![]() The end result you can see above is a very flimsy cable that does the job :) with the cable inserted you start up the Kindle Fire HD and you are presented by a very Word '97 style Fastboot message in the middle of the screen. ![]() So with this fresh knowledge I started to go down a path of building my own fastboot cable, which in essence is a "easy" as to cut open a micro-usb cable and solder a wire between pin 1 and 4 (1 is 5v, 4 should be free) So time to fire up the good old soldering iron and give it a go. The easiest way according to the friendly people at XDA-Forums was to buy or fabricate a so called fastboot cable, this is a special cable that Amazon used in the factory / repair centres to put the Kindle in a mode where it is possible to overwrite the bootloader and install some recovery software (and in our case to sideload the new Android version among other things) Building a fastboot cable So after a bit of googling on what is possible with these Kindle Fire HD's I found the solution, I needed to root my Kindle and put some custom build android version on there and hope for the best. Somewhere in a box on the attic I had my old Kindle Fire HD 3th Generation that would in theory be perfect for this learning how Frida works plan of mine, the only downside was that Amazon decided to stop giving it updates ages ago and it was stuck on FireOS 4.x which means there was nothing app wise that would still run on that stock firmware from Amazon unfortunately.įor those interested the Specs of a Kindle Fire HD 3th Gen can be found here: click It is a fun path but a long one :) Kindle Fire to the rescue That is the main reason I write this up, to hopefully save others some time going down the same path. This became quite the journey this week and I spend a few evenings trying out a lot of things before finally succeeding. The only problem I had in getting started was that I needed an Android device that I could update to some recent enough version to actually run some apps that still work and would be interesting enough to play around with in combination with Frida. It lets you inject snippets of JavaScript or your own library into native apps on Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, iOS, Android, and QNX." Thank you.ĭisclaimer: Rooting your Fire may void your warranty.Īmazon has been pretty cool about replacing bricked Fires, but, proceed at your own risk.Recently I got an interest in learning a bit more about Frida ( ) and tinker a bit with software on Android devices.įrida? you might ask, what is that? Well in their own words: "Frida is a dynamic code instrumentation toolkit. If you are a developer, posting ads for your app is fine only if the app is compatible with and relevant to the Amazon Fire. We're not another advertising vector, we are a community. Individual bloggers are welcome but only if they are taking an active part in this subreddit. Amazon Affiliate blog postings will most-likely get caught in the spam filter and will be deleted. Sideloading most APKs, including the Google Play Store itself, does not require rooting.Ī note on spam. Amazon has patched FireOS with a recent update that breaks changing or disabling certain features. IMPORTANT: For FireOS 7.3.2.2 or above, Fire Toolbox is not currently able to change some things as it could in older firmware versions. All Toobox mods disappear after a factory reset. Official Libby by Overdrive app APK and install guide for Fire OS 5+įire Toolbox is used to modify FireOS but is not a full ROM and does not root a Fire device. Official Amazon Fire Tablet developer informationĭevice name, model code, Android equivalent and API version, Fire OS version Model release year vs generation, Individual device specifications, Design line differences Official Amazon Fire Tablet Device Specifications: Overview Official Amazon Fire Tablet customer forum.If you're trying to sell/trade your Fire, please refrain from posting in this subreddit. Please follow proper reddiquette and abide by the subreddit rules.īe generous with upvotes! They are free, after all.Īlso, avoid submitting images that are just text (this includes rage comics and meme pics) or off-topic content and nsfw posts as they'll just be deleted by mods or caught by reddits spam filter. ![]() Please remember to include which Fire you have when asking questions! A subreddit for Amazon Fire tablets ![]()
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