So initially I was having trouble getting it to re-root with qemu, and eventually I did however get it rooted again. I have root access and everything is fine other than the fact that I can no longer open the Google play store. I have uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled. Im getting irritated, I have followed these boards since September without needing to ask for help but also never had an issue with my kindle fire hd 7'' up until that last sabotaging that amazon decided to do. Perhaps someone with the same problem can benefit also if we can figure it out because I noticed someone with a similar issue but didn't want to hijack the thread. Thanks in advance :good:
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Several months ago I installed CM10 on my Nook HD+ and for the most part everything runs perfectly.
However in mid March I installed a Cyanogen update and very soon after I noticed many of my apps (all downloaded from Amazons app of the day) would not run, giving me the following error:
Internal Service Error: An internal error occurred. This can be caused by a lack of network connectivity, please make sure you have a good network connection.
At the time, I Googled and tried the suggestions I found (although the suggestions were all for other devices such as Kindle Fire). I checked the time and date were correct, deregistered and reregistered my device and tried rebooting.
And that seemed to fix the issue, although I concede I havent been using the Nook much lately.
Tonight I went to use my Nook to play a few games and the problem is back and its even worse now. I now cannot play any of my games, even ones I have played numerous times before without any wifi turned on. We dont have wifi at home, I tether my phone when I want to use the internet on my Nook. I do know there are some games that require internet access, however the vast majority of mine dont, which I know for a fact as I've played them so often with no internet.
So, why all of a sudden, does everything need wifi? How can I fix this? Is it just coincidence the problem occurred immediately after a system update, and if it could be the update that caused it, how can I find out which update it was and can it be uninstalled?
The instances of this I found mentioned online mainly referred to it happening to just one app, and some people found uninstalling and reinstalling the app fixed the issue. But I have close to 200 apps all doing this.
Since I mainly use the Nook for playing these games, its useless to me as it is now and if I cant fix this issue I wont have any choice but to remove the Mod and return it to stock software, which I really dont want to have to do.
Please can someone help me with this, in basic, non-technical language please?
Thank you.
Hello?
Please, does anyone have any input on this problem? Have I asked in the wrong forum?
I asked about this in another forum and it was suggested that maybe the update made my Nook appear like a new device to Amazon and that the error message is the games wanting to confirm with Amazon that the license to run the game was correct (or something along those lines).
I have just tried uninstalling and reinstalling a couple of games and now they work so it would appear that suggestion is exactly what has happened. So I guess I now have to uninstall and redownload all those 200+ apps and games, which is going to be a nightmare with no internet at home.
And if updates cause the device to appear different, then how do I know this wont keep happening with future updates? I am not going to keep reinstalling every thing, so do I just turn updates off instead? That doesnt seem like a very wise idea.
I would really appreciate some help with this please, or even just to be pointed in the right direction if I should be asking elsewhere.
Thank you.
Well I guess no one has any advise or help of any kind to offer. I will post this update in case anyone else has the same issue.
I ended up having to uninstall and redownload every one of my apps, and now they all work fine again, so I can only assume the suggestion I received on a different forum that the update made my device appear as a new device, meaning the internet was needed for the apps to check licenses with Amazon was correct.
With this in mind, I would now never recommend the Cyanogen mod to any one else. Whats the point if updates are going to screw everything like this? I have now turned off the updates, which I would normally never do. When my Nook gets to the stage of having to have updates I will uninstall Cyanogen and just go back to using a stock Nook.
Its a shame as I have been very happy with it up until all this happened but since there is no back up or support from anyone when things go wrong, its simply not worth the hassle.
Chapter One said:
Well I guess no one has any advise or help of any kind to offer. I will post this update in case anyone else has the same issue.
I ended up having to uninstall and redownload every one of my apps, and now they all work fine again, so I can only assume the suggestion I received on a different forum that the update made my device appear as a new device, meaning the internet was needed for the apps to check licenses with Amazon was correct.
With this in mind, I would now never recommend the Cyanogen mod to any one else. Whats the point if updates are going to screw everything like this? I have now turned off the updates, which I would normally never do. When my Nook gets to the stage of having to have updates I will uninstall Cyanogen and just go back to using a stock Nook.
Its a shame as I have been very happy with it up until all this happened but since there is no back up or support from anyone when things go wrong, its simply not worth the hassle.
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I found some useful thoughts here:
http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon ...Forum=Fx9N1C8PP4X4PK&cdThread=Tx3G1ZP319CCR5S
I have had my Kindle Fire rooted and working for 3 years. Just recently I installed the updated GooglePlay Services and keeps crashing no matter what. I even tried downgrading but keeps crashing.
I haven't updated the fire OS as I blocked updates, could be that a problem? I have read around that it's the new play services but if that's the case why doesn't an old version work?
Re: Kindle Fire HD GoogleServices Crashing
Hi.
I don't have a solution exactly. But I actually had the same problem. I rooted my Kindle Fire HD a couple years ago as well and have had no issues until now. Like you I had a lot of problems with Google Services. I tried a few different tacks unsuccessfully (updating, downgrading various Google Framework files etc.).
Ultimately, one day the device crashed and prompted a Factory Recovery Screen.
Fortunately, recovery proceeded with Superuser still intact. I haven't connected device to WiFi yet. Right now I'm trying to get my PC to recognize the Fire HD again, but I'm having some trouble. I still have Kindle Fire Utility and various ADB drivers etc. but I haven't gotten it to work again (yet). I know that newer versions of the software development kits have different requirements (serial numbers). But I'm a bit hazy still and I've just picked up this project again.
Annoyingly, Control Panel shows Kindle Fire in the device list as an ADB interface, but my (outmoded?) Kindle Fire Utility doesn't show it, nor does it even show the device as a USB storage......Strangely Android File Transfer on my Mac still works.
Right now the device boots runs Apex launcher and looks like stock Android. Previously, it ran all Google products relatively seamlessly (with some hiccups now and then). I never got rid of the Kindle OS, just rooted it and had launchers sit on top. And for a good couple years Google apps ran on it (and they auto-updated too). The main OS itself, though wasn't being updated and I suspect this is the reason why current versions of Google Services couldn't function any longer.
Hopefully, I should at least be able to sideload apps again, if not get all Google Apps working again.
Good luck with your efforts!
Update: several re-installs and reboots later, ADB utilities on my PC work and I can view/mod the drive of the device. I got old versions of Google Play to work, but any attempt at using Google Play Services results in a crash. Other apps, ex. Netflix are totally fine, micro-HDMI to TV still works beautifully. So it doesn't seem like the Kindle OS needs updating, if its easier to leave it intact---I'm still on the fence about installing a new ROM. Regardless, I continue to be impressed with the quality of the hardware Amazon uses....
So I recently upgraded my Kindle Fire Hd Tate to the update listed above. When next I started it I had a problem with Google play services which in turn gave me a problem with chrome, google search, the play store and so on. I would like to fix it, but I am unsure how to do so without causing damage to my device. I am generally good at following instructions though, so any assistance would be appreciated. Can anyone please assist me in fixing this problem?
Please disregard. I tried to do something to fix it on my own and messed it all up.
same Prob for me
i downloaded the gapps from androidfilehost 5.1.1 - works fine
Hey everyone! I think I just found the best bang for the buck tablet that has some great root development going on. I recently destroyed the display my Galaxy S4 which I had rooted and working quite well for the longest time. I only used the device to game (Clash of Clans rooted with Xmod) and mostly on Wifi. I think the Kindle would be a great replacement and probably at 1/8 of the cost of a another phone or tablet.
2 quick questions before I buy..
1. If I were to buy one today, what are the chances of it not coming with 5.1.2?
2. Once I have rooted my device, how well does Xmodgames and Clash work together? This is more of a questions for my gamers out there.. any suggestions appreciated
I just got mine today and it came with 5.0.0 on it. The moment I connected it to wifi it started to download a new patch, so I disconnected immediately. Now I'm just wondering what I should do next, but at least I still just have 5.0.0 on it
Use the SuperTool to block the OTA updates before you connect the Fire to the internet! Then you are free to root, flash new OS etc.
It all depends what you want to do with it, but if you want to install a custom rom, this is one option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/tip-buying-fire-powered-want-to-install-t3277552
nemof said:
I just got mine today and it came with 5.0.0 on it.
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Where did you buy it from?
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Where did you buy it from?
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I bought it from Amazon. During it's initial setup I connected it to wireless and then it said it was going to update. I was worried about it updating to 5.1.2, so I actually reset the tablet before it could complete the update. Then turned the wireless off.
What I found though was that kingroot wouldn't work. So I let the first update complete once, and it updated to 5.1.1, and said it was now ready to update to 5.1.2. That's the point where I ran rootjunky's supertool and disabled OTA updates and the system update screen. This effectively killed the 5.1.2 update, even though it had already downloaded in the background and just needed me to restart the tablet. I then went ahead and installed google apps and the various other things noted in the tips and tricks thread.
ymmv, I kind of bodged my install. Widget's don't work, but I believe that may be a problem with Fire OS for which there is no easy fix
That's weird, bought mine at the start of March, from Amazon, got here with 5.1.1.
So chances are there is no 5.1.2 currently, probably they are just getting rid of old stock but maybe soon in a couple months 5.1.2 will be loaded on all of them, so better "act now".
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I bought it from Amazon. During it's initial setup I connected it to wireless and then it said it was going to update. I was worried about it updating to 5.1.2, so I actually reset the tablet before it could complete the update. Then turned the wireless off.
What I found though was that kingroot wouldn't work. So I let the first update complete once, and it updated to 5.1.1, and said it was now ready to update to 5.1.2. That's the point where I ran rootjunky's supertool and disabled OTA updates and the system update screen. This effectively killed the 5.1.2 update, even though it had already downloaded in the background and just needed me to restart the tablet. I then went ahead and installed google apps and the various other things noted in the tips and tricks thread.
ymmv, I kind of bodged my install. Widget's don't work, but I believe that may be a problem with Fire OS for which there is no easy fix
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if it was on 5.0.X just needed to boot into fastboot mode and boot twrp with fastboot.exe
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Just got my Amazon Fire tablet from Amazon.com today. It had 5.1.1 installed on it.
I've got this nice fresh tablet ready to be rooted and it's sitting on 5.3.1.0. I've removed it's ability to connect to wi-fi to prevent it from updating, of course disabling wi-fi.
I'm concerned where the status is now on what to use and how to go about properly using it? The last time I've tried this method, I bricked my tablet. Yes, I tried rolling back a 5.3.2.0 tablet to 5.1 and it got hard bricked. So, lesson learned there as to what no to do.
I'd like to avoid the same fate with this one. I'm thinking I'd like to have CyanogenMod on it or perhaps Kingroot. Something where I don't have to tolerate Amazon's horrendous ads, it's bad appstore and it's horrible Silk browser. Anything would do, really.
I've gotten RootJunky's tool to flash the tablet for either of the options above. I know how to go about it's process, but I'd like to know what I can get specifically with 5.3.1.0.
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I've got this nice fresh tablet ready to be rooted and it's sitting on 5.3.1.0. I've removed it's ability to connect to wi-fi to prevent it from updating, of course disabling wi-fi.
I'm concerned where the status is now on what to use and how to go about properly using it? The last time I've tried this method, I bricked my tablet. Yes, I tried rolling back a 5.3.2.0 tablet to 5.1 and it got hard bricked. So, lesson learned there as to what no to do.
I'd like to avoid the same fate with this one. I'm thinking I'd like to have CyanogenMod on it or perhaps Kingroot. Something where I don't have to tolerate Amazon's horrendous ads, it's bad appstore and it's horrible Silk browser. Anything would do, really.
I've gotten RootJunky's tool to flash the tablet for either of the options above. I know how to go about it's process, but I'd like to know what I can get specifically with 5.3.1.0.
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FireOS 5.3.1.0 is rootable which, with the proper advance preparation, permits flashing any custom ROM for this device. At present only one is actively/fully supported: Fire Nexus. CyanogenMod 12.1 (CM 12.1) has been discontinued. Keep reading through the forums to get an idea what needs to be done. Might start with the index: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/index-amazon-fire-2015-t3210485