KF2 - Info for helping development

[skippyd]

Just wanted to put info about the Kindle Fire 2 out so maybe we can start working on a 4.2 build

If you download the amazon software 10.2.4 from amazon...
you can then change the file name from .bin to .zip... doing so allows you to extract the file.

Doing this gives you all the files that are on the kindle on your computer... kernel, apps, scripts etc...

 

[LegendaryCatalyst]

This is excellent information. I am tempted to tinker, but having never developed anything, I am not sure I would know what I was looking at, much less what to do with it. Is there any sort of guide for starting to develop on a new device?

 

[fmkilo]

Just wanted to put info about the Kindle Fire 2 out so maybe we can start working on a 4.2 build

If you download the amazon software 10.2.4 from amazon...
you can then change the file name from .bin to .zip... doing so allows you to extract the file.

Doing this gives you all the files that are on the kindle on your computer... kernel, apps, scripts etc...

better yet, we can tinker with the cm10 build for the hd7... the problem with that being you need a recovery before the rom...

 

[willieboya]

better yet, we can tinker with the cm10 build for the hd7... the problem with that being you need a recovery before the rom...

and how do we go about getting a recovery? i take it we would need to unlock the bootloader first before we can install a recovery? can anyone give me some more information regarding developing from start to finish i.e. what people are actually looking for when unlocking a bootloader, what changes need to be made to make your own kernel and what is involved in making a custom rom. I too am looking to start developing and any threads which i can read or tutorials are welcome. i am a complete noob but not afraid to try different things.

 

[fmkilo]

and how do we go about getting a recovery? i take it we would need to unlock the bootloader first before we can install a recovery? can anyone give me some more information regarding developing from start to finish i.e. what people are actually looking for when unlocking a bootloader, what changes need to be made to make your own kernel and what is involved in making a custom rom. I too am looking to start developing and any threads which i can read or tutorials are welcome. i am a complete noob but not afraid to try different things.

to boot the twrp recovery for kf1, you need a fastboot cable. it isn't hard to boot, but it can't install anything yet. a twrp recovery is in the making for the kf2. so, yes. to install, bootloader unlock, but then the hd7 has been booting cm10 along with the hd8.9. so the bootloader unlock is not far away is it? as they are both running and booting an installed cwm.I believe that there may be a kf2 twrp within the week. if you have a kf2 and a fastboot cable, you can boot the twrp for kf1 by downloading the .img. then issue the fastboot boot *twrp*.img command while in fastboot.