Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition (amazon-tank)

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Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition
Fire TV Stick Basic Edition
Fire TV Stick Basic Edition
Manufacturer Amazon
Name Fire TV Stick Basic Edition
Codename amazon-tank
Released 2017
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android (Fire OS)
Original version 5.1 (Fire OS 5)
postmarketOS kernel 3.10.54
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek MT8127D
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz
GPU Mali-450 MP4
Display HDMI
Storage 8 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture ARMv7
Features
USB Networking
Flashing
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Broken
FDE
Mainline
3D Acceleration
Bluetooth
Internal storage
USB OTG
NFC
Sensors
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


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

UART pads on amazon-tank

This picture shows the location of the UART pads on the PCB.

Full PCB photo

High resolution PCB shot

See also