yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
- understand the difference between a clean and dirty flash

- OP contains guidance on upgrades and fresh installs

- question was not specific to upgrades and made no mention of wipe parameters

- for upgrades a more aggressive wipe is generally not needed but can be advantageous in some situations

- position of wipe (if used) in the order of operations is dependent on partitions selected

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At this time there is no solution to this problem. If within warranty contact Amazon for a one time courtesy exchange.
[Fire Original Android Development] f1ux:
I understand the difference perfectly but don't understand what you are worried about.

The instructions are different for clean install and for upgrades and the position of any required wipes in each set of instructions is correct.
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
- common understanding is good

- clean install instructions are not explicit for FlashFire users which is believed to be a significant contributor to 'soft bricks'
[Fire Original Android Development] sd_shadow:
possibly, most likely it will not even install
[Fire Original Android Development] dwbh79:
Hello,

First : Thank you for this beautifull job. Merci beaucoup (comme on dit chez moi)

I'm in fresh install.

I've used AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool to install Root and FlashFire for 5.1.1 and I follow those steps

Fresh Installation via FlashFire 0.27

- Click the Red + and choose 'Wipe'

- Tick all except sdcard.

- Click the Red + button and choose 'Flash ZIP/OTA'

- Navigate to and choose the latest Cyanogenmod Zip (with Automount)

- Click the Red + button again and choose 'Flash ZIP/OTA'

- Navigate to and choose the latest Open Gapps Zip. ( If you don't I get play services stopped error ) (with Automount)

- Click the Red + again and choose 'Wipe' again

- ONLY tick Dalvik and Cache.

- Check the order (Wipe "full" / Cyanogem / Gapps / Wipe "light")

- Press the big FLASH button.

- Wait...

Actually, "Android is starting"
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Do/did you see the CM boot animation and is that where your device is stuck?

Have you powered down (long press power until off) and rebooted?
[Fire Original Android Development] dwbh79:
It's work well

After waiting for setup, first boot cyanogenmod, dowload all apps, it's nos working!!!!

Thank!! Now time for FalloutShelter, ClashOfClan, ... And Gmail :good:
[Fire Original Android Development] JebusHerrl:
This CM for fire tablet is just great.

Thanks [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] for this excellent work.

But I noticed two things:

1. some times the wifi gets extremly slow. It takes up to 5minutes to load a simple Website. After i put the device in flight mode and connect again with the wifi everything is okay again.

The Problem is not my wifi, because other devices dont have this Problem.

Did anyone noticed this issue too?

2. it is not a Problem, but a question. Is it possible to get the "kindle owners lending library" in the cm fire tablet?

So i could get the monthly free prime lending book ☺

It is not worth it to go back to fireos, but it would be great if it works.

Maybe someone of you could help me.
[Fire Original Android Development] kylemaguire:
With your second question, just download the Kindle app and any other amazon apps on the Play store or through Amazons app and you'll have almost everything from FireOS
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Experiment - Going from FireOS 5.1.1 -> CM-12.1

- Using FlashFire 0.27

- In this case I did have to move wipe to the top of the list

- Any attempt I made to have Wipe lower in the order caused the flash to fail

- One attempt where I did have the Wipe lower resulted in the device been soft bricked

- Conclusion

- Based on my findings I would recommend if going from FireOS 5.1.1 -> CM to move Wipe to the top of the order

- Attached is a screenshot of what I selected in the FlashFire App

- Detailed Steps

- Click the Red + and choose 'Wipe'

- Ensure System data, 3rd party apps and Dalvik cache are CHECKED

- Click the Red + button and choose 'Flash ZIP/OTA'

- Navigate to and choose the latest Cyanogenmod Zip

- Ensure Auto-mount and Mount /system read/write are UNCHECKED

- Click the Red + button again and choose 'Flash ZIP/OTA'

- Navigate to and choose the latest Open Gapps Zip.

- Ensure Auto-mount and Mount /system read/write are UNCHECKED

- Move "Wipe" to the Top of the order

- Press the big FLASH button.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Experiment - Going from CM-12.1 -> Fire Nexus ROM

- Using FlashFire 0.27

- Detailed Steps

- Click the Red + and choose 'Wipe'

- Ensure System data, 3rd party apps and Dalvik cache are CHECKED

- Click the Red + button and choose 'Flash ZIP/OTA'

- Navigate to and choose the latest Fire Nexus ROM Zip

- Ensure Auto-mount and Mount /system read/write are UNCHECKED

- Move "Wipe" to the Top of the order

- Press the big FLASH button.
[Fire Original Android Development] jensthi:
Experiment - Going from FireOS 5.1.1 -> CM-12.1

Hi,

Thanks for all the tips.

I get a warning :

it has been detected did you may be trying to flash a block-level OTA , but your / system . / Vendor , or / oem partition has been modified. This will likely cause the flash to fail !

Can I ignore it?

Jens
[Fire Original Android Development] paikov:
Hi,

I installed CM from Amazon ROM 5.1.1 using FlashFire. CM installation succeeded, but GAPPS installation failed (probably wrong version). How do I retry installing GAPPS (or install any other zip), since FlashFire inside CM can't acquire root?
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
- I have noticed WiFi issue on other Amazon devices (eg: HDX) but not on this device. Seems to be hardware specific and unrelated to rom. Cycling WiFi fixes it for awhile.

- Last I checked lending library functionality was limited to devices running native FireOS. It is one of the very few Kindle features not available in Amazon apps for Android. Many have changed as some previously restricted capabilities (eg: video download) have slowly been making it into the playstore versions.

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Try enabling root from within CM (settings->developer options)
[Fire Original Android Development] ThonyDD:
Hi, many thx for this great job of modifiing CM for Fire Tablet :) and giving those detailed help for flashing. I'm new with those actions I've flashed never before any device and it worked very well :)

But I have a question: I'm going to use my Fire for motorcycle navigation with an u-blox 7 usb stick. Is it possible to re-enable the GPS (GNSS) capability in the next update?

That would be awesome

Thx in advance

Thony
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Yes, ignore that warning, I should have added that to my list of steps
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
This tablet does not contain any GPS hardware
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- If you go into developer settings

- You can enable root access there, then reboot for it to take it effect

- Then install FlashFire and re-install gapps
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] - device supports USB (via OTG) and (presumably) Bluetooth GPS receivers

[MENTION=7264858]ThonyDD[/MENTION] - I successfully established communication with a Garmin BU-353S4 via OTG. Could view long/lat in "You are Here GPS" and appeared to get a precise fix in Google Maps (although I didn't move around to confirm) and some weather apps. However, other GPS aware apps reported no hardware; perhaps only looking for integrated receiver. Realize GlobalSat isn't your receiver of choice but thought I would share findings.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Sorry about that I missed that is was via USB
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Did your u-blox 7 usb stick work with FireOS?

- The reason I ask is I looked in the kernel and I can't see any support for it

- Whereas for the GPS receiver that [MENTION=5488402]Davey126[/MENTION] has I can see the driver support is there
[Fire Original Android Development] jensthi:
cm works perfectly , thanks.
[Fire Original Android Development] Jimseyed:
How does the 'cast screen' option work or is there a way to mirror my full screen to PC/Linux?

I don't think the Fire has a HDMI out and I see mixed info about mirroring.

I have a Kodi media centre and a Win 10 machine that i can stream between but I've never seen any devices show up in the cast screen settings. Would be nice to game on my TV. What's the best solution?
[Fire Original Android Development] sd_shadow:
no HDMI port

don't think mirroring works, could be wrong though

casting with Netflix, youtube... to some devices like roku works
[Fire Original Android Development] kramalot:
Buy a Chromecast for your TV?
[Fire Original Android Development] El_Nino9:
think you're recommending the wrong thing. Chromecast from my experience is very limited. i own a few Version 1 Chromecast, not used the new one, however i found my microsoft wireless display adaptor works better for a lot of casting things from android. it uses miracast setup, so uses wifi direct. i don't need to even download chromecast app or anything.
[Fire Original Android Development] slipslip:
I recently installed cm12.1 on my fire (Feb 3 version) and I'm having trouble installing some apps from the play store or the amazon app store. I've noticed I only have the issue if I have a microsd card inserted. If i take it out the problem seems to go away. Is this a known bug and/or is there a fix or this?

Thanks.
[Fire Original Android Development] Vitaly Marko:
Same problem.

After latest update (Feb 3) I always got 963 error in Play Store when i try to update apps installed on the SD-card
[Fire Original Android Development] Jimseyed:
Managed to get mirroring to Kodi via RTSP using the 'Stream Screen Mirroring' app on play.

It seems to use a lot of cpu, probably due to encoding but is working for me with very little lag.

Not found any other options yet.
[Fire Original Android Development] ThonyDD:
Hm sounds not as good as expected :(

It doesn't worked under FireOS and I thought Amazon blocks GPS capability.

U-Blox says that all Android versions from 2.3 to 6.0 will be supported.

If it won't work can you give me a list of supported GPS devices?

Thx in advance
[Fire Original Android Development] Gllmour:
Apps on Kindle Fire CM12.1

My problem now is, that many apps are not supported on google play (NHL for example). Is that more device or OS oriented?

And if there is some solution to that problem.
[Fire Original Android Development] doryx:
I've been having the same issue but only for a few random apps. Thanks for letting me know the fix!
[Fire Original Android Development] jonathanjr321:
new or replacement fire 5th gen coming with 5.0.1 now for $39 dollars RECOVERY! root,play store,OTA block,CM12 and gapps working perfect xD :)

xposed framework beautifull. lol
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Re: CPU use - no GPU in device; main brain has to do all the work.
[Fire Original Android Development] jrodat:
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[Fire Original Android Development] theechap:
I just installed this rom (using Flashfire from stock 5.1.1). Thanks to some instructions and screenshots here, everything went smoothly. The only issue I'm having is the Play Store download error mentioned above (remove SD card to fix). Hopefully that will get fixed in an update soon.
[Fire Original Android Development] qtotter:
someone who visited my blog told me that he could get out of bootloop using rootjunky's super tool. basically, in bootloader, 'fastboot.exe oem reboot-recovery' forces fire to boot in recovery. i hope this helps guys who got stuck with no recovery by power+vol down.

the credit goes to rootjunky and yananob!
[Fire Original Android Development] ThonyDD:
Ok, problem solved. Unfortunately not in the way I hoped for...

I found an old Holux GPS with Sirf Star 3 and PL2303 interface. This works fine with PL2303 GPSinfo app and HERE maps :) Now the time to season opening is so much longer :'(

Btw: A new problem appeared when I tried to download maps in HERE to SD card. It's not possible to change the download location to SD card. With the build from 26th Jan it was possible.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
I'll take a look into it.
[Fire Original Android Development] lost_droid21:
How did you do it? Mine can't boot into recovery either. Running 5.1.1

But you said nevermind and found out how to get it. Please share your knowledge. Thanks!
[Fire Original Android Development] jrodat:
Just to clarify (since I haven't seen this stated clearly elsewhere):

If I have an unrooted Fire with 5.1.1 bootloader, then there is no way to root it or do anything. Is that correct? :(
[Fire Original Android Development] lost_droid21:
Unfortunately, yes. Root doesn't have anything to do with it. It's the removal of "recovery mode" that's the problem. We just have to wait...and wait....and wait.

CORRECTION------

In order to root the device on 5.1.1, just follow rootjunky's super tool and follow his direction. Should be able to root it in no time.
[Fire Original Android Development] jrodat:
Hmm, well I have FlashFire 0.27 installed, and it says it just needs root in order to work. So AFAIK root has everything to do with it..
[Fire Original Android Development] lost_droid21:
Oh sorry, I meant that if you're stuck in a bootloop, there's no remedy and root doesn't help at all if you don't have access to the OS.

I apologize for the misunderstanding; I'm one of those souls whose flash fire crashed and now stuck in a bootloop.
[Fire Original Android Development] jrodat:
Thank you!!! :cowboy:

I didn't know there was a new version. (The one I had just uses recoveries which won't boot.)

Apologies if you tried that already. nntr
[Fire Original Android Development] qtotter:
Did you read my post a few posts above?? You can get recovery back by 'fastboot oem reboot-recovery'. You should try it. I confirmed this command myself, too.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- You could try it - I don't see why a similar patch to vold.fstab wouldn't work

- Just backup you current setup with TWRP and transfer it remote like USB stick or PC

- Then if things go wrong restore your backup
[Fire Original Android Development] thechosenone43:
Thanks for the hard work devs. As sd shadow helped me to root my fire successfully I immediately flashed your Custom Rom based Cm that i love a lot.

Experience so far if your interested :

WiFi sometimes disconnected

Camera working but not saving any pictures either sd card nor internal storage.

Bluetooth not working

Everything else working smooth and fast as i experienced.

Thanks a lot that we have a nice OS on the Fire.

Cheers ?

Edit.: Videos in Internet not playing correct and get stuck or don't even start!? I tried Google player, VLC or Dolphine player.. Non of them working.

Installed up to date 5.1 gapps Pico.

Any Idea or Recommendations?
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Thanks for the feedback :)
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Current Progress

- On the OP, I have added a table showing the current progress so far
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Hiya, are data usage stats working for you?.

Ty.

Enviado desde mi KFFOWI mediante Tapatalk
[Fire Original Android Development] archerymodz:
My ext SD works as by transferring a screenshot.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Seems to be working ok

- Screenshot attached - is this what you mean?
[Fire Original Android Development] csolanol:
Yup, that is. I can't make them work in SlimLP. Were them working in your first cm build or are they fixed in your incoming build?.

Ty,
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- I think they were working in the current build

- But I could be wrong because I have had WIP progress versions loaded for the last few days

- Can anyone else confirm this?
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
New Build is Up

- Dated 2015-11-22

- Change log / Release notes on Post #2

- Updated progress table on OP

- Dirty Flash for upgrade is fine
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Changes to netd for permissive SELinux

[MENTION=2511007]csolanol[/MENTION]

Here is the change I made to netd to force SELinux to Permissive
[Fire Original Android Development] shiz0id:
I doubt Amazon will release a Marshmallow update for our tablet, considering how cheap it is, And from what I understand, you can only achieve root on Marshmallow by editing the kernel, which, *I Think* requires an unlocked bootloader.
[Fire Original Android Development] Awesomeslayerg:
Can i dirty flash this or i have to wipe everything and do it again?
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Dirty flash is fine

- It will always be a dirty flash to upgrade unless otherwise stated.
[Fire Original Android Development] Awesomeslayerg:
Whats omx by the way?

EDIT: Also if your having troubles playing your videos on full screen please go into developer options then scroll down where it says use awesomeplayer (Decaperated)
[Fire Original Android Development] sandman512:
Just curious, anyone using a lock screen. Thanks.
[Fire Original Android Development] deutscher3891:
Man I do love XDA and all the hard work you guys do. And thank goodness for Android. Now I will be able to give my kids a good, cheap tablet with none of the Amazon bloat that will make it practically unusable. They are gonna have a merry x-mas indeed.
[Fire Original Android Development] zach61797:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] keyboard touch sounds can be turned off/on by going to settings-language imput- android keyboard- preferences- sound on keypress toggle. So people know it doesn't have to stay on.

Other touch sound and lock screen sound can be toggled on and off in settings-sound-other sounds.
[Fire Original Android Development] ktetreault14:
Just got this today. Putting this on it now :D
[Fire Original Android Development] kylemaguire:
I too have been having issues with exFat. CM can't see my card. TWRP has some issues with it sometimes. I don't need it to be exFat so I guess I'll format it to fat32.
[Fire Original Android Development] lost_droid21:
I took your recommendation and tried it to no avail. It does boot to recovery, but there are no recovery options, just the Amazon logo. I wonder if I could access and through fast boot but that sounds pretty far fetched.
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Glad it worked for you and hope others benefit as well. Don't assume your success will automatically be enjoyed by all (here). That said, no harm in trying.
[Fire Original Android Development] qtotter:
some people can enter recovery with the command, and some cannot... flashfire might really be able to damage locked areas like recovery...
[Fire Original Android Development] glate:
My tablet fell off my desk and completely bent/ruined the USB cable that was plugged into it. The device no longer mounts as a mass storage device and I can't connect to it using adb. I've tried a couple different computers and USB cables. It does charge though.

- Windows says "The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it".

- Device manager says "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"

Just wondering if there's a chance that I disabled USB somehow in the configuration or if I'm now resigned to FlashFire. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Not entirely related to this ROM so apologies if this is the wrong spot to post this.
[Fire Original Android Development] arusreevalsam:
Can i install CM 12 on my device(htc620)??
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
Suggest moving this to the general forum:
http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general

If you haven't done so already try a different usb cable (or a few). Sounds like a couple pins aren't connecting; a slight variation in the male end might make a difference. Perhaps a situation where size truly matters. :)

Also consider gently popping off the back plate. Might expose the USB connector and reveal a simple solution. Check youtube for teardown videos.

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Wrong forum, pal: http://xdaforums.com/nontouch-winmo/htc-excalibur
[Fire Original Android Development] sd_shadow:
roms are device specific, see your device forum, link above
[Fire Original Android Development] andPS2:
the problem with some apps beeing shown as incompatible in playstore is indeed there

there was an app market helper to solve that but for me it messed up my playstore only

wiping cache and dalvik got me out if this

is there a way to mask the fire tablet like a nexus 7? for original kindle fire a hack like that existed
[Fire Original Android Development] DB126:
There is (manually tweaking multiple values in build.prop) but it is not a panacea and carries risks that go beyond Market Helper which does many of the same changes in a more controlled and reversible manner. Suggest you sideload "incompatible" apps or install an alternative marketplace like 1Mobile.
[Fire Original Android Development] KLit75:
No playstore?

I know its got to be a common issue but didn't see it in faq. Flashed 2 different gapps packages and no playstore. Do we need to install it manually? Which version are people using? Thanks
[Fire Original Android Development] yochananmarqos:
I used Open Gapps Micro via TWRP. I'm guessing you used FlashFire?

I did some reading before buying, so I didn't run the initial setup at all. Mine came with 5.0.1, so I just immediately flashed CM 12.1 + Gapps and it's running without a hitch.
[Fire Original Android Development] ihateu3:
I am currently going through the same issue, I am now installing my 6th version of GAPPS, none of them have worked. Aside of this problem, everything else went flawless.

But I cannot have a tablet without even a playstore.
[Fire Original Android Development] KLit75:
I'm not sure what you're driving at? I didn't do the initial setup either but can't help that it arrived with 5.1.1..are you saying its because I used flashfire?

I immediately flashed fire nexus (gapps with play store built in) and it had a working playstore. But after that I flashed cm and then resurrection both with open gapps and neither have play store.

Has anyone else experienced this? I recall on fire phone with cm 11 we needed to flash a clean system partition zip when switching gapps packages but I'm really just guessing.

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Well at least I know I'm not alone. By any chance did you flash a different ROM before trying cm like I did?
[Fire Original Android Development] ihateu3:
No, I started with this rom, also had to use flashfire.

I am now digging deep in the versions of GAPPS to see if any work, last one I just tried was 20160120 stock, and still a no go. The rom just loads up fine, no play service errors or anything, but no GAPPS to be found anywhere...
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
Playstore Problems

- Anyone having Playstore problems try going back to this version of gapps open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-20151219

- It's the version I include with the Fire Nexus ROM

- Later versions (I'm not sure how much later) were giving me Play Services Errors

- I am certain this is not a problem with the ROM
[Fire Original Android Development] ihateu3:
I will try this version, but the problems we're encountering do not revolve around any play service errors, we install gapps, and they just are not there!

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And...... That worked!!!!!

Thanks man, not sure what the problems are with the newer versions of GAPPS.
[Fire Original Android Development] ggow:
- Good :good:

- Unlike most other things in the Android eco-system there is not really any benefit from having the absolute latest version of gapps, I tend to find one that works and stick with it until it itself stops working.

- When you install an older version it serves as a installation base which then get's updated to the latest anyway.