I have a rooted 1st gen Kindle Fire, and a friend has asked me to root a new one for her Mum. It looks the same as mine, but I'm not sure its a 1st gen.
Is there a way to tell without taking it out of the packaging?
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bflobills said:
I have a rooted 1st gen Kindle Fire, and a friend has asked me to root a new one for her Mum. It looks the same as mine, but I'm not sure its a 1st gen.
Is there a way to tell without taking it out of the packaging?
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Without taking it out of the package?.....hmm.....maybe get some information from the package if it's available like a barcode etc. and either use a barcode scanner app or call Amazon with the info and see if they can tell you
Ichigo said:
Check the version of it in settings. If it says 6.3.x, or even just 6.x.x, it's a 1st gen.
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Guess I'm out of luck, it says version 10.2.4 :thumbdown:
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Ichigo said:
You can still root and ROM it though.
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OK, thanks... Is there a sticky with guidelines, or is it the same process as gen 1? Could I still use the KFU?
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bflobills said:
OK, thanks... Is there a sticky with guidelines, or is it the same process as gen 1? Could I still use the KFU?
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Don't use KFU. Use this for KF2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075959
It rhymes.
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Guess I'm out of luck, it says version 10.2.4 :thumbdown:
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Why is it a thumb down?
Want to trade yours with my 1st? I'm happy to do so
There a whole forum for your device, get in there and start searching.
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So yeah, they got me a kindle fire and said i could have it now, but i figured it's suck to not get anything else besides a Touchpad Should I open it and start rooting or what?
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I would take it back and buy a refurb touch pad for $99
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I'm getting one of those as well<3
I want one.
Rooted, it should make a great tablet.
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I'm praying that they'll get ICS working on it by christmas. They're already about 3/4 of the way there, so yay!
Return it and get a Nook Tablet.
Then get a bag of popcorn and a pop and watch the deving that goes on with it. Also hope you don't have seizures from so much flashing.
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Gomenkiyo said:
So yeah, they got me a kindle fire and said i could have it now, but i figured it's suck to not get anything else besides a Touchpad Should I open it and start rooting or what?
woops, **OFFTOPIC**
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Open and play.
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fishfuzz said:
Open and play.
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Gomenkiyo said:
So yeah, they got me a kindle fire and said i could have it now, but i figured it's suck to not get anything else besides a Touchpad Should I open it and start rooting or what?
woops, **OFFTOPIC**
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how old are you?
Open it now because it might be obsolete by x-mas time... I kid, I kid.
I AM DIS OLDDD. -holds 16 fingers up-
oh the benefits of still being able to enjoy christmas:3
Ignore the people telling you to return it, the fire is an amazing little tablet. And seriously, be grateful you have someone in your life willing to spend $200 on you, that is a lot of money and you are very lucky. And definitely open it, are you crazy lol.
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I know...I'm extremely grateful that I have parents willing/able to spend that kind of money on me.
And so I heard, It'll be even more amazing with vanilla or ICS. It would be so sexy with ICS.
kingsway8605 said:
Ignore the people telling you to return it, the fire is an amazing little tablet. And seriously, be grateful you have someone in your life willing to spend $200 on you, that is a lot of money and you are very lucky. And definitely open it, are you crazy lol.
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I saw it and thought it looked nice. I know I would have to open it. I have no will power.
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chefdave12118 said:
Return it and get a Nook Tablet.
Then get a bag of popcorn and a pop and watch the deving that goes on with it. Also hope you don't have seizures from so much flashing.
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Oh, the tons of deving going on right now with the locked boot loader? Ha.
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jeffyv2 said:
In before the lock
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Shouldn't happen
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Darn, I wish my parents understood my android needs like yours do... a TP, AND a fire? I have an Optimus v and a Nook Color and I bought both of them and they made me stop lol. You are a lucky kid
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JohnCorleone said:
I saw it and thought it looked nice. I know I would have to open it. I have no will power.
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I have the box in my hands...that damned pull tab...it's so tempting ;____;
...I'm going to do it.
O:
I was wondering if this story I heard is true.
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GameGuru41 said:
I was wondering if this story I heard is true.
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From what i read, you can. An xda member had a friend with a pawn shop that accidentally bought one, so he gave his buddy a couple bucks for it and put cm7 on it, and it worked
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I was wondering if this story I heard is true.
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It obviously can't be done.
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GameGuru41 said:
I was wondering if this story I heard is true.
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Wow what do you mean real tablet the trend where you posted this is full of custom ROM's
And all the info you need to root your kindle fire and install a bootloader .
They make very nice tablets
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sickbox said:
It obviously can't be done.
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Why do you say this?
GameGuru41 said:
I was wondering if this story I heard is true.
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Guess it depends on what you mean by a Demo Kindle Fire? Is it locked down in some special way or registered to someone else?
Aesrys said:
Guess it depends on what you mean by a Demo Kindle Fire? Is it locked down in some special way or registered to someone else?
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Like the kind you find in a store on display. They sell for insanely cheep on Ebay
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I don't see why it would be any different from a normal Fire, just different software for demoing.
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Guess it depends on what you mean by a Demo Kindle Fire? Is it locked down in some special way or registered to someone else?
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Leraeniesh said:
Like the kind you find in a store on display. They sell for insanely cheep on Ebay
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When I brought my new kindle fire home and set it up. I had the option to run the Store demo . Of course I didn't.
I rooted , and installed the bootloader .and eyecandy 3.5.1 nice Rom
I have no idea what you mean by a demo unit... I checked ebay and there were no results for "kindle fire demo" or "kindle fire store unit"
Apk07 said:
I have no idea what you mean by a demo unit... I checked ebay and there were no results for "kindle fire demo" or "kindle fire store unit"
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He is talking about the Kindle Fires that stores use as a display, they usually have some sort of demo reel on it so it can't be used as a regular tablet.
I did this with a demo Xoom but I had to re partition it. It had a special partition that help the demo software and even when I rooted the tablet and put a custom ROM it would re install that demo software on the first boot. I found the partition info on the tablet here and seen that it was different, so I re partitioned it to the stock setup deleting the demo software and its been great ever since. I had a demo Nokia Lumina that simply flashing the stock rom removed it.
So I am sure it can be done, just may take some extra effort. Rarely are the demo units physically different that real models.
Yes you can. I got one off ebay and rooted. I was able to install the stock rom and register with amazon. I have since loaded jellybean. I did a backup of the demo software but didn't need it.
anbradle said:
Yes you can. I got one off ebay and rooted. I was able to install the stock rom and register with amazon. I have since loaded jellybean. I did a backup of the demo software but didn't need it.
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You should upload a zip of the demo software, I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in seeing it.
I know I asked about this awhile ago but I just today won a demo kindle fire and can't wait top put jelly bean on it. Any advice from others with demo units?
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GameGuru41 said:
I know I asked about this awhile ago but I just today won a demo kindle fire and can't wait top put jelly bean on it. Any advice from others with demo units?
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Are you sure it is a first gen kf?
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jma9454 said:
Are you sure it is a first gen kf?
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It's not a Kindle Fire HD if that is what you are talking about. Are there different versions of the OG Kindle Fire? It is a demo unit, is there something I should be looking for specifically on it when I get it?
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It's not a Kindle Fire HD if that is what you are talking about. Are there different versions of the OG Kindle Fire? It is a demo unit, is there something I should be looking for specifically on it when I get it?
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This is the actual eBay auction I won, does this help?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300858435993?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Yeah, this should be fine. Have you done normal kindle fires?
Download kfu, run install_drivers.bat connect your kf, do the run.bat and do what one normally does.
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I never thought about it, but a good way to go buying a demo unit that 'most' people wont know how to root and install a custom rom to it.
Like others, I am sure it will root and install a custom rom just fine. I am using twa_priv rom on 2 Kindle Fire's for my kids, they are such great little tablets now.
jma9454 said:
Yeah, this should be fine. Have you done normal kindle fires?
Download kfu, run install_drivers.bat connect your kf, do the run.bat and do what one normally does.
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Yeah I did mine I bought new two Christmases ago. I bought this one for my wife. Tracking shows I will have it friday!
I just bought a Kindle Fire thinking it was the same one I purchased several months ago and returned because I didn't like it... Well now that it's $159 I thought.. why not?
Upon looking at the forums here I've noticed it's not the same tablet is it? It's a "2nd gen" version.. no one has found root and there's zero roms for it. What a ****ter. I'm returning this POS.
Lol
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Hey, dont lol me , I was slightly intoxicated
Sounds like me when somthing pisses me off ... IM RETURNING THIS POS! Been there a few times.
Thanks for this thread also because I was unaware and it stopped me from having to return the POS lol
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When lol's go wrong lol
Love your star theme for alien droid btw!
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Josepho1997 said:
I made a star theme?
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You were half asleep haha
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Josepho1997 said:
Actually I was half awake.
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Actually you were half trolling.
Josepho1997 said:
Actually I was half awake.
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Optimism is overrated.......anyways....why be upset about having an upgraded Kindle? More RAM, updated stock ROM......but one thing that confuses me (which is easily done) is Amazon's website specifies both the Kindle Fire (1st gen) and 2nd gen have the same OMAP 4430 CPU but states 1st gen has 1GHz of course and the 2nd gen has 1.2GHz stock.....???? I've always been nervous to use the overclocked 1.2GHz max frequency but if its used stock on the 2nd gen.....wtf? Lol
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Probably the same CPU but a different revision.
Anyway it is probably just a matter of time before some smart devs crack this code and have root for it
Moral of the story: Don't buy a kindle fire or other locked down Android device unless you know there is a well established hacking and ROMing community to help you unlock it.
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Moral of the story: Don't buy a kindle fire or other locked down Android device unless you know there is a well established hacking and ROMing community to help you unlock it.
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I wanna try fire launched on my nexus 7 but the play store says its incompadile can some one see if it works
It says incompatible with mine, too.. I can try my SIII and see how it handles?
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Whaleshark345 said:
I wanna try fire launched on my nexus 7 but the play store says its incompadile can some one see if it works
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I installed it on my S3 and pulled the apk. It works fine. The apk is attached, if you wanna give it a go.
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I installed it on my S3 and pulled the apk. It works fine. The apk is attached, if you wanna give it a go.
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Thanks
I gave it a try for fun, but it felt like stepping back 5 years. But, thanks for the upload so i could try it out. Nothing wrong with experimenting.
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rebel1699 said:
I gave it a try for fun, but it felt like stepping back 5 years. But, thanks for the upload so i could try it out. Nothing wrong with experimenting.
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Very true
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They will update it to work on the nexus7. It is a nice launcher but it's beta right now and more features will be added. I got it on my htc droid DNA and it's nice but still a little buggy. I purchased another launcher, it is nice, its called SF Launcher. You can search for it in google playstore and it works well on my nexus7 and htc droid DNA.
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Whaleshark345 said:
Very true
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rebel1699 said:
I gave it a try for fun, but it felt like stepping back 5 years. But, thanks for the upload so i could try it out. Nothing wrong with experimenting.
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Yeah I hated it but its fun to try random new things. Thanks for the upload.
I'm trying it out on my old Samsung Vibrant, not too bad for that. Won't use it on my N7 though.
Does anyone know if this will work with the Fire TV??
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wire...board+K400+with+Built-In+Multi-Touch+Touchpad
I imagine it would be so much easier to use with one of these.
kubes069 said:
Does anyone know if this will work with the Fire TV??
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wire...board+K400+with+Built-In+Multi-Touch+Touchpad
I imagine it would be so much easier to use with one of these.
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Yes. I'm using it.
Of course it works!
I even got it at the same store as my Fire TV,Best Buy.
I have this and k350 combo from Costco working with aftv
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Does it require root?
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No rooting required for Logitech K400r Keyboard.
I started using mine on the first day I got my Fire TV many months ago,and I am using it to make this reply.