/bin/dnsmasq
 1870  1   0% S     1   1040K    400K  bg amz_u0a2 logcat
 1888  1   0% S     1   1108K    384K  fg root     /system/bin/sh
 1980  0   0% S    51 1085684K  50744K  bg amz_u0a3 com.amazon.avod
 2006  0   0% S    12 974432K  25608K  bg u0_a2    com.amazon.device.controllermanager
 2029  1   0% S    24 1002908K  32408K  bg amz_u0a6 com.amazon.tv.launcher:GlobalNavProcess
 2135  1   0% S     1   1112K    364K  fg dhcp     /system/bin/dhcpcd
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 2166  0   0% S     1   1012K    332K  fg root     /system/bin/ping
 2167  1   0% S     1   2428K    568K  fg root     grep
 2197  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/1:2
 2410  1   0% S    27 1000832K  26080K  fg bluetoot com.android.bluetooth
 2419  0   0% S     1   1292K    656K  fg root     /system/bin/sh
 2763  0   0% S    28 1001428K  35632K  bg u0_a30   com.kingouser.com
 2812  1   0% S     1   3116K    204K  fg root     daemonsu:10030
 3672  1   0% S    20 993760K  41456K  fg u0_a15   de.belu.firestopper
 3695  0   0% S    32 1002416K  32272K  fg u0_a22   com.guidology.android.remotemouseforfiretv
 3740  0   0% S    13 993576K  26520K  bg u0_a29   net.loadinghome.rotatescreenorientation
 3809  1   0% S     2   5168K    448K  fg root     daemonsu:0
 3870  1   0% S    10 972256K  22728K  bg u0_a2    com.amazon.device.controllermanager:BluetoothReceiver
 3896  0   0% S    53 1045076K  46868K  bg amz_u0a7 com.amazon.venezia
 3958  1   0% S    14 983116K  28788K  bg amz_u0a1 com.android.providers.downloads
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 4283  0   0% S    10 972264K  22368K  bg u0_a2    com.amazon.device.controllermanager:WifiReceiver
 4347  0   0% S     1   1116K    560K  fg shell    /system/bin/sh
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 4366  0   0% S     1   5176K    580K  fg root     daemonsu:0:4363
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   84  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     mmcqd/0
    2  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kthreadd
    3  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ksoftirqd/0
    5  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     kworker/u:0
    6  0   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     migration/0
    7  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     migration/1
    9  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     ksoftirqd/1
   10  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     khelper
   11  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     netns
   12  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     suspend
   13  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     i2c_master_rese
   14  1   0% S     1      0K      0K  fg root     i2c_master_rese
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    MetaIIica said:
    Tried it too with my second FTV Stick running 5.0.5.1 and it fails...
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    AFTVnews.com said:
    DId you have the SuperSU app posted above installed? Did you launch it before/after? When it worked after the reboot, did it stop at 90% at all or did it breeze through?
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    btb55 said:
    To those who have success with this, do you have Firestarter (or stopper) installed?
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    Ive got firestopper installed, have not dome anything even instsll super user yet not had chance, will be blocking updates and using my normal root tools when I get them set up later.
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    jaminmc said:
    Here is the exact APK I used. I also had to have the app "Rotate screen orientation " lock all apps in landscape mode, as kingo wants to open in portrait.

    Below should be all you need...

    You will need a mouse, or I just used "RemoteMouse" with my iPhone.

    The first time I ran it, I thought it froze, and I held the center, Play-pause buttons to reboot the Fire Stick, and on reboot, I ran it again, and it worked. While it was rebooting, the progress bar started moving. SuperUser needs to be installed for it to work.
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    I tried it on a 5.0.5.1 Fire TV Stick, replicating what you say, and also failed. I did not need a mouse btw since pressing the center button on the remote starts the rooting process.

    If you're not just trolling us, the only thing I can think of is that there's some sweet spot during the rooting attempt that the device needs to be restarted which you hit, since you say "while it was rebooting, the progress bar started moving." Do you remember what percentage it was stuck at? It never goes past 90% for me and then eventually says root failed after about 2 minutes at 90%. When the bar started moving while it rebooted, did it go past 90%?

    If there is some sweet spot to reboot at, my guess is it's from when it stops at 90% to 50 seconds later. Around 50 seconds after it stops at 90%, the app tries to mount the system partition as writable and fails.
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