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[Fire General] TheTruthKC:
[MENTION=768984]hobojester[/MENTION], THANKS so much for posting.

I purchased the $35 Fire Tablet for my 3 girls (9, 7, 5).

I've rooted at 5.0.1 and disabled OTA, disabled ads, Installed GooglePlay store, and loaded Nova launcher. Although I haven't taken it another few steps with Kids Place, I feel that I'll start with just locking down and hiding the apps via Nova Launcher will be enough for now. My kids are pretty savvy at navigating interfaces and even when they touch/exit an app, they know how to get back to it. I know there are holes with settings and NovaLauncher settings so when they figure them out, they can reenable certain functionality.

I'll look into Kids Place though, that might be my next step.

Also, about the whole SD card partitioning, I've installed a 32GB card and the tablet stated that it would start using the card as the default storage device. I'm guessing your method moves EVERYTHING to the card, and the default behavior for the Fire Tablet is to install some things on internal memory and 'other' storage is routed to the card? I've installed quite a bit of applications since I plugged in my SD card and it doesn't seem to be full... although I didn't check the storage stats before I wrapped the tablets.

Also, I've heard some good press on the Circle (with Disney) router, so I did order one for the home as yet another piece of the parenting puzzle:

[edit] sorry, didn't have sufficient permissions to post outside links. Google up: "Circle router with Disney"
[Fire General] hobojester:
Good to know about Slim and the Amazon store. Again, if I were going to use the tablet in a 'shared' environment where I'm using it AND my kids are using it, I'd totally use Slim. It was awesome. In this particular instance where this $35 device is a glorified gameboy, Slim is just something that is an extra layer of complexity that's really not needed and *could* get in the way. I have no intention of my kids even getting on the internet with this device. Not until there's a real need, and even then, I'd probably go get the K9 browser and use that.

Glad you can find this useful.

As far as the storage card piece, you are correct in that "my" method moves EVERYTHING. Some apps are "self contained" as I like to think of it, when you download it. Popular games like Geometry Dash have everything contained in the downloaded app (or the .APK file). That is just the app itself. You can tell the OS to auto put the "app" on the storage card, and that works out great, but it's a little misleading. The problem comes in when you have games like Knights of the Old Republic. That app itself is something like 40 MB or what not, but after you launch the app, it'll download this extra content, which in this particular case is 2 GB. The kicker: it'll ONLY store that "content" (as I call it) into what the device considers "External Storage", which is ACTUALLY on the INTERNAL storage. That whole emulated SDcard business Android does. It's all funky. For fear of sounding like a commercial, Link2SD fixes all of that. Linux (what Android is built off of (oh, and hi iPhone users, so is iOS for the record)) has this thing called "Symbolic Links". You can google it up more about it, but think of it as an uber shortcut. You create a symbolic link on internal storage to the actual physical SD card, and the program THINKS it's writing to internal storage when in fact it's writing to the SD card. The kicker: you can only create symbolic links if you're rooted. The nice thing about Link2SD, is that it'll symbolic link EVERYTHING. The "app", the "content", and all of the saved game data and what not (which take a game like MineCraft, can get pretty big if your kids (like mine) go crazy building worlds). And you can have it to it all automagically. But you will need to pop that SDCard out, put it in your computer, and get it re-partitioned (visit the links I posted in the original guide for more in depth details).

I have heard really cool things about the Disney router. For now, my kids don't really have any need (or business) getting on the internet unsupervised. When they do, I'll probably give them the K9 browser.
[Fire General] howzitnow:
Sorry for the questions but I can't figure it out, searching doesn't find it, and I'm trying to get these wrapped.

Do I need to still select Fire OS" install supported apps to sd". Or do I do it all with LInk2DS? I haven't Rom'd these yet and I probably won't until we get back from vacation. They are only rooted with stock rom. I also don't need to do the whole kids place thing as my kids are a little older...Thanks for taking the time to write this all up!

Also I have partitions shown in my Disk usage app that are named "External", "SDcard1", system and "SD Card". I know "SD Card" is the exfat 2 part I made base on the size, but as for the "external" and SDcard1, they are both roughly 5 gb ( my sd was only 8 gigs so I made the FAT 32 5 gigs and the rest the exfat 2. But now I am not sure of the naming and I can't tell based only on size. So, is "External" really the built in amazon storage, and "sdcard1" is my microsd?
[Fire General] cogito808:
Like your thinking.

How are you getting past the "Apps with usage access" request for Kids Place?
[Fire General] hobojester:
This will be a good chance for me to point out (I'll edit the guide in a second): DO NOT LINK "INTERNAL" Data via Link2SD. It has caused apps to disappear and never come back. I actually had to start completely over on all there of my devices. That "option" to Link the Internal Data is only available when you purchase the Plus version of Link2SD, DON'T CHOOSE THAT OPTION!!!

Now, with that out of the way, Link2SD is clever in how it works, and I am barely out of the n00b stage on this so I'll give a disclaimer that I may be totally feeding you false information here, but here's how I understand it: First of all, what I did was leave the SD card settings inside the OS all 'defaults', which installs the "App" to the SD Card. Now with that, I believe what happens is Link2SD intercepts that 'transfer' and puts the actual apps on the EXT partition. There is the incredibly critical option in Link2SD to put all other data (except "internal" data of course) on the SD Card. That's what moves the really big parts of those big games and apps. So when the App is relocated, it's put onto that EXT part and the Content on your FAT32 part. To address your question regarding External, SDCard#, and 'where in the heck is the EXT' part.... the EXT partition is mounted and 'located' under the 'local' storage under something like the /data/sdex2 folder. Welcome to the world of Linux... on a computer Linux (if my really old dusty Linux knowledge still works) when you need to access the CD drive you have to MOUNT it, and than LINK that mount to basically a local folder (something like /MNT/CDROM). Your EXT partition is mounted the same way as a folder, and for whatever reason in an app like ES File Explorer you won't see it as another drive, you'll only see the FAT32 drive. Maybe that has something to do with it being FAT32, I'm not sure. ...... the long point here is that Link2SD intercepts or coordinates with the OS's moving of apps to locate the App data to your EXT partition (mounted to that /data/xxxxx folder) and all the other really big stuff to the FAT32 partition. Again, I may be way off here, but hey, makes sense in my brain right now :).

Inside of Link2SD there's an option in the menu to see the storage consumption, and THERE it'll actually show you the EXT partition as well as the FAT32 partition.

If my kids were a little older and I truly didn't care about them mucking around in settings, potentially deleting things etc., I'd probably give SlimRom a go for that. I've been messing around with it some more and it is just simply more 'pure' Android OS so it'd give the more 'true' Android experience.... if you really care :).
[Fire General] hobojester:
I'm not, simply because FireOS doesn't have that option. I just have to hit 'Cancel' and move on. If you were to put on SlimRom you'd have that option. From what I can tell the biggest thing we're missing out on by staying on FireOS and not having this option would be limiting time in Kids Place for certain apps and what not. For me personally, I'll just set a timer, but if it's something you want to use, I'd absolutely suggest putting SlimRom on there and then basically following the rest of the guide. Everything still applies.
[Fire General] t3chwizard:
If anyone cares, I set up SlimLP for my mom who is a bit less technologically advanced than I am and I put smart launcher on the device and just hid the apps I thought would be bad if she were to accidentally open them and not know what she was doing. (I thought his could be useful for some of the people here as well)
[Fire General] chemie99:
How do I avoid using the "Link Internal Data" feature? I do not see this option anywhere in the App.

Edit: OK. found it. I was looking in settings (before moving anything) but once I move an app the options come up.
[Fire General] hobojester:
Yeah, I found out the hard way how bad this can be.... like... 6pm on the 24th, type of thing, RIGHT when I had finished it all up. I had some kind of heavenly help nudge me into thinking "you should turn these off completely, and simulate Christmas morning, see how long it'll take to fully boot back up".... and you can imagine my stomach drop when I went from having 150 games down to something like 3... it was painful. So, yeah, avoid that setting AT ALL COSTS!
[Fire General] tonyt3rry:
How do you partition the SD card on the tablet? Also is this worth doing when you can install xposed SD card modules and be able to move obb files
[Fire General] chemie99:
just wondering on the reason for 70/30 FAT32/EXT2. What gets installed in each partition?
[Fire General] hobojester:
I"m not familiar with the xposed SD card modules so I can't help there. As far as HOW you do it, I linked to some articles in the first post that might help (Reference: http://rootmyandroid.org/increase-in...ry-phone.html/

Reference: http://rootmyandroid.org/how-to-use-...al-guide.html/)
[Fire General] hobojester:
Basically the "app" gets installed to the 30% EXT2, and allt he "content" goes tot he 70% FAST32. Content will typically be data that gets downloaded after the app is installed. Take Knights Of The Old Republic for example, the "app" is like 50MB, but the "content" which gets downloaded upon the first time launching the actual program, is 2GB.
[Fire General] gsmyth:
I got two fire tablets for the kids for Xmas, one is the kids edition (with the 1yr of apps,etc) the other is a standard fire. Used root junkies tool on both to block lock screen ads and OTA and hide Apps. They were both running OK, occasionally have the odd situation where you try to open an app and it looks like it is reloading it or redownloading it, not sure if this is because internal space has ran out and its redownloading on the fly but its quite frustrating.

Decided to flash slim LP rom on the standard tablet as there were apps that weren't available(better choice on play store and it wasn't tied into the 1year subscription).

So glad I did, was pretty straight forward to get it up and running and the latest build is so solid, fast and stable, was expecting it to be a bit quicker than fire OS as it had a lot less bloat but it seriously impressed me. So I have kids place set up on it to control apps and play time. I also installed hilocker from the play store to help simplify/lock down the lock screen. For example you can disable the status bar in kids place,but the child is still able to turn the screen off and on, they can then access the pull down toggles and mess with things, but with hilocker you can disable it which is great. Battery life is just as great if not better and your also up to date with all Google's security patches to boot.

It is a very good value tablet, as its just been reduced to just £40 in the UK. One thing that would be a major improvement is I just wished they had put 16GB of storage instead of 8GB. I know it has the sd card option which is great but in reality you only get around 5GB of actual internal storage for apps, a lot of which can't be moved to the sd card or still take up internal space when they are. Again I can't recommend slim rom enough as it really makes a big difference to the tablet (besides providing full play store access) and makes it perfect for consuming media, browsing, or just handier for when you want to use a bigger screen than your phone.
[Fire General] tdcrone:
[MENTION=3330048]gsmyth[/MENTION], look into Link2SD if you haven't already. Between that and a 32GB MicroSD I don't feel especially constrained by the 8GB onboard.
[Fire General] mtbierkan:
How are you formatting your 2nd partition for links2sd?. I keep getting 'unable to mount' error, trying to setup as ext4, which I thought was the standard on newer hardware. I believe I tried ext 2 as well. Without 2nd partition obb and data stay on internal. Thanks
[Fire General] thenetvines:
I wish to thank the OP for this, as I am trying to use, and bought the recommended apps... haven;t had the time to set this all up, and it gets a little confusing having all these other devices, but eventually I'll get it.
[Pixel C Accessories] AstroDigital:
Do you see scratches ...... even minor scratches after using the OEM keyboard for awhile ?
[Pixel C Accessories] davedigerati:
Bought both together and been using for 2 weeks now - nada. Loving the keyboard too ;)
[Pixel C Accessories] dejotem:
i have a big problem with the keyboard. my english is not good enough to describe it, so i copied it from arstechnica.com: "The keyboard would frequently disconnect from the tablet, which makes the software keyboard pop up on the screen. If this happened in the middle of typing, this connection hiccup would either cause a ton of input lag, make a key get virtually "stuck," or lose a bunch of input. We would frequently have things like the backspace or enter key get stuck, resulting in either a ton of text getting deleted or a bunch of whitespace being entered.

Part of it might be that without a trackpad you are constantly switching from the keyboard to tapping the screen, which probably puts stress on the magnetic connection. "

the last scentence is wrong, because i had the same issue with my nexus 9 and Bluetooth keyboard.

it's so annoying. during tiping this short text (took me 10 minutes because of the bug), i got a little tantrum.

p. s. : except of this bug, it works great..
[Pixel C Accessories] pilot25:
I have had both since launch day and have not had any of the negative experiences. Nothing. No lag with typing, no disconnection, nothing. Great pair together. Just wish there were more tablet specific apps for it.
[Pixel C Accessories] kylegeisler:
Absolutely no scratches or abrasions. you can tell when you look down the edge with the two together that the keys are recessed a millimeter or two from the screen. I can imagine if there was some compression at play, like if you put it in a bag with some heavy books or if you sat on it or something that might force the keys to touch the screen but i would think you might have worse problems if that were the case.
[Pixel C Accessories] brando56894:
I have the folio keyboard and its perfect since it also protects the back of the Pixel.
[Pixel C Accessories] musz:
Care to share some pics , i bought the keyboard , but the magnetic one, feel want to buy folio also but still undecided yet :D
[Pixel C Accessories] brando56894:
Here ya go man, sorry for the late response, just saw this now: https://goo.gl/photos/6EpkeWXTyZbs7UVC6

For typical day to day use it's great, the only place it falls short is coding/advanced Linux usage since it doesn't have some of the standard keys like escape, F keys, ~ | { } [ ] I'm actually looking at getting a different keyboard to use in my apartment for when I want to mess around with my servers while watching TV, but will still use the Folio case when on the go since it's really great at protecting the device, totally not worth the $150 price tag though, maybe $75, but if you want something you know is going to fit it like a glove and last a while, there's no better place to get it other than straight from El Goog.

I'm picking up this baby to use when I want to code/do Linux stuff at home.
[Pixel C Accessories] bradprice:
mine arrived tuesday and i already have scratches on the screen from the keyboard. they are in the corners.
[Pixel C Accessories] brando56894:
I'm assuming you got the aluminum (?) keyboard? It's pretty much impossible for the Folio keyboard to scratch the screen since it covered in fake leather.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Hello,

I have a M9 rooted with android 5.0.2.

I downloaded this file:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934550733

I compiled the desired kernel into Image.gz and then create boot.img on Ubuntu.

cp boot_signed.img boot.img
abootimg -u boot.img.test -k Image.gz

I then do in download mode:

fastboot boot boot.img

I get this error on boot in cmd window:

FAILED (remote: dtb not found)

How can it be fixed?

Did not saw any information about this problem on M9 forum.

Thank you in advance!
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
The file you downloaded is a HTC RUU. To install it you need s-off and a Developer Edition M9

rename it 0PJAIMG.ZIP, place it on ext sd card formatted in FAT32, reboot your hima into DOWNLOAD_MODE, agree and it flashes the phone
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Ok, Thank you! Don't really need RUU then.

I will read boot image from device with:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p63 of=/sdcard/boot.img

beacause boot is linked with /dev/block/mmcblk0p63

and then replace zImage with my kernel zImage with abootimg.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LLegion:
but remeber you need to be S-Off.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
I was able to extract boot partition and use abootimg on it to update the kernel successfully (the boot.img has 64 MB.), but

fastboot boot boot.img

does not work.

It says:

downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 3.980s]
booting...

and cmd does not return to normal after waiting 30 mins.

Is fastboot boot command deprecated? Could be a driver problem?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
The M9 uses aboot not hboot .. as far as I know you can't "boot" anything from fastboot
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Thank you!

I give the following commands:

fastboot flash boot boot.img.test
fastboot reboot

and i get:

target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'boot' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.850s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#xxxxxx
(bootloader) start@1
(bootloader) boot@100%
(bootloader) Update partition OK
(bootloader) end@Done
OKAY [ 3.870s]
finished. total time: 8.720s

but the device will return to fastboot menu.

I want to flash stock image and now i'm stuck.

fastboot flash boot boot.img

I get the following message:

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.160s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 2.180s
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
The error message says your not S-OFF
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
How can i put the device in S-OFF mode if the device does not boot?

As i could flash a bad kernel in first step it means i had S-OFF previously?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
I was able to upload my stock boot.img (the one backed-up) even i had S-ON with:

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot

Don't know why in download mode i was not able to do this.

I have build number 1.32.617.6 CL493992 release-keys

Do i really need to be S-OFF to upload only my custom kernels? According to HTC i don't need to because bootloader is unlocked and:

"What is meant by unlocking the bootloader is that certain partitions are unlocked to provide write access. Specifically: boot, system and recovery. "

http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/about_unlock_process

Answer: Yes, i need too!

Thanks!
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
I was able to S-OFF the device. Now the problem is that my compiled unmodified kernels from HTC site won't boot. Any ideea why?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Would i be able to convert this device to Developer Edition using AT&T RUU?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Fixed my problem by using right tool to unpack and repack boot image.

I used this one:

https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmasry82:
Help

I have a big problem with my HTC ONE M9. I used a custom rom and I tried to get beck to stock rom without any back up of custom or stock rom. I lost everything and I tried more but I couldn't do anything. The situation now is that I stuck in the logo with no recovery mode or bootloader mode. just download mode. S ON, RELOCKED, Software Modified.

I need your help.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adryyandc:
Sorry, can't help you much in this matter! I won't do it for the money anyway.

You could maybe re-flash a stock ROM since you have access to download mode with fastboot flash zip command. Ask a more experienced user!
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmasry82:
I tried many stock flashes but doesn't work. I don't know the stock flash of my phone. I couldn't reach fastboot. SD card is my only way
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] schen:
Kaiser HTCHome v2.0.814.722

What is NEW:

- Better Quickdial Status Icons

- Tab Setting enabled through Settings/Today/HTCHome(you dont need to edit registry anymore)

What I did:

- Patch HTCHome to fix the Brightness Shortcut

- Patch HTCHome to move the graphics to \HTCHome instead of \Windows

Installation:

- Uninstall previous version

- Copy the Cab to your device and run. Then Softreset.

Important Note:

- If not working properly, Try to install sdkcerts.cab.

- If still not working properly, Try to Install cert_SPCS.cab

- If you still cannot get it to work, READ first HTCHome v1.5 Thread,

- READ HTCHome v2.0.720719. Use "Search" To find the thread

- This is BW version. If you want a colored version, make one yourself or wait I am sure someone will make one shortly.

- This is 0409 English version.

I am sorry that I cannot provide any support for this anymore. I create this for my own use. Tested on my Dopod 838Pro running Dopod WM6 Official with the two certificates installed on my PPC.

Update 1 October 2007

1. Install on HTCHome WITHOUT Brightness shortcut fix

http://rapidshare.com/files/5941830...rightness.Fix.Updated.01OCT2007-schen.cab.zip

2. Install on HTCHome WITH Brightness shortcut fix

http://rapidshare.com/files/5941814...rightness.Fix.Updated.01OCT2007-schen.cab.zip

3. Install on Windows without any fix

http://rapidshare.com/files/59029433/Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722.Original.Without.Fix-schen.cab.zip

For OEM get it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1550330&postcount=95

Update 17 November 2007 New Version 2.1.1005.722

1. Install on HTCHome Dir and With Brghtnes Fix for Hermes

http://rapidshare.com/files/7034355...22.Directory.And.Brightness.Fix.schen.cab.zip

2. Install on HTCHome with NO Brightness Fix

http://rapidshare.com/files/70344158/HTC.Home.v2.1.1005.722.Directory.Fix.Only.schen.cab.zip

Enjoy

schen 2007
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] meschle:
Hi schen thats great - have you the original oem with no patches?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] raymondu999:
excellent work schen! You never fail to disapoint!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wperdomos:
Work Good

Works very well ive installed on 101 Softbank with a fresh Official HTC rom on spanish. Thanks a Lot! 9 Ive not uset the other 2 cabs)

Regards
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cuboosh:
can u edit the dll to work off the weather patched server?