[NEWBIE GUIDE] How to Unlock Bootloader/Root and install Addons FireStick 4k

[jerian01]

so how do i get playstore and chrome can someone advise please?

 

[emkorial]

I am trying to get a stick I can take out of the box, set up, have the OTA update skipped on setup, and block all future OTA updates.

Do I need to flash a ROM for that? I don't care at all about being rooted, and I will never install gimmick add ons or extra or any other garbage. I just want to skip the update.

What steps do I need to follow to do that?

 

[emkorial]

So in this "Newbie" guide (which is not newbie friendly AT ALL) You say the following

This basically installs the pre-rooted image to your device, after the last command, you should see on your monitor the Fire Stick Reboot and boot to the Amazon GUI Splash Screen, now very important if you followed my previous instructions of deregistering your device before performing all these steps, it should bring you up to the Amazon Initial Setup Screen, now what you want to do is do the following commands before continuing on terminal:

Code:
adb devices *you should see something your screen where the FS is connected to, click accept or enter can't remember*
Now it should show you in terminal your serial number and "device" next to it, meaning you can run adb commands in which you will run the following to disable OTA updates:

How is this possible? At this point you will have flashed a new ROM, booted the stick, but NOT gone through the setup, NOT gotten to Settings, and NOT enabled USB DEBUGGING, so how are you connecting via adb to the stick?

Does the flashed ROM have USB Debugging enabled by default? If it does, that means you guide would make sense.

 

[emkorial]

, the image is larger than the available partition on this USB so this is a good time to either get a second USB or if you want to download the file to your local hdd and pull them from there its up to you

How in the WORLD do you do this?????????? This exploit is completely impossible without being able to download the ROM

 

[emkorial]

delete

 

[squaleca1974]

newbie here i have 2 brand new firesticks with vm241 clearly above 190 does that mean sol or do or can i root some other way besides kamaka? any direction would be great thank you

 

[Sus_i]

newbie here i have 2 brand new firesticks with vm241 clearly above 190 does that mean sol or do or can i root some other way besides kamaka? any direction would be great thank you

As long as the sticks are not updated to 6.2.8.7, you can still use the new kamakiri called 2.0.1, released a few days ago:

[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 4K (mantis)

NOTE: There have been multiple reports of devices with serial numbers containing VM190 or higher being shipped with DL-Mode disabled in BROM. These devices cannot be unlocked using kamakiri. These devices do not show up at all on USB when...

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Works without shorting, explained in this OP

[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 3 and Fire TV Stick Lite (sheldon/p)

Read this whole guide before starting. This is for the 3rd gen Fire TV Stick (sheldonp) and Fire TV Stick Lite (sheldon). NOTE: FireOS < 7.2.7.3 required NOTE: This process does not require you to open your device. What you need: A Linux...

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[squaleca1974]

As long as the sticks are not updated to 6.2.8.7, you can still use the new kamakiri called 2.0.1, released a few days ago:

[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 4K (mantis)

NOTE: There have been multiple reports of devices with serial numbers containing VM190 or higher being shipped with DL-Mode disabled in BROM. These devices cannot be unlocked using kamakiri. These devices do not show up at all on USB when...

forum.xda-developers.com

Works without shorting, explained in this OP

[UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK] Fire TV Stick 3 and Fire TV Stick Lite (sheldon/p)

Read this whole guide before starting. This is for the 3rd gen Fire TV Stick (sheldonp) and Fire TV Stick Lite (sheldon). NOTE: FireOS < 7.2.7.3 required NOTE: This process does not require you to open your device. What you need: A Linux...

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thanks how do i burn the fire os i tried using rufus using win 11 it burns fine but when i try to boot to usb i get a a file image cannot be authenticated using mbr fat32

 

[Sus_i]

thanks how do i burn the fire os i tried using rufus using win 11 it burns fine but when i try to boot to usb i get a a file image cannot be authenticated using mbr fat32

Maybe format your flash drive as GPT partition and FAT32 using Rufus...

 

[squaleca1974]

Maybe format your flash drive as GPT partition and FAT32 using Rufus...

tried gpt mbr if i use fat32 i get authenticated failure if i use ntfs i get cant remember i think invalid or something along those lines

 

[squaleca1974]

tried gpt mbr if i use fat32 i get authenticated failure if i use ntfs i get cant remember i think invalid or something along those lines

ill try a different usb stick or ext ssd drive

 

[squaleca1974]

ill try a different usb stick or ext ssd drive

oh its not rufus the drive burns succesfully its when i try to boot from the usb in win 11

 

[Wickie87]

thanks how do i burn the fire os i tried using rufus using win 11 it burns fine but when i try to boot to usb i get a a file image cannot be authenticated using mbr fat32

I had the same problem, the issue lies within rufus for some reason. I tried the portable version of balenaEtcher instead and that allowed me to boot from usb on the first try: https://www.balena.io/etcher/

 

[squaleca1974]

I had the same problem, the issue lies within rufus for some reason. I tried the portable version of balenaEtcher instead and that allowed me to boot from usb on the first try: https://www.balena.io/etcher/

to funny i just tried etcher same non authenticated error, does etcher format the drive or should i preformat it. with what file system? ill try the link u posted maybe thats the difference although i think thats the one i used cause when i click on your link it doesnt look any different from the one i already have installed

 

[squaleca1974]

to funny i just tried etcher same non authenticated error, does etcher format the drive or should i preformat it. with what file system? ill try the link u posted maybe thats the difference although i think thats the one i used cause when i click on your link it doesnt look any different from the one i already have installed

also with win 11 i just click on f11 on my hp laptop wins takes me to the recovery options
see attachmen select usb then select my drive is this how you booted the fireos?

 

[Wickie87]

@squaleca1974 I just checked for you and I actually downloaded the Windows portable version v1.7.7 from their GitHub.

The tool will clone the disk image 1:1 to the USB stick, therefore overwriting any existing file system. Therefore I'm not sure if the previous file system is of any importance. If you want to ensure you start with a clean USB stick, I would format it as a GPT partition with a FAT32 file system, like @Sus_i suggested.

Have you checked the ISO was not corrupted while downloading? Assuming you use a Windows machine, you can open a PowerShell prompt and run the commands below to get the MD5 hash. The hash below is for the ISO I used, which works as described, so if it matches yours it should be okay.

PS C:\Users\your_user> cd .\Downloads\
PS C:\Users\your_user\Downloads> Get-FileHash .\fireiso-2.0.0-amd64.iso -Algorithm MD5

Algorithm       Hash                                                                   Path
---------       ----                                                                   ----
MD5             86D87CA603372033344547793BF7BB07                                       C:\Users\your_user\Download...

Finally, I just rebooted my computer and used a hotkey to boot it from the USB stick. Your way should do pretty much the same thing, but you could look up the specific hotkey for your computer and try booting from the USB stick directly like I did.

 

[squaleca1974]

@squaleca1974 I just checked for you and I actually downloaded the Windows portable version v1.7.7 from their GitHub.

The tool will clone the disk image 1:1 to the USB stick, therefore overwriting any existing file system. Therefore I'm not sure if the previous file system is of any importance. If you want to ensure you start with a clean USB stick, I would format it as a GPT partition with a FAT32 file system, like @Sus_i suggested.

Have you checked the ISO was not corrupted while downloading? Assuming you use a Windows machine, you can open a PowerShell prompt and run the commands below to get the MD5 hash. The hash below is for the ISO I used, which works as described, so if it matches yours it should be okay.

PS C:\Users\your_user> cd .\Downloads\
PS C:\Users\your_user\Downloads> Get-FileHash .\fireiso-2.0.0-amd64.iso -Algorithm MD5

Algorithm       Hash                                                                   Path
---------       ----                                                                   ----
MD5             86D87CA603372033344547793BF7BB07                                       C:\Users\your_user\Download...

Finally, I just rebooted my computer and used a hotkey to boot it from the USB stick. Your way should do pretty much the same thing, but you could look up the specific hotkey for your computer and try booting from the USB stick directly like I did.

first of thanks for your help would the hash dictage a corupt iso or just verify that its the same file your using? i just used the iso posted on the guide pretty sure it was from github can you post me the exact link u used

 

[squaleca1974]

first of thanks for your help would the hash dictage a corupt iso or just verify that its the same file your using? i just used the iso posted on the guide pretty sure it was from github can you post me the exact link u usedView attachment 5556865

ok very strange i was going to format the drive afteeer using etch successfully and it shows up in disk management as unlocatable like etch did nothing strange

 

[Wickie87]

first of thanks for your help would the hash dictage a corupt iso or just verify that its the same file your using? i just used the iso posted on the guide pretty sure it was from github can you post me the exact link u used

You're welcome. In this case I suppose the hash does both: if the hash matches mine you know the image should work (as the image with the same hash worked for me). If it differs, you know the file you downloaded is not the same as mine and therefore might be corrupted.

I used the GitHub link from the guide as well: https://github.com/amonet-kamakiri/fireiso/releases/download/v2.0.0/fireiso-2.0.0-amd64.iso

ok very strange i was going to format the drive afteeer using etch successfully and it shows up in disk management as unlocatable like etch did nothing strange

Just reconnect the drive to see if that sorts it. Or use a different USB stick. Then if you want you format the stick first and then use etcher to clone the image on it.

 

[squaleca1974]

ive tried 3 different usb im going to redownload and try to format with partition assistant as fat32 gpt