Did renaming the otacerts file seem to work for you? Nothing pushed through recently?
How to root kindle fire any version (including 8.4.6)
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Did renaming the otacerts file seem to work for you? Nothing pushed through recently?
So far, so good, but I've only had it for a maximum of three hours on wifi while not using it and that was a few days ago. The unrooted device on the home network hasn't yet been pushed to 7.4.6, though, so I don't think the update has hit us yet and so I can't be certain. I do know, however, that I googled around and found that sometimes renaming it doesn't work properly. I followed an example given to obfuscate the name as much as possible and renamed it to oGtOaAcWeArYts.bak because the suggestion was that while an unmatched extension may be ignored it shouldn't ignore an unmatched file name. I've also used DroidWall in whitelist mode to only allow the necessary apps access to the internet, but I had to end up allowing kernel and a couple of other Amazon ones that I fear may be related to updates due to weird bugs caused by blocking them. But again, unfortunately, no solid idea yet as to whether it has worked.
In your experience if it didn't "work" would it just not successfully achieve root or would it possible do some form of bricking requiring a factory cable? (I know your not responsible either way I am just curious
) ThanksIn your experience if it didn't "work" would it just not successfully achieve root or would it possible do some form of bricking requiring a factory cable? (I know your not responsible either way I am just curious
If the exploit was patched it wouldn't do anything, because it wouldn't have assess to the system. If it wasn't patched, then it should just root the device. It doesn't delete or modify anything except root access.
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Just wanted to post an update that this root method works flawlessly for the 8.4.6 update as well
Big thanks to Brandonrz for the post and continued support!!!!
I can confirm that. After I had shutdown my newly arrived kindle and booted it up again it did some updates and automatically rebooted twice. I checked the version number after that and the result was 8.4.6_user_4620220
I then followed the instructions on page 1 of this thread to the letter and my kindle is now fully rooted without any hickups or problems. So THANK YOU Brandonrz for your easy tutorial.
So if anybody isn't sure, the method described definitely works for a previously unrooted 8.4.6.
My bigger issue now is that there is a lot of contradicting information in the threads about how to install TWRP or any other recovery on a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with 8.4.6.
Some seem to have bricked their system by using FireFlash and choosing to go back to the 8.1.4 bootloader. Others seem to have bricked their device by using the option to flash the old 8.1.4 bootloader. And then there seem to be people that successfully got TWRP 2.6.0.0 to run on their system, but unfortunately they don't share their method. Another thing that worries me is that the latest 2nd bootloader I was able to find is still version 8.4.3. So I am not feeling very comfortable using the 8.4.3 for my 8.4.6 system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I found the same collection of conflicting and generally unverified methods for TWRP. It was enough to make me back away from attempting this and I instead settled on installing Nova Launcher and Home Switcher to make the Fire as "Android" as possible. Good luck on figuring this out. If you do come across a reliable method please post it back here as I am sure many would be interested.
Yeah, this is a recurring issue on the whole android rooting thing no matter which device.
People invest a lot of time and energy to develop perfect How-To guides. Which is great and very helpful and I don't want to diminish that in any way.
But then a minor update comes along and another update and another update and somewhere along the way the person stops updating their How-To and suddenly everything turns from a simple "just follow every step in the instructions to the letter" into a big mess. Where the best outcome are just hours over hours that need to be invested to find the right way for your personal case or the worst outcome is a solidly bricked device. Plus you never know when you don't find any specific information for your case if the reason for that is just the fact that your version is just brand new and nobody has had any experience with it yet or if there are no problems reported because the changes are irrelevant and you can keep following the instructions to the letter. Plus the web gets filled up with many slightly different How-Tos each of them usually working fine for one specific mix of versions and failing for many other possible mixes.
I have to admit that I don't have a solution for that at the moment, but this is the fourth time I am running into that problem. For my Desire Z, for my HTC One X, for my HTC One S and now for my kindle... I think it would be great to find a way to organize all the information in a more efficient way. Kind of like a tree where the branches lead to the different possible versions of the tools and the devices involved.
If I should find a reliable methode I will definitely post the link and report my personal experience applying it.
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I had the HTC one s, very underated phone.
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Hello and good morning,
I have rooted two new Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with software version 8.4.6 with KF First Aide (One-click solution). Previously, I have the method of Brandonrz (this thread) successfully tried.
Then I played after the current hashcode of instructions http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2128175 2ndBootloader and TRWP.
Now just CustomROM and flashed gapps zip by, I needed a total of about 30 minutes.
Provided, of course, that adb and fastboot drivers work properly.
mfg
J-P
Yep. And using the Viper ROM makes it even more amazing. It's definitely the best solution for fans of the HTC One X looking for something a little less bulky. My wife is quite happy with it.
Thanks @Brandonrz !
I finally able to root my device. Just one thing though..
When I run RunMe.bat by right clicking -> run as admin, it didn't work. somehow the "adb wait-for-device" command got skipped. Then I try running it manually via command line and it worked flawlesly :thumbup"
I finally able to root my device. Just one thing though..
When I run RunMe.bat by right clicking -> run as admin, it didn't work. somehow the "adb wait-for-device" command got skipped. Then I try running it manually via command line and it worked flawlesly :thumbup"
NP, just make sure to :thank: me.
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Not working for me.
I can't seem to get this to work on my GFs kindle.
I get the message in the CMD "Please look at your device & click to restore" but the kindle never asks us to actually restore.
The system cannot find the path specified, then states "successful, rebooting in 10 secs", but doesn't.
What are we doing wrong?
I can't seem to get this to work on my GFs kindle.
I get the message in the CMD "Please look at your device & click to restore" but the kindle never asks us to actually restore.
The system cannot find the path specified, then states "successful, rebooting in 10 secs", but doesn't.
What are we doing wrong?
Same Here!!
^^^This. Same happening to me!! Please Help. I am on 8.4.6. Can ping kindle just fine get into fast boot but none of the commands seem to work it does nothing. Thanks for the help!
^^^This. Same happening to me!! Please Help. I am on 8.4.6. Can ping kindle just fine get into fast boot but none of the commands seem to work it does nothing. Thanks for the help!
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Any ideas?
