So I really like the Android 4.0 ICS Rom that I put on my Kindle Fire.
But I also really wanted to keep some of the Kindle Fire's app such as Amazon Instant Video, and Kindle.
I know I can get the Kindle app from the Android Market, but there is no Amazon Instant Video app in there.
Is there a way that I can still get the Amazon Instant Video app while running ICS 4.0 Android ROM besides just running a ICS launcher on a Kindle Fire ROM?
If not, is there a way I can alternate between the Android ROM and the Default Kindle Fire ROM?
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So I can't get TWRP to work properly. Like... It doesn't feel like it's installed. The only way I can get TWRP to show up on the boot screen, is when I manually have to each time, use the KFU, Press 3+Enter, and then reboot my kindle fire that way, and THEN it'll just load TWRP. I never see the yellow Triangle for some reason. Any reasons why?
Currently running on 6.3.1 using KFU version 0.9.6
Not that I know of
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You want prime stay stock you want ics no prime that is how it is but you can alternate from a backup of each via recovery.
Keep a backup of both stock and ics on your SD card when you want to watch prime use ota root keeper to protect root and temp. unroot on your stock side always remember to restore root and delete superuser backup when your done . Always make fresh backups before returning to the other. Always do good wipes when moving back and forth because of the difference between the two systems as this can cause problems during restore. Ultimately its as big hassle and an be dangerous if you mess up or take an ota and loose root while on stock. Problems that I have had when switching lost game data particularly glu games, kindle books, market problems, bad backups, SD card space consumption . About your twrp and bootloader issue I would use smirkits scripts to update both of them starting with twrp http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 read carefully on how to apply these with root browser if you want help just ask for it in a new thread someone will be more than willing to walk you through it .
Your bootloader and recovery are the two things you don't want to make any mistakes on.
I'm pretty sure I haven't made any mistakes though. I've followed tutorial word for word, and even by videos...
What do you see when you boot your device do you see a white kindle with an orange fire? Or a white kindle with a blue fire? If you see the second one depress your power button a few times quickly till you get a tiny list of options at the bottom of the screen press your power button till it looks like --recovery-- that will put you into recovery. If you see the white kindle with the orange fire your bootloader is not installed.
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What do you see when you boot your device do you see a white kindle with an orange fire? Or a white kindle with a blue fire? If you see the second one depress your power button a few times quickly till you get a tiny list of options at the bottom of the screen press your power button till it looks like --recovery-- that will put you into recovery. If you see the white kindle with the orange fire your bootloader is not installed.
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I see a white kindle with a blue fire. Why would I put it in recovery mode?
projectdefy said:
Is there a way that I can still get the Amazon Instant Video app while running ICS 4.0 Android ROM besides just running a ICS launcher on a Kindle Fire ROM?
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As it's been said before, you can only use VOD on the unrooted stock OS.
If not, is there a way I can alternate between the Android ROM and the Default Kindle Fire ROM?
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Yes, it is possible to dual boot the Kindle Fire, but I wouldn't suggest trying it without doing some research first. And considering the second question of your post, I would suggest doing a LOT of research.
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So I can't get TWRP to work properly. Like... It doesn't feel like it's installed. The only way I can get TWRP to show up on the boot screen, is when I manually have to each time, use the KFU, Press 3+Enter, and then reboot my kindle fire that way, and THEN it'll just load TWRP. I never see the yellow Triangle for some reason. Any reasons why?
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I would also suggest reading this guide to help you better understand the difference between a bootloader and recovery.
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I see a white kindle with a blue fire. Why would I put it in recovery mode?
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See above
I don't have Prime but I've purchased tv shows and rented movies on Amazon and I can see them on my Kindle running ICS through the Amazon website (changing user agent to Desktop on the browser settings) It works pretty well (accessing controls when in full screen mode is a little bit hard and messy but if you don't try to go back and forth in the movie you'll be okay)
I know is not the same as the stock video player but it works
So I might be getting a K Fire today and I'm wondering if this still holds true?
I already have a Galaxy Nexus so just being able to use ICS/browsing the internet isn't a big deal for me. I plan on using the device primarily for reading and video (whichever service is best - amazon, netflix, ect.).
Is the kindle app just as good as the stock interface? Would I loose much from the transition from stock to 4.0.4? I'm guessing that ICS offers a smoother interface and browsing but is that worth the switch?
matt30 said:
So I might be getting a K Fire today and I'm wondering if this still holds true?
I already have a Galaxy Nexus so just being able to use ICS/browsing the internet isn't a big deal for me. I plan on using the device primarily for reading and video (whichever service is best - amazon, netflix, ect.).
Is the kindle app just as good as the stock interface? Would I loose much from the transition from stock to 4.0.4? I'm guessing that ICS offers a smoother interface and browsing but is that worth the switch?
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The Kindle app for Android is nowhere as good as the reader already on the stock rom. Seeing as all you're going to do is read and watch videos, stay on the stock rom or try MoDaCo.
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Hello, as the title states. Is there a way to have Amazon recognize my Kindle Fire as a Kindle instead of an Android Tablet? I need to download some textbooks online and they only can be read on the Kindle Fire native app or the Ipad Kindle app (stupid that it can't be read on the Android Kindle App). But I love my ICS, and really really don't want to have to go back to stock. So I was wondering if there was a way to trick Amazon that my ICS Kindle Fire is actually a Kindle.
There probably is a way to fix this by editing the build.prop? But I have no idea how.
Thank you so much!
I have a back up off the stock ROM and jellybean, so whenever I need to get my free book from the lending owners library, I just restore to stock, then get/read the bbook, and then go back to twrp and restore to jellybean!
tobiascuypers said:
I have a back up off the stock ROM and jellybean, so whenever I need to get my free book from the lending owners library, I just restore to stock, then get/read the bbook, and then go back to twrp and restore to jellybean!
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As an alternative you could also dual boot the KF with both stock (modaco) and ICS/JB using the modified FFF bootloader which would allow you to quickly switch between stock and another ROM so you can have your cake and eat it too!
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As an alternative you could also dual boot the KF with both stock (modaco) and ICS/JB using the modified FFF bootloader which would allow you to quickly switch between stock and another ROM so you can have your cake and eat it too!
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Can you please give more info I would love to try this but don't know where to start.
Oh wow! Thank you, I was able to dual-boot on the first try. Gederom and Modaco =D Hell yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.
Last poster, you can find dual-boot instructions in the KF Development threads.
Hey everyone. I am ready to root my kindle fire and (if its a good idea) put a custom rom on it. I wanted to know what risks i take with using KFU and if its a good idea to use a custom rom instead of the stock rom rooted. I like some of the jelly bean ROMs, but I am ok with anything. I love customizing my devices, this is my first Android device. I don't really like the stock rom at all. I just wanted to make sure KFU is safe and I don't run a risk of bricking my Kindle.
Thanks, x10knight
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Hey everyone. I am ready to root my kindle fire and (if its a good idea) put a custom rom on it. I wanted to know what risks i take with using KFU and if its a good idea to use a custom rom instead of the stock rom rooted. I like some of the jelly bean ROMs, but I am ok with anything. I love customizing my devices, this is my first Android device. I don't really like the stock rom at all. I just wanted to make sure KFU is safe and I don't run a risk of bricking my Kindle.
Thanks, x10knight
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Well, When I rooted my kindle it was very simple to root and I had absolutely no issues. I am not sure if amazon has been up to no good and did something to make fastboot more difficult to enter/use because a lot of people lately have been getting stuck in fastboot and needing help getting their kindle's "unbricked". If you would prefer using an AOSP ROM I would recommend trying one of the ICS roms first just because they are a little more stable and battery life is much more reliable. That or you could try Modaco to ease yourself into the rooting/ROMing game, it is rooted stock + google play. The rewards of rooting your device outweigh the risk but you just need to be patient. If your KFU seems like it is stuck, give it a few more minutes before you unplug your device or turn it off. Both of these leave you vulnerable to soft bricking your device and while it can be an easy fix, it is a headache that could be avoided. I am not completely up to date with it all but I would be happy to help if you need any advice or run into any difficulties. Best of luck!
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Hey everyone. I am ready to root my kindle fire and (if its a good idea) put a custom rom on it. I wanted to know what risks i take with using KFU and if its a good idea to use a custom rom instead of the stock rom rooted. I like some of the jelly bean ROMs, but I am ok with anything. I love customizing my devices, this is my first Android device. I don't really like the stock rom at all. I just wanted to make sure KFU is safe and I don't run a risk of bricking my Kindle.
Thanks, x10knight
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There always is a risk of bricking a device when Rooting /Flashing. At lease with my experience with the fire the risk is no higher than any other Android based device. Flashing a Rom mostly revolves around if you are a Amazon Prime member and use there services like Video Steaming and Lending Books from Amazon I would recommend using a launcher like ADW Launcher but if none of that apply to you I will recommend This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766829
Edit I have not use the above ROM mostly because I use the Above services but if I did not use them this will be the one I would have chosen
Ok, I tried rooting twice. Everytime it says something about cannot download recovery, and i have to force the kindle out of fastboot.
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Ok, I tried rooting twice. Everytime it says something about cannot download recovery, and i have to force the kindle out of fastboot.
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Can you give us a description of what you were doing before and until you got said error and any thing you may have tried to fix it.
I didn't try to fix it. That is the problem. It tries to download twrp and fails. Then I have to mess with it for windows to find it and put it to bootmode 4000.
The twrp download is broken with kfu in order to put twrp on your device it will have to be fastboot flashed...
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The twrp download is broken with kfu in order to put twrp on your device it will have to be fastboot flashed...
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couldn't you just download twrp and place the .bin into the twrp folder in KFU so that they don't have to mess around with the fastboot commands themselves?
I did but since goo.im was down it decided to delete twrp instead of using it and it was twrp 2.2 the correct file hopefully soon it will be resolved... someone stated that the server is back up but I can't test it till much later tonight...
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There always is a risk of bricking a device when Rooting /Flashing. At lease with my experience with the fire the risk is no higher than any other Android based device. Flashing a Rom mostly revolves around if you are a Amazon Prime member and use there services like Video Steaming and Lending Books from Amazon I would recommend using a launcher like ADW Launcher but if none of that apply to you I will recommend This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766829
Edit I have not use the above ROM mostly because I use the Above services but if I did not use them this will be the one I would have chosen
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i use firefirefire dualboot and i have jellybean and MoDaCo stock as the alternative and on the modaco i have ota rootkeeper so i can use prime instant videos and get lending library books! but i use the jellybean rom as my normal rom
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I did but since goo.im was down it decided to delete twrp instead of using it and it was twrp 2.2 the correct file hopefully soon it will be resolved... someone stated that the server is back up but I can't test it till much later tonight...
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I can host twrp on my mediafire account until things get back up and running.
just place the TWRP.img file in the folder /recovery in the KFU directory then just run the utility and it should just go to the part where it flashes the file to your kindle. Is it downloading FFF fine?
http://www.mediafire.com/?f3sr33214229pr2
Ok so we download that file and then we make a folder called " recovery" inside the Kfu folder? . and just run the utility again and do the perm root?
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Ok so we download that file and then we make a folder called " recovery" inside the Kfu folder? . and just run the utility again and do the perm root?
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There should be twrp.img file in KFU/recovery directory
Remember that if you somehow break the system while rooting(rather hard) the FFF bootloader can save you ass because it can switch Kindle in fastboot mode.
hello.
I write this post because right now I'm desperate. my kinde fire was rooted and works great. I wanted to install an unofficial ROM and there came all problems.
first of all I want to say that I resort to this message because I've tried everything, but I did manage to save my device.
My Kindle was rooted and TWRP works well. I inadvertently left the device without an operating system. I forgot to put a rom after you wipe. After this, when the device booted, first came out the white and orange logo, then white and blue recovery and eventually returned to the first logo.
First I tried to recover it with the original firmware. I could not access the device via the file browser windows, so I copied the. zip with adb push. after several attempts I went to plan B, because I always got the same "error 7", so I tried to install the cyanogen rom, but I had the same fate.
After that, I was reading about fastboot, so I downloaded kindle fire utility. I think something went here even worse, because now TWRP gone.
I finally discovered unbrick kindle utility, but now my pc does not recognize the device. drivers are installed and kindle fire utility says "adb: online", but I can not access the device.
I searched a lot of information, but I think I am increasingly far from the solution, so I decided to write this post.
anyone can help me to recover the kindle? I'm desperate now. I'd like to have everything as before, I do not lose the root
thanks!!!
Same problem
Hi! i alredy have the same issue. I tried to change the room but something was wrong... I tried to get back and i used kindle fire utility too. I think it was the problem because now i can not turn on. did you find the way to fix it!??????? help i am desperate as you were...:crying:
KFU IS FOR KF1
(that is all)
I know...
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KFU IS FOR KF1
(that is all)
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Yes i know that was a mistake... the issue here is to fix it. Some good ideas could be great!!!
i.robert, i'm follow in the same problem.
fmkilo, can you help solve it?
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"Onemelia" says that probably ours kindle are ruined... i just know that FireFireFire.bin was the mistake. However maybe we can get in to the sd memory for build everything from base. Only if the mother board is not ruined too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010353&page=2
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KFU IS FOR KF1
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This forum is full of people doing the same thing. Why do people keep using tools that will brick their device, even though there are other posts saying it will happen.
Frustrating.
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This forum is full of people doing the same thing. Why do people keep using tools that will brick their device, even though there are other posts saying it will happen.
Frustrating.
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chronicfathead, the problem has no solution? is there any way to recover the bootloader?
Finally, I got in touch with Amazon. I explained my problem and they will send me a new one because it was under warranty.
Finally, I got in touch with Amazon. I explained my problem and they will send me a new one because it was under warranty .
i will recieve it tomorrow
thanks very much for your help
I hope not to have problems like this in the future
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chronicfathead, the problem has no solution? is there any way to recover the bootloader?
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Hi. I was just commenting that a lot of people are rushing into doing things without reading, or even checking what model they have. Admittedly Amazon hasn't made it easy by advertising it as the Kindle Fire 2. All the recent posts in this section of the forum are from people bricking their devices, mainly because they did something wrong.
I don't know how the situation can be changed, apart from building some checks into the KF1 rooting/modding tools.
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Hi. I was just commenting that a lot of people are rushing into doing things without reading, or even checking what model they have. Admittedly Amazon hasn't made it easy by advertising it as the Kindle Fire 2. All the recent posts in this section of the forum are from people bricking their devices, mainly because they did something wrong.
I don't know how the situation can be changed, apart from building some checks into the KF1 rooting/modding tools.
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Ok. I have already received my new kindle fire 2. I was lucky it was under warranty. Now I have to return the old and noticing more if I decide to put a new rom.
thanks anyway for your help
I messed up. I was trying to root my Kindle Fire to get Google apps on my kindle. I am a Paramedic and use some apps that aren't available on the kindle store. I have since bought a Samsung tab 3 for myself and I"m giving the Kindle Fire to a friend who needs one.
I used TWRP v2.1.1 and everything seemed to be going ok, that and the normal kindle loaded just fine. I didn't have a change to play with it much, I'm a noob (obviously)
Before giving it to my friend I was going to restore it to factory settings. I did so in the normal kindle load. It turned off and now I can get it to load into TWRP only. The gray screen comes up, Instal, Backup, ext. It won't, however, load into the kindle fire interface anymore. It just goes to the white and orange KF screen and gets stuck, no animation. If I run the Kindle Fire Utility on my PC I can change it to 4000 and 4002. Thats about it... None of the other things seem to work. I can click on them, and they seem to load but nothing happens. I tried to use the "Obtain stock update" and nothing happened. All I want to do is get the original KF interface back for my friend I'm going to be giving this to. Is there a simple program a noob like me can use? I have read and read here on the forums for a few days and I'm more confused now than ever. Partially because I keep getting called for 911's in the middle of reading, lol. I'm sorry to bother you all, but if you can help me I'd appreciate it. I"ve already promised this thing to her and will just have to buy another one if I cant fix it.
Gave up.
meadowsja said:
I messed up. I was trying to root my Kindle Fire to get Google apps on my kindle. I am a Paramedic and use some apps that aren't available on the kindle store. I have since bought a Samsung tab 3 for myself and I"m giving the Kindle Fire to a friend who needs one.
I used TWRP v2.1.1 and everything seemed to be going ok, that and the normal kindle loaded just fine. I didn't have a change to play with it much, I'm a noob (obviously)
Before giving it to my friend I was going to restore it to factory settings. I did so in the normal kindle load. It turned off and now I can get it to load into TWRP only. The gray screen comes up, Instal, Backup, ext. It won't, however, load into the kindle fire interface anymore. It just goes to the white and orange KF screen and gets stuck, no animation. If I run the Kindle Fire Utility on my PC I can change it to 4000 and 4002. Thats about it... None of the other things seem to work. I can click on them, and they seem to load but nothing happens. I tried to use the "Obtain stock update" and nothing happened. All I want to do is get the original KF interface back for my friend I'm going to be giving this to. Is there a simple program a noob like me can use? I have read and read here on the forums for a few days and I'm more confused now than ever. Partially because I keep getting called for 911's in the middle of reading, lol. I'm sorry to bother you all, but if you can help me I'd appreciate it. I"ve already promised this thing to her and will just have to buy another one if I cant fix it.
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I gave up going back to stock, apparently I'm not intelligent enough to ask proper questions and give proper info or nobody knew how to help. However, I was able to flash over a ROM from here, pretty easy, just not what I wanted to do. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451747
Anyway, ty for the site and resources. Delete if you wish, I just thought I'd update in-case someone was watching with the same problem.
I'm new here and heard this is the best places to get answers. I have a kindle fire HD 3rd Generation and a few months back I got a really bad virus and i thought i managed to get it off using Malwarebytes but my kindle hasn't been the same since. I have tried to format it but it crashes at the grey kindle logo and nothing else. I tried leaving overnight but nothing. I wanted to downgrade fire OS so I can install a custom OS but downgrading doesn't seem to work either. same thing happens grey kindle logo nothing else. I really need your help I want to install custom a OS but can't if the kindle refuses to format or update. the kindle functions normally other than the fact i cant format it but if the virus is still existent than I don't trust it. any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this issue?
if your wondering what the virus did it would install random apps like dating apps and would open them at random times.
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I'm new here and heard this is the best places to get answers. I have a kindle fire HD 3rd Generation and a few months back I got a really bad virus and i thought i managed to get it off using Malwarebytes but my kindle hasn't been the same since. I have tried to format it but it crashes at the grey kindle logo and nothing else. I tried leaving overnight but nothing. I wanted to downgrade fire OS so I can install a custom OS but downgrading doesn't seem to work either. same thing happens grey kindle logo nothing else. I really need your help I want to install custom a OS but can't if the kindle refuses to format or update. the kindle functions normally other than the fact i cant format it but if the virus is still existent than I don't trust it. any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this issue?
if your wondering what the virus did it would install random apps like dating apps and would open them at random times.
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this is only for kindle fire 1 (2011)
there is a separate section for device see
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
for correct forum link
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