Hi there!
i am new to the kindle tablets and on looking into this branch of xda
i am confused as i dont know which ROM i can use.
to make it short: i want a stock Android on my hdx7.
thanks und cheers
el loco
As far as i know there os only one Rom available here, called hdx nexus. Should be stock Android. I actually cant flash it for testing, because i have a wrong software version installed. If someone knows how to downgrade from 13.3.2.5 to 13.3.2.4 please post a link/tutorial or something like that.
I'm in the same situation as Arthuro88. My HDX 7 is running Fire OS 4.5.1 and I can't use the root technique I found (or towelroot). Has anyone found a way to root this version yet?
I got one of the last, apparently old, HDX's in the store. Luckily for me it had the older firmware on it and I knew better than to register it with Amazon right out of the box. I rooted the device, installed Safestrap, and then realized that Nexus 2.0.1 required a new rev of the firmware. So I upgraded *manually* to the mid-release firmware (the newest older version that was still rootable), hit it with Towel to root it, and flashed it to Nexus 2.0.1. All in all it is a VERY nice ROM. It works extremely well, and has only crashed on me once. My problem with it is that it doesn't support the 4G/LTE radio in my version of the HDX. To be clear: the WiFi works fine, but not the cellular carrier signal I'm getting charged for monthly.
So again- go with Nexus 2.0.1.
As for me, my original plan was to get Kali Linux running on my HDX. I'm shelving that for now and trying to port Firefox OS (Mozilla's Linux-based OS for phones and tablets) to the HDX. None of the "Big Brother" crap from Amazon (FireOS) or Google (Android). Plus it's completely open for development and all apps are basically Javascript_HTML5/CSS since it's web-oriented in its philosophy. I'd post a link but I'm still under my 10 post count. If anyone is interested in helping with the porting project I have a thread already started on this forum.
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* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war,
* or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
* Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included
* in the products you find here before flashing it!
* YOU are choosing to make these modifications.
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Prerequisites for Installation
- Backup your existing ROM in case you want to go back
- Must have the 4.5.3 bootloaders loaded
- Must have TWRP access
Fresh Installation
- From your recovery perform a Factory Reset
- Flash the ROM File
- Flash SuperSU if you want root access
- Flash Open Gapps of your choice.
- Reboot and enjoy!
Downloads
*** Please do NOT create any mirrors ***
- lineage-11.0 for Amazon Fire HD6 and HD7 2014 Tablet
Source Code
- Kernel Source: Ariel stock kernel, build number update-kindle-20.4.5.5_user_455002120
XDA:DevDB Information
Lineage-11.0 Fire HD6&7, ROM for the Amazon Fire HD 6 and 7
Contributors
ggow
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
Based On: Cyanogenmod
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2015-12-13
Last Updated 2019-10-18
Release Notes / Changelog
14 Oct 2019
- Security patches up to and including February 2019
- Bluetooth works
17 Oct 2016
- Ported Google's October 2016 security patches.
18 Sep 2016
- Security Patches Up to and including September 2016
- Some OMX features fixed
- Youtube Fixed
- VLC now plays HD video
12 May 2016
- Security Patches Up to and including May 2016
- Updated CM-11 Code
11 Jan 2016
- Set DPI to 252
- Add launcher rotation setting to build.prop (enabled by default)
- Add lock screen rotation setting to build.prop (enabled by default)
- 01 January 2016 AOSP security patches included
- Updated CM-11 Code
13 Dec 2015
- Initial Release
Reserved
New Build is Up
- Dated 13 Dec 2015
- Initial Release
- Links are now up
I will be trying this out as soon as I can.
Just a quick question: why CM11 and not CM12+? Was it because of kernel limitations?
Regardless, thanks immensely for your time. Hopefully it works. Cheers mate
Remolten said:
I will be trying this out as soon as I can.
Just a quick question: why CM11 and CM12+? Was it because of kernel limitations?
Regardless, thanks immensely for your time. Hopefully it works. Cheers mate
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- Yes you're right, went for CM-11 it's easier due to having a working recovery
- I thought about CM-12 but the risk is high of producing a bricked device
- If you flash a non-working 5.1.1 system and haven't got a recovery which you can reflash with then instant brick
ggow said:
- Yes you're right, went for CM-11 it's easier due to having a working recovery
- I thought about CM-12 but the risk is high of producing a bricked device
- If you flash a non-working 5.1.1 system and haven't got a recovery which you can reflash with then instant brick
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Cool! Trying it out later today.
nice work,thanks:good:
Very awesome to see the first ROM. Great job!
Sent from my KFARWI using Tapatalk
Installed successfully! Thanks mate! Much faster than the Amazon Lollipop, and more storage free!
Worth noting that xposed does not work, as well as videos, camera, and bluetooth. Lots of issues with Google Now crashing as well. Seems pretty buggy atm, but definitely feels great—a speedy upgrade over the amazon stock.
Nice! I hope it becomes official. (If that's how it works )
BTW I can confirm that Stock GApps have enough space to install, compared to the stock Amazon system.
EDIT: REALIZED I SHOULD HAVE EDITED MY LAST POST INSTEAD
Remolten said:
Installed successfully! Thanks mate! Much faster than the Amazon Lollipop, and more storage free!
Worth noting that xposed does not work, as well as videos, camera, and bluetooth. Lots of issues with Google Now crashing as well. Seems pretty buggy atm, but definitely feels great—a speedy upgrade over the amazon stock.
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- I'll fix xposed for the next release
- I'm preparing to take a run at the next release shortly
ggow said:
- I'll fix xposed for the next release
- I'm preparing to take a run at the next release shortly
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Sounds good! Looking forward to testing it!
ggow said:
- I'll fix xposed for the next release
- I'm preparing to take a run at the next release shortly
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Can't wait
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Wow It's amazing I flash it in a Fire HD7 and change dpi to 213 and it's perfect!
I can try CM12 on a tablet that I have to return. Nothing happens if it bricks
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ggow said:
- Yes you're right, went for CM-11 it's easier due to having a working recovery
- I thought about CM-12 but the risk is high of producing a bricked device
- If you flash a non-working 5.1.1 system and haven't got a recovery which you can reflash with then instant brick
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ggow, you can flash cm12 with 4.5.3 bootloader and twrp and next flash 5.1.1 bootloader and Amazon stock recovery in case of brick you can flash a original rom by sideload the brick risk is null.
Sorry for my english
3 Days Testing Report
Firstly, i really appreciate for your work, ggow! That's the best first build what i'd ever tested, so smooth, didn't expected such a nice performance. Successfully installed SuperSU and GApps (pico). Picked up flash drive to OTG, worked perfectly, not worse then in Fire OS. With disabled lockscreen, my Fire wakes up and locks impressively fast. Made a proper wifi speedtests and very satisfied - speed is increased, compared to Fire OSes (4.x and 5.x) - from 43 mbps (max) to 51 mbps (max) with my cheap 741nd home router. All's ok with Spotify. As described, Youtube isn't working, Bluetooth service is crashing after boot. Tried few camera apps and it still cannot take photo. There is an areas, what you may look to focus on. Audio output is extremely low with headphones, tried different ones, from speaker volume is normal. Audio recording seems not working. In MXPlayer, HW video decoding isn't working. Also, there are rebooting problems - it performs not every time, rebooting to recovery isn't performs for me at all (Fire is just shuts down), interface rebooting is ok. I'm exited for the next builds. I think it's good that you develop CM11 Rom, because higher versions are not that good on low memory devices like this, and yes, 872 mb is not a big amount in 2015. Would be good to see newer versions in the future, but i'm still very happy with KitKat!
Firmware_Addicted said:
Firstly, i really appreciate for your work, ggow! That's the best first build what i'd ever tested, so smooth, didn't expected such a nice performance. Successfully installed SuperSU and GApps (pico). Picked up flash drive to OTG, worked perfectly, not worse then in Fire OS. With disabled lockscreen, my Fire wakes up and locks impressively fast. Made a proper wifi speedtests and very satisfied - speed is increased, compared to Fire OSes (4.x and 5.x) - from 43 mbps (max) to 51 mbps (max) with my cheap 741nd home router. All's ok with Spotify. As described, Youtube isn't working, Bluetooth service is crashing after boot. Tried few camera apps and it still cannot take photo. There is an areas, what you may look to focus on. Audio output is extremely low with headphones, tried different ones, from speaker volume is normal. Audio recording seems not working. In MXPlayer, HW video decoding isn't working. Also, there are rebooting problems - it performs not every time, rebooting to recovery isn't performs for me at all (Fire is just shuts down), interface rebooting is ok. I'm exited for the next builds. I think it's good that you develop CM11 Rom, because higher versions are not that good on low memory devices like this, and yes, 872 mb is not a big amount in 2015. Would be good to see newer versions in the future, but i'm still very happy with KitKat!
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Just to let you know, even though the Youtube app doesn't work, the website does, and it works pretty well. (Using Chrome here)
Thank you for doing this. I actually use your Apollo ROMs for myself. FireOS is garbage, but I wasn't willing to destroy one of the kid's devices while I muddled around. This gives me hope!
Hello everyone, I'm gonna be quick as possible I will join basic info at the end,
I have a Meizu M5, I want to use a different OS on the phone, I dont care if its a modified OS or anything, or even the official Android 6.0.1, I did a bit of research on how to root, flash ....etc I guess "Custom ROMs" have to be "phone compatible",
is it possible to use the official Android on my phone? if yes where can I get it?
I'm okay if anything goes wrong while flashing or rooting...
Marketing Name: MEIZU_M5
Model: M611H
Android Version: 6.0
Android Security patch date: February 5, 2018
Build number: Flyme 6.3.1.0G
infgrs said:
Hello everyone, I'm gonna be quick as possible I will join basic info at the end,
I have a Meizu M5, I want to use a different OS on the phone, I dont care if its a modified OS or anything, or even the official Android 6.0.1, I did a bit of research on how to root, flash ....etc I guess "Custom ROMs" have to be "phone compatible",
is it possible to use the official Android on my phone? if yes where can I get it?
I'm okay if anything goes wrong while flashing or rooting...
Marketing Name: MEIZU_M5
Model: M611H
Android Version: 6.0
Android Security patch date: February 5, 2018
Build number: Flyme 6.3.1.0G
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Hi,
To install a custom ROM, the ROM needs, indeed, to be compatible with your phone. People make the compatible by building them this way. When you talk about "Official Android", I assume you're talking about the Android Experience from the Pixel phones. There are some ROMs that reproduce very closely this experience (one of them is called Pixel Experience). Unfortunately this ROM isn't available for your phone.
What I found tho, is this article saying you can install Lineage OS 13 (Android 6) on your phone. Here it is :
https://www.getdroidtips.com/lineage-os-13-meizu-m5
Edit#1: the download link for the ROM is gone, and I didn't find any other ROMs for your phone. You can try to search yourself, it's super easy, just type " (name of the phone) custom ROMs " on Google.
Hello everyone,
I tried to upgrade my Nord 2 (EU) device from Oxygen Updater and I downloaded 11_C.01 zip update file, but the instructions given from the app for local upgrade lead to nothing.
The apk that the app suggested can't be installed as my device runs Android 11 and recovery mode says that the version is older as the current (I have 11_A.21, how is it possible?).
So I want your help to update my device, thank you in advance!
You need to wait the new update for A12 which will have android security patch newer than 11_A.21. Or downgrade to 11_A.20 which have lower than 11_C.01. So will update without issues. The reason is that 11_A.21 is newer than 11_C.01.OnePlus development schedule....
Btw, DN2103_11_C.08 is available for some users.
roldev said:
You need to wait the new update for A12 which will have android security patch newer than 11_A.21. Or downgrade to 11_A.20 which have lower than 11_C.01. So will update without issues. The reason is that 11_A.21 is newer than 11_C.01.OnePlus development schedule....
Btw, DN2103_11_C.08 is available for some users.
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thanks for this, i found the zip file i need ( https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118466591 ), but i can't find a proper way to downgrade, only downgrade from 12 to 11 is available online. should i use the same method?
greg10 said:
thanks for this, i found the zip file i need ( https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118466591 ), but i can't find a proper way to downgrade, only downgrade from 12 to 11 is available online. should i use the same method?
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To downgrade from A.21 to A.20 you can use the excellent guide from @Raygen:
[STOCK][FULL-ROM] OxygenOS_11.3_A.20 EU DN2103 | Unbrick guide
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Cheers.
greg10 said:
Hello everyone,
I tried to upgrade my Nord 2 (EU) device from Oxygen Updater and I downloaded 11_C.01 zip update file, but the instructions given from the app for local upgrade lead to nothing.
The apk that the app suggested can't be installed as my device runs Android 11 and recovery mode says that the version is older as the current (I have 11_A.21, how is it possible?).
So I want your help to update my device, thank you in advance!
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Did you manage to downgrade?