yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Secludedly:
So, on the [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 build I'm on with my Kindle Fire HD 8.9", it seems there's an issue with taking screenshots and recording video on-screen using any app, as well as any camera apps.

Any app that seems to be used for capturing anything in general turns the Kindle Fire HD into an insanely slow paperweight until you force-reset the device(This does not include the Volume Down + Power Button method). It lags SO bad you can barely do anything. You can hold down the power button to try to bring up the restart menu, but it takes about two minutes for it to appear, and there's literally nothing you can do except force-reset by holding the button down longer.

For taking screenshots, I've tried: Screenshot It, Screencast, Screenshot Ultimate, Screenshot UX,

For taking pictures, I've tried: Camera ZOOM FX, Camera+, Camera MX, Panorama Camera 360

Any known reasons as to why this occurs?

Note For Hashcode: Also, since I see that Hashcode is adding lists of apps that aren't working on this CM page, maybe someone should mention that the game Sonic 4 - Episode 2 does not work on it. It's a black screen after the intro logos, and even though you cannot see, objects are still able to be selected. Another game that has issues with rotation is UNO & Friends. It rotates the game upside down no matter which way you turn the Kindle. Only disabling rotation in settings resolves the issue. Also, all screenshot and camera apps causes major hardware slowdown to the point that it's unusable.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jmccarter:
thoughts after using for a couple of weeks

Hey guys -

I've been using this rom for a couple of weeks and just thought I'd report back my impressions:

Overall seems a solid ROM. I do have to reboot occasionally as things seem to not always clean-up properly. For example, if I use the NFL Sunday Ticket App, I have to reboot in order to use Plex, otherwise videos won't play.

- headphone/speaker selection does not seem to work. If I boot the device with headphones plugged in, only the headphones will work; if I boot without, only the speaker will work.

- .nomedia is not honored. Images and videos downloaded into a folder containing a .nomedia file show up in gallery.

-Justin
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] mrbender666:
HI hashcode,

i was wondering if is all ok with you ? no more news from your side.

I've read on official amazon rom thread you was very busy in the last weeks and i don't want to beg but may we help in some way to polish this awesome rom (even i'm not a coder)? At the moment i don't feel it is ok for everyday use, cause of video plyaing problems and slow 3d performance.

thank you for any answer
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LudicrousPeed:
Read back a ways on the thread. Hashcode explains the huge difficulty with this particular device. Getting it a lot better than it is now would be a super long nightmare, of redoing everything, that probably just wouldn't end. Or is at least just going to take a very very long time. It has been difficult guesswork since Amazon's drivers etc are all proprietary. Also he is involved in many other projects.

Personally, this ROM is much, much more desirable than Amazon's OS. Night and day. It is freedom. I would never go back.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] civiksi:
I think this thread is pretty much dead. Hashcode did an amazing job. These kindles really did suck. He did a great job making them actually usable. Just think. He is only one man and has a ton of other projects.It's a million times better than OEM. Is it perfect? No. I'm happy with it. I'm passing this onto my son who is thrilled to play games and watch Netflix. Me? I'm gonna buck up and get a Note or Nexus 10. I can't ask anything else from this guy. I went from wanna throw this through the window to I can actually use it. Thanks Hash.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] trevorb21:
Thanks for this rom.

I am on the latest build and still have the icon drag/rotating screen also. Happened on 10.2 as well.

Is there something else I need to do?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] narse:
The new build has the fix in for the stock launcher. If you have installed another launcher then you will still see it.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] trevorb21:
Ok. I flashed again and it is ok. Idk why but sometimes the fix is t working on the first flash
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Greek2me:
Is there any news on a fix for this?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] rebelduke:
I have the same issue about once every fifteen boots. I just restart the tablet and all is fine. Since it happens so seldom, it's not a big issue for me. Just wanted you to know that you're not the only one with the problem.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] enopola:
I completely agree

Agreed.

I think Hashcode really did an amazing job with getting as far as he did. These Kindles from the beginning were limited and he pushed them farther then they were met to go. Considering these at the time they were produced were made basically as e-readers with limited tablet functions, I think as far as he took it is to be complemented. And the fact he was, from what I have seen personally, the only one working on this project is impressive. The Kindle HDX's have come out so I can see this thread coming to an end, but hey in the end I can only say thank you.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Prokeke:
That's too bad, I was eager to see this device to become officially supported by CM. This development was one of the reason I bought Kindle in the first place :(

Well, I am in no place to complain. If you ever continue this, thanks hashcode, if you never continue this, thanks hashcode :)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] CAL7:
Well said and ditto.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] pask876:
Same thoughts as all of you, guys... I'm going to sell it for a nexus 10... Only complaint is that 8.9 form factor is, in my opinion and for my needs, the best.

Thank you Hashcode for making my kindle 8.9 so much better
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ajma:
Hope that any future efforts can be dedicated to the hdx that is coming out. The performance on it with the stock amazon os is really good. I'd like to see what cyanogenmod could do with it
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
I wouldn't say this thread is dead. :p

Maybe.. getting through a lull..
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] justin_vn:
Please help.

After flash, My device reboot immediately when the lock screen show up.

Then i wipe again, but wipe every things, including the rom.zip and googleapp files.

Now there are nothing in the store.

What must i do now?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] brotbuexe:
Did you flash the correct gapps?

http://goo.im/gapps

20130812 would be the correct for the 10.1 ROM.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LinearEquation:
Are you saying you did a hard wipe and now you have nothing to flash? Can you still get into TWRP? If you can then you push a ROM and Gapps. Follow the instructions Stunts wrote out here. Should get you taken care of. Let us know how it goes. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2459498

Edit: You "swipe" to do a factory reset before installing your ROM and Gapps. You "swipe" to wipe only Dalvik and CACHE after the install, nothing else. Make sure to give a few minutes on first bootup as the system is building a CAHCE.

Once you have that ROM running solid and your apps how you want, you want to backup and make a nandroid of the ROM you're using. No wiping is necessary after a simple backing up.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] vaggolena:
Hey everyone,

My wife's kindle developed a black line that runs down the screen. Is this software related or the actual lcd? Should I revert it back to stock and see if Amazon will replace it, or just buy another tablet?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LinearEquation:
Lines in the screen were an issue with KFHD's. It was a hardware issue. If you have done the normal things to get rid of it such as wipe CACHE and Dalvic then I would suggest you put it to stock and have Amazon warranty it out. They shouldn't give you any hassles because lines are a know issue.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Definitely try stock again and see if the lines stay over the next few days.

Amazon has fantastic support for hardware issues.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] DanielAlbert:
If I install this rom will I lose Kindle Lending Library? What if I just rooted and stayed on Fire OS, would I still lose Lending Library?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LinearEquation:
If you only root you can keep the integrity or your stock KFHD. If you install this ROM, you only loose Amazon Video as everything else is attainable with Amazon apps from Play Store and the Amazon android app available on Amazon only. Make sure any audio books are attainable on Audible.com to you from their website as you will not have that ability either.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] DanielAlbert:
Correct me if I'm wrong here but I believe I will also lose the Lending Library because it seems like you need a Kindle for that as well
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LinearEquation:
Correct, you loose the 1 book Amazon gives a month as a loaner. You can always flash back to an Amazon nandroid via TWRP or if it really matters you can try Kinology that is Amazon OS with ICS.

I was more than willing to forgo the couple thing for a fast ROM that I can do whatever with.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] vaggolena:
Hi Hashcode,

I was able to successfully put it back to stock, but I cannot get rid of the blue Kindle Fire logo. When I tried restoring the stock boot and recovery, it just hangs at "waiting for device".
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] narse:
Your pc can't see the kindle. Is it definitely going into fastboot ok? Have you taken a look at the device manager when you try to connect?

There are a few threads about getting to fastboot and installing the right Windows drivers here. Let us know what is going wrong if these don't help.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] vaggolena:
Hi narse,

It seems that no matter what, it gets to the blue kindle screen and then starts up normally. ADB drivers are installed, Android SDK is installed, but even entering the fastboot command just shows "waiting for device". It makes no sense, because everything worked originally months ago just to get TWRP and CM 10.1 installed, now I do not understand why I can't get fastboot to work.:(
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] LinearEquation:
If all is working well but the drivers are still not recognised then it seems the path or something else is not set up right. Recheck things again.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] narse:
So if you follow step 7 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 what happens? Does the kindle stay powered off, boot to fastboot, or just boot up?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] vaggolena:
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped me out. I ended up installing Windows 7 again and got fastboot to work. Kindle is now stock and factory reset. I will be receiving the replacement on Tuesday and can now comfortably send this one back without any worries. I also want to apologize to Hashcode for asking all these questions in this thread instead of the Help section.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] galearned:
New question:

I have an KFHD 8.9

running the 08/12/2013 Cm10.1 marked stable and the battery does not show charging and has trouble getting above 50% but, I am pretty sure is charged.

I went looking for the OS and it is not in this post although referenced.

Where did the stable version go?

Is the CM 10.2 stable enough to load and give to someone as a reliable working tablet?

Regards
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] persano:
i knew that cm build will make kindle faster (driver updates and android 4.2 make kindle fire faster, and less memory in system [the amazon os had it very full])
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] akin175:
One Awesome Dev.

I was trying to decide which tablet i was going to get to replace my laptop as my email checker and internet browser while at home. I now found and read this thread and now just ordered a 32g KFHD 8.9.

Thanks Hashcode, your work is greatly appreciated, when i get my KFHD flashed over to CM10 i'll also be donating to you.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] aaron.a:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

This is awesome! I'll wait until the audio is working then test the **** out of it
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] FroyoShark:
Any news on Bluetooth? I'm planning on getting a case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard, so I can take notes in class without bringing in my heavy 17" laptop, and I really don't want to go back to the stock ROM.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
~never-mind
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Working great, can't believe how much more responsive everything seems. Keep up the great work Hashcode! other than audio, camera. and Bluetooth it's working flawlessly. Thanks for all of your hard work!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
quick question, how is the battery life on cm10.1? does deep sleep work properly?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] rootedkfirefan:
So far for me, the battery life seems to work very well. The rom I used before on my first gen Kindle had battery problems. I would not use it for a day or so come back and the battery is drained. I have not had this problem with this rom which is nice.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Not bad, I just noticed my #1 drain was cell standby. I don't have a cellular kindle. I am going to put it in airplane mode and enable WiFi to see what happens.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Thepooch:
Great ROM but I experience about 75% incompatibility with my regular apps in the market.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
As per Hashcode, first I cleared data on "Google play services" and "Google play store" and then immediately booted into recovery and wiped both cashes
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Derp, just disabling mobile data stops it...
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

FYI, this will be default to disabled in the next build.

I don't have the LTE version and have no way to test mobile data. Anyone with that model tried this yet?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Born2BeMild:
I keep getting bootloops with this rom. It loads up, shows the cyanogenmod boot screen and sits there for awhile, it makes it to the lockscreen and then reboots the cycle. I can flash back to Amazon OS + TWRP but is there anyway that can be fixed? though I don't mind waiting until a more stable build is released.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] soupmagnet:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

Did you wipe system and factory reset before installing?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] fungflex:
Couldn't get this to work at all for me. No Chrome is a bummer.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Born2BeMild:
welp. I've gotten too accustomed to how easy the Captivate has been as of late. it's like I'm really back at launch.

thanks man.

Don't know if anyone's tested, but I can confirm HDMI does work, except the display is rotated 90 degrees to the right.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] fungflex:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

No idea what changed but magically its totally working. My pixel density is back at 254 but I could install Chrome, Maps and this app which didn't work yesterday.

My only remaining niggling bugs are the occasions screen flicker and of course sound. Its soooo much better than even just a rooted kindle with other launcher.

Great work hashcode!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Here is a quick video to show off hashcode's work:

[YOUTUBE]qKaWPvBN358[/YOUTUBE]
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Slimepuppy:
One More

Thanks very much Hashcode - I really tried to wait until at least Beta, but... Add another Fire to the 'dark side' - this one's a 16 GB WiFi model.

It booted beautifully on the 2nd try. For the first, I tried CM 10.1 without GAPPS - and the device stayed in the spinning CM boot screen. I reset back into TWRP, wiped everything, installed GAPPS, wiped everything again, and the Fire booted right up into the 'setup' screen.

I'm aware there's no sound - and can confirm that. ;)

I was unable to pair the Fire with my desktop's Bluetooth audio (the Fire did pair with the stock OS). The Fire still cannot see my TomTom BT GPS. (Do you think there's any chance that Bluetooth capability might be expanded beyond the stock OS or are the functions limited in hardware?)

HDMI output works. When the Kindle is positioned so that the camera is up and the HDMI port is down, connecting HDMI causes the Kindle's display to flip 180 degrees to 'upside down'. The video on the external monitor is in portrait mode with the 'top' of the displayed imaged to the right. The Kindle's display does not rotate when the device is rotated.

AndroidVNC also seems to think the screen should have the camera on the bottom. I wonder if there's a setting for default screen orientation?

AnTuTu on the stock Fire with Onemeila's 8.1.4 with root, GApps, and two launchers was 9924. Fresh from flashing CM 10.1 the score was 10034.

edit... Made the following build.prop edits. I'm not worried about Chrome so haven't tried that, but have been able to install the Amazon apps for Android and others that were initially blocked. I'm still not able to use my copy of Root Explorer, though. Another reboot and so far everything's working - including Root Explorer. Life is good!

ro.product.brand google
ro.product.model Nexus 10
ro.product.manufacturer samsung

edit...returned ro.sf.lcd_density to stock 254 - didn't negatively affect apps.

Andy
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

It's worth noting that the microphone DOES work.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] fungflex:
I can +1 this one as my Google Now is totally functional, except of course for hearing it speak a result back.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Slimepuppy:
Fresh from the CM10.1 flash I can use the built-in audio recording tool to (presumably!) record sounds. Attempts to use the Google voice search or the voice function in Google Maps results in an app crash. I've never used these apps prior to playing in CM10 - is there something I have to install or configure to make these work?

Thanks!

Andy
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] fungflex:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

Shouldn't have to enable anything special. Voice is working for me perfectly in Google search.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Slimepuppy:
A-ha! It needed to update - works GREAT!

Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
Hash, can you please add the "expandable desktop" option? seems that its available on CM10 not sure about 10.1 though

http://androidadn.com/2012/10/cyanogenmod-includes-new-expandable-desktop/
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] fungflex:
Hey Hashcode I am sure it is on the very very low priority list but any chance of implementing the "smart cover" functionality into the rom as well?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Fidelio_o:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

So sound works when connected to headphones?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Battery life seems pretty great:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Born2BeMild:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

Nope

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] aaron.a:
hey, i'll try to make sense lol

i did the bootloader install successfully, blue logo, twrp, everything works fine. i rebooted a few times and booted twrp a few times to verify everything works.

after i wipe everything and flash cm10 i get stuck on the orange logo. the blue logo never appears, nothing happens at all, just orange logo. i have to fastboot flash my backups =/

bad download? am i missing a step flashing?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
battery drain?

on standby, battery drain is about 1%/hr and that's a little high. However CPU does enter deep sleep according to CPU SPY and I've disabled mobile network/set wifi off when screen is off, so no idea whats wrong here.

edit:

BetterBatteryStats is working, trying to debug...
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ChrisFa5:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

Can you get into recovery now? Sounds like the bootloader is not working.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] aaron.a:
no. it would hang on the orange logo and not boot beyond it. i couldn't enter recovery or anything. all i could do was fastboot flash my backups.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] soupmagnet:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

What device do you have?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] aaron.a:
kfhd 8.9 =)

everything went fine. the twrp installed. i used it to create a backup then flashed cm10. after the flash i got nothing but the orange logo so i restored the system img from onemeila then reinstalled twrp from scratch and restored my back up lol

no idea why cm10 doesn't boot on my device.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
did u factory rest/wipe system etc..?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] aaron.a:
yes. i wiped everything
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
Battery drain -- please remove mobile data completely

Here is some battery drain test

On standby, CPU has no problem entering deep sleep which is very nice, however, battery drain is still very high, about 1%/hr with wifi on mobile data off and 0.5%/hr on airplane mode, much higher than stock OS(about 3%-5% per day with wifi on).

On airplane mode, the battery drain is caused by ConnectivityService -- lots of partial wakelocks according to BetterBatteryStats. Thats even with mobile data off.

I know there is a LTE version but please remove the mobile data part completely, and maybe a separate build for LTE in the future if necessary.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Re: [ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.1) [02/01 ALPHA]

yep, i'll probably split the 4g model out as jem4g or something.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Androidaholic:
Thank You !

I wanted to say how much I appreciate you working on this Hashcode. I do not know you but what I do know is that I have the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and it is a marvelous device that needs a full blown Android OS on it. I have 2- 7" tablets a 10" and this 8.9" Fire and I like the Fires size the best. Anyway looking forward to any progression of this project and to show my appreciation I just sent a little something your way. As time goes on and things progress I will send some more. Thanks
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] ddem1:
:victory: You are a great man Hashcode :victory:

Actually I bought Kindle yesterday from a friend only because I saw this thread and that some development was happening. Great job.

It may lack some polish at this point but works great for basic stuff, especially since the Amazon UI was just horrible. Ebook reading apps like Moon+ work great out of the box for example.

Looking forward to future updates, I'll be sure to chime in with some donations! :good:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
found a small bug:

lots of this msg on logcat:

E/OMAP PowerHAL( 309): Error writing to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/interactive/boostpulse: No such device

still there even after I changed CPU governor to conservative.

Edit:

set conservative on boot and reboot the tablet, the error msg is now gone.