Premiere Frozen for 5, count 'em, five days! in withdrawal, help

Try a kickstart 57.

TiVo Kickstart Codes and Information

 

It seems this has been a BIG problem with Premiere boxes for a number of months now (C&DE bricks the box) - I do not have one of those, so I have not been paying much attention to the threads about it, but I know I have seen them. I'm not sure if there is any solution at all short of wiping the drive and starting over.

 

KS57 has been known to recover from this:

TiVo Kickstart Codes and Information

-KP

 

if this is what's happening, it sounds like your effort to enter kickstart is failing. when ks is entered successfully, tivo would not go bacl to the "cleaning guide" screen, it would take you to the kickstart screen/menu instead.

 

Though I have not done a KS57 on a Premiere for a long time normally a KS57 gives a green screen of death while it attempts to do what it is trying to do. So good chance you are correct.

Original poster, when trying to do a kickstart you are hitting pause on and off while Tivo is booting? When you get solid yellow light you stop hitting pause then enter the code. There should be some flashing lights if the code takes.

That being said, supposedly there are lot of problems with Premieres (or maybe any TE3 device) when doing clear and deletes and/or kickstarts (KS57 is one of them). Can end up bricking the drive (well not physically damaging it but screwing up the Tivo software) What to do depends on how valuable your recordings/settings are to you. If you don't mind starting fresh there are some things to try. Or maybe a KS58 instead of 57 (58 does not give green screen of death.) But again, have to make sure are doing the kickstart correctly while booting. The yellow light when paused, then the flashing lights after the code is successfully entered. Be careful with the 57, MAYBE try a 58 first. No guarantees on any kickstart or any clear and deletes on Premieres right now (Tivo broke something in 2020).

 

In another thread it was said that kickstart would not work until they waited 4-5 seconds after the yellow LED started to flash before entering the code.

Unable to enter kickstart? What am I doing wrong?

 

Alas.

If your Premiere box has Lifetime/All-in service, it still has value. Sounds like it just needs a new hard drive (properly prepped for TiVo).

 

it's worth trying ks a few more times to be sure, it's not as easy to do it correctly as the instructions make it seem, it took me a few times to get it right.

 

I followed the directions many times with failures. Then I just ignored the display and hit the keys. Worked the first time. I also found practice on KS54 to help.

 

It's been broken for quite awhile now (Tivos running on TE3 OS). And I do not think they care, in fact I think one of THEIR updates broke it. Have you tried the KS58? If you get the flashing lights it IS taking the KS, of course that does not mean it will work. Try the 58, IMO, nothing to lose at this point I assume? Is opening up the Premiere and taking out/copying the drive an option for you?

 

KS57 is the only KS known to cure this without data loss.

KS76543210 has also cured it while performing a C&DE.

-KP