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Today B&N launched their latest update for the Nook Color and it's a Big one. It includes Android 2.2!
I'll be updating once I'm done here as I have unrooted stock for this very purpose. I'll be back with my opinions on what it's like. For now, if you have Unrooted stock you can update from the URL below. Everyone else, drool over the Update's details and imagine what this could do for our Custom ROMs.
Update page:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nookcolor-support-software-update/379002520/?cds2Pid=35758
Details:
The NOOK Color Ver1.2.0 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
Access to shop a broad collection of popular NOOK Apps to enjoy great games, stay up to date on news and weather, and more
Full-featured free email to check and send web-based email (i.e., Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL) all from one in-box
NOOK Color’s update to Android OS 2.2/Froyo offers system improvements, browser performance and a more complete Web experience giving customers access to enjoy even more video, interactive and animated content. NOOK Color now includes support for Adobe Flash Player
NOOK Kids exciting new Read and Play titles that bring animation, activities and stories together
NOOK Books Enhanced offer in-page video and audio in a growing number of titles
Enhancements to magazine navigation making it easier to enjoy even more of the growing selection of magazines in NOOK Newsstand
NOOK Friends (beta) to see your friends’ reading activities, swap books with LendMe, share recommendations and discover new titles
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Does it have copy and paste for text fields?
Can you still boot to SD card? that is all I care about.
I want to know too did anyone confirm this?
is the zip off their website cwm flashable? i would assume not...
GorillaPimp said:
Does it have copy and paste for text fields?
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Yes.
danbutter said:
Can you still boot to SD card? that is all I care about.
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Yes. Dual booting with CM7 still works fine.
john10101 said:
is the zip off their website cwm flashable? i would assume not...
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No.
Waiting for root.
epakrat75 said:
Yes. Dual booting with CM7 still works fine.
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Sweet. I can not wait to update. CM7 runs perfectly off my Sandisk Class 4 8GB card, so even if they have blocked rooting, I am still willing to update. That said, as long as they allow dual booting, rooting should always be possible.
picopir8 said:
Sweet. I can not wait to update. CM7 runs perfectly off my Sandisk Class 4 8GB card, so even if they have blocked rooting, I am still willing to update. That said, as long as they allow dual booting, rooting should always be possible.
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Dual booting from SD card is wired into the hardware, there is nothing they can do in software to stop it.
Will Rooted NC get the update?
I have rooted my NC.
I followed instructions for directly applying update with no luck.
Am I correct that the rooted NC will not receive update and that I must return to stock before I can get the new update?
PS If this is true, what is it about the rooted NC that prevents the update?
kernel version?
Can anyone post the kernel version after the update please?
leorob said:
I have rooted my NC.
I followed instructions for directly applying update with no luck.
Am I correct that the rooted NC will not receive update and that I must return to stock before I can get the new update?
PS If this is true, what is it about the rooted NC that prevents the update?
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I would suggest flashing back to stock, re-register then applying the update from B&N. (That should remove the root) That what I am doing for a few people at work. Will report back on progress but logically that should work.
What's the point of going to 1.2 if it's not rooted yet?
Some important information from another Forum:
Successful download of update and install
File name: nookcolor_1_2_update.zip
File size: 190 MB (199,715,879 bytes) Size on disk: 190 MB (199,716,864 bytes)
MD5 checksum: D0B6323258F2793D19A1C9286E2AB753
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if your 1.2 update fails, check the MD5 on the file against this one. If it is different, your downloaded update file is corrupt.
If I am rooted on just stock 1.1 using one of the autnooter methods what can I do to just flash back to stock and lose root. I saw one thread in the developer forum with a stock 1.1 zip file and figured I could try that. I do not mind losing root as I haven't really been keeping up with all the different roms being released lately and will be using it more for just reading books. Here is the thread I am referring to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945838
Stock 1.1 file works
I was rooted on 1.1 and installed the stock 1.1 file you refer to.
All went well and I was returned to stock 1.1.
Followed Barnes and Noble instructions for the downloaded update and file was recognized as soon as unit went to sleep.
Installation happened automatically and now I am at 1.2.
The kernel is 2.6.32.9... the os is froyo.
leorob said:
I have rooted my NC.
I followed instructions for directly applying update with no luck.
Am I correct that the rooted NC will not receive update and that I must return to stock before I can get the new update?
PS If this is true, what is it about the rooted NC that prevents the update?
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I tried to install the update over an Autonootered 1.1. All that happened was the device rebooted and the update.zip file was deleted from the nook. I presume that I need to flash it back to an original version and then install the upgrade. I was hoping I could just layer this update on top of what I have so I wouldn't lose apps that are already installed.
If you have not modified anything after Autonooter, simply following the directions in the 'Flash back to clean stock ROM' wiki and you'll be presented with an out-of-the-box booting NC. After that, simply follow the 'Manual Download Instructions' posted at the Barnes & Noble website to update your NC to the official new stock v1.2.0 ROM.
If you're having trouble updating your NC with Unrooted Stock like me then here's what you need to do. You'll have to reflash to Factory Defaults.
Perform Step 1, Method 1; then Step 2, Method 1
http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
This Reinstalls Stock v1.0 to System partition and then wipes your Data and EMMC partitions. You must perform both steps otherwise it won't work correctly.
Start up Your Nook and follow the Setup. Now download the Update ZIP and drop it on your EMMC's root. Tap the Power button to put the Nook to Sleep. Now Sit back as the Update is installed Automatically.
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A friend who's nook is neutered but not updated wants me to update her nook to the latest Barnes and Noble Rom.
On my nook I run the latest CM7 nightly with OC kernel, and have no problem with CWR etc.
On hers, I want to keep it as stock as possible. Just want to update it to the latest stock ROM. And neuter it so she can use market etc.
What's the easiest way to go from a neutered 1.1 to a neutered 1.2 (or whatever is the recent B&N ROM update)? Thanks, and sorry if I got those ROM version numbers wrong.
Will it update itself?
Just wondering if I leave her alone for a week or two will she receive an OTA update automatically? (over wifi I guess?) (even if it's neutered?)
I would wait for a autonooter to come out for 1.2 before doing anything unless you like living on the edge.
I was using a nootered 1.0.1 this morning, had to format my system and Data partitions to restore the nook back to factory. Then i had to manually update to 1.2.
Now I've lost root capability and access to the market. The market that BN does offer is not very impressive.
Will Autonootered nook receive OTA update?
Anyone who Nootered their nook received the latest update? Thanks.
If you rooted your Nook won't update. If you want to update you have to perform a Factory reset. Go to Nookdevs and find the Remove Root page.
http://www.nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
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If you are using a rooted 1.1, you will need to
1.) Flash Clockwork 3.0.1.0 (or newer) to a micro SD card (Google 'clockwork bootable' and look for a result from mrm3[dot]net)
2.) Download the compatible 1.2 signed image (plain, not keepcwm) and put it on the micro SD card that you just flashed. LINK
3.) Turn off your nook color, put in the micro SD card, and power it up.
4.) You will need to 'flash zip from SD card'. Choose the 1.2 file and flash it.
5.) Go back to main menu (the power button functions as the back button) and do a factory restore (this will clear cache as well)
6.) Pull the sd card from your nook color, then choose "reboot"
7.?) I got an install error on first boot. I waited until the screen turned off on its own, then powered back up. It properly booted to the initial registration screen
****Note, you need Clockwork 3.0.1.0 to flash the 1.2 image, otherwise you will get stuck at the 'n' screen when you try to boot.
I just got done flashing from a rooted 1.1 to stock 1.2. Now to tackle rooting 1.2
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If you rooted your Nook won't update. If you want to update you have to perform a Factory reset. Go to Nookdevs and find the Remove Root page.
http://www.nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
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I don't think that's the case.
My rooted 1.1 nook has been sitting untouched for about a week. I turned it on today and it looks like I got the OTA update (I am being asked to register when I turn it on as if it was a new nook). As I said, it was rooted and had the 1.1 update only.
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If you rooted your Nook won't update. If you want to update you have to perform a Factory reset.
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Not quite true. There's been anecdotal evidence that a rooted NC with CWM installed in emmc may prevent updates. But as others have mentioned many rooted NC have been updated.
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Not quite true. There's been anecdotal evidence that a rooted NC with CWM installed in emmc may prevent updates. But as others have mentioned many rooted NC have been updated.
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Finished rooting after 1.2 update on my stock backup NC. The MN works just fine. I would suggest backuping up files and flashing back to stock (1.1.0) the rooted NC. Only way I know of to ensure a clean eMMC.
Then load the 1.2 downloaded file from BN and update. Then snag the MN to root.
Side note: Use latest CWR 3.0.2.8 and not 3.0.1.0
Once the 1.2 is rooted you'll probably need to do the "standard gapps" reset (clear cache & FC Apps the Google Framework). Then the entire Market will show.
Note also: some apps will fail to install (for me Angry Birds and Aldiko) Use Root Explorer to download the cut/paste file from downloadnull folder to sys/apps, rename and install using package installer.
Above worked for me earlier today.
I bought my son a Nook for xmas. It was running 1.2 out of the box. I rooted it and added a couple of apps and put it in the box for him. Xmas day, and the Market is not working. When I check the device info, it in now running Ver 1.4.1. What's up? What is my best way to Re-Root it? I tried putting it back to factory stock, and it puts it at 1.4.1.
Help??
Supergroomer
Im having the same issue bought one for my dauther for xmas had root had apps and angry birds zeam launcher and so on....she played with it for about 6min then update now on stock 1.4.1 is there a way to root it like nook tablet where you can just have market place and some sort of launcher i really like the best of both worlds on my nook tablet
So, what neither of you did is block updates. Personally, I've found the most effective way is to update the database, but that's water under the bridge now.
Best thing going for your current situation is here
Where is the block update?
Thanks
Supergroomer
Use the 3.0.2.8 CWM image and follow the link doncaruana posted above. Download and copy the MN 5.12.20 to the root of the CWM SD card. Then install the the MN file from within CWM. GMPower has laid it all out in his post in the NC Dev section in a post titled "[NC][1.2][1.3] ManualNooter 4.6.16" just use the MN 5.12.20 file instead.
can't believe my decrepit and all-but-abandoned nook color is humming along with kitkat. succulent is the bomb. he rightly credits all the developers he relied on, but he put it all together. download and flash the cwm update, then the rom and gapps and voila! i used a pc for downloading and the nook data cable and the "send to" option in downloads. great thanks to all.
I agree, it's great that so many people put in so much effort to bring Kitkat to the aging NC.
I do have one question. Would someone be so kind as to post a link to a suitable CWM for CM11 on the NC? I have 6.3.0.1 on mine, and can't find a link to anything newer for the life of me.
EDIT: I found it, but can't post a link because I'm a n00b. Google for cm11-encore-recovery.zip_links to find it on the Cyanogenmod wiki.
I'm booting CM11 for the first time now.
I have today reinstalled my two Nook Color from scratch with CM11 running on SD-card.
“generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b” loaded on two” SanDisk Mobile Ultra Class4 16GB” with “win32diskimager-v0.9-binary”
“cm-11-20140131-NIGHTLY-encore” installed as OS, went fine. Runs fast & nice.
“gapps-kk-20140105” installed trough SD card recovery PowerOn & then “n” . There was Android upgrading-something 6/6 installed during boot after the recovery. But I cannot find any PlayStore and so on. But the Gmail icon is there now & maybe something more.
dfarquhar said:
I agree, it's great that so many people put in so much effort to bring Kitkat to the aging NC.
I do have one question. Would someone be so kind as to post a link to a suitable CWM for CM11 on the NC? I have 6.3.0.1 on mine, and can't find a link to anything newer for the life of me.
EDIT: I found it, but can't post a link because I'm a n00b. Google for cm11-encore-recovery.zip_links to find it on the Cyanogenmod wiki.
I'm booting CM11 for the first time now.
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Best versions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49915965&postcount=34
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I have two (2) Nook Color devices. As I wrote above I reinstalled them both today with CM11. I got a problem except for the GAPPS that dosen't install the Play, it is that I coulden't use them at the same time with Wi-Fi. I found out that both have the same MAC address. Dosen't CM11 KitKat use the chip MAC address? Is it a software MAC?
How do I change so the CM11 use the Wi-Fi chip burned in original MAC address?
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“gapps-kk-20140105” installed trough SD card recovery PowerOn & then “n” . There was Android upgrading-something 6/6 installed during boot after the recovery. But I cannot find any PlayStore and so on. But the Gmail icon is there now & maybe something more.
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That's odd. I used the same build and have the Play store and other Google apps. Maybe try re-flashing the gapps zip?
I found the 11-29 build to run much faster than any other 4.x version (no surprise) but occasionally would do odd things like change icons. These things happen of course with experimental builds. I'm upgrading to 1-31 now.
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I have two (2) Nook Color devices. As I wrote above I reinstalled them both today with CM11. I got a problem except for the GAPPS that dosen't install the Play, it is that I coulden't use them at the same time with Wi-Fi. I found out that both have the same MAC address. Dosen't CM11 KitKat use the chip MAC address? Is it a software MAC?
How do I change so the CM11 use the Wi-Fi chip burned in original MAC address?
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I don't know how you could have installed them with the same wifi MAC address... when I look at my advanced internet settings on NC it says MAC address is not available... however when I look in my router it is seeing the hardware MAC address.
So CM isn't even reading the /rom/MACaddress file for the information... however it is not returning a MAC on polling either... perhaps this is why play store is giving you issues.
Now I have reinstalled both NCs again. This time it seems like it worked out well.
Regarding the MAC problem. It could maybe be like this, that I accidently did the first time install & boot with the same NC device. But anyhow I think it is strange if it doesn't use the h/w MAC as the default choice.
This time I did like this:
1. “generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b” from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941858 loaded on two” SanDisk Mobile Ultra Class4 16GB” with “win32diskimager-v0.9-binary”
2. "cm-11-20140131-NIGHTLY-encore.zip " from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=encore&type=nightly
3. Removed Hangouts.apk and GoogleHome.apk according to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49942253&postcount=529
4. Installed "gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip" from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps (This time it was 20 "things" installing & not 6 like last time)
Upgraded both to "cm-11-20140201-NIGHTLY-encore.zip" , that worked out fine. Have installed approx 150 apps, more or less no problems more than that Play Store sometimes shuts down.
So I'm satisfied so far. Thank you to the Devs.
Upgraded both ny NCs today to "cm-11-20140202-NIGHTLY-encore.zip". On one of the devices it went fine, but on the second one something got wrong. The "desktop" is now not possible to slide sideways & the time/weather widget is not there. On the first one I got google maps, gmail & play store Icon on the first desktop screen, but they are not on the second device.
Anyone having a clue of what could have happened & how to solve it?
Tried to downgrade to 0101, but then i only got "Unfortunately, Trebuchet has stopped", so I upgraded to 0202 again. Then I don´t get this error, but the home screen is still not working properly.
If I understood that error message right it has something to do with the homescreen cache. And it is the home screen that is strange in my case. How do I reset the Trebuchet cache?
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Managed to solve it. Went in to settings/apps/all/Trebuchet, cleared data & voila the home screen is now working again.
can someone upload a movie about the performance of the tablet under kitkat? I gave my nook to a family member and want her to have a faster system, but don't want to delete all her data if it's not worth it
speedfreak007 said:
can someone upload a movie about the performance of the tablet under kitkat? I gave my nook to a family member and want her to have a faster system, but don't want to delete all her data if it's not worth it
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If your running CM7, it's still snappier than CM11. CM11 is a huge improvement over the CM10.x versions, take up a smaller footprint on the Nook and has nice functionality.
Runs smooth...
...I have only been playing around with CM11 for a couple days now, but enjoy the overall OS and it out ways the minor performance loss in many ways.
- You can use YouTube off of Play, but might not have smooth HD viewing and will need to watch in non-HD
- You can manually install the newest Crackle TV (Play will not allow it due to incompatibility warning), but have to turn on Disable HW overlays (Always use GPU for screen compositing) to have it work properly
- You can either use the older 1.8.1 NetFlix flawlessly or use the workaround on here
That's about it for me. Everything else seems to work ok. haven't tried any performance or graphic intense games yet.
2-05-2014 Nightly
Anyone get this nightly to load?
f1jim
Nevermind...It's working now.
Kitkat on Nook Color
I flashed CM11 on my NC last week.
Android 4.4.2, but kernel 3.0 - it doesn't seem to be Kitkat.
To my phone running 4.2.2 with kernel 3.4 that higher than NC flashed CM 11, called Kitkat.
Sorry if I am wrong, but that's all I've found.
"I have no technical skill, so just a thought that higher is better"
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I flashed CM11 on my NC last week.
Android 4.4.2, but kernel 3.0 - it doesn't seem to be Kitkat.
To my phone running 4.2.2 with kernel 3.4 that higher than NC flashed CM 11, called Kitkat.
Sorry if I am wrong, but that's all I've found.
"I have no technical skill, so just a thought that higher is better"
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Each device has its own version of kernel. Yours is right.
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Kitkat 4 Nook Color
leapinlar said:
Each device has its own version of kernel. Yours is right.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Thanks.
Anyway, CM 11 on my NC running very well. A big thank to CM developers & Nookies Dev.
Ak, only one thing bothering me that I cannot use my new external keyboard with it(Cover with usb keyboard). It worked on CM 7.2 with an 3rd tool.
Issue with recognizing external keyboard on NC running CM 11 Nightly
Does anyone know how to use an external keyboard (usb keyboard cover) on Nook Color running CM 11?
In past I could use the usb keyboard cover when using CM 7.2 on my NC with Nook Color tweak.
Last week, I decided to upgrade my NC to Kitkat by flashing CM 11 Nightly and from that point I haven't been able to use my usb keyboard cover with my NC any more.
Any tips, suggestions ... plz help.
Thanks.
stevedat said:
Does anyone know how to use an external keyboard (usb keyboard cover) on Nook Color running CM 11?
In past I could use the usb keyboard cover when using CM 7.2 on my NC with Nook Color tweak.
Last week, I decided to upgrade my NC to Kitkat by flashing CM 11 Nightly and from that point I haven't been able to use my usb keyboard cover with my NC any more.
Any tips, suggestions ... plz help.
Thanks.
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I don't think Bluetooth is working yet. Not sure if it will get fixed, but it is in the change log that it is not working. Otherwise I am very happy with the performance. I just got my nook off craigslist and it is running much better than I ever imagined it could!
frav.se said:
Now I have reinstalled both NCs again. This time it seems like it worked out well.
Regarding the MAC problem. It could maybe be like this, that I accidently did the first time install & boot with the same NC device. But anyhow I think it is strange if it doesn't use the h/w MAC as the default choice.
This time I did like this:
1. “generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b” from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941858 loaded on two” SanDisk Mobile Ultra Class4 16GB” with “win32diskimager-v0.9-binary”
2. "cm-11-20140131-NIGHTLY-encore.zip " from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=encore&type=nightly
3. Removed Hangouts.apk and GoogleHome.apk according to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49942253&postcount=529
4. Installed "gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip" from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps (This time it was 20 "things" installing & not 6 like last time)
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So, using what you did, and the guide it came from. Does this root and install a CWM? Or do you need to do all those steps first. Just a bit confused as how to take my stock Nook Color and get it to CM11
Never mind; got it figured out and up and running. This process did root and get it up and running on CM11 for me.
I just bought an Amazon Fire (5th gen) and my goal is to simply run games (or large apps) from my external SD (64 GB). I dont know what the stock firmware was, but I did 1 update and I am at version 5.1.4 and its saying that there is an update to 5.3.1 available. I turned off my WiFi for now, to ensure that it does not update. If I can accomplish my above goal of playing games off the SD, then I dont see a reason to make any further steps towards rooting or using cyanogenmod. I am relatively tech savvy, but have never rooted a device before, and I am a bit afraid of bricking. Any advice to my situation would be greatly appreciated. Also If, I do need to root or install cyanogen, would anybody be able to give me a good step by step guide on how to do it? Thank you very much.
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I just bought an Amazon Fire (5th gen) and my goal is to simply run games (or large apps) from my external SD (64 GB). I dont know what the stock firmware was, but I did 1 update and I am at version 5.1.4 and its saying that there is an update to 5.3.1 available. I turned off my WiFi for now, to ensure that it does not update. If I can accomplish my above goal of playing games off the SD, then I dont see a reason to make any further steps towards rooting or using cyanogenmod. I am relatively tech savvy, but have never rooted a device before, and I am a bit afraid of bricking. Any advice to my situation would be greatly appreciated. Also If, I do need to root or install cyanogen, would anybody be able to give me a good step by step guide on how to do it? Thank you very much.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
I think 5.1.4 can be rooted with Kingroot
if not you can downgrade to 5.1.2
then root
yes root is needed to install a custom rom
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[Index]Amazon Fire 7" - 5th Gen-2015