Hello guys and gals,
I was looking over the information for the kindle fire HD 7, and I personally own the Original Kindle fire. Through a bit of work, I was able to root, install the play store, and unroot on my original kindle. This allowed me to have the play store, and run the stock os and retain my prime access.
Is there a method that allows this on the fire hd? If not, is 1mobile.com the app store everyone seems to be using?
There's actually a custom Rom called Kinology that will let you keep access to Amazon Prime and Instant Video. So you can just root and stay rooted, just flash kinology and you're good to go :thumbup:
Edit: oh yes, and you get play store access too. Best of both worlds!
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I thought root on the kfhd didn't break prime....
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Yes you lose prime access when rooted. I rooted because i was never gonna watch movies or show on this device. I got it for a gift.
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Prime does work on rooted device I'm watching Wrath of Khan right now on it, never had any problem doing so
wire55 said:
Yes you lose prime access when rooted. I rooted because i was never gonna watch movies or show on this device. I got it for a gift.
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If you use a CM based ROM you'll lose prime, that's because they don't have the same framework as the amazon ROM, which supports prime. Kinology uses the same framework as the amazon stock ROM, and so with kinology you keep prime.
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I've looked for an answer to this but haven't found anything.
My touchpad is running Classicnerd ICS (06-05-12), I can't get the google play movies app to work because "device is rooted". Even using OTArootkeeper to un-root doesn't help.
My kindle fire is running CM9 (gede-rom 1.35) and I am able to use OTArootkeeper to un-root and google play movies works.
Anyone know of any modifications or other ICS roms on the touchpad that allow google play movies to work?
jhaz said:
I've looked for an answer to this but haven't found anything.
My touchpad is running Classicnerd ICS (06-05-12), I can't get the google play movies app to work because "device is rooted". Even using OTArootkeeper to un-root doesn't help.
My kindle fire is running CM9 (gede-rom 1.35) and I am able to use OTArootkeeper to un-root and google play movies works.
Anyone know of any modifications or other ICS roms on the touchpad that allow google play movies to work?
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Same Here Running CM9 Latest Nightly.
Can't you just go to developer options in settings and turn off root from the root access tab?
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thenry30 said:
Can't you just go to developer options in settings and turn off root from the root access tab?
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I've tried it didn't work
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Google's gotten a bit smarter in that regard. Have you tried any other ROM ? I don't use the movies from Google (I'm in Canada, so it won't let me anyway), but the way I see to test it is to download and flash a couple of other roms (should only take a few mins each time to see). Just do a backup, flash the new one, check the movie, if it doesn't work, restore backup and try a different one.
Wish I could help, but Google doesn't like us Canadians. Half of the apps I want don't work up here anyway.
I wasn't having any luck with classicnerd using dev options or otaroot.
I flashed CM-9 Nightly (06-09-2012) and now using otaroot Google Play movies works! Just for fun I re-flashed classicnerd and only installed OTAroot and play movies-did not work with ota or dev options.
So I'm back to CM-9 nightly but I like it and the movies are working.
I'm wondering if, after the new update, anyone's had a bricked device? I unrooted before since I was afraid of that, but if no one got problems so far, its safe to root once again... Besides would love to know of someone was able to avoid the update somehow. It has officially been releases a while ago (you can look into amazon's update software page)
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Nope, my device was rooted when I got the ota, but I did not get bricked. I just re rooted with the qemu tool.
did u have gplay installed?
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Yes, and I can still install just fine from it.
One las question, did ypu have a custom launcher and no problem?? If so, Im ready to stay rooted
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No problems with custom launchers but the update does remove them. So you have to reinstall after the update
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No problems with custom launchers but the update does remove them. So you have to reinstall after the update
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Not correct, I still have Nova Launcher as default after update.
Personally, anything I had placed in system was removed for me. This included Nova launcher, Swype, and the Vending.apk for gplay. I just rerooted and put them all back, and everything else I had as retained.
Kindle Fire HD Stock with 7.2.1
TheDoolster said:
Yes, and I can still install just fine from it.
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I just got mine, and once it was booted up, it clearly did an auto upgrade to 7.2.1. I got the QEMU root tool but the Kindle is never recognized when I plug it into the computer.
Any ideas why that's happening?
I need a app to help me root my kindle fire hd 7 I don't have a PC not sure if that's a problem or not
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Great question.
You will need a PC, MAC or Linux to Root the Kindle Fire HD.
The other option is to send it in to a company and have them Root
the Kindle Fire HD 7". We do offer the service.
You can PM us and we will give you the details.
Cool thanks man
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Cool thanks man
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No problem, let me know if we can help you in any way.
All of our support is free, this includes phone support,
so if you decide to tackle this on your own we will be
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Can a mod lock this post thanks I have no need for it anymore
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I need a app to help me root my kindle fire hd 7 I don't have a PC not sure if that's a problem or not
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yo i got my kindle fire hd 7 within 20 mins fully rooted with google play store and go launcher, the next day i installed a second bootloader and installed kinology easiest steps and i did it on my mac using terminal great and still have the backups whenever i need to restore to stock, best threads to learn are in the development easiest
How do I install next SPB Launcher 3D on my kindle fire hd 7 7.3.0
KindleFireGuy said:
How do I install next SPB Launcher 3D on my kindle fire hd 7 7.3.0
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Hello there! You can try the free app (paid version also available) "KindleFree" that makes it easier for KF HD users to install custom launchers on stock firmware.
Root the Kindle Fire HD before trying this.
You should probably want to revert back to 7.2.3, install Hashcode's second bootloader, twrp & Kinology. After that, pay for spb and install it. It will work fine then.
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Thing is I already played for it. When I try to use kindolgy it gets stuck on loading like stock
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KindleFireGuy said:
Thing is I already played for it. When I try to use kindolgy it gets stuck on loading like stock
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Hmm... Spb works perfectly for me. Some people have said that installing Chainfire 3d allowed spb to work. There's literature somewhere on that launcher, but I don't remember where.
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Some people have said that installing Chainfire 3d allowed spb to work.
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Chainfire's what it took to get it running on mine. Since my last de-brick, I've stuck with Xperia.
Can someone point me in the right direction please? I'm looking for info regarding installing Google Play Books on my wife's Gen 3 KFire HD operating Fire OS 4.5.5.1
I rooted today using KingRoot.
Ideally, if possible, I'd like to stay with the stock OS since it's my wife's. Simplicity.
I have disabled the OTA update file.
Thanks
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eersfanpilot said:
Can someone point me in the right direction please? I'm looking for info regarding installing Google Play Books on my wife's Gen 3 KFire HD operating Fire OS 4.5.5.1
I rooted today using KingRoot.
Ideally, if possible, I'd like to stay with the stock OS since it's my wife's. Simplicity.
I have disabled the OTA update file.
Thanks
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Go to your computer, Google root junky supertool and download it, make sure adb is enabled on the kindle, plug it in, unzip the supertool and run the batch program, wait a bit, and then you will see a bunch of options, it should be option 3 or 4. Follow the super tools instructions, and let it do its thing, and then your tablet should reboot with Gapps installed. This works with or without root. From this point you can install the play books app.
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Thanks I'll try that.
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