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[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
I figured I would start a thread since I couldn't find one devoted to posting our personal experiences with ROMs for our Kindles.

I have tried 3 separate roms out thus far.

CM 10.1 (JB 4.2.2)

This was my first dive into custom roms for my first gen Kindle Fire, and it was a pretty easy transition. Really enjoyed freeing up the device by not having to have the stock Kindle firmware. Apps ran far more quickly and smoothly. After using this for a while I yearned for something faster/smoother. (probably need to get myself a higher powered device to improve on that). Somewhat missed the lack of an Amazon Video app. It's too bad Amazon has not yet developed an app for other Android devices that we can install. A minor issue (with all roms) seems to be the boot animation. It starts out stretched and in the upper right region of the screen at first and then corrects itself maybe 10 seconds later and is centered. Not a big deal of course. The only drawback for me personally with this one is CM's lack of customization.

JB 4.3 Barebones

I had read that JB 4.3 ran a bit quicker (and used more battery) than 4.2.2. I found this to be the case. Especially when using an app like Flipboard this is apparent. The boot time seemed to be a bit longer than CM 10.1, but that could very well be my perception. I did find that the build I was on seemed to give me issues on restarts. I'd restart and icons would be missing and the icon themes I was using with Apex would have to be reset. Mild annoyance that I didn't enjoy dealing with. Overall I was mildly satisfied and preferred CM 10.1 to the specific (early) JB 4.3 that I was using, despite the fact that CM ran slower.

AOKP (JB 4.2.2)

Just installed this one tonight. Coming into this, I was already a big fan of AOKP 4.2.2 as its my daily driver on my Droid Razr M. Love AOKPs customization. Anything beyond AOKP level customization is overkill for my taste. AOKP just has everything I'd need in that department. I did notice that I feel like I'm back to CM 10.1 speed which I may or may not settle on. A minor issue I found was the screen rotation glitch (which I have heard is found in few different ROMs.) It's nothing too major, but it may be enough of a nuisance to get me to switch in the future. We'll see. I do prefer AOKP 4.2.2 over CM 10.1 strictly due to AOKPs level of customization. If you are simply looking for a ROM beyond stock and not necessarily looking for great options and customization, I'd say go with CM 10.1 (If you don't have your heart set on JB 4.3, that is). But my personal favorite of the 3 would have to be AOKP. I have not used this long enough to properly test the battery life compared to CM 10.1.

I hope this helps any noobs like me who are giving flashing roms a thought. Would love to hear what you all are finding for the best speed and battery life. I'll post any updates for roms that I try in the future.

Summary:

Best Battery - CM 10.1

Best Speed - JB 4.3 Barebones

Best Customization - AOKP 4.2.2
[Kindle Fire General] Anthony96922:
There is an AOSP 4.2.2 ROM by hashcode on xda (search "kindle fire aosp rom") and i have it on my kindle fire. It's really smooth and fast. Come try it out

Sent from my kindle fire
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
I'll check it out thanks! How does battery life compare with the others you've tried? I'll take speed over battery life at this point though. So definitely giving it a shot, thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] Anthony96922:
The battery life is around the same as official CM10.1. The battery lasts a whole day with moderate to heavy usage. Performance is about the same too

Sent from my kindle fire
[Kindle Fire General] zenihilist:
Thanks for starting this thread! I've been trying find a jelly bean rom that doesn't suffer from low memory app crashes. Like when the browser just quits suddenly and drops you to the home screen. So far cm10.1 and the stock roms have this problem pretty equally in my experience. Has aokp or any other rom better handled this issue for you?
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Well just as you mention it, BAM! That's exactly what I'm experiencing now with AOKP 4.3. Lots of browser crashes and keyboard issues where it will not pop up. Rom is still a decent bit quick, but I may be looking to downgrade from JB 4.3 to something that won't have minor issues such as browser crashing. Need a good daily driver with good speed and battery life. AOKP 4.2.2 didn't have the browser crashing.
[Kindle Fire General] zenihilist:
Yeah I recently switched to twa priv's cm9 and so far the only problem I've had is it doesn't sleep quite as deeply. And I can't just let it sit unplugged all day and barely lose any battery like jb roms. Not a huge sacrifice.
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Interesting. Going to try giving that one a shot then! Haven't yet found the daily driver. Do you have a link to that version you're running?
[Kindle Fire General] androvista:
My first (and current) rom is/was CM 10.1(official from cm site).It ran perfectly for about a month, but now its force closing apps, play store(and othe gapps) dont work. Has become really frustrating. Looking forward to a 4.4 rom, if it doesnt come, will install 4.3
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Basic question, but have you done a weekly wipe of cache and dalvik cache in recovery? May be worth a shot if it took a month for errors. I always do a cache and dalvik cache wipe once a week on my phone. Seems to keep it running smoothly.

I am also running CM 10.1 now. Really like it so far. Smoothest running rom I've tried for the Kindle.
[Kindle Fire General] 47th_Ronin:
I've had my kf for about 3 months and while i haven't flashed them all i have flashed lots of them.

Unfortunately, i haven't found any rom either with or without gapps that have the low memory/ram issue.

I have done lots of searching an just plain tinkering with everything from freezing everything possible in stock roms to only having 2 user apps installed, i.e. dolphin browser and adobe flash player.

The only thing i really want to do is to be able to let my grandson and nefews/nieces watch cartoons on the net, and maybe some simple type kids games. (This way they have their own and dont mess with mine lol)

The games I've found and installed and they work fine, but the memory on this thing is just not capable of even rudimentary multitasking.

Its a damn shame too, because just an extra 50 - 100 mb of ram would make the difference.

Wish i knew how to dev a kernel id look at the big memory kernels on the gnex and see if he same principles could be applied.
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
I'm not sure if anybody is going to get us a 4.4 rom, but isn't 4.4 supposed to address low ram devices specifically? If so, this may help us out.
[Kindle Fire General] 404-Not Found:
Best ROMs:

SGT7 JellyBean

AOSP

Alien ROM

Worst:

PAC Man

Hellfire
[Kindle Fire General] androvista:
Hey thanks! Had to fiddle around in COTR for some time...

Never thought I have to do a weekly wipe... Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
No problem! Hope it does the trick for ya. I'm using TWRP and it's fairly easy in that.
[Kindle Fire General] zenihilist:
I found it in the link below in the op. Unfortunately it wasn't as stable as I remembered and I moved on to the latest cm M release. Pretty good so far, but I doubt it fully solves any problems mentioned.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1859851

[INDEX] Kindle Fire Development *REVISED*
[Kindle Fire General] androvista:
Hey thanks again!

I activated halo by mistake but am not able to deactivate it. I went around the while settings panel, but couldn't find an option.

Any ideas:D
[Kindle Fire General] androvista:
OK I deactivated it.

Best roms : Energy cm9

SGT 7 jb 4.3.1

Worst ROMs :eek:FFICIAL CM10.1

Sgt 7 jb 4.2.2

Sent from my air powered ceiling fan
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Ok I'm quickly tiring of my Kindle running unbearably slow at the benefit of battery life. Which Rom, any version of android, works the best on the Kindle Fire? I'm talking smooth. I'm running 4.3.1 CM 10.2 and I just can't do it anymore. If I have to downgrade to an earlier version of Android I will. I just need faster. I've got a Nexus 10 ordered, but keeping this and want it at it's best. So what's the fastest?
[Kindle Fire General] androvista:
Here is a thanks for speeding up my rom...

Hashcodes cm 11 (deadly amount of free RAM)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1591850

TWA privs OmniROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2410112

The rom I use - Fuzz(buttery smooth and tremendous battery life (13 hrs with wifi on ) with about 150 mb free ram always)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2266248

I tested all the three rooms, all well.

Make sure you have the latest twrp 2.6.3.1 or you will be bricked.

Good luck

???(kit Kat smilies)

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ROM not room...?
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Per Androvista's recommendation foe reading your latest post I'm on energy cm9 as of late last night. It seems pretty fast, but the user interface is hard to get used to. Going to try your other recommendation today. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] :
True, its a full tablet user interface

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire General] ilikepeas:
So here's what I've tried so far:

CM 10.1 - pretty good and stable. Apps seemed to work well

CM 10.2 - OK but battery doesn't last as long and a couple of apps like imdb and audio evolution DAW won't load

CM 11 (beta) - similar experience to 10.2 but having problems with calendar syncing too

Have to say a massive thanks to [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] for all of his work on these ROMs and the updates!

PAC - nice idea combining 3 in to one ROM but at the moment at least it just doesn't seem to hang together.
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
You are right on the money with this one. Its running VERY fast. By far absolutely the fastest I've used. I'm even able to play a few games that would not load on ANY other rom. I'm not sure how or why but it's buttery smooth and lighting fast. I only installed it last night, so don't know much more other than that. Thanks so much for the recommendation!
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
I had a calendar issue initially, then went to the Play Store and installed the newer Google Calendar app and am running that widget and app without an issues thus far.
[Kindle Fire General] ilikepeas:
Yeah I actually fixed the problem I had by removing and re-adding my Google account. Works fine now. Still can't get imdb, Amazon App store and a couple of other apps to work though but overall CM 11 seems pretty great so far.
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
I am running the Amazon App Store fine here. Not sure what we have done differently. What other apps are you running into issues with?
[Kindle Fire General] ilikepeas:
Most apps are fine. The ones that don't open at all are Amazon App Store, Audio Evolution IMDB. The other Amazon apps like the mp3 store and kindle are fine.
[Kindle Fire General] Jersey846:
Looks like I'm having trouble with Hulu. Most everything plays. Ads, TV Station videos, but when it gets to the show, black screen false to play. I have had this issue with various roms though.
[Kindle Fire General] mixxitdj:
I am running an Amazon Kindle Fire

Latest ROM -> CM 11 4.4.1 by Hashcode

Bootloader -> Fire Fire Fire 1.4a

Recovery -> TWRP 2.6.3.1

Rooted

all is smooth
[Kindle Fire General] darwin_deathcat:
Same here! It's more than smooth, and so far it's the best custom ROM I've tried for my KF.

I've tried:

[ROM-AOSP] Stock Jelly Bean 4.2.2_r1 for the Kindle Fire [02-12 4.2.2_r1] #Good, but low memory and a little buggy

[Rom] [hf-10.2]HellFire™Jelly Amazon Kindle Fire 2.6 4.3 weekly 11/01/13 #Really terrible. So buggy it was unusable

[ROM]OFFICIAL][4.3][NIGHTLIES] PAC-man Rom for the Kindle Fire - 8/15/13 #Ok, but still buggy and a real memory hog

ACM Barebones {ROM}-Otter-Weekly #Wouldn't even load gogole apps. Froze constantly. Unusable.

[[ROM-AOSP] Stock Jelly Bean 4.3.1_r1 for the Kindle Fire [10-10 4.3.1_r1 "master"] #Better than other 4.3 ROMS, but not as good as the 4.2.2 ROM

and finally this 4.4 ROM.

This ROM works so well that the only thing that would convince me to "upgrade" is if/when the mic in jack is working.

For what it's worth, I've tried so many ROMs that I've got my flash process down to a science. I use Soupkit to trnasfer all files and update TWRP (I'm a linux user). I use this minimal version of gapps: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240652, which cuts a lot of the gapps bloat. I use "app2zip" to make a flashable zip of all my user apps (LOVE this little app. SO handy, and greatly cuts down the time it takes to get back up and running on a new ROM). I then use "system app remover" to get rid of stuff the KF doesn't need, like 'voice dialer', and to remove the really crappy AOSP keyboard, etc. I use the stock google keyboard, and replace e-mail and calander with g-mail and google calendar.

Right now, my 4.4 ROM has about 154mb of available RAM in idle mode with most normal apps in backgrond (DSP, gmail, calendar, play services, clock widget, etc.). If I freeze unnecssary background apps, I can get about 230mb of free RAM. That's just GREAT! :good:
[Kindle Fire General] mixxitdj:
Same here,

With this ROM I get about 150mb constant and the UI is still smooth and the browser does not seem to crash as much as with 4.1 and 4.3 ROMS.

Makes the tablet really FLY. best part is that I got this for 64 dollars and its rock steady.

Thanks to all DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Kindle Fire General] pkarza:
Has anyone had any success in installing 4.4.2 with TWRP 2.2.x.x? I had no problem installing that version of TWRP - but GooManager fails to install 2.6.3.1

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance
[Kindle Fire General] Ixthusdan:
I had to use Flashify to switch from twrp 2.2.2.1. I tried everything else, and twrp would not overwrite itself. I am now running twa_priv's cm11 kitkat rom.
[Kindle Fire General] pwrdbykimchi:
Current: Android 4.4.2 | CM11

[ROM/KERNAL] OFFICIAL CM11.0 + 3.0.72 Kernal for Kindle Fire [NIGHTLIES]

This is one runs like a dream at the moment. Much lower memory footprint and more functionality (most likely attributed to the latest version of Android as well as CM11). I'm still testing it out but so far so good.

Previous: Android 4.2.2 | Stock

[ROM-AOSP] Stock Jelly Bean 4.2.2_r1 for the Kindle Fire [02-12 4.2.2_r1]

I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit for the first few months. It was a very nice feeling knowing I was using Android in its basic element. I initially didn't run into any major bugs (more on this later) and everything I threw at it ran without any problems. Over time, however, it got bogged down and I wholly blame the absence of TRIM support and memory optimizations that were introduced for Android 4.3 and 4.4 respectively. The major bug that popped up after several months was that the Kindle Fire frequently and randomly went into a deep sleep when idle. I would always have to do a hard reset to restore it.
[Kindle Fire General] minix51:
never flash a ROM on my newly rooted kindle fire, ..waiting for a stable version . i might consider this

did you try the stable version CM 10.1.3 by otter ?

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] Idontwantausername:
Running CM11 M5 with OtterX 2.04 bootloader (using Amazon partition scheme) and standard TWRP 2.7.0.1.

I've tried CM11 M6 and the two OtterX CM nightly builds, but had a system UI crash loop issue with those.

I still get some crashes but, with the exception of the device becoming painfully slow, the tablet seems stable afterwards.

Free memory is around 120-160MB when the tablet is idle.

It seems that Firefox with the adblock plus addon is too much for this setup, it becomes very slow after a while until Firefox crashes eventually.

I also have an issue where I can't download files from any browser due to an "unknown error", I plan to update to a newer build when CM11 is stable enough and hope that this issue will be resolved.
[Kindle Fire General] BrooklynNY:
Yay for the otterx project. Lovin it. I am currently running this great rom☺!
[Kindle Fire General] bflobills:
OtterX is by far the best ROM out there...thanks to Hashcode!
[Kindle Fire General] yattaro:
I've had my Kindle Fire from day one (back when you could root with SuperOneClick and Amazon immediately patched that, and the stock ROM referred all Google Play - or Android Market at the time - links to the Amazon Appstore). I rooted it immediately and installed the Android Market, etc. After the whole Amazon update fiasco, I installed FireFireFire, TWRP, and CM7. Everything was smooth sailing from there. With the release of ICS and CM9, I immediately jumped on it despite the fact that it barely had video support. That seemed more awesome at the time than it really was. I stuck with it through the stable versions until Jellybean/CM10 was mostly perfected. It became a time of realization for me: the Kindle Fire really does have bottom-level specs as compared to modern devices (namely the Nexus 7) as many apps began to have issues due to the minimal amount of RAM and outdated TI motherboard (that is missing modules it was intended to come with - volume controls, Bluetooth, a camera). Sleep mode was an issue since ICS. Kitkat really made tons of things better. It is easier on RAM, sleeps - dare I say - better than stock, runs all the latest apps (Google Launcher, etc.) with ease. Also I never noticed several swap partition apps in the Play Store. They seem to improve memory issues further (or is this a placebo effect?).
[Kindle Fire General] darwin_deathcat:
Another +1 for otterX

I just switched from 4.4.2 CM11 to otterX with the SGT7 4.4.3 ROM, and I note SIGNIFICANT improvements in usability. Although the 4.4.2 ROM I was using was faster and had more memory than anything I'd tried until then, I still had random app crashes and google play service crashes. So far on otterX 4.4.3, none of that is happening. I seem to have about 260mb of free RAM at system idle process (!!!), and although the UI is not what I'd call "snappy", it's plenty fast for a 5 year old unloved device! Actually it's funny that it's taken 5 years to get this little tablet to a point where it's actually really useable! Lol!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I installed a minimal gapps version, so that's where I'm getting some of those extra mb of RAM.
[Kindle Fire General] texascwby1836:
Kindle Fire 1 and Google Nexus 10

KF-1

CM 10.1.3, very ugly for me.

I rooted with no problem, installed twrp, copied the ROM and gapps to the kindle, wiped, installed, fixed the twrp fastboot issue, cyanogen booted...

AOSP keyboard failed immediately, multiple apps kept crashing, .... ugly.

I repeated, with the same issue.

I plugged in a logitech wireless keyboard using an OTG cable and managed to finally get far enough to get a web browser (which also kept crashing) up. I downloaded CM11 M8 and gapps (jb), rebooted into TWRP and repeated the above wipe, install.

Wonderful. Not a problem since. Installed typical root apps, superSU, busybox, android terminal and am smoking along.

KF-1

Cyanogenmod 11 M8

gapps for jb

TWRP recovery ROM

everything works flawlessly save the small flash and memory compared to my (Nexus 10).

N10

Just rooted so I can tweak things

Clockwork recovery rom

Still it is fine for what I do and the interface is more responsive than the android based stock piece of junk by amazon.

Note one thing -- people go through hoops to get roms on their devices. Don't. Just download the roms to somewhere using the device (e.g., copy the roms to /data using file explorer or a terminal emulator), flash a recovery rom, boot into recovery and select the zips to install.

uDude
[Kindle Fire General] BobJayJr:
I just wanted to echo this comment and the other OtterX comments. I'm currently running OtterX SlimKat & 777Kernel - it may not be "snappy" but it feels less laggy than my rooted, but otherwise stock, 8.9" HD. I'm really looking forward to what's still to come for this device.
[Kindle Fire General] BobJayJr:
SlimKat just got better, again

[MENTION=4410674]lovejoy777[/MENTION] has just released SlimKat Build 6.8 built with the 777 kernel and compiled with Linaro-4.9.1 Toolchain. With the suggested changes to the animation settings and kernel settings via Trickstermod this ROM flies (based on my first 30 minutes experience). This ROM just gets better and better. Again, I look forward to more changes to come.
[Kindle Fire General] JimDandy68:
Reviving a dead thread. Anyone still have a version of this Fuzz ROM (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2266248) from around the time of this rave review (last November)? Seems like there are no old nightlies available for download. I find all the newer ROMs too slow and buggy. Would prefer something older and faster. Any other recommendations are appreciated. Maybe I should try Energy CM9?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgdva:
Greetings!

As the title states, I have been having problems while loading apps, at first I thought it was because of Link2SD, but now that I notice, this happens because the internal memory is not loaded properly, just now my keyboard -swype- didn't load -but is random, sometimes launcher doesn't load or link2SD (hence most of my applications), or anything that is in the internal-.

Here's the a portion of the logcat:

[ 10-27 20:54:19.960 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: not verifying 'Lcom/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyProperties;': multiple definitions
[ 10-27 20:54:27.695 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: load 617ms, verify+opt 8018ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.140 2769:0xae2 D/PackageManager ]
scanPackage : /data/app/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk
[ 10-27 20:54:28.273 2769:0xae2 W/PackageManager ]
Check ABI compatibility
[ 10-27 20:54:28.539 2769:0xad4 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 889K, 32% free 7114K/10439K, external 715K/1049K, paused 4ms+14ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 D/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (12248 of 32768)
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 E/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device

If needed I update the whole thing at box:

Link.

Help would be appreaciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxxbrown:
I have a Galaxy S III SGH-i747 running Android 4.1.2 with AT&T, I have already rooted it using Chainfire's method but it is still network locked with AT&T. I've tried getting a code out of AT&T but I don't fulfill the requirement of using the device with them for at least 6 months. Since I've rooted it, is there an easier way to get the phone unlocked?

If I posted this in the wrong place, I am sincerely sorry. I've been dealing with the issue of breaking the shackle off my phone that is AT&T for several weeks, needless to say I am irritated and would deeply appreciate any help I could get.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivek_p08:
Found this..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176719

Hope this helps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxxbrown:
Ah yes, I've tried that. I read that it doesn't work on v4.1.2. I get to the SHA256 OFF part but NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ never shows up when I go back.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyflyguy:
Why would my phone freeze when uninstalling apps? It will happen regardless of the method. I've tried, both, the play store and titanium backup. It begins to say uninstalling but the phone becomes unresponsive for a minute or 2 then reboots itself. There are no signs of the application after it boots back up so I'm assuming the apps uninstall successfully, but I do not understand why it would cause the phone to freeze each time, no matter which app I try to remove. I am on stock rooted.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zroice:
Do you have Xposed framework and Xprivacy module installed?

For me that causes what you describe. Seems like xprivacy has a problem with selinux active when you deinstall an app.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyflyguy:
I do have xprivacy installed.