Hi - A friend is looking for a new tablet, and I was wondering if the currently shipping HD8 / HD10 are still rootable (as of 2017-MAR-01).
My HD8-6G was shipped with v5.3.1.0, but that may not be the case anymore.
Also, is the HD10 now a 6th Gen device being shipped with Fire OS v5.3.1.x? Or, is it still a 5th Gen device (and maybe still rootable)?
Thanks,
¿GJ?
Someone mentioned having sent in an HD8 6th gen after bricking it and getting one with the newest firmware. I guess it all depends on luck now if you get a device that's still rootable. If you absolutely depend on it, i'd wait until a method is discovered or choose another device.
Just looked at my Fire HD 6 and noticed it was updated to 5.3.3.0 a few days ago, bringing with it Alexa support and Low Power Mode.
I'm quite surprised, as I thought the 5.3.1.1 update was going to be the last update for this device, since it was last updated in September 2016.
My Fire HD 7 (4th), has not yet received this though, it's likely rolling out in waves to different serials/devices.
Also, it's also not on the Amazon website yet, so you can't download it and force/sideload it yet either.
Gilly10 said:
Just looked at my Fire HD 6 and noticed it was updated to 5.3.3.0 a few days ago, bringing with it Alexa support and Low Power Mode.
I'm quite surprised, as I thought the 5.3.1.1 update was going to be the last update for this device, since it was last updated in September 2016.
My Fire HD 7 (4th), has not yet received this though, it's likely rolling out in waves to different serials/devices.
Also, it's also not on the Amazon website yet, so you can't download it and force/sideload it yet either.
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Have you tested root?
And it's now on Amazon's website :
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201596850
Upgrade via TWRP :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-lollipop-root-gapps-t3163950
How to get the update with no stock recovery? I had twrp but deleted and stock recovery. Im on 5.3.1.1 stock but no recovery to sideload. Need help? Can i CD this update without sideload?
Anyone has tested 5.3.3 rootable?
If yes, still in traditional way that kingroot->twpr->install5.3.3&gapp&supersu->wipe&prebiotic?
Many thanks!
So if I'm on rooted 4.5.5 with twrp, can I just install this new version, install twrp, and supersu in the same twrp session or do I need to do something special?
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Is the new OS the reason I can't update Facebook/Messenger through the Play Store? (Or Amazon for that matter). App manager shows both as sideloaded, even though they were not.
On a related note: is it easier to roll back to 4.x (I don't care about Alexa, and the tablet has been running s l o w since the update anyway) or just find the Facebook apk and sideload it for real?
Gilly10 said:
Just looked at my Fire HD 6 and noticed it was updated to 5.3.3.0 a few days ago, bringing with it Alexa support and Low Power Mode.
I'm quite surprised, as I thought the 5.3.1.1 update was going to be the last update for this device, since it was last updated in September 2016.
My Fire HD 7 (4th), has not yet received this though, it's likely rolling out in waves to different serials/devices.
Also, it's also not on the Amazon website yet, so you can't download it and force/sideload it yet either.
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Does Alexa Work in the UK? The changelog for 5.3.3.0 on the .CO.UK website does not mention the Alexa Feature.... But on the .COM website it does! How can the same version be missing functionality?
UPDATE: The Alexa update will be 5.3.4.0 in the UK! Next few weeks according to the Amazon Chat people
Edit: I adb sideloaded the Canadian firmware and it completely bricked my device!
If you go to Amazon.ca you will notice that the latest firmware for fire 8 HD (7th gen) is 5.6.0.1 and not 5.6.2.0:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202144610
vs.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202144610
I live in Canada, my current version is 5.6.2.0 but it's acting up (Screen turns on right after I turn it off! some weird Alexa notifications randomly pop up...). Is it possible to downgrade back to 5.6.0.1 using the provided link? or should I just patiently wait for 6.3.0.1 instead of risking bricking my device? Is there even a difference between the US and the Canadian version of the device / firmware?
Are we even going to get 6.3.0.1?
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Just purchased a brand new Fire HD 10 straight from Amazon. It came loaded with what appears to be a February 25th pre-release build of 7.3.1.8. I skipped the initial setup so it would not automatically update to the newer locked versions.
Strangely, it reports itself as being a "Fire HD 10 (10th generation)" in Device Options / About Fire Tablet. There was no 10th gen HD10, correct? Perhaps it's firmware related? I have an identical HD 10 11th gen that was purchased in August which was updated to 7.3.1.9 on initial setup, so I don't know what it would have shown. Has anyone else seen this?
Is there anyway to manually update to 7.3.1.9? If so, where can I find the firmware?
With all the changes to the latest versions of the firmware on the Fire 10 11th Gen has anyone attempted to roll the firmware back to the 7.3.1.9 or any other pre-7.3.2.2 version? I found them all on Softpedia. Could they be loaded using the manual update method?
Fuses burning on updates... at the moment no chance ;-(
Not exactly sure what you mean.