FireTV Boot Menu 1.0

[vampypang]

Hrm... My FireTV also loads the rbox boot menu, and won't boot the kernel (it just sits there) and launch recovery will return with the amazon system update not successful screen. Any luck with your FireTV?

I've made some progress... after much persistence of "launching recovering" then pressing (Alt + Prt Sc + i) to reboot it again, then pressing the HOME key, I now have the "Android System Recovery" loaded... I'm now not sure what to do next! Factory reset didn't do much, and I'm not sure how to connect to the firetv when using the "apply update from ADB"... Any tips?

 

[philo_enyce]

Hrm... My FireTV also loads the rbox boot menu, and won't boot the kernel (it just sits there) and launch recovery will return with the amazon system update not successful screen. Any luck with your FireTV?

sadly no. got a new one and ran through the process successfully this time.

 

[bula1ca]

I've made some progress... after much persistence of "launching recovering" then pressing (Alt + Prt Sc + i) to reboot it again, then pressing the HOME key, I now have the "Android System Recovery" loaded... I'm now not sure what to do next! Factory reset didn't do much, and I'm not sure how to connect to the firetv when using the "apply update from ADB"... Any tips?

Reinstall bueller-51.1.4.0_514006420-rooted+updated, it will remove Boot Menu and you can start fresh. I installed boot menu manually on all my boxes however on the last one I did for a friend I tried to install it using FireTv Utility (could had been an user error) and I ended up with system not being able to boot up, fortunately boot menu saved me.

 

[hotterpop]

Just installed this- absolutely no issues. Thanks for the great work! Love the graphic too- reminded me of Banjo Kazooie.

 

[rbox]

Just installed this- absolutely no issues. Thanks for the great work! Love the graphic too- reminded me of Banjo Kazooie.

Thanks Someone was complaining about the Comic Sans... but if everyone stops using Comic Sans, it'll be as if it never existed...

 

[hotterpop]

Also, I don't want to sound like too much of a fanboy here, but being able to use my laptop to control the recovery without having to go dig up my keyboard was a magical experience.

 

[Y314K]

Also, I don't want to sound like too much of a fanboy here, but being able to use my laptop to control the recovery without having to go dig up my keyboard was a magical experience.

What did you use.. FireTV Utility's Virtual Keyboard ? or FireTV Utility to go directly into CWM & then http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-remotely-control-clockworkmod-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-using-adb/ ???

 

[hotterpop]

I haven't used FireTV Utility, I've been doing all my installs manually through the terminal. I just rebooted to CWM and then followed the instructions you linked. My only complaint is that I had to switch out of Dvorak to get the proper key orientation

 

[RoachForLife]

so looks like I bricked mine. I see how I did this. I right clicked the link and hit save on the img file rather than left clicking and downloading from the mega site. This ended up being only 89k but of course I didnt check. The actual file is 6megs.

Anyways after running thru the commands I am stuck on the amazon boot screen. Is there anything that can be done or is this a complete loss? Sucks I just spent an hour or so doing all this stuff only to brick it right at the end. Grr
Thanks

 

[chrootz]

@rbox - thanks for this excellent development and I finally got time to work on my AFTV and everything is charm and smoothly. When I get paycheck in next 2 weeks and promise buy you a beer.

 

[Y314K]

so looks like I bricked mine. I see how I did this. I right clicked the link and hit save on the img file rather than left clicking and downloading from the mega site. This ended up being only 89k but of course I didnt check. The actual file is 6megs.

Anyways after running thru the commands I am stuck on the amazon boot screen. Is there anything that can be done or is this a complete loss? Sucks I just spent an hour or so doing all this stuff only to brick it right at the end. Grr
Thanks

Can you still ADB into your FTV. I would try to sideload the bootmenu.img file using the FireTV Utility App to the Download folder & then I would try running thru the commands again. If you can still ADB to your FTV then there might still be hope...

 

[chrootz]

@rbox - is it safe if I am going to format /system partition in the recovery and will I going to lose the boot.img? I was going to re-install the latest pre-rooted rom. Just wanted make sure before I do it. Thanks

PS. I already installed the boot menu.

 

[rbox]

@rbox - is it safe if I am going to format /system partition in the recovery and will I going to lose the boot.img? I was going to re-install the latest pre-rooted rom. Just wanted make sure before I do it. Thanks

PS. I already installed the boot menu.

You should *NEVER* format /system. There is never any reason to do that.

 

[chrootz]

Roger that. I didn't doing it yet and at least my AFTV running solid this time. A million thanks

You should *NEVER* format /system. There is never any reason to do that.

 

[xdause]

nm. my apologies.

 

[ECEXCURSION]

I am having an almost similar situation. The timer counts down to 0 and I am stuck there. I also have a keyboard installed, however it will not enter the boot kernel or launch recovery. It actually doesn't let me do anything from this screen. I have tried 2 different keyboards. They are working as the CTRL ALT DELETE triggers a reboot. I know the the latest version of CWM was installed. Not really sure how to proceed.

Edit: Apparently I got it working now. Not exactly sure what was wrong but it's up and running. Yesterday when I was triggering the recovery at boot via the ALT PrntScreen i it didn't actually boot recovery, but somehow later it did? After doing that it allowed for movement on the boot menu, but at that point I just loaded 4.0 to remove boot menu. Then flashed boot menu again and everything was working.
I've done a few boxes for family and friends and never had this issue, glad it decided to fix itself one way or another.

I too have found myself in a similar situation. Currently trying to remedy the situation.

I've been following AFTVnew's wonderful rooting guide in conjunction with the Amazon FireTV Utility App for basic commands (like launching adb shell, pushing files, or rebooting the FTV.

This morning my AFTV sat with bootloader unlocked, CWM 6.0.5.1.4a, 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated, rooted, busybox installed, updates disabled, and all file checksum's verified before flashing.

Aftering continuing on with the AFTVnews rooting guide it was time to install the custom boot menu. I opted to manually input commands, instead of relying on the FireTV Utility App. After rebooting the AFTV the custom boot menu clock ticked down to 0 and just sat there - unable to select anything. I was able to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to reboot, at which point I selected recovery, and now have access to adb shell again. The only thing I can think of which deviated from the guide is that I had initially transferred "firetv-bootmenu-1.0.img" to the sdcard before renaming it as the guide suggested. I then decided to rename it by doing "cp firetv-bootmenu-1.0.img bootmenu.img". I'm curious if there would be any permission problems in doing so (I'm somewhat of a Linux novice)?

I'm wondering what the best course of action is. Do I reboot and hope for the best? Do I flash 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated to the AFTV again and flash that to start over? Or should I transfer 51.1.4.1_514013920 fixed instead? I'm currently in the process of transferring both to the SD Card. I assume 51.1.4.0 is the logical choice? What do you guys think?

 

[rbox]

I too have found myself in a similar situation. Currently trying to remedy the situation.

I've been following AFTVnew's wonderful rooting guide in conjunction with the Amazon FireTV Utility App for basic commands (like launching adb shell, pushing files, or rebooting the FTV.

This morning my AFTV sat with bootloader unlocked, CWM 6.0.5.1.4a, 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated, rooted, busybox installed, updates disabled, and all file checksum's verified before flashing.

Aftering continuing on with the AFTVnews rooting guide it was time to install the custom boot menu. I opted to manually input commands, instead of relying on the FireTV Utility App. After rebooting the AFTV the custom boot menu clock ticked down to 0 and just sat there - unable to select anything. I was able to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to reboot, at which point I selected recovery, and now have access to adb shell again. The only thing I can think of which deviated from the guide is that I had initially transferred "firetv-bootmenu-1.0.img" to the sdcard before renaming it as the guide suggested. I then decided to rename it by doing "cp firetv-bootmenu-1.0.img bootmenu.img". I'm curious if there would be any permission problems in doing so (I'm somewhat of a Linux novice)?

I'm wondering what the best course of action is. Do I reboot and hope for the best? Do I flash 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated to the AFTV again and flash that to start over? Or should I transfer 51.1.4.1_514013920 fixed instead? I'm currently in the process of transferring both to the SD Card. I assume 51.1.4.0 is the logical choice? What do you guys think?

Sounds like you didn't back up the boot.img. Just install 51.1.4.1 and you should be fine.

 

[ECEXCURSION]

Sounds like you didn't back up the boot.img. Just install 51.1.4.1 and you should be fine.

I installed 51.1.4.1 and it completed successfully, I'm back up and running! Thanks!

I'm still slightly confused though for root cause; I assume the backup of boot.img in this command?

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/system/boot/boot.img

I did run that command the first time and it completed. I can see a file located at /system/boot/boot.img on my AFTV.

Perhaps this isn't the right area, but I was also wondering what the best method would be to start "fresh". It seems that my purchased music from Amazon Music plays back at .05 speed for some reason... Should I clear cache and factory reset in CWM? Factory reset in the Amazon menu perhaps? Sorry for all of the questions.

 

[rbox]

I installed 51.1.4.1 and it completed successfully, I'm back up and running! Thanks!

I'm still slightly confused though for root cause; I assume the backup of boot.img in this command?

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/system/boot/boot.img

I did run that command the first time and it completed. I can see a file located at /system/boot/boot.img on my AFTV.

Perhaps this isn't the right area, but I was also wondering what the best method would be to start "fresh". It seems that my purchased music from Amazon Music plays back at .05 speed for some reason... Should I clear cache and factory reset in CWM? Factory reset in the Amazon menu perhaps? Sorry for all of the questions.

Factory reset from recovery is enough.

 

[ECEXCURSION]

Factory reset from recovery is enough.

Alright, so I'm pretty sure my AFTV has now turned demonic... Even the initial setup video was playing back at 0.25% audio speed. This isn't how E-Fuses manifest themselves, is it? lol?

I still have access to CWM, so I guess I will try flashing 51.1.4.0_514006420 updated tomorrow and see if it fixes anything (unless you have another idea). Thanks for the help, rbox!.\

// EDIT: It turns out my LG LA6200 HDTV was at fault, not the AFTV... demonic TV.