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Not sure whether my kindle fire is rooted

sir,
i have tried to root my kindle fire using the latest kindle fire utility package 0.9.6 . After running the file run.bat
i got following displayed on my pc screen....
at various places it said failed and at last there it was written permanent root has been installed.
But i do not find any difference in my kindle. Please guide me i am a beginner
I have attached screenshot of my pc to let you know what actually KFU has done.
If not rooted what should i do now...and if rooted how can i use application with wifi access using proxy.
help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I have a feeling that KFU has no extra checks in it to see if it really is rooted. That would explain why it says its rooted after all the fails. I would say your device is NOT rooted.

Here's a couple things to check.
1. Is the super user app installed? Look in your apps for it.
2. Do you have FireFireFire bootloader installed? Turn off your Kindle wait a few seconds then turn it on. Does the splash screen have the words "kindle fire" in blue? If so then you have FFF installed.
3. Last check. Is TWRP installed? Turn off your Kindle and turn it back on. This time as soon as the blue "kindle fire" appears press and hold the power button for about 3 seconds. That will get you into your recovery where you can and should make a backup now.
If all of these tests work then kfu was successful and you can start flashing roms or whatever else you wanted to do after you rooted it.
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Josepho1997 said:
The pictures show that he wasn't able to download fff an TWRP.
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I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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cstone1991 said:
I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps

akki12345 said:
Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps
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That's weird

veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24129239
I believe this is what you are looking for.
BTW getting links from xda is a PITA when the xda app isn't working right!
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akki12345 said:
Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
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ROOT Working 10.3 Kindle Fire 2 (Original Not HD)

Hi everyone this is my first thread here so let me know if this helps or if its in the wrong place, etc. The Bin4ry - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1886460 method works even on the new 10.3 firmware upgrade from amazon. The one-click w/o fastboot, they use an app installed directly on the kindle, solution for installing the 2nd bootloader and recovery, provided by fmkilo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 works on the rooted Kindle Fire 2 (original) as well. Hope this helps. I was unable to pull up the fastboot menu on my kindle fire and so I decided to try this method and it worked like a charm. You may have to uninstall and reinstall the app (it didn't work the first time for me, but it did the second time I installed it).

KamexxTheWolf said:
Hi everyone this is my first thread here so let me know if this helps or if its in the wrong place, etc. The Bin4ry - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1886460 method works even on the new 10.3 firmware upgrade from amazon. The one-click w/o fastboot, they use an app installed directly on the kindle, solution for installing the 2nd bootloader and recovery, provided by fmkilo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 works on the rooted Kindle Fire 2 (original) as well. Hope this helps. I was unable to pull up the fastboot menu on my kindle fire and so I decided to try this method and it worked like a charm. You may have to uninstall and reinstall the app (it didn't work the first time for me, but it did the second time I installed it).
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So the 2nd bootloader exploit stil exists even in the 10.3 bootloader?
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Yes to the best of my knowledge. The exploit is still there because I did not flash back to an older firmware or anything.
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I had my KF2 rooted but when the OTA 10.4.3 installed, I lost root. Does anyone know how to root the KF2 on version 10.4.3?

Seriously confused (what to do after rooting)

I just rooted my new kindle that I just got today using the bin4ry method and I have the superuser app. Cool, but I have no clue where to go from here. No idea what a custom rom is or why I would even need one or any of that stuff.
Is there a starter package or some sort for first time kindle users?
The system version is 7.4.6

jman1234 said:
I just rooted my new kindle that I just got today using the bin4ry method and I have the superuser app. Cool, but I have no clue where to go from here. No idea what a custom rom is or why I would even need one or any of that stuff.
Is there a starter package or some sort for first time kindle users?
The system version is 7.4.6
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What I did for my mom's KFHD was root it, disable the OTA, and install APEX launcher.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/ This explains custom ROMs.
Personally, I didn't install a second recovery or a custom ROM on my mom's KFHD because 1) It's not mine 2) I don't have a factory cable 3) She doesn't live with me so I won't get much troubleshooting time if something goes wrong.
She really hated the carousel feature of the stock kindle.
I used Kindle Fire First Aide, found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888 ----- ((actually I used an older version from before June))

jman1234 said:
I just rooted my new kindle that I just got today using the bin4ry method and I have the superuser app. Cool, but I have no clue where to go from here. No idea what a custom rom is or why I would even need one or any of that stuff.
Is there a starter package or some sort for first time kindle users?
The system version is 7.4.6
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I would read the beginner guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Then you can read about upgrading here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909

R1Mike said:
I would read the beginner guide here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Then you can read about upgrading here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
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Just what I was looking for, thanks

jman1234 said:
Just what I was looking for, thanks
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You're welcome. There is a lot to read and learn.

R1Mike said:
You're welcome. There is a lot to read and learn.
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Got another question. I'm currently reading this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 and I got to the point where I'm using fireflash. I see the red lettered warning. Do I put a checkmark in the "flash kfhd7-u-boot-prod-7.2.3.bin"? and the "apply stack override" boxes?

Yes u must check that flash 7.2.3 or you will get a red screen brick and need a fastboot cable to fix.
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stunts513 said:
Yes u must check that flash 7.2.3 or you will get a red screen brick and need a fastboot cable to fix.
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Bad news.
I used fireflash (checked both boxes before installing the flash), but now my kindle always boots into the twrp menu and it won't let me install zip files. I keep getting a assert failed message. Is this something I can fix on my own, or do I need a special cable to fix it or is it screwed? I can get into fastboot (assuming it's the black screen with the fastboot text in the middle)

jman1234 said:
Bad news.
I used fireflash (checked both boxes before installing the flash), but now my kindle always boots into the twrp menu and it won't let me install zip files. I keep getting a assert failed message. Is this something I can fix on my own, or do I need a special cable to fix it or is it screwed? I can get into fastboot (assuming it's the black screen with the fastboot text in the middle)
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I don't know enough to answer your questions with me being new to this also; however, being able to still get to fastboot is good and that you can use KFFA to put an older version 7.2.3 back onto you KFHD and then retry.

jman1234 said:
Bad news.
I used fireflash (checked both boxes before installing the flash), but now my kindle always boots into the twrp menu and it won't let me install zip files. I keep getting a assert failed message. Is this something I can fix on my own, or do I need a special cable to fix it or is it screwed? I can get into fastboot (assuming it's the black screen with the fastboot text in the middle)
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Do you have verification enabled?, try to turn it off before flashing, by the way check the Mr5 of the file you downloaded....maybe it got corrupted.
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed

R1Mike said:
I don't know enough to answer your questions with me being new to this also; however, being able to still get to fastboot is good and that you can use KFFA to put an older version 7.2.3 back onto you KFHD and then retry.
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Would that be safe since the version I'm using is 7.4.6 and it's an HD 7"?

jman1234 said:
Would that be safe since the version I'm using is 7.4.6 and it's an HD 7"?
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Yes, 7.2.3 is safe to use. If you are unsure, update to 7.2.3 and wait a while and Amazon will update your KFHD to 7.4.6, and then retry. I also believe I read somewhere on the forum that 7.2.3 is better to use.

R1Mike said:
Yes, 7.2.3 is safe to use. If you are unsure, update to 7.2.3 and wait a while and Amazon will update your KFHD to 7.4.6, and then retry. I also believe I read somewhere on the forum that 7.2.3 is better to use.
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Alright. I picked option 3 (completely restore KFHD 7.2.3) and it's currently downloading some files.

jman1234 said:
Alright. I picked option 3 (completely restore KFHD 7.2.3) and it's currently downloading some files.
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Let us know how it goes.

R1Mike said:
Let us know how it goes.
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Seems to be fine again. Currently on the 7.2.3 system version. Apart from having 1% battery life now and no icons on the homescreen, it went pretty smoothly. Should I wait until it charges up some more before attempting to re-root it or is it fine being plugged in the pc?

jman1234 said:
Seems to be fine again. Currently on the 7.2.3 system version. Apart from having 1% battery life now and no icons on the homescreen, it went pretty smoothly. Should I wait until it charges up some more before attempting to re-root it or is it fine being plugged in the pc?
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1) Definitely let it charge first.
2) The partition images you used to restore your device should already be rooted.

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soupmagnet said:
1) Definitely let it charge first.
2) The partition images you used to restore your device should already be rooted.
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I think it's rooted. the google play store app is there and there's another one called "SuperSU". Is that the same as SuperUser?

jman1234 said:
I think it's rooted. the google play store app is there and there's another one called "SuperSU". Is that the same as SuperUser?
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Yes, SuperSU is superuser. If you don't want to lose being root and keep 7.2.3 for upgrading, turn over the air updates after your battery is charged back up.

R1Mike said:
Yes, SuperSU is superuser. If you don't want to lose being root and keep 7.2.3 for upgrading, turn over the air updates after your battery is charged back up.
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Okay, cool. Will I run into the same problem with the twrp booting or is that fixed since I'm on 7.2.3 now?

jman1234 said:
Okay, cool. Will I run into the same problem with the twrp booting or is that fixed since I'm on 7.2.3 now?
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You shouldn't have any problems. If you follow the instructions closely from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909

Unroot, TWRP, SU GONE WRONG!

I was trying to get my Kindle Fire HD 7, getting it ready to sell (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409435). But i've done something wrong, i have transfered the file to my Kindle, wipe everything expect sd. Afterwards i flashed the update 7.4.6 bin, and wipe the sd again. And rebooted my Kindle fire. And now its stuck on the Kindle Fire logo. HELP! I need fix this within the next 24 hours! I DO NOT have a fastboot cable either.

Does the logo ever turn blue? If it doesn't you will need a fastboot cable to fix.
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stunts513 said:
Does the logo ever turn blue? If it doesn't you will need a fastboot cable to fix.
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No! it's just stuck on the orange logo. I dont have a fastboot cable, i'm selling this within the next 24 hours to someone. I need to get this fix ASAP!

Well unless you can make a fastboot cable with a soldering iron then your going to have some problems. I can try to see if you can get it into fastboot the way we do 8.9" models, but if you plug the device in and your PC doesn't detect a Tate device in the device manager then you will have to goto the fastboot cable method. If it does then try to quickly install the drivers in my signature. From there you would just need a command prompt and the fastboot command.
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stunts513 said:
Well unless you can make a fastboot cable with a soldering iron then your going to have some problems. I can try to see if you can get it into fastboot the way we do 8.9" models, but if you plug the device in and your PC doesn't detect a Tate device in the device manager then you will have to goto the fastboot cable method. If it does then try to quickly install the drivers in my signature. From there you would just need a command prompt and the fastboot command.
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My PC doesn't detect the Kindle, i've also downloaded the usb_drivers in your signature but what now? Add me on cai.thao at skype for faster instant chat!, IM FREAKING OUT!

Can u add me, I have my Skype name on my xda profile and I think its clickable, I haven't gotten Skype reinstalled on my PC yet since I just reformatted so gimme a min.
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stunts513 said:
Can u add me, I have my Skype name on my xda profile and I think its clickable, I haven't gotten Skype reinstalled on my PC yet since I just reformatted so gimme a min.
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Yeah, alright. just waiting for you.

Firefox OS tester wanted!

I was bored and decided to try to build a rom and see what happens, i don't know any c coding so its a bit of it it compiles and works great, if it doesnt work then i'll need a c compiler and both my friends that know c coding dont get online often.
Anyways about the details, i have sucessfully built a 7" and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD version of the rom, soupmaget is going to test the 8.9" rom, but i need a 7" tester prefereably with a fastboot cable incase things go south like the first time where it deleted the second bootloader from the system partition, though i think i fixed that. Anyways if you are interested in testing this pre-alpha build of the rom, plz reply back and il send you a link in a private message to the rom. On another note te tester should also be prepared to do a full backup of their sdcard of their device including the sdcard because i have not ever used this os so i have no idea how it handles the sdcard data, while it shouldnt wipe it i just think it would be a good idea in general.

I can test it.
I have a fastboot cable and the only files that I have are books anyway.

OK sweet I'll pm you the link with instructions.
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I'm your Huckleberry.
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i need a 7" tester
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I messed up the quote last time. Anywho, link me if you want.

Sweet I'll pm u too.
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stunts513 said:
Sweet I'll pm u too.
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First test:
Downloaded and flashed just fine. After wiping Dalvik/CACHE and rebooting into system it did show the Kindle Fire Animation followed by the TWRP animation and then displayed fastboot. Holding the power button down for 20 seconds powered it off and access to TWRP was still possible. Flashed a nandroid and all is fine. Let me know when the next update is available.

LinearEquation said:
First test:
Downloaded and flashed just fine. After wiping Dalvik/CACHE and rebooting into system it did show the Kindle Fire Animation followed by the TWRP animation and then displayed fastboot. Holding the power button down for 20 seconds powered it off and access to TWRP was still possible. Flashed a nandroid and all is fine. Let me know when the next update is available.
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So ok im confused it just went into fastboot after trying to boot or something? If thats the case there must be something very wrong with the kernel i think.

stunts513 said:
So ok im confused it just went into fastboot after trying to boot or something? If thats the case there must be something very wrong with the kernel i think.
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Correct. The flash was successful (in other words it did not fail.) I click reboot into system from TWRP. I saw the Kindle Fire animation followed by the TWRP animation and then, then stead of the ROM animation, it went strait to fastboot. Then I force powered it down, was able to access TWRP, wiped and then flashed my backup nandroid and the Kindle booted with no permanent issues. But yes, something is not right there.
Basically, rather than booting into the system, it booted into the bootloader.

LinearEquation said:
Correct. The flash was successful (in other words it did not fail.) I click reboot into system from TWRP. I saw the Kindle Fire animation followed by the TWRP animation and then, then stead of the ROM animation, it went strait to fastboot. Then I force powered it down, was able to access TWRP, wiped and then flashed my backup nandroid and the Kindle booted with no permanent issues. But yes, something is not right there.
Basically, rather than booting into the system, it booted into the bootloader.
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*facepalm* i'm going to have to check the kernel image, this whole setup i used is kinda rigged because this os was designed to work with a specific version of jb aosp, and cm 10.2 is close to that revision but not exact so i used aosp as my source and had to modify some of hashcodes file sto get it to compile, but it finally did compile, seeing as there were problems here and there i'm going to take a wild guess the boot.img is using the standard header and not amazons, and thats just a wild guess at best, i don't know what a normal header would do on a kindle, but i will try to decompile the boot.img and see if it errors out like a usual kindle boot.img would if you dont shave off the header with dd.

Man i hate double posting but i thought i'd mention i think what i guessed at was right because it split immediately upon running the splitting script... so now i guess i need to ask hashcode wtf is going on and how to fix it since it's not compiling the boot.img with the correct header.

Sounds like a plan.
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Well I talked to hashcode, I'm trying to get it fixed, but I'm a bit confused, makefile coding isn't my specialty, I am going to ask other RC's and see what I can dig up.
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hi!!
stunts513 said:
I was bored and decided to try to build a rom and see what happens, i don't know any c coding so its a bit of it it compiles and works great, if it doesnt work then i'll need a c compiler and both my friends that know c coding dont get online often.
Anyways about the details, i have sucessfully built a 7" and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD version of the rom, soupmaget is going to test the 8.9" rom, but i need a 7" tester prefereably with a fastboot cable incase things go south like the first time where it deleted the second bootloader from the system partition, though i think i fixed that. Anyways if you are interested in testing this pre-alpha build of the rom, plz reply back and il send you a link in a private message to the rom. On another note te tester should also be prepared to do a full backup of their sdcard of their device including the sdcard because i have not ever used this os so i have no idea how it handles the sdcard data, while it shouldnt wipe it i just think it would be a good idea in general.
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send me instructions for the test

I will next time I make a build after fixing this boot.IMG issue I have, I haven't seen hashcode in the IRC since Wednesday and I haven't been able to fix the makefile issue yet, I have to transfer some of the code from cm's /build/core/Makefile to mine, specifically the parts that let's board_custom_booting_mk work to generate the booting correctly. You would think there would be a patch for aosp that does this, but I guess most devices don't need a custom bootimg?
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stunts513 said:
I will next time I make a build after fixing this boot.IMG issue I have, I haven't seen hashcode in the IRC since Wednesday and I haven't been able to fix the makefile issue yet, I have to transfer some of the code from cm's /build/core/Makefile to mine, specifically the parts that let's board_custom_booting_mk work to generate the booting correctly. You would think there would be a patch for aosp that does this, but I guess most devices don't need a custom bootimg?
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I have understood that the boot.img should go hand in hand with the system you build,
so a custom boot.img should be mandatory
excuse my bad English, I use google translator

Any chance of a build compatible with the kf2?
I'm too broke to buy the newest fire hdx that's on sale for $180 today,so I'm holding on to my 2012 non-hd fire.
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agentfusion said:
Any chance of a build compatible with the kf2?
I'm too broke to buy the newest fire hdx that's on sale for $180 today,so I'm holding on to my 2012 non-hd fire.
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Keep an eye on Swappa. People are dumping their older models for cash for the newer models.
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I plan on building it for all supported kf's, right now I'm working out the build kinks and seeing if it will even boot. Just fixed the makefile issue but I may have introduced another issue by using a certain patch to disable recovery a while back, so I may need to grab a fresh copy of the make file and repatch it, I'll pm when it's more ready to test which will be soon.
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Send me a PM once you get the boot.img thing fixed. I have a fastboot cable, too.
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Hi,
Just for understanding right. Is this for the Kindle Fire HD KFSOWI (3rd gen)?
If yes then I absolutely want to try your Rom.
Thanks in advance.