Just curious if anyone has been able to get gapps running on the 10?
This forum is only for the amazon fire 7" 5th gen (2015)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10 ask here.
Hi all,
I have a question regarding Amazon Fire 7. If I buy it today on Amazon (Fire Tablet with Alexa 7 inch $49.99) and do not power it on at all / do not update the firmware, what Fire OS version/firmware does it come with? Can I install CyanogenMod on it? Thanks!
kpdeepu said:
Hi all,
I have a question regarding Amazon Fire 7. If I buy it today on Amazon (Fire Tablet with Alexa 7 inch $49.99) and do not power it on at all / do not update the firmware, what Fire OS version/firmware does it come with? Can I install CyanogenMod on it? Thanks!
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- root is a prerequisite for installing a custom ROM
- likely 5.3.2.1 or 5.3.3.x which are not rootabl at present
- CM is available but no longer being maintained; best option is Fire Nexus
Thank you, so does that mean a brand new fire tablet bought today is not rootable at all?
kpdeepu said:
Thank you, so does that mean a brand new fire tablet bought today is not rootable at all?
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Likely, but not a forgone conclusion. Amazon sometimes ships out older stock sporting earlier builds of FireOS (<5.3.2.1) that can still be rooted. Typically those devices automatically update themselves to the latest version of FireOS when powered up - but that behavior can be blocked.
Devices acquired through Amazon Warehouse are more likely to come with an older version of FireOS. Of course, there are no guarantees.
I just bought a fire tablet 16gb ($59.99) yesterday (5/2/17) at best buy and it came with OS ver 5.1.3 which auto updated itself to 5.1.4 only and nothing higher (thank goodness). Was able to downgrade to 5.1.2 and achieve root.
So I guess your just going to have to purchase one and hope it comes with FireOS <5.3.2.1. Good Luck!
Recently my kindle fire 5th gen. updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.1 and back to Fire OS 5.6.0.0 DEC. 1 , 2017. Anyone else? What's going on?
guitarman8657 said:
Recently my kindle fire 5th gen. updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.1 and back to Fire OS 5.6.0.0 DEC. 1 , 2017. Anyone else? What's going on?
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Without evidence or explicit knowledge I'd guess:
- a significant bug was found in 5.6.0.1 prompting a rollback
- someone messed up and forgot to bump the build number
My 2015 Fire is running Fire OS 5.6.2.0 but it when i check for a new update, it says “Fire OS 5.3.6.4 is ready to install”
Do you know any causes for this and why is it downgrading?
im not sure where it became 5.6.2.0 (the only thing i can find about that is alexa enabled fire 7)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G2JXLC4L34GX73TE
Fire (5th Generation)
Fire OS 5.3.6.4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_OS
5.6.2.0 – July 2018: Hands-Free Alexa For Fire 7 & HD 8 (2017) only
Can anyone make Ubuntu Touch for fire HD 8 7th gen Douglas? Here are the sources!
douglas-development/android_vendor_amazon_douglas
Vendor blobs for Amazon Fire HD8 2017 codenamed "douglas". - douglas-development/android_vendor_amazon_douglas
github.com