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I tried the play store. I followed the directions from the original kindle fire but it does not work.
[VIDEO] How to Root the Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet
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I was told by Hashcode that it might be prudent to hold off on attempting that until they get more info on how the system stuff is signed. We don't want anyone bricking without a backup!
Launcher without root
Hi everyone,
A launcher for the Kindle HD is exactly what I was hoping to find and without rooting the device. My kindle is still on preorder (7", 32gb) so I have time, for sure. I do hope one of you very talented people can work on this.
Thanks!
Hi everyone,
A launcher for the Kindle HD is exactly what I was hoping to find and without rooting the device. My kindle is still on preorder (7", 32gb) so I have time, for sure. I do hope one of you very talented people can work on this.
Thanks!
Thanks! The rooting worked like a charm. I too was adventurous and tried the CynogenMod9 gapps for the app store and framework services, they work but are pretty unstable, either crashing or showing updates to existing amazon apps that had updates like it did on my original Kindle Fire.
About to try titanium. Will post if works. Thanks for the root video.
Update: Got Busybox, Titanium, and Quickboot all to work perfect.
Update: Got Busybox, Titanium, and Quickboot all to work perfect.
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It looks like there is a type on the OP "abd reboot" should be "adb reboot".
I am very surprised my root method worked, it was found around 7 months ago and it is easily fixed. Just sounds like amazon was being lazy.
I am very surprised my root method worked, it was found around 7 months ago and it is easily fixed. Just sounds like amazon was being lazy.
Thanks
It's awesome that all your hard work is now supporting an entirely new group of people! Thanks!
It's awesome that all your hard work is now supporting an entirely new group of people! Thanks!
I have just put the finishing touches on an automated version of this for those not so technical. I shall upload it to the kindle fire forum. To the OP, feel free to make a video with the new tool once I have posted it.
Sounds great. I'll make a video using your tool, and then I'll just post it along with my long hand version.
Thanks for the continuing efforts. The community appreciates it!
Here is the tool I promised, I have linked your this OP for reference to your videos.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31730134
EDIT: Since I do not have a kindle fire, would somebody let me know what ROM version this works on so that I may post it.
Can't confirm myself, but it looks like it:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31735491&postcount=17
I was referencing the Kindle's ROM version as opposed to what version of android it is built on. This should be something like v7.1.5 which is the latest version that I see on the amazon update site.
Wifi Broken After Root
Hey Guys,
I successfully rooted my Kindle Fire HD using the tools found in this thread, then successfully installed Google services and the Play Store. Worked fine for about an hour, then I noticed I no longer had a WIFI connection. I went to Settings and saw that WIFI was turned OFF and that it could not be turned back on. Shut down for a couple of hours to let the WIFI radio cool off, but had no luck when I turned the Kindle back on.
So I did a factory reset on the device. Now I have no WIFI and can't even set up the device with my profile since there's no internet access.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Allen F.
Hey Guys,
I successfully rooted my Kindle Fire HD using the tools found in this thread, then successfully installed Google services and the Play Store. Worked fine for about an hour, then I noticed I no longer had a WIFI connection. I went to Settings and saw that WIFI was turned OFF and that it could not be turned back on. Shut down for a couple of hours to let the WIFI radio cool off, but had no luck when I turned the Kindle back on.
So I did a factory reset on the device. Now I have no WIFI and can't even set up the device with my profile since there's no internet access.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Allen F.
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I warned folks not to mess with this stuff without the ability to backup. I hope you find a way to resolve this.
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18Major thanks to Sparkym3 for coming up with this exploit, and to Justin Case & Hashcode for helping do this on my tablet today.
Here are the files that you need:
http://www.reverendkyle.com/download/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
http://www.reverendkyle.com/download/Kindle_Fire_HD_ADB_Drivers.zip
Be sure to install ADB on your computer first!
http://www.reverendkyle.com/index.php/articles/130-how-to-install-adb-for-android-in-windows
The commands:
adb shell
rm -r /data/local/tmp
ln -s /data/ /data/local/tmp
exit
adb reboot
adb shell
echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
exit
abd reboot
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell
chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
rm /data/local.prop
exit
adb reboot
adb install Superuser.apk
The original instructions can be found here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/17/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-7-already-rooted-heres-how-to-do-it/3
I have just put the finishing touches on an automated version of this for those not so technical. I shall upload it to the kindle fire forum. To the OP, feel free to make a video with the new tool once I have posted it.2Factory reset from within the Kindle Fire HD settings will set it all back to normal.
