Bottom line as a KFTT owner, I've used the First Aide software twice to correct problems on my KFTT 7," and several other times to add features. It's not perfect, it's beta (but better beta than Siri
. Of course, this is a developers site so things like "100 percent guaranteed" and "flawless" are not terms you are likely to see.
Now that I think of it, I can't recall one custom rom on the four (wow...it's been four already!) android phones and three tablets that I have owned that has been 100% for 100% of the users. As I read XDA, Android Central or other sites, I am always amazed at how what works for one user won't work for another! Why is that?
Yet, that it appears to be the nature of the developers' world. That's why they enjoy doing this -for free, for their personal interest-- again and again, for the challenge! The DEVs offer their work for our use and to help us, but none I have used have offered 100 percent guarantees. . .
In that sense, this site is different, and it is because of Prokennexus. Unlike 99.9% of the developers out there, he does take his dev work to the next level, and clearly states that if we can't get our Kindle Fires working we could actually mail them to him -and he will work magic on them and they will work.
Of course that part can't be free, but it is very reassuring --in a way that no other site I have ever been on in XDA or elsewhere has done. . . .I can't tell you how many times I have flashed the wrong kernel, the wrong rom, the incorrect version or some "great new adaptation across versions/platforms" that has "soft bricked" my phone or tablet. When that has happened the Dev or poster was not on the hook for anything -and usually has little to say about it. (Sadly, in many threads, raising a problem is a great source of "flame-bait!). Whenever problems did occur, it's been up to me to search, read and fix, no matter what the rom or kernel or app developer did.
Prokennexus does offer an alternative. So knowing that he does, I am even less concerned than ever about experimenting when I feel the need to reshape my KFTT. My only constraint is to not fiddle with it when I am using it for work-related reading (it is so much easier than being tied to a computer). :fingers-crossed:
I also had the 8.9 --nice tablet (and a bit more pricey) but I just did not like the size...I have finally figured out that for me the 7" tablet is right (although I took a performance hit to do that --the 8.9 is visibly faster and smoother!). However, I felt that the 8.9 was a bit more "finicky" as regards its software.
The KFTT 7" seems to me to be a bit less complicated internally (whether or not that is really true). So my judgement has been that the mods and fixes like those offered by anyone, including Prokennexus, are simply going to be hit or miss for a while on the 8.9 until there have been enough iterations to optimize the app.
Even after that, I am sure that it will not run the same way for 100% of the users 100% of the time. Android is just not like that, at least in the XDA world.
Good Luck!
