Anyone know if there will be any chance that the Kindle Fire OS will be able to be installed on a different device? I would love to turn my dell duo into a kindle fire if there was a way, I already have android installed on it so I wouldnt think it would be much of a stretch...
It's already been done, look around
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I did... but didnt see anything. Is it device specific or should i just be looking for stock android amazon rom? Im confused by your non specific comment. Not trying to be a tool, but i did look and didnt find anything. Thanks!
There is a way to put kindle fire on a galaxy tab, but I was unable to find the how too
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There is a way to put kindle fire on a galaxy tab, but I was unable to find the how too
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Its here. A user posted this on another thread.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/
hitsndc said:
Its here. A user posted this on another thread.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/
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Not really a "how to"...
The UI is just a launcher app that can be installed on any aneroid, you would just have to figure out what dependents are required.
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Has anyone figured out a way to install the amazon launcher over the standard Android install?
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Has anyone figured out a way to install the amazon launcher over the standard Android install?
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People including myself are working on it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360528
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I, along with others, have ran into issues on CM7 downloading apps from the Market intended for the Kindle Fire, as it claims that our device is not supported. Editing the build.prop could fix this, and I'd like to include it as an FAQ on using DizzyDen's IMEI Generator.
I just need the settings for "Device_Manufacturer," "Manufacturer_Device," and "Device_Model" for a stock Kindle Fire, if someone could please share.
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I, along with others, have ran into issues on CM7 downloading apps from the Market intended for the Kindle Fire, as it claims that our device is not supported. Editing the build.prop could fix this, and I'd like to include it as an FAQ on using DizzyDen's IMEI Generator.
I just need the settings for "Device_Manufacturer," "Manufacturer_Device," and "Device_Model" for a stock Kindle Fire, if someone could please share.
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I don't see "Device_Manufacturer" or "Manufacturer_Device" or "Device Model".
I can give you some close settings....
ro.product.model=Full Android on Blaze or SDP
ro.product.brand=generic
ro.product.name=blaze
ro.product.device=blaze
ro.product.manufacturer=TI
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I don't see "Device_Manufacturer" or "Manufacturer_Device" or "Device Model".
I can give you some close settings....
ro.product.model=Full Android on Blaze or SDP
ro.product.brand=generic
ro.product.name=blaze
ro.product.device=blaze
ro.product.manufacturer=TI
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Thanks a lot. I'll run the program a few times and see what setting configures what build.prop information
Thanks again! I've updated my tutorial to include those edits.
No problem glad to help. Nice little guide you put together.
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Can someone post the stock build.prop file please?
I renamed mine to build.prop.bak but didn't move it. Now its gone
Did y'all get the build.prop from stock yet? If not, my wife just opened her fire last night and it's still completely stock, I can pull it from there if needed.
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marty331 said:
Did y'all get the build.prop from stock yet? If not, my wife just opened her fire last night and it's still completely stock, I can pull it from there if needed.
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That woupd be great!!
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How do I use that file u linked? Its a bunch of numbers then .bin
do I renamed it to build.prop?
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That woupd be great!!
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I'll pull it tonight and post it.
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Stock build.prop
Enjoy.
http://pastebin.com/51ax3cFQ
I'd like to change the build prop on cm9 rom so that tablet apps like NFL and USA today apps are compatible to download from the play store. Can anyone share a link or some info on this? I've been searching with no luck. Thanks.
Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Correction .model not .mode
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jeffbud98 said:
Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.
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I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.
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The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.
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The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.
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Sorry, I meant GT-I9100
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Sorry, I meant GT-I9100
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And that's the galaxy s 2 so still won't help for tablet apps. I tried some others, Asus 370t and galaxy tab 2 but it doesn't change anything in the market so there must be more that needs modified besides model and brand. And also I rebooted between changing each time.
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The apps I'm looking for are USA today for tablets and NFL 11 for tablets if anyone can help. Thanks.
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I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.
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I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.
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I just tweaked my build prop like crazy and i'm booting up now, wish me luck...
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And the verdict is...blank screen after the bootloader, time to wipe and retry, i'll get back to you when I get a chance. I have to study for a few tests.
are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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I'm curious about what I need to do in order for the Amazon App Store to still see my Kindle Fire as what it needs to be in order to get the Kindle Fire editions of apps. Right now I can't install Angry Birds Space HD due to this issue.
If anyone knows of any fixes with build.prop, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940
Jake33108 said:
Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940
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Thanks, I'll test that out
Edit: no need for it since the Energy ICS ROM already has it in. I need some other option to force the Amazon App Store to work properly.
If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".
isaiahhhhh said:
If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".
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The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...
In reference to the USA Today tablet app I just ran the aapt dump and came up with this
Code:
TODAY_1.0.apk
package: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news' versionCode='1' versionName='1.
0'
application-label:'USA TODAY'
application-icon-120:'res/drawable-ldpi/icon.png'
application-icon-160:'res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-240:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-65535:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application: label='USA TODAY' icon='res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
launchable-activity: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news.SplashScreen' label
='USA TODAY' icon=''
sdkVersion:'11'
uses-permission:'android.permission.INTERNET'
uses-permission:'android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION'
uses-permission:'android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE'
[COLOR="Red"]uses-feature:'android.hardware.location'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.location.gps'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.touchscreen'[/COLOR]
main
other-activities
other-receivers
[COLOR="red"]supports-screens: 'xlarge'[/COLOR]
supports-any-density: 'true'
locales: '--_--'
densities: '120' '160' '240' '65535'
I've marked the parts in red that I believe may be the issue, i'm not able to look into my kindle fire right now since Im in the process of restoring it after a failed attempt at overclocking, but i'd bet it has something to do with the support for "xlarge" screens which the Kindle Fire most certainly does not have.
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CrimsonKnight13 said:
The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...
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If you have some time before whatever promo you're dealing with runs out you might experiment and copy the stock build prop to an ics port with a few modifications allowing for the jump from Gingerbread to ICS. I don't know if that would even work given the differences in build.prop importance from Gingerbread to ICS.
rockstarar said:
are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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They are free, and I usually don't have trouble tracking down any apk I need, but for some reason those two are really hard to find. All links lead back to the play store where they are incompatible.
Is it possible to run the stock kindle fire launcher on cm9 giving me the option to use either the Trebuchet launcher or the kindle launcher? i love the way the cm9 roms look on the kindle but I miss the stock kindle app and stock book store
Jaemostoriginal said:
Is it possible to run the stock kindle fire launcher on cm9 giving me the option to use either the Trebuchet launcher or the kindle launcher? i love the way the cm9 roms look on the kindle but I miss the stock kindle app and stock book store
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there is good news and bad news:
I'll start with the bad one - not really possible, as it is not just a simple app, it's more like a framework, and devs need to work too much for this to be possible, if this is ever possible
The good news - you can download the kindle apps from amazon, and use them one by one, like Kindle for Android, Amazon Mp3, etc. :good:
I was looking for the same thing and found this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596706
I was trying it a little bit yesterday, and messed something up... I am going to flash a new ROM either tonight or in the next cpl of days and then I am going to try again making sure I follow the steps correctly.
I did get the amazon video app to load, but when I tried searching for a specific title it did a FC
rorogio said:
there is good news and bad news:
I'll start with the bad one - not really possible, as it is not just a simple app, it's more like a framework, and devs need to work too much for this to be possible, if this is ever possible
The good news - you can download the kindle apps from amazon, and use them one by one, like Kindle for Android, Amazon Mp3, etc. :good:
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Aw man i figured there was more too it since the launcher app would simply force close every time. Yea i know i can do those but i liked the kindle app better on the stock kindle rom. Guess ill have to chose :/ thanks though at least i got my sure answer
rachelm920 said:
I was looking for the same thing and found this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596706
I was trying it a little bit yesterday, and messed something up... I am going to flash a new ROM either tonight or in the next cpl of days and then I am going to try again making sure I follow the steps correctly.
I did get the amazon video app to load, but when I tried searching for a specific title it did a FC
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I also tried this but it just kept force closing every time I tried to run it
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Jaemostoriginal said:
I also tried this but it just kept force closing every time I tried to run it
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Hmmm... maybe I didn't mess it up then that's the same thing that happened to me :crying:
Does kindle owners lending library work with this trick on cm9
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Does kindle owners lending library work with this trick on cm9
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This trick didn't even work for me but If you do get it to work it might
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Hello everyone,
First off I'd like to point out I am a noob when it comes to kindle rooting/flashing but have experience rooting mobile devices and most recently the Razr Maxx so I have some basic knowledge but not enough to figure out what my kindle is running. I recently bought a used Kindle Fire 1st gen and I have just realized that it is or has been rooted at some point and time . Here are a few things I can offer the experts to try and help me figure out where to start to find out what I'm running, etc.
- Looks like its running stock not a custom ROM. I see nothing to be related to Android System, no Google play market or android anywhere in the device settings
- The system version under device tab shows 6.3.1_user_7 digit number (option to "update your kindle" is greyed out)
- When I power on the Kindle the boot logo shows the words Kindle in white and FIRE in blue. At the bottom of the screen it says "press power button for boot options"
-When I hold the power button down the boot options are: Normal/Recovery/Reset Boot Mode
-In Recovery it shows that its running TWRP V 2.1.1
-I have had a error message that says "The process android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" pop up at random times
Before I figured out it had been flashed/rooted at some point and time, I went to the device options and factory reset to default because the previous owner left some apps and games on it, not sure if that was a good or bad thing to do I do not see any Superuser App or anything that would be a giveaway that it has root. To the best of my knowledge it's been functioning properly other than the forceclose issue I mentioned above.
Hopefully someone can help me figure out what this thing is running if anything and what i should update and what exactly a rooted Kindle allows me to do as the thought had not even crossed my mind about it being able to get root.. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
This is running stock with the custom bootloader and recovery
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goldflame09 said:
This is running stock with the custom bootloader and recovery
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Thanks for the feedback. How can i figure out if i have root? Do i need to update recovery?
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xxhtownutzxx said:
Thanks for the feedback. How can i figure out if i have root? Do i need to update recovery?
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download a root checker. you also dont have to update recovery if you dont want it
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download a root checker. you also dont have to update recovery if you dont want it
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Can i download the root checker straight from the kindle? Also how do i get the Google play store on the kindle?
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Can i download the root checker straight from the kindle? Also how do i get the Google play store on the kindle?
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try to side load one. google play is somthing else that i would say to do if you were gonna stay on stock but your not so dont worry about it
goldflame09 said:
try to side load one. google play is somthing else that i would say to do if you were gonna stay on stock but your not so dont worry about it
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Im sorry but what does Side load mean? Never have heard that one on the mobile side of the forum sorry for the dumb question.
What are the perks of having a flashed ROM on a Kindle other than the customization part of it?
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Im sorry but what does Side load mean? Never have heard that one on the mobile side of the forum sorry for the dumb question.
What are the perks of having a flashed ROM on a Kindle other than the customization part of it?
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means find an apk online and put it on your sd card and manually install it.
benefits range from faster overall, to being able to get more apps
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means find an apk online and put it on your sd card and manually install it.
benefits range from faster overall, to being able to get more apps
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Ah OK, thanks for the clarification. Do they improve battery life like with mobile ROMs? I've noticed the battery life isn't that great on this kindle.
In regards to the get more apps part do you mean by being able to get apks to install manually vs what's available in the Amazon store?
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Ah OK, thanks for the clarification. Do they improve battery life like with mobile ROMs? I've noticed the battery life isn't that great on this kindle.
In regards to the get more apps part do you mean by being able to get apks to install manually vs what's available in the Amazon store?
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Battery life increases slightly.
As for apps, you will have access to the google play store
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Battery life increases slightly.
As for apps, you will have access to the google play store
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Can you recommend a good stable ROM? I don't plan on flashing over and over again as this kindle will go to my daughter.
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Can you recommend a good stable ROM? I don't plan on flashing over and over again as this kindle will go to my daughter.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051331
Im running this right now. Very stable
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Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I need some help.
Due to the Kindle fire update, my wallpapers for my launcher (Apex) seemed to have broke. I keep getting a black background. I've tried to use other launchers such as Nova but I get the same result. Does anyone know how to fix this? All help would be appreciated
BUMP. Having same issue. Background stays black and I've tried to change it but it stays the same
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Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I need some help.
Due to the Kindle fire update, my wallpapers for my launcher (Apex) seemed to have broke. I keep getting a black background. I've tried to use other launchers such as Nova but I get the same result. Does anyone know how to fix this? All help would be appreciated
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Sounds like you lost your wall paper chooser apk.
Try using kindlefree to reinstall or reinstall the way you did originally
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree
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Yeah amazon removed that "feature" because they want to force you to use the amazon launcher. I`ve tried many things but i didn`t find a solution yet.
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Worked for me on 10.3.1 using the kindlefree tool...
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But i never really used the stock Rom... Since day 1 i have cm10.1 installed
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Been on cm10.1 for a while. Flashed back to stock a couple times to make sure I wasnt missing anything.
I wasn't
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We think we have a fix, i'm currently making an automated installer for it. Read my thread for this bug on the 7" hd, and how we are fixing it.
Wasn't sure if the kf2 was affected by this issue until i read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
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Nook releases the play store and amazon just keeps being arses
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framework-res.apk
stunts513 said:
We think we have a fix, i'm currently making an automated installer for it. Read my thread for this bug on the 7" hd, and how we are fixing it.
Wasn't sure if the kf2 was affected by this issue until i read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
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I modified my framework-res.apk, but I need someone to compile it. Thanks
Link ---> http://www.mediafire.com/?67u9q4ifzz4bz77
(^^^ I couldn't get XDA uploader to work :S ^^^)
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Hi guys did anyone find a solution to the wall paper issue
I have the same problem on my Kindle Fire HD 7", a recent purchase which is superb, rooted following the guides on here Thanks But on May 30th the wall paper stopped working, just a black back ground all the time, The Kindle lost root access at the same time, so I had to re-root it, did that but it still didnt resolve the wall paper issue Currently on system version 7.4.1, Thanks in advance for any help :good:
I know I posted it before but I thought I'd post it again, I made an automated script that fixes your kindles wallpaper. Believe its on page 8 of this thread, this will work on kf2, hd7 and 8.9".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
Please read the instructions before using it, by instructions I mean the post, i didn't include a readme yet.
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Thanks very much Stunts513
I just read the whole of that thread, a very nice peice of work and thanks for sharing your efforts, is the link to the exe file you posted all sorted and working, I know reading you have carried out some amendments to your original script.
Thanks again for the help :good:
stunts513 said:
I know I posted it before but I thought I'd post it again, I made an automated script that fixes your kindles wallpaper. Believe its on page 8 of this thread, this will work on kf2, hd7 and 8.9".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
Please read the instructions before using it, by instructions I mean the post, i didn't include a readme yet.
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It works, but for now I left the script so it gives more output if you have an error. So far the only problems people have had were related to their own java paths not being set right, still not sure why that was but it wasn't related to my script. If such an occurrence happens it will just push the original unmodded framework back onto the device and make a backup still, in which case you would have to choose the restore option before trying again. I may add a preventative measure so it will just error out if the class paths are incorrect, but I have to get the exit error code from someone with the problem.
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Just applied the fix bu Stunts, worked a treat :good: I have to put the path in though for Java as it failed the first time saying java could not be found, even though I knew it was installed on my PC.. Thanks again Stunts513, your the fella
I used a widget to do this, it's a lot less of a hassle. Desktop VisualiZer, you can set it as large as you want it and place things over the top of it. It works exactly like a wallpaper, but it's just a widget. You need a launcher that lets you stack things on top of each other like Nova. Plus it wont break with every patch.
Here is my kindle now:
i.imgur.com/1MzsABQ.jpg