Block Amazon Firestick / Fire TV Automatic Updates

The following tutorial will show you how to block Amazon Firestick & Fire TV automatic updates.

Amazon is constantly pushing out updates that usually do one of two things.

1.  Add additional unwanted apps that reduce internal storage.
2. Block customizations that can be made such as using Launcher Manager and Wolf Launcher.

The reason for this post today is due to #2 in the list above.

It has been reported that the new updates that Amazon is pushing out is removing the ability to use 3rd party launchers.

This means that Launcher Manager and Wolf Launcher (or any other 3rd party launcher) won’t work properly after those updates have been applied.

The two updates in question are.

Fire OS 6.2.8.7 NS6287/3768

Fire OS 7.2.7.3 PS7273/2622

You can see below on how to check which Fire OS version you currently have.  If it is lower than what’s listed above, you can block updates with my video tutorial below and continue using 3rd party launchers.

This process will only work for any Fire TV Stick or Fire TV running Fire OS 6 or higher.

To determine the Fire OS running on your system, do the following.

1. Hover over Settings icon.

2.  Click My Fire TV.

3. Hover over Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube, etc.  You will see your Fire OS version on this screen.

How to Block Amazon Firestick / Fire TV Automatic Updates

Below, you will find two methods for blocking Amazon Fire TV updates.

I suggest first starting with the TechDoctorUK Debloater Tool in the first video and if that doesn’t work, use the manual process in the second video.

You will find that the TechDoctorUK Debloater tool is a much faster process.

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ADB Commands to Block Amazon Fire TV Updates

pm disable-user –user 0 com.amazon.device.software.ota.override
pm disable-user –user 0 com.amazon.device.software.ota

ADB Commands to Unblock Amazon Fire TV Updates

pm enable com.amazon.device.software.ota.override
pm enable com.amazon.device.software.ota