Can't wait to root and install custom roms but... [SOLVED] - Kindle Fire General

...I'm truly bummed out about the options.
My KF will arrive in 2 days and I'm formulating my gameplan... Initially I was certain that I'd be able to run ICS, but the progress seems to have slowed on the Hardware Acceleration front.
I've read through all of the "Which rom should I flash?" threads... and it looks like any ICS-based rom is out for me. That being said, I know I still have some options given these requirements :
1) Hardware Acceleration - No Netflix is a dealbreaker.
2) Attractive interface
3) Access to as many of the Amazon stock bits as possible.
4) If possible, I want a rom/launcher optimized for a tablet.
I know that I can flash MoDaCo and load the ICS launcher (or any other 3rd-party launcher) and achieve something suitable... but everything I've seen so far just looks like a blown-up smartphone interface.
What about CM7? Are there any launchers that looks like Honeycomb or tablet ICS? I'm an occasional MIUI user with my DX, but I'm only seeing 4.0 MIUI for the Kindle Fire... Are there any MIUI roms with hardware acceleration?
I'm still guessing that MoDaCo + Launcher is my safest bet until CM9 achieves hardware acceleration... but I'd love to hear some suggestions.
Thanks folks!

Cm7, run my kang, hw acceleration n everything works dandy and looks like ics when setup right.
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smirkis said:
Cm7, run my kang, hw acceleration n everything works dandy and looks like ics when setup right.
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Got screenshots? Thanks!

MarkPopkie said:
Got screenshots? Thanks!
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just go to the dev section where all roms are located and look at his op
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540449

b63 said:
just go to the dev section where all roms are located and look at his op
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540449
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Oh duh... very nice! Thanks for the tip.

smirkis said:
Cm7, run my kang, hw acceleration n everything works dandy and looks like ics when setup right.
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nevermind. problem resolved itself...

if your problem is solved ...
please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) with [Solved]

What exactly does lack of hardware acceleration limit? Is it just streaming video, or is there more?
Also, how close is the community to developing a kernel that supports HW acceleration? I hope to have my Kindle rooted soon and I'm struggling with the same decision.

jocampbe said:
What exactly does lack of hardware acceleration limit? Is it just streaming video, or is there more?
Also, how close is the community to developing a kernel that supports HW acceleration? I hope to have my Kindle rooted soon and I'm struggling with the same decision.
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for your second question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545172
your first question should also be answered in this thread ...

smirkis said:
Cm7, run my kang, hw acceleration n everything works dandy and looks like ics when setup right.
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Hey, sorry to hit you up again... But I've got a question about the Amazon App Store on your rom. It is filtering apps that would normally be compatible on the stock rom. Any idea why this is? Does the app store not recognize a CM7 kindle?
Update: Tried side-loading the apk from another device... Installs, but it says Not compatible with this device. Request a refund... but the app is definitely compatible with the Kindle because I played it before I left stock. Any ideas?

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Who dares trying honeycomb flashable zip on to their nexus one?

They've got the honeycomb zip over in nook color forum. Anybody dares trying? Or port it over to nexus one?please developers?
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If it managed to flash at all it wouldn't work, the drivers and settings would be completely wrong.
Honeycomb is for tablets so this doesn't even make sense.
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An AOSP build with no drivers and serious fc's is possible. you want it?
Hollow.Droid said:
If it managed to flash at all it wouldn't work, the drivers and settings would be completely wrong.
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Precisely. Additionally, I managed to try it on my Nook Color, and it is definitely not ready to be used as a daily driver. I'm sure once it's released to AOSP, there will be some nice port for current tablets, and probably even some half-baked port for phones, ignoring Google's intention for this to be a tablet-based OS.
siddharthsai said:
An AOSP build with no drivers and serious fc's is possible. you want it?
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It's not AOSP, it's much worse than that, it's an SDK port.
like everybody said. It's really buggy. Just wanted to try out if any one wanna do something with it
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I doubt it's worth trying. If you run Honeycomb in the emulator at the N1's resolution then the Launcher just crashes continuously. There is nothing you can do with it at all.
i did it. works like a charm!......NOT
pfmiller said:
I doubt it's worth trying. If you run Honeycomb in the emulator at the N1's resolution then the Launcher just crashes continuously. There is nothing you can do with it at all.
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try changing lcd density to 100 (not that it'd make it really very usable on the device at that density anyway)

[Q] Why is Stock rooted so much smoother than CM7?

I've found that stock 1.3 rooted is a lot smoother in scrolling animations and such... Will CM7 ever attain this smoothness? Yes, i have tried both overclocked at 1.2-1.3 ghz
What version of CM7? Was it an SD card install?
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I've noticed the opposite, as long as cm7 doesn't have too many apps installed.
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What sd card where you using? Not all are made the same.
I've used 7.0.3, 7.1RC1, and nightlies between around 140-165. All emmc
I don't deal with stock so can't tell how smoothness it is but it's a good sign.
If you like rooted stock ROM then go ahead and use it.
I like CM7, but I like the smoothness of stock. The bad thing is the missing features
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I have the same problem. My theory is that CM7 is just missing hardware acceleration on the nook at this time (I think I remember reading this somewhere). Maybe a driver issue?
I thought they had that worked out in the first stable release? Maybe that was just video acceleration
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Video is fixed, but that my be a different part of the driver.
(This is entirely speculation on my part, based on my somewhat sporadic - and decidedly incomplete - knowlage.) My guess: there are 3 parts to the video "card" driver. 2D hardware, 3D hardware, and coprocessor functions. When they fixed video, they probably got the coprocessor functions working, but not the 2D or 3D hardware.
There is a good chance I am wrong, so correct me if you know.
On a side note, why cant CM7 use the video driver from the stock FW? It's still a Linux kernel underneath so shouldn't the drivers work, or am I missing something completely?
That makes some sense, but games(at least angry birds haha) work okay... So I dont know.
On using the kernel from stock: they probably can't use the stock kernel, because stock is based on Froyo, and CM7 is Gingerbread
AceBlade258 said:
On a side note, why cant CM7 use the video driver from the stock FW? It's still a Linux kernel underneath so shouldn't the drivers work, or am I missing something completely?
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Almost none of the stock rom is open source. I'm pretty sure the stock video driver was never released.
On the topic of smoothness:
I have found CM7 to be much smoother than stock. It probably just depends on your set up.
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koopakid08 said:
Almost none of the stock rom is open source. I'm pretty sure the stock video driver was never released.
On the topic of smoothness:
I have found CM7 to be much smoother than stock. It probably just depends on your set up.
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What's your set-up?
monkey1883 said:
What's your set-up?
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Latest Nightly
OC'd to 1.2 on demand gov.
V6 super charger script (helps a ton)
About 70 apps
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koopakid08 said:
Latest Nightly
OC'd to 1.2 on demand gov.
V6 super charger script (helps a ton)
About 70 apps
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I just installed 203, and its definitely faster. its nice to be using cm7 again. I missed the status bar. Its quite a bit smoother than the last time I used it. I can also see all apps in the market now, which is sooo nice
Everything is running great, except for the YouTube app. It isn't working for me on nightly 202 or 203
Can you post a link to this V6 super charger script?
Thanks!
fuul4nook said:
Can you post a link to this V6 super charger script?
Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
It's pretty advanced, just so you know.

[Q] Does any ROM do all these things for KF

I'm ready to settle down. Sleeping around with different ROMs. On AOKP right now, but seems like not much action or attention given to the KF.
I'm wondering if there is a ROM out there that does the following that I can settle down with:
Has a custom kernel that does O/C, U/C, O/V and U/V.
Volume slider in notification area (AOKP doesn't)
MTP USB mounting in Windows working (AOKP doesn't unless you disable USB Debugging)
Everything works, market applications, good wifi connectivity
Shutdown mods on menu
Nav bar working
Facebook sync
Theme manager
Lots of toggles in notification area
Good lockscreen options
No FC's
Thanks in advance
You can give my rom a go, it has most of the features you listed, just wait about 30 minutes for the updated version to finish uploading then download that.
You can give my rom a go, it has most of the features you listed, just wait about 30 minutes for the updated version to finish uploading then download that.
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Thanks, but I'm sort of tired of trying ROM's and then finding out that this and that don't work.
What doesn't work in yours?
Does anyone use a ROM that all that stuff works?
Have you tried gedeROM? I think it has most of that covered, a couple I'm unsure about but it's easy enough to backup your current setup and try it out.
harry_fine said:
Thanks, but I'm sort of tired of trying ROM's and then finding out that this and that don't work.
What doesn't work in yours?
Does anyone use a ROM that all that stuff works?
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Use hyper runners glazed ics. It is 99% functional and has almost all of what you want plus amazing fluidity.
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Try Eye candy 2.0
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bflobills said:
Try Eye candy 2.0
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+1
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I really do appreciate all these recommendations, but everyone is saying it does most of these things. Is there any ROM that does it all? I just read today that AOKP has stopped support for the KF (Otter they call it). So a lot of AOKP people will need a new ROM that will be developed.
Let me narrow down my list a bit so maybe we can get some specific answers:
Kernel that does overclocking and underclocking
No charging problems, and charge light works
Volume slider in notification area (AOKP doesn't)
MTP USB mounting in Windows working (AOKP doesn't unless you disable USB Debugging)
Shutdown mods on menu
Lots of toggles in notification area
Anyone have a ROM for the KF that includes all the above working?
Some of the things you listed are problems at a kernel level and you won't find any ICS ROM that has all that. You might want to consider a Gingerbread ROM.
^ That. I recommend Gederom.
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Gederom has all that. I don't think it over/undervolts though. Everything else works.
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All CM9 ROMs have charging problems, so there's no ROM for you for now
deejayzee said:
All CM9 ROMs have charging problems, so there's no ROM for you for now
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What exactly do you mean by charging problem. I have had no charging issues with gedeROM or SGT7 rom.
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deejayzee said:
All CM9 ROMs have charging problems, so there's no ROM for you for now
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Do you mean charging problems as in the charging indicator not turning on?
I just recently switched from aokp to glazed and I couldn't be happier. It has everything I liked about aokp plus some extra goodies
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Josepho1997 said:
Does anybody know what the average battery life is on an ICS Rom?
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I get a good day, day in a quarter with gaming and HD vids and pandora playing for a good few hours.
The rest of the time its sitting there on the desk getting the occasional gmail and gtalk notification

looking for lenovo ideapad k1 4.2

who can help me?
i'm so glad to use this new system.
kayinchan said:
who can help me?
i'm so glad to use this new system.
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There is one being worked on but he doesn't have it ready yet. I have bee running JB 4.1.2 and it is very stable. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825176
jerryatherton said:
There is one being worked on but he doesn't have it ready yet. I have bee running JB 4.1.2 and it is very stable. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825176
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thank u very much.I have installed this rom,but i want a 4.2
kayinchan said:
thank u very much.I have installed this rom,but i want a 4.2
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You want it? Just build it!
jerryatherton said:
There is one being worked on but he doesn't have it ready yet. I have bee running JB 4.1.2 and it is very stable. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825176
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hey jerry, i just run JB 4.1.2 into my ideapad K1, over all it is very stable.
but can u tell me on how to set up an image to be a wallpaper?
when i set up an image to be wallpaper, its not fully stretch.
even with 3rd party app like wallpaper wizardii.
i flash my ideapad using K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013.zip, attached in this link:
http://goo.im/devs/kaschemme/nvflash
myson_aeroplanino said:
hey jerry, i just run JB 4.1.2 into my ideapad K1, over all it is very stable.
but can u tell me on how to set up an image to be a wallpaper?
when i set up an image to be wallpaper, its not fully stretch.
even with 3rd party app like wallpaper wizardii.
i flash my ideapad using K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013.zip, attached in this link:
http://goo.im/devs/kaschemme/nvflash
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Yeah that's due to the rotation switch. If you hold your k1 on portrait mode then the wallpaper is alright. If you want it to look correctly you can disable background scrolling under the trebuchet setting for the homescreen. This way it will be strech but the wallpaper won't scroll. One advantage is that there is less lag when you scroll between homescreen.
ti-pich said:
Yeah that's due to the rotation switch. If you hold your k1 on portrait mode then the wallpaper is alright. If you want it to look correctly you can disable background scrolling under the trebuchet setting for the homescreen. This way it will be strech but the wallpaper won't scroll. One advantage is that there is less lag when you scroll between homescreen.
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hey ti-pich...
thank you so much for ur explanation...
well done! as u said, i just only disable background scrolling :good:
next question,
when i still using honeycomb, i can play hd video running smoothly by using both mx player and dice player.
but now, when i use K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013 version, somethimes i got my video, running laggy
is that one of bug that isn't solved yet?
fyi, i played the same video, when i use Honeycomb and Jelly Bean...
myson_aeroplanino said:
hey ti-pich...
thank you so much for ur explanation...
well done! as u said, i just only disable background scrolling :good:
next question,
when i still using honeycomb, i can play hd video running smoothly by using both mx player and dice player.
but now, when i use K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013 version, somethimes i got my video, running laggy
is that one of bug that isn't solved yet?
fyi, i played the same video, when i use Honeycomb and Jelly Bean...
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You're probably using the software decoder in mxplayer. There should be an icon in the upper right corner to activate the hardware decoder. Simply select HW+ decoder an it should be right. That's what happened to me on honeycomb that made hd video lag.
ti-pich said:
You're probably using the software decoder in mxplayer. There should be an icon in the upper right corner to activate the hardware decoder. Simply select HW+ decoder an it should be right. That's what happened to me on honeycomb that made hd video lag.
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i know about decoder in mx player, and i've been using HW+ decoder in mx player since in Honeycomb. But still, HD video sometimes got laggy even with HW+ in this JB. i dont know why, but i never got this lag when still using Honeycomb..
excuse me, may i know, what rom do u use to flash ur ideapad k1?
is this a bug of K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013 version?
myson_aeroplanino said:
i know about decoder in mx player, and i've been using HW+ decoder in mx player since in Honeycomb. But still, HD video sometimes got laggy even with HW+ in this JB. i dont know why, but i never got this lag when still using Honeycomb..
excuse me, may i know, what rom do u use to flash ur ideapad k1?
is this a bug of K1-3G_CM10_JB_05052013 version?
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I couldn't say why as I almost never play hd video, but I'm able to listen to 720p mp4 without any issue. What type of hd video are you trying to watch? 1080p, 720p, .avi, .mkv? Maybe your format is too hard to decompress for our aging device. For the info I'm using K1Wifi_CM10_Flashable_v6.1 and I'm ovreclocked to 1.4 ghz.
4.2
The thread that I follow says that something is coming soon.
@kayinchan Here's the thread,
[ROM][JB 4.2.2][CM10.1] for Lenovo Ideapad K1 3G+Wifi
Diaz1999 said:
@kayinchan Here's the thread,
[ROM][JB 4.2.2][CM10.1] for Lenovo Ideapad K1 3G+Wifi
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thk u
it's so perfect.haha:laugh:
In need of K1 help!!!!!
jerryatherton said:
There is one being worked on but he doesn't have it ready yet. I have bee running JB 4.1.2 and it is very stable. You can find it here:
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Just got a like new Lenovo K1 with Honeycomb 3.2.1 and I'm relly interested in lknowing how is the latest version doing on it?
I truly like to update it to the latest, but you know the consequences. I need to know what hardware to use and how to update from point
A to B. I truly would appreciate it. If its not all worth change the version, should I stay with v3.2?
churchpark said:
Just got a like new Lenovo K1 with Honeycomb 3.2.1 and I'm relly interested in lknowing how is the latest version doing on it?
I truly like to update it to the latest, but you know the consequences. I need to know what hardware to use and how to update from point
A to B. I truly would appreciate it. If its not all worth change the version, should I stay with v3.2?
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You want to go to CM10.1. Use Kascheme 4.2.2 NVFash found in the Thinkpad Developer forum. Very easy and stable. And a lot better than HC.
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jerryatherton said:
You want to go to CM10.1. Use Kascheme 4.2.2 NVFash found in the Thinkpad Developer forum. Very easy and stable. And a lot better than HC.
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My only issue with the Kascheme 4.2.2 is I can't get my USB support working.
What doesn't work?
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bwoodfield said:
My only issue with the Kascheme 4.2.2 is I can't get my USB support working.
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What doesn't work?
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What doesn't work?
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When I plug the USB from my K1 to the computer there is no recognition that the cable has been plugged in. I've been logging it in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49555911

How have roms advanced? opengl hardware acel . etc

I got a nook color when they came out and put cm7 on it, but last year I got a n7 and have been using that since. I was curious how roms have come along for the nook color. Well, really the kernel. Last year I remember there were issues with hardware accelerated ui, hardware video playback etc.
Has there been development on that since last year? It's hard to determine if these are still issues in current roms looking at their long threads.
Most OP's will explain any issues. We have official CM 10/.1. All versions of Paranoid Android. Some CM7 variants. We're just missing MIUI, and PAC. Also HWA works just fine now.
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AgentCherryColla said:
Most OP's will explain any issues. We have official CM 10/.1. All versions of Paranoid Android. Some CM7 variants. We're just missing MIUI, and PAC. Also HWA works just fine now.
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Don't forget that 720p video now works, it didn't before on the cm7 rom.
All that we need now is usb host mode working.
dombeef said:
Don't forget that 720p video now works, it didn't before on the cm7 rom.
All that we need now is usb host mode working.
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Is the 720p up and working for cm 7.2 by any chance? I just installed the Mirage version of cm 7.2 but I'm away from my tablet and haven't checked it yet. It's been collecting dust for a couple years now, but if the hardware acceleration is there that would really help it get more use in my house.
If you want something new, try Chameleon OS 4.2.2
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