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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (amazon-mantis)

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K
Fire TV Stick 4K
Fire TV Stick 4K
Manufacturer Amazon
Name Fire TV Stick 4K
Codename amazon-mantis
Released 2018
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek MT8695
CPU Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.7GHz
GPU PowerVR IMG GE8300
Display HDMI
Storage 8 GB
Memory 1.5 GB DDR4
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Fire OS 6 (Android 7.1.2)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline -
Features
Flashing
Partial
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Screen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
Broken
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Broken
Bluetooth
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
USB OTG
Works
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


Contributors

User:Ungeskriptet

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device

  • FuchsPunk (Notes: Running pmOS)
  • Ungeskriptet (Notes: Not in use currently; Rooted and UART wires soldered)


Unlocking the bootloader

Devices with a serial number containing VM190 or higher and unpatched devices with FireOS 6.2.8.0 or higher cannot be unlocked. If you have a compatible device follow this guide.

How to enter recovery mode

The Stick will detect if an USB OTG adapter is plugged in at bootup, so to boot into TWRP plug a mouse into the OTG adapter and click cancel at the 5 second countdown.

Installation

Note Note: The kernel only successfully compiles in armv7-mode, although aarch64 is supported by the SoC.

Follow the installation guide and create a recovery zip, then export the zip using $ pmbootstrap export and copy it onto a USB drive. Boot the Stick into recovery mode and install the zip from USB drive by going to "Install", "Select storage" and select the last storage device. When plugging in a USB drive/selecting storage the device may freeze up, so only insert the USB drive when already booted in TWRP.

Serial port

UART pads on amazon-mantis

See also