Instead, I suggest you block software updates through your router so that you stay on 5.0.5 and wait for rbox to release TWRP custom recovery for the 1st-gen Fire TV along with a pre-rooted version of software version 5.0.5. You can install the KingRoot app and root the device, but I suggest you don’t root right now.

If you’re 1st-gen Fire TV has already received the official over-the-air update to version 5.0.5, then it is rootable with KingRoot. If you’re comfortable not waiting for my guide, you can root with KingRoot, follow instructions here to install TWRP, then install the latest pre-rooted ROM by following this guide. I don’t have a guide for this process yet, but I’ll be writing one soon. If you don’t want to use an A-to-A USB cable, you can also root the Fire TV 2 with KingRoot and then install TWRP and a pre-rooted ROM afterwords. Better yet, TWRP custom recovery and a pre-rooted version of the latest 5.0.5 software version is already available for the Fire TV 2. If you have an A-to-A USB cable, or are willing to buy one, you can root the Fire TV 2 right now using this guide. At the moment, there is no version of the Fire TV 2 software that is unrootable. You can buy a brand new Fire TV 2, which by the way is currently on sale, and it will be guaranteed to be rootable. The Amazon Fire TV 2 running any software version is currently rootable. This way you can immediately restore to a clean system after using KingRoot, by installing a pre-rooted ROM and wiping your DATA partition using TWRP. The better option, as I have suggested below, is to wait for TWRP and a pre-rooted ROM to become available for your device before using KingRoot. There are apps and scripts which claim to clean up the junk left behind by KingRoot and replace KingRoot’s SU manager with SuperSU, but some Fire TV owners have already bricked their devices using these apps, so I do not suggest you try any generic KingRoot cleaner unless one is released specifically for the Fire TV. This has lead some to question if there are nefarious intentions behind the program.

KingRoot is a closed source program that will install unwanted applications and system files on your device during the rooting process.

KingRoot’s “Purify” option is not required to achieve root on any Fire TV model. The latest version of KingRoot is 4.8, but version 4.1 (available here) also works on all Fire TV models and has the advantage of not requiring a mouse. KingRoot is a rooting app that can currently root the Fire TV 1, 2, and Stick, if the device is running Fire OS 5.

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