One question, I spoke to customer service on Amazon, They stated the 4th Gen kindles HDX 8.9(2.5 snap dragon) and new HD6 and HD7 models have OTG support enabled....
Is this true? And 3rd Gen (2.2 snapdragon) which I have, it is disabled.
All over the net im seeing disabled all the time.
And I haven't seen anyone here speaking about OTG support at all.
They might've misunderstood your question. I'm pretty sure they don't.
Amazon love to force you to use bandwidth and their cloud storage.so they do this on purpose. Along with the no SD slot has been a trend with companies that are affiliated with each other..
I have the hd6 and from what I remember otg is functional. I can confirm this evening.
The hd6 does support otg.
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Hi friends:
I read that the new OS Fire OS 3.0 (Mojito) is based on Android 4.2.x. I think one of the very important feature that was added in Android 4.3 was the fstrim (TRIM) support that regularly schedules the syncing of unused blocks to the storage controller. We already observed that Android devices kept being slower and slower with due time and the missing TRIM support was one of the primary reason.
So I wanted to know did Amazon back ported the complete TRIM support to their Fire OS 3.0, otherwise all the shining and speed that we'll enjoy in the initial days will loose with time.
I know this would be difficult to know at this time when HDX has not been released yet but I heard that Fire OS 3.0 has already been released for older Kindle HD models.
I'd really want to know this.
Thanks.
I'd love for someone to confirm this as well. It's the only thing stopping me from buying this. You can't touch a tablet with these same hardware specs for this low of a price!
When custom ROMs come out, you will be able to use this. Please do not quote me on this, but I am almost positive.
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Hi Everyone,
I've been trying to figure out if this is possible or not but I called amazon and had them rollback the software on my kindle fire hd 3rd generation to 11.3.2.6 is it possible to root now?
Wrong forum, look elsewhere for HD support. This forum is for HDX models.
After excitedly clicking on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770
I discovered that my BL-locked THOR is apparently not a 3rd gen? I don't know, the model naming convention for kindles is a disaster.
Anyways, the local Pawn America has a literal stack of fire HDXs for $25 each in perfect condition. I guess they don't sell well.
I'm willing to try some experimental attempts at migrating the SOHO BL unlock; the discoverer mentioned that it *might* be cross compatible. Would I be wasting $25 if I made the attempt or are the BLs similar enough to warrant it? Anything I should know about THOR in terms of adjusting this unlock method?
vapor63 said:
After excitedly clicking on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770
I discovered that my BL-locked THOR is apparently not a 3rd gen? I don't know, the model naming convention for kindles is a disaster.
Anyways, the local Pawn America has a literal stack of fire HDXs for $25 each in perfect condition. I guess they don't sell well.
I'm willing to try some experimental attempts at migrating the SOHO BL unlock; the discoverer mentioned that it *might* be cross compatible. Would I be wasting $25 if I made the attempt or are the BLs similar enough to warrant it? Anything I should know about THOR in terms of adjusting this unlock method?
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Soho is Kindle Fire HD (2 gen) which means it is the second generation of HD series, the first generation of Kindle Fire HD is codenamed TATE,
here, check this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593334
From what I know the last gen of fires received great support from the devs, instead the HDX series didn't, as of the unlock I frankly don't know
vapor63 said:
After excitedly clicking on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...ment/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770
I discovered that my BL-locked THOR is apparently not a 3rd gen? I don't know, the model naming convention for kindles is a disaster.
Anyways, the local Pawn America has a literal stack of fire HDXs for $25 each in perfect condition. I guess they don't sell well.
I'm willing to try some experimental attempts at migrating the SOHO BL unlock; the discoverer mentioned that it *might* be cross compatible. Would I be wasting $25 if I made the attempt or are the BLs similar enough to warrant it? Anything I should know about THOR in terms of adjusting this unlock method?
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aaronkatrini said:
Soho is Kindle Fire HD (2 gen) which means it is the second generation of HD series, the first generation of Kindle Fire HD is codenamed TATE,
here, check this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593334
From what I know the last gen of fires received great support from the devs, instead the HDX series didn't, as of the unlock I frankly don't know
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TL;DR I never said it "might" be cross compatible. I said it definitely isn't.
Let me explain this. There was the Kindle Fire otter. Then came the Kindle Fire (2nd Generation) otter2, Kindle Fire HD (2nd Generation) tate and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" (2nd Generation) jem. Then came the Kindle Fire HD (3rd Generation) soho, Kindle Fire HDX (3rd Generation) thor and Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" (3rd Generation) apollo. But the Kindle Fire HDX is completely different from any Kindle Fire that came before it. Unlike its predecessors which were powered by the TI OMAP4 platform, it's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon. Android generally uses the LK bootloader, designed for Qualcomm devices and licensed under the MIT license. The MIT license imposes no requirements on the use of the software. The OMAP4 platform does not generally use LK and most devices use Das U-Boot instead. Since U-Boot is licensed under the GPL license, companies using it are forced to release the source code, along with any modifications made to it. There are many uses of untrusted input in Amazon's verification procedures in the bootloader source code which have been exploited to unlock all the devices in the Kindle Fire (2nd Generation) range, and the Kindle Fire HD (3rd Generation). Since the MIT license does not require Amazon to release the source code, we cannot inspect their verification procedures as easily as we can with U-Boot, therefore an exploit is harder to find.
I've recently picked up a 3rd generation fire hd6 & am struggling to find a decent case for it as it's all about the 4th gen stuff nowerdays.
if anyone knows of a source for gen3 hd6's it'd be most welcome.
thanks in anticipation
Solved
turns out its a kindle fire hdx so problem solved. turns out to be a better deal than I'd realised.
*facepalm*
I have a 3rd gen 7" HDX that I want to run Logitech's Harmony remote app on. It is not on Amazon's app store (shocker right?). Is there a way to get it on there without rooting the device (doesn't run FireOS 5.x)? If not, is it possible to root the device using a MacBook Pro? Use small words.... we Apple folks are pretty slow.
Thanks
quaff1 said:
I have a 3rd gen 7" HDX that I want to run Logitech's Harmony remote app on. It is not on Amazon's app store (shocker right?). Is there a way to get it on there without rooting the device (doesn't run FireOS 5.x)? If not, is it possible to root the device using a MacBook Pro? Use small words.... we Apple folks are pretty slow.
Thanks
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Crosspost - answered here.