Completely different ROM?

[jpolster2005]

Is there any desire to put a different rom on this thing and de-amazon-ify it? Amazon closed my account for "bad selling practices" despite the fact I have an investment in two fire TVs, a gamepad, two kindle fire HDX, one recently renewed year of prime, and over $150 in purchased content that they say I cant access now. Im absolutely livid at the amount of control amazon has over things that I hvae purchased, and content that I own. Im not a programmer, I really dont even understand how building an android ROM works. If anyone here who does understand these things wants to get started on making a NON amazon rom that still supports the remote, and the game pad, and has some kind of TV friendly interface, that would be great. at least then I would be able to keep part of my investment.

 

[Chahk]

Amazon closed my account for "bad selling practices" despite the fact I have an investment in two fire TVs, a gamepad, two kindle fire HDX, one recently renewed year of prime, and over $150 in purchased content that they say I cant access now.

Read the fine print in any app store. Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, all have a clause saying that anything you purchase will be gone if your account is closed. Even though you may get a refund for Prime via your credit card company, any "purchased" (read: rented) apps or media will remain inaccessible even if you change ROMs. APKs of paid apps have Amazon's license check, and will fail to start if you don't have Amazon's Appstore installed and signed in with the account that purchased these apps.

It's never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket. I recommend doing purchases with a separate account than your primary one. Just in case your primary account is closed for doing something they deem as "bad," at least you have a good chance to keep your purchased items and subscriptions. I do that with my Google account, and I would do the same with my Amazon one if I cared enough about the content there.

 

[SovereignKnight]

The desire to create custom Roms exsist for the Fire TV, however this device has a protected boot loader that is currently very difficult to remove. Without getting past this hurtle, there will be no custom Roms for this device. The only function we have at the moment is full control root access. This allows for tweaking the OS but that's about it. Don't hold your breath on an unlocked bootloader because that may take a while, or not even happen at all.

 

[{ParanoiA}]

The only other option currently is https://github.com/freedreno/freedreno/wiki/FireTV but the entire process is not public.

 

[jpolster2005]

I threatened amazon with a lawsuit, and they unlocked my account. Now I cant sell but at least I can buy.

 

[hazard666]

You sound like a winner.

 

[alwaysbless]

A few weeks back this guy jcase was on twitter bragging about how he was going to update his 25 dollar tool to unlock the bootloader on the FTV. Sadly, it still hasnt be released so its probably just another bait from him (surprise!), much like the root he claimed to have for 6 months but ended up never releasing. Pretty safe to say at this point that the FTV will not be unlocked, good thing is android tv is around the corner, plus there are other boxes like the Minix NEO X8 which are more powerful and offer the full android experience.

 

[nhumber]

A few weeks back this guy jcase was on twitter bragging about how he was going to update his 25 dollar tool to unlock the bootloader on the FTV. Sadly, it still hasnt be released so its probably just another bait from him (surprise!), much like the root he claimed to have for 6 months but ended up never releasing. Pretty safe to say at this point that the FTV will not be unlocked, good thing is android tv is around the corner, plus there are other boxes like the Minix NEO X8 which are more powerful and offer the full android experience.

never once did he say he was going to update any other program of his to include the FireTV unlock, nor did he say he was going to charge 25 bucks to unlock the ftv .. he said he would release his work shortly.. then he said live got real and stuff came up.. hold tight.. as in he'll release it when ready.. its people like you that, if i was him, would deter me from working on exploits any more. if you want it unlocked so bad, its all been laid out a few times how he did it, what needs to be done, and with robclarks instructions you could get something else running on it.. (for myself, this is all way over my head),so do it yourself or wait and let things happen when they happen, maybe shoot him a donation on paypal saying thanks for all his hard work too.

 

[alwaysbless]

never once did he say he was going to update any other program of his to include the FireTV unlock, nor did he say he was going to charge 25 bucks to unlock the ftv .. he said he would release his work shortly.. then he said live got real and stuff came up.. hold tight.. as in he'll release it when ready.. its people like you that, if i was him, would deter me from working on exploits any more. if you want it unlocked so bad, its all been laid out a few times how he did it, what needs to be done, and with robclarks instructions you could get something else running on it.. (for myself, this is all way over my head),so do it yourself or wait and let things happen when they happen, maybe shoot him a donation on paypal saying thanks for all his hard work too.

LOL @ your fanboyism - "Anyone own a firetv? FireTV unlock coming soon from http://TheRoot.ninja" - He then follow this with "why not, Fire Tablet HDX gets bootloader unlock this weekend as well" These are quotes directly from him LOL, the link included is to his 25 dollar sunshine tool or whatever its called. Not once in my previous post did i say anything about me wanting the bootloader unlock either i just said the guy is a baiter. Which he clearly is since he literally hasnt released anything for the FTV other then some screen shots.

 

[{ParanoiA}]

 

[nhumber]

LOL @ your fanboyism - "Anyone own a firetv? FireTV unlock coming soon from http://TheRoot.ninja" - He then follow this with "why not, Fire Tablet HDX gets bootloader unlock this weekend as well" These are quotes directly from him LOL, the link included is to his 25 dollar sunshine tool or whatever its called. Not once in my previous post did i say anything about me wanting the bootloader unlock either i just said the guy is a baiter. Which he clearly is since he literally hasnt released anything for the FTV other then some screen shots.

fanboyism... lol i want to get mine unlocked also, i also want to run fedora on it.. but until someone makes it possible for me to do it.. ill just keep waiting and using the box the way it is(which is pretty good for what i need it for) i think your making assumptions about sunshine because afaik its for HTC devices.