Yesterday at lunchtime, I was watching the first season of The Americans. Later in the afternoon, I wanted to watch another episode. When I launched my Fire TV device – connected to my TV via an AV receiver – I saw a dialog that said “Optimizing Storage and Applications.” This lasted about ten minutes, and the device then restarted. I saw the Amazon logo. And that’s the only thing that displayed.
I tried the usual fixes: unplugging the power cable and plugging it in again, and restarting the device. I saw the Amazon logo. And nothing else.
Amazon’s support suggested I hold the back and forward buttons on the remote, which, they said, would reset the device to factory settings. I saw the Amazon logo. And that’s all.
Eventually, it was clear that my device auto-updated, and that it was bricked. I tried to find information about updates. Amazon has a web page with version numbers, but no dates. There is very little information on the internet about updates to this device. I found some suggestions that there was an update in February. My device would have updated a while ago if so.
Amazon was pretty good about this. They’re sending me a new Fire TV, even though mine is more than six months out of warranty. But, hey, you break it, you pay for it.
So just a warning: if you have a Fire TV (mine’s the first generation), and it bricks, you’ll know why. (I’m interested to know if I’m alone, or if this has happened to others.)
Nope, it happened to me too.
I got an Unrooted not costumized FireTV Box with Stock Amazon Firmware.
Both my FireTV Stick and my FireTV Box bricked after Amazon ran out their Update.
I could save my Stick by Factory reset but my Box seems bricked … Not reacting to Remote nor Keyboard NOR ADB via USB-A-to-A cable.
Nope, it happened to me too.
I got an Unrooted not costumized FireTV Box with Stock Amazon Firmware.
Both my FireTV Stick and my FireTV Box bricked after Amazon ran out their Update.
I could save my Stick by Factory reset but my Box seems bricked … Not reacting to Remote nor Keyboard NOR ADB via USB-A-to-A cable.