i have a new problem: if for some reason the firetv loses power, it will not boot until i disconnect my external usb hard drive. anyone else having the same problem?
Volc7 said:
i have a new problem: if for some reason the firetv loses power, it will not boot until i disconnect my external usb hard drive. anyone else having the same problem?
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So I know if you plug a computer with an A to A cable it stays in the bootloader to allow you to use fastboot. I wonder if it sees something plugged in and just is like "oh well" and stays in the bootloader.
rbox said:
So I know if you plug a computer with an A to A cable it stays in the bootloader to allow you to use fastboot. I wonder if it sees something plugged in and just is like "oh well" and stays in the bootloader.
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that makes sense, because it will stay in the amazon logo (not animated) and will not move to the animated amazon fire tv logo. wish i could stop that tho
Volc7 said:
that makes sense, because it will stay in the amazon logo (not animated) and will not move to the animated amazon fire tv logo. wish i could stop that tho
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If it's staying on the white logo, then it is definitely in fastboot. I haven't messed with it much, but I did notice once that the Fire TV was being powered by the USB port, which caused boot issues. It's possible that getting power through the USB port is enough to put it in fastboot. Perhaps your harddrive or hub is sending power to the Fire TV, causing fastboot to kick in.
AFTVnews.com said:
If it's staying on the white logo, then it is definitely in fastboot. I haven't messed with it much, but I did notice once that the Fire TV was being powered by the USB port, which caused boot issues. It's possible that getting power through the USB port is enough to put it in fastboot. Perhaps your harddrive or hub is sending power to the Fire TV, causing fastboot to kick in.
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im guessing so, its a 1tb usb 3.0 drive which im using one of those Y cables to give it power from a usb outlet otherwise it will just click from lack of power.
Volc7 said:
im guessing so, its a 1tb usb 3.0 drive which im using one of those Y cables to give it power from a usb outlet otherwise it will just click from lack of power.
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Ah, there you go. It's the Y cable that's causing your issue. If you used a powered USB hub you probably won't have this issue.
Hmm i see, i will try the powered hub. Thanks for the input. Will respond back when i get it and post rwsults
I also have this issue. I have a powered usb hub with 10 ports. I use it to plug in my HD and RF remote and RF keyboard. It will not reboot. It just stays stuck on the white amazon logo. I thought It was stuck in boot loop. Now I know the powered usb hub is the problem. I unplugged it and now FTV boots as normal. So I guess we can't have powered usb hubs?
userxx said:
I also have this issue. I have a powered usb hub with 10 ports. I use it to plug in my HD and RF remote and RF keyboard. It will not reboot. It just stays stuck on the white amazon logo. I thought It was stuck in boot loop. Now I know the powered usb hub is the problem. I unplugged it and now FTV boots as normal. So I guess we can't have powered usb hubs?
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powered hubs and non-powered hubs worked for me with usb flash sticks and 2.4Ghz keyboard. Never tried a HD.
This happens to me when using a Powered USB Hub, it will not boot and stick to the first Amazon Logo.
When I'm using the same USB Hub with no power cable plugged it, it boots successfully.
Gaiosan said:
This happens to me when using a Powered USB Hub, it will not boot and stick to the first Amazon Logo.
When I'm using the same USB Hub with no power cable plugged it, it boots successfully.
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do you have a HD connected to the hub?
Volc7 said:
do you have a HD connected to the hub?
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As far as I remember, the first time I have plugged it powered it had nothing connected to it.
But I might be mistaken and It had a 2gb usb connected to it...
Gaiosan said:
As far as I remember, the first time I have plugged it powered it had nothing connected to it.
But I might be mistaken and It had a 2gb usb connected to it...
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well it's been almost a week with the powered hub and NOT using a Y cable and i have not had any problems so far.
set up
rbox said:
So I know if you plug a computer with an A to A cable it stays in the bootloader to allow you to use fastboot. I wonder if it sees something plugged in and just is like "oh well" and stays in the bootloader.
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hi how did you set up your external drive , i have mounted it ok but all i see is is sda empty when there are videos on it
thank you
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I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?
portezbie said:
I got a little micro usb to usb adapter for a buck and I've tried connected a few flash drives and a keyboard to it but nothing seems to happen.
Is there anyway to get usb devices to work with the kindle or no?
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Yes, there are certain USB devices that work great with the Kindle Fire. First thing is, the device must be rooted and running a custom ROM. A recent JB ROM will do just nicely and CM7 on the Kindle DOES NOT SUPPORT OTG.
I successfully use a Logitech k120 keyboard without any problems. Usually as soon as I plug it in, the Kindle will recognize it and then it's useable. The keyboard DOES NOT require a powered USB hub. I also can use a USB optical mouse but a powered USB hub IS REQUIRED for that as the Kindle does not have enough power output from its micro-USB port.
I haven't really tried to mount a flash drive yet but some do require a powered hub and others do not.
Are you using an actual OTG adapter? I bought one off an online auction site for $2 and it was labeled for "Samsung" devices but that doesn't matter.
Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?
portezbie said:
Thanks for your reply.
This is the adapter I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QX7KYU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Did I get the wrong one?
Is there a notification to let you know it recognized a device? Anything in the settings I have to change?
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That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps
Guitarman2010 said:
That's the same one I bought. On the 4.2.2 ROM I run, as soon as I plug in the keyboard to the adapter some notification DOES come up but I can't remember what it says lol. If I try to plug in the USB optical mouse WITHOUT a powered hub, the mouse lights up indeed but that's all it does. It does not function other than lighting up.
I'm currently typing this on CM7 as my Kindle is set up to dual boot. Some keyboards are not compatible at all, I couldn't tell you which ones exactely but I remember seeing that stated somewhere down the line.
In reference to the Settings, there is nothing I had to change keyboard wise to get it to function. There are simple options for the mouse cursor like speed. The flash drive is a different story and many people have had to use apps like Stickmount and such to get them to work. Unfortunately flash drives are hit or miss and a couple different approaches have been used to mount them.
Hope that helps
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Thanks, I'll keep tinkering with it.
When I plug in my Kindle Fire to my PC, nothing happens. Why is this?
The Fire charges its battery when plugged in to the PC but no notification whatsoever that says it's connected. Windows explorer doesn't show up and I can't find it in My Computer either. Using XP by the way.
Also, may or may not be related to the problem but, when I charge my Kindle Fire it stops charging when I use it, but when I put it on sleep mode it resumes charging. Can I not use the Fire when I'm charging anymore? I used to be able to do it but for some reason I just can't anymore. Is it broken?
But in all honesty I'm not really bothered by the charging problem that much. What I'm more concerned with is the fact that I can no longer transfer files to my Kindle Fire from my PC. How do I fix this?
Please help!
lanceschiffer said:
When I plug in my Kindle Fire to my PC, nothing happens. Why is this?
The Fire charges its battery when plugged in to the PC but no notification whatsoever that says it's connected. Windows explorer doesn't show up and I can't find it in My Computer either. Using XP by the way.
Also, may or may not be related to the problem but, when I charge my Kindle Fire it stops charging when I use it, but when I put it on sleep mode it resumes charging. Can I not use the Fire when I'm charging anymore? I used to be able to do it but for some reason I just can't anymore. Is it broken?
But in all honesty I'm not really bothered by the charging problem that much. What I'm more concerned with is the fact that I can no longer transfer files to my Kindle Fire from my PC. How do I fix this?
Please help!
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Do you have debugging turned on?
soupmagnet said:
Do you have debugging turned on?
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I am sorry but what is this "debugging"? I'm a total newbie and I have no idea what that is.
Edit. Actually, I haven't done anything to my Kindle as of yet because this is the first time a problem has occurred.
No unbricking, debugging, etc etc (any of those technical terms).
So you are running at 100% stock and not rooted? What software version is your device running currently?
soupmagnet said:
So you are running at 100% stock and not rooted?
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Yes, no changes made whatsoever.
What software version is your device running currently?
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I don't know how to find which software version I'm using but my Kindle Fire's system version is 6.3.2_user_4110520. First generation if I'm not mistaken.
lanceschiffer said:
Yes, no changes made whatsoever.
I don't know how to find which software version I'm using but my Kindle Fire's system version is 6.3.2_user_4110520. First generation if I'm not mistaken.
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Well, the first generation Kindle Fires enable USB mass storage automatically when the device is plugged in, and considering you haven't made any modifications to the device whatsoever, one has to assume the problem is either with your computer or the device's USB port. The USB ports for the first generation devices have always had a problem with coming loose, so you might want to see if finagling the plug will make any difference.
Unfortunately, the charging problem you mentioned earlier causes me to think that the latter is most likely the case.
soupmagnet said:
Well, the first generation Kindle Fires enable USB mass storage automatically when the device is plugged in, and considering you haven't made any modifications to the device whatsoever, one has to assume the problem is either with your computer or the device's USB port. The USB ports for the first generation devices have always had a problem with coming loose, so you might want to see if finagling the plug will make any difference.
Unfortunately, the charging problem you mentioned earlier causes me to think that the latter is most likely the case.
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I was afraid it would be this. *sigh*
Which would cost me less, though. To buy a new one or to have it repaired?
Thanks for your help!
Hello,
I noticed the following behavior: when an USB-hub is attached, the AFTV hangs during the boot-time on the white 'amazon' logo.
When I disconnect the USB-hub the boot succeeds.
Its an active USB-Hub with 4 USB-2.0 ports.
If an usb-device (mouse/keyboard/hdd) is directly attached (without the hub), no problems at all...
Anyone else noticed/observed this ?
Not happening with my Targus 4-slot USB Hub.
Did you already have more than one thing hooked in before boot?
Maybe a removable storage stick could cause a boot failure.
retroben said:
Not happening with my Targus 4-slot USB Hub.
Did you already have more than one thing hooked in before boot?
Maybe a removable storage stick could cause a boot failure.
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Its even happening, if only the hub, without any attached devices, is connected...
But nice to hear, that this is not a general problem.
Thank's!
flatline007 said:
Its even happening, if only the hub, without any attached devices, is connected...
But nice to hear, that this is not a general problem.
Thank's!
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More then likely there is something about the hub you use that is making the FTV think it is attached to a PC and forcing it into fastboot mode.
I've been using my Fire TV with a Logitech wireless keyboard\mouse combo device and just recently i've noticed the fire TV isn't recognizing that anything is plugged into the USB port.
How do I fix it?
incarceration said:
I've been using my Fire TV with a Logitech wireless keyboard\mouse combo device and just recently i've noticed the fire TV isn't recognizing that anything is plugged into the USB port.
How do I fix it?
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I run into this issue on occasion and have found that disconnecting and reconnecting the Fire TV power cord from the wall outlet solves it for me.
mjbxx said:
I run into this issue on occasion and have found that disconnecting and reconnecting the Fire TV power cord from the wall outlet solves it for me.
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i tried that :\
i even unplugged everything and left it disconnected for about a minute then reconnected, same issue
Make sure that USB debugging is disabled
dbaseii said:
Make sure that USB debugging is disabled
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none of the dev options are enabled, still not working :\
incarceration said:
none of the dev options are enabled, still not working :\
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Are you using a hub? If so try going directly into USB port or different hub. Is it just the keyboard or is nothing getting recognized?
KLit75 said:
Are you using a hub? If so try going directly into USB port or different hub. Is it just the keyboard or is nothing getting recognized?
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nope, no hub.
but I just happened to grab the keyboard I was using and turning it on to see if it would work, didn't need to use it, just happened to try and test it, and it worked. I didn't do anything.
so I figured it was maybe the batteries (even though I had tried plugging in a flash drive when I was originally trying to diagnose and fix the issue) and put it on the charger (it's a rechargeable wireless keyboard\mousepad.)
so I don't know what was causing it, but last I checked it was working
Thanks, worked a treat.
dbaseii said:
Make sure that USB debugging is disabled
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Thanks, worked a treat.
Bought a fire stick 4k, installed kodi and xanax with kodi using a guide on the website TroyPoint.
After everything is installed, the fire stick just shuts off. No black screen, no logo, just looks exactly as if the stick isn't even plugged in other than my tv recognizes something is in the usb port. I managed to get it to turn on a couple more times by unplugging my tv and holding the power button for 30 seconds, but then the stick turned off again and hasn't turned back on at all since then.
I plugged it into my computer but nothing shows up when I hit adb devices. Tried to find any guides through Google and YouTube but I'm just stuck.
Is there a way to reset my fire stick back to factory if it won't power on at all?
I've seen mentions on this forum of using a usb hub, a thumb drive, and an otg cable. I couldn't figure out how to use those items in my situation. Is that something applicable here?
lineguy said:
Bought a fire stick 4k, installed kodi and xanax with kodi using a guide on the website TroyPoint.
After everything is installed, the fire stick just shuts off. No black screen, no logo, just looks exactly as if the stick isn't even plugged in other than my tv recognizes something is in the usb port. I managed to get it to turn on a couple more times by unplugging my tv and holding the power button for 30 seconds, but then the stick turned off again and hasn't turned back on at all since then.
I plugged it into my computer but nothing shows up when I hit adb devices. Tried to find any guides through Google and YouTube but I'm just stuck.
Is there a way to reset my fire stick back to factory if it won't power on at all?
I've seen mentions on this forum of using a usb hub, a thumb drive, and an otg cable. I couldn't figure out how to use those items in my situation. Is that something applicable here?
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First thing you should do is trying another microUSB cable. If that also fails, then it might be a hardware failure.
Tried the different cable, no success. Thank you for the suggestion. I managed to get it running and did a factory reset, but it died again and the same thing is happening. Returning it.