Hello all, just purchased a kindle fire hd 7 as I am after a cheap android (running)tablet mainly for work, so emails, web, diary etc. I was reading though the kindle fire section of xda and saw all the rom options as I want to run one of the jelly bean roms on a kindle. Then when I searched for kindle fire hd I realised that the two different kindles are very different! Can I run any jelly bean rom on my fire hd? I have been in the rom development section and there seems to only be one rom (CM10) and that is still in development but when I go to 'show us your home screen' thread there are loads of android 4.xxxx looking screens.
Can I put a JB rom on my fire HD? I'm not new to roms/rooting etc but am confused at the moment.
SensationAlex said:
Hello all, just purchased a kindle fire hd 7 as I am after a cheap android (running)tablet mainly for work, so emails, web, diary etc. I was reading though the kindle fire section of xda and saw all the rom options as I want to run one of the jelly bean roms on a kindle. Then when I searched for kindle fire hd I realised that the two different kindles are very different! Can I run any jelly bean rom on my fire hd? I have been in the rom development section and there seems to only be one rom (CM10) and that is still in development but when I go to 'show us your home screen' thread there are loads of android 4.xxxx looking screens.
Can I put a JB rom on my fire HD? I'm not new to roms/rooting etc but am confused at the moment.
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what you see are different launchers^^
Jelly Bean on the Kindle
SensationAlex said:
Hello all, just purchased a kindle fire hd 7 as I am after a cheap android (running)tablet mainly for work, so emails, web, diary etc. I was reading though the kindle fire section of xda and saw all the rom options as I want to run one of the jelly bean roms on a kindle. Then when I searched for kindle fire hd I realised that the two different kindles are very different! Can I run any jelly bean rom on my fire hd? I have been in the rom development section and there seems to only be one rom (CM10) and that is still in development but when I go to 'show us your home screen' thread there are loads of android 4.xxxx looking screens.
Can I put a JB rom on my fire HD? I'm not new to roms/rooting etc but am confused at the moment.
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SensationAlex,
No, you can not install Jelly Bean on the Kindle HD yet. We are working on a custom ROM
for the Kindle and may release it in about 6 months - so far we are finding the Kindle to
be a real challenge. You bought the best one in the Kindle lineup. The Kindle Fire HD surpasses
most of the 7" tablets in quality and sound. Our company just bought a Nexus 10 and we
really enjoy the speed and the quality of the screen but the Kindle 7" is by far a better
sounding tablet. The Kindle HD Fire is the best sounding tablet, period. So if you love
to watch Movies, you bought the perfect tablet, if you want to do development, you
should get a Nexus 7. You will not like the sound on the Nexus 7", especially when
you have already been spoiled by the Kindle. If you like a challenge and have patience
keep the Kindle, it is top of the class 7". You can Root it, install a custom GUI, Install
Google Play, everything except a custom ROM.
Just been reading the kindle section of xda and have seen what people are doing, I have been using nova launcher for ages on my phone so will put that on my kindle and then with emails, browser and a few other apps I'll be happy. Can I use the stock email app with nova launcher? Or is there a different one?
I'm kind of glad there are no roms for it, will stop me messing about with roms each week!
Nova Launcher on Kindle Fire - Stock email app does work
SensationAlex said:
Just been reading the kindle section of xda and have seen what people are doing, I have been using nova launcher for ages on my phone so will put that on my kindle and then with emails, browser and a few other apps I'll be happy. Can I use the stock email app with nova launcher? Or is there a different one?
I'm kind of glad there are no roms for it, will stop me messing about with roms each week!
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SensationAlex,
Yes, I can relate, you and I are similar in that manor. I find the Kindle is the most stable tablet in the
office due to that fact. You can use the stock email app with Nova Launcher. As a matter of fact,
you loose nothing when installing Nova Launcher and gain a beautiful interface.
custom rom for the old KF not the kfhd Hashcode is working on custom recovery for the kfhd
Sent from my KFHD using xda premium
Kindle Fire HD Custom ROM
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custom rom for the old KF not the kfhd Hashcode is working on custom recovery for the kfhd
Sent from my KFHD using xda premium
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Ne0hacK,
We actually successfully loaded Jelly Bean on the Kindle Fire HD, it was very buggy and is not ready
for production use. We are about 6 months away from releasing the custom ROM for the Kindle
Fire HD 7" current rev 7.2.3. Hashcode released a custom recovery on 11/14/2012 named
Safestrap v3.05 Beta unfortunately this project is "On Hold". We are hoping Hashcode is
able to release a production version of Safestrap prior to our custom ROM. Only time
will tell.........
i've seen some articles about putting marshmallow on kindle devices. . . and i've seen a lot of information thats pretty old about how to unlock the bootloader on the kindle fire hd 7 inch 2nd gen. . . i was wondering if there was an easier way now that its 2017?
i was going to use twrp, but my device isnt suppoted. . .any tutorials that are updated or are us 2nd gen users still in the same boat as a couple of years ago?
Hi Guys
Got the subject device last week.
its lacking a few things that standard android os can do.
i have seen a few people installing cusom roms on there kindles
what what i have searched i can not find anything on my (gen 2) kindle.
i can see gen 1 and gen 3 but nothing for gen 2
I take it there isnt away to do this for my device or is there lol ?
thanks for reading and answering
Fire Tablet with Alexa, 7", 16 GB (Special Offers) 5th Generation
Would really appreciate a proven step-by-step guide to replace the OS with Android.
(I'm very new to Android).
The posts I've read and google searches indicate a lot of problems with doing this.
Is it even practical?
What can be done on a fire 5th gen running 5.6.0.1?
Just pulled mine out and it updated. From my understanding I can't remove bloat, have root, or block ota updates but I can install google play store. How accurate am I?
You can downgrade and "debloat" if that's your cup of tea. Can also install the Google Play store and related services and possibly a different launcher. See the XDA forum for this device for further info.
forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/fire-7-2017-7th-gen-downgrade-debloat-t3699937
forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026
Thanks for the reply Davey126, but the first link you provided is a for a 7th gen Fire. Does this downgrade also work for 5th gen Fires? I too am looking for a root option for my 5th gen 5.6.0.1 (whether it be root or downgrade and root), but have been unsuccessful in my research. The general consensus I've seen in various forums is that this can't be done with the 5th gens on 5.6.0.1. I hope this isn't the case...
Agreed. Pretty good chance Amazon incorporated a bootloader update in the 5.6.x.x update for 5th gen devices which would yield a non-recoverable brick if rolled back to 5.4.x.x. Regardless, root is NOT an option for 5th gen devices that have updated beyond 5.3.2.0. Your best option IMHO is to enjoy the device as-is possibly enhanced with the Google Play store. You may have seen root is available for 7th gen HD 10 models running FireOS 5.6 but that device uses a different hardware architecture. A root exploit is highly unlikely for 5th-7th gen devices using the older architecture (including Fire, Fire 7, HD 8 and some HD 10 varients).
I use launcher hijacker And Nova Looks Like a Normal Tablet Now