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Fire TV Stick 4K – UNLOCK, ROOT, TWRP, UNBRICK with Mantis

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is the coolest and most affordable tech gadget for movie lovers. Unbranded Android TV boxes may be priced low. But compared to the features Firestick stands ahead.

Main Features of Fire TV Stick 4K

  • Dolby Atmos support
  • Dolby Vision support
  • 4K support with HDR10
  • Alexa voice control including support for Smart Home devices
  • Remote with Voice support and support for TV Power & Volume
  • Amazon video support and support for major 3rd party video providers

Why Root Firestick 4K

Rooting mobile phones opens doors for plenty of extended features. And it’s the same with Fire TV Stick. Here we have listed a few that might get your attention.

  • Rooting allows installing Google Play Store
  • Install apps that are only compatible with rooted devices
  • Changing the launcher
  • Storage expansion (external drive)

Hardware requirements for Rooting Firestick

  1. You should own a fire TV stick 4K, if not it’s time to get one.
  2. PC that supports Booting through a DVD or USB Flash Drive.
  3. Need to carefully open up the Fire Stick housing (you can do this without using tools if you have fingernails, if not use a visa card or a sharp plastic)
  4. Next, you need to remove the metal heat shield cover, this may need a flat screwdriver or a nail clipper. The correct side is shown in the image below.

    Once you remove the heatshield it should look like this.
    Removed Metal cap for Rooting FireTV4K
  1. Finally, you need a small piece of foil rolled to short the pins. You can use a small wire instead.

Okay so now we are ready with the hardware. Now let’s get the software ready.

Software for Rooting Firestick 4K

  1. The root exploit for Firestick requires a patched Linux kernel. Therefore, it is easy to make use of the live ISO with all necessities which is available on GitHub.
    Live ISO download for running kamakiri.
  2. Burn to download ISO to a CD or USB Flash drive. Creating a bootable USB might need Rufus.
  3. Now, you may need to download kamakiri-mantis-v1.2.zip which is the latest current version.

Finally, we are almost ready for the FireTV ROOT Process.

Root Fire TV Stick 4K with kamakiri-mantis

Please follow the step guide carefully to avoid unnecessary issues during the root process. if you are not certain of the process, go through the guide many times as you may prefer, or feel free to contact us through the comments section.

  1. Boot the PC using the created ISO (CD / USB Flash Drive).
  2. Extract the previously downloaded kamakiri-mantis-v1.2.zip.
  3. Open terminal in the kamakiri folder.
    Open the Files app >Go to the folder you want to open in a Terminal window, but don’t go into the folder.>Select the folder, right-click on it, and then select Open in Terminal.
  4. Next, run code ./bootrom-step.sh
  5. Short the points in Fire TV Stick 4K as shown in the below image.
    It is the third port towards the left when you hold as shown in the image.



Don’t use tweezers as it could easily knock off the capacitor and destroy the board.
Fire TV Rooting - ports to short

  1. While having the ports short connect the Fire Stick to the PC. (Do not remove the short)
  2. Next, the script running on the PC should display the message to remove the short.
  3. Once the short is removed press enter.
  4. Now, run the code ./fastboot-step.sh
  5. Firestick should now boot into TWRP.

You have successfully completed the root process.

It is advisable not to use flash boot/recovery images using FireOS (FlashFire, MagiskManager, etc.)

Note – Full updates should work without issues. However, TWRP will prevent incremental updates. OTA Updates should be kept disabled.

Special thanks to x d a developer’s team, Sus_i for providing an update.bin and zeroepoch for developing aftv2-tools.

You may also like our posts on Installing third-party apps on Firestick and jailbreaking Apple devices.
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Fire TV Stick 4K – UNLOCK, ROOT, TWRP, UNBRICK with Mantis

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