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Hi All,
I'm a complete Noob to the Android world so I passed my Kindle Fire HD to friend who said he can install Jellybean on for me, but now the unit does not respond to anything? Has he bricked it and is there any way of fixing it?
Yes bricked. At this point doesn't look good.
ammo789 said:
Hi All,
I'm a complete Noob to the Android world so I passed my Kindle Fire HD to friend who said he can install Jellybean on for me, but now the unit does not respond to anything? Has he bricked it and is there any way of fixing it?
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If you plug it into a pc does it recognise the device, or even an android device?...Im no expert but Ive had some bad roots in my time and got very affraid. Ive found that if a pc can recognise it all hope is not lost. Saying that Ive also found that PC's have problems with very flat batteries. Leave on the the PC usb to charge for several hours before you pass judgement...I know this is a difficult option on the Fire but if that doesnt work you could try to remove the battery for a couple of hours. This is hands on stuff I never tried....there might be something on You Tube? Im Guessing since the battery is enclosed it might not be a simple "lift out"!!!!! As far as I am aware there isnt a recovery or download mode you can boot into... You could try seaching Kindle fire Hard Brick / soft brick for more information....A soft brick is good!!! Not very good but better than hard brick!
In future Id ask to see your friends device running rooted or with a different ROM. I only do mine and family until I know I can make it work...
Im not really liking the fire so much! I tried rooting one today....It didnt brick and it rooted....However Super user didnt get root access....Those tricksters at Amazon are trully annoying
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If you plug it into a pc does it recognise the device, or even an android device?...Im no expert but Ive had some bad roots in my time and got very affraid. Ive found that if a pc can recognise it all hope is not lost. Saying that Ive also found that PC's have problems with very flat batteries. Leave on the the PC usb to charge for several hours before you pass judgement...I know this is a difficult option on the Fire but if that doesnt work you could try to remove the battery for a couple of hours. This is hands on stuff I never tried....there might be something on You Tube? Im Guessing since the battery is enclosed it might not be a simple "lift out"!!!!! As far as I am aware there isnt a recovery or download mode you can boot into... You could try seaching Kindle fire Hard Brick / soft brick for more information....A soft brick is good!!! Not very good but better than hard brick!
In future Id ask to see your friends device running rooted or with a different ROM. I only do mine and family until I know I can make it work...
Im not really liking the fire so much! I tried rooting one today....It didnt brick and it rooted....However Super user didnt get root access....Those tricksters at Amazon are trully annoying
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Cheers Mate,
Will try and charge it first and see if there is any life and if my machine picks it up.
Bricked!
Sorry, but you're likely bricked. There is another thread on here about the same thing. Your buddy messed up royally as the ROMs available are only for the original KF, not the KFHD and most of the ones I've seen clearly spell that out (although some development is under way). I'd say it's time to pay him a visit!
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Sorry, but you're likely bricked. There is another thread on here about the same thing. Your buddy messed up royally as the ROMs available are only for the original KF, not the KFHD and most of the ones I've seen clearly spell that out (although some development is under way). I'd say it's time to pay him a visit!
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Yeap I guess it's R.I.P Kindle
He has offered to buy a new one foe me but I have told him to hang on for a couple of weeks just incase someone finds a fix and to be honest he was trying to help me out so can't really go mad at him when he has offered to buy a new one.
ammo789 said:
Yeap I guess it's R.I.P Kindle
He has offered to buy a new one foe me but I have told him to hang on for a couple of weeks just incase someone finds a fix and to be honest he was trying to help me out so can't really go mad at him when he has offered to buy a new one.
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So no life what so ever....
Well Like you say hang on to it. I wouldnt hold your breath for a fix in the next couple of weeks though....The root is only an exploit and roms are pretty far away. Given the fact that there isnt a DL mode or recovery mode your brick is still gonna be just as broken in 2 weeks time.
As far as I am aware the Root is an Exploit. It doesnt actually unlock the bootloader it just tricks it, so ROMS are a long way away..
Someone will do it...they always do. If it can be programmed by people it can be hacked by people. Given the way Amazon locked it down though it might be months. Mind you they said that about the ROOT and that took days...So I could be wrong!
How about selling it for spares on E-bay....The battery is gonna be good and people are always dropping stuff so the case and screen will be worth something!
Im really sorry about your device...Im pretty noob to android and have screwed a device trying to go a step further. It does suck but I kept at it and I am learning......SO next time dont give it your M8 to screw up....Try not to screw it up yourself....
For me thats the whole point of Android. Stick with this forum and all the helpfull people on it!
You should read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Im doing a lot of work on a family members Kindle Fire HD at the moment and your plight made me think I ought to make provisions for a bricking.
Found the post above hope it helps!!!!
thedeester1 said:
You should read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Im doing a lot of work on a family members Kindle Fire HD at the moment and your plight made me think I ought to make provisions for a bricking.
Found the post above hope it helps!!!!
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I dont think that will work. Thats if the KFHD is not recognized by the PC. I bricked mine b4, where all it would to is launch into recovery mode. If the KFHD still turns on, I recommend a factory cable. You can find them on ebay or other places. It worked for me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36557376#post36557376
After mindlessly toying with the RAZR M's CM10 build, and with help from mattlgroff, I was finally able to get CM10 with working data and WiFi to work on our beloved Atrix HD! Just one minor thing I'd like to squash out before I post it here on XDA which is getting usb storage to work. Even if it's just MTP (I may have found a way to get the old USB Mass Storage working if someone would like to link me to a system dump of the AHD's ICS build. This will likely work on all AHD JB builds.)
Here's some screenshots to wet your taste buds.
Note: The data icon doesn't show bars when connected to data but shows 3G, H, and H+, and the WiFi icon will remain gray.
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Hours of research have given way to a fix for the carrier issue. About to fire up the computer and hopefully get a fully functional CM10 (minus the USB mode) port for the AHD.
Beautiful!
Although the Wi-Fi icon is still grey, are you able to sign into Google services, including Google now?
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Not completely sure. Just downloaded the CM10 gapps so I'm about to flash it and continue testing. I read somewhere on here a while back on how to get usb to work but I've been unable to find it for some reason.
Quick Google search brought this up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
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Markyzz said:
Quick Google search brought this up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
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I meant getting usb to work at all on the CM10 ports for the AHD. Seems like I was wrong. Devs are hard at work figuring this out for us.
You could always try Gapps4BatakangROMv3. Worth a shot anyway.
http://batakang.com/ftp/Gapp/Gapps4BatakangROMv3.zip
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You could always try Gapps4BatakangROMv3. Worth a shot anyway.
http://batakang.com/ftp/Gapp/Gapps4BatakangROMv3.zip
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Well, that certainly fixed the WiFi icon. Able to get into the Play store and Google Now is functional. Only problem is that com.android.phone crashes when making a call. Hopefully I can get this working or the only way to make a call is to NOT hit okay when it crashes, then hitting okay to hang up lol.
Awesome! Hoping for good news! Keep at it!
I think I may have found a way to make usb work. Cross your fingers.
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Alright, no usb storage lol. BUT. I was able to stop the phone from crashing repeatedly and you are now able to make calls normally. One last test to make sure market is working as it should and I shall be releasing what I have so far.
Neroga said:
I think I may have found a way to make usb work. Cross your fingers.
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Alright, no usb storage lol. BUT. I was able to stop the phone from crashing repeatedly and you are now able to make calls normally. One last test to make sure market is working as it should and I shall be releasing what I have so far.
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Thought I had everything up and running. Data, wifi, calling, and market all work. Can't send texts for some reason, though.
Is there any graphics problems as Razr M has a qHD resolution? Thanks for your work,Neroga..
Great progress man, thanks for all the work. Can't wait for it to become a daily driver
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huatz84 said:
Is there any graphics problems as Razr M has a qHD resolution? Thanks for your work,Neroga..
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Upped the DPI to 320 (came with 240) and no problems at all. Smooth as butter. I passed out after literally messing with it all day, yesterday. Gonna upload what I have so far once I get out of work for people to mess with.
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Great progress man, thanks for all the work. Can't wait for it to become a daily driver
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Hopefully someone can find something I haven't tried to get some kind of signal for texting. Gonna have to make a modded gapps, though. The com.android.phone crashing problem is directly linked to phonesky.apk. Boot up, signal, receive texts, repeated crash and no signal after.
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Any updates?
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Waiting on a reply from dhacker. Being a stickler for protocol, I won't post it until I get the okay from him.
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Neroga said:
Waiting on a reply from dhacker. Being a stickler for protocol, I won't post it until I get the okay from him.
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That's cool. We're all waiting patiently for his response
Just to clarify in case someone doesn't know what you're talking about, you're asking for permission to post your port of his open source cm10 port?
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if it's open source I don't really understand why you want permission from him...
Markyzz said:
That's cool. We're all waiting patiently for his response
Just to clarify in case someone doesn't know what you're talking about, you're asking for permission to post your port of his open source cm10 port?
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centipedes said:
if it's open source I don't really understand why you want permission from him...
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He took the time to build it from source which I did not. 99% of the work is his. Seeing as he isn't responding, I may just post it giving him credit with a link to the original thread.
Please please please post it.. I've been religiously checking this thread since I first saw it and the last couple of days have been hell because I know it's so so close.That being said, I'm pretty much begging you to post it. Oh, and is there anything that currently doesn't work right on it or is it now fit to daily drive?
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Please please please post it.. I've been religiously checking this thread since I first saw it and the last couple of days have been hell because I know it's so so close.That being said, I'm pretty much begging you to post it. Oh, and is there anything that currently doesn't work right on it or is it now fit to daily drive?
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In the process of making a thread on the dev section.
Can't send / receive texts and installing gapps will cause com.android.phone to crash repeatedly. So make a backup of your apks before flashing this.
I want to take another stab at unlocking the bootloader, I see the forums seem to be next to dead and i believe if we can successfuly unlock this thing it will breath a bit of new life into our device. anyone who is willing to help and has some information to share please post it here. ive got a few ideas on people to talk to.
until then
lets brain storm
Not trying to be a negative Nancy but why? We got Kexec but just a lack of good developers.
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MrObvious said:
Not trying to be a negative Nancy but why? We got Kexec but just a lack of good developers.
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Because we have a pretty good device, and development was great for a while but the bootloader has kept this device from being truly great for a long time. i think if we can crack it it would bring back some development. and not only that but if we can find a way to crack this maybe we can put our information forward to other motorola devices with the same issue. id love to have the kernel options, and variety of roms available ive had on past devices. the og evo was awesome for that one reason. and i honestly believe its possible....
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Because we have a pretty good device, and development was great for a while but the bootloader has kept this device from being truly great for a long time. i think if we can crack it it would bring back some development. and not only that but if we can find a way to crack this maybe we can put our information forward to other motorola devices with the same issue. id love to have the kernel options, and variety of roms available ive had on past devices. the og evo was awesome for that one reason. and i honestly believe its possible....
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An unlocked bootloader would make no difference. With kexec we can bypass and use a custom kernel anyways. However the custom kernel is still in development as motorola never released an ics/JB kernel
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idontwanttobeanoob said:
I want to take another stab at unlocking the bootloader, I see the forums seem to be next to dead and i believe if we can successfuly unlock this thing it will breath a bit of new life into our device. anyone who is willing to help and has some information to share please post it here. ive got a few ideas on people to talk to.
until then
lets brain storm
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Lmao
I think it would be great to crack the bootloader. However, has any phone with a locke bootloader been cracked without a leak from the manufacturer?
Moto must be using pretty large bit keys to lock the bootloader. You'll have to be lucky to crack it, not good.
I don't really see the actually bootloader lock changing in anyway. As said above kexec is a good system, just have to be patient.
The-Captain said:
I don't really see the actually bootloader lock changing in anyway. As said above kexec is a good system, just have to be patient.
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Patient for what? Hashcode himself said "What do you want me to improve on JB for D3?!". I don't really see D3 getting camera on 4.x anymore
DoubleYouPee said:
Patient for what? Hashcode himself said "What do you want me to improve on JB for D3?!". I don't really see D3 getting camera on 4.x anymore
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He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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The-Captain said:
He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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well glad to see my dumb post has gotten a bit of attention.... lol
id not touched my d3 since long before kexec, found it in a drawer and got a bit carried away.
went back and looked into kexec after everyone mentioned it and i agree its a pretty good system so im gonna start doing my research and see if there is anything i might be able to do.
sorry guys
idontwanttobeanoob said:
well glad to see my dumb post has gotten a bit of attention.... lol
id not touched my d3 since long before kexec, found it in a drawer and got a bit carried away.
went back and looked into kexec after everyone mentioned it and i agree its a pretty good system so im gonna start doing my research and see if there is anything i might be able to do.
sorry guys
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Focus on the camera.
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The-Captain said:
He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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Amen. Motorola DROID 3's camera is a total bs anyways.
Hey guys, can anyone tell me in a nutshell what's wrong with our D3's cam? For example It doesn't work under CM7. Is it that special?
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paleee said:
Hey guys, can anyone tell me in a nutshell what's wrong with our D3's cam? For example It doesn't work under CM7. Is it that special?
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For CM7 you need a 3rd party app like camera 360
I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.
Peperm1nt said:
I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.
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Good luck
Peperm1nt said:
I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.
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Hopefully waiting
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Hi,
I was really hoping the rumors would have been true and the Nexus 7 2 would have been announced. I was ready to pre-order last week. That didn’t happen so I pulled the trigger on the current Nexus 7. While I'm disappointed that I didn't get to get the brand new one I am VERY happy with it so far. I also got the official Nexus dock and a keyboard case. I have to say the official dock is so great I may buy a 2nd one! It’s overpriced but soooo nice.
Anyway, one thing I want to do right away is be able to get and send SMS texts from my phone on my N7. I have a Droid Razr Maxx by the way. What is the best software to do this?
Is there a free way to turn on the wireless tether on my Razr so I can connect my N7 to it? I also play Ingress and it would be cool to be able to use the N7 for that.
I'm not ready to root and try a custom ROM yet but what are some of the "must have" apps for the N7? Any info would be great!
Thanks
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Tablet Talk
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Fox-Fi
Droid9 said:
While I'm disappointed that I didn't get to get the brand new one I am VERY happy with it so far.
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lol the "new one" doesn't even exist, the disappointment is unfounded for the time being
lolcopter said:
lol the "new one" doesn't even exist, the disappointment is unfounded for the time being
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Well yes but I think we all know there will be a new one sometime in the next 6 months.
Droid9 said:
Well yes but I think we all know there will be a new one sometime in the next 6 months.
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Possibly, but being mad about not being able to buy something which doesn't even exist yet is a waste of time and energy
lolcopter said:
Possibly, but being mad about not being able to buy something which doesn't even exist yet is a waste of time and energy
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He didn't say he was mad. He was hoping for a new release, there wasn't so he just bought what was available now.
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Save the disappointment for when the new version is actually released I guess
Current logic is flawed, that's all. I'll shut up now, carry on.
FWIW OP, I was expecting an updated OS, when that didn't happen I unlocked, rooted, and began flashing whatever I wanted
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He didn't say he was mad. He was hoping for a new release, there wasn't so he just bought what was available now.
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Exactly. I wasn't going to buy the current one until after the big Google announcement. That would just be dumb. But again, I love this device so lets stop talking about "what if" or "when it does come out"... I want to talk about the cool things this one can do.
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Since its brand new, i'd recommend unlocking and rooting right away, just to get that out of the way should you wish to flash stuff later. Better to do it early since unlocking wipes everything and there's little data to keep that early. Having said that, I just finally unlocked/rooted after months of ownership and replacing all the data was trivial. Just a recommendation.
It's a very capable tablet completely stock, I just like tweaking things and the tablet UI is cool IMO.
lolcopter said:
Since its brand new, i'd recommend unlocking and rooting right away, just to get that out of the way should you wish to flash stuff later. Better to do it early since unlocking wipes everything and there's little data to keep that early. Having said that, I just finally unlocked/rooted after months of ownership and replacing all the data was trivial. Just a recommendation.
It's a very capable tablet completely stock, I just like tweaking things and the tablet UI is cool IMO.
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Can you direct me to the easiest unlocking instructions?
Droid9 said:
Can you direct me to the easiest unlocking instructions?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Used this yesterday it worked perfectly, just follow the instructions, fix the drivers etc and it's a cakewalk
Droid9 said:
Can you direct me to the easiest unlocking instructions?
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I think Wugs tool is pretty easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
The price to specs ratio on the new KF HD (not HDX) looks great. I'm thinking about picking one up for my daughter. If there any work towards root or custom ROMs on this device? If I could load even stock 4.3 onto this device, it would be an instant purchase.
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The price to specs ratio on the new KF HD (not HDX) looks great. I'm thinking about picking one up for my daughter. If there any work towards root or custom ROMs on this device? If I could load even stock 4.3 onto this device, it would be an instant purchase.
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It's gonna be a while.
I came here looking for the same info... I actually have the 2013 model and wanted to put n2a on it, but realized that would not work (why I came here)... Hope it's not too far off... interested in playing with this device more.
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It's gonna be a while.
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I'm OK with that, as long as someone is working on it.
jderosa3 said:
I came here looking for the same info... I actually have the 2013 model and wanted to put n2a on it, but realized that would not work (why I came here)... Hope it's not too far off... interested in playing with this device more.
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What's your opinion of the hardware?
I really like the Fire HD 3rd Gen... It is smooth and clean. I only have the 8GB model but I really look forward to turning it into an Android device soon! It's a waiting game at this point. I am sure someone is working on it... :fingers-crossed:
Someone has started to work on it. @Hashcode is an awesome developer, so you can guarantee there will be something in the future. Check it out here.
Thanks
Ph0enix_216 said:
Someone has started to work on it. @Hashcode is an awesome developer, so you can guarantee there will be something in the future. Check it out here.
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that with us. Look forward to seeing him develop something.
jderosa3 said:
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that with us. Look forward to seeing him develop something.
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Someone has reported that they have rooted the 2013 KFHD with binary root located on here. This is just something I saw on here last night from a user. Take that as you will.
Edit - Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2482426&page=2 It's from a member that never posted before so take it for what it's worth.
I believe that is our generation not the second iteration of the hd.
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I believe that is our generation not the second iteration of the hd.
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It says 7.4.7, so yeah, I think you're right.
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that with us. Look forward to seeing him develop something.
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Definitely look forward to it. The work Hashcode does is simply amazing.