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Fire 10 Gapps?

Just curious if anyone has been able to get gapps running on the 10?

This forum is only for the amazon fire 7" 5th gen (2015)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10 ask here.

HELP | Downgrade from version 5.1.2.1 to version 5.1.1.

Hi, I need help. Recently bought my Amazon Fire 5 gen. I'm trying to remove the Fire OS and install the CM 11. However, by inattention, I downgraded from version 5.1.2.1 to version 5.1.1. Now my Fire is no longer booting. Is there a solution?
Thanks.

berganardo said:
Hi, I need help. Recently bought my Amazon Fire 5 gen. I'm trying to remove the Fire OS and install the CM 11. However, by inattention, I downgraded from version 5.1.2.1 to version 5.1.1. Now my Fire is no longer booting. Is there a solution?
Thanks.
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Duplicate post; answered here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/accidentaly-updated-to-5-1-2-1-t3375388/page1

Buying Amazon Fire now - CM question

Hi all,
I have a question regarding Amazon Fire 7. If I buy it today on Amazon (Fire Tablet with Alexa 7 inch $49.99) and do not power it on at all / do not update the firmware, what Fire OS version/firmware does it come with? Can I install CyanogenMod on it? Thanks!

kpdeepu said:
Hi all,
I have a question regarding Amazon Fire 7. If I buy it today on Amazon (Fire Tablet with Alexa 7 inch $49.99) and do not power it on at all / do not update the firmware, what Fire OS version/firmware does it come with? Can I install CyanogenMod on it? Thanks!
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- root is a prerequisite for installing a custom ROM
- likely 5.3.2.1 or 5.3.3.x which are not rootabl at present
- CM is available but no longer being maintained; best option is Fire Nexus

Thank you, so does that mean a brand new fire tablet bought today is not rootable at all?

kpdeepu said:
Thank you, so does that mean a brand new fire tablet bought today is not rootable at all?
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Likely, but not a forgone conclusion. Amazon sometimes ships out older stock sporting earlier builds of FireOS (<5.3.2.1) that can still be rooted. Typically those devices automatically update themselves to the latest version of FireOS when powered up - but that behavior can be blocked.
Devices acquired through Amazon Warehouse are more likely to come with an older version of FireOS. Of course, there are no guarantees.

I just bought a fire tablet 16gb ($59.99) yesterday (5/2/17) at best buy and it came with OS ver 5.1.3 which auto updated itself to 5.1.4 only and nothing higher (thank goodness). Was able to downgrade to 5.1.2 and achieve root.
So I guess your just going to have to purchase one and hope it comes with FireOS <5.3.2.1. Good Luck!

Fire OS 5.6.0.1 back to Fire OS 5.6.0.0?

Recently my kindle fire 5th gen. updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.1 and back to Fire OS 5.6.0.0 DEC. 1 , 2017. Anyone else? What's going on?

guitarman8657 said:
Recently my kindle fire 5th gen. updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.1 and back to Fire OS 5.6.0.0 DEC. 1 , 2017. Anyone else? What's going on?
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Without evidence or explicit knowledge I'd guess:
- a significant bug was found in 5.6.0.1 prompting a rollback
- someone messed up and forgot to bump the build number

Newbie questions

Hi all,
I understand that it is not possible to root Amazon Fire 8 HD 7th Gen running 5.6.2.0.
I assume that also means there is no way to install a custom more native stock android rom on these devices?
Would anyone be able to explain in simple terms what has Amazon done to these devices that makes it so hard to break so we can root and custom ROM them?
Thank you in advance

RonnieJorgensen said:
Hi all,
I understand that it is not possible to root Amazon Fire 8 HD 7th Gen running 5.6.2.0.
I assume that also means there is no way to install a custom more native stock android rom on these devices?
Would anyone be able to explain in simple terms what has Amazon done to these devices that makes it so hard to break so we can root and custom ROM them?
Thank you in advance
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Good coding and testing practices. Kudos to Amazon and Google for wringing out the 'slop' in Android and its derivatives which opened the door to root (and therefore security) exploits.

Custom rom
Just want to get it confirmed. if you have Amazon Fire 8 HD aor Fire 7, both 7th gen with Amazon's latest upgrade. 5.6.2 i think it is. is there any way to get a custom ROM on? for example [ROM][AOSP][LMY49M] Fire Nexus ROM [02 JUN 2018] ?
Not quite sure i understand correctly if i need to root it before I can custom rom it
Thx

RonnieJorgensen said:
Just want to get it confirmed. if you have Amazon Fire 8 HD aor Fire 7, both 7th gen with Amazon's latest upgrade. 5.6.2 i think it is. is there any way to get a custom ROM on? for example [ROM][AOSP][LMY49M] Fire Nexus ROM [02 JUN 2018] ?
Not quite sure i understand correctly if i need to root it before I can custom rom it
Thx
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The only Amazon tablet that can be rooted at the moment is the HD 10, 2017.