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[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] iKlutz:
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to the creator of this thread, all of the developers who made rooting, unlocking and the custom ROMs and also to all the contributions from the forum users.

Thanks to all of you, my sons kindle is better than new.

A year ago when I first bought it, I was excited about the hardware specs for this device but I was hugely let down by the kindle firmware. There were many bugs and unfinished features, a lack of customisations, bad battery life and a plethora of useless background apps that were choking the CPU and ram.

As time went on I realised that Amazon weren't up for fixing it much.

In all honesty I knew about the development threads here on XDA since I bought it, and even posted in contemplation about whether it was worth unlocking etc. The only thing that kept me from doing it was the amounts of posts in Q&A about hard bricks. But alas, his kindle only got worse to the point it was already becoming not much more than an expensive paperweight. The battery was so bad that after doing his 30 mins reading time he would only have at best an hour use before needing charge. And the charge took 6 hours+.

I finally took the plunge last night. I followed this guide carefully. I rooted using the 2nd method (restore exploit) and was successful after trying all of the options until I think option 5 worked (on firmware 8.5.1). Then I successfully installed the recovery and twrp using the links provided, and flashing them with the app "fire flash".

After this I made a full nandroid backup and clean flashed the official cm11 4.4 ROM and it's great.

I've already noticed a MASSIVE improvement in the battery life and performance.

I have all of his kindle books from the kindle app on play store.

I have installed the 'freetime' app equivalent, 'screen time parental control'. Which is much better in my opinion.

That's all I can really say. I'm most impressed that his kindle is now at it's well deserved potential. Great job everyone! Thank you and happy new year!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] justanumber:
Finally I took the plunge and got rid of the AmaCrapWare:)

Totally new tablet and can actually use without it moving at snails pace. Very responsive now and like others report battery life is outstanding.

My thanks to all who have helped and Happy New Years!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Broncos15:
Can you walk me through exactly what steps you used to root 8.5.1? I was running cm11 some time ago but I went back to stock and accidentally updated the firmware. Haven't found a good walkthrough of rooting the latest firmware yet, but I would love to try out hashcode's lollipop port
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] justanumber:
Honestly wish I would have documented my steps as got another referb coming from ebay and will need to root it.

But basically I did what this post said: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57511604&postcount=14

Not for the faint of heart and kind of shaky but I took the plunge and all good for me.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] admgloval:
HELP!

Disregard, I was able to get ADB to work and copy the files to sdcard. For future reference (if anyone else runs into this issue), I had to manually choose the device driver. It was showing up with a yellow mark on the device but when I pointed to the drivers folder, Windows wouldn't find any drivers. Instead, I picked, Let me pick the device, then browsed to Kindle Fire ADB Composite Device and boom everything worked after that.

Can anyone please help me. I have asked for help in multiple threads and got no responses. I finally decided to just take the plunge and attempt to do it. I got root on the device and then used Fireflash to install the freedom boot 8.1.4 and twrp 2.7. I am able to boot into TWRP no problem now but I can no longer boot into the amazon OS. Now I have no way to get the rom.zip file I will need on to the device to actually flash a new rom! While in TWRP, my computer sees the Kindle, there is an entry in portable devices for it but the ADB is not working. What do I need to do to get it to where I can copy files to it?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] justanumber:
Glad you got it working [MENTION=941930]admgloval[/MENTION]!

I just got back and was going suggest looking in device manager to make sure no issues.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] redhonker:
Hi,

I have followed the instruction here before and got CM11 installed. Now I'd want to upgrade to CM13. Looks like I need to upgrade TWRP. Does anyone have the instruction on how to do that safely?

Also, I have FlashFire installed and used before for upgrade. Any idea on how whether that will continue to work?

Thanks
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] :
Thanks for your tutorial, it helped me learn a little bit about ADB and Flashing ROMs. I used your tutorial to make my Kindle Fire useful for me again. First ROM I put on was a PAC MAN ROM built on KitKat, it runs pretty smooth. But I couldn't have done any of it without this walkthrough.

Thanks again,

Ben

Sent from my Amazon Jem using
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] :
[MENTION=5139479]seokhun[/MENTION] I followed these instructions to Step 3 (I'm on 8.5.1) and my device won't do anything past the initial Kindle Fire logo. What do I do?

EDIT: I can get it to fastboot mode but when I try to flash anything via fastboot it just hangs until I unplug the USB cable and says "usb_write failed with status e00002c0"
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] dave8806:
I did this and I get an orange/red screen of death when I start it up.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] comwiz:
Ya it seems it doesn't work for 8.5.1 Rom. I was able to root but couldn't install supersu binary. If anyone knows how to then please post it here :)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] escotorivera:
help

this post was really helpfull, i ended up on step 4, but non of the links for flashing custom roms are working could you please add those again or fix them, thanks

Step 4: Flashing Custom ROMs

This is what you've been waiting for, the ability to load custom ROMs. You have a few choices at this point in time. This list contains (somewhat, if not) stable releases only:

1. CyanogenMod 11 by Hashcode (AOSP, Android 4.4 KitKat)

2. ParanoidAndroid Port by jb2kred (AOKP, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean)

3. PAC-man by goldflame09 (AOKP, hybrid of CM + PA, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean)

4. CM11/SGT7 by twa-priv (CM + Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 mods, Android 4.4 KitKat)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seasidegrumps:
I have download a film from flixster and it shows a a mp4 video.

My Nexus7 says the movie cannot be played.

I have looked for apps to run the movie with no luck

Can anyone advise
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewmur:
Did you download it using the Flixster app from the Play Store? If so, have you used that app to watch other movies? If so, then you must have a bad download. You need to use the Flixster app to play their movies. Not your favorite movie player.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seasidegrumps:
I download from the fixster site on an ultraviolet from a purchased DVD offer
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esema1o:
Download mx player tha play all files
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
Why some apps show busybox not installed? There are more than one app shows busybox not installed. I don't understand, titanium backup works fine, but lucky patcher and many apps shows the message. Please help. I am on v20a esa-xxx official.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Fladder72:
Titanium backup use its own busybox.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ljubisa_sk:
Busybox is series of linux (standart UNIX) terminal commands made to work for android :)

so if an app shows this and you dont have busybox installed you should install it or if you have it update it
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
How, that is the question?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
Yes I thought so. How to update or install busybox safely? Please help.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
Download busybox app from google play
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
Stericsons busybox or the other one?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
Stericson worked for me ;)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] rahulsnair:
Use busybox installer.. It's better..
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Fladder72:
To get more confusion...

I'm using this one from V6 Supercharger thread:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697607&d=1359818444
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
did you reboot after busybox install?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
Errr... I didnt i think. When you open the app, it will tell you if busybox is installed, and if not, offer to install it :/
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
reboot then.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
What should I do with this? Just flash it via cwm? Please give me latest stable version 1.20.2, flashable.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Fladder72:
What should I do for you? Flash it from here on your device?

This link gets direct to download from V6 thread, and yes, it's the last and stable version I found there. And is flashable with CWM...

For me best choice of a busybox...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eakeller:
Hi all, thanks for having such a helpful support forum. I just picked up a new Note 2 and it is on FW 4.1.1. I want to unlock and root/ROM and was wondering about the recommended sequence.

Should I first use Casual to unlock, or should I take the OTA (which I believe updates the bootloader) then unlock? Is there any benefit or detriment to using one way or the other? Thanks for any help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MunkinDrunky:
Over in origional dev section adam has the new root,jailbreak, recovery for the new 4.1.2 ota. So if you want stock 4.1.2 with root and all that you would be safe to take the ota on stock then run CASUAL. I beleive either way your reallywanting 4.1.2 unlocked so you can have custom roms and ive seen some of the roms being updated for the vramc3 base anyhow. So if want you could run casual now with 4.1.1 that you have (you just picked it up so im assuming its all stock) and flash a cust9m rom that has 4.1.2 already implimented. cheak out the rooting/custom rom guide and the jailbreak thread and decide. In the end both paths will lead to the same place.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
Just root/unlock 4.1.1 and flash a 4.1.2 VRAMC3 rom of choice in recovery...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eakeller:
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. I thought it might be six of one half dozen of the other, but after recently going through OTA he11 on the DNA I'm really leery of any updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eakeller:
Yes, it was 4.1.1 stock. I took your advice and unlocked/rooted in 4.1.1. What is the difference in having a base of vrall4 vs. vramc3? I flashed Jelly Beans and am showing 4.1.2 on vrall4. If I went to a different ROM based on vramc3,would it cause any issues? Thanks for the help and sorry for the n00b questions or if they've been answered a lot, I haven't modded Samsung in a while.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mac of York:
Jelly Beans builds 15 and 16 are on the new base, VRAMC3, which is 4.1.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
Many sites have a change log of all the changes that vramc3 brings to the Note 2. I flashed a stock vramc3 ROM that VZW pushed OTA. The only difference is that the Jelly Beans developer (beanstown106) rooted it, replaced the secure bootloader and made it flashable. So I've basically accepted the OTA but I'm still rooted and unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eakeller:
Here's what I did: Stock 4.1.1 VRALL4 -> Unlocked/rooted with Casual --> Flashed Jelly Beans build 16

Now in my "About Phone" setup, i have this: Android version 4.1.2; Baseband version I605VRALL4; Build number JZO54K.I605VRAMC3

The build flashed just fine and it appears I'm on VRAMC3. However the baseband remains at VRALL4, I assume because JBeans doesn't update the baseband. Is there any reason to care about the "mismatch" between the baseband and the build? Should I go through the work to update the baseband, and if so what is the best method? I've been looking around the net and have found a bunch of conflicting answers to this question, so hopefully someone can straighten things out regarding the Note 2 specifically.

Thanks for the discussion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mac of York:
Baseband is the modem. Just download and flash the zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] randy6675:
If you look at post #2 in the beans thread, there is a link to the new radio. Flash that and you will be completely up to date.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eakeller:
Thanks guys, found Scott's zip and flashed the baseband. Everything looks to be consistent, so I'm good.

Sent via Note2 with XDA Premium
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Well after much internal thought I decided to release a CarbonDev rom with Houcha kernel I built from source.

I used Haze028's guide along with great help from chadouming for device/vendor/houcha kernel work.

I have tried upgrading the kernel using the releases in the houcha kernel thread, that works to keep up to date on kernel changes.

Its built and tweaked for Canadian E971-E973 so thats all I can confirm working.

Its very stock except I chose to use Novalauncher as this is my own launcher of choice.

I baked in AwesomeBeats (credits to pimp my rom) for some quality sound as using dspmanager wasn't working for me at all.

As far as I know, everything is working, I tested all main functions as best I can but I'm sure someone will find something that's not working.

If you do, let me know about it here and I'll try to fix it.

Thanks to everyone I mentioned and anyone I forgot who helped along the way!

P.S If you're running CM10.1 or Houstonns AOKP/CM/PA, you can install this without KDZ'ing, just wipe data/factory reset/dalvik and install.

Otherwise you will likely have to KDZ to the first Freegee able kdz.

If someone wants to test please do and let me know!

Some highlights I didn't mention:

Automatic Zip aligning

Using houcha built in opensourced mpdecision and thermald (binaries for these two are fully removed from filesystem).

<update> ONLY ICS modem working, modem files I had were both ICS. </update>

I setup a "tweaks" (look for "kerneltweaks" file in /system/etc/init.d) file for colour settings and for setting your own governor and io scheduler at boot (I don't like using the Performance Control gui for setting at boot, I use it just to monitor settings).

Colour settings are active but the governor and io are remmed out. The governor io scheduler settings that are remmed out are what I use.

Download V1 here:

http://d-h.st/d4L

Download V2 here, fixed Hangout video call crash:

http://d-h.st/m4O

For manual fix, put this file in /system/lib/soundfx (replacing existing file) to fix Hangout video call crash. V2 fixed rom uploaded.

http://d-h.st/Yxy

Modem links removed because I found out they are were both the same ICS modem just renamed. Sorry for the confusion.
[LG Optimus G (International)] GuestD2786:
Nice, great work!

Is there anything special to do when flashing? Is it necessary to kdz back to a particular version before? Right now I'm on OTA Telus JB (rooted and freegee'd of course :D!)
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Good question and the answer is yes you shouldn't be on OTA jb as far as I know.

Should have the same requisites as CM10.1/AOKP which was (for Rogers) the D version KDZ.

So if you're running CM10.1 or Houstonns AOKP, you can install this straight up.
[LG Optimus G (International)] H4xz3n:
Downloading now will test all day tomorrow at work!
[LG Optimus G (International)] houstonn:
hey bro.. good stuff.. btw. those of you guys that need to do the kdz.. I'm gonna make flashable zips for each Canadian variant so that u won't have to do that whole process.. there's still a few files I need..
[LG Optimus G (International)] GuestD2786:
wow, that would be great...

thanks houstonn :p
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks Houstonn! That would be real helpful.

Is there any easy way we can get our phones in a position so we don't have to kdz back?

Or is it not worth the effort??
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks man, I hope its as stable for you as it has been for me.

Keep me posted!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
So anyone have any feedback for me!?
[LG Optimus G (International)] arcardinal:
I am running it on an AT&T e970, and everything is working perfectly. Looking forward to a resync and update. There are some minor settings commits on carbons github that have been updated since you released. I have not run into any issues. Everything is working perfectly fine. Thanks for the great rom.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thank you very much! I appreciate it greatly.

I was waiting for some feedback before going forward because I wanted to gauge how good/bad I'd done so far!

I'll resync/update in short order, going through some health stuff this week.

Cheers!!
[LG Optimus G (International)] arcardinal:
No rush man. Everything's working fine. There haven't been any major updates. I can wait and I'm sure others can too.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
I'll update the first post when I have a new build.

Just like to hear from anyone else running this to see if there are any other problems that people have found!
[LG Optimus G (International)] jaynkc:
Going to flash it tonight and let you know if I have any problems looks like good build though thanks
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thank you, let me know if you find anything.
[LG Optimus G (International)] GuestD2786:
damn, I really want to flash this...but I'm too lazy to

KDZ...:crying:

very tough decision to make !

:p
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Do it! I can almost guarantee you'll love this rom!

And then after you flash it, try it out for a couple days and report back!;)
[LG Optimus G (International)] jaynkc:
If I'm running Houston pa build do I need to kdz back or can I just wipe and flash this ROM?
[LG Optimus G (International)] houstonn:
Just clean wipe factory reset. You should be good to go

I'll have a zip soon so no kdzing probably tmrw.
[LG Optimus G (International)] jaynkc:
Hey Houston running pa build and loving it!!!! Have had not problems crept for the hw overlay thing which real isnt a problem just thought I'd try this carbon and see how it is too thanks for the info about flashing it I was going to go through the whole kdz thing again
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
I updated the first post a bit to clear up the pre-requisites.

Again, if you're running CM10.1 by chadouming, or AOKP/CM/PA by Houstonn all you need is a wipe and install!

Cheers and looking forward to some more feedback!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks for helping out the thread Houstonn!

FYI, I'm currently testing V2 with latest commits from CarbonDev and houcha kernel.

I'll update links after I use it for a day or two.
[LG Optimus G (International)] H4xz3n:
Alright, so I installed this ROM and have had it running smoothly for 3 days now.

I have the E973 and I had recently been running just stock ota that I reverted back to a week ago.

So it does work on the latest OTA or kdz, I was already rooted and freegee'd.

Here are the steps I took to flash using twrp:

Factory reset

Wipe cache

Wipe Dialvik

Wipe System

Installed ROM

Flashed banks gapps 4.2.2 (found in chads cm 10.1 thread)

Reboot, then set all my settings in ROM

Rebooted to recovery

Flashed bell ICS modem from Houston (to fix annoying call ended bug)

Haven't had any issues so far 3 days strong.

Thanks Paulicat
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks a lot for the update, glad its working well for you!

I'm going to try to get in touch with Houstonn regarding the modem issue.

The jb modem I linked in the first post seems to work fine, but the jb modem from houstonns thread has the call ended bug.

I was certain the modem files from my first post were also from Houstonn so I don't know what the difference is just yet.

Im testing an updated rom with latest commits from CarbonDev and latest houcha kernel.

I'll upload and update the first post on Tuesday.
[LG Optimus G (International)] H4xz3n:
Heya Pauli I just noticed a weird thing on the lock screen, it says +blank and i cant get rid of it, here is a screenshot
[LG Optimus G (International)] H4xz3n:
Haha it was ribbons my bad
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Glad you found the answer, sorry I was watching movies with the wife!

Love that lockscreen wall!!

Just FYI, I tend to use DashClock which is included in the rom also.
[LG Optimus G (International)] mathsz:
gonna try this :)

Hey there, thanks for the reply in the other thread.

The main feature for me is bluetooth sound. I keep flashing until I find a rom with working (for me) bluetooth sound. I seem to be one of the two people that post regarding this issue. :) it did seem to work on AOKP, I did not hear the screetching sound..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41253976&postcount=1267

here's a link to the sound it makes.

I still have the issue here (carbon) weird...

:)

_________________________________________

Edit :

everything else is working fine. I also wonder if it's device specific. I have an unlocked bell e973 (using it on telus network). Everyone else does not have this problem. Only one other user.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
First post updated with new V2 build!

Its mostly just a sync update with CarbonDev and houcha sources.

I've been running it since last week and its all good so far.

Try it out and let me know!
[LG Optimus G (International)] arcardinal:
Paulicat, been running V2 since you released it. Everything is perfect. I have not run into a single issue. Thanks
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks for the kind words!

I'm glad to hear its working well for you!

Cheers!
[LG Optimus G (International)] phoenix_rizzen:
Anyone else having issues accessing d-h.st? I keep getting "host unavailable" errors.

Sent through the magic of an LG Optimus G (E971) running RootBox 4.2.2.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Ya they were down last night...haven't checked this morning yet though.
[LG Optimus G (International)] phoenix_rizzen:
Downloads are working now.

Sent through the magic of an LG Optimus G (E971) running RootBox 4.2.2.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Got a report that Hangouts video calls isn't working, tested on my own and it's definitely not working so I'll look into it!
[LG Optimus G (International)] metal_god69:
V2 working great on my e973. Thanks very much for the great rom
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Thanks also for the kind words, glad its working well for you!

I am investing the hangouts video chat, I may have it fixed tonight and will upload a new build if it works.

Cheers!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
First post updated, Hangouts video call crash fixed in a new V2 rom, plus a manual fix to prevent having to reload the entire rom.
[LG Optimus G (International)] arcardinal:
Thanks for the quick update. Its nice that you don't have to reflash the whole ROM. I can confirm the fix works. Thanks Paulicat
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Good to see a quick report of a working fix!
[LG Optimus G (International)] naifs_br10:
How's the battery life on this?
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
As the builder I may be a bit biased, but it has been very good for me, 2 days usage is normal.

Big thing I noticed on all android roms is turning off location services inside the MAPS app settings. GPS etc still works for maps and other GPS aware apps, but the location services options inside the maps app are a real battery killer for me.

Hopefully some unbiased user reports come in to validate what I just said...
[LG Optimus G (International)] chadouming:
And as a Power User, i'd say you can't judge battery life based on others experience.

As a human i would say that you violated forum rules by posting the same post in different thread and that basically consist of spam.

As a dev i'd say stop asking that question and find it by yourself.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Paulicat:
Well said.