Hi! I would like to know some of your thoughts on Amazon's Android market. Is it dead? Is anyone planning to buy the new Fire HD? What are your thoughts. Will beloved independent developers step up to get ROM's working on the Fire Phone and the coming Fire HD tablets? I personally do not have a Fire Phone. I have only had the original kindle fire 1 and original kindle fire 2, but I am planning on buying the new Fire HD 7". Anyone else excited about the new device line? It seems the original Kindle Fire was the biggest success. Thanks! Looking forward to your honest answers.
actually I'm interested to get this phone.. but it's not officially available on my country, so I have to make another decision
Grand_Goblin said:
actually I'm interested to get this phone.. but it's not officially available on my country, so I have to make another decision
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Ah. That's too bad
I think Amazon Appstore is certainly NOT dying. Otherwise, it's expanding and now with Amazon's introduction of Fire phone it will continue to do so. Amazon Appstore, together with Google, is the leader in this field.
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I'm happy to be a a member of the forum and I'm new here.I own a kindle fire hdx 8.9,but I don't know whether there is a cm11 rom for it.Because I didn't see the word ‘hdx’.And what is the meaning of 'Kindle Fire 2‘？I hope someone can answer my questions.
Kindle Fire first gen
Kindle Fire 2nd gen (HD)
Kindle fire 3rd gen (HDX)
To complicate things a bit more, the 7" version of the first gen 7" Fire was re-released in 2012 with slightly upgraded HW and a new OS, this is called the Kindle Fire 2. The 7" version of the 2nd gen HD was re-released last year as a model that lacks a front camera, this is known as Kindle Fire HD 7" (2013). The 8.9" HD model remains the same. These variants are shown on the respective Wikipedia pages.
As far as I understand it, both 3rd gen HDX models and the 2013 version of the HD 7" suffer from the lack of an exploit that will allow the bootloader to be subverted, meaning that they're locked-down and you can't install a custom ROM. There is an exploit that will allow root on the KFHD7(2013), and there are methods to get root on HDX models that haven't been updated to the latest firmware, see the relevant forum. Once rooted, you can get the Play Store running and some Google services and apps. But if your HDX has already succumbed to the OTA update that started to go out a few weeks ago you're out of luck at present.
The only model that Amazon currently sells which can be turned into a proper Android tablet is the older Fire HD 8.9".
[Actually, it seems that you can still find the upgraded first-gen Fire for sale on Amazon if you follow the link on the Wikipedia entry, but Amazon doesn't advertise it.]
charlesky said:
Kindle Fire first gen
Kindle Fire 2nd gen (HD)
Kindle fire 3rd gen (HDX)
To complicate things a bit more, the 7" version of the first gen 7" Fire was re-released in 2012 with slightly upgraded HW and a new OS, this is called the Kindle Fire 2. The 7" version of the 2nd gen HD was re-released last year as a model that lacks a front camera, this is known as Kindle Fire HD 7" (2013). The 8.9" HD model remains the same. These variants are shown on the respective Wikipedia pages.
As far as I understand it, both 3rd gen HDX models and the 2013 version of the HD 7" suffer from the lack of an exploit that will allow the bootloader to be subverted, meaning that they're locked-down and you can't install a custom ROM. There is an exploit that will allow root on the KFHD7(2013), and there are methods to get root on HDX models that haven't been updated to the latest firmware, see the relevant forum. Once rooted, you can get the Play Store running and some Google services and apps. But if your HDX has already succumbed to the OTA update that started to go out a few weeks ago you're out of luck at present.
The only model that Amazon currently sells which can be turned into a proper Android tablet is the older Fire HD 8.9".
[Actually, it seems that you can still find the upgraded first-gen Fire for sale on Amazon if you follow the link on the Wikipedia entry, but Amazon doesn't advertise it.]
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I didn't notice the 'Kindle' until the second generation,so the question looks a little stupid.But you were so patient.Thank you very much.It's really a very detailed answer.But I still wonder if there is any possibility of getting the device unlocked and installing a custom ROM?
scuwudi said:
I didn't notice the 'Kindle' until the second generation,so the question looks a little stupid.But you were so patient.Thank you very much.It's really a very detailed answer.But I still wonder if there is any possibility of getting the device unlocked and installing a custom ROM?
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only if a dev comes along and get lucky and finds some code he can exploit but it is unknown when or if it will even be cracked so don't get your hopes too high.
stunts513 said:
only if a dev comes along and get lucky and finds some code he can exploit but it is unknown when or if it will even be cracked so don't get your hopes too high.
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I got it.Thank you so much.:laugh:
Hello guys. Just wanted to ask if anyone knows exactly what is going on in this video.
Is this a custom ROM running Android Lollipop?? Sounds too good to be true.
Seeing is believing I guess.
Awesome if true!! Hope coming soon to our Amazon fire tv's Can't wait.
Amazon Fire Stick Running Game Boy Advance Emulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYhaZki7Ag&list=UU_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Mretaprime
oscargo29 said:
Hello guys. Just wanted to ask if anyone knows exactly what is going on in this video.
Is this a custom ROM running Android Lollipop?? Sounds too good to be true.
Seeing is believing I guess.
Awesome if true!! Hope coming soon to our Amazon fire tv's Can't wait.
Amazon Fire Stick Running Game Boy Advance Emulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYhaZki7Ag&list=UU_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw
YouTube Channel name:
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Mretaprime
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As he says right at the beginning "this is the adt-1 google developers". The titles are all jacked up. That is not the Fire TV.
rbox said:
As he says right at the beginning "this is the adt-1 google developers". The titles are all jacked up. That is not the Fire TV.
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I don't know what "adt-1 google developers" is. I'll have to look that up.
What I do know is that the title of his video( Actually all his videos), have the words "Amazon Fire Stick" on them.
It's kinda misleading and had to ask someone that knows about this kinda stuff.
Why would he title almost all his videos like this
He even made an unboxing of new Fire Tv stick... Bummer.
Looks cool though. Would me nice to someday run android 5.0 on Fire TV like this video.
We haven't had no new root available For Fire TV since first root method was discovered to work on FireTV.
Trying not to lose hope and this video lifted my spirits if even for just a second... actually, Split-second:laugh:
Thanks for checking in on this.
Hope someday we can install rbox Fire TV Mods and a whole lot more soon.
Need to hook up my new Fire TV Stick and this would have been a cool mod:fingers-crossed:
oscargo29 said:
Hello guys. Just wanted to ask if anyone knows exactly what is going on in this video.
Is this a custom ROM running Android Lollipop?? Sounds too good to be true.
Seeing is believing I guess.
Awesome if true!! Hope coming soon to our Amazon fire tv's Can't wait.
Amazon Fire Stick Running Game Boy Advance Emulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYhaZki7Ag&list=UU_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw
YouTube Channel name:
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Mretaprime
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I don't think that's an Amazon device. Rather it's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_TV
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/06/30/adt-1-googles-android-tv-developers-kit-details/
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I don't think that's an Amazon device. Rather it's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_TV
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/06/30/adt-1-googles-android-tv-developers-kit-details/
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Thank you for info.
Understand now what this ADT-1 is.
Still don't understand why title of his video is Amazon Fire Stick.
Has anyone noticed that Amazons own game studio has very little support for Fire TV? Out of roughly eight titles they have released only one has made it to Fire TV ?? Curious?
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Has anyone noticed that Amazons own game studio has very little support for Fire TV? Out of roughly eight titles they have released only one has made it to Fire TV ? Curious?
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I knew they released Sev Zero for the FireTV, but I didn't know they released any other games for anything. I just looked it up and it appears they have released other games for Fire Tablet, Fire Phone, and iPhone/iPad. That is curious.
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I knew they released Sev Zero for the FireTV, but I didn't know they released any other games for anything. I just looked it up and it appears they have released other games for Fire Tablet, Fire Phone, and iPhone/iPad. That is curious.
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Yeah the bummer is they look good Why not port the games to Fire ? TV?
Hi my fire tv got the 5.0.5 update today and I am based in the uk, however it does not seem to include Alexa is there a way of adding Alexa to my fire tv stick?
I would like to know too. That's the only reason I updated.
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soulclaimed said:
Hi my fire tv got the 5.0.5 update today and I am based in the uk, however it does not seem to include Alexa is there a way of adding Alexa to my fire tv stick?
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Trying to find the same, looks like we'll need to await Amazon UK getting the finger out.
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Trying to find the same, looks like we'll need to await Amazon UK getting the finger out.
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I do so love how things like this get announced with no indication of them being country specific...
My mother in law just picked up a second generation Fire TV Stick and was asking me if it's rootable. She said she knows someone who rooted their 1st generation and had a bunch of stuff sideloaded onto it, but from what I have researched online, the second generation is not yet rootable at this time...
Anyone know for sure? I have never dealt with one of these before, I am only familiar with ROKU.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.