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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
What they are trying to say is you need to sideload 4.5.2 before the upgrade to 4.5.3 will work.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] myotai:
Thanks for that....see a little patience goes a long way....pft!

So, does this mean that need to root at 4.5.2 and disable OTA Updates then upgrade? Because it seems OTA is re-enabled after upgrading to 4.5.3....It Towelroot worked I'd try it but I am sooooo wary of other methods!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
You do not need to block ota on 4.5.2 if you want to upgrade to 4.5.3. But, as of now, you cannot root 4.5.3 unless you have an older boot loader and can root it from a custom recovery. Following the directions for 4.5.2 root will work on that version but do not involve towelroot. You need to use the cve exploit. It is an app like towelroot. You do need to reboot a few times while permissions reset themselves, but it works well. It will not however work on 4.5.3. With your boot loader, nothing will. People are curt around here, because this device is simultaneously fragile, and easy for inexperienced modelers to acquire. That combination leads to a lot of frustration on both ends of the discussion. Many people do not read all of the info completely and skip steps which almost certainly lying breaks things. My suggestion is to read up on what you can and cannot do with the device even after it is rooted. Start with the general forums. Then look Into the q &a. Learn from other's mistakes. ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] B3NJY:
When you say cannot root 4.5.3 unless its an older bootloader ... How can I check what bootloader I have ?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
Sorry, but you have a newer one. The only way to know if you have the older bootloader is if you have an Os of x.3.2.3 or older. Since yours is x.3.2.8, the exploit has already been patched. And, even then, you would have to use the tools in the dev section and strip the update boot loader, kernel, and antirollback out of the update to get a bootable version which won't overwrite a custom recovery (which is what you need to root it since no exploits have been found). This is quite involved, and a bit risky.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] myotai:
Downloaded and installed 4.5.2 and rooted successfully. But forget to disable OTA in time and it started to download 3.2.8....doh. Will do again and do it all off air this time and report back!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
That sounds good. Be careful once you get root. ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] myotai:
99% there!

Cool...so now I have 4.5.2 and it's rooted with OTA turned well and truly off.

Question is, should I upgrade again to 4.4.3...?

Would OTA be immediately activated and would I lose root? Also, is it worth upgraing, is there much difference betrween 4.5.2 and 4.5.3?

Thanks again!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
Yes, it would rewrite deviceota.apk or whatever the file is so you would lose the blocked ota (or gain ota, depending on your point of view). You also will lose root. I am not sure much has changed since 4.5.2. There is a small chance you could keep a working play store, but I am not sure. You can always go back and forth but you do (slightly) risk bricking each time if an update does not install correctly.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] myotai:
Better the Devil you know.....

Thanks man, I'll stick with 4.5.2 for now then - doesn't seem to be that much difference anyways.

Thanks for all your help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
Glad I could help.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] maccaberry:
Pretty much the only change to 4.5.3 was to remove the exploit in 4.5.2 that allows root. There is no value in 'upgrade' to 4.5.3.

That said, if you accidently get OTA'd to 4.5.3, quickly roll back to 3.2.8. Eventually Amazon will create another upgrade higher than 4.5.3 that will destroy our ability to get back to a rootable Rom.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] rob583:
Thank you so much for this, been wanting to get back to the previous version so I can root again.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] schwinn8:
For those interested, I just applied the 3.2.8 Apollo update to my KF8.9 via mod-update-kindle-apollo-14.3.2.8_user_714328020.bin and it was successful with the MD5 of 51a24cd137a3b5fa321a5a79bf8d6017

Note that the update was "validated" by the 4.5.3 that I had before it applied, so in theory you shouldn't need an MD5... but I guess I'm just paranoid!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Love the MD5. Great way to verify file integrity (and correctness) before attempting to flash/rollback. Thanks for posting.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] alan081954:
i want cm 11 or 12

I have done the instructions in this thread and now have a rooted kindle fire hdx running 13.3.2.8 It still has the amazon apps and stuff on it and i am registered on amazon. i do have the ota updates blocked. I would like to turn this into a straight up android with the cyanagen 11 or 12 I have been reading different threads but i am getting confused on what to do. i do have safestrap installed also. what thread should i follow to do this?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
For a near AOSP experience your best (and at present only) option is to install Safestrap and Nexus 1.x. You can not install/run any variation of CM and probably never will unless another exploit is found. As you probably know 13.3.2.8 can not be rolled back further which is a prerequisite for TWRP, CM and (optionally) unlocking the bootloader. While CM11/12 are preferable Nexus isn't horrible and better than Stock OS for many. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] alan081954:
how do i revert back to the stock kindle? i have rooted,safestrap,google play all installed.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Reverse everything you have done in the order that you did it:

- uninstall google play (all services/apps)

- uninstall safestrap using the original apk

- reenable OTA using the same tool/method/technique used to disable OTA (may not be required as 3.2.8 won't auto-update)

You can keep root; that should not matter. From here you have a couple choices:

- Contact Amazon and ask them to update your device. You may have to do some convincing as 3.2.8 is supposedly a 'terminal' release never to be updated. Be aware Amazon will likely push 4.5.3 which can not be directly rooted.

- Grab a copy of Flashify from your favorite app store, download 4.5.2 from the OP and use Flashify to upgrade.

In your shoes I would go the Amazon route. Manually flashing roms is dangerous business that can lead to a non-recoverable brick if not done correctly.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] neoroid:
Beware of a hard brick

I confirm that the downgrade work fine and I just did that a couple of days ago, and yesterday I worked on my tablet without any issue and registered it to Amazon... then today morning it is just dead (nothing on the screen) which is a sign of hard brick and my computer detect it as unknown usb most of the time and once it was detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 ( I did install the drivers but later I lost the connection to while I was reading on how I can revive it and I cannot get it anymore now but still trying)

so for an unknown reason my tablet is bricked even after a successful downgrade and maybe it did an update during the night (but I thought that the OTA updates were disabled on this firmware version)... few weeks ago I also lost a KFHD 8.9 model after a hard brick (when I installed FFF) so I am almost ruined now because of theses ****ing signature of bootloaders made by Amazon to waste our time and money and make us restricted to use their crappy modded OS who is tailored for grannies and simpletons.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Sorry for your troubles. Kindles in general and HDX models in particular are difficult to tame and nearly impossible to recover once bricked. Given it was working for awhile after rollback best guess is you got hit with an update that did not complete successfully. Not that you want to hear this now but I always keep wifi off, delete wifi profiles and apply the OTA blocker in HDX toolkit immediately after rollbacks which seems to be effective (and reversible) with no side effects.

Throw it on charge overnight and try a factory reset from the Kindle recovery menu if you can get that far. Unlikely this will resolve your problem but worth a shot.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] neoroid:
Thank you Davey126 for your support, unfortunately I didn't take the measure of disabling wifi as I wanted to check few stuffs and I've read here somewhere that there is no need to disable OTA or Wifi for this particular rollback and I postponed upgrading to 4.5.2 to today or another time (hoping that someone will find a way to downgrade it further soon so we can finally get ride of Amazon OS) but when I woke up this morning I found it hard bricked... at some attempts I got it detected by my computer as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (but lost it after that and I cannot do that again it seems after several attempts during the whole day) in hope that I will got via another way to revive it that some here explored but no guide or sign of success so far...

I cannot reach the factory reset as the screen remain totally black (just like my other KFHD that was hard bricked a couple of weeks ago)

I still have some hope, I don't know if Amazon for this one can help as I bought them from Ebay and the KFHD they just told me that is out of Warranty already.

I sent them an email and I hope I can get a positive feedback, otherwise I hope some guru here will find us a way to revive it, I will try myself but my knowledge is quite limited in this... I will maybe require someone to help me by doing some boot and system image backups if there is a possibility to flash them via "EFS Professional" or QPST

Anyway just I wanted to warn guys around here to be careful even if the downgrade seem successful and everything is fine there is always a risk of hard brick.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Neither tool is likely to work with a locked bootloader. Look around the forums; there have been a few soft-brick recovery success stories but they are few and far between and generally not reproducible. If you can't get your device to be recognized and respond to ADB commands options are limited to none short of cracking open the case and flashing directly after soldering in jumps. A few such write ups exist for older Kindle devices; I have yet to see one for HDX.

Plummeting prices have put a damper on mods which is why you aren't seeing many responses. While no one likes to toss good hardware it hard to justify the time/effort unless for personal gratification. There is always a risk deviating from OEM; apparently you have paid the price (twice).

The caution laid out in your previous post should be heeded by folks browsing these forums.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Thinh Duong:
I get a hardbrick

Dear ONYXIS, i try your way and successfully rollbacked to 3.2.8. But after i charge my hdx 7, it turn off and hardbricked. Can somebody help me pleas:crying::crying:e
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Danny272829:
noob here

Do I need to be rooted to rollback from 4.5.3
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] EncryptedCurse:
No. You can't root 4.5.3 anyways.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] IMNOTL8:
Need Help!

Did this whole process and so far I have rolled back from 4.5.3 to 3.2.8 and rooted at 4.5.2. I have installed all the google software and everything was working great... now I think I've screwed myself somehow. I am stuck in setting and can't even get to the home screen to launch any apps or anything. Any one offer some help?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
Are you talking about the Google setup? If so, do not worry. If it is the kindle setup that is still fixable but a deeper issue. To tackle the google one, you need to block one of the google apps (or just delete it) it would be easiest to do this through adb, but there are tricks to get out of the setup app then delete it through root explorer or es.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] IMNOTL8:
It looks like it could be some sort of Google or Android setup. After a reboot it comes to a screen that wants me to choose a language and has a big "Play" button. At the bottom of the screen there is a button that says Click for "Emergency Call" which does nothing when I click it. When I hit the play button, it takes me to WiFi settings and I can navigate through all of the typical Kindle settings. However, I can't exit the settings. The home or back button never pop up. I cannot launch an app from the Kindle.

I am trying to get adb/Android SDK manager set up on my computer, but have had some issues with Java I had to sort out. I have read some different stuff but not 100% sure what I need to do. If you have any links or suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] ONYXis:
you need to setup adb

after that you could remove setup_wizard like this - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59186495&postcount=9

and ypu no need setup full Sdk - just minimal - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118

of course you need adb driver for hdx
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] armando817:
IMNOTL8: I have been sifting through so many threads on this site. I have a fairly new hdx 7 that upgraded to 4.5.3 as soon as I turned it on (wish I would have been on this site before I got it). I would really like to roll back and have a safestrap environment where I could switch back and forth from stock Fire OS to a pure Android platform. Your post was the most promising to my situation until I got to the "I think I've screwed myself.." part. Was that an operator error or was it the result of doing the roll back to 3.2.8 then upgrade to 4.5.2 and root? I really want to try this...but I have read about so many that have bricked their devices...Thanks!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Jumping in to add some color. Rolling back to 3.2.8 is relatively safe; most 'bricks' do not occur as a result of this downgrade. From there you can install Safestrap and toggle between Fire OS 3.2.8 and (optionally) ggow's Nexus rom which has proven to be stable and robust with full access to the play store. Downside is both roms are Jellybean based (Android 4.2) which is getting long in the tooth. It runs fine but an increasing number of apps mandate KitKat or above. I run a variation of Nexus and remain quite satisfied. But you need to understand its limitations.

Upgrading from 3.2.8 to 4.5.2 carries some risk as evidenced by the number of posts outlining various problems during/after including soft bricks. It is unclear to me whether most/all of the failures are the result of user error. Installing Google Play Services adds another layer of complexity and potential for disruptive outcomes. If you are considering this path carefully weight potential benefits vs risks/effort. Fire OS isn't horrible and at some point a vulnerably may be discovered/exploited in 4.5.3 (or above) to allow root without playing the downgrade/upgrade game.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] IMNOTL8:
Davey126... Crazy, was just sitting here reading that thread from ggow's nexus ROM. I got my HDX back to 4.5.3 with a lot of reading and adb work! But it's back to "normal" and I was just sitting here debating what to do. The Nexus ROM and the safestrap might make me feel a lot better!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
OTA blocking after 3.2.8 rollback

A cautionary post. There has been discussion in this thread and elsewhere on whether applying an OTA block is necessary as 3.2.8 is supposedly a terminal release that will never receive an OTA update. I err on the side of caution and always apply an OTA block using HDX toolkit which has been 100% reliable (for me) on all versions of 3.x.

Today I exchanged PMs with a user who recently downgraded to 3.2.8 from 4.5.3, installed Safestrap, Nexus, etc and was a happy camper until noticing his system was applying a system update. The device is currently unresponsive and likely non-recoverable.

I am not going to get into whether the user applied an OTA block correctly and which technique was used. The point of this post is to advise that 3.2.8 can and will auto-update under certain circumstances. If you are rolling back keep your device off wifi until an effective OTA block is in place.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] armando817:
Davey126: Thank you for the reply. I think what you described in your first paragraph is just what I am looking for (downgrade only). I'm pretty sure I will be able to do most everything I want with JB. I think this is the way I want to go. Now I need to put the pieces together and find threads on installing Safestrap, ggow's Nexus rom, and blocking OTA updates. Is there a thread on installing Safestrap on 3.2.8? Is root required to install Safestrap? Thank you for your help!

Think I found what I needed here: http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/development/rom-hdx-nexus-rom-t3024526
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] LittleGreenSony:
This OTA update, how vulnerable is it?

I've been wondering. Does anyone know if there is a way to spoof this update but slip in an update that does not have rollback protection to fool the updater in to updating to a downgrade. How exactly is the anti roll back implemented. Is it part of the system, boot or recovery partition. Someone suggested an exploit used on a Samsung galaxy s4 in the q&a section i dont know myself if that could be usable on our device. Amazon's software surely isn't unbreakable. I myself don't know how to but I'll try to learn one day.

The fire hdx is a beautiful device but she has a stone heart. :P
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erii:
Hi, I wonder does MiFit is open-source application? It would be great if code of MiFit would be availabne on some portal a la github or something else. I would like to try write something for Mi Band and it would be great if I can make mine fork and try write some additional functions. Thanks for your help
[Sony Xperia T3] Xenon1978:
SUPERUSER MOD for Xperia T3 D5102 Build 18.2.A.2.32 for Deodexed Rom

The Superuser mod disables the signature verification for all apps. After applying this mod you can install apps from Xperia Z1/Z2/Z3 or newer Sony apps.

How to install

Download the SUPERUSER MOD_D5102.zip copy to sd card & flash it from recovery.

For those who have not installed recovery can push using adb.

To deodex rom use this tool

Kamome tool for Windows - deodex tool for 4.4 KitKat

and flash then use superuser mod
[Sony Xperia T3] avayrocks:
what if I didn't have rooted my phone
[Sony Xperia T3] Xenon1978:
its simple you can't install this or any mods
[Sony Xperia T3] avayrocks:
Then please guide me how to root my T3 D5102 or tell me where I'll find the right procedure to root
[Sony Xperia T3] snouki:
If you have recovery, just flash super su zip

http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/
[Sony Xperia T3] avayrocks:
By flashing this will i get root access??❓

Can I use xposed framework(modules)??❓

After flashing this will I get Sony's future software updates??❓

OK no more questions??❗❗
[Sony Xperia T3] Xenon1978:
by flashing this you don't get root access. this is only Superuser mod disables the signature verification for all apps.

you have to root your device before using this.

you will get all Sony's updates.
[Sony Xperia T3] avayrocks:
By flashing this will i get root access??❓

Can I use xposed framework(modules)??❓

---------- Post added at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 AM ----------

Thnkx bro:eek:
[Sony Xperia T3] snouki:
If you have recovery, yes

For Xpose, work perfectly ;)
[Sony Xperia T3] avayrocks:
Bro plz help I want to unlock bootloader (actually I have to otherwise I'll not be able to install any recovery) to get the recovery but while following the process I am promted to download the Android SDK file which is huge like 800MB in size:confused:, what to do is there any alternate to unlock the bootloader or anyhow I have to download that big file just to unlock the bootloader. Android SDK tool is used for developing apps and other stuffs which is not for me or I am not interested in app development.

WANT TO ROOT MY T3 D5102:crying:
[Sony Xperia T3] snouki:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447319
[Sony Xperia T3] manzoor ahamed:
its simple bro...
[Sony Xperia T3] yuvarajv952:
How To Unlock Any Type Of Bootloader Including Sony Xperia T3 {D5102,D5103,D5106}

go to the {https://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader/}{scroll down the page to the last to select mobile} then select your mobile and then type your imei number there then you will receive a url in your email which is entered then click that ..you will be diverted to the website which have procedure and code to open....after doing process...you are done..

hurray

bootloader is unlocked:):o:):o:):o:):o
[Sony Xperia T3] rap0307:
With odex cant be installed? Or possible
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wayneward:
hi its aonly something small but my phone just started doing it

im trying to take screen shots to help with bug squashing

it was fine but now when i press the volume controls together i get a volume control at the top of the page with the screen shot

is there a way of disabling the volume showing up or am i pressing the wrong buttons!

:confused:

see attached

thank you for help i can help get some more bugs squashed when ive fixed this :)
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikwen:
That's a known problem but it has just been fixed in the latest vivid-proposed images. The fix has also been in the RTM images for a while. ;)

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[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wayneward:
im running 14.10 r16

is this the best version to run you think?

i dont get facebook notifications aswell is this fixed on other versions ...
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikwen:
Yes, it's definitely the best version to run if you want to use it as a daily driver. You should get an update about next week which fixes the screenshot issue.

Regarding the notifications: Yes, there's a real problem with that.

Actually, I submitted patches for that issue some time ago, but nobody has been reviewing them for more than two months. I've almost lost hope that this will ever happen...

If you want to increase the problem's importance, please select that the following 4 bugs affect you:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/account-polld/+bug/1405645

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/account-polld/+bug/1405646

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/account-polld/+bug/1405649 (Leaving a comment here stating how annoying you find the bug would definitely help as well!)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/account-polld/+bug/1405651

You can use the Ubuntu One account from your phone to log in. ;)

Maybe that creates some pressure so that the patches will eventually be merged. ;)
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wayneward:
thats great what will the update come down as a update to the system?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikwen:
[MENTION=6441674]wayneward[/MENTION] Yes, it will be an OTA update. You'll receive a notification once it's available.

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[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qashqool:
Now we have 14.10 r21 :) great improvement from r20, and screenshot works fine (vol+ and vol -)
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wayneward:
Working a treat :)

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[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warbdan:
Nice! I just flashed UT on my N4 two days ago and everything online says screenshot isn't functional yet. Glad I found this.

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