Rooting the kindle - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just want to know what are the benefits if rooting it, is it free books and magazines or is it just for a ROM, thanks
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main benefit to me was access to the google play store. I rooted and flashed CM9 last night. Runs way smoother and nicer than Kindle OS.

dsuppa said:
main benefit to me was access to the google play store. I rooted and flashed CM9 last night. Runs way smoother and nicer than Kindle OS.
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cheers mate, one thing,I have a pen drive with 11,000 books on it, can I transfer a lot of these on it, thanks:thumbup:
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You will probably be able to read them with an up from the appstore.
I recommend rooting it.
You can make your Kindle look like this:
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tonybhoy said:
Just want to know what are the benefits if rooting it, is it free books and magazines or is it just for a ROM, thanks
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I'd say, if you have to ask, you're not ready.

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I'd say, if you have to ask, you're not ready.
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lol, rooted my nexus and my s2 but just wanted to know the benefits of rooting an e reader as it will mainly be used for reading, my new phone s3 which its my upgrade will be my link to internet
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I rooted my kindle to get rid of the ads.. ICS is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than stock... stock just sucks lol

Just "rooting" the Kindle is basically worthless IMO, but you can "rom" (modify) it and turn it into a full fledged Android tablet or potentially port another OS like Linux.
Rooting alone only gives you ownership over system files you normally wouldn't otherwise, giving you the ability to make small customizations to the UI as in changing wallpapers and such.
If all you want is an e-reader and nothing else, going through all the trouble of voiding your warranty and possibly (although unlikely) ruining your device for simple customizations, is pointless. Most people here buy the Kindle Fire because of its ability to run Android ICS and the like, inexpensively and rather effectively.
Hope that helps

thanks for all the replies but i think im just going to get the nexus 7:good:

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Cm9 tablet ui mod

I saw this before but is there one that work with cm9 alpha6?
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Not that I've seen.
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There's a pretty high demand for low dpi and tablet ui, I think cm should work on it as an option that would work natively
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There's a pretty high demand for low dpi and tablet ui, I think cm should work on it as an option that would work natively
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That would be AMAZING.
We had the tablet UI mod for alpha 3 then the dev quit updating it.
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I got lucky?
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I got lucky?
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Tablet mode for CM9 Alpha6+ thanks to this guy ^^^^^^ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613742
I saw that thank you. But I have no idea what to do...
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on that Tablet UI thread,you can sift through the pages and find a flashable zip version for CM9 ALpha 6...that's if you don't like to use adb to do your deeds...I'm going to just flash it in recovery right after I flash the rom then gapps....let me know if it works out for you bub!
This worked great.....can't say thank you enough
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kpakpo89 said:
on that Tablet UI thread,you can sift through the pages and find a flashable zip version for CM9 ALpha 6...that's if you don't like to use adb to do your deeds...I'm going to just flash it in recovery right after I flash the rom then gapps....let me know if it works out for you bub!
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Can you use this with themes like Purple Kush (which is the cat's pajamas, btw!)? I'm also running a nightly, are they still compatible?
superuser426 said:
Can you use this with themes like Purple Kush (which is the cat's pajamas, btw!)? I'm also running a nightly, are they still compatible?
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Sure. When I was using the tab mod, most themes worked flawlessly.
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Haha, I saw this started a few days ago and decided not to start on the burn wagon. I love the responses of those who did and by those who did it.
There is one theme that I know doesn't work on the tablet. That's the Crimson Cobalt for CM9 and AOKP...that one will send all kinds of crap spinning.

Anyone know the earliest date we can manually upgrade to JB?

Anyone know the earliest date we can manually upgrade to JB?
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Do you honestly think anyone here has anymore of an idea than you?
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You can do it right now
Just root, flash CWM and install CM10
Presto.
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ingenious247 said:
You can do it right now
Just root, flash CWM and install CM10
Presto.
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Dude!!! I did it last week...and that was before I got the phone.
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December 21st, 2012.
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Didn't expect smart ass responses, then again, maybe I should have.
I thought maybe, just possibly, a leaked version of the update exist.
Theres 6. Flash to your hearts content.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-T999&pcode=TMB&os=1&type=1#firmware
[ROM][UVLI6&LI7]~FrostyJB_4.1.1-v1~[09.23.2012]
Just imagine my reply was the 1st one instead of the 10th one
Two weeks.
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Patience man! It'll be out soon enough and then people will be asking about the Key Lime Pie update. It never ends so just enjoy the options that are there and READ the forums to learn about those options.
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Patience man! It'll be out soon enough and then people will be asking about the Key Lime Pie update. It never ends so just enjoy the options that are there and READ the forums to learn about those options.
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Yea, I might just root and flash CM10. I just wanted to stay away from the flashing game, did it on my G1 and SGS1.
#NeverAgain..... Oh wait.....
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Because reading the stickies is too difficult.
I'm running xquizit v20 jb.. Pretty damn solid so far.. I would recommend that for now.
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Just remember that Samsung and Tmobile probably dont even know.
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Who wants WebOs ported?!

Just as the title says ..
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I would love a WebOS port, all it was missing was a super phone to run it.
I would like that... all it does is add more adversity which is great
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Just as the title says ..
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I hope you're volunteering? Or that you have a possible dev volunteer? :beer:
This comes up every few months. Ends up in a dead thread with nothing accomplished.
Last I heard can't happen until it's goes open sourced.
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http://m.webosnation.com/open-webos-oe-booted-galaxy-nexus-webos-ports-video
If I want a webos rom I would get a webos phone.
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I'd definitely want a web os port but it's not happening..
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I just want the damn webos multitasking. Everything else can stay
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Hell yeah. I wold love to run it on my phone.
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If I want a webos rom I would get a webos phone.
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rightttttttttt.. so you think if someone wants a WebOS phone they should go back to 5 year old hardware..
anyways if webos had a decent market I would switch to a webos rom.. The problem is they don't.. Otherwise the OS is great..
Instead of putting web os
Why don't you guys that want it start by writing the apps for android and just out it on top of modified aosp
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Why WebOS?
What can it do that Android can't?
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Why WebOS?
What can it do that Android can't?
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it has desktop like multitasking, it is also a gorgeous OS. Since google sniped webOS's designer, google has stepped up their own UI. At this point i would say the advantage is simply the multitasking. Google has pretty much borrowed all the great ideas webOS had like swiping notifications and swiping apps to close. WebOS always had performance issues likely due to bad hardware and the robust multitasking. A phone with 2 gb of ram and a chip like ours should power it nicely though.

4.4 KitKat On Original Kindle Fire?

I know this forum is pretty dead but does anyone have any plans on trying to bring Android 4.4 to this device?
One of the features Google highlighted when they released 4.4 was the ability to run on devices with 512 MB of RAM, which the original Kindle Fire has.
Look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266248
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iamryfly said:
I know this forum is pretty dead but does anyone have any plans on trying to bring Android 4.4 to this device?
One of the features Google highlighted when they released 4.4 was the ability to run on devices with 512 MB of RAM, which the original Kindle Fire has.
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I'm sure you'll see Hashcode release something when he gets a chance. Dude supports a lot of different devices, so it'll take time, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a 4.4 release from him by Christmas.
And 512MB support isn't anything new. Hashcode got that working on the Fire a long time ago.
EDIT: Hashcode posted this earlier too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47709839&postcount=2798
iamryfly said:
I know this forum is pretty dead but does anyone have any plans on trying to bring Android 4.4 to this device?
One of the features Google highlighted when they released 4.4 was the ability to run on devices with 512 MB of RAM, which the original Kindle Fire has.
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My gosh man, are you serious? Please at least make a minimal effort to use your eyes before posting such a question. A quick glance in this same forum in which you posted reveals a CM11 ROM that was released days ago.
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Oh, and guess what else you didn't notice? ...wrong section.
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I am going to ask a mod to move this out to Q&A
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Sorry guys, I didn't realize cyanogenmod 11 was 4.4. I thought it was 4.3.
I'm an ass for not searching first.
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iamryfly said:
I'm an ass for not searching first.
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Make that your sig
If you don't I will :biggergrin:
There are now two ROMs!
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Yeah,
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Very smooth without error.
Not too clear.
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Where is the official CM11 thread?

I can't find an official CM11 thread. I have been on the recent nighties and things have been awesome. Not a single bug that I am aware of and great battery life.
Keep in mind today was a very light usage day but I haven't seen figures like this in a very long time.
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So far as I know, there isn't one.
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There isn't one that I've seen. I almost feel like they would make sword one of the maintainers since he's been working hard to push build out and fix bugs.
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Link_of_Hyrule said:
There isn't one that I've seen. I almost feel like they would make sword one of the maintainers since he's been working hard to push build out and fix bugs.
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i wish dude.. I just build and review patches
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Moved here as this does not belong in the Development Section.....Thank You.
Not that it really matters since it's mostly just a big fix but is the next cm11 nightly going to be android 4.4.2?
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I second swordrune, I'm running his rom now and its running great.
nerds, how much keep awake time is google play using on yours? I had an issue where play was killing me basically staying on all the time. I reflashed everything and it seems to be better but I didnt enable ART this time. Don't know if that caused the issue or not.
It's kind of a shame cause some of us use XDA as a list of ROMs avaliable. I was very late to try PA2 cause there wasnt a thread in the dev section.
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I second swordrune, I'm running his rom now and its running great.
nerds, how much keep awake time is google play using on yours? I had an issue where play was killing me basically staying on all the time. I reflashed everything and it seems to be better but I didnt enable ART this time. Don't know if that caused the issue or not.
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Here is today's
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