FireTV 2 (sloane) Prerooted Stock Images [5.2.7.6_r1]
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@rbox: Thank you for the clarification.
Its the only app that has no "launch" prompt in Amazons App menu. Go figure...
You also have that situation with the play store if you install it. It might have something to do with them being system apps.
I was on 5.0.4 r1 and upgraded to 5.0.5 r1 and the keyboards would not work no matter what I did. I would try unplugging the fire tv to reset, reboot from the menu, plugging in the keyboard while it was booting, etc. The keyboards would just not respond at all until the fire tv os was booted. What fixed it was flashing recovery v4 through adb. From there, I upgraded to 5.0.5 r3. Everything has been fine since then.
adb connect, adb shell, type 'mouse', then read what it says to do.
Thanks, a good hint was to power cycle the fireTV. When I unplug the fireTV and plug it back the keyboard is working fine and I can select to boot into recovery. But after the fireTV has booted and a reboot the keyboard isn't working again.
I flashed then 5.0.5_r3, without success. Same behaviour.
ahh.. last question lol, whats the command you use to reboot into twrp recovery? instead of adb reboot recovery?
You can also touch a file /cache/bootmenu_recovery prior to rebooting and it will make the default option in the bootmenu to be recovery. Do note you will have to manually delete the file or else it will always default to recovery.
What "somethin stupid" did you do? Is recovery still working? The easiest thing is to just reinstall the prerooted rom.
I got it working again. I was playing with 5.0.5r3 and recovery v4. Can not get usb to respond with v4. I am back on 5.0.5r1 with recovery v3. Not sure why but will not work for me.
so just create a file /cache/bootmenu_recovery and reboot? nothing needs to be added to the file?
ok so i tried that and now im unable to connect at all via adb and stuck on recovery screen lol..
i tried connecting at different times as well as ive tried unplugging/plugging in everything
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So the screenshot is from extremely far away... but the IP address in the top left corner appears to say 0.0.0.0... It only works over ethernet. Can't really explain why the keyboard isn't working. It's just a standard USB keyboard? Starting with it unplugged and then plugging it in afterwards should definitely work.
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78Here are prerooted stock images for use with my recovery. Note that these contain addon.d support, so any 3rd party things you install to /system need an addon.d script to be retained between flashes.
Managing Stock Recovery
Starting with 5.0.5_r3, stock recovery gets disabled. This means you cannot reboot in to stock recovery manually or automatically because of a system update. This will make it safer for people who forget to disable updates. You should still disable updates though. If for whatever reason, you want to reenable it, or verify it is disabled, you can use the manage_recovery program. Under normal circumstances, you should never need to use manage_recovery.
- Connect to adb and start a shell
- Switch to root with su
- Run manage_recovery (if you do not run su first, it will seem to run, but won't actually be able to do anything)
Code:manage_recovery
There are 3 different scenarios that manage_recovery will detect and prompt for.
The first is when stock recovery is disabled, it will look like this:
Code:Checking current stock recovery status... NOT STOCK Checking for reason... DISABLED Stock recovery is currently disabled, Would you like to enable it? Type 'yes' to enable it, anything else to quit.
The second is when a stock recovery is flashed that does not match the current system version:
Code:Checking current stock recovery status... NOT STOCK Checking for reason... WRONG VERSION Would you like to disable stock recovery? Type 'yes' to disable it, anything else to quit.
And finally, the third is when stock recovery is enabled and the correct version:
Code:Checking current stock recovery status... STOCK Would you like to disable stock recovery? Type 'yes' to disable it, anything else to quit.
After changing the recovery status, you can run the program again to verify it changed.
WARNING: DO NOT FLASH 5.0.5.1 OR EARLIER IF YOU STARTED WITH VERSION 5.2.1.0 OR LATER
NOTE: If you were at 5.2.6.6 or below, you MUST flash 5.2.6.7 before going to 5.2.6.8 or later.
Changelog and Downloads:
- December 26, 2020 - 5.2.7.6_r1 (md5sum: 01178aecf55cd895cbfdeb64d5a19e62)
- July 4, 2020 - 5.2.7.3_r1 (md5sum: 875436574974c3603aef179b898a4c60)
- December 7, 2019 - 5.2.7.2_r1 (md5sum: b91c6b596ef5daae085ddf08c1c504e5)
- September 21, 2019 - 5.2.7.1_r1 (md5sum: 0d72e930cee2652d324d2fceebdd4202)
- June 29, 2019 - 5.2.7.0_r1 (md5sum: 1e402185cefb91276d811f1321494863)
- March 30, 2019 - 5.2.6.9_r1 (md5sum: a3e23a7f337346a4638f8c8895632046)
- February 10, 2019 - 5.2.6.8_r1 (md5sum: bd0daa677635e04e368d1b2b235e03e9)
- December 2, 2018 - 5.2.6.7_r2 (md5sum: b50a1fddb3e01c18c353195c9f7f50cd)
- This ROM contains updated DRM firmware.
- November 27, 2018 - 5.2.6.7_r1 (md5sum: b0ee16b57b37a934778ca1436f29916a)
- This ROM contains updated DRM firmware.
- September 28, 2018 - 5.2.6.6_r1 (md5sum: 37ce0c6dda850fa2d462835496b68576)
- June 24, 2018 - 5.2.6.3_r1 (md5sum: 08982269022c01c9a1eac8ff94adf637)
- January 28, 2018 - 5.2.6.2_r1 (md5sum: 0967de2a707f173ca8715356a20ea88e)
- October 8, 2017 - 5.2.6.0_r1 (md5sum: 84eedbb2e9fd4b57679747ecb8fae797)
- July 27, 2017 - 5.2.4.2_r2 (md5sum: a96e73478cdbe8659f6758a5d27b4738)
- This includes updated firmware to fix Hulu and HBO.
- July 3, 2017 - 5.2.4.2_r1 (md5sum: 0719fde0db90702c2407461003217977)
- May 1, 2017 - 5.2.4.1_r1 (md5sum: 64915fceb4e7d1c0de9d1ef625db48e7)
- December 10, 2016 - 5.2.4.0_r1 (md5sum: 77af47d3c43fe79e82740d0cc0c4bce5)
- September 10, 2016 - 5.2.1.1_r1 (md5sum: fd7c06bce26d4aa611eef402ef156322)
- July 4, 2016 - 5.2.1.0_r2 (md5sum: a69981f6d4dce77cf1f9907f8a39b391)
- This is the same as the previous 5.2.1.0, just with the updated version that Amazon released.
- June 1, 2016 - 5.2.1.0_r1 (md5sum: 81693eae0ce3b497cf425691bc4ad041)
- This includes 2ndinit version dee776 and TWRP version 3.0.0-5.
- April 8, 2016 - 5.0.5.1_r1 (md5sum: c6d8a11b7ca7a0b45a38af4f9f70cf2d)
- The updated TWRP in this version should disable auto flashing amazon updates.
- This includes 2ndinit version dee776 and TWRP version 3.0.0-5.
- February 14, 2016 - 5.0.5_r4 (md5sum: 9145c8f6d52fda2c3cfdd1d091bcb331)
- The updated TWRP in this version should fix the issues certain keyboards were having.
- This includes 2ndinit version dee776 and TWRP version 3.0.0-4.
- February 13, 2016 - 5.0.5_r3(md5sum: 92d08a12d240cf9bf6d25005a65bd82d)
- Starting with this update, stock recovery will be disabled to prevent stock updates from being flashed. Please refer to the instructions above for managing stock recovery.
- This includes 2ndinit version dee776 and TWRP version 3.0.0-3. Because this comes with a newer 2ndinit version, do not flash an older recovery package. Doing so will disable su.
February 12, 2016 - 5.0.5_r2
- OTA updates are permanently disabled, otherwise the same as r1.
- This breaks booting with a factory reset.
- February 12, 2016 - 5.0.5_r1(md5sum: 211a15f949e317b02c637b2927a7c8ba)
- This includes 2ndinit version 743aa4 and TWRP version 3.0.0-3.
- February 8, 2016 - 5.0.4_r2(md5sum: ebcecf89e9b81c02f22ed2706fe5f796)
- This comes with TWRP 3.0.0-2
- This comes with the same 2ndinit version
- February 6, 2016 - 5.0.4_r1(md5sum: 87ce4f7802d21bd1f14c45d473783713)
- This comes with 2ndinit version fe3362 and recovery version 3.0.0-1
- February 6, 2016 - 5.0.3.1_r1(md5sum: e38d66dce235c9c0122dfbde2db5a6b6)
- This comes with 2ndinit version fe3362 and recovery version 3.0.0-1
15Awesome work!
For those who need a step-by-step guide with screenshots:
[GUIDE] How to Root a Fire TV 2 by installing rbox's Pre-Rooted Image
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