Very confused about rooting and/or getting KitKat on a Fire HD

Search This thread
By:
Advanced…
ExploreMN

ExploreMN

Senior Member
Jun 23, 2007
1,574
463
Hopefully someone can help. So I picked up a Fire HD for a good price and I want to put KitKat on it. Every tutorial or example I find talks about the software version being 7.x.x and mine has 11-something (see pic).

Can I still blow away the Amazon software and get Android on here? Will the walk-through showing 7.x.x work? Am I even in the right section?
 
stunts513

stunts513

Senior Member
Feb 8, 2013
2,238
635
New Braunfels, TX
the 11.x.x kindles (2nd gen hd's) have the exploit patched and can't have custom recovery installed on it to allow for custom boot images to be flashed, so the only rom you can flash is kindle water beta, and its not kitkat. Unless someone find a bootloader exploit then you are not going to be able to flash any roms on it outside the one mentioned.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ExploreMN
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

soupmagnet
  • Sticky
Frequently Asked Questions - 2nd Generation Kindle Fires
Replies
13
Views
41K
H
humanBREW
A
Installing Android on 2nd Gen Kindle FIRE (non-HD))
Replies
6
Views
14K
P
patmccrotch
F
  • Sticky
[LIST][CUSTOM ROMS][KF2] List of all Custom ROMs for the Kindle Fire 2
Replies
7
Views
29K
M
mindmajick
M
Dell Laptop Kindle Fire HD MTP Driver doesn't work
Replies
14
Views
17K
C
cgregg9020
D
[Q] My Kindle fire is in black screen :(
Replies
32
Views
22K
D
dkabi

Top Liked Posts

24 Hours All time
  • There are no posts matching your filters.
  • 1
    stunts513
    stunts513
    the 11.x.x kindles (2nd gen hd's) have the exploit patched and can't have custom recovery installed on it to allow for custom boot images to be flashed, so the only rom you can flash is kindle water beta, and its not kitkat. Unless someone find a bootloader exploit then you are not going to be able to flash any roms on it outside the one mentioned.
    View

New posts