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Just picked up a nook color for my wife yesterday. She wanted a eReader and we really like the nook because it had a built in browser. Once we got it home and did a bit more research, we found that she is unable share and swap books with my daughter who has the kindle. So what I would like to do is just run the kindle app, without rooting I guess that is not an option, it would be a huge plus to be able to install any market apps we wanted as well.
I would really appreciate it if someone could link the latest and greatest methods of rooting and unrooting. It seems there are several methods, and everything changes by the minute, so one method that may have been used a few days ago may not be the easiest/ best method today. As for the un-root, everyone always make the disclaimer that this "WILL" void your warranty. I just want to have a safety net so it can be set back to total stock setting if it needs to be returned due to hardware issues or something. I have even heard that you can install a rooted SD card and the nook looks to the SD card before it reads the internal memory, so it is essentially boots from SD. Not trying to be lazy here, it's just that I have done about 4 or 5 hours of research and I am still not sure what the best method is. Basically I would just like a link to whichever method people think is best at this point. Thank you
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
soupmagnet said:
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
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I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
noskill123 said:
I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
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7.20 is on the 32GB that I just received today.
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Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back..
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yup, it's the right advice. don't try to force any root, send the device back instead and have a new try with the next one.
The root will work for both 7.2.0 and 7.2.1, barring any anomalies with your specific device. I would use the automated root found on this forum when you try rooting next time, since it'll eliminate any possible mistakes (not saying you made any). Either way, everyone else is definitely right in saying you got a defective device. Luckily, Amazon's pretty good about replacements when you're under warranty. My own device's CPU was running so hot, it smelled like things were melting. Got it replaced with no fuss, and no extra charges.
noskill123 said:
Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
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That’s exactly what happen to me about 10 days ago my KFHD
Get hot and speed is unbelievable slow down but I do manage to reset to factory setting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32866304#post32866304
But finally I manage to root my KFHD and switch off upgrade option because I don’t want
The same problem occurs to me again.
My mistake at the first time is I mix up the method using manually method by reverendkjr
And on half way using script giving by sparkym3, so on the second attempt I only use
manually method by reverendkjr doing exactly what he is done and I get my KFHD rooted
I hope this will help you
NB
Even I uncheck automatic update they still updated my KFHD now I am with 7.21
and became unroot yes will start allover again.:fingers-crossed:
I had whatever, that updated to 7.3 as soon as I turned it on. Rooted fine with KF First Aide. Installed ES File Explorer, Google Play, etc. All was well. Then I read a post here how hard it was to copy/paste with ES File Explorer. I was joking about it with my husband and showing him how easy it was and copied random file... literally just randomly long pressed a file to show him the options, picked copy, and then went to another directory and *meant* to point to but touched paste instead... it was one of the Google Play files.
Kindle fire hd 7" immediately started freaking out. A mac address type error flashing so quick I couldn't do anything else. It was the same low letters and numbers you'd get with a mac address but said error and just an OK button which did nothing when you manage to tap in while flashing. Restarted, thinking if I was lucky Google Play just would't work... got the red triangle and neither option helped. So I ordered one of SkOrPn's cables which works flawlessly and boots right into fastboot. Yay for SkOrPn! Not so ya for me... (not their fault!).
It shows up as "Tate-PVT-08". I've tried every variation of driver I can find. Uninstalling all old things I can find, complete with the command line command to show ghost hubs/devices and what not and removing them and shut down/start up fresh too... no joy. Also removing and restarting between each driver try... neither of the Amazon drivers work for fastboot for me. I've tried so many things at this point my brain is fried.
So I'm hoping someone can help direct me how to fix this. . I won it in an online giveaway, so I'm not out anything, but it'd sure be nice to use it! As messed up as the Kindle crap is I'd be pissed if I bought it... but I'm majorly spoiled on Sony (Ericsson) and their "ya, play with it, screw it up, we don't care, here's how to fix it online just plug it in"... even before they had the online thing they'd let you send it back (and paid shipping both ways for it!) would reflash firmware and send it back with paper ticket that said "No problems found" lol... even on a device you actually bricked (wouldn't turn on... not the cute "brick"="I screwed it up but it's fixable" that people use now).
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you could steer me to drivers that work for 2nd generation HD 7 inch in fastboot on Windows 8. Thanks for reading if nothing else!
Try The SoupKit found here.
This is a Kinology HD using XDA Premium
Swap cables. Boot with the factory cable then switch to a normal one.
Thanks for the reply, but I've been doing that. Great advice for anyone who doesn't know though!
You couldn't have damaged anything by just copying a file unless either:
You cut the file
OR
You overwrote a system file
OR
You filled up your system partition.
If you still need help, I might be able to do some researching.
Sent From my Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1
I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM 10.1
Same Problem
I'm having the same problem! If you fixed it please let me know!
FIXED!!
It's fixed! You have to use KindleFireAide. Just follow all of the directions and it's perfect.:laugh::laugh::laugh::good::good::good:
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I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
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Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
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That was my first thing to try. Unfortunately one of them says stopped by user (preferred one) and the alternate won't install, gets to the end of installing and says didn't install, do manually... which has the same results. I'm getting the same results on another pc. Fun times lol.
Edit... I give up, it's Linux time. Will report back later.
My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
I'll fix it for you...
Deviantelf said:
My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
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If you're gonna send it anywhere, if you pay for shipping I could try to fix it. No guarantees, of course.
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
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KindleFireGuy said:
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
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Ya did all that fun stuff, repeatedly with various drivers with all the 20 steps in between to remove others, lol.
Husband spent quite some time with Linux and SoupKit to no avail also. He could get his phone to work (making sure he had all the rules and steps correct), but it never would do anything with the tablet.
I gave up and called Amazon late Monday. They had me turn it on and verify the red triangle screen then sent me a new one that arrived today. Take the new one out of the box and put the old one in they said. They paid shipping both ways. If they complain I'll tell them send me the old and I'll send the new one back lol (at my expense). If they want to make the thing such a mess to deal with what do they expect? They know there's a whole group of people that won't live with the crappy launcher mess they have .
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Also, the device specs and descriptions for 3rd gen 2013 KFHD are incorrect. There's no camera on the KFSOWI. Amazon's product page here links to the 2012 model (idiots!), so is also linked in your post.
Amazon's correct product page is here (It's misleading though, including HDX models with camera and other features...)
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br0adband said:
Alright, since I got the other issue of not even knowing which device I had (or thinking it was something else, basically) I've not got this Fire HD 7 2013 (no cameras, buttons on the back, etc) ready to go for Firerooter. I've installed all the necessary drivers (verified), I have a home-made fastboot cable (works fine, made it from an Atrix HD car dock that I had no further use for, used this cable with multiple devices and when I plug it into the FHD7 (powered off) it goes right into fastboot mode as expected. Using fastboot -i 0x1949 devices shows me the device number so that's a go.
I grabbed Firerooter (latest version), extracted it, put the FHD7 in fastboot mode from the cable (verified it's listed in Device Manager as Google Nexus ADB Interface), checked Task Manager to make sure no instances of adb were running since I know that can cause problems, then ran Firerooter, chose the install option, chose the 11.4.5.2 option, checked all the boxes, waited for it to download all the necessary components and then it went into what looked like the flashing process.
Firerooter is currently still showing the "We have all the necessary information..." and "Installing FireOS..." (the flashing process with the progress bar had already finished) and the FHD7 itself shows "Booted successfully!" with some info at the bottom.
It's been like this going on 35 minutes now so, I suppose after all this my one question is:
How long is this entire process supposed to take, if anyone has either an exact time or even a guesstimate 'cause it seems like it's taking a long time. I've looked at Task Manager and it shows 3 instances of adb.exe*32, a cmd.exe, a fastboot.exe*32, and a lua5.1.exe*32 - of those the only one showing any kind of activity is the lua5.1.exe*32 task which has its RAM usage jumping all over the place (the other tasks are basically static).
I'm tempted to kill everything and reboot the FHD7 to see what's going on but so far it's just sitting here and I'm still wondering how long this should possibly take overall.
Not a tough question to answer, I hope...
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Well as an addition I waited a solid hour and nothing happened so I scrapped the whole process, deleted all the downloaded files, and shut down my laptop totally. Restarted it, did everything from scratch all over again and the entire process completed in under roughly 9 mins but the subsequent first boot took almost 12. I was tempted to give up and try things yet one more time but it eventually did boot to the setup screen as expected.
We'll see what happens...
br0adband said:
Well as an addition I waited a solid hour and nothing happened so I scrapped the whole process, deleted all the downloaded files, and shut down my laptop totally. Restarted it, did everything from scratch all over again and the entire process completed in under roughly 9 mins but the subsequent first boot took almost 12. I was tempted to give up and try things yet one more time but it eventually did boot to the setup screen as expected.
We'll see what happens...
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Great, normally if a device doesn't boot in 10 mins, is not going to.
KFSOWI needs OS 4.5.5 for working Play Store
br0adband said:
Well as an addition I waited a solid hour and nothing happened so I scrapped the whole process, deleted all the downloaded files, and shut down my laptop totally. Restarted it, did everything from scratch all over again and the entire process completed in under roughly 9 mins but the subsequent first boot took almost 12. I was tempted to give up and try things yet one more time but it eventually did boot to the setup screen as expected.
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If you installed OS lower than 4.5.5, Play Store won't work. Follow steps here to install 4.5.5 with Firerooter.
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br0adband said:
Ok, so I'm going to be reading quite a bit I know but what the hell, I'm just going to ask this:
I picked up a Kindle Fire HDX 7 earlier from a pawn shop. They had zero success with getting it functional even after trying to charge it for several hours using several different microUSB cables. It had to have been functional when the person that brought it in pawned it, of course, because they wouldn't have loaned any money on a dead device, so I asked them if they'd lower the price. It had been in the "clearance" case for several weeks for $20, and the Manager on duty noted the price sticker had "notes" written on it that it was dead and wouldn't charge so he said "How about $5?" and I said "SOLD!!!"
I've had several Kindles in the past few months that were "dead" but I was able to get something out of them, but when I got this HDX7 home it didn't respond as I'd hoped. I went through a few different microUSB cables till I used one that was really tight on the insertion and voila, the battery/lightning bolt appeared and I had one of those "YES!!!" moments.
Anyway, I let it charge up for a bit, it had the previous owner's PIN in place so once I got to 35% on the battery I did the reset. Right now it's just sitting here charging while I do research on what to do with it at this point. Here are the known facts:
- Device info is a Kindle Fire HDX 7 with 16GB
- Wi-Fi is OFF and will stay off until I decide on how to proceed
- System version shows as 11.3.2.5_user_325001620 Build date Tuesday August 5, 2014
- it's in great condition but it has a lot of cosmetic damage to the rubberized coating on the back and edges, the display glass is crystal clear and without damage of any kind
Ok, so, having said that, here's the magic question:
I'd like to get rid of the stock OS for obvious reasons (it's crap as we all know) and get CM on here but I haven't decided which version as of yet, as I said I'm doing a lot of reading tonight into what I can do with this.
Also, can anyone explain briefly what the version system seems to mean as I see almost nothing related to 11.3.2.5 but I see a ton of info about 13.3.2.5 - what the hell is the difference there 'cause I can't seem to decode the versioning numbers and what they relate to on this device, unfortunately.
If I can unlock the bootloader obviously I'd like to get that done first and foremost because it should allow me to do anything I want but I do know that there's a lot of risk with these devices because of Amazon being you-know-whats, so maybe the bootloader is or will be left alone as long as I'm capable of getting CM on here. I really do like Android 4.4.4 for a variety of reasons so, whichever CM that is - CM11 I believe - may be just what I want but I'm not opposed to checking out CM12 for Lollipop I suppose.
I'll hold off doing anything including turning on Wi-Fi for a while in the hopes that someone can answer and set me on the right course of action so thanks for any responses.
Have fun, always...
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If you installed OS lower than 4.5.5, Play Store won't work. Follow steps here to install 4.5.5 with Firerooter.
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as originally posted: System version shows as 11.3.2.5_user_325001620 Build date Tuesday August 5, 2014
Right. I was addressing OS Firerooter would have installed. (This post, when he was having problem, says he chose OS 4.5.2. I presume that's what he ended up with.)
Well yes, I ended up using 4.5.2 because that's what Firerooter will download natively, but of course that's not the latest and yes I know about that other link to use the same process (with 4.5.5) and then alter the filename to 11.4.5.2 and Firerooter will go from there. I did notice that on 4.5.2 I was able to sign into my Google account but the Play Market was somewhat half working, reboots didn't change anything, etc. So now I'm aware of the issue with 4.5.2.
The issue now is that when I try to do the whole process again with the actual 4.5.5 bin file renamed to 4.5.2 is that it just kinda gets to a point where it never finishes. This 4th attempt I'm working on now has been going for 25 mins and it's just not happening. If I do the "scrap everything start clean" and download everything a second time including 4.5.5 and rename that to 11.4.5.2.bin and use it as required it still just gets to a point where it hangs.
Not exactly sure what the hell is going on so I'm going to scrap it one last time and give the 4.5.5 install one last attempt, if that fails then I'll just take a break and wait while doing some more research.
Thanks for the responses.
EDIT:
Well I got impatient and did the scrap everything and it still got stuck. So I mentally retraced my steps from when it was successful for the 4.5.2 clean one (meaning Fireroot downloaded that directly and not me using 4.5.5 renamed) and realized that I did a reboot of the laptop beforehand. It figures that since I missed it I'll reboot the laptop and make that final attempt to do the 4.5.5 renamed to 4.5.2 install and sure enough it worked. Not sure what's going on because I did verify nothing was running, not adb, not fastboot, etc, nothing related to the device itself.
I can't say why it worked after I did a laptop reboot but it did so, right now it's up and running, shows 4.5.5 under System Updates, has Xposed active and the modules working, Superuser works fine, and so on and so forth. Odd, but that's how it goes sometimes.
_RumRunner_ said:
Need Help stopping my Kindle Fire SOHO 2013 3rd Gen from constantly downloading the 11.4.5.4 FireOS Update.
If I use 11.3.2.5 FireOS, it will not try to download any updates ... XPosed Modules actually work. However using the 11.4.5.2 FireOS, It still downloads the 11.4.5.4 Update with the XPosed Modules activated that are supposed to block these updates.
I'm curious if there is a way to stop this from downloading this everytime I turn the Kindle on? Thankfully it does not let it Install, however when I'm around poor wifi, the download of this unneeded update really hampers my bandwidth.
Is there any updated XPosed Framework or Modules that will prevent this?
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Is there any specific file that can be altered or deleted to prevent this?
Thank You!
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Is there any updated XPosed Framework or Modules that will prevent this?
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Is there any specific file that can be altered or deleted to prevent this?
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Rename extension of /system/priv-app/DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to .apkoff
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Thank You so much!!!
Dern thing has been driving me nuts for the past 3 weeks LOL.
Since I'm on a roll these days I might as well as the most obvious question 'cause in all the reading I've done so far I still can't seem to get a grip on this one aspect:
Can the Soho make use of custom ROMs? Everything I see with respect to the 2nd bootloader setup is related to the Tate, not the Soho, so before I go any further with this experimentation I need to figure that one out for sure since I'd prefer not to hose this device now that it's working. I can't stand Amazon's OS, that much is obvious so, if it's possible to get CM11 or CM12 on here I would like to know - I'm not asking for a step by step, that much I can figure out for myself as time passes with the info in this forum obviously, I'm just asking IF it's possible to get CM11 or CM12 on it because as I noted all the info seems to be about the Tate variant and I have the Soho (confirmed multiple times so far, and I just backed up all the partitions on the device and the shell prompt shows [email protected] so that's confirmed).
I love XDA, I really do, but sometimes even for a relatively experienced person like myself (been flashing devices for 15+ years now, hundreds of 'em) sometimes the treasure trove of info becomes an "overload" of sorts and makes it difficult to actually find that one little tidbit of info that someone is looking for. I hate asking for help, I really do, I find that I'm usually the one providing it, but in this situation I figured there are people vastly more experienced with these Kindles (which I don't particularly like to be honest, I prefer B&N Nook hardware but they're basically dead nowadays since B&N uses Samsung tablet hardware now) so for once I decided to just ask.
Thanks again for any responses...
br0adband said:
Since I'm on a roll these days I might as well as the most obvious question 'cause in all the reading I've done so far I still can't seem to get a grip on this one aspect:
Can the Soho make use of custom ROMs? Everything I see with respect to the 2nd bootloader setup is related to the Tate, not the Soho, so before I go any further with this experimentation I need to figure that one out for sure since I'd prefer not to hose this device now that it's working. I can't stand Amazon's OS, that much is obvious so, if it's possible to get CM11 or CM12 on here I would like to know - I'm not asking for a step by step, that much I can figure out for myself as time passes with the info in this forum obviously, I'm just asking IF it's possible to get CM11 or CM12 on it because as I noted all the info seems to be about the Tate variant and I have the Soho (confirmed multiple times so far, and I just backed up all the partitions on the device and the shell prompt shows [email protected] so that's confirmed).
I love XDA, I really do, but sometimes even for a relatively experienced person like myself (been flashing devices for 15+ years now, hundreds of 'em) sometimes the treasure trove of info becomes an "overload" of sorts and makes it difficult to actually find that one little tidbit of info that someone is looking for. I hate asking for help, I really do, I find that I'm usually the one providing it, but in this situation I figured there are people vastly more experienced with these Kindles (which I don't particularly like to be honest, I prefer B&N Nook hardware but they're basically dead nowadays since B&N uses Samsung tablet hardware now) so for once I decided to just ask.
Thanks again for any responses...
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no custom recoveries, no custom roms
see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1flhQjVTm_NBfCuu1xNATpx4eSSwpYMhqETftnMHTlrQ/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1
Ah well, was fun while it lasted. Guess I'll toss it up on craigslist today and see who might bite on it. Considering I paid $5 for it I'm guessing a profit is definitely in sight.
Thanks for your assistance, sd_shadow.
Hello all, I appreciate any help you could give me.
I just recently bought a Kindle Fire (2015) with the intention of rooting it out, and throwing CyanogenMod on there, but I'm having trouble finding solid, step-by-step instructions. I'm not entirely unfamiliar with the process in general, I currently own a Nook Color that I did the same thing with. Originally my Nook was running off an SD card that had CM on it as part of a bootable SD card, but after a while I had decided to just skip the extra step, free up a little bit of space on the card, and throw it natively onto the Nook.
However, time has not been kind to my poor Color and with the 5th Gen Kindle being almost comically cheap, (I got it during a recent sale for less than 40 bucks after shipping) and way more powerful than my poor Nook it looked like it was time to retire my beloved tablet.
I've got a passing familiarity with how ADB works, and I've used some of the tools for college work. I've rummaged through CM's wiki on the unofficial release for the system, but honestly the thread on here for the process is not very concise. It gives leaps of steps, rather than an Idiot Proof methodology and I'd really rather not brick out the tablet no matter how cheap it cost.
Alternatively! I really only used my Nook for book reading, I just didn't like the limited functionality that it offered originally, is there any suggestions on other possible ROMs that would offer a bit more functionality without the somewhat unnecessary power that CM offers?
I appreciate, greatly, any guidance that you all could offer me. :highfive:
First step, turn off the wifi, then go into settings, Device Options, System Updates and see what Fire OS it says you are running.
If as I suspect it's 5.1.1 then you can't root or install any roms atm.
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First step, turn off the wifi, then go into settings, Device Options, System Updates and see what Fire OS it says you are running.
If as I suspect it's 5.1.1 then you can't root or install any roms atm.
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Most likely it is, but just out of curiosity, I don't currently have anything on it, so if I were to set it back to factory defaults would it still keep the 5.1.1, or since when I got it it updated (Which is why I think it does have the 5.1.1 as you said) would it bounce back to the previous version?
If it does bounce back, any suggestions on where to go to try and proceed with the rooting?
Vez'Roth said:
so if I were to set it back to factory defaults would it still keep the 5.1.1
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Yep, once the fire updates itself, you're stuck with it. And don't try to manually side load 5.0.1, results in a brick.
No root is available for 5.1.1. No custom ROMs. Only thing you can currently do on 5.1.1 is install google play store.
Vez'Roth said:
Most likely it is, but just out of curiosity, I don't currently have anything on it, so if I were to set it back to factory defaults would it still keep the 5.1.1, or since when I got it it updated (Which is why I think it does have the 5.1.1 as you said) would it bounce back to the previous version?
If it does bounce back, any suggestions on where to go to try and proceed with the rooting?
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Nope factory defaults doesn't affect the system only personal files, it would be on a clean 5.1.1 which it already is.
And trying to revert from 5.1.1 to the old 5.0.1 bricks the tablet.
So if it is on that, your quest to apply a different rom of any kind is thwarted for now.
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Nope factory defaults doesn't affect the system only personal files, it would be on a clean 5.1.1 which it already is.
And trying to revert from 5.1.1 to the old 5.0.1 bricks the tablet.
So if it is on that, your quest to apply a different rom of any kind is thwarted for now.
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Thank you for responding at least. I will remain thwarted, but I am sure that this will not stop you all, or me, for long. It'll be broken open again. I don't know why these companies are so against it.
Vez'Roth said:
Thank you for responding at least. I will remain thwarted, but I am sure that this will not stop you all, or me, for long. It'll be broken open again. I don't know why these companies are so against it.
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Because they're EVILLLLL!
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lol