Hey guys, I know I am new but I need help. I am thinking about rooting my Kindle Fire hdx 7" 3rd generation fire os 4.5.2. But I dont know what to use. I would like it computerless. And if I brick my device I want to know how I can restore from my backup (I use a mac). So can someone help
No Root for 4.x, so you can stop thinking about
I thought there was a root. (vroot and towlroot)
Not for 4.x, only way u can root kindles with those is to reach out to customer support and bs them into rolling back to the older 3.x firmware. search the forums for what to say, etc.
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The only experience I have with gaining root access on a mobile device is with jailbreaking my iPod 5g. No other experience with hacking at all. So what does rooting do? What advantages are there to rooting and should I do it? My tablet is a Kindle Fire HDX 7" and I've been wanting to root it since I got the thing.
flashypsia said:
The only experience I have with gaining root access on a mobile device is with jailbreaking my iPod 5g. No other experience with hacking at all. So what does rooting do? What advantages are there to rooting and should I do it? My tablet is a Kindle Fire HDX 7" and I've been wanting to root it since I got the thing.
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Should you root? Well, a big YES if you want to remove bloat and install a proper ad blocker, amongst other things.
However, the current versions have not been rooted YET.
Hi! Fairly new to downloading custom ROMs onto devices, just got the Viper ROM for my htc one m8, was wondering if there are any ROMs out there for the kindle fire hdx 8.9. I have been searching high and low and can seem to find anything, just ROMs for older versions. I have my device rooted already with towelroot. I also have SuperSU and Safestrap already setup on it as well.
Also wanted to know if I should leave Safestrap on my Kindle for now if there isn't any ROM that works well with the new update? Because I've read that some people are having problems with Safestrap and that their tablets are bricking.
I have version 14.3.2.6
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Wrdlife said:
Hi! Fairly new to downloading custom ROMs onto devices, just got the Viper ROM for my htc one m8, was wondering if there are any ROMs out there for the kindle fire hdx 8.9. I have been searching high and low and can seem to find anything, just ROMs for older versions. I have my device rooted already with towelroot. I also have SuperSU and Safestrap already setup on it as well.
Also wanted to know if I should leave Safestrap on my Kindle for now if there isn't any ROM that works well with the new update? Because I've read that some people are having problems with Safestrap and that their tablets are bricking.
I have version 14.3.2.6
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to answer your question no I do not believe there are any actual custom ROMs for the latest firmware I mean seriously I think it just came out this week you may be able to check out adding gapps but use it was safestrap and use it properly there is no rolling back from that software I believe towelroot still works. I'm not sure of safestrap you will have to go and read the safestrap thread for I am not on that new firmware. Best advice is to just get to reading and that is the only way you're going to understand enough about this device not to turn it into a paper weight. The only way you really break this device is if you miss use using safestrap or doing something else that is ill advised or not advised that all ... There is just too much information and too many ways to Brick and to describe in your thread here.. The responsibility is yours to do your research and their are specific procedures that you want to read thoroughly and understand. Or as of even right now I do not believe there is a brick rescue for this device yet.
I recently received my replacement 7" HDX, seeing that it had 4.5.2 I immediately rooted and disabled automatic updates. I have google play services and can get the apps, however I still have a question. How do I get from my relatively fresh kindle, to a kindle running a completely diffrent ROM. The ROM I'm looking for is the one found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...ent/rom-cm-12-unofficial-apollo-thor-t3050199
Any help would be appreciated and I'm sure that others have similar questions. Thanks!
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I recently received my replacement 7" HDX, seeing that it had 4.5.2 I immediately rooted and disabled automatic updates. I have google play services and can get the apps, however I still have a question. How do I get from my relatively fresh kindle, to a kindle running a completely diffrent ROM. The ROM I'm looking for is the one found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...ent/rom-cm-12-unofficial-apollo-thor-t3050199
Any help would be appreciated and I'm sure that others have similar questions. Thanks!
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You can't as vulnerabilities & associated exploits are not effective against 4.5.2. It is possible to roll back to a Jellybean based ROM with some effort. However, I do not recommend that path due to the significant risk of a nonrecoverable 'hard' brick. Just have to wait/hope for a new vulnerability that allows the boot loader to be unlocked or further development on a Safestrap compatible ROM that works on 4.x. Sorry.
theres probably already stuff on how to do this but i couldnt find it so sorry, but i'm trying to put a new operating system on my kindle fire hd 6 which is on fire os 5, and i have no idea how how, im new at this kinda thing, can anybody help? Im wanting to put Android nougat onto it
Hello,
I've recently gotten an Amazon Fire 7 (7th Gen) and I'd like to root it or install a custom rom. However, I don't know how I would revert it to stock if I did so. Does anyone know where I can find the stock rom for the fire 7 2017? I have the original untampered device if that helps.
(Sorry if this has been asked before, I've searched and couldn't find an answer)
Thanks,
John
johnmarhut said:
Hello,
I've recently gotten an Amazon Fire 7 (7th Gen) and I'd like to root it or install a custom rom. However, I don't know how I would revert it to stock if I did so. Does anyone know where I can find the stock rom for the fire 7 2017? I have the original untampered device if that helps.
(Sorry if this has been asked before, I've searched and couldn't find an answer)
Thanks,
John
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I realize this is an older post, as I have this device also and was browsing threads to get Google Play files for it.
To date, there is no known rooting strategy for this device, and its bootloader cannot be unlocked. Custom ROMs will not be possible until an exploit is found for the bootloader.