[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][11] LineageOS 18.1 for Fire TV Stick Lite/3rd gen (sheldon/p)

[Rortiz2]

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.
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Instructions:

• Reboot to TWRP
• Wipe data, system (/system_root) and cache
• Flash the ROM and the GApps
• Reboot and enjoy!

Downloads:

• Builds: https://github.com/mt8695/android_device_amazon_sheldon/releases
• GApps: Open Gapps (arm/11/tvmini)

Reporting Bugs:

• DO NOT Report bugs if you're running a custom kernel, you installed Xposed or you installed Magisk
• Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
• If it is a random reboot, grab /proc/last_kmsg. (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)

Known issues:

• Dolby Digital Plus™ E-AC-3
• Netflix

Notes:

• SELinux is in Permissive mode
• The ROM supports both sheldon (Fire TV Stick Lite) and sheldonp (Fire TV Stick 3rd gen)
• Do not ask for ETAs

How do i...

• Unlock and install TWRP?
  • Follow the instructions of the unlock thread
• Go back to the original/stock ROM?
  • Download the stock update.bin (sheldon | sheldonp) and flash it using TWRP

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved. Please also do not report known issues. Any bug not reported in the bug report format below may be ignored.

What is your--
LineageOS version:
LineageOS Download url:
Gapps version:

Did you--
wipe:
restore with titanium backup:
reboot after having the issue:

Are you using--
a task killer:
a non-stock kernel:
other modifications:

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

Contributors
R0rt1z2, k4y0z, t0x1cSH, diegocr
Source Code: https://github.com/mt8695
Kernel source: https://github.com/mt8695/android_kernel_amazon_mt8695

 

[Rortiz2]

Screenshots

 

[Rortiz2]

Reserved

 

[k4y0z]

Great Work!

 

[bloot]

Hello, many thanks for this rom, it's awesome, I thought I'd never get rid of that Amazon garbage

In case anybody else gets stuck in the remote pairing, just press the home button for 10+ seconds.

Edit

Anybody knows how to adjust display size?

 

[Rortiz2]

Hello, many thanks for this rom, it's awesome, I thought I'd never get rid of that Amazon garbage

In case anybody else gets stuck in the remote pairing, just press the home button for 10+ seconds.

Edit

Anybody knows how to adjust display size?

I'm not sure with what do you mean by adjust display size but you can try to change it through ADB with adb shell wm size 1080x1920 (you can change the 1080x1920 part).

 

[bloot]

I'm not sure with what do you mean by adjust display size but you can try to change it through ADB with adb shell wm size 1080x1920 (you can change the 1080x1920 part).

Hello, I mean changing the size of the displayed area, not the resolution itself, in my TV the stock display size is too large and I'm missing part of the content

 

[Rortiz2]

Hello, I mean changing the size of the displayed area, not the resolution itself, in my TV the stock display size is too large and I'm missing part of the content

I see, I think there's an option somewhere in the Settings (I can't check right now, sorry), it was called OverScan if I'm not mistaken. If it's not there, I'll include it in the next build.

 

[bloot]

I see, I think there's an option somewhere in the Settings (I can't check right now, sorry), it was called OverScan if I'm not mistaken. If it's not there, I'll include it in the next build.

I've been looking all over the settings but found nothing to adjust it, maybe I missed it though.

 

[k4y0z]

I've been looking all over the settings but found nothing to adjust it, maybe I missed it though.

Disabling overscan is typically a setting that can be configured on your TV.
Usually it's where you can also set aspect ratio for video sources, sometimes it's called "Just Scan"

 

[bloot]

Disabling overscan is typically a setting that can be configured on your TV.
Usually it's where you can also set aspect ratio for video sources, sometimes it's called "Just Scan"

How dumb I feel, I never found an overscan setting on my TV, it turns out the 16:9 aspect ratio does indeed an overscan, just changed to "screen fit" and it did it. Thanks.

 

[yacinecino]

It work like a charm , thank you for your hard work @Rortiz2

Everything work for me except Netflix ,could you upload your functional apk please ? since it's not on the Playstore and I get signature mismatch when I try to install the original amazon one (netflix.ninja) , I can connect with the Aptoide one but no video playback.

 

[Bertonumber1]

AMAZING! Smooth operation, nice and clean layout with the launcher present giving the Android TV theme with working playstore and modest settings menu. This rom has totally transfomred this device. Good work

Cheers again Roger + co

Regards

 

[Tech0308]

Out of interest is this a full 64-bit os instead of Amazon's 32-bit on top of a 64 bit processor?

 

[Rortiz2]

Out of interest is this a full 64-bit os instead of Amazon's 32-bit on top of a 64 bit processor?

This is a 32-bit OS

 

[Rortiz2]

It work like a charm , thank you for your hard work @Rortiz2

Everything work for me except Netflix ,could you upload your functional apk please ? since it's not on the Playstore and I get signature mismatch when I try to install the original amazon one (netflix.ninja) , I can connect with the Aptoide one but no video playback.

I'll try to extract the APK later

 

[famus484]

Hi, I was wondering whether there is also a rom in the works for mantis, the fire tv stick 4k. If there is, I'd be happy to help test it on my own firestick.

If there isn't, could I do anything to make the sheldon one work on mantis (I know the general answer is absolutely no, so not holding my breath here)?

 

[Rortiz2]

Hi, I was wondering whether there is also a rom in the works for mantis, the fire tv stick 4k. If there is, I'd be happy to help test it on my own firestick.

If there isn't, could I do anything to make the sheldon one work on mantis (I know the general answer is absolutely no, so not holding my breath here)?

Unfortunately there is no way this ROM will work for mantis as sheldon's firmware is completely different. We actually tried to boot the sheldon firmware on mantis, but the kernel didn't boot at all (it failed to initialize some stuff). A friend of mine is willing to do 14.1 for mantis, we'll see if he pulls it off.​

 

[famus484]

Unfortunately there is no way this ROM will work for mantis as sheldon's firmware is completely different. We actually tried to boot the sheldon firmware on mantis, but the kernel didn't boot at all (it failed to initialize some stuff). A friend of mine is willing to do 14.1 for mantis, we'll see if he pulls it off.​

Thank you for the answer! That would be quite nice if your friend succeed. Had part of the work for 14.1 on mantis already been done, making it more viable than 18.1? And do you know if there are ''fundamental'' feature differences between both (a non-objective term obviously).

 

[gabardal]

Hello, how can you come back to FireOS if wanted/needed? Cheers!