yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jdp816:
I have successfully upgraded to 4.5.5.2 on my KFSOWI. At first it was a fail because Amazon auto-updated to it and broke the TWRP install and GApps. No bueno.

I reinstalled following the instructions in the OP, however I used the Fire 4.5.5.2 update ( www(dot)amazon(dot)com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201357170 ) ( direct download kindle-fire-updates(dot)s3(dot)amazonaws(dot)com/KynfkjCCIcnvbdhpwFlQ4xjyiw/update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455004220.bin ) instead of the one originally linked for 4.5.5.1. When I went to install GApps it complained that there wasn't enough space on /system to install. Turns out I only had ~60MB free, and GApps needed nearly 100MB. So, after installing Fire OS and SuperSU, in TWRP tap Mount, then check System. Then on the computer:

adb shell

(should have a # prompt to a shell on the Fire now)

# du -f

(to check the space you have available, on my /system mount I browsed around and found I had a copy of recovery.img eating ~20MB and an MS Office app of some sort that I didn't care about, also around 20MB, so I removed that too)

rm /system/recovery.img

rm /system/priv-app/moffice_6.0.1_default_en00105_multidex_195423.apk

With those gone:

# df -h

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 430.0M 52.0K 430.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 430.0M 40.0K 430.0M 0% /tmp
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
885.8M 15.4M 870.5M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12
5.1G 2.3G 2.8G 45% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12
5.1G 2.3G 2.8G 45% /sdcard
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
1.2G 1.1G 100.7M 92% /system

And that gave me just enough space to continue sideloading the GApps.

Everything is fine and signed in to my Google account and the Play Store has updated several things, including SuperSU, successfully.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cyource:
Hi, I successfully got the recovery running ages ago, and have had my Fire running Fire Nexus ROM. But I want to go back to stock: should I download the update bin from Amazon, rename it's file extension to .zip and then flash it in recovery? When doing so, I want to keep Root - so I've gotta flash SuperSU and Gapps after doing so, right?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cyource:
I'm stuck at Gapps Error 7 having flashed 4.5.5.2, but I have more than enough space.

EDIT: Nevermind, fixed it. Turns out my /system partition didn't have enough space. Had to remove some Amazon bloatware and - magic!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Are you sure you have a KF third generation 2013 tablet (KFSOWI) ?, it shouldn't be able to run the nexus fire ROM, the only custom ROM avaiiable for the KFSOWI is spudowiars unofficial CM12 version listed at the start of this thread, and up to press has no sound or video capability. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark48:
i can't go back to rom stock :crying::crying:

my kindle fire hd 3rd running CM12, audio & video don't work

can you help me setup rom stock ;);)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Spudowiars unofficial CM12 ROM with no audio & video is a known issue, if you follow the instructions at the start of this thread you should be able to get back to running the original ROM rooted with gapps which most of us are using it works well enough.

To date there are no other custom ROMs for this device, and personally I doubt anyone will spend time developing one for this aging very limited tab that doesn't have an ext SD card option, and particularly so the 8GB model I have. ... Just my thoughts. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] pxrave:
maybe someone can build cm11 for us? as other fire devices cm11 boots up with amazon kernel ;)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark48:
:good::good:

i try again setup

but screen stop at logo kindle :angel::angel:

i don't know error at where :crying::crying::crying:

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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

I don't see any problem in your screenshots, but it's nearly a year since I flashed my own kindle, so can't be sure.

Not much help really, hope someone else can step in with assistance. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] pxrave:
latest 4.5.5.2 modded

Merry Christmas guys

here we go for another level

this is only beta i will create a full amazon based custom rom

first unlock your bootloader

you dont need to reboot after you are in twrp flash -->copy files to sd card by mtp

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8oT-MZprPmubmlFSy1SS1JWdzg latest modded fireos (you dont need to flash twrp again, i did some save moddings so exploid is working)

* deleted printer and office

latest supersu

wipe cache and davilk

reboot

boot to twrp again

flash gapps pico

todo:

mod system for more power

delete amazon stuff

preinstall launcher, terminal, etc...

btw. have anyone a modded xposed for 4.5.5.2?

have fun
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi, i've downloaded exploit zip and extracted to a new folder called soho, Ive copied the supersu and the 4.5.5.1 programs into the soho folder.

Both the fastboot and adb drivers work.

I have the fastboot cable.

What Im not understanding is how to get this all to work. is there a bat file to run.. the adb and fastboot is located in my c: /adb

Also once i have rooted and bootloaded the kindle, is there a rom that can be flashed. I have read through all the posts but am just stuck and need a push in the right direction.

Many thanks

Alexandra:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bbarnes1:
I've been having issue with this build for a while. I can install it just fine. Once its up and running I have several issues.

1. Power button must be pressed many times to turn on the kindle. Sometimes I rapidly press it for 30 seconds before it turns on.

2. Power up hangs at the white and yellow kindle fire screen. I have to hold down the power buttons for 30 seconds or so and then restart (if the power button is working). Sometimes power up requires 3-4 restarts.

3. Battery shows 0%, but has charge. Not sure if related, but it seems to show up when i have other problems.

I think its the img. With no system installed, power up works every time consistently to get to fast boot or TWRP. Also I need sudo privilege to flash system (Idk why).
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Over a year since I did this so hope I remember right.

There's no .bat file. ... When you unzip exploit.zip you have 4 x .img files + a folder ( I forget it's name) open it and move hijack.img into root with the other img files,

depending on how you have adb set up, you may need to move the .img files into c:╲adb/platform tools ???( They need to be in the folder that has "fastboot.exe")

Switch off tablet and connect to PC with the fastboot cable, tab should reboot into fastboot mode.

Open a Command Prompt window as Admin, them copy and paste each line of the code separately into the CP window followed by enter ... you'll see each line execute as you go, be sure to follow all instructions to the letter. work through it slowly and you should be good.

The only custom ROM available is spudowiars (Sound and video don't work). Download location is same as exploit.zip, but the above gets rid of Amazons version of Android

and adds Google playstore access, it works OK and that's how most of us run it. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Thank you so much for your help, I am going to give it a go shortly, fingers crossed.

Huge thanks again:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
stuck in twrp trying to root soho 3rd generation

Ive tried to do the above, I have expoit extracted to c:/adb have

adb

adbWinApi.dll

AdbWinUSBApi.dll

boot.img

exploit.img

fastboot.exe

hijack.img

recovery.img

SR1-SuperSU-v2.78-SR1-20160915123031.zip

system.img

update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120

UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

I booted up using fastboot, and typed in cmd mode

Code:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

Now wait for the Amazon logo with the orange underline and run

Code:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

All this goes great, I get a TWRP come up and I selected Advanced -> ADB Sideload and tick the two boxes (Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Cache) then swipe the slider (Swipe to Start Sideload).

then a message says

Starting ADB sideload feature....

I type in cmd adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin ( as that is the version i have) and get a message saying

You need adb 1.0.32 or newer to sideload to this device

failed

Im stuck now, I dont want to unplug the cable, I didnt do a backup either. Please can anyone help
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Oops, Keep those fingers crossed, but think you'll be OK to start over, though you may get away without that. ___ I' d suggest you download the original update file (which we know works OK) from spudowiars original post on page 1, the link is is the small print near top of the page, Check it out.. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
``thats what iwas using... do i have to type this code as well

Code:

adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/boot bs=1 count=1 seek=848"

adb reboot

ALSO.. if i pull the fastboot cable out will i still be able to fastboot again.. i tried to do a backup and i got errors as well?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
OK, Don't Panic (à la Cpl. Jones ;)). In that case it seems that you need to update your adb ( Download the latest and reinstall or possibly just update), in which case you will need to start afresh, as I said earlier a long time since I flashed my KFSOWI, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get it right first time, and had more than one attempt.

Each time you connect the switched off tablet with the FB cable it will boot to fastboot mode, and in effect your just doing a reflash ___ you should be OK

Good Luck, and post back your results. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
stuck in twrp

OK, i went to reboot and got a warning saying that i have no OS system on my device. I tried to restore and ended up with amazon kindle apearring on the screen, and the just a white amazon on the screen and then straight back into TWRP.

I have followed the instructions (apart from the first piece of code as i assumed this is for people who havent got a fastboot cable.

Code:

adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/boot bs=1 count=1 seek=848"

adb reboot

I really dont know what to do. Should I

shutdown and plug the fastboot cable and run through the coding again? and include the code I didnt type last time?

should i just plug the cable back in and type the coding again?

Ive found this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itNVB1elljU2NPR0k/view should I uninstal my previous adb drivers and run this adb setup..(will fastboot be included in this download)

I hope someone can help as Im completly confused.. :confused::(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi,OK I uninstalled the ADB and Fastboot drivers, and reinstalled them. I then did as you suggested and that was to start ov er.... so far so good. I am now at the point where it says you can go ahead and instal Google Apps . Is this the file i use cm-12-20151226-UNOFFICIAL-soho.zip .

Thank you for your help.. I just took a deep breath, and took it slowly...:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Whoa, that looks like Spudowiars ROM (No sound or video). Re Gapps it depends what you want from google I usually use minimal (pico). I'm not a big fan of google

http://opengapps.org/ select KitKat 4.4 and whatever package fills your needs. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi yas Jachol

OK, that looks good.. what do you mean by whatever package... i just want to be able to download google apps, and play games...so if i can keep the sound that would be great,... what are you running? Whats pico? And again thank you for all your help, its very much appreciated.:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
The flash you've been doing gets rid of the Amazon version of Android, and gives a workable rooted OS with Gapps access, and that's how most of us run it,spudowiars version of CM 12 is the only ROM available at present AFAIK, but no one has solved the no audio/video problem to date (not sure who may be working on that).

Re. Gapps packages they range from full (all google facilities) to pico ( absolute minimal Google facilities). I only have the 8GB model which came free with a years subscription to my morning newspaper (It's not a tablet I would have bought personally, It's too limited in available space, and no external SD card slot) so I keep apps and facilities low, Mine is only used for reading the newspaper, and streaming video, which it does very well BTW.

Hope this helps. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi J

Im sorry to be a pain, but Ive just tried to install the micro version and Im getting an insufficient space, Ive attached the pic. I havnt finished doing the last part of the instructions yet, as I assume I need to flash the Gapp first before I finish... so I am not sure what I need to remove to give me more space. Should I start over again? Can I remove anything from the kindle without rebooting it. ? ::confused:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Now you have me puzzled !, I've never seen that. I'm guessing you have the 8GB model like mine, I just checked, been running for months with the basic install, and several apps, and still shows I have 1.4GB of space left ( I know from experience that it starts to warn me of low space if I download a full 1080p film), so what's eaten up your space I don't know. So what to do ???. Only thing I can suggest --- is boot into TWRP (switch off, hold down Vol - and power together, let go both buttons as soon as you see "Kindle Fire" on the screen it should boot into TWRP, there go into Wipe/Advanced wipe, tick all the boxes to wipe everything, and Power off. Now you can start afresh, a pain I know, but I don't see an alternative. Maybe someone else has an idea ???. anyway it's all experience --- take care and you should get there eventually. .. J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
I did what you suggested and still ended up with an error code:70 I googled this error and its something to do with the fact that CyanogenMOD does not have permission to install the Google apps, so an alternate method was found to introduce Google Apps in CM. The method was to flash the Gapps on your own. While flashing you might come across many errors, one of the most common is error 70 while installing gapps. The answer is to get the smallest package of Google Apps (pico) and flash it in your system.

Soooo, I did that and it installed perfectlly. I took the fastboot cable out and selected reboot. The next thing that happened was the flipping kindle started running an update. So i am still no further forward. I think it was my fault. I didnt realise you had to hold the power and -vol at the same time for this next step. as the instructions just say reboot and instal cable again... so I am now going to give it one more shot and if it still doesnt work, I will leave it and move on.. But thank you for staying in there with me, and helping me. I always learn and will continue to learn with people who are kind enough like yourself to help others .....

I cant let this beat me...how does one reboot twrp and have the kindle boot up and not start updating the os? I need to finish the instructiion.. im here

Now wait for TWRP to finish flashing, remove the fastboot cable and press Reboot System. When the device has booted, reinsert the cable and run

Code:

adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img

adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/recovery"

adb push exploit.img /sdcard/exploit.img

adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/exploit.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/exploit"

adb shell rm /sdcard/recovery.img /sdcard/exploit.img
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Wow !, some people have all the fun, you have my head spinning (all experience though). My advice leave it go bungee jumping ( whatever),just clear your mind, pick it up in a few days, then go through each step implicitly ___ you must be missing something somewhere for it to start the update when you reboot (I don't see what).

Sorry can't be of more help, but do let us know how it goes. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Having second thoughts, I may be wrong, but you mentioned Cyanogen mod, are you trying to flash spudowiars ROM ???, if so that's not the way to go --- use the original Amazon ROM ( see my screenshots ) ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi yahs J

Nope, that was just letting you know and others what the error 70 code is for..it goes back to Cyanogen mod 2009.

I've got no idea either. I select reboot in the TWRP screen, and as soon as the screen goes black I plugged the fastboot cable, but it just continues to then update the os. So I cant finish putting the code in, as the upgrade I assume will stop this from working, and I dont want to brick it.

Every step up until the reboot went smoothly... it just this reboot. Should I leave the cable plugged in...

Anyhoo, Im assuming that I DIDNT NEED TO install the very first bit of script in the instructions, as it eludes to if you're not using a fastboot cable then run.... and then theres code...

I'll just think on it, keep reading and find out what the problem is.

The kindle is working so thats a plus at least LOL.... and I've learnt more in this process so not everything was a downer

If I ever sort it out I will of course let you know... Thanks again J for your help:))
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
OK I was wrong on that --- reference to Cyanogen mod threw me, it's got to be something earlier than the screenshot, you could see if superSU installed OK to give root, update would kill root though.

Still say it's time to give it a rest for a day or so.

Good Luck. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
well when it installed su it said it was completed... I'm just going to have a few days off to think about it, and then see what happens from there.... thanks again J... you've been a real help :) and I'll keep you posted :good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
If it is installed it should show in apps, may not work though. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
It does, its in my apps... I'm so confused, should i finish off the code in the instructions?

---------- Post added at 10:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ----------

ive just opened super su and it said it didnt recognise binaries did i want to use twrp, so i said yes... it then booted into twrp and did something and then booted me back into the kindle. I opened super su again and its now a fully functioning app....!!!

Whats happened? im running fireos 4.5.5.2. System UI android version 4.0!!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Shadow4945:
Any progress or new build available?

Regards

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 2013 WiFi mit Tapatalk
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Looks like you cracked it, don't ask me how though, where'd you get the magic wand ? --- there are times i could use one, LOL. .. J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
lol me too, so should I do this last part of the instructions? bearing in mind im now running fireos 4.5.5.2?

adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img

adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/recovery"

adb push exploit.img /sdcard/exploit.img

adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/exploit.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/exploit"

adb shell rm /sdcard/recovery.img /sdcard/exploit.img
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
That's something I can't tell you I still have 4.5.5.1 --- I've seen the update download, but fails install, so you have to go this one alone. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alioops:
Hi OK well thank you, I'll let you know if I can find out anything...:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] I_did_it_just_tmrrow:
It seems for me that somebody (@flintman) works on a SOHO support for Evervolv ROM:

https://github.com/Evervolv/android_device_amazon_soho

Perhaps had allready test it, but it just guessing.

Greetings by Idijt
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Thanks for that I'll keep an eye on it, no releases yet though,

I'm surprised anyone's still working on such an old limited device. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] smithgj66:
HELP! I tried using Firerooter - no luck. I installed Ubuntu 16-04 in a vm to get away from the Windows driver madness. So I try to follow this:

I've unlocked the KFSOWI! http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770﻿

What I do/what happens:

fastboot cable connected - I see Soho-PVT-Prod-07 in USB devices

./fastboot devices

results: 00D2070834340UTG	fastboot

./fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

./fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img

./fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

./fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

I get the Amazon logo with an orange underline, so far so good.

I see Soho-PVT-Unlocked-07 in USB devices

./fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img

./fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

./fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

Kindle says Booting.... but then goes into Fastboot mode

I disconnect the fastboot cable, power button for > 20 seconds, power button to start it back up

I get the grey "kindle fire", then the Amazon logo with the underline, but the underline is white, it says "Booting...: in the upper right and reboots repeating the "Kindle fire", Amazon logo, Booting... sequence on and on....

I did the MD5 check on exploit.zip and the checksum matched the one shown.

Any ideas?

Thank you﻿
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Can you boot recovery with Power + & Vol - keys ?, if not I'd try again perhaps with a fresh download of exploit.zip (I know MD5 checked out) seems to me your recovery may not have flashed correctly. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Rhyn:
You should try a live cd/usb instead of virtual machine. Virtualization can mess with your usb connection. The white amazon with white underline is the loading screen of TWRP, so your recovery probably damaged.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] smithgj66:
OK, I will try and download the exploit.zip again, plus I will burn a live iso of linux. Will post results - been busy with a Production issue at work.

Thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] smithgj66:
I tried using an Ubuntu live usb and got the same results. It will load any of the images fine, but booting to TWRP fails. Is there some other img I could flash to the boot area to see if something is wrong with the boot area?

Thx
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] that_guy_right_there:
Sweet. I received a free 7" kindle fire hd 3rd gen from sister who upgraded tablet. What can I expect of this old device. What is the best route with little to no glitches to download, I am new to the Amazon OS so need ALOT of reading to do. But if anyone can help out it would be appreciated as I am not sure who is keeping up to date with these 3rd gen. THANKS!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Steggl:
Great, thank you all. I could have never done this without your very detailed how-to's! :)

Unfortunately I now ran into an issue I did not foresee. I am trying to install the Amazon Kindle App for Android from the PlayStore and it just won't install :mad: Can someone let me know on how to do this?

Thank you,

Steggl
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] pxrave:
any tested new twrp? 3.1.0

we can try to port a cm11 version of the tate device