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[Kindle Fire Android Development] e_rene:
Hmm nope, I used to open Quick Settings, go to Menu "Customize", the Wifi-Hostpot option was in the "Hidden Settings" so, I had to drag it to the "Visible settings"..

Once there, I was able to turn it on, a new icon used to show in the Notification bar, clicked on it and I was able to setup Wifi ID and Password...

I was able to connect my other devices via wifi with no issues...

Probably they already "fixed" this.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mughalgxt:
If you are looking for the homescreen playstore icon, search for playstoreopener.apk, install it and restart!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jm9843:
That is what I'm looking for. I had an old apk that was similar but would prefer an updated Play-branded version.

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mcimo88:
EDIT: Found it at http://munday.ws/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] SyntekSystems:
Really silly question, but is there any need to wipe anything before flashing? dalvik? cache? data? I'm currently on just the stock 6.3 rooted.

Only reason I ask is because the post does say no wipe, so I'm not sure if it's inferring that it's able to jsut be flashed over the stock rom without any issues.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brandon_L:
Just curious if the location issue has been fixed in the prebake yet?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] k4955:
LG Optimus to connect to laptop running ad-hoc wi-fi using Connectify

I don't want to bother readers of KF forum. I want my LG to connect to my laptop running Ad-hoc wi-fi using Connectify. Your suggestion is to make LG act as Hotspot, which I am not interested in.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] swieder711:
Looking at installing this as my first 3rd party ROM on my KF. Thanks for all the work. I have 6.3 installed on a rooted KF.

Here we go.....................

EDIT: Piece of cake. Wiped cache and davlik. Installed ROM. All existing apps survived the update. New apps showing up in Google Play. Awesome work.

Time to start thinking about a customer Kernel. Any recommendations of one that pairs nicely with this ROM? Something that improves battery life and can be over-clocked.

thanks

Scott
[Kindle Fire Android Development] swieder711:
What version of Adobe Air are people using?

When I try to install the latest version from Play I get an error message "incompatible version"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
alternate Keyboard .... ?

one thing I hated with 6.3 is the new keyboard.

I've been able to install TouchPal - pretty good, but was wondering is anyone has been successful installing Slide-It? or any other that I could try ...

I tried Slide-It, but kept getting FC -- had to uninstall.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raiderep:
So the new rom wasn't letting me use wireless networks for locations like the previous version would and I went back to gr6 and it won't either. I am pretty sure it did before or am I losing my mind? Anyone else remember which previous version allowed using wireless networks for gps or location?

edit: hmmm...I was just about to re-download the gr6 rom off of the modaco site and for grins I tried google maps one more time and voila...it found me, accurate to 20 meters. Disregard my previous question, guess I solved it by trying again...weird but good! :eek:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] k4955:
@Raiderep:

Good thinking. Now you, dltccf and Itsdon can all enjoy the watching the game with the location.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Was a good thought but - no dice. I even rebooted and restarted Maps several times, nothing. Enabled Latitude, nada. Will wait until Paul puts out a fix, not the end of the world over here....
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raiderep:
You had success too on gr6?

Did you try the previous Rom GR6? I rebooted maybe twice and tried maps a few times, hope it helps, the second season is almost here and the division is on the line!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Neuralgia:
I did a search on some terms to see if I could find the answer before posting this, but had no luck, so here we go.

Will having the Android Market let me install the regular Kindle app? I live outside the US, so this would let me buy books like any other device.. right now, I'm not able to download or shop anything :( (I know there are workarounds, but none have worked for me).

My friend (the owner of the Fire I'll be rooting/flashing) says she likes the Fire's UI, so if I could keep this and activate the Kindle app would be great, but not a must (I told her that we could get CM7 here, but she wasn't so happy... that's when MODACO came in handy ;))

Thanks,

Dan from Costa Rica
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
I don't use this ROM currently, so I cannot test for you, but has anyone tried the "Location Spoof" app in the market? You could use the app to force your tablet into thinking it is wherever you want it to be...

EDIT-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ajeje.fakelocation&feature=search_result
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Nope, never installed anything except GR8 on my KF
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Neuralgia:
Amazon actually blocks non US issued credit cards also, no only location by IP or ISP.

Trust me I've tried lots of things.:mad:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raiderep:
Well give gr6 a try if you want, it lets me use wireless networks for location. Beautiful widgets finds my location and google search results are location specific without any settings turned on for it to know where I am.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
Factory Reset - from GR8

I bought a refurb KF to hack comfortably... testing ROMs and getting a system up and running without risk to my primary KF. I read a lot, and really bought my KF for that primary use. I wouldn't even think of living with a brick for a few days, until I ordered another KF.

So now that I've got my primary KF rooted and running GR8 with all my software JUST the way I want it, my refurb doesn't have to be a guinea pig any longer. My wife has been jealous of the KF, she's still using her Kindle 2. I would like to wipe the Refurb'd GR8 - to a Factory Like condition but keep it as a GR8 system.

Is this possible? if I go into settings-device-Rest to Factory Defaults, what will happen? will I soft brick it? will I lose TWRP & FFF ?

I just want to WIPE the data un-install all apps etc... but keep a rooted 6.3 GR8 system.

thanks for any help and advice.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
I just did exactly what you are asking but I did it from TWRP using the Factory Reset option. It reset the KF flawlessly back to its factory state and kept GR8 intact.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
GREAT... did it keep TWRP & FFF ?

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I was browsing around w/ Titanium Backup Pro this morning is preparation of restoring to factory defaults w/ TWRP. I noticed there was a system app (in red) that was called TTS Service. I went to see if I could implement "text to speech" within a book in Kindle reader but couldn't find any where to do that.

Is that what this service app is? or am I wishful thinking? I never saw that option in the KF when it was stock, yet I had the ability with my Kindle 2. Is that something that the KF never had and why not?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Yes, Twrp & FFF were left intact. Be sure to download OTA Rootkeeper so you can temporarily unroot to be able to use Amazon Prime Video.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
Fantastic! yeah, I use it now... so I will put a few key apps on it before I turn it over to the wife.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MadJoe:
You may be able to install the Market version of Kindle app, but your stock launcher will no longer recognize kindle on the device, so you would need a different launcher to activate the app. I tried something similar so I could log into kindle app with my wife's login info, but still have my Prime account on the device. The "Books" tab stopped working, and I couldn't launch the Kindle app anymore.

Swyped, not typed, from my Digital Brick
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ratchetandclankf:
Thanks very much! I would give you two for this if I could. Parents wanted me to flash stock back to my KF but ADB was not seeing it, meaning I can't get Google's services on there. This solved all of my problems! Great ROM! (not worried about Prime even though it doesn't work)

:D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Prime works fine, I use it on this rom all the time. Download and install OTA Rootkeeper. It will temporarily unroot your KF (reroot with two clicks!) so Prime works. You have to reboot after running OTA Rootkeeper but it works just great!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ratchetandclankf:
Thanks!

I really need to work on searching before posting...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
I found out that you don't have to REBOOT after using OTA to hide the root. Just go in the application drawer, and kill the Kindle applications that may be running, ie launcher or Amazon Video;

Then re-launch , and it should play the Prime Movies... without the reboot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
I tried location spoof. I use it on my phone to spoof location so I can watch blacked out NHL games with gamecenter live. It doesn't work because location services in not in the latest version so there is nothing to spoof.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
Well; I just did the "Factory Reset" from TWRP. Things are as if I took the Kindle Fire out of the box new. (except it's ROOTED!)

The only thing I was missing was Google Play - I reflashed the Gr8 ROM image, and got the Play Store Icon back in the apps shelve!

now I can install the missing apps I need, OTA rootkeeper, Titanium Backup Pro, etc..
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Shakes The AssClown:
I am trying to download GR8 from the modaco forums...but I keep getting a Not Found error when trying to download. Is there a mirror I can get it from?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] trungctu:
How can I add/remove Google account in this ROM?

... sent from my Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire Android Development] blambo:
Probably has to do with your pop-up blocker. Never mind. I hope Paul doesn't have a problem with me doing this, but if you still need it, here it is: Paul Obrien's MoDaCo KF update

Enjoy, it really is XLNT. ;)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] skmpowdjy:
Has the location bug been fixed already with Gr8? Or will the fix come in the form of a Gr9 release?

Download "Sync Settings" from the Play Store and you can access all of your account information :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.francesandmarky.android.syncsettings
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lokijux2:
Just wanted to say thank you for the ROM, I love how stock it feels but adds the additional functionality that was otherwise lacking. Works like a charm!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brandon_L:
Has this been tested yet?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
I've been using it since Paul released it. Except for location services being left out it is rock solid. Paul mentioned he's got the location services on his radar so no worries there. If you haven't already flashed this, by all means do so - it's awesome!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Remember to reflash the Gr8 zip after as some of the install goes to /data, which gets wiped in a factory reset!

Whoops, not update this yet, apologies. Will do that when I get a min!

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Can anyone with kitchen access just confirm the location stuff is working correctly in kitchen bakes?

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Sweet! Just in time for the NHL playoffs on Gamecenter! Thanks Paul.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] meturne2:
Can anyone explain exactly what this ROM does? I flashed because I wanted to go back to Stock but I can't figure out what additional functionality it provides. Is it any different than Stock 6.3 ROM rooted with GApps?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
thanks, looking forward to this for the same reason.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] skippwhy:
It's tweaked some. It runs smoother, conserves battery, has more responsive intergface, etc. I noticed a difference from stock, but you may not.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
I've updated the Gr8 prebake, hopefully the location stuff should work now.

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Awesome! Downloading now. Can I just wipe cache, dalvik and then flash the file from TWRP and be good to go?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Lenas:
What a great ROM! I tried a couple of others but I really appreciate that you kept the stock Amazon UI, and that you made it ID as a Galaxy Tab! That's the best part :) It's really like you just added what the KF was essentially missing, instead of trying to guess what people wanted.

Much appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
Ok, I was having trouble figuring out what the kitchen was.I looked through your twitter feeds and back through this thread and saw nothing. It took me a while but finally figured it out. When will the rest of us be able to try it?

Thanks,

dltccf
[Kindle Fire Android Development] k4955:
Were you able to install and see if the location works?

Thank you
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
no, you must be a paid subscriber to the modaco forum to download from the kitchen.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MadJoe:
The prebake version is the one available to everyone, which Paul just said is updated with the location fix.

Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
That's what I understood as well but downloading and reflashing the rom didn't change the location services, they are still dead.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] k4955:
Did you download, install and test if location works? Flashed rebaked ROM and location is working.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MadJoe:
Still downloading, but the guy above your post says its still not working...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raiderep:
Not working for me either.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tokyostomp:
Does amazon vod work on this rom
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Fixing the location issue now, watch this space. :)

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Found the problem, fixed in the kitchen, uploading new prebake now.

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
New Gr8 prebake uploaded with network location issue resolved.

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] blambo:
Confirmed. Network location works.

Thank you Paul, nicely done, great ROM!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] steve_032:
I've recently purchased a KF, I've rooted and now I'm keen to have a play with some roms!

I'm just wondering what effect these performance "tweaks" and optimisations have on battery life? I've had experiences with other devices in the past where performance tweaks have totally killed the battery. Can anyone give me some sort of idea how the battery life compares to stock? I notice a few pages back a couple of people were having issues with this, possibly caused by Amazon launcher?

Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Yes. you just need to temporarily unroot using OTA Root keeper from the play store.

I notice no difference in battery life between this rom and the stock rom.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cobalt8:
When I move books to my the internal storage (with the proper tag attached during conversion in Calibre), they still do not show up in either the Books or Documents tabs. Also, I sent myself a document through the Amazon service, and although Amazon says it was sent successfully, it isn't showing. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Other than these issues, this ROM has worked perfectly. I love being able to use the stock launcher, but have the Google Play goodness! So, many thanks to the developer!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mughalgxt:
REFLASHED kindle stock firmware,rooted,custom recovery, and than the MODACO firmware worked perfectly. Thanks for the Rom!

the location feature is VERY fussy! Adding language disables it, adding google voice search etc disables it well am way off with all added features rather than the flimsy location one which I don't find any use.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
Kindle Reader App no longer linked to account ?

(I'm posting here because I'm running GR8 ROM on both of my devices.)

I've got 2 KFs, mine and my wife's that I just setup or was trying to! I've had mine running for more than a week - running perfectly.

Because we both share one Amazon account; it is registered in my name and email address. Everything was setup perfectly and working. Books, Personal Docs, Video, Music, syncing with our account as expected. I setup an email account (her Google account) with the default kindle (default included app) and that was working fine too.

It all started going to hell when I installed the Gmail app, from Play Store ( which I like MUCH better). As soon as I added her account to the app, (which now had two accounts mine & hers) I noticed that all the Docs & Books were gone both on the 'device' and the 'cloud'. All the other Kindle Amazon apps seemed to be ok, Music & Video. ???

I tried just un-installing the Gmail APP, and it didn't fix it. I did a restore of the system with TWRP and everything was back to normal and working - only of course without Gmail. I repeated this 2-3 times all with the same result.

I don't know if this is ROM specific, (I doubt it) but because that's the one I'm running I've posted here. Does anyone know why this is happening? and why would a Google account have anything to do with breaking the Amazon Kindle Reader portion of the launcher.

I've setup her system to ONLY use the default launcher, not Go Launcher, as I use on my KF.

any feedback would be appreciated.

(reason for 2 accounts)

the reason I'm using my account to initialize "Play Store" is that I have several APPs that I've purchased that I don't want to purchase/pay for again. If I use my account all the "Play Store" apps that are linked to my account are available for install without having to pay for them again.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mughalgxt:
did you update kindle books from playstore? Don't do so!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Reboot and try again... it needs an initial reboot after flash to be applied...

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] toe-rag:
NO. the only thing I did was INSTALL Gmail from the Play Store, & install.

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just a quick question ... when installing these UPDATED versions, all that has to be done is a re-flash with TWRP correct? no clearing of cache(s) or factory resets correct?

just INSTALL - FLASH - & REBOOT --> correct?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
OK, where is the prebake located?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/350682-11-apr-gr8-63-modaco-custom-rom-for-the-kindle-fire/

EDIT - Also confirming that location services now work! Thanks Paul!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Correct! :)

First post! :)

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
I do not see any links to a prebake in that thread. The closest I see is the Kitchen in post number two, but I don't have access to it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ItsDon:
Seriously? You didn't see this Gr8 - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: 53077b1980ccdd9d33eed938013872d6 ?

Click the DOWNLOAD button to get the prebake version :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raiderep:
Confirming location services is working fine now as well. Tested with google maps latest and beautiful widgets.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Uhhhh...

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] dltccf:
Oh, didn't realized that that link had changed, and the changelog hadn't been updated. I have downloaded and installed it. Google maps found me, thats encouraging, Location spoofer still FCs. I will find out tonight at 7:30 whether it works for NHL gamecenter.

Thanks for including this update.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
Question about Gr8. Is there any difference between Gr6 and Gr8 that would cause issues with organizing apps on the carousel? Because with Gr8 when I rearrange apps on the home screen sometimes they will disappear, sometimes they will overlap, and sometimes no matter how careful I am I cant get them to go where I want. Ill try to move to a specific spot and it will instead go up to the top of the list (1st row). On my last kindle Fire I was running Gr5 and 6 and didnt recall ever having this issue. So I flashed Gr6 and the issue stopped. I would like to be able to keep with the general releases, and keep current, so I am hoping that its not an actual issue with Gr8. Thanks in advance and keep the Roms coming!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Nothing that should cause that, could be an Amazon change?

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
Could be. Another question. Other than the the new Google Play app, are there any other changes made from Gr6 to Gr8? Based on the features you listed I can only see Google Play as a difference. Thanks again
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Do you mean aside from the bump to the 6.3 base?

That's the main change and I updated the various Google bits.

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
Yes, I meant what you had added other than the Play store. Im going to redownload Gr8, reflash, and see if it still happens. I just checked the MD5 on my original download and it didnt match. So maybe thats the issue.

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OK, I redownloaded Gr8, and this time the Md5 was correct. Reflashed. I am now able to rearrange the carousel apps, but after a reboot some of them get out of order. I have them set up alphabetically. And after each reboot some of them move around on their own. Any idea what might cause this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] xolanir:
Yeah I noticed that too, but it was so minor that I didn't think it was an issue. I'm glad I'm not the only one :o

sent from my CommandCenter
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
I just flashed a stock 6.2.2 just to see if it happened with that and it didnt. The apps stayed where I put them. I am now trying a rooted 6.3 to see if it happens with that. If it does than it is something Amazon has done in 6.3. At least I think that might be what is going on.

OK. I flashed a rooted 6.3 and it rearranged the apps. So it has something to do with whatever Amazon changed in 6.3. I am going to flash Gr6, and then just restore apps from a Titanium I took when I was running Gr8 to get updated market, etc,

Update: Ok, just reflashed Gr6, and its fine. It keeps all the apps on the home screen where I put them. So Ill be staying with Gr6 for now.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MadJoe:
Hey Paul, I notice I've got almost 190mb of free space on my system partition, is there an easy way to reallocate some of that to my sd? It doesn't sound like much, but when you've only got 5 measly gb, every little bit helps.

Either way, thanks for this excellent ROM!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Daevionne:
I think it's the rom is resetting those settings after every boot. Maybe a cache/dalvik cache wipe would help, if not then I am lost. I don't mind it because I use go launcher with this rom.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
I can add the 6.2.2 launcher option as a kitchen option if you'd like = best of both worlds?

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[Kindle Fire Android Development] paulobrien:
Not easily, but using my 'odex-me' app would allow you to odex the ROM (effectively moving system apps dalvik-cache to /system) which would be a start.

I'll add that to the kitchen in a bit... any other requests?

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