Hello,
I just bought a second gen Kindle Fire HD 7 off craigslist. When I tried to get ES file explorer from the amazon store I was not able to register the Kindle. I contacted amazon and they said the Kindle is deactivated because it was reported lost or stolen. My original plan was to run Android OS and use the Google store. Can I still do this without accessing the amazon store first? I was able to find the ES.apk file online but am not able to install it. The kindle is rooted running 7.4.8. I've seen some stuff regarding using a fastboot cable. Will that solve my problem or do I have any options left?
Thank you for your time,
Chris
leochrispadilla said:
Hello,
I just bought a second gen Kindle Fire HD 7 off craigslist. When I tried to get ES file explorer from the amazon store I was not able to register the Kindle. I contacted amazon and they said the Kindle is deactivated because it was reported lost or stolen. My original plan was to run Android OS and use the Google store. Can I still do this without accessing the amazon store first? I was able to find the ES.apk file online but am not able to install it. The kindle is rooted running 7.4.8. I've seen some stuff regarding using a fastboot cable. Will that solve my problem or do I have any options left?
Thank you for your time,
Chris
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the good news is that is a first gen kindle fire hd, not the 2013 model so you can indeed flash android on it and use it as a android tablet. I'm not too sure of the forum policy about helping a people with a device that is known to be lost/stolen, but i can tell you this, root it and install the google play store and you should be able to complete doing what you are trying to do. I think kindle fire first aid will be your friend for what i have advised. Fastboot can be accessed without a cable but it's advised to have on incase you ever brick, because in that scenario you will need a cable to get into fastboot mode.
stunts513 said:
the good news is that is a first gen kindle fire hd, not the 2013 model so you can indeed flash android on it and use it as a android tablet. I'm not too sure of the forum policy about helping a people with a device that is known to be lost/stolen, but i can tell you this, root it and install the google play store and you should be able to complete doing what you are trying to do. I think kindle fire first aid will be your friend for what i have advised. Fastboot can be accessed without a cable but it's advised to have on incase you ever brick, because in that scenario you will need a cable to get into fastboot mode.
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You were absolutely right about it being the 2012 model. It was also listed as "Latest model". As I'm obviously not going to be able get a refund at least I know it wont be a paperweight and I have my first android toy to play around with. Fastboot cable in the mail! Thanks again for the help.
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How can i get my kindle fire out of demo mode? Please help.
Install any launcher via adb shell command using your PC and re-boot
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How do I do that?
follow the below steps using your PC or MAC:
1- download a launcher from the market such as AWD launcher to your PC
2- connect your KF to your PC
3- make sure you can communicate to you KF via adb command I.e. adb devices. After executing ad devices command,you will see your KF S/N.
4- then use adb install command to install the launcher
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How did you put your fire in demo mode? I've never seen such a thing except at a store.
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MikeGolfW said:
How did you put your fire in demo mode? I've never seen such a thing except at a store.
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They are models sent to stores for display, More than likely this was stolen from such a place would be my guess.
Rooting would always fix it as well.
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asb2164 said:
They are models sent to stores for display, More than likely this was stolen from such a place would be my guess.
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There is a way to put it in demo mode on your own, I did it by accident last night trying to get into recovery I waited to long on firefirefire and the pressed the power button a few times trying to force it to reboot b4 it fully loaded, total fail it booted into demo mode, I for the life of me couldn't figure out how in the hell to turn demo off so I just went to twrp and flashed a different rom which is what I was trying to do the first time when my son distracted me and I missed the chance to boot in
We are legion, for we are many
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There is a way to put it in demo mode on your own, I did it by accident last night trying to get into recovery I waited to long on firefirefire and the pressed the power button a few times trying to force it to reboot b4 it fully loaded, total fail it booted into demo mode, I for the life of me couldn't figure out how in the hell to turn demo off so I just went to twrp and flashed a different rom which is what I was trying to do the first time when my son distracted me and I missed the chance to boot in
We are legion, for we are many
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How is this suppose to work, when your kindle if in demo mode, and 3rd party developer debugging isn't on? I've been trying to restore to factory default. Need some help on this one...
demo mode finally cleared
zennode said:
How can i get my kindle fire out of demo mode? Please help.
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This is My first post and im allittle nervous so......
My girlfriend was cheated out of some money when she bought a Fire Hd 8.9 from some girl. it turned out to be the Demo version.
I was able to remove the demo by going to the app store, it asked to set up wifi so i did that, loading file manager then going online downloading 1market app apk. they asked for permission to allow non market apk to be installed so i granted that.
then i went to amazon downloaded newest version of fire 8.9 placed it on update folder from my file manager.
then i downloaded adw launcher apk from 1market store.
This launcher allowed me to access device from settings and from there i updated my kindle fire. it removed the demo version and now running latest version and no demo.
I did all this after rooting the device but i see no way that this method wont work on non rooted devices.
Only difference is that there is no lock screen on the kindle. but besides that works great......
This answering questions thing is hard please dont ever make me do this again....
Cvillah said:
This is My first post and im allittle nervous so......
This answering questions thing is hard please dont ever make me do this again....
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Nice job on a well laid out and helpful first post!
First off, however, you have a KFHD demo, which may or may not be the same as original KF demos.
In my case here, it is not the same, because it would not let me access the app store or internet, because it isn't available in my demo version. Just sayin'
I am not looking for anwers, just providing others with some more knowledge.
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Cvillah said:
This is My first post and im allittle nervous so......
My girlfriend was cheated out of some money when she bought a Fire Hd 8.9 from some girl. it turned out to be the Demo version.
I was able to remove the demo by going to the app store, it asked to set up wifi so i did that, loading file manager then going online downloading 1market app apk. they asked for permission to allow non market apk to be installed so i granted that.
then i went to amazon downloaded newest version of fire 8.9 placed it on update folder from my file manager.
then i downloaded adw launcher apk from 1market store.
This launcher allowed me to access device from settings and from there i updated my kindle fire. it removed the demo version and now running latest version and no demo.
I did all this after rooting the device but i see no way that this method wont work on non rooted devices.
Only difference is that there is no lock screen on the kindle. but besides that works great......
This answering questions thing is hard please dont ever make me do this again....
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I have just purchased an 8.9 Demo unit which has not arrived yet.
I am not aware that the demo unit allow one to go to the web at all.
Thus, I am wondering how you were able to get the tablet to browse and download anything?
I would love to be able to turn my Demo unit into a working tablet but, it sure seems like without ADB debugging, this will not be possible.
Another question is how did you get the unit rooted as a demo unit?
Again, without ADB debugging on, how do you root?
I traveled to a store to look at a KDF 8.9 Demo unit.
The Demo tablet does have a web access ICON.
One Demo unit had access to wifi and the net but had parental controls on which prevented access to settings for non-market apps, etc.
The second DEMO unit did not allow access to the web and there was also no access to settings.
When a URL was typed into the address bar, the typical "error 404 , no access found message"
Either way, it did was not clear if a new or stock firmware could be loaded.
I hope someone can provide more detail on the specifics of removing or overriding the DEMO firmware.
Regards Jerry
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Ey this is my first time trying to do this my kindle fire hdx is in demo mode can u please help me to re install original software in order to fully use it. I dont understand on step 1 when u say downlod a luncher from the market>>>
ammubarak said:
follow the below steps using your pc or mac:
1- download a launcher from the market such as awd launcher to your pc
2- connect your kf to your pc
3- make sure you can communicate to you kf via adb command i.e. Adb devices. After executing ad devices command,you will see your kf s/n.
4- then use adb install command to install the launcher
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hey everyone, i have two kindle fire's. I recently rooted one and the other is still stock. i was wondering if anyone knew if it were possible to download a "kindle fire edition" game from the stock kindle and sideload/back it up on the rooted device. Might be a noob question, since i have no idea if you can even back up a amazon appstore app since i believe it doesn't actually deliver an apk when you install. any help/info would be appreciated. thanks.
I'm also open to any other methods of loading kindle fire edition apps on a rooted device if anyone knows of any...
I am assuming that you have tried to download the app directly from the Amazon store onto your rooted KF and for some reason it didn't work. So try using ES File Explorer. Put it on the unrooted KF. Back up the game using ES. That will create an apk file, then transfer the apk file to the rooted KF and install.
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Interesting
I wasn't even aware i could use es to backup and create apk's... i'll try that a little later. thanks for the info.
nope
no luck. tried a couple different apps and neither worked... could have something to do with the drm on gameloft's games though. might try again with something else. if i have a recovery image of stock kindle and a recovery of cm7 can i switch to stock via twrp install, backup then recover to cm7? would that maybe work?
You can sideload games just fine on a KF. The problem is the DRM won't allow you to launch the games unless the second KF is also linked to your amazon account.
You can link your Android device to your Amazon account through Kindle reader...it might work to get around the DRM.
good to know... thanks for the info. just had a case of wishful thinking i guess. its not that hard to switch between recovery img's though. thanks
Has anyone successfully installed verizon messages on the kindle fire? I have the 8.9. When I travel out of the country for vacation, I'd like to have access to my verizon text messages via Wi-Fi. I tried an installation via 1 mobile without luck. It will install and even open to allow for security setup, but then force closes after that point. I have not tried rooting my device. Any help would be appreciated.
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Has anyone successfully installed verizon messages on the kindle fire? I have the 8.9. When I travel out of the country for vacation, I'd like to have access to my verizon text messages via Wi-Fi. I tried an installation via 1 mobile without luck. It will install and even open to allow for security setup, but then force closes after that point. I have not tried rooting my device. Any help would be appreciated.
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I think you must have root access first. Pretty sure of it actually. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.verizon.messaging.vzmsgs for the app and a nice video here http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms...services-videos/explore-verizon-messages.html let me know if that gets you what you need.
Verify your firmware and then root your Kindle Fire HDX here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542456
Thanks. I managed to get it working without the root by sideloading the app. Now, my next job is to get the fitbit app working (and to sync). I'm not so optimistic though. I can't tell if it is a hardware or software issue with the kindle fire HDX. I've tried sideloading the app from this website without any luck.
Thanks!
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Thanks. I managed to get it working without the root by sideloading the app. Now, my next job is to get the fitbit app working (and to sync). I'm not so optimistic though. I can't tell if it is a hardware or software issue with the kindle fire HDX. I've tried sideloading the app from this website without any luck.
Thanks!
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Welcome. Well, there is a root option for the HDX now. Not sure which HDX you have but if you root your tablet, you can get most anything to work on the tablet. That's the fun of rooting.
Also having error
I have the app on my rooted KFHD 7" and it works fine. On my unlocked Moto G it keeps giving me an error message (attached below) Anyone know why?
For starters, I apologize if any of this sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about because frankly, I don't know what I'm talking about.
Recently (this Christmas) my mother got me a Kindle Fire HD 8.9". I decided to follow a guide from a youtube user and put a second bootloader (twrp) and CM 10.1 on my Fire, only to find that half of the apps didn't work. I couldn't watch youtube videos or netflix, or even read books through the kindle app.
This made me angry because here I am freaking out trying to get my Kindle back to factory defaults so I can enjoy it again.
I've looked at countless guides on how to do this, but none were clear and all of them required big downloads that I'm not even sure would work.
Basically, I wiped the CM android os with TWRP, and I'm at the TWRP screen.
I downloaded the 8.4.6 amazon kindle update from the Amazon website and adb pushed it onto my sdcard. This didn't work; the Amazon update file I downloaded was a .bin, so I converted it to a .zip which apparently made my Kindle unable to open it and update.
I am able to get my Kindle into fastboot mode, but I have no clue where to go after this. Can someone please help? I just want my Kindle back the way it was.
Thanks
Use kindle fire first aid to restore it, though I have no idea what you are talking about with cm 10.1, sounds like you downloaded the wrong gapps because the stuff you mentioned works fine on cm 10.1 for me, you could also try cm 11 since it's newer.
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semettler said:
For starters, I apologize if any of this sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about because frankly, I don't know what I'm talking about.
Recently (this Christmas) my mother got me a Kindle Fire HD 8.9". I decided to follow a guide from a youtube user and put a second bootloader (twrp) and CM 10.1 on my Fire, only to find that half of the apps didn't work. I couldn't watch youtube videos or netflix, or even read books through the kindle app.
This made me angry because here I am freaking out trying to get my Kindle back to factory defaults so I can enjoy it again.
I've looked at countless guides on how to do this, but none were clear and all of them required big downloads that I'm not even sure would work.
Basically, I wiped the CM android os with TWRP, and I'm at the TWRP screen.
I downloaded the 8.4.6 amazon kindle update from the Amazon website and adb pushed it onto my sdcard. This didn't work; the Amazon update file I downloaded was a .bin, so I converted it to a .zip which apparently made my Kindle unable to open it and update.
I am able to get my Kindle into fastboot mode, but I have no clue where to go after this. Can someone please help? I just want my Kindle back the way it was.
Thanks
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You can't push an Amazon OS onto TWRP to flash it. It don't work like that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543481
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
Hello everyone. I've got an old Fire 8.9" tablet I'd like to repurpose for one of my kids. My thought process is I can get more entertainment apps and games via the Google Play store vs. what Amazon offers, so I figured either put a ROM on and get more of a stock (albeit older?) Android experience or somehow figure out how to get the Play store on the tablet? The tablet seem to be too old for the Fire Tool Box to work, so the first thing I did was root. Success! .... Now what?
Sorry to ask such a beginner question, but a lot of searches both on this forum and the web in general are returning old results with busted links, and I'd like to make sure I'm doing this process how it should be done TODAY, not just in 2013, etc. My Kindle is currently running Amazon 8.5.1.
Please and thank you!
bicbuck said:
Hello everyone. I've got an old Fire 8.9" tablet I'd like to repurpose for one of my kids. My thought process is I can get more entertainment apps and games via the Google Play store vs. what Amazon offers, so I figured either put a ROM on and get more of a stock (albeit older?) Android experience or somehow figure out how to get the Play store on the tablet? The tablet seem to be too old for the Fire Tool Box to work, so the first thing I did was root. Success! .... Now what?
Sorry to ask such a beginner question, but a lot of searches both on this forum and the web in general are returning old results with busted links, and I'd like to make sure I'm doing this process how it should be done TODAY, not just in 2013, etc. My Kindle is currently running Amazon 8.5.1.
Please and thank you!
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Hey, now you're rooted you can either flash cyanogen 10/11/12/13/14.1
Ot you can flsh another custom rom
Bear in mind this device is really old now and will be really slow + support for the roms etc is almost non existent
Fire tool box isn't compatible with the Jem (as you know) but you can debloat stock rom using the pm disable - k - - user 0 "com.nameofpackage" commands
I always recommend staying with stock rom and root/debloat device but in this case (Jem) I would say temasek 13.1 build is best with playstore
Regards
If you need any help pm me, I have kindle first aid, all the stuff required to unbrick, update, return to stock rom on my cloud if you need it.