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Curious as to how hard it would be to get XBMC running on Android or a Ubuntu build on our TF101s or something of that nature.
From what I understand for Android it needs a rom built from the ground up to make XBMC work with it. I know its possible to run Ubuntu on our TFs, and XBMC is available in an Ubuntu build, so in theory we should be able to get this going I would think.
I'm a noob, not a dev or anyone remotely capable of pulling this off. I'm just someone who sees the amazing potential of XBMC and android devices.

Well that isn't going to happen, or you're willing to pay for it.
This is an good alternative :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nshdFqJdEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I currently have Backtrack 5 running, I'm trying another build of it...just waiting for adb to finish pushing the files.
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mind sharing how you got bt5 going?
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moto211 said:
mind sharing how you got bt5 going?
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Not at all!
There are several methods available, I used this:
Check out "Backtrack Installer Free" - http://bit.ly/KCR9N9
This method requires 3 - 4 gigs of space on the SD card directions are straight forward.
Once started it will ask you for the desired screen resolution. I found 1280x745 to be the best fit.
That way BT fits on the screen with no need to scroll its desktop to see top and bottom dock bars.
If you go directly to the BT website you can download another image of BT that seems to be only a gig!
You have to select the arm version, gnome, and img file to get it.
But it is designed to work with the Xoom and needs tweaks to run.
I'm still working on getting this version to boot.....when I have time....
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Screw Muggz said:
Not at all!
There are several methods available, I used this:
Check out "Backtrack Installer Free" - http://bit.ly/KCR9N9
Once started it will ask you for the desired screen resolution. I found 1280x745 to be the best fit.
That way BT fits on the screen with no need to scroll its desktop to see top and bottom dock bars.
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If you install a hide bar app like gesture control you can run it at the full 1280x800

mrevankyle said:
If you install a hide bar app like gesture control you can run it at the full 1280x800
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True, but I like having my bar at the bottom. Its my own personal tweak
I'm going to hack the script so I don't even have to enter a resolution.
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BT seems very interesting but what does it have to do with XMBC? Could it be run on that?

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BT seems very interesting but what does it have to do with XMBC? Could it be run on that?
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Well, from the original post:
"Curious as to how hard it would be to get XBMC running on Android or a Ubuntu build on our TF101s or something of that nature."
Backtrack is based off Ubuntu, its running on the TF101. So my response was more on the lines of providing the "something of that nature" option to be explored.
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XBMC would need to be compiled for the ARM architecture.
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Xmbc is coming to android soon.
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I was just about to post that, I'm so stoked to see how it turns out!

WTF? Amazon KFHD 7.4.1 update

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...orum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=Tx2CABCR4FFBV12
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...orum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=Tx3ITI5ZXYYY477
i want to know what they changed

Someone here at XDA has the update (I forgot who), why not ask them? :fingers-crossed:
I'm guessing it's probably just some bug fixes like 7.3.1, or something minor along those lines.

Protomartyr said:
Someone here at XDA has the update (I forgot who), why not ask them? :fingers-crossed:
I'm guessing it's probably just some bug fixes like 7.3.1, or something minor along those lines.
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i want usb keyboard and mouse compatibility. usb and bluetooth mouse
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No update over here istll on 6.3.1
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not able to get adb to work on it atm :/

persano said:
i want usb keyboard and mouse compatibility. usb and bluetooth mouse
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Bluetooth mouse is supported, I have two BT keyboards with touchpad that I've paired successfully. One is Logitech Mediaboard Pro PS3 and other Woxter K600. Its a laugh to see the little pointer in the Kindle screen....

gflorezarroyo said:
Bluetooth mouse is supported, I have two BT keyboards with touchpad that I've paired successfully. One is Logitech Mediaboard Pro PS3 and other Woxter K600. Its a laugh to see the little pointer in the Kindle screen....
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well, want usb keyboard

could someone add otg support to stock?

Mass storage is the real benefit of otg, all the other connections can be made efficiently by bluetooth or wifi. I think....
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Does someone know yet the changes of the new update?.

KIndle Fire HD Update is happening
Updated to 10.3.2? It seems there is even a NEWER update! :crying:
There is a new update for KF & KF HD!
KF2: 10.4.1
KF HD 7: 7.4.1
KF HD 8.9: 8.4.1
Here is the link http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...x36E18S96DJXEU
Here is what it says:
"We have a new, free software update available for Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, Kindle Fire HD 7", and Kindle Fire HD 8.9: In addition to bug fixes and performance improvements, the software update adds the following features to your Kindle Fire:
* Language Support for Canadian English and Canadian French - You can now change your device language to Canadian English and Canadian French.
* Show Battery Percentage in the Status Bar - You can now see the total percentage of battery life left when you enable this feature from the Device menu."
"This update automatically downloads and installs for Kindle Fire 7", Kindle Fire HD 7" and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" customers; however, you can also manually download the software and update your device using the USB cable."
. . . According to some of the posts at the site, it seems to add a digital battery meter, but not many other differences for the user (unless you're Canadian, then you get a more robust language package).
I have not been updated, but I am running Kinology now, and also my update file has been renamed!

But after root I have 1 black screen in Apex launcher. Anybody have problems like that? Methods to overcome? Please Help. Thank you very much

So I just got the damn update
Thanks amazon
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esema1o said:
So I just got the damn update
Thanks amazon
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I have installed 2nd-bootloader + TWRP 2.4.4.0 for the Kindle Fire HD 7
And CM10.1 installed (14/05) of Hashcode Dev .Very good .

I got the update just now and it looks pretty good. Now l am able to install ingress and field trip applications which was not possible earlier.
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Having the same black screen issue on my Kindle 8.9 as well using Nova launcher.

Well I think this update ia good make my kindle fire hd faster
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I just got the update for my kindle fire hd 7 and I actually like it
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I`m getting black screen on all launchers, seems amazon want to make it there device, only rooted it a few days ago and it then decided to unroot itself and mess up apex laucher.
Anyway rooting was easy used UnlockRoot.com free rooting application and it seems work, superuser is back and working fine :laugh:
Now I need to find out what service is Making the wallpaper black and, tried many apps to counter it but it just blacks everything out, dont fancy installing a new Rom as the amazon Rom works fine ( with another launcher ) Plus the fact I use the kindle as a kindle, so the ugly interface is handy to keep.
If anyone has solved it please post it, as I miss my Wallpaper!!!

TheDoctorUK said:
I`m getting black screen on all launchers,
Now I need to find out what service is Making the wallpaper black and, tried many apps to counter it but it just blacks everything out,
If anyone has solved it please post it, as I miss my Wallpaper!!!
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See the last few posts of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750

persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage
saw this one some tablet build.prop. if we add it to our build.prop, mass storage will work?
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Load Google Chrome OS

I have had my TF300 for a few months and like a lot of people I am not as happy with it as I thought I would be. I got the keyboard dock thinking I would use this more for school than I actually do.
What I would like to do is load the actual Chrome OS on my tablet. I dont know if anyone has even tried this or if it is even possible. I dont know if the Chrome Book OS is open like the OS for Google tabs and phones. It is just thought...
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rbellis said:
I have had my TF300 for a few months and like a lot of people I am not as happy with it as I thought I would be. I got the keyboard dock thinking I would use this more for school than I actually do.
What I would like to do is load the actual Chrome OS on my tablet. I dont know if anyone has even tried this or if it is even possible. I dont know if the Chrome Book OS is open like the OS for Google tabs and phones. It is just thought...
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ChromeOS is built partially from Chromium, which is open source. There was another post about this a while back, and I don't think it went anywhere. Tegra 3 isn't well suited for running ChromeOS if I remember the discussion correctly.

running it on our tegra 3 is something I wasn't sure about. I think most of the chrome books have an atom processor. It would be nice to have.
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rbellis said:
running it on our tegra 3 is something I wasn't sure about. I think most of the chrome books have an atom processor. It would be nice to have.
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Ubuntu is close to working though... its a much more powerful standalone OS than chrome is. I was thinking of going that route soon myself.
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pyraxiate said:
Ubuntu is close to working though... its a much more powerful standalone OS than chrome is. I was thinking of going that route soon myself.
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How close to working are we talking about and where is it posted? The only information I can find in the development section are a few preview builds with very poor hardware support. I bought this tablet with the hopes that I could at least dualboot with ubuntu, so if it is working I would really like to know so I can try it out.
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Duckman5 said:
How close to working are we talking about and where is it posted? The only information I can find in the development section are a few preview builds with very poor hardware support. I bought this tablet with the hopes that I could at least dualboot with ubuntu, so if it is working I would really like to know so I can try it out.
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Well i run linux dual boot on my tf101, tf300t and tf700 lol and they all work great, the tf300t needs a bit more attention, but its definitely worth doing, sound is the issue on debian based distros on the tf300t, but on arch linux it works fine.
These three videos of mine demonstrate where we are with the tf300t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRHXsG2G3c8 ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzV4K11YNMY ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdo5CMLg6oY xubuntu
didnt have time to do arch but its probley the further along in terms of funtionality.

JoinTheRealms said:
Well i run linux dual boot on my tf101, tf300t and tf700 lol and they all work great, the tf300t needs a bit more attention, but its definitely worth doing, sound is the issue on debian based distros on the tf300t, but on arch linux it works fine.
These three videos of mine demonstrate where we are with the tf300t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRHXsG2G3c8 ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzV4K11YNMY ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdo5CMLg6oY xubuntu
didnt have time to do arch but its probley the further along in terms of funtionality.
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I'm impressed and I'm totally in. Where can I get a build to install on my TF300 or do I have to build it myself? I don't have the Android SDK installed on my laptop, so I would probably need a few hours while Gentoo compiles it, but as soon as it finishes I will happily get on it.
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Most chromebook uses exynos processor found in samsung phone, I dont see why it cant run in tegra
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Duckman5 said:
I'm impressed and I'm totally in. Where can I get a build to install on my TF300 or do I have to build it myself? I don't have the Android SDK installed on my laptop, so I would probably need a few hours while Gentoo compiles it, but as soon as it finishes I will happily get on it.
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Well have a look in the xubuntu thread in development, basiclly you need to be on android 4.1(only stock/ stock based rom work atm) and unlocked. Download the xubuntu kernel and rootfs. extract the xubuntu rootfs to /data/media/linux and make sure its called "rootfs.img" then flash the kernel to the staging partition with "dd if=*name of kernel* of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4" (after you reboot, the tablet will flash the kernel)
from there you shoud get an option to boot into android or linux (it boots linux by default)
if you prefer ubuntu you can download the the install script and rootfs from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014759 follow the instructions in the thread, but before you reboot open up the built in terminal in twrp and flash the xubuntu kernel with the above command.
For Arch it takes a bit longer but you get better i.o performance and you can get sound working, follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38874272&postcount=429
if you need more help with this open a new thread, goodluck

JoinTheRealms said:
Well have a look in the xubuntu thread in development, basiclly you need to be on android 4.1(only stock/ stock based rom work atm) and unlocked. Download the xubuntu kernel and rootfs. extract the xubuntu rootfs to /data/media/linux and make sure its called "rootfs.img" then flash the kernel to the staging partition with "dd if=*name of kernel* of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4" (after you reboot, the tablet will flash the kernel)
from there you shoud get an option to boot into android or linux (it boots linux by default)
if you prefer ubuntu you can download the the install script and rootfs from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014759 follow the instructions in the thread, but before you reboot open up the built in terminal in twrp and flash the xubuntu kernel with the above command.
For Arch it takes a bit longer but you get better i.o performance and you can get sound working, follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38874272&postcount=429
if you need more help with this open a new thread, goodluck
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Xubuntu looks faster. Likely because Unity is a resource hog >.> Reminds me why the first thing I do on ANY ubuntu rig i put together is remove it
Personally im waiting to see how much more work is done then jump aboard. I use my Tf300 at work mostly for iheart radio..... so .... Audio is a must Question though. Are you Dual-Booting Android and nix? I read up on how other devices were dualbooting by replacing recovery with the Ubuntu kernel. Is this similar or is the Android kernel replaced by a linux kernel that loops to the android system ( Via grub/lilo or something similar )? Just wondering
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pyraxiate said:
Xubuntu looks faster. Likely because Unity is a resource hog >.> Reminds me why the first thing I do on ANY ubuntu rig i put together is remove it
Personally im waiting to see how much more work is done then jump aboard. I use my Tf300 at work mostly for iheart radio..... so .... Audio is a must Question though. Are you Dual-Booting Android and nix? I read up on how other devices were dualbooting by replacing recovery with the Ubuntu kernel. Is this similar or is the Android kernel replaced by a linux kernel that loops to the android system ( Via grub/lilo or something similar )? Just wondering
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Yes im dualbooting but we still have our recovery. If we all had access to nvflash wec could modifiy the recovery partition and have linux boot from that, the adavantage of this is better i.o performance, the disadvantage oviously we would lose recovery(this is how the tf101 used to dualboot, but the recovery can be temperally flashed over the linux kernel). We are using a dual init system, the first init will load android processes(and boot android) and the second loop mounts the rootfs.img and boots it.
Yeah sound as far as ive tested on the debian-based linux isnt working, it looks like a kernel issue somewhere that freezes alsa restore, the same thing happens on archlinux but if you remove the restore daemon it works fine (you just have to enable some sound channels, hense what alsa restores jop was)

how far off are we from being able to have this as a day-to-day driver? Sound is very important as I use my tablet for netflix and youtube.
I have never used Linux or pretty much anything other than Windows and now Android. IS this close to an actual OS and not like a mobile Chrome or iOS? I dont know if that makes sense.
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rbellis said:
how far off are we from being able to have this as a day-to-day driver? Sound is very important as I use my tablet for netflix and youtube.
I have never used Linux or pretty much anything other than Windows and now Android. IS this close to an actual OS and not like a mobile Chrome or iOS? I dont know if that makes sense.
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Netflix doesn't work ATM for Linux. It uses silverlight which wouldn't be so bad, but the Linux implementation lacks DRM. You need to run Wine to get Netflix, but it doesn't support running x86 code on our arm processors. So no netflix on your Linux tablet regardless of sound. YouTube is a whole other can of worms. While the code for chromium and Firefox are capable of decoding h.264, it violates patent law to distribute compiled binaries. So incomplete support for all the videos. Sorry.
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Netflix doesn't work ATM for Linux. It uses silverlight which wouldn't be so bad, but the Linux implementation lacks DRM. You need to run Wine to get Netflix, but it doesn't support running x86 code on our arm processors. So no netflix on your Linux tablet regardless of sound. YouTube is a whole other can of worms. While the code for chromium and Firefox are capable of decoding h.264, it violates patent law to distribute compiled binaries. So incomplete support for all the videos. Sorry.
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Which is why you dual boot with android. Or just use android. Android can do all of those things. I actually don't see a huge advantage for using Linux. Sure there are other apps and capabilities but if you have the know how to put Linux on it you probably have a computer running Linux already. Why not use splashtop or teamviewer for remote desktop? Those work 100%. Somebody change my mind. So far I see only cons to using Linux on our tablet.
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Which is why you dual boot with android. Or just use android. Android can do all of those things. I actually don't see a huge advantage for using Linux. Sure there are other apps and capabilities but if you have the know how to put Linux on it you probably have a computer running Linux already. Why not use splashtop or teamviewer for remote desktop? Those work 100%. Somebody change my mind. So far I see only cons to using Linux on our tablet.
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Because it's there. Same reason people climb mountains.
There are practical reasons, though. It allows it to be much more of a general purpose computer. I like my Linux laptop, but the only reason I get it out anymore is to burn DVDs ( does android have DVD +R drivers?). I miss it, though. If I have Linux running on my tablet, it would allow me to run to my regular desktop applications. I could run a full office suite on my tablet I could browse the web with a full browser, I could do a lot more things than I currently can. It would make me a lot more productive. Combine that with the incredible battery life of a tablet and I think you have a winner.
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Hmmm. I don't know. I'm not really convinced. You can have full office apps for tablets, and you can do everything in the browsers on tablets that you can on PCs.
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Hmmm. I don't know. I'm not really convinced. You can have full office apps for tablets, and you can do everything in the browsers on tablets that you can on PCs.
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I have three of the major office suites for android installed on my tablet right now (Polaris, OfficeSuite 7,and Documents to Go) . They are NOT complete. There is a lot you cannot do, especially in the word processing software (rotate text, anyone?). What you can do is rather awkward. It's not quite the same.
As for browsers, I miss my chrome plug-ins. Firefox allows a subset of the plug-ins to work, but doesn't integrate well with the rest of Android.
I miss these things, but not enough to get out my laptop and power it on. My tablet is "good enough." If it ran a native Linux environment, however, I would not need to make these tradeoffs.
I do like your splashtop viewer idea, though. It's one I've toyed with. I just need to get around to installing Ubuntu on my home server. Not everyone has a PC that they can run 24/7, though.
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I was under the impression that Netflix moved to HTML5. Remember reading article upon article about how Linux users finally got Netflix. I've been running Linux for years, but up until recently, I havent been using my desktop because I had either an android phone or tablet; it was just more convenient than to run to my aging emachine and boot up slack or gentoo. Correct me if I'm wrong about the html5 thing though lol
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atermify said:
I was under the impression that Netflix moved to HTML5. Remember reading article upon article about how Linux users finally got Netflix. I've been running Linux for years, but up until recently, I havent been using my desktop because I had either an android phone or tablet; it was just more convenient than to run to my aging emachine and boot up slack or gentoo. Correct me if I'm wrong about the html5 thing though lol
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You're right on the html5 move for netflix but wrong on it working under linux. Still no support for linux because even though theyre moving/moved to html5, theres still other things it uses that arent available in linux browsers yet.
http://liliputing.com/2013/06/netfl...ows-8-1-still-nothing-official-for-linux.html

If you dont see the point in linux on the tf300t, try it out for an hour then reboot back into android and feel how restricted it feels. These devices have the capability of running a full desktop operating system so why not? the key thing here is multitasking (and the ability to move windows around the screen)
As for html5 it is really terrible on the tf300t, if you look on page 13 of the xubuntu development thread u'll find a working arm flash plugin taken from a chromebook, it work very well, youtube is even usable

Root version 11.3.0.0?

I just picked up a 7" fire hd and researching how to root and all I see are version 7.x.x.x.. My device came with 11.3.0.0. Has anyone rooted with this version??

That's the new kindle fire hdx... We haven't even rooted it yet.
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stunts513 said:
That's the new kindle hdx... We haven't even rooted it yet.
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I don't think that's the HDX. The HDX has a software version of 13.x.x
With that being said, I don't think there's any harm in trying to root with Bin4ry to see if it works.

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I don't think that's the HDX. The HDX has a software version of 13.x.x
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Then what is it?

Are you sure its not separated into 11.x.x and 13.x.x based on the different device size? (7” and 8.9”) because a few days ago someone else had the same thing on theirs but I swear it was an hdx because of the resolution size and such, looked different.
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You have the 2013 Kindle Fire HD with no camera. This section is mostly for the 2012 KFHD (you can tell by camera).
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Its not a HDX its the 2013 no camera model. Is there a section for this model? I couldn't find one.

O that is very interesting, I was wrong, after some research I just found out that for some reason they made a second generation HD model, don't know why the heck the would do that. Guess it was released alongside the hdx models and no one mentioned it? Guess we ha e more models than we thought to try to obtain root on.
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You have the newest version of the kfhd kinda like the kf2 is sold as the same product as the kindle fire one. The closest section we have to that model is the hdx section right now. Hang in there I'm sure root will come.
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It will be rooted sometime in the near future I'm sure. For now, you can side load the Gmail app, some Google books, Google Magazines and that's about it as far as Gapps go.

rizzo777 said:
I just picked up a 7" fire hd and researching how to root and all I see are version 7.x.x.x.. My device came with 11.3.0.0. Has anyone rooted with this version??
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Hi rizzo777 (or someone else),
if you have New Kindle HD 7" (2013) (non HDX),
can You please check kernel version of your device (settings/about/kernel).
Thx in advance, Nenad

sikahr said:
Hi rizzo777 (or someone else),
if you have New Kindle HD 7" (2013) (non HDX),
can You please check kernel version of your device (settings/about/kernel).
Thx in advance, Nenad
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In the new version thats not an option (theres not an about option). You can find firmware version in the system update menu and thats about it.
currently its on 11.3.03

I can't even get ADB to work with this version. I've followed the instructions on like 5 different pages and no dice. I even downloaded the entire google sdk and downloaded drivers from the addon page for amazon devices. Windows 7 64 bit. Nothing works. It is incredibly frustrating.

I too have the firee HD 7" 2013 model with version 11.3.0.3. Haven't had any success finding any answers either. I was told this was "THE" place to look for a root option. Guess we will just have to keep waiting. I'm new at this but I have been reading a lot out there and I would like to give a shout out for all the people who make this site happen. Thanks guys.

teambristow13 said:
I too have the firee HD 7" 2013 model with version 11.3.0.3. Haven't had any success finding any answers either. I was told this was "THE" place to look for a root option. Guess we will just have to keep waiting. I'm new at this but I have been reading a lot out there and I would like to give a shout out for all the people who make this site happen. Thanks guys.
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I have the same Fire HD 2013, can not copy Vending.apk to system\app, no root access.

Rooting has not been verified with the 2013 model Kindle's. It's not recommended yet. When an exploit is found it will spread like wildfire. Everyone sit tight, you don't want to brick your device.
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any one try cydia impactor?

Same issue - KFHD 2013
v 11.3.0.4
For now I am sideloading apps installed via Box / Dropbox
Installed Nova Launcher but can't change background wallpaper
Hoping KFHD 2013 gets its own forum soon to avoid additional confusion like I this. My purchase was made after researching on XDA, but the lack of organization failed to uncover the differences.

Maromi said:
any one try cydia impactor?
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Some but nothing yet.

I bricked my Kindle Fire HD 7:(

I just ordered a factory fastboot cable which will be here by Jaunary 3rd, 2013 (I paid for 1 day shipping, yikes costy). Anyways can someone please point me to the images that I need and what to do with them with fastboot. Thanks, Nathan

Just use this, it does the work for you, assuming this is the 2012 model with a camera, otherwise I don't believe it has the images for the new one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
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stunts513 said:
Just use this, it does the work for you, assuming this is the 2012 model with a camera, otherwise I don't believe it has the images for the new one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
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Thank you but can you point me to the system, boot, and recovery.img files?

It downloads them for you off the internet, if you actually just want the images you can get them in kindle SRT utility. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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stunts513 said:
It downloads them for you off the internet, if you actually just want the images you can get them in kindle SRT utility. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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Thank you, I run Ubuntu so I need the actual files. I'm not scared to use my keyboard. Also I don't want to deal with the stupid Java JDK thingy. Thank you so much
Now if only the Post Office would hurry up and get my cable to me.