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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottfish:
So my wife's Kindle Fire has logged about 4 hours of use since LAUNCH day. Most of that use has been just me keeping it updated so it runs smoothly when she DOES decide to pick it up.

Turns out she prefers reading on the e-ink kindle. She also forgets that her Fire is also a tablet. I catch her using one of the iPads (mine and my daughter's) every once in a while so I think she would use it if she thought of it as a tablet more.

My thought is to flash it w/ ICS or Jellybean as an experiment to see if it's the software or the size/form factor that keeps her from using it.

The results of the experiment will decide whether or not I have to blow more $$ or not :) . If she starts picking it up, it's a win because she gets a tablet and I keep my $$ intact. If she doesn't, then I will have to buy a new iPad eventually (for me) and give her mine :) . For the money, I at least will get a new iPad AND a rooted and flashed Kindle Fire, so I guess I win either way :p .

Three paragraphs later, here's the question. Where to start? I am no stranger to rooting/flashing (did it w/ my Evo and a couple of old tablets all the way back to Nokia Tablets). I just want to reap some of the benefit of the community having a huge head start on this w/ trials and errors. Are there any obvious pitfalls I should avoid when first embarking on this?

Otherwise, I will be scouring XDA later this afternoon for threads on flashing the Fire, Discovering which ROM to use always seems to be enjoyable. I just want to get to the point of being able to do so w/ any catastrophic errors up front!

Thanks in advance for any pointers.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Hey Scott,

I just have a bit of advice when it comes to flashing your kindle. First of all: the easiest, maybe only way to root now is using the Kindle Fire Utility:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889

Use KFU to flash TWRP and FFF (recovery and bootloader)

From there you can use TWRP to flash a ROM just like you did with your phone. Make sure you wipe before you flash, and make a backup. I would suggest you use one of the ICS ROMs for your wife because Jellybean is not yet really ready for people who are not familiar with the dev process. It is smooth and stable but there are a lot more modifications for the ICS ROMs and she probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway. Personally I like the AOKP ICS ROM because it allows you to change the soft keys to your personal liking, including replacing the menu button that was removed in ICS.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1614004

Of course, If you wanted you could always just side load Go Launcher Ex to the kindle to give it a more tablet-y feel without having to root, but it is much more clean to load an ICS ROM.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottfish:
Thank you for the info. Time to play...

*edit***

Worked like a charm. Thank you!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daede86:
hi guys!

it's been a while i'm flashing roms and roms on my defy+.. yesterday i tryed quarx cm9 and it was amazing! like i said in the thread the only problem i had was about the battery indicator.. it showed always 100%.. i wiped battery stats, chace, dalvik, reboot and nothing changed.

then in the night my defy died like always.. :) but now i can't charge it!!! if i connect it on normal charger i get white led and then the battery icon full screen with a "?" inside.. if i plug it in my pc i get white led..

after one night "charging" i managed to boot up, and it shows 5%.. and it's not charging even if it's plugged in!!! the cable is working, i've already tested it..

i tryed to flash an other rom, but i'm not sure it's a good idea, because even if it's plugged in, i open the recovery mode and after few minutes dies again...

if i try to go to the bootloader it says:low battery, cannot program.

what should i do???

thanks guys!!!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daede86:
solved..

today i'll go to some electronic shop trying to find a table charger or a already charged battery.. and in the worst case i'll try mcguyver..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
Ok folks, now that Jellybean is in our sights, I decided to create this discussion thread. Anything Jellybean related, belongs here. DO NOT create new Jellybean threads, as they will be deleted without notice. :)

Keep it clean, no bickering, debating, flaming. Be respectful, or suffer the consequences.;)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"~Rush
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tyie101:
If any of our canadian cousins get kernel source can that be applied to At&t? I seem to think they will get it faster then us. With that said can At&t users use their kernels?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Jelly Bean? Never heard of it :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Yes. The rogers and telus phones are identical to ours.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] G-Bus:
Thats the only good news.... The wait continues
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] arnelolavides:
Never lose hope..but its the anticipation that's killing me..LoL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] moehagene:
JB is amazing on my N7
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Yeah, it's pretty damn great. This whole Project Butter thing is instantly evident with the first swipe of your home screen and makes all the difference in the world from a UX perspective.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Protogon:
I doubt HTC will be prompt about getting us any jelly bean love. The international version already has an AOSP ROM for it, so I'm excited for a ROM for the ATT version to be out soon.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] s1l3nt:
i haven't ate jelly beans in a while
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I like licorice ones.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] venelar:
starburst jelly beans

/thread
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Those are good too.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptrle:
Can't wait for jellybean for our phone..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mcmb03:
ZOMG Jelly Beans!!!! must get for our phonezzz when is this readyy omg can't wait for this any longerrrr
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Phonefanboys:
Jelly Bean ETA ?

Does anyone here have a clue when Jelly Bean might come to the one x.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
Rule 1:

Never ask for ETAs

Just ordered an N7 today. Can't wait to see what's up with Jellybean.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] slackercow:
JB made me trade around to get my hands on a gnex :good:

trading around to get my hands on an nexus 7 now
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Phonefanboys:
Well I meant the question as who wants to guess when its coming out
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mcmb03:
let's start betting: I've got an N7 on Q2 or Q3 2013
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Goodm7sn:
Anyone recommends a nice slideshow photo widget (supports more than 100 photos)?

Been struggling finding such a widget. Most of them r either showing low quality photos or supports only a few photos...

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] sanghaviraj:
/

+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] The Lum:
On my LQ2 ICS UK Carphonewarehouse O2 Note there is a preinstalled photo slide show widget called "Photo frame". Just select more than 1 pic to be displayed and it transitions between them at good res etc.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] splitroaster:
Ive tried the preinstalled one but for some reason It keep breaking on my rom so im using an app called various photo widget has a few probs but as I write this I notice it has an update so will report back if it fixes my issues
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Goodm7sn:
Yeah it comes with the note gallery app. It's good but it's only limited to 100 photos.

Various Photo widget is good too. Nice resolution and I think unlimited photos (I have 400+ in a folder) but it gets stuck a lot of times and u have to re- set it.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] The2Brain:
i use "turtle photoframe". Its a great slideshow widget.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] darthvedor:
Just install ICS gallery from google play. Its free and works even on GB rom.
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Found a link to the apk on this YouTube video. Installs and opened on galaxy nexus 4.1.1

YouTube link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lzkBnCFqU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Jezz_X is actually a member of the XBMC team and I have added a few of his comments. Give thanks to him not me.
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
The app is free and open source so I assume it's okay to post the apk here
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Pretty slick.
[Android Apps and Games] GoldenCyn:
Thanks, been looking for a build since I found out about the announcement this morning.
[Android Apps and Games] bornagainpenguin:
Is the touch screen theme installed? I can get it to launch but I can't seem to control anything on my NookColor, was wondering if that might be the issue.

Also, where does the app store its settings? The .XBMC folder (in Linux) or the XBMC folder in applications data (on Windows) where the repositories addons and themes are stored.
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Touch is working perfectly on my Galaxy Nexus

Sent from the north woods
[Android Apps and Games] kingskidd268:
Works good on htc sensation on aopk
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
I tried installing icefilms, but it's not showing any streams under the movie or tv show, anyone else have this problem
[Android Apps and Games] dknlght:
doesn't work on transformer

well I tried it on my asus transformer and it doesn't work. when i run it it just closes. never even got to the xbmc logo but I am using the custom revolver rom anyone getting it working on the transformer with the different rom?
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
I was able to download and install the add on for blip tv and watch a video!

Sent from the north woods
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
Restarted and it works , however because I'm using nexus s , it's choppy playback , how is it on galaxy nexus
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Its actually working good. Video is fine with a bad 4g signal

Sent from the north woods
[Android Apps and Games] cornelha:
This is so awesome !!! Gonna test it on android-x86 now, should breath new life into old machines
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
Wonder if they will figure out hardware playback for devices, then it'll be amazing
[Android Apps and Games] ArmorD:
Bummer! Doesn't work in S2.

Sent from my Volvo
[Android Apps and Games] shadowofdarkness:
I made my own compile and have it working fine on my Galaxy S 2.
[Android Apps and Games] JPHCCFC:
Works fine on s2 for me running rootbox
[Android Apps and Games] bornagainpenguin:
Any suggestions for me, on the NookColor? I don't even think I'm getting the resolution correct...
[Android Apps and Games] kindrudekid:
RAZR and TF300t works smoothly
[Android Apps and Games] patriot720:
Works great on my nexus 7. Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
bull**** ? they have to ??? who do you think you are ??? to say such a thing like this ???

All what this guys do they do it profitless and in free spare time so don't say they "have" to do something !! they may and can do a lot of things but only if they want and like.
[Android Apps and Games] truthisee:
I also installed icefilms and 1channel and could not get it to play... try changing the appearance to touched I had issue with Icefilms on my ipod but after changing appearance to touched icefilms worked fine
[Android Apps and Games] franzfrontal:
It doesn't work on Motorola Xoom!

Inviato dal mio Xoom con Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
lol indeed if you read a few pages of this thread that would of bean painfully obvious
[Android Apps and Games] OmgitzFire:
It runs on my GNex but I couldn't get anything to play but still this is amazing .

I hope the plugins for watching amazon prime and hulu for this works soon :]
[Android Apps and Games] InsaneNutter:
I gave it ago on my Asus Transformer Prime running the stock rom, i was quite impressed with how well it worked. Same with my Galaxy Nexus.

I could map my SMB network shares on my Windows Home Server perfectly and XBMC would stream anything SD fine, 720p MKV played some what ok with random frame drops / jerkiness every couple of seconds, 1080p video was very jerky and not really watchable.

Plugins such as the BBC iPlayer worked (sometimes buggy), YouTube and Ted Talks also worked very well.

Video overview of my experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmttML0LNm4

Very impressed so far, a big well done and thanks to the XBMC team :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Khenke:
Working great on Galaxy S (I9000) with ICS AOKP.

Swedish letters (åäöÅÄÖ) don't work though.

Can't wait to have this running with hardware acceleration on a cheap stick like the iPPea TV dongle, then we can have an Android HTPC in every TV :)

My deepest thanks to the devs!
[Android Apps and Games] qwertylesh:
scraping my library to my prime right now :D

so happy this exists. screensavers don't seem to work for me so far but its such an early build lol!!!

WOOP XBMC ANDROID :D :D

(>^_^)>

"My deepest thanks to the devs!" +9000
[Android Apps and Games] bornagainpenguin:
I just saw the following over at the XBMC forums. It may explain the lack of love for the Tegra2 chipset. The blame goes to Nvidia, of course....
[Android Apps and Games] Croftman:
Hi,

I install it on the touchpad (Android 4 and CM9), the app launch but then after few seconds, it crash, no message!
[Android Apps and Games] katmandu421:
For those of us that travel frequently imagine being able to just pop in a hdmi stick and have xbmc there with you. Can't wait for this to become more mature!!
[Android Apps and Games] rab1es:
works ok on my SGS2 but where do i get/add repos from?

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
just go on XBMC Wiki or XBMC Forum pages and you find all you need ;)

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] truthlesshero:
so...no one else is getting this error or knows what could be causing it?
[Android Apps and Games] aelole:
It runs fine on my galaxy s2 but unfortunately not on my tf101
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
Transformer is no go m8 and it doesnt look good so far .But if you read back this has been posted here so many times...Tegra 2 devices is no go ...!!!So TF,Xoom ,...,...blabla

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] aelole:
Yeap just noticed that after I post. Was lazy to search before:)
[Android Apps and Games] Mrhoffmann:
Strange.. it crashes on my tizzbird f30 (firmware 2.0).. Cant start it:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
Depend on what ROM you have on your device too ;)

Like some1 posted today that he is run it smooth on his SGS I9000 where my friend cant get it works on same device running CM9.

So there is so many factors what afect it ;) (in Alfa release)

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Jhinta:
High profile 5.1

moost of the files online are main profile 4.1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC try the Samsung.Demo.Oceanic.Life.x264.1080p.40Mbps.mkv , py wont even play it i know as i have one .

when you can play them you wont want less ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFqSnh7wLWc
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
right,OK..now I know what you mean ;)

but be honest m8, how many movies you have in your collection with the bitrate like that samsung demo ? ;) I do have that file too, and even some of the full sized desktop/notebook computers have a problem to play it ;) My HTPC plays it just fine but that is 500 quid +

I have collection 100+ movies in 1080p/720p DTS HD MA/DTS/DD 5.1 files and I havent found a single one what is not playing smooth ;) on Raspi ;) for 30quid :)

That samsung demo and other commercials with 40 or more mbs...?? Haven't seen a single full length movie with that bitrate.

And also, who would like to watch the video with that bitrate on the palm sized device ?? It just doesn't make sense to me

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] kevinb99:
Tried on Logitech review

It just crashes :(
[Android Apps and Games] mistermentality:
I had black screen on phone so can appreciate your dissapointment as I also tried it on an android stick.

On an ics mk802 connected to hd tv it runs but can't get it to do anything other than show the screen saying video on it. Can navigate using keyboard arrow keys but nothing lets you confirm the highlighted choice.

Shame as used to love it on xbox. But I'm sure when released it may be work better on the android devices I have. I hope :)

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[Android Apps and Games] x_defrag_x:
I installed the repos program from a zip i have on my NAS drive, then added achintoshs repo and installed from there.

Confirmed, icefilms works after restart xbmc.
[Android Apps and Games] guthrien:
Can one of you guys installing plugins try FreeTV and let me know if it works? Its on the Eld0rad0 repository.
[Android Apps and Games] Mrhoffmann:
I know.. but if i am right the tizzbird f20 and f30 are both on android 2.3.
[Android Apps and Games] Jhinta:
i watch only hd - +hp4.1 files size about +/-40G and your forgetting some phone have hdmi out :o
[Android Apps and Games] x-Moi-x:
isitier nation

Its buggy on my defy
[Android Apps and Games] rikardo1979:
you have it all wrong m8 :)

I know that some of the devices have an HDMI out as I have myself one like that.

My point is that why would you use 400+ quid device to play your movies ?? Like you come home and you hook you phone on the TV over HDMI. Nice :) than you run XBMC on it .Nice :) than you play some nice movie on it in full HD :) nice :)

and than you want to pause or change the movie and you find yourself that you have to stand up and go to get your phone what is lying next to the TV just to hit Pause :) Or maybe you use another 400+ quid device with XBMC Remote app to operate the 1st one... (unless you have xxx meters long HDMI running next to your sofa so you have your phone next to you )

So my point is why not to use something what cost almost nothing and do pretty same job ;) (dont have to by Raspi, as there is 10000+ another solutions)

Good things don't have to cost fortune always ;) that is my point
[Android Apps and Games] bornagainpenguin:
Don't just try it on your daily driver, check out other roms for your system too and see if it runs better on that. I know that the app works for the NookColor on CM9 but chokes on CM7 for some reason. Experiment!
[Android Apps and Games] x86demon:
I really want to have XBMC on my ATRIX with media dock. even for developing plugins in webtop and test them. I think I and many of Tegra 2 users will be happy to get this existing media center app with alot of plugins for playing streams from internet.
[Android Apps and Games] x_defrag_x:
I must agree here.

The raspi is the best thing for that at a very low cost. My latest media center is awesome, super fast and can play anything with ease... But it cost me $400AUD and the Raspi would do the exact same thing for 10% of that price.

No need to waste more money than you have to... Just wish raspi was out when I got mine, but its defiantly replacing my apple tv and going in every room now!
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Might have to get one

Sent from the north woods
[Android Apps and Games] Jessesmith888:
Hello?

Sent from the north woods
[Android Apps and Games] x_defrag_x:
Hi.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] mistermentality:
"Hello. Is it me you're looking for?"

Sorry, my inner child likes singing eighties songs :o

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[Android Apps and Games] damrod66:
will try in on my gs2 (i9100 so if it works with nexus it must be working with i9100...same cpu samsung :)

i will test it with my archos 80g9 (dualcore 1ghz, 512mo ram...cpu TI) : hope it works because it's the perfect size for a tablet with touchscreen...and hdmi output :)
[Android Apps and Games] zefie:
Here is a new version to experiment with.

http://go.persona.cc/xbmcapk
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
What's the differences with this build?
[Android Apps and Games] varem:
app works smoothly on sgs3
[Android Apps and Games] Blacklabel84:
This wont launch on gnote ics
[Android Apps and Games] zefie:
Not sure since I didn't run the previous one. I just compiled the current source as of this morning. Check the github changelog :)
[Android Apps and Games] tj78492:
Could you recompile, I think they just added hardware acceleration for the pivos xios
[Android Apps and Games] zefie:
New addy for my unofficial builds: http://go.persona.cc/xbmcapk

Listed in order from newest to oldest build :)

If you share the apk with anyone outside this thread, please use the link above so that the developer notice is visible prior to downloading.
[Android Apps and Games] HunnyBearLewis:
This looks pretty darn cool on my Sensation. I could import music but not videos. Playing music worked though it was on the quiet side of things. Anyways, these aren't complaints - just sharing my experience. Thanks for the sneak peek of what's to come :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Blacklabel84:
got it to work on my gnote! yayyyy. this things sick.
[Android Apps and Games] Mark ter Grote:
do you guys have also problems whit streaming of video/music... i can't stream anything from my pc to the phone it keeps asking for a password (i set in network setting ask for password OFF) i can't find it out what the problem is can some one help me out?

this is the last build http://dl.miniand.com/miniand/xbmc-android/xbmcapp-armeabi-v7a-debug-20120720.apk
[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
Thats not a sneak peak of things to come :silly: this is a sneak peak of things to come http://i46.tinypic.com/2ppar7d.jpg :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] KainXSS:
i have tried this on my tablet the Zenithink C71 with a Mali 400 and the audio is out of sync and video playback is slow but for an alpha I have to say awesome job Jezz X, its amazing to see that your still developing XBMC after all these years.

from awesome skinner to awesome developer
[Android Apps and Games] le0.br4zuc4:
looks sick on the Nexus 7! Loving it!
[Android Apps and Games] Jhinta:
ROFL oke dude not that i want to correct you or what ever.

hox -> dock -> bluetooth keboard like logitech-dinovo-mini -> just sit and whatch , your the only one standing up -> wile my nzb get downloaded on hox (auto) -> plus got a browser + the games.

So why you ask ->

Well a pc thakes about 80Wats minimal just to be on, my phone umm (max 2amp*5 that will be 10wats rasp even less :eek:)

so what did i spend a dock +/- 20euro keyboard 80 but had that already and there are cheaper one. wooooooooowwwww that is so mutch spending on my pocket and sooooooooo wooooooowwww i spending so mutch on my eletric bill

dude please

1 my hdmi is 1 meter from phone to tv

2 my kerboard goos +/-15 meters

3 Its so hard to think about this things

4 as a fact your saying there are others devices that you can by , well name them, ( keep in mind i got a phone + dock + keyboard only ) -> mediapayer maybe like -/+80 so where do you get your files? pc ? nas ? phone? or you have them downloaded from the mediaplay self like sabnzbd or nzbget but still needs a pc to add or remove things hmmmmm

or you saying that the phone is that exspencive , well true but witch phone you have that you can do the same ;) so no more hardware needed.

but alles this is just what users want or like or know. i only got the rasp for dev and my phone to replace my power comsuming pc , that will only go on when playing high games

Same things don't have to cost anything more that is my point
[Android Apps and Games] jiggarific:
Is 1channel supported? I can't find it.