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[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
I'd say yes...here's what I did:

1 - Rooted my tablet

2 - Installed Gapps(googleservicesframework, accountsandsyncsettings, googleloginservices, play store, gmail, etc)

3 - Installed Market Helper

4 - Installed Titanium Backup(paid version)

5 - Installed launcher I wanted

6 - Uninstalled default launcher plus TONS of other bloatware

It took a little bit of time to do, but it was definitely worth it at the end of the day.

Out of the box(and other ppl may have different experiences) but I was only pulling about 6500 on Antutu, now it's up to 9300 Antutu Benchmark, and 2700 on Quadrant. That's without tweaks installed, just rooted and bloatware removed...and remember this is on ICS 4.0.4...when I was running CM10.1 4.2.2 I was pulling about 10,500 for my Antutu. The N7 being a quad core averages aaround 12,000...I think that's pretty good. Once CM10.1 gets Audio, I COMPLETELY plan on using it as a daily driver. It's just...better. 8.9" screen is the perfect size for me...I love it.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twa_priv:
Antutu on stock is between 9500 and 9700. Your 6500 must be a typo.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
no sir...6500 out the box. couldn't figure out why either
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twa_priv:
You got 6500 on stock because the antutu version you get from the amazon store is ancient compared to the current one you get from the play store. You need to use the same version to compare scores.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
let me rephrase...stock+root+ apps. first app I downloaded was antutu from the play market. I kid you not, I was pulling 6500...like i said, I'm not sure why. I was only getting around 1600 for processor vs 3200-3500 I get now. Almost as if one of the cores wasn't enabled
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kettlecorn:
Why is there no section for Kindle HD 8.9? I want a pure android tablet that is bigger than 7" but less than 10". Does the Kindle HD 8.9 have any roms yet like CM 10 that is FULLY stable? I love the size and form factor as well as the screen of the Kindle HD 8.9" but if it doesn't have android and I can't multitask use google talk and just do general productivity stuff then I will have to go with a 10" or a small nexus 7. I had the nexus 7" and found it a little bit too small. I also had a 10" and found it a little bit too big. I think 8 or 9 would be perfect so it's either this or the ipad mini. Not too big of a fan of IOS so if this can get android, I would be happy.

Can anyone tell me what the status is on custom android roms and whether the Kindle in the past has gotten great development or if good rom dev is sparce? I would appreciate it. Thanks
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
MOST of the time, I don't harp on ppl for not using the search function...when it's a question that may be difficult to find a direct answer for using the search. BUT in this case...the answer is EXTREMELY simple to find. There are plenty of posts in the CM10 section that praise Hashcode for being 1 of the EXTREMELY few devs working on CM10. There are literally ZERO other custom rom posts in the dev section. As a matter of fact, the ONLY other rom posts are a zip for the stock rom, and a utility that will take you back to stock +root....please in the future put forth a little bit of effort before asking.

So to answer your question, there is precisely 1 custom rom...CM10, it's actually very stable. I don't get any FC's or anything while using it. It does, however, have an issue with sound not working and the front camera not working. If you can live with that, then I highly suggest using it. If you can't...you'll just have to wait like the rest of us.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persano:
YOU can multitask, recent buttom is a thing, multitask other
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4iiiidnerd:
my set

Limited? much less than the original KF ... f'realz ;)

rooting is much more friendly for the stock rom, kinda like a breath of fresh air. Granted, I fiddled with quite a the bin4ry (right?) root method, then fiddled with the KFFirstAide program, went thru a few days stuck with it being very sluggish, trying out different menu options.

The most difficult thing to get through was ADB USB drivers; I use windows 8, and I had to enable installation of unsigned drivers. took me a while to figure that out. After that, there was the strange KFFirstAide installation/root period--interminable-ish. My KF was stuck for a bit in some kind of sluggish installation mode ... I kept picking somewhat related rooting options until it booted normal ... REALLY strange though; only a few basic apps were installed and the device was deregistered.

At this point I could pick and choose what to install--play store was the first thing, along with an assortment of apps. I'm using titanium backup, which is just awesome for converting apps to system or user and uninstalling them. I found this bootup app for Skype that really seems the Cat's Pajamas--I converted Skype to a system app and set it to run at boot up. Now, when I select "Running Applications" Skype doesn't even appear, but it's open and running anyways. Hasn't force closed on me since yesterday, which is definitely out of character for that.

I use a skype # and google voice--pay $60 a year, forward calls to the skype #, and keep an AT&T data plan; basically turning this thing into a tablet phone. Rooting this has work great, since it allows to be more selective about installed system programs, AND it doesn't break programs like Amazon VOD.

I can't get gmail to run (at least, the current Play Store version), but the Aqua email app works well (better than the Amazon email app, which I've uninstalled ... IMO). Silk won't run either after I reinstalled it. I haven't the heart to remove it completely, but it no worky, and that doesn't bother in the least. GV and Skype work well, and that's all I really care about. The original KF didn't have bluetooth, a mic, 4G, or GPS--now use a MS Wedge keyboard with this, use Mapquest for travel ... etc. It's basically a discount IPAD ... if you're a nerd and you've some spare time to devote, this is really quite nice; I'll likely be happy with this for a while.

KFHD8.94G
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZzFDKzZ:
Sideload it and MX works great.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cc_in_oh:
MKV streaming questions

Hi all,

I'm new to the tablet (and Android) world - just ordered a KFHD8.9 on Best Buy's yesterday-only $230 deal. I'm hoping not to have to root it, at least until I have some idea what I'm doing.

I use VLC to play MKV's on Win7 so I'm glad to hear it's available on the KFHD (hopefully without root?). I'm not sure how the apps work - can I download from CNET e.g. or get directly from Amazon? Should I also try other players like MX?

Also, I see lots of references to loading video onto the KFHD, but surely I can stream a MKV file directly from my NAS, no?

Thanks for helping a rookie get started...

CC
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Opensystem:
I don't know anything about NAS in particular, but you have three options:

Have a limited Amazon-based device that you "sideload" apps (.apk files) from your computer that you can't get off the Amazon app store

Root it (it's really not so hard via Google and research) and/ or install a custom Rom (best choice, plenty of guides on here)

Return it for a nexus 7 2, smaller screen but full functionality out the box (except for GPS, Lulz)

If you do want to root it, I have a step by step guide for beginners: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2347170

Just bear in mind that it's a 7" guide, so any files related to which kindle you're using need to match up. It basically goes:

Use kindle fire first aide (a tool in a thread on xda you download to your computer) to automatically root and disable over the air updates)

Use an app called "fireflash" to add custom recovery to make back ups and New roms to break out from under Amazon's ecosystem

Profit

The good news is, if you brick this thing it has a way to recover on its own with no need of a factory cable like the 7" needs so not much risk of screwing up

Sent from my Android Kindle Fire HD 7 Running Cyanogenmod 10.1
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalkakkas:
Broke the glass of my Archos 101. I dont want to spend money on it. Is there anyway I can default the output to HDMI so I can use it on my TV? Since I cant see anything on screen (on account of the fact that i stepped on it)

Thanks guys
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modmandan07:
hi if it is the g9 you have it should out put straight to hdmi when you plug your hdmi cable in
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalkakkas:
It is G9, does not output to HDMI though.... the screen is still bright (cant see anything coz it is broken)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Extreme_One:
Simply by plugging the lead in you should output to HDMI, that's how it is on my G9. The tablet screen remains on but the display is mirrored on my TV

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaccers:
Sounds like you've done more damage than just breaking the screen.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyesonyou:
One of my speakers just blown up for nothing. I opened the case and found out that right one blown up. I want to disable it because it really sounds strange. Is there any way to just use one speaker?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oli1122:
How do you know its blown? post a pic please :D

If you are already inside to find the speaker is blown then I suggest that you either de-solder it or cut the wire to the speaker. You can get a replacement here
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyesonyou:
im pretty sure it has blown up. i dont want to give 30dolar for just one speaker too also it still has warranty but in my country asus doesnt fix nexus 7 tablets.

aren't there any way to just disable it from root files?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oli1122:
Im not sure about doing that in rom. I assume its possible hopefully a more experienced dev can answer that for you :D

Try installing this and using the balance settings in Noozxoide rewire :D
[Nokia Lumia 920] rapsa:
Hi,

I've been reading around the NL/WP8 forums here for quite a while and just wanted to share my horrid experience at the MS store at Washington Square.

I'd been waiting and wanting a Nokia WP8 device since the rumors began and with some odd luck suddenly had a work related trip to the US for the first time. On my last day in the US I had a few hours to do some shopping and landed up at Washington Square mall in Beaverton, amazingly appeared before me a MS store :good::laugh: . Went over there, played around with the NL920 & 8x, I was originally a bit concerned after reading so many reviews pointing out the weight issue of the 920. While standing there naturally the sales personal starting chatting with me, I immediately stated I was from overseas and that fact I was very interested in the 920. The first lady mentioned that there's no problem using it overseas, again naturally I was surprised and quite suspicious. I kindly asked if she could verify this with someone "technical", to cut a long story short after about 15 minutes standing there and talking with 3 different MS people, the "higher up" insured me "The AT&T logo is just for sales reasons". Sadly my overseas SIM (& phone) were standard and not the Micro variant so innocently I took their word for it and left there a jolly shopper.

BUT once I got home, replaced my SIM with a Micro SIM via my cell carrier I was amazed to discover that it's locked!

I don't want to sound like an imbecile or an over innocent person, I simply believed what 3 different (and very convincing) sales people told me, it was "just what I wanted to hear" but I still couldn't believe the misleading would be so blatant.

Emailing MS & Nokia was completely and utterly pointless, they didn't even say they'll check it out or even make sure the salespeople are aware of this. They both responded that they basically don't care and tried to blame each other, and just ignored my replies without even a word of response. Such disappointing and non-existent customer service from two companies that really need the consumers to back them.

Just wanted to share this with you people and make sure no one else gets scammed by 'em, it isn't too much fun getting home after 16 odd hours of a long flight and work trip to discover you have a giant wp-Pod (even though it's quite a cool device)..

BTW, really appreciate all the people here trying to find and test out unlocking services and as everyone hoping something new comes up soon.

R.
[Nokia Lumia 920] hawc1506:
Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. People in this country (even those who work in the Microsoft Store or other U.S. telecom company) have no idea what the difference is between "unlocked" and "off-contract". They also don't know the concept of frequency bands either.

I was at the U Village Microsoft Store in Seattle, WA a few weeks ago. Just for fun, I asked an employee if the Lumia 920 is pentaband. The employee couldn't answer so he ran off to ask another employee. He started a chain reaction. Pretty soon, 5 or 6 employees tried to answer my question. Eventually they just gave up and said that they didn't know.

This past week at the Bellevue Microsoft Store, I saw a couple looking to buy an unlocked Lumia 920. Needless to say, they had a long discussion with the MS Store employee and weren't really making any progress. Eventually I interrupted and showed the couple my unlocked Lumia 920. I gave them a few options (Negri, GSM Nation, etc.). I also told them that they can go up to a Rogers Store in Vancouver to buy one and have it unlocked for $50.

Moral of the story is to take everything you hear at a U.S. tech store with a grain of salt. Most of the time, they don't know anything. Occasionally, you'll find one who actually knows the stuff, but that's extremely rare.

If you need advice on the phones to buy, you'll have to take your time to do research on the internet and ask people on forums. Most of us know a lot more than retail employees.

I hope your situation works out though. I would continue to talk to Microsoft since they were the ones with misleading information. I don't think AT&T and Nokia can help you, since they're not the ones who sold the phone to you.
[Nokia Lumia 920] chikoo:
This is what I have heard....>The phone would work overseas. As long as you are on AT&T (or their partner).
[Nokia Lumia 920] ratibars:
try this

You can try calling up AT&T, explain what happened and get the unlock code. If you browse wpcentral forums you can find folks got the code.
[Nokia Lumia 920] rapsa:
hawc1506, I completely agree about the research part but simply after reading a few times that people did get unlocked devices from some stores, and the fact I actually took out my overseas SIM and "waved" it a couple of times, I was a bit too much of a "sucker" and believed what I'd heard.

After I responded to the MS rep via mail they just started ignoring my email, and when I spoke with AT&T (via Skype) they basically said that only if I join them I'll have some hope.

Someone sent me an IM saying I should try post a YouTube video of the story and as much as I'm really against that kind of "child play" I don't think that any other common-sense will work with these companies and every time I fiddle with my shinny micro-pod it annoys me more.

Thanks for you comments everyone :) , I do hope at some point we all find some reasonable way of unlocking these devices (better sooner than later :p)
[Nokia Lumia 920] rapsa:
Well in desperation (+ 2 recommendations by people) I decided to YouTube my story both to share and maybe that'll be the miracle that will cause MS/Nokia to actually pay attention to a customer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdRMQ4pC884

Please excuse the poor experience, it's my first ever video and Powerpoint doesn't seem to convert the audio :(

P.S. I reviewed the forum rules and didn't see anything against my video so I hope it won't be a problem.
[Nokia Lumia 920] dc/dc:
As was mentioned, this was a misunderstanding on the part of the store and I'm sorry you had to go through it. Unfortunately, as was also mentioned, it is not common for Americans to purchase devices SIM free/unlocked. As such, most places have no idea what that even means. I ended up in a similar misunderstanding once in Italy several years ago where I'd spent €450 to buy a Samsung Android phone, only to discover that there was a common defect with the screen. I wanted to get my money back, but the common policy in Italy is that one can only exchange for other goods. As such, I was pretty much forced to find €450 of electronics on which to spend the credit. Lesson learnt.

Hopefully you'll be able to get it unlocked or re-sell it on eBay.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandymahrok:
My s2 unable to download direft links from rapidshare, rapigator, filefactory etc.i tried nearabout all browser available in market but no one starts downloading I tried some download managers also but no one works same result.plz help me to solve this problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrft:
I have the same problem mate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grisoxxl:
It work here, so problem must by somewhere else.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samso:
Do you try another browser?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbyz:
Have you tried using desktop mode in your browser? Sometimes this works for me. There are a few upload sites that seem to throw commands at our phones and they just download the .htm files
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandymahrok:
solution found

Guys I myself found the solution just go to application manager and disable DRM-protected content storage and every thing is fine you can download now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawfa:
Haya fellas,

- 7.7" to 9"

- Good screen for watching movies

- Powerful processor (quad core, if possible)

- Micro sd card slot (or 32gb of internal memory)

- It would be nice to have a micro hdmi port (or some sort of adapter)

I´ve been thinking a lot about the Kindle HD 8.9 but I´m not sure how limited it is when it comes to installing aps (my must have apps are MX Player, Folder PLayer, Gmail, Chrome or another good browser, and if possible a launcher like SSL). I watch A LOT of movies and tv shows on it and while traveling I´d like to be able to hook it to a TV.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsandie:
How about going for the Nexus 7 itself. Or if there is availability for Nexus 10, then that would be good too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibb_nz:
hi all, hoping someone can help point me in the right direction, new to samsung devices

had my i9300 a couple of months now - rooted using SGS3 toolkit

I finally plucked up the courage to flash a custom rom and went a bit crazy!!!

Flashed the following roms:

Android Revolution

Revolution Resurrection

3 minit

and finally

Hellybean

Before flashing each new rom I did the following:

Backed up my apps and data with TB pro

a full nandroid back up of my existing rom

followed by a factory data reset and wipes of cache and dalvik

I thought I had covered my butt pretty well but apparently not!!

i really liked hellybean and decided to restore my apps with TB but I got an error "unable to access external sd card" I tried changing the backup location folder which seemed to work, but once back in the main program I get the unable to access error....

So I thought ok i'll restore my nandroid backup!!! but that gives me an error "error restoring /data"

then I tried flashing the 3 minit rom again and then back into cwm and trying to restore that backup and I got an error restoring system this time!!!!

I'm not sure what to do now....have I lost my data for ever???

Is there a way to try and restore using odin??

and any hints for backing up and restoring in the future??

many thanks if anyone who can help

rgds

dibb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibb_nz:
sdcard/0/0/0/0/0

Update 1.

Well on further reading it seems 4.2 has a 'unique' feature!!!

I'm using my own words here to help me comprehend whats going on, so forgive me if i'm not using "android-speak"

When upgrading to 4.2 it creates a new "partition" on your /sdcard called /emulated and all your new 4.2 data etc goes in here....all your pre 4.2 stuff goes into /sdcard/0...

I believe this happens also whenever you flash a new rom

so if you get a flash happy as I did then all of a sudden you get /sdcard/0/0/0/0/0/0...???? can this be correct????

The issue is I have different files in each of these "0" folders. My titanium Backup folder is in /sdcard/0/0/0/0 - which TB cannot access...I checked the /data/media folder which I believe is where my files are actually residing and sure enough in /data/media/0/0/0/0 theres my TB b/u folder

what i'd like to know now is if I can copy that folder to say, data/media without causing havoc?

Of course my next question is can I also move my cwm backup folder from sdcard/0/0/0/0/0/0 to data/media even tho I already have a cwm folder in there but which does not have the same files in it???

The other question is how to figure out which of the sdcard "0" folders hold which rom???

Anyone out there thats been thru the same thing???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibb_nz:
Update 2

ok I just booted to cwm and did a backup just to see where it gets stored to...

Took ext sdcard out to force to int storage

backup saved by cwm to /sdcard

boot to android and fire up Total Commander

the only file in my cwm folder on /sdcard is an older one which cwm will not restore from

navigate to /data/media and sure enought theres my backup

boot back to cwm to restore my backup and cwm says No file found....wtf...

cwm cannot restore the backup it just made??

so back to android and check all my '0' folders and zip nothing?

my backup is in internal storage but NOT /sdcard??

So it would seem, that once you install a 4.2 rom - no apps can find their backups cos theyre

stored in a different location which they are unable to access??

thoughts people??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpm-speed:
sdcard0/0/0/0/0/0

Hi dibb_nz,

As a new participant to installing custom ROMs I can confirm I'm having exactly the same issue that you're experiencing, my file system adding an extra /0 every time I flash an update to my Carbon ROM. It's causing major issues restoring backups from various apps and I'd also love to know if it's possible to fix this issue.

Any help from the more experienced would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards.

rpm-speed
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odin13:
Just make sure you use the latest version of clockworkmod or twrp recovery...that should fix your issue

Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpm-speed:
Hi odin13,

Flashed the latest CWM and will flash my ROM once again, thank you for your swift reply, I'll post the results shortly.

Kind regards

rpm-speed

---------- Post added at 08:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:55 PM ----------

Well sadly that didn't work...:(

Re-flashed the ROM and now have /storage/sdcard0/0/0/0/0/0/0

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

Kind regards.

rpm-speed