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Anyone planning on getting a Nook Color? Specs look good and the price is definitely right but not sure how hard it will be to root.
The only thing that has been figured out so far is the factory reset. Home + Power + Vol up.
that's it so far
I got one and started messing w/ it right away
Got mine a few hrs ago, I am actually posting this from the nook.
I am impressed, considering the price and the fact that it is only marketed as an ebook reader (which is actually what I bought it for) it handles the web quite well. If we can crank the cpu up to 1.2Ghz with set cpu this thing would be almost perfect. When this thing gets rooted it is going to be awesome. Even if it never gets rooted, I will still be glad I got it. So far no luck getting it to install any apk's but I've only been messing with it for an hour or so. I'll post any progress or info I find on the web that might help.
WOW didn't think it'd hit the street yet. Did you get it from B&N directly? Wondering if their weekend discount will work for this...
I'm very interested in getting one for the wife- but want to know about rooting and .apk sideloading.
They advertise reading email- do they have the stock Android email app and you can add multiple accounts or do they just mean via using the web browser?
Has anyone compared this to the Pantech 7" tablet? I know that runs an older android- but I think it's got a few more dedicated apps (like calendar/mail etc) and I'm wondering if the Nook will be too Nook specific for my needs.
Please keep us posted!
Sorry for repost, but maybe you here will find it interesting:
Hi, NC people:
In my blog fineoils.blogspot.com I presented a way of rooting attack for NC, have a look.
There's also quite a collection of reviews of those who had a "professional" hands-on experience, with my comments.
My opinion is the toy will be a smash hit, and after some hopefully light hacking it could outperform Galaxy Tab (antiglare screen outperforms it already, LOL)
ok well it looks like the factory reset is sitting on top of recovery. When I do it I notice the recovery (green and red bg) flash up for a second. Maybe there is some sort of other key combination we need, or something to click quickly before the reset box pops up.
Yep, I got it from B&N directly they said they got them a few days earlier than expected. Still no luck on this end getting this sucker rooted but the more I use it the more I like it. I am still very happy with it even if it never gets rooted. My wife has a kindle and this thing makes her kindle look like a childs toy. The nook color is by no means perfect but for the money it can't be beat.
I have two of the other android tablets, the 7" $150 generic ipad looking thing running android 1.6 and a newer 7" one that runs android 2.1 and linux (dual boot) and neither one are anywhere close to the nook color. Both of my other tablets are rooted and I tried those methods on the nook but with no luck.
Anyway, I like the new nook and think it would make a great gift, B&N has them on display to play with if you still aren't sure. Lastly, for email I have been just using the browser (multiple accts) and it works great.
Let me know if you have other questions.
The original Nook was rooted so I'm sure its only a matter of time. I've been playing with my Nook Color and so far I like it quite a bit. My HTC Evo feels small now.
jm20 said:
Yep, I got it from B&N directly they said they got them a few days earlier than expected. Still no luck on this end getting this sucker rooted but the more I use it the more I like it. I am still very happy with it even if it never gets rooted. My wife has a kindle and this thing makes her kindle look like a childs toy. The nook color is by no means perfect but for the money it can't be beat.
I have two of the other android tablets, the 7" $150 generic ipad looking thing running android 1.6 and a newer 7" one that runs android 2.1 and linux (dual boot) and neither one are anywhere close to the nook color. Both of my other tablets are rooted and I tried those methods on the nook but with no luck.
Anyway, I like the new nook and think it would make a great gift, B&N has them on display to play with if you still aren't sure. Lastly, for email I have been just using the browser (multiple accts) and it works great.
Let me know if you have other questions.
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What do you think of those tablets for the price, though? Are they worth buying?
First things first is that we need someone that is good at doing usb sniffing. That way we could obtain the PID and VID of the device. From there we could add it to ADB's android_usb.inf file system.
For example we would be adding this into in .inf file:
;B&N Ebook
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX&MI_01
then save and run command to place into adb by the following command:
echo 0x955 >> "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
if you're a good usb sniffer i'd more than willing to borrow your nose to sniff my color
Vendor is 0x2080 and device is 0x0002 but it only has a mass storage interface descriptor, AKA debug isn't enabled. In the "factory reset" mode USB isn't even enabled.
Needs it
I just got mine tonight and...yeah...we gotta open this puppy up....I'm not too happy right now.
If you guys don't get this thing rooted soon I'm gonna have to take it back.
sudermatt said:
I just got mine tonight and...yeah...we gotta open this puppy up....I'm not too happy right now.
If you guys don't get this thing rooted soon I'm gonna have to take it back.
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It's already been cracked open, but all the chips are hidden under shields:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825174&page=6
picked one up today
I just picked one up today and I'm impressed so far. It would be nice to install some apps. The salesman said they were promising flash early next year. Sounds like froyo is in the works..
Nook Color boot over USB
I think I found a way we can bend this shiny toy to our will.
The OMAP3 series parts can be configured to boot from USB depending on how the sys_boot pins are strapped. The Pre folks use this to send a recovery flash utility to the OMAP on boot (see http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Last_Resort_Emergency_BootLoader_Recovery). Changing the PID to 0xD00E (OMAP36xx bootloader uses a different VID/PID), then powering off and powering on resulted in the utility catching the on-chip bootloader and interrupting the boot process.
It seems that B&N hardwired the OMAP to boot from USB before flash.
There are two paths we can take with this. The Pre has no microSD, so this utility sends a payload that runs from on-chip SRAM. We could build off their work and make our own fastboot workalike. However, one cool thing about this USB break-in feature is that you can choose a different boot device rather than sending code to the chip. The OMAP can boot off of either of its MMC/SD interfaces, and you can choose which one using the USB bootloader.
That means that a possible rooting / flashing scenario would be to copy a recovery image and bootloader to a microSD card, put that in the Nook, hook up USB and do boot redirection with a small utility.
For reference, the datasheet is here (16MB zipped PDF) and the USB boot documentation is in section 26.4.5.3.
Fantastic! Is this something you have the ability to do? I'd gladly throw someone a few bucks who thought they could pull this off.
BTW, bless the guys at webos internals. I have a Pre, and they have just been awesome for me and many others.
this thread and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825174&page=11
need to be combined..come on pokey you can do it man!
Boot utility, yes. You only need to change two values in omap3_usbload.c to make it do boot redirection on the Nook.
Bootloader and recovery, probably not. I don't have any experience with OMAP other than the last hour's worth of tinkering, and I should really be working on a class project right now. I was hoping I'd catch the attention of some more skilled devs around here.
It would help a lot to know generally what hardware is hooked to the OMAP, like the RAM amount and configuration, flash type, and what MMC port the external microSD slot is on.
I have a feeling you're on the right track, and you may in fact have clued someone with the right skills into this... I wish that someone was me... Thanks!
I was taking a look at iFixIt's teardown of the Kindle Fire HD and was wondering if it was possible in any way to add additional memory to the inside of the kindle fire. It's pretty cramped space but not understanding the logistics myself I am not sure what would be necessary to do such a thing and whether it would require much space. Thought a discussion on it though might be interesting.
iFixIt relevant link: ifixit . com / Teardown/Kindle+Fire+HD+Teardown/10457/2
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bbanghyung said:
I was taking a look at iFixIt's teardown of the Kindle Fire HD and was wondering if it was possible in any way to add additional memory to the inside of the kindle fire. It's pretty cramped space but not understanding the logistics myself I am not sure what would be necessary to do such a thing and whether it would require much space. Thought a discussion on it though might be interesting.
iFixIt relevant link: ifixit . com / Teardown/Kindle+Fire+HD+Teardown/10457/2
Kindle Fire HD 16GB
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Great Question!
The Kindle Fire HD 7" is a sealed unit, although our team has been able to open
the Kindle Fire HD. The upgrade is difficult and has found to not be cost
effective. We are working on a USB Driver which will allow you to add external
storage through the USB Port on the Kindle. Until we (or someone else) are successful
this will have to be placed on the back burner.
Thanks for the reply. External sounds great! That's too bad there isn't an internal option. But I can imagine that could get be complicated.
I'm familiar with electronics and soldering and have modded other things in the past. Any resources you could point me to that could help me understand a little more hardware wise in this thing?
Kindle 7" HD Hardware
bbanghyung said:
Thanks for the reply. External sounds great! That's too bad there isn't an internal option. But I can imagine that could get be complicated.
I'm familiar with electronics and soldering and have modded other things in the past. Any resources you could point me to that could help me understand a little more hardware wise in this thing?
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So far nothing that we are aware of, although we will be offering some hardware info
and videos within the next 6 months. There is a plastic tool that allows the frame
to be pried open, I just can not remember where we got it. This is how we opened
the Kindle Fire HD 7". Once you are inside, you can replace the internal SD Card
but it is a lot of work, just FYI.
tools
prokennexusa said:
So far nothing that we are aware of, although we will be offering some hardware info
and videos within the next 6 months. There is a plastic tool that allows the frame
to be pried open, I just can not remember where we got it. This is how we opened
the Kindle Fire HD 7". Once you are inside, you can replace the internal SD Card
but it is a lot of work, just FYI.
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Here is the tool -> ifixit .com /Tools/Plastic-Opening-Tools/IF145-000
Sounds promising. I'll investigate further. Wonder what type of sdcard. Does it need to be desoldered off? Also, what is the max size it will take? Some questions to answer before jumping into this one.
If I can answer these questions and it is feasible, I'll make a video on how to do it for others. (After I get mine working of course
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bbanghyung said:
Here is the tool -> ifixit .com /Tools/Plastic-Opening-Tools/IF145-000
Sounds promising. I'll investigate further. Wonder what type of sdcard. Does it need to be desoldered off? Also, what is the max size it will take? Some questions to answer before jumping into this one.
If I can answer these questions and it is feasible, I'll make a video on how to do it for others. (After I get mine working of course
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That is the tool! So you have one, great. First flip over the
Kindle HD on a towel or something else to protect the LCD.
The back will be exposed, now pry the speaker grill off starting
at the Right Hand Side (carefully). The grill will pop off the Kindle.
This may expose enough to get the job done otherwise, flip the
Kindle exposing the LCD Screen. Carefully, Very carefully
pry open the Kindle (using the tool) starting on the Left Side
where there is no inputs. Slowly prying to the top, then the
Right Side, finally to the bottom. The Kindle top will begin
to lift off the frame. Once you are open, the rest will be
obvious. The motherboard was build by Texas Instruments
and is basted on the OMAP4460. You can take a peek at
the technical documentation here: http://www.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12843&contentId=53243
The core operating system is ICS 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
if you are on software version 7.2.3. Having said all this you
can install up to 32 GB guaranteed, maybe 64 GB (OMAP4460
Chipset supports 64 GB).
Just what I want!
prokennexusa said:
Great Question!
We are working on a USB Driver which will allow you to add external
storage through the USB Port on the Kindle.
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This is just what I want to be able to do on my Kindle Fire HD 7" so I can play videos stored on an external 64gb flash drive via an OTG cable. Will your solution require rooting the Kindle? I don't have any Android devices so this is all a bit of a mystery to me but I'm a fast learner!
I was trying to find a solution using something like "Stickmount" or "Nexus Media Importer" (or a Kindle version if available) which I understand doesn't require rooting but as I don't have any other Android devices, I can't even buy the Nexus one to try it. (I've seen the instructions on other threads here to install the Google Play app. Does the Kindle have to be rooted to use Google Play?)
Apologies for all the questions!
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skindlies said:
This is just what I want to be able to do on my Kindle Fire HD 7" so I can play videos stored on an external 64gb flash drive via an OTG cable. Will your solution require rooting the Kindle? I don't have any Android devices so this is all a bit of a mystery to me but I'm a fast learner!
I was trying to find a solution using something like "Stickmount" or "Nexus Media Importer" (or a Kindle version if available) which I understand doesn't require rooting but as I don't have any other Android devices, I can't even buy the Nexus one to try it. (I've seen the instructions on other threads here to install the Google Play app. Does the Kindle have to be rooted to use Google Play?)
Apologies for all the questions!
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skindlies,
Thank you for the questions, this is how we learn so never apologize for asking questions.
Yes, most of the storage options will require Root, so follow our tutorial link below, we
will get you Root on the Kindle. The application Stickmount was designed for the Nexus
7 and 10, it does not work on the Kindle or the Nexus 4. Nexus Media Importer allows you
to import and stream music, video, photos and documents from a USB flash drive or SD
card connected to your Nexus 7 & 10, Galaxy Nexus, Xoom or other Android 3.2+
devices with USB Host support. This application will not work on the Kindle since
no one has designed a USB Host Device for the Kindle Fire HD. The potential options
in the future will be a USB Adapter or NAS Client (Network Attached Storage), no
one has designed these options as of yet. We are working on a Universal NAS
Client Software, we should have this available to the public in about 2 months.
Finally, yes, the Kindle does need to be Rooted to install Google Play. Just
follow our tutorial below. If you get stuck, we offer free unlimited support
through the XDA Threads and through email.
Just What I Want!
prokennexusa said:
skindlies,
Thank you for the questions, this is how we learn so never apologize for asking questions.
Yes, most of the storage options will require Root, so follow our tutorial link below, we
will get you Root on the Kindle. The application Stickmount was designed for the Nexus
7 and 10, it does not work on the Kindle or the Nexus 4. Nexus Media Importer allows you
to import and stream music, video, photos and documents from a USB flash drive or SD
card connected to your Nexus 7 & 10, Galaxy Nexus, Xoom or other Android 3.2+
devices with USB Host support. This application will not work on the Kindle since
no one has designed a USB Host Device for the Kindle Fire HD. The potential options
in the future will be a USB Adapter or NAS Client (Network Attached Storage), no
one has designed these options as of yet. We are working on a Universal NAS
Client Software, we should have this available to the public in about 2 months.
Finally, yes, the Kindle does need to be Rooted to install Google Play. Just
follow our tutorial below. If you get stuck, we offer free unlimited support
through the XDA Threads and through email.
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Hi Chris,
Many thanks for your very prompt reply. I think I had better do some serious studying before I attempt anything, especially the thread on how to do a Kindle OS backup! I will then have to steel my nerves to root the Kindle but it's good to know you are all there for support. I'll be watching avidly for news of your proposed solution. Many thanks again, Sue
Root and Google Play for Amazon 7" Kindle Fire HD Software Version 7.2.3
skindlies said:
Hi Chris,
Many thanks for your very prompt reply. I think I had better do some serious studying before I attempt anything, especially the thread on how to do a Kindle OS backup! I will then have to steel my nerves to root the Kindle but it's good to know you are all there for support. I'll be watching avidly for news of your proposed solution. Many thanks again, Sue
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skindlies,
Just let us know when you are ready. Even if you have to use our phone support, we
usually solve most issues in the first 15 minutes. Remember, we do offer unlimited
free support through email and through the threads. We are here from 10am to 10pm PST
GMT -8 and 24x7 through the phone. Let us know how we can help you, we are here
to support you.
It will require surface mount soldering....not a novice job...
If you do it good luck...
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mrkhigh said:
It will require surface mount soldering....not a novice job...
If you do it good luck...
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mrkhigh,
Actually my Kindle 8.9" has a SD Card socket and I just upgraded the SD Card to 64GB. So our
office Kindle HD 8.9" has 64GB of storage. What made it challenging was Mirroring the boot
partitions so the Kindle would boot. This is how we installed a Beta Copy of Jelly Bean, do
not get excited, it was terrible, very unstable and not reasonable for public use. We are
about 4 to 6 months away from a custom ROM.
Sorry was going by the picture he linked looked surface mount... in other news... nifty! Now all we need is some software to prep a 64 gig sd card for two os's
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I am going to be switching out my SD card this week. I'll probably just use Clonezilla or easeus disk copy to clone the drive.
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TrenchC said:
I am going to be switching out my SD card this week. I'll probably just use Clonezilla or easeus disk copy to clone the drive.
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TrenchC,
Keep us posted. We used a disk recovery package that is used in disaster recovery so
it had no problem copying the Kindle Fire HD hidden partition. Let us know if Clonezilla
works. Thank you for being a part of the XDA Community allowing us all to learn from
each others experiments!
prokennexusa said:
mrkhigh,
Actually my Kindle 8.9" has a SD Card socket
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Just to clarify, there is a slot inside the kindle 8.9 where you can insert a SD card?
Is that what differs the 16gb from the 32gb version?
SD Card Upgarde Amazon Kindle 8.9"
enricong said:
Just to clarify, there is a slot inside the kindle 8.9 where you can insert a SD card?
Is that what differs the 16gb from the 32gb version?
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enricong,
Let me tell you something about Amazon: One series of 8.9" may have an SD Card slot, the next has the
SD Card soldered to the board, the next has an SD Card that is sealed with Black Epoxy with no chance to
removal. So, I can not guarantee anything. Remember Amazon built these with the thought they would
never be opened just like the Nexus 7 and 10. Just open it, what do you have to loose?
prokennexusa said:
enricong,
Just open it, what do you have to loose?
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Just opened my Kindle Fire HD (with my fingernail starting at a speaker vent near the power button and I have short fingernails) and posted the pics for this thread in the original post. Thought this thread could use some pictures. I believe my chip to be soldered to the board, it doesn't appear to be a socket but correct me if I'm wrong.
Kindle Fire Storage Upgrade
bbanghyung said:
Just opened my Kindle Fire HD (with my fingernail starting at a speaker vent near the power button and I have short fingernails) and posted the pics for this thread in the original post. Thought this thread could use some pictures. I believe my chip to be soldered to the board, it doesn't appear to be a socket but correct me if I'm wrong.
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bbanghyung,
Very interesting, they have placed a shield over the chip in a effort to keep prying hands away from upgraded!
Even if there is a socket below the shield, it is not worth taking a chance with overheating the SD Card while
uncovering the SD Chip. There is enough space for a socket but it is clear, these devices are non serviceable.
The first 8.9" series has a socket, no cover. I'll bet the latest 8.9" has a cover over the socket. This explains
why Amazon replaces all the bad units when the are sent back to Amazon for repair - they were not designed
to be serviced, period.
prokennexusa said:
We are working on a USB Driver which will allow you to add external storage through the USB Port on the Kindle.
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Is there any way to get updates of your progress? I'd really love a driver that let me do this on my Fire HD 8.9". I even, by coincidence, have an adapter with a male microUSB B connector on one end and a female USB A connector on the other.
can you use live wallpapers with 7.4.3? if so how?
You cannot use any wallpapers in this version by default. There are system level changes that prevent it. There is, however, a patch floating around the forums that can fix this.
JulianPaoloThiry said:
You cannot use any wallpapers in this version by default. There are system level changes that prevent it. There is, however, a patch floating around the forums that can fix this.
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if you see the link please post it here
starstremr said:
if you see the link please post it here
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here's the fix for no wallpaper, i have made it as safe as i can, though there is always a small risk of getting stuck in a bootloop, which is easily recoverable via fastboot or twrp, much easier thru twrp once i add a new feature to the script. I am going to put this in my sig now that im finally on my pc again. Please read the instructions before just running it. I suggest running it without having a alternate launcher installed already, among a few other things. Anyways, here ya go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42181794&postcount=75
stunts513 said:
here's the fix for no wallpaper, i have made it as safe as i can, though there is always a small risk of getting stuck in a bootloop, which is easily recoverable via fastboot or twrp, much easier thru twrp once i add a new feature to the script. I am going to put this in my sig now that im finally on my pc again. Please read the instructions before just running it. I suggest running it without having a alternate launcher installed already, among a few other things. Anyways, here ya go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42181794&postcount=75
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says that awk.exe is not 64bit
Yea I heard about this on my thread a few days ago, can't debug it till my dad brings his laptop from work home on Friday, I don't have any other pc,'s with a 64 bit os. If you need a workaround use a Ubuntu live disk with my script until I can fix, if I even can, don't know why a simple 32 bit program like awk won't work on a 64 bit is, should easily be backwards compatible, maybe it has to rely on the 32 bit c++ redist , and my program doesn't tell the user to DL the 32 bit version unless they are on a 32 bit os. just a guess though, I'll test it out this weekend.
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stunts513 said:
Yea I heard about this on my thread a few days ago, can't debug it till my dad brings his laptop from work home on Friday, I don't have any other pc,'s with a 64 bit os. If you need a workaround use a Ubuntu live disk with my script until I can fix, if I even can, don't know why a simple 32 bit program like awk won't work on a 64 bit is, should easily be backwards compatible, maybe it has to rely on the 32 bit c++ redist , and my program doesn't tell the user to DL the 32 bit version unless they are on a 32 bit os. just a guess though, I'll test it out this weekend.
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ok so i tried it on my other laptop with XP and i get
Your system partition is too low on disk space to complete the procedure, please delete your alternate launchers, widget picker, and live wallpaper chooser installed and try again
i do not have live wallpaper piker or app widget but i am running go launcher HD
this is a Kindle Fire HD with 32g why would i be out of space?
Ah that's be cause you don't know what a partition is. You know how on windows your hard drive is usually c:\ ? Well that just represents a partition on the hard drive, not the hard drive itself, you can split the hard drive into several partition and have multiple drive letters, like how most PC's have a recovery partition and a system partition. Well the kindle does the same, it has a partition separate from your 32gb primary area, this is where the system files are stored, and its rather small. Thus you ran out of disk space because you already have a launcher installed. I am planning on making a release this weekend and doing something to avoid that error by making the backup in a different area so the system partition doesn't run out of disk space, because while this new message is rather annoying, it is now saving more people from bricking their device.
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stunts513 said:
Ah that's be cause you don't know what a partition is. You know how on windows your hard drive is usually c:\ ? Well that just represents a partition on the hard drive, not the hard drive itself, you can split the hard drive into several partition and have multiple drive letters, like how most PC's have a recovery partition and a system partition. Well the kindle does the same, it has a partition separate from your 32gb primary area, this is where the system files are stored, and its rather small. Thus you ran out of disk space because you already have a launcher installed. I am planning on making a release this weekend and doing something to avoid that error by making the backup in a different area so the system partition doesn't run out of disk space, because while this new message is rather annoying, it is now saving more people from bricking their device.
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is there a app to see individual partition sizes and space left?
Found one, was kinda surprised the usual commands I use in Linux don't seem to work on emmc. I don't think this has the capabilities to edit partitions on your kindle because i never got a root prompt, but if it does, do NOT under any circumstances try to modify your partitions, it will hard brick the kindle.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cls.partition
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stunts513 said:
Found one, was kinda surprised the usual commands I use in Linux don't seem to work on emmc. I don't think this has the capabilities to edit partitions on your kindle because i never got a root prompt, but if it does, do NOT under any circumstances try to modify your partitions, it will hard brick the kindle.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cls.partition
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how much space do you need to install it?
My fix needs around 64 mb after backup and copying the new fix over. I will release a version this weekend that doesn't need near as much space because I'll be rerouting it to /data/local.
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stunts513 said:
My fix needs around 64 mb after backup and copying the new fix over. I will release a version this weekend that doesn't need near as much space because I'll be rerouting it to /data/local.
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cool thanks i will wait till the new one is out....
starstremr said:
cool thanks i will wait till the new one is out....
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I have all the same problems.. thanks for all your hard work!
I hope that I have read sufficiently to determine that this question has not been addressed before. If I missed it please forgive.
I have no intentions of rooting or in anyway modifying my Kindle Fire HD 7". From what I have read I have a 2nd Gen - as I read here. h**ps://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/devices/kindle-fire/specifications/01-device-and-feature-specifications I assumed that HD 1st Gen was left out for a reason. I have a camera, on/off. volume, and headphone plug are all on the top, HDMI/USB on right, and camera on left when unit is being held in portrait. Firmware 7.4.9, serial D025 A0A238221F7, and the model number given when I purchased online was X43Z60 - can't figure out where they found that number. I have seen sales that show that model as 3rd, camera in both 2nd and 3rd, So, what do I have? Amazon says 1st, but I cannot find specs for a 1st anywhere.
I am happy with what I have ... whatever it is. But what is it?
dferron said:
I hope that I have read sufficiently to determine that this question has not been addressed before. If I missed it please forgive.
I have no intentions of rooting or in anyway modifying my Kindle Fire HD 7". From what I have read I have a 2nd Gen - as I read here. h**ps://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/devices/kindle-fire/specifications/01-device-and-feature-specifications I assumed that HD 1st Gen was left out for a reason. I have a camera, on/off. volume, and headphone plug are all on the top, HDMI/USB on right, and camera on left when unit is being held in portrait. Firmware 7.4.9, serial D025 A0A238221F7, and the model number given when I purchased online was X43Z60 - can't figure out where they found that number. I have seen sales that show that model as 3rd, camera in both 2nd and 3rd, So, what do I have? Amazon says 1st, but I cannot find specs for a 1st anywhere.
I am happy with what I have ... whatever it is. But what is it?
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You have a 7" Kindle Fire HD 2012 model,codename "tate".
Still Confused
SafinWasi said:
You have a 7" Kindle Fire HD 2012 model,codename "tate".
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Thank you for your kindness is answering my previous questions.
I am not a developer, so don't know what to do with the PHP code provided. SEE EDIT
I found specs on 2nd Gen, but have found nothing for 1st.
Did you get the info from the serial?
What does the X43Z60 you?
EDIT:: I guess I tried to read too much into the PHP - or not - I get it now .
I found and installed a couple of SysInfo type apps in the Store and found this bit of info: android.os.Build.MODEL KFTT. In my original post the website referenced shows this build associated with HD 2nd Gen. What I don't know is, is this also the same for the 1st Gen?
I suppose in the end it really doesn't matter EXCEPT I am one of those "inquiring minds want to know". I hope that this is an OK thing here.
The other thing that makes me think that I have a 1st Gen is the size 7.6 x 5.4 and from what I have found is that the 2nd is 7.6 x 5.0. Is this info correct?
Thanks again to all ...
Hi! I discovered this site via a YouTube video by ETA Prime. Wow! Who knew??? So glad to find you! I am a veterinarian and love to learn new things.
I recently purchased a new Fire HD 10 2021 and wanted to transfer files, plus an SD card where I stored some apps, from my old Fire 10 (7th generation.) What a nightmare! I could not get the Fire to connect to my PC. After talking at length to 2 techs at Amazon and getting mailed a replacement Fire HD 10, 2021, which still would not connect, I reached a third support person who explained the USB options on the new Fire and how to change them. Now I can connect!
My next problem is that the apps on my SD card are in .asec files. The only option I find to "open with" when I click on one of the links is 'WPS Office for Amazon'. Obviously this is not the appropriate program. Question: Is it possible to download a program to open these files or do I need to install them all over again? I appreciate any help.
Also--wanted to let you know I had already updated to the latest Fire HD 10 software, but the Fire Toolbox still worked for me. YAY!!!!!
Thank you!
Harvupnorth said:
Hi! I discovered this site via a YouTube video by ETA Prime. Wow! Who knew??? So glad to find you! I am a veterinarian and love to learn new things.
I recently purchased a new Fire HD 10 2021 and wanted to transfer files, plus an SD card where I stored some apps, from my old Fire 10 (7th generation.) What a nightmare! I could not get the Fire to connect to my PC. After talking at length to 2 techs at Amazon and getting mailed a replacement Fire HD 10, 2021, which still would not connect, I reached a third support person who explained the USB options on the new Fire and how to change them. Now I can connect!
My next problem is that the apps on my SD card are in .asec files. The only option I find to "open with" when I click on one of the links is 'WPS Office for Amazon'. Obviously this is not the appropriate program. Question: Is it possible to download a program to open these files or do I need to install them all over again? I appreciate any help.
Also--wanted to let you know I had already updated to the latest Fire HD 10 software, but the Fire Toolbox still worked for me. YAY!!!!!
Thank you!
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Welcome to XDA,
Head to your devices section to find more specific help.
Enjoy your stay
orb_selektor said:
Welcome to XDA,
Head to your devices section to find more specific help.
Enjoy your stay
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Thank you!