Hello all!
I thought it time to join the forum and get some help to expand on my pleasure with utilizing the Kindle Fire. This forum has helped lots already towards that and I'll continue to view it and now participate when I can.
My question is how to sideload themes and widgets to the KF. I am not rooted but I do have access to the android market via a 7" SGT I purchased some time ago.
I downloaded some themes and widgets to that device. I do have the dropbox app on both the SGT and KF. Each of those widgets and themes have been installed on the SGT and are working great but I cannot find the files on the SGT that need to be chosen to sideload to the KF.
I'll give one theme as an example to help you better in an explanation and it is the Go Launcher EX Honeycomb theme. What file am I looking for on the SGT and where on the KF would they need to be copied to once they are found on the SGT?
Thanks much!
Best regards,
Robert
I've have successfully flashed ICS with both CM9 / MIUI. Is there a way to have both an ICS mod and have the Kindle launcher? I really want the updated Android build along with the ability to still use the Kindle interface to view videos, books, etc.
Is that possible?
Thanks,
Roy
roymartin said:
I've have successfully flashed ICS with both CM9 / MIUI. Is there a way to have both an ICS mod and have the Kindle launcher? I really want the updated Android build along with the ability to still use the Kindle interface to view videos, books, etc.
Is that possible?
Thanks,
Roy
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I really dont know truthfully but what I do is keep a backup of my rooted stock system and use twrp to float back and forth between cm7 and stock build and use ota rootkeeper to be able to view amazon video because it hides the fact I have root. I keep my backups well named soI can quickly choose the correct one in twrp
Hello all!
Thanks to this great forum and other sources, (but mostly this forum) I was able to turn my Kindle Fire into a Google tablet with a lot more functionality than the stock Amazon Kindle. Thus, I've decided to show my appreciation by making a contribution of my own in the hopes that it will be very helpful to others attempting the same thing, since I had to search multiple sources to find solutions to the various problems I ran into. Now hopefully with what I've managed to compile, people won't have to do what I did and the process will be made much quicker and smoother! Since I'm new I can't put urls in my post, so I've made a nice .pdf to download with the links to all necessary downloads.
Enjoy, and a huge thank you to xda-developers!
EDIT: The .pdf route just wasn't work out, I guess, so I put the original Word file.
jetfire158 said:
Hello all!
Thanks to this great forum and other sources, (but mostly this forum) I was able to turn my Kindle Fire into a Google tablet with a lot more functionality than the stock Amazon Kindle. Thus, I've decided to show my appreciation by making a contribution of my own in the hopes that it will be very helpful to others attempting the same thing, since I had to search multiple sources to find solutions to the various problems I ran into. Now hopefully with what I've managed to compile, people won't have to do what I did and the process will be made much quicker and smoother! Since I'm new I can't put urls in my post, so I've made a nice .pdf to download with the links to all necessary downloads.
Enjoy, and a huge thank you to xda-developers!
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FYI, "Failed to load PDF."
LinearEquation said:
FYI, "Failed to load PDF."
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Blah, well just download the Word file then.
jetfire158 said:
Blah, well just download the Word file then.
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I think you should research more before putting this up for everyone. There is no unroot after rooted on KFHD. Some things can be accessed via Amazon apps other such as Amazon Prime movies cannot. If someone wants that, they should go with Kinology ROM. Root many Android has there downloads on XDA as well.
I know that you're trying to help but there are tutorials here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170 for the 7" and as many 8.9" tutorials.
LinearEquation said:
I think you should research more before putting this up for everyone. There is no unroot after rooted on KFHD. Some things can be accessed via Amazon apps other such as Amazon Prime movies cannot. If someone wants that, they should go with Kinology ROM. Root many Android has there downloads on XDA as well.
I know that you're trying to help but there are tutorials here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170 for the 7" and as many 8.9" tutorials.
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Just sharing what worked for me, because doing this on the Kindle is quite complicated and difficult, and people often run into issues. So if something doesn't work, we resort to searching the web for other methods. Therefore the more methods that are available the better chances someone has of getting it to work.
And sorry, but I would appreciate it if you didn't accuse me of not doing enough research. There were multiple sources that said unroot does work for the HD. I guess I'll have to try it myself, though.
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Just sharing what worked for me, because doing this on the Kindle is quite complicated and difficult, and people often run into issues. So if something doesn't work, we resort to searching the web for other methods. Therefore the more methods that are available the better chances someone has of getting it to work.
And sorry, but I would appreciate it if you didn't accuse me of not doing enough research. There were multiple sources that said unroot does work for the HD. I guess I'll have to try it myself, though.
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Your instructions are choppy and missing steps. If I were a n00b, I would be confused. You can un-root a Kindle Fire HD and go stock again by restoring the system. But the statement you made at the end of your tutorial makes no sense. A rooted Kindle Fire HD does not lose any of the Amazon features. You cannot swap back and forth unless you flash an Amazon OS nandroid backup or use Kinology. That's how you regain the features of the Amazon OS after installing a 2nd bootloader and a custom ROM.
You know what I would appreciate? Don't offer something in a tutorial that can't be done and you have not even tried yourself because when people try it, they can do some damage to an expensive tablet.
Kindle Fire Hd 7 rom
Hi, I was wondering which is the most stable version of cynagenmod for the kindle fire HD 7. Cm11 had screen issues, ghost taps. Is cm10.1 or cm10.2
Stable? I just want the most stable ROM for my kindle fire hd . of course I have rooted.
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Hi, I was wondering which is the most stable version of cynagenmod for the kindle fire HD 7. Cm11 had screen issues, ghost taps. Is cm10.1 or cm10.2
Stable? I just want the most stable ROM for my kindle fire hd . of course I have rooted.
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Have you installed TWRP and a second bootloader? This is prerequisite for a custom ROM on a Kindle Fire HD.
Sent from my Nexus 7 Flo running CM 11 4.4.2 with ElementalX Kernel using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Search: how to install android 4.4 on kindle fire hd 7 Full
YouTube username: techthatinterest
This video will show you how to install how to install android 4.4 on kindle fire hd 7 Full. From start to finish.
techthatinterest said:
Search: how to install android 4.4 on kindle fire hd 7 Full
YouTube username: techthatinterest
This video will show you how to install how to install android 4.4 on kindle fire hd 7 Full. From start to finish.
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You really should give credit to the devs that developed the kernel as well as the files you're using. Especially since you're using Hascodes files and seohhun's tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVuvR-hHOLE&feature=youtu.be
Hascode (his kernel and files) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
seokhun (his tutorial) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
You should credit to Bin4ry for the root and restore tool and TWRP for the custom recovery.
You may want to include that only TWRP images that are modified by Hascode can be used on the Kindle series tablets.
Overall the video is well done. I liked it. You may catch a little heat if you don't give a little props to those who deserve it though.
I hate to sound like a sub-noob, but where are the Fire HD 8 ROMs? I got TWRP and Magisk installed on my new Fire (using the adb-only method). I see the posting with the stock firmware. But I'd like the plain Android experience. Something I'm missing?
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I hate to sound like a sub-noob, but where are the Fire HD 8 ROMs? I got TWRP and Magisk installed on my new Fire (using the adb-only method). I see the posting with the stock firmware. But I'd like the plain Android experience. Something I'm missing?
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It is not straightforward as there is no existing ROM that can be ported to the HD8 (8th generation). There is a beta version of Lineage 14.1 available though: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/lineageos-14-1-fire-hd8-2018-t3936242 but at the moment there is no audio and video working. From a recent post in the above thread it sounds like this will be fixed soon.
Well bummer. I'll keep an eye out for the stuff in development. At least having root will help manage the bloatware. I've already tried an app for system package removal but it wasn't working on the few packages I tried.
Found the stock 6.3.0.1 ROM:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78893195&postcount=441
Which is helpful since I bricked my Fire HD 8. Installing this in TWRP let get the system back.