[Q] Custom Background for firetv question help please ?? topic

Hi all,

Running kodi/Helix 14.0 sideloaded on my non-rooted fireTV.... With no other extras or addons apart from my network attached HD.
Using IkonoTV as my launcher.
all updates blocked via opendns.

I just wanted to know if it was possible to change the background wallpaper on the main screen...

I know I have to go to System/Settings and then to appearance then go to skin tab and then to settings....then the tab for "Background Options" then "enable custom Background".

Once I have done this I then go to "Background Path:" and this is where I get stuck..... It's been a real pig... because the only two options I have are "External Storage" and "Root Filesystem". It's impossible for me to be able to change either of these directorys to anything else. And believe me, I've tried.

I've tried adding my photos "under the main photo tab" on the main screen held on my external storage HD and I have no problem with that...

Is the reason I cannot change the background because my firetv is not rooted, (root is not possible, due to when it was produced).

I would really appreciate any advice or help on this, as I'm googled out, and I've given up looking at the amount of tube vids telling me how to install kodi...

Is it possible for me to use adbfire to add images to the firetv somehow?

Weird thing is, nearly all of the folders I have looked in within "external storage" and "root filesystem" are empty...

One good thing is that I managed to find a tube video showing how to update kodi on a firetv without loosing ones settings using adbfire, as I wanted to update to 14.2.

Thanks chaps for reading my help request... as I seem to be all out of luck at the moment. (wish it was as easy to change the wallpaper on my firetv as it is on my laptop).