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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.

Will just rooting my Kindle Fire prevent from blacklisting?

So I just got my friends Kindle Fire but he said it might get blacklisted in a while. (For some reason I don't know)
But will just rooting my Kindle Fire prevent from blacklisting, or do I also have to install a different ROM?

Amazon only blacklists Kindles that were reported lost/stolen or fraudulently purchased...
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Depends what he means i guess. They do check if your kindle is rooted and prevent you from watching movies while you're rooted but you can get around that easily by removing the root checker or temp unrooting. If he actually means blacklisted like what the second poster mentioned I'd question whether he stole it or something.

Evo_Shift said:
Depends what he means i guess. They do check if your kindle is rooted and prevent you from watching movies while you're rooted but you can get around that easily by removing the root checker or temp unrooting. If he actually means blacklisted like what the second poster mentioned I'd question whether he stole it or something.
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Oh okay, so just removing the root checker will do it? I don't need to install any ROM's or anything?
And I'll have to ask him some time... I'm not sure how he got it.

Once the Kindle is blacklisted by Amazon the Kindle serial number will not register on an Amazon account so you wont be able to use Prime or AIV, Kindle app or Market. Install CM7 or CM9 on it and you'll have no problems.

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] Version 6.3.3 question

I am a previous Kindle Fire 2nd Gen. owner, but am in search of a new one.
I want a 2nd generation running 6.3.3 since that is what i had before and learned how to root and what ROM i liked and all that good stuff, but the problem I am running into is when inquiring about the system version.
I am getting responses stating under system version, it say's 10.5.1-5170120
Since I can't look at my old one, I have no way of telling what these people are looking at.
has there been another update rolled out to the 2nd gen kindle? Or, are these sellers looking in the wrong place for the info i am seeking?
Can anyone answer that?
thanks......

totallybeachin said:
I am a previous Kindle Fire 2nd Gen. owner, but am in search of a new one.
I want a 2nd generation running 6.3.3 since that is what i had before and learned how to root and what ROM i liked and all that good stuff, but the problem I am running into is when inquiring about the system version.
I am getting responses stating under system version, it say's 10.5.1-5170120
Since I can't look at my old one, I have no way of telling what these people are looking at.
has there been another update rolled out to the 2nd gen kindle? Or, are these sellers looking in the wrong place for the info i am seeking?
Can anyone answer that?
thanks......
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Only KF1s have 6.X.X system versions
KF2 will have system version 10.X.X
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All this time I thought I had a 2nd generation Kindle......:facepalm:
Well, that might make things easier...
You helped me with my rooting issues a couple months ago.
Finally got everything working great only to have the charging port go out. A 'friend' said they could fix it, only to get it back with the usb port still not connected, half melted and a glob of solder on the board where the usb is supposed to go.
Since I don't know anything about electronics, I figured the board is probably shot and a replacement board costs the same as a used kindle!
Might become even a little more cheaper now that i know I was looking for the wrong thing to begin with...lol
Thanks again.
You appear to me as a great asset to this community.