Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition (amazon-tank): Difference between revisions
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| status_usbnet = Y | | status_usbnet = Y | ||
| status_flashing = Y | | status_flashing = Y | ||
| status_touch = | | status_touch = - | ||
| status_screen = Y | | status_screen = Y | ||
| status_wifi = | | status_wifi = N | ||
| status_xwayland = <!-- Showing X11 applications in a Wayland compositor (Weston, KWin, ...) works? --> | | status_xwayland = <!-- Showing X11 applications in a Wayland compositor (Weston, KWin, ...) works? --> | ||
| status_fde = <!-- When installing with full disk encryption, can you type in the password with the on screen keyboard? --> | | status_fde = <!-- When installing with full disk encryption, can you type in the password with the on screen keyboard? --> | ||
| status_mainline = <!-- Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run mainline. --> | | status_mainline = <!-- Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run mainline. --> | ||
| status_battery = | | status_battery = - | ||
| status_3d = <!-- Hardware accelerated 3D graphics (e.g. with freedreno) --> | | status_3d = <!-- Hardware accelerated 3D graphics (e.g. with freedreno) --> | ||
| status_accel = <!-- The sensor that measures proper acceleration works --> | | status_accel = <!-- The sensor that measures proper acceleration works --> | ||
| status_audio = | | status_audio = - | ||
| status_bluetooth = <!-- It's possible to pair and use other devices via the bluetooth protocol --> | | status_bluetooth = <!-- It's possible to pair and use other devices via the bluetooth protocol --> | ||
| status_camera = | | status_camera = - | ||
| status_gps = | | status_gps = - | ||
| status_mobiledata = | | status_mobiledata = - | ||
| status_sms = | | status_sms = - | ||
| status_calls = | | status_calls = - | ||
| status = <!-- Text displayed in the "not booting" table on the Devices page , e.g "kernel compiles, doesn't boot" --> | | status = <!-- Text displayed in the "not booting" table on the Devices page , e.g "kernel compiles, doesn't boot" --> | ||
| booting = yes <!-- The device is booting at all, can be yes/no *IMPORTANT* --> | | booting = yes <!-- The device is booting at all, can be yes/no *IMPORTANT* --> |
Revision as of 08:50, 15 March 2020
![]() Fire TV Stick Basic Edition | |
Manufacturer | Amazon |
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Name | Fire TV Stick Basic Edition |
Codename | amazon-tank |
Released | 2017 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Mediatek 8127D |
CPU | Quad-core 1.3 GHz |
GPU | Mali-450 MP4 |
Display | HDMI |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software | Fire OS 5 (Android 5.1) |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Flashing |
Works |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Internal storage |
No data |
SD card |
No data |
Screen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
No data |
Camera Flash |
No data |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Broken |
Bluetooth |
No data |
NFC |
No data |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE |
No data |
USB OTG |
No data |
HDMI/DP |
No data |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer |
No data |
Magnetometer |
No data |
Ambient Light |
No data |
Proximity |
No data |
Hall Effect |
No data |
Haptics |
No data |
Barometer |
No data |
Contributors
Nimayer(Symmetrist)
Maintainer(s)
Nimayer(Symmetrist)
Users owning this device
- Abortretryfail
- Bastindo (Notes: unlocked)
- BlackEyedSquid (Notes: 2nd Gen (non-Basic), amonet exploit)
- Chaosleo07 (Notes: v2, unlocked™)
- Fizzo (Notes: pmOS port author)
Information
The Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition contains the same hardware of Fire TV Stick (Gen 2), but is meant for global market.
Unlocking the bootloader
Before installing PostmarketOS you need to unlock the bootloader using the amonet exploit as explained here.
Installation
- Install the amonet exploit following this guide on XDA
- Configure PostmarketOS using pmbootstrap init
- Create the recovery zip using pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
- Export the recovery zip using pmbootstrap export
- Clone the amonet repository
- Launch amonet/boot-recovery.sh
- Connect the Fire TV Stick to your computer
- The Fire TV Stick should boot to TWRP recovery
- Copy the recovery zip with adb push /tmp/postmarketOS-export/pmos-amazon-tank.zip /tmp/
- Install the recovery zip with adb shell twrp install /tmp/pmos-amazon-tank.zip
- Reboot with adb shell reboot
Serial port
This picture shows the location of the UART pads on the PCB.
Full PCB photo
See also
- pmaports!939 Initial merge request
- FCC certification page