Hey, I have a first gen kindle for a while and decided I want to root it. I'm usuly good and rooting and unlocking phones. I've read all the guides and such displayed on the forums but cant seem to get it working. Wondering if someone can maybe guide and help me out via hangouts, or Skype.
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To make it easy use KFU from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818. Its simple just have KFU and your Kindle + USB Cable. Contact me at hangouts from my gmail account at: [email protected]. I suggest you to read this guide first: http://liliputing.com/2012/05/how-to-root-a-kindle-fire-with-software-version-6-3-1.html . I used this to root my Kindle. If you still need help contact me.
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Have contacted the two of you thanks! Also I tried those guides it wouldn't work.. I read that already..
Ichigo said:
OK. I'm playing Mario Kart 7 right now... I'll add you on hangouts as soon as I'm available.
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ok perfect!
G1-evolve said:
Have contacted the two of you thanks! Also I tried those guides it wouldn't work.. I read that already..
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You sure? I don't see your request.
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pretty much forgot about me lol
G1-evolve said:
pretty much forgot about me lol
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Wow, you should write a song about that. And then later sell super overpriced headphones.
Kindle Fire Utility <<< Your one stop thingymajig for all things Kindle Fire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
YouTube video on how to root.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwMHIkX20YI
Ichigo said:
You didn't respond on hangouts.
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hmm never got the message.. hmm do you skype?
veeman said:
Wow, you should write a song about that. And then later sell super overpriced headphones.
Kindle Fire Utility <<< Your one stop thingymajig for all things Kindle Fire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
YouTube video on how to root.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwMHIkX20YI
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Hmm, I didsnt trolls helped!
Ichigo said:
You didn't respond on hangouts.
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I swear I can't find the request. I tried force stopping and clearing data but I don't see a request. Has Ichigio not helped(no offense)? Try sending it again.
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Anyone know if there will be any chance that the Kindle Fire OS will be able to be installed on a different device? I would love to turn my dell duo into a kindle fire if there was a way, I already have android installed on it so I wouldnt think it would be much of a stretch...
It's already been done, look around
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I did... but didnt see anything. Is it device specific or should i just be looking for stock android amazon rom? Im confused by your non specific comment. Not trying to be a tool, but i did look and didnt find anything. Thanks!
There is a way to put kindle fire on a galaxy tab, but I was unable to find the how too
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kingskidd268 said:
There is a way to put kindle fire on a galaxy tab, but I was unable to find the how too
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Its here. A user posted this on another thread.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/
hitsndc said:
Its here. A user posted this on another thread.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/
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Not really a "how to"...
The UI is just a launcher app that can be installed on any aneroid, you would just have to figure out what dependents are required.
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Has anyone figured out a way to install the amazon launcher over the standard Android install?
ukulele_ninja said:
Has anyone figured out a way to install the amazon launcher over the standard Android install?
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People including myself are working on it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360528
I, along with others, have ran into issues on CM7 downloading apps from the Market intended for the Kindle Fire, as it claims that our device is not supported. Editing the build.prop could fix this, and I'd like to include it as an FAQ on using DizzyDen's IMEI Generator.
I just need the settings for "Device_Manufacturer," "Manufacturer_Device," and "Device_Model" for a stock Kindle Fire, if someone could please share.
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I, along with others, have ran into issues on CM7 downloading apps from the Market intended for the Kindle Fire, as it claims that our device is not supported. Editing the build.prop could fix this, and I'd like to include it as an FAQ on using DizzyDen's IMEI Generator.
I just need the settings for "Device_Manufacturer," "Manufacturer_Device," and "Device_Model" for a stock Kindle Fire, if someone could please share.
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I don't see "Device_Manufacturer" or "Manufacturer_Device" or "Device Model".
I can give you some close settings....
ro.product.model=Full Android on Blaze or SDP
ro.product.brand=generic
ro.product.name=blaze
ro.product.device=blaze
ro.product.manufacturer=TI
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I don't see "Device_Manufacturer" or "Manufacturer_Device" or "Device Model".
I can give you some close settings....
ro.product.model=Full Android on Blaze or SDP
ro.product.brand=generic
ro.product.name=blaze
ro.product.device=blaze
ro.product.manufacturer=TI
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Thanks a lot. I'll run the program a few times and see what setting configures what build.prop information
Thanks again! I've updated my tutorial to include those edits.
No problem glad to help. Nice little guide you put together.
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Can someone post the stock build.prop file please?
I renamed mine to build.prop.bak but didn't move it. Now its gone
Did y'all get the build.prop from stock yet? If not, my wife just opened her fire last night and it's still completely stock, I can pull it from there if needed.
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marty331 said:
Did y'all get the build.prop from stock yet? If not, my wife just opened her fire last night and it's still completely stock, I can pull it from there if needed.
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That woupd be great!!
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How do I use that file u linked? Its a bunch of numbers then .bin
do I renamed it to build.prop?
treo750ii said:
That woupd be great!!
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I'll pull it tonight and post it.
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Stock build.prop
Enjoy.
http://pastebin.com/51ax3cFQ
I'd like to change the build prop on cm9 rom so that tablet apps like NFL and USA today apps are compatible to download from the play store. Can anyone share a link or some info on this? I've been searching with no luck. Thanks.
Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Correction .model not .mode
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jeffbud98 said:
Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.
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I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.
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The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.
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The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.
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Sorry, I meant GT-I9100
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Sorry, I meant GT-I9100
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And that's the galaxy s 2 so still won't help for tablet apps. I tried some others, Asus 370t and galaxy tab 2 but it doesn't change anything in the market so there must be more that needs modified besides model and brand. And also I rebooted between changing each time.
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The apps I'm looking for are USA today for tablets and NFL 11 for tablets if anyone can help. Thanks.
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I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.
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I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.
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I just tweaked my build prop like crazy and i'm booting up now, wish me luck...
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And the verdict is...blank screen after the bootloader, time to wipe and retry, i'll get back to you when I get a chance. I have to study for a few tests.
are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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I'm curious about what I need to do in order for the Amazon App Store to still see my Kindle Fire as what it needs to be in order to get the Kindle Fire editions of apps. Right now I can't install Angry Birds Space HD due to this issue.
If anyone knows of any fixes with build.prop, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940
Jake33108 said:
Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940
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Thanks, I'll test that out
Edit: no need for it since the Energy ICS ROM already has it in. I need some other option to force the Amazon App Store to work properly.
If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".
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If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".
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The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...
In reference to the USA Today tablet app I just ran the aapt dump and came up with this
Code:
TODAY_1.0.apk
package: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news' versionCode='1' versionName='1.
0'
application-label:'USA TODAY'
application-icon-120:'res/drawable-ldpi/icon.png'
application-icon-160:'res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-240:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-65535:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application: label='USA TODAY' icon='res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
launchable-activity: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news.SplashScreen' label
='USA TODAY' icon=''
sdkVersion:'11'
uses-permission:'android.permission.INTERNET'
uses-permission:'android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION'
uses-permission:'android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE'
[COLOR="Red"]uses-feature:'android.hardware.location'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.location.gps'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.touchscreen'[/COLOR]
main
other-activities
other-receivers
[COLOR="red"]supports-screens: 'xlarge'[/COLOR]
supports-any-density: 'true'
locales: '--_--'
densities: '120' '160' '240' '65535'
I've marked the parts in red that I believe may be the issue, i'm not able to look into my kindle fire right now since Im in the process of restoring it after a failed attempt at overclocking, but i'd bet it has something to do with the support for "xlarge" screens which the Kindle Fire most certainly does not have.
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CrimsonKnight13 said:
The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...
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If you have some time before whatever promo you're dealing with runs out you might experiment and copy the stock build prop to an ics port with a few modifications allowing for the jump from Gingerbread to ICS. I don't know if that would even work given the differences in build.prop importance from Gingerbread to ICS.
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are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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They are free, and I usually don't have trouble tracking down any apk I need, but for some reason those two are really hard to find. All links lead back to the play store where they are incompatible.
Is it possible to run the stock kindle fire launcher on cm9 giving me the option to use either the Trebuchet launcher or the kindle launcher? i love the way the cm9 roms look on the kindle but I miss the stock kindle app and stock book store
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Is it possible to run the stock kindle fire launcher on cm9 giving me the option to use either the Trebuchet launcher or the kindle launcher? i love the way the cm9 roms look on the kindle but I miss the stock kindle app and stock book store
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there is good news and bad news:
I'll start with the bad one - not really possible, as it is not just a simple app, it's more like a framework, and devs need to work too much for this to be possible, if this is ever possible
The good news - you can download the kindle apps from amazon, and use them one by one, like Kindle for Android, Amazon Mp3, etc. :good:
I was looking for the same thing and found this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596706
I was trying it a little bit yesterday, and messed something up... I am going to flash a new ROM either tonight or in the next cpl of days and then I am going to try again making sure I follow the steps correctly.
I did get the amazon video app to load, but when I tried searching for a specific title it did a FC
rorogio said:
there is good news and bad news:
I'll start with the bad one - not really possible, as it is not just a simple app, it's more like a framework, and devs need to work too much for this to be possible, if this is ever possible
The good news - you can download the kindle apps from amazon, and use them one by one, like Kindle for Android, Amazon Mp3, etc. :good:
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Aw man i figured there was more too it since the launcher app would simply force close every time. Yea i know i can do those but i liked the kindle app better on the stock kindle rom. Guess ill have to chose :/ thanks though at least i got my sure answer
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I was looking for the same thing and found this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596706
I was trying it a little bit yesterday, and messed something up... I am going to flash a new ROM either tonight or in the next cpl of days and then I am going to try again making sure I follow the steps correctly.
I did get the amazon video app to load, but when I tried searching for a specific title it did a FC
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I also tried this but it just kept force closing every time I tried to run it
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Jaemostoriginal said:
I also tried this but it just kept force closing every time I tried to run it
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Hmmm... maybe I didn't mess it up then that's the same thing that happened to me :crying:
Does kindle owners lending library work with this trick on cm9
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Does kindle owners lending library work with this trick on cm9
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This trick didn't even work for me but If you do get it to work it might
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On my Kindle Fire, I am running TWRP 2.2.1 & CM10 SGT7 linaro.
My issue is that the Facebook app is not working correctly. It will open; I can view my news feed, like posts, create new posts, however, when I try to comment on a post, the field widens, but the keypad won't open and I cannot comment.
I was told I could edit my device to "Galaxy S" in the build.prop. I don't know how to find build.prop, much less edit it
Could somebody give me some advice, or point me in the right direction.
Thank in advance.
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That's a typical problem of that version of Facebook. Revert to an earlier version.
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That's a typical problem of that version of Facebook. Revert to an earlier version.
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Revert to an earlier version of the ROM or of the Facebook app? If its the app, where can I find an old .apk file to install the older version?
Thanks, Soup.
An earlier version of Facebook. You'll have to use Google or ask around to find one.
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An earlier version of Facebook. You'll have to use Google or ask around to find one.
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Damn. Oh well. Thanks again, man.
kylebenton said:
On my Kindle Fire, I am running TWRP 2.2.1 & CM10 SGT7 linaro.
My issue is that the Facebook app is not working correctly. It will open; I can view my news feed, like posts, create new posts, however, when I try to comment on a post, the field widens, but the keypad won't open and I cannot comment.
I was told I could edit my device to "Galaxy S" in the build.prop. I don't know how to find build.prop, much less edit it
Could somebody give me some advice, or point me in the right direction.
Thank in advance.
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