im not sure if this forum is only for the fire tv device but i have a fire stick 2nd gen that i would like to have optimized, either by way of a custom rom or launcher perhaps. even just a debloater would be fine
shatheone said:
im not sure if this forum is only for the fire tv device but i have a fire stick 2nd gen that i would like to have optimized, either by way of a custom rom or launcher perhaps. even just a debloater would be fine
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hey check out my post here
Firestick Lite (Sheldon) 7.2.2.3/7.2.2.8 Launcher Replacement and Debloat (No Root)
Hello. I have a Fire TV Stick Lite running 7.2.2.8. Gone through the post and applied the "Debloat the Lite of Unnecessary Sh*te", installed all the apks. I went with Wolf 0.1.7 as the launcher. When running FTVLaunchX I had to run the below...
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you will neeed adb in order to type the commands into the stick
Bertonumber1 said:
hey check out my post here
Firestick Lite (Sheldon) 7.2.2.3/7.2.2.8 Launcher Replacement and Debloat (No Root)
Hello. I have a Fire TV Stick Lite running 7.2.2.8. Gone through the post and applied the "Debloat the Lite of Unnecessary Sh*te", installed all the apks. I went with Wolf 0.1.7 as the launcher. When running FTVLaunchX I had to run the below...
forum.xda-developers.com
you will neeed adb in order to type the commands into the stick
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thats no problem, ive used adb before. just need a guide on where to start
shatheone said:
thats no problem, ive used adb before. just need a guide on where to start
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Well that's Kool , I don't know if the method described in my post will work on the tank 2nd generation. But enable adb debugging/unknown sources in developer options and give it a try iyw.
Bertonumber1 said:
Well that's Kool , I don't know if the method described in my post will work on the tank 2nd generation. But enable adb debugging/unknown sources in developer options and give it a try iyw.
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Not working for Fire Stick 2nd Gen with 5.2.7.6
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So I know the usb host drivers have been deactivated for the KF. Has anyone determined where they are or how to activate/install them. That would be a great feature to add for us rooted ppl who haven't flashed a new Rom.
Sent from my KFTT using xda premium
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USB host would be one of the nicer additions to the Fire HD 8.9, wonder if anyone has come up with a way to enable it ?
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Hmmm, good idea. If Amazon did not disable this function in the Kernel it would be just a matter of finding a Ice Cream Sandwich USB apk and probably a couple of libs
I spent about 30 minutes trying to find this on Google without any luck. I have another idea! I have ordered the new Samsung Tablet which runs ICS, when it arrives I will take a peek in the system to see if I can find these files.
I will post my follow up in about 1 week.
anything new about enabling usb host. thank u jasmine
Kindle Fire HD and 2 USB Host Drivers
jasmineloveflower said:
anything new about enabling usb host. thank u jasmine
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jasmineloveflower,
We have been working on this on and off for the last 3 weeks, and have made significant progress. We will post an update as soon as we get this working.
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jasmineloveflower,
We have been working on this on and off for the last 3 weeks, and have made significant progress. We will post an update as soon as we get this working.
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Nice, sounds promising
Kindle Fire HD USB Host
Gilly10 said:
Nice, sounds promising
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Gilly10,
We are finding it a bit challenging since it is clear Amazon had no intention of ever using this port for external devices, so they do not have a power feed like other Mini USB Ports - either way, we have figured out how to get past that issue, now we are working on the driver to use on the Kindle Fire. We will post an update as soon as we have a definitive solution.
Just in case you missed it from another thread about this-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118506
Someone has a working method on the KF2 that might be portable to our device.
Kindle Fire USB Host
Geekybiker said:
Just in case you missed it from another thread about this-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118506
Someone has a working method on the KF2 that might be portable to our device.
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Geekybiker,
Thank you for taking the time to provide us a link. The link you are referring to is:
Device: Kindle Fire 2
Rooted and TWRP'ed with the Nightly of CM10.1 1-20-2013
The link you is very different to what we are attempting to do. We are trying to enable the USB Host subsystem with the stock OS and Kernel, which in the end may not be possible. Most custom Kernels have enable the USB Host as nFiniti discusses in the link provided. Also, the link is focusing on the Kindle Fire 2 only we are discussing all Kindle Fires in this thread.
prokennexusa said:
Geekybiker,
Thank you for taking the time to provide us a link. The link you are referring to is:
Device: Kindle Fire 2
Rooted and TWRP'ed with the Nightly of CM10.1 1-20-2013
The link you is very different to what we are attempting to do. We are trying to enable the USB Host subsystem with the stock OS and Kernel, which in the end may not be possible. Most custom Kernels have enable the USB Host as nFiniti discusses in the link provided. Also, the link is focusing on the Kindle Fire 2 only we are discussing all Kindle Fires in this thread.
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Right, but it talks about how to get around the power issue for example. I assume you've downloaded the open source kernel directly from Amazon? I was looking through all of the drivers they included, and it looks like the USB host drivers exist in the distribution. They must not be turned on by default. Might be as simple as recompiling the kernel, but I admit I'm a complete n00b when it comes to that sort of stuff.
Kindle Fire HD USB Host
Geekybiker said:
Right, but it talks about how to get around the power issue for example. I assume you've downloaded the open source kernel directly from Amazon? I was looking through all of the drivers they included, and it looks like the USB host drivers exist in the distribution. They must not be turned on by default. Might be as simple as recompiling the kernel, but I admit I'm a complete n00b when it comes to that sort of stuff.
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Geekybiker,
Although our love is Ubuntu, at the moment the only version of Ubuntu for the Kindle is the current desktop which is worthless on the Kindle. We are waiting for Ubuntu to release Ubuntu for Android which will be a nice custom platform for the end user that will allow you to use your Phone or Tablet as your primary computer at night and during the day, it is a normal powerful phone. Having said this, we will be compiling a Ubuntu Eternal for the Kindle when we are authorize to do so. Until then, we are placing most of our energy on improving the stock Kindle OS - you are correct, it should be a matter of compiling the Kernal to include the USB Subsystem, although if it was that easy someone would have done it by now. This has become a challenging task and may not become reality until we build or someone else builds a custom Kernel for the Kindle Fire.
We will post updates as we make progress. I do know XDA User Hashcode has done some amazing work for the Kindle Fire, maybe he is working on this option (if anyone can get this done it would be Hashcode) for his Kindle Kernel - only time will tell............
Hello all!
Thanks to this great forum and other sources, (but mostly this forum) I was able to turn my Kindle Fire into a Google tablet with a lot more functionality than the stock Amazon Kindle. Thus, I've decided to show my appreciation by making a contribution of my own in the hopes that it will be very helpful to others attempting the same thing, since I had to search multiple sources to find solutions to the various problems I ran into. Now hopefully with what I've managed to compile, people won't have to do what I did and the process will be made much quicker and smoother! Since I'm new I can't put urls in my post, so I've made a nice .pdf to download with the links to all necessary downloads.
Enjoy, and a huge thank you to xda-developers!
EDIT: The .pdf route just wasn't work out, I guess, so I put the original Word file.
jetfire158 said:
Hello all!
Thanks to this great forum and other sources, (but mostly this forum) I was able to turn my Kindle Fire into a Google tablet with a lot more functionality than the stock Amazon Kindle. Thus, I've decided to show my appreciation by making a contribution of my own in the hopes that it will be very helpful to others attempting the same thing, since I had to search multiple sources to find solutions to the various problems I ran into. Now hopefully with what I've managed to compile, people won't have to do what I did and the process will be made much quicker and smoother! Since I'm new I can't put urls in my post, so I've made a nice .pdf to download with the links to all necessary downloads.
Enjoy, and a huge thank you to xda-developers!
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FYI, "Failed to load PDF."
LinearEquation said:
FYI, "Failed to load PDF."
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Blah, well just download the Word file then.
jetfire158 said:
Blah, well just download the Word file then.
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I think you should research more before putting this up for everyone. There is no unroot after rooted on KFHD. Some things can be accessed via Amazon apps other such as Amazon Prime movies cannot. If someone wants that, they should go with Kinology ROM. Root many Android has there downloads on XDA as well.
I know that you're trying to help but there are tutorials here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170 for the 7" and as many 8.9" tutorials.
LinearEquation said:
I think you should research more before putting this up for everyone. There is no unroot after rooted on KFHD. Some things can be accessed via Amazon apps other such as Amazon Prime movies cannot. If someone wants that, they should go with Kinology ROM. Root many Android has there downloads on XDA as well.
I know that you're trying to help but there are tutorials here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170 for the 7" and as many 8.9" tutorials.
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Just sharing what worked for me, because doing this on the Kindle is quite complicated and difficult, and people often run into issues. So if something doesn't work, we resort to searching the web for other methods. Therefore the more methods that are available the better chances someone has of getting it to work.
And sorry, but I would appreciate it if you didn't accuse me of not doing enough research. There were multiple sources that said unroot does work for the HD. I guess I'll have to try it myself, though.
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Just sharing what worked for me, because doing this on the Kindle is quite complicated and difficult, and people often run into issues. So if something doesn't work, we resort to searching the web for other methods. Therefore the more methods that are available the better chances someone has of getting it to work.
And sorry, but I would appreciate it if you didn't accuse me of not doing enough research. There were multiple sources that said unroot does work for the HD. I guess I'll have to try it myself, though.
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Your instructions are choppy and missing steps. If I were a n00b, I would be confused. You can un-root a Kindle Fire HD and go stock again by restoring the system. But the statement you made at the end of your tutorial makes no sense. A rooted Kindle Fire HD does not lose any of the Amazon features. You cannot swap back and forth unless you flash an Amazon OS nandroid backup or use Kinology. That's how you regain the features of the Amazon OS after installing a 2nd bootloader and a custom ROM.
You know what I would appreciate? Don't offer something in a tutorial that can't be done and you have not even tried yourself because when people try it, they can do some damage to an expensive tablet.
Kindle Fire Hd 7 rom
Hi, I was wondering which is the most stable version of cynagenmod for the kindle fire HD 7. Cm11 had screen issues, ghost taps. Is cm10.1 or cm10.2
Stable? I just want the most stable ROM for my kindle fire hd . of course I have rooted.
Bao289 said:
Hi, I was wondering which is the most stable version of cynagenmod for the kindle fire HD 7. Cm11 had screen issues, ghost taps. Is cm10.1 or cm10.2
Stable? I just want the most stable ROM for my kindle fire hd . of course I have rooted.
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Have you installed TWRP and a second bootloader? This is prerequisite for a custom ROM on a Kindle Fire HD.
Sent from my Nexus 7 Flo running CM 11 4.4.2 with ElementalX Kernel using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I hate to sound like a sub-noob, but where are the Fire HD 8 ROMs? I got TWRP and Magisk installed on my new Fire (using the adb-only method). I see the posting with the stock firmware. But I'd like the plain Android experience. Something I'm missing?
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I hate to sound like a sub-noob, but where are the Fire HD 8 ROMs? I got TWRP and Magisk installed on my new Fire (using the adb-only method). I see the posting with the stock firmware. But I'd like the plain Android experience. Something I'm missing?
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It is not straightforward as there is no existing ROM that can be ported to the HD8 (8th generation). There is a beta version of Lineage 14.1 available though: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/lineageos-14-1-fire-hd8-2018-t3936242 but at the moment there is no audio and video working. From a recent post in the above thread it sounds like this will be fixed soon.
Well bummer. I'll keep an eye out for the stuff in development. At least having root will help manage the bloatware. I've already tried an app for system package removal but it wasn't working on the few packages I tried.
Found the stock 6.3.0.1 ROM:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78893195&postcount=441
Which is helpful since I bricked my Fire HD 8. Installing this in TWRP let get the system back.
does anyone know of an app that will work too overclock my rooted fire HD 10?
decian1984 said:
does anyone know of an app that will work too overclock my rooted fire HD 10?
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Can you install kernel editing app like Kernel Auditor from Google Play to work.
Rooting 9th gen HD10
decian1984 said:
does anyone know of an app that will work too overclock my rooted fire HD 10?
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Is it possible to root the 9th gen Fire HD10? From what I've read so far I can't figure a way to do it. I'm no expert btw, but I just bought a new H D10 and really would like to find a way to root it. Can you help?
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Is it possible to root the 9th gen Fire HD10? From what I've read so far I can't figure a way to do it. I'm no expert btw, but I just bought a new H D10 and really would like to find a way to root it. Can you help?
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You can root it, if you didn't update...
Fire HD 10 9th gen (2019) -- up to Fire OS 7.3.1.0 only
New Fire HD10 2019 Bootless Root Method + Bootloader Unlock Brainstorming
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/fire-hd10-2019-t3979343
AmznUser444 Dev said:
Can you install kernel editing app like Kernel Auditor from Google Play to work.
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I will try it and see and report back shortly
AmznUser444 Dev said:
Can you install kernel editing app like Kernel Auditor from Google Play to work.
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I was able to install that app with no problems
decian1984 said:
does anyone know of an app that will work too overclock my rooted fire HD 10?
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No. Only with modified kernel, which no way to flash at now.
I would like to root the Fire HD 10 7th generation, Fire OS 5.6.6.0 (654620620). Can someone please help me with this? I would even be happy running just Linux Mint but prefer to just root and run launcher with updates disabled. Thanks!
ryevick said:
I would like to root the Fire HD 10 7th generation, Fire OS 5.6.6.0 (654620620). Can someone please help me with this? I would even be happy running just Linux Mint but prefer to just root and run launcher with updates disabled. Thanks!
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Here is a link, follow the steps carefully.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/unlock-fire-hd-10-2017-suez-t3913639
AmznUser444 Dev said:
Here is a link, follow the steps carefully.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/unlock-fire-hd-10-2017-suez-t3913639
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Geez that sounds pretty dicey. I'm sure it works great but I want to learn Linux, I don't know it yet. Intentionally bricking my tablet? It would be awesome if there were a step by step walkthrough video of this procedure.
The tread you are referring to says you need to root the device: 'get mtk-su by @diplomatic from here and place (the unpacked binary) into amonet/bin folder'
However that root method will not work on 5.6.6.0 version. I am searching myself as well.