Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition (amazon-tank)
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This device runs a Downstream kernel. Some UIs will not work, and most features (3D acceleration, audio, etc.) may be broken. |
![]() Fire TV Stick Basic Edition | |
Manufacturer | Amazon |
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Name | Fire TV Stick Basic Edition |
Codename | amazon-tank |
Released | 2017 |
Type | set-top box |
Hardware | |
Chipset | MediaTek MT8127D |
CPU | Quad-core 1.3 GHz |
GPU | Mali-450 MP4 |
Display | HDMI |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android (Fire OS) 5.1 (Fire OS 5) |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android (Fire OS) |
postmarketOS | |
Category | downstream |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
no |
pmOS kernel The kernel version that runs on the device's port. |
3.10.54 |
Device package |
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Kernel package |
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Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
Works
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Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Works
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Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Untested
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Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Broken
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Bluetooth |
Untested
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Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Untested
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USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Untested
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Contributors
Maintainer(s)
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)
- R0rt1z2 (Notes: Unlocked with amonet)
- Win.exe (Notes: 2nd edition, not basic)
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
- DIAL