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What can I do with a rooted Kindle Fire?

Hey everyone, can someone tell me what can I do with a rooted kindle fire? I know you can install cynanogen but what does that do?
I'm planning on getting one for christmas and want to know a few things before buying it.
I've never rooted anytihng before but I've modded xbox, wii, ds, psp, iphones, etc.
Sorry if this is the wrong forum section to ask this.

Why open an extra thread when this topic is already here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374797
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Rooted Fires impress the ladies
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Thanks you need to root to get the Android Market
Another q, can the kindle fire connect to Ad Hoc networks?

The Fire doesn't support ad-hoc networks natively, but there's a workaround here.

thanks.........

I'm considering rooting my Kindle Fire, but am still unsure. Doesn't rooting it void your warranty? I'd hate to have something happen to it and then be stuck with an unusable KF that I can't even return. What are your guys' thoughts on it?

Patience
Basically, a rooted kindle will allow side-loading of apps, outside of Amazon's built in app store. Their app store will not list apps like Netflix because Amazon is hoping most users will utilize their streaming service and provide an additional income stream (that's why the kindle is so inexpensive).
Everyone is waiting for a fully functional CyanogenMod7 or Ice Cream Sandwich custom ROM to be released. Until that happens, I have rooted my kindle, copied the apk files of select apps from my Android phone and side-loaded them to my kindle.
I have found the kindle the runs almost everything I want and allows me to be patient for the upcoming ROM releases.

Same thing as other rooted Android Devices.
Run custom ROMs and such.

ToxicCosmos said:
I'm considering rooting my Kindle Fire, but am still unsure. Doesn't rooting it void your warranty? I'd hate to have something happen to it and then be stuck with an unusable KF that I can't even return. What are your guys' thoughts on it?
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Taking a quick look at the warranty on Amazon.com, I don't see anything about your warranty being void if you you root or modify your Kindle. That said, the warranty won't be valid if you break your Kindle by rooting in.
If you need to send it in for repairs, you can always flash a stock rom. If it's too broken to be flashed, it's probably too broken for Amazon to tell that you rooted it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1378063

asb2164 said:
Rooted Fires impress the ladies
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Right! With your manly geekiness!
(My wife is impressed that I'm innocent enough to have so much fun hacking the thing).
- Ed

rooted fire, wht esle?
Two weeks ago I rooted my kindle fire. I was about to throw it away because I hated the interface etc.
Stumbled on to the xda site than god.
Am now running jellybean 4.1.1. Amazing and now I can't put this thing down.
What else will this device do? What other ROMs are available? How do you stay on top of upgrades?

At some point you have to stop and it hard to do
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rbeavers said:
At some point you have to stop and it hard to do
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What? Stop? Nope. Never. A ROM a week and should my wife turn her back on her Fire for even a fraction of a second, it gets it, too!
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yuidaoren said:
...should my wife turn her back on her Fire for even a fraction of a second, it gets it, too!
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Been there, done that. She was seriously pissed for about three days...then she knew I was right.

Kindle fire won't register

Yes, this is another sob story about how I so naively purchased a kindle fire from some guy on craigslist. Before you all ridicule me about morals and ethics you should know that I have spent the past 4 days on the phone with amazon and the state police in which I made every effort to return this stolen/lost kindle to it's rightful owner. To make a very long story short, Amazon won't take the kindle back or provide me with a way to return the kindle and the police say there is nothing they can do. So now I am stuck with this blacklisted kindle fire and being the nerd that I am I couldn't help but try to crack this cookie. So here's where I'm at...
I'm attempting the sign in on my amazon account but of course i'm unable because the serial number to my kindle is blacklisted. I have have successfully rooted the kindle and currently have Gr9.2 modaco Rom installed hoping that would somehow bypass my problem but no such luck. I've looked in to altering my serial number but haven't had much luck with that either nor am I sure it's even possible? I'm just about ready to throw in the towel on this so any advice or ideas would be appreciated.

MoJoeee42 said:
Yes, this is another sob story about how I so naively purchased a kindle fire from some guy on craigslist. Before you all ridicule me about morals and ethics you should know that I have spent the past 4 days on the phone with amazon and the state police in which I made every effort to return this stolen/lost kindle to it's rightful owner. To make a very long story short, Amazon won't take the kindle back or provide me with a way to return the kindle and the police say there is nothing they can do. So now I am stuck with this blacklisted kindle fire and being the nerd that I am I couldn't help but try to crack this cookie. So here's where I'm at...
I'm attempting the sign in on my amazon account but of course i'm unable because the serial number to my kindle is blacklisted. I have have successfully rooted the kindle and currently have Gr9.2 modaco Rom installed hoping that would somehow bypass my problem but no such luck. I've looked in to altering my serial number but haven't had much luck with that either nor am I sure it's even possible? I'm just about ready to throw in the towel on this so any advice or ideas would be appreciated.
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Sorry, I feel so bad for you.

Josepho1997 said:
Install an ICS or Jellybean ROM.
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First of all, thank you for the advice.
I see that you are running both jelly bean and modaco. What are the advantages of that? What I am really trying to achieve here is keeping the look of the stock kindle fire GUI and somehow gaining the functionality of a non-blacklisted kindle. Will installing either of those ROMs achieve this?

Josepho1997 said:
Did you get it to work?
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Yup I think I have it set up as good as it's going to get. I installed Jelly Bean 4.1.1 aka project Jandycane by lithium76 as my ROM and then found a very helpful post by tyriekgo. He basically has a set of kindle fire apk's including the amazon launcher. I put all the apk's on my kindle and using a file manager from the android market ( I used astro file manager ) I installed them all. Now when I push the home key on my kindle I am asked if I want to use Jelly Bean or kindle fire. You can access the amazon store and purchase books and apps but the videos still don't work. I'm sure somebody will figure out a way around this soon enough. I have attached the links to both posts that I used to do everything I mentioned. If you follow the directions on those posts you should have no problems. If anyone needs more help with this just ask. I am very happy with the way it turned out, it's ALMOST like my kindle isn't blacklisted anymore.
For the Jelly Bean ROM I used visit...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766829
And for the set of kindle apk's visit...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596706

I have a Kindle fire 2 NON hd version

I have a Kindle fire 2 NON hd version
the unit has a BAD esn so I figured the easiest way to fix it would be to root with android.
But everything I have seen shows a HD version. Can this tablet be rooted?
and if so what port do i use.
can someone direct me to the right area please

dyson77 said:
I have a Kindle fire 2 NON hd version
the unit has a BAD esn so I figured the easiest way to fix it would be to root with android.
But everything I have seen shows a HD version. Can this tablet be rooted?
and if so what port do i use.
can someone direct me to the right area please
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Step away from the Kindle.
If you can't see the posts above yours that explain how to do it, I think you should leave alone. Read lots or you will brick your device.
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chronicfathead said:
Step away from the Kindle.
If you can't see the posts above yours that explain how to do it, I think you should leave alone. Read lots or you will brick your device.
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lets start with this my question wasn't properly worded.
1 is there a way to bypass the bad esn? Amazon said I have a worthless unit
2 I have cyanogenmod in two units but did not require a fast boot cable.just direct usb connection.But most things i have
read here say you should use one. does it make a big difference?
lastly is there a mod that is simulator to cyanogen mod for the fire2 7" non hd?

dyson77 said:
lets start with this my question wasn't properly worded.
1 is there a way to bypass the bad esn? Amazon said I have a worthless unit
2 I have cyanogenmod in two units but did not require a fast boot cable.just direct usb connection.But most things i have
read here say you should use one. does it make a big difference?
lastly is there a mod that is simulator to cyanogen mod for the fire2 7" non hd?
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1. I'm not sure but I don't think so.
2. Cyanogenmod is absolutely possible to get on the kindle fire 2, if you check the version number you should have 10.2.X. The reason he told you to step away from the kindle is there are multiple posts in this section about how to root the Kindle fire 2 non-HD version, which you didn't seem to see so he assumed ignorance. No, you don't necessarily need a fastboot cable, but it's nice to have if you end up bricking your kindle. I've rooted mine through the Qemu and Bin4ry's root method which you will find listed somewhere here. Then you have to install TWRP bootloader, I'd recommend pulling a backup off the system through adb, then wipe and flash Cyanogenmod and GApps (Again, you say you've done this on other devices, but there's a thread here related to the kindle fire 2 specifically so follow that one).

*Bump*
Can anyone answer this yet? Does flashing CM override bad ESN?

If you mean can you use cm on a kindle that is blacklisted then yes, though I'm not condoning stolen kindles by saying this.
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Is There an Actual Root Method That Actually Works?

OK, so here is where I'm at. I've had our Kindle Fire 2nd generation for 2 years now and no matter what method I have tried and no matter how many times I've tried them there just seems to be no way to actually root this thing. My plan once it's rooted is to but an android Rom on it and load it with stuff like games and what not for the kids to use since my wife has the Tab 3 and they always want to use that. Well, yeah I don't like that idea. I have tried burrito root, I have tried FFF root. I have searched for other ways to do it and everything is for the HD version. I don't have the HD version. I have the one they put on sale right before the HD one came out. I think with coupons and such at Toys R us we paid about 80 bucks for this thing. I hate the interface for amazon. I hate that you can't have the App store from google on it. I'm at a loss here everyone. There has to be a way to get this thing the way I want it. Now I will say that I get a little into the FFF process and at a certain point it stops seeing the device and just sits there at waiting on device. Well the kindle isn't doing anything so what is it waiting on? Please someone give me some good news!! Thanks!

So an update, I stumbled across another root method that I hadn't seen yet. Well that didn't work either, however it did give me the drivers for the Fire HD and for whatever reason that caused the Fire Utility to see my Kindle all the time. However the downside to everything is that no matter how many times I tell it to run the utility and to root it, it won't go into fastboot mode like the utility is telling it to do. That's my hang up. So, where do I go from here? Is it even possible to root this stupid thing anymore??

I just recently rooted my KF2 using Binary's method. Search root many android
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[Q] Fire TV - XMBC - Root or just Side load? Looking for opinions

I am looking to get a couple Fire TV's to replace a few jail broken apple tv's with XMBC installed on them. I am pretty techie, but a few of these will be going to family and friends that aren't techie and I hope to not have to be doing a lot of tech support in the future.
I would really like to just get XMBC running and not have any problems in the future.
Do I just side load XMBC on to the Fire TV's, or should I root? from what I've read here, if I root, I will need to block Amazons update domains too prevent loosing root. This is not a big deal for me, but I would hate to have to do this on the units that I am giving to family and friends unless the advantage of rooting is worth it.
What do you guys think? Is rooting the Fire TV necessary or recommend when all I'm really after is XMBC?

If you have the opportunity to root, I suggest to do it. You can always install pre-rooted builds of the updated firmwares after that. Also, using the adbFire app, after gaining root, you can disable the update checking so no need to block urls/domains etc...

If Xbmc is all your looking for I would just sideload.. Rooting becomes to much of a problem and needs a techie on stand by

I agree with roadking, just sideload and forget rooting. If they are non-techie they wont care. Besides until you buy them you won't even know if they could be rooted, you may be stressing over nothing.

i already bought two. still in box. according to what I've read here, there all rootable if rooted before software update. from the steps listed, you gotta block the amazon update domains on your router before starting the root process. if i am wrong, send me a link to educate me.
The purpose of this guide is to get your Amazon Fire TV rooted and updated to the latest software version without losing root capabilities. It is best to start this guide BEFORE turning on your Fire TV for the first time since the Fire TV's initial setup process will likely block rooting if precautions are not taken.
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that is what I'm doing for a day or two before i do anything. i want to make sure i know what I'm doing before i do anything.
Thanks everyone for the replies.