Hello, everyone. I'm having some trouble trying to figure out how to install twrp so I can flash my Kindle Fire with ICS.
I'm having a lot of trouble trying to figure it out for some reason, this is what I've done so far.
I couldn't figure out how to properly set up the Kindle Fire Utility so I looked for an alternative
and managed to root my Kindle Fire with "QemuRoot_v1.0". After it worked, I went back to
KFU and installed the the google apps/play store using "Kindle_Fire_Utility_v0.9.6".
So the Kindle Fire is rooted and found this guide on how to install twrp but I can't figure out
how to configure it. I have installed terminal emulator, busybox, and goomanager but didn't
see the file I needed "devs/smirkis" so I downloaded the dropbox link.
I'm not sure were I should put the zip or how to flash it, different forums suggested using
a file manager and changing the extension to .apk but it doesn't work.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Okay your headed south with this one real fast. Do you have a 1st gen. Kindle or 2nd because if it's a 2nd gen you cannot install a recovery or ics. QemuRoot_v1.0 is for the 2nd gen. Kindle small chance it could work on 1st gen. but I doubt it, which leads me to believe your kindle is 2nd gen. and your headed towards a permanent brick that there's no rescue for.
I'm gonna agree with The Pooch here, but if by a slim chance that your kindke is a first gwn, then you could just put the smirkit scripts into system/ect and try running them from terminal your self but I wpulnd recommend it because we aren't sure about your kindle yet..
Thepooch said:
Okay your headed south with this one real fast. Do you have a 1st gen. Kindle or 2nd because if it's a 2nd gen you cannot install a recovery or ics. QemuRoot_v1.0 is for the 2nd gen. Kindle small chance it could work on 1st gen. but I doubt it, which leads me to believe your kindle is 2nd gen. and your headed towards a permanent brick that there's no rescue for.
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Hmm.. I'm note entirely sure what it is. It's the 7in Display with 8Gb; was 159 and has the ads on lock screen (can't be taken away). Like I said I was only able to get QemuRoot_v1.0 to work, at the moment I have the Play Store, and a bunch of other apps like the terminal and droidwall.
I assume that the 2nd gen could be the Kindle Fire HD? Sorry about the late reply.
Yeah its 2nd gen. like I said do not attempt to flash a recovery or a bootloader to that device or it will be permanently bricked a really fine 159$ hockey puck!!!
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HI yall i have a kindle fire the first gen and its on the latest system version 10.2.4. I was wondering is there a root for this verson or would i be able to use the kindle fire 2's root process. i would like to root it. i have been searching the web for hours and still no luck any help would be appreciated.
jaymony said:
HI yall i have a kindle fire the first gen and its on the latest system version 10.2.4. I was wondering is there a root for this verson or would i be able to use the kindle fire 2's root process. i would like to root it. i have been searching the web for hours and still no luck any help would be appreciated.
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Actually that would be a 2nd Gen and here is the link to setting that device up for root access and goodies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35536497
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Actually that would be a 2nd Gen and here is the link to setting that device up for root access and goodies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35536497
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no im pretty sure its the first gen the the model number is the D01400
How you are in 10.2.4 in a 1st gen? For what I can understand 10.2.4 is only for the 2nd gen. 1st gen don't have a camera and 2nd gen does.
Second gen doesn't have a camera. It looks like there's some confusion here, so I'll explain the types of fire.
Kindle Fire 1st gen - this is the one that you can install custom roms on because the bootloader can be unlocked. This model has 512mb ram and a 1ghz dual core cpu.
Kindle Fire 2012 revision (second gen, original fire, non-hd, also called the fire 2) - this is the one that runs 10.x.x firmware, has 1 gb ram, 1.2ghz dual core cpu, but can only be rooted at this point due to locked bootloader. This is the one OP most likely has.
Kindle Fire HD 7" - this is the one with a camera, bluetooth, Mic, and can do 720p video
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Wi-Fi - same as 7" but can do 1080p
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" WAN - same as 8.9" Wi-Fi but has aGPS
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Thanks for clearing that up agentfusion, i received a fire for xmas but after reading the forums was getting a little confused with 1st gen which i thought i had and 2nd gen on 10.2.4 which is the one im guessing i have
My brother and I also recieved what appear to be the 2012 revision, or Kindle Fire 2. Seems original, no camera.
I tried to root one of them before I checked the firmware revision. It came as 10.1.1, and the other was 10.1.2.
The one I tried unsuccessfully (thus far) to root auto updated to 10.2.4 last night.
I will be somewhat upset if I am not able to load Android on to either of these devices. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I actually read guitarman2010's comment, and I can't wait to get off and try to get these things rooted with the thread he posted. Thanks a lot man.
I had the first KF, after numerous replacements that said they would send me a KF 2nd gen non-hd. Well I just got it in the mail today and I'm wondering on how to tell if it is the 2nd gen kf?
If it is do KF ROMs work on the KF2 as well?
One last ?. What is the easiest way to root the KF2 non-HD? Will the same methods work on the KF2 as they did on the first KF?
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To check if its a second gen. GO to the setttings. and then device. and if the software version says anything but 6.3.1 or 6.3.0 then its a second gen.
second: if you did some research , they dont work on the second gen.
and finally third. look in here for a way to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1789
A while back I found a utility for rooting and installing other features on the 7 and 8.9 HD fire. My computer crashed and I thought I had recovered everything but I can not find the utility (I do not even remember the name of it) on my PC, and I have spent the better part of an hour searching the forums and can not find anything that looks like what I remember. when the utility started it had a list of somewhere around 20 items on the main menu of it. I know it had options for rooting, backing up, installing TWRP, google framework, and a lot of other stuff as well. Does anyone know what I am talking about and where I can find it again? Thanks for the help.
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A while back I found a utility for rooting and installing other features on the 7 and 8.9 HD fire. My computer crashed and I thought I had recovered everything but I can not find the utility (I do not even remember the name of it) on my PC, and I have spent the better part of an hour searching the forums and can not find anything that looks like what I remember. when the utility started it had a list of somewhere around 20 items on the main menu of it. I know it had options for rooting, backing up, installing TWRP, google framework, and a lot of other stuff as well. Does anyone know what I am talking about and where I can find it again? Thanks for the help.
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You have both the Kindle Fire HD 7" and 8.9?
I do not own both. I have an 8.9, but I refurbished several 7's and 8.9's for friends. I have a friend that recently decided he wanted me to root his kindle that I had repaired for him. he decided that he wanted to be able to do the things with his that I do with mine (rooted, google play, and a bunch of other stuff as well). When I went to look for the rooting script that I had used for mine I could not find it.
I asked because this is the kindle Fire 1: Q and A
the Kindle Fire HD 7" and 8.9 have their own Q and A sections
see 7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
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I will request that this be moved to 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
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but most likely can find the correct thread here [REF]All Things About Kindle Fire HD 8.9
I am hoping that someone may be able to give me some advise or point in the correct direction. I have read and search for months and have not found anything that works in rooting my kindle fire 1st gen v.6.3.3. I have tried using windows and linux pc's and nothing seems to work for me.
So I gues the first question is .....Can this kindle fire be rooted ?
second ....................................What method and proceedure works ?
I have adb installed, I have tried Soupkit, RootPlus, Burrito, KFU (all versions) just to name a few of the methods that I have tried. Nothing works, the kindle fire just keeps right on ticking the Amazon way.
Any advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
evening all
my little boy has recently had his 5th gen kindle fire for kids replaced with a brand new model
his old 5th gen fire running fire os 5.6.1.0 is now mine to play with and would like to root it and install a faster ROM
i have tried the guide from rootjunky and attempted king root both of which fail. is there any way to root and then install better software thats not clogged up with the fire os. apologies in advance if i have posted this in the wrong section
thanks for your time