yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbc12:
I have a fire HD8 6th gen running 5.3.2.0 and I soft bricked it. fastboot and adb both work fine, so I've been looking around for images, but haven't found any. Do you know of any images I can use, or am I going about this completely wrong?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
the only firmware available is what is posted by Amazon

which can only be adb sideload in recovery
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbc12:
Just to clarify, Do I have to use the 5.3.2.0 image or can I use 5.3.1.1 image?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
see http://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/general/unbrick-amazon-fire-hd-8-10-t3240034
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
best to use same version or newer

downgrading is risky
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plitz:
Soft-bricked when rooting?

Hello guys,

thank you for your great developing work and sharing and helping us out with our problems!

I got a Fire HD 8 (6th Gen) running Fire OS 5.3.1.1 (I believe) and probably bricked it the first day, when attempting to root it via Kingoroot and installing SuperSU. Since then my device keeps stuck in a bootloop showing only the "Fire"-logo.

Recovery menu and Fastboot mode are gladly accessible. Is there a chance to unbrick or restore it or do I have to contact Amazon and send it back?

Does anyone else got these problems and could you please help me out here? Thank you very much!

Patrick
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemie99:
Yes. We had to do this several times while getting the root procedure developed. Just get into recovery menu, wipe cache, wipe data and then adb sideload the 5.3.1.1.bin

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/general/unbrick-amazon-fire-hd-8-10-t3240034
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] known2own:
So a few questions. When you buy a new hd 8 what version is it running?

I accidentally let my hd 8 update ota when I unboxed it. I'm wondering would it be possible to simply return it, get another, then somehow prevent it from updating and then root it? Sorry I'm new to hd8. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemie99:
roll of the dice.

Some are getting 5.3.1.1; others 5.3.2 Unsure if 5.3.2.1 is shipping yet but will at some point.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahac85:
I got mine 2 days ago with 5.3.1.0, which was successfully rooted, didn't even upgrade to 5.3.1.1
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] known2own:
How did you do that without it updating? I received mine a week ago, do you think I can send it back to amazon and just say it didnt work?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahac85:
Soon as i got it, i switched to airplane mode and the followed the guide on rooting it. I had my tablet in 1st day of release, just sent it back last week, bricked it on purpose and said to customer service tablet doesnt work no more and they sent out a replacement.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] known2own:
Thanks for the tip bro! One question, when I turn mine on I can't get to airplane mode before it sets up (fetching account info etc.) Does it uodate ota while you are going through the setup process or after that you quickly go to airplane mode?

Thanks a bunch man!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAS_21:
I rooted without ever connecting wifi.... No need for airplane mode.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umeshchamara:
I have two amazon kindle fire HD8 devices with single speaker distortion issue. It came up after i install poweramp using google play. I have tried reset but it didn't fixed that . Does that means it have hardwaee issue or if i sideload stock rom will it work ???

Ps - I'm not a native english speaker so sorry for the grammar mistakes
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojimat:
Hi, i buy new Kindle 8 6th gen. Its a nice tab ,but volume out through headphone jack is too low compare to other tablet. I'm using MXplayer.How to increase the volume output through headphone ?.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealchapel:
Ads will disappear after install of Google services on Amazon fire 8hd sixth gen.

I'm so I've been messing around with the Amazon fire 8hd sixth generation for awhile and I can tell you that after you successfully add the Google system framework, Google play services, the play store ECT. The lockscreen are disappear after rebooting a few times. The first time I tried to install the Google now launcher it prompted me to make the switch but I accidentally pressed the back button and have never been able to try it since. Although the tablet is amazing now with all the Google services I still can't stand Amazon's almost disgusting hold over the o.s. Yes I understand that it's created by Amazon, but to lock down the Android 5.1.1 software to the extent that you can't even have a live wallpaper seems a rediculous effort. am extremely fond of live wallpapers and it isn't allowed despite the fact that the o.s. can easily handle it. It also seems to make more sense from a marketing standpoint to allow full Android control an option, because that would make the fire 8 the best budget tablet there is. Actually it still is once you get the Google services. Download Kodi strap that sucker to a VR headset and watch some 3d flicks. You'll see what I'm talking about. Or download Aptoide and get even more out of your fire8. Anyhow, I'm going to attempt to root it today so I will post my findings accordingly. If I am successful, you can bet I'm going to snag a few extra fire 8's for my buddies. Oh yeah gaming has been fantastic on this device as well. RetroArch has been a breeze and final fantasy 7 has been more fun than ever. Well that's the end of my rant. Like the Terminator "I'll be back. :cool:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrscottch:
Any way to make the location services work? Installed all the apk files and location services keeps turning off. Went into dev options and turned on mock locations but no luck.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeganStar:
Computer Not Recognizing Device...

When I initially tried connecting my Fire HD 8 tablet to a computer, it was recognized, and I was easily able to copy/move files. However,in every attempt since, it is not recognized by the computer/doesn't work. If I go into the "Device Manager", I can usuaslly see it listed, but it has an error symbol and sasys there's a problem with the drivers...I have tried uninstallung & reinstallung, updating, and rebooting, and nothing has worked. My device is only about a month-and-half old and has had a myriad of pdobledms (including frequently shutting off, the home screens not bering visible, and the " app"s stored on the micro-SD card only sometimes being accessible)--and Amazon "support" has basically been no help (their only "solutions" to problerns not fixed with a "hard restart" are a "factory reset" or a replacement--neither of which is acceptable for me as I have my device set up the way I like it and have as lot of files on it). Despite being less than 2 months old, my device is nearly full (even with external storage), so I need to find a way to move files to a computer/storage drive ASAP....So, if anyone can help me get to the bottom of the USB connection issue, or let me know how to wirelessly transfer/move files, that would be immensely helpful!!!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
see driver thread

https://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/amazon-fire-2015-tips-tricks-t3214544
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeganStar:
I checked out that page and tried installing the drivers from a couple of the ways listed there that didn't look like what I had already done, and also checked out the video, but nothing worked/helped. The computer is not seeing the device most of the time--Sometimes when plugged in, it will seem like it's "installing" the device, but then it just doesn't. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, rebooting the computer, updating the drivers, and nothing has worked. One recent message said that I would need to "manually install" the drivers...How do I do that?

Is there any other way to easily move a large volume of files from the Fire HD to the computer if I can't get the USB thing to work?

Might there be some problem on the device or the computer that is the cause of the issues with it being recognized/working with the USB?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnMaGon:
Fire HD 8 and Google Voice Search

Hi, I hope anybody could help a German noob.

Some days ago I received a new fire HD 8 (6. Generation) fire OS 5.3.3.0

After unboxing I first installed google playstore without any problems, several apps form playstore are running well.

BUT it’s impossible to use google voice search. When starting google, the programm is terminated after one or two seconds. Other apps show the micro symbol not colored but grey.

On my former HD 7 (5. Generation) also fire OS 5.3.3.0 everything ist fine, no problems using voice search.

What runs me cracy: sombody gaves me the hint to install an app named „replace OK google“. Afterwards voice search was running perfectly for 24 hours.

Today same state as before; no chance to use voice search.

I hope I could explain my problem in an understandable way.

Thanks for any suport.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeganStar:
Moving Files...

How can you move files from internasl storage to externsl storager? Since the computer won't recognize the Fire tablet (ever since the second time it was connected), despite ample driver uninstalling and reinstalling efforts), I got a micro SD card reader to move files off of there, but that has only helped with the externasl storage so far, as I can',t find a way to move files from internal storage to the card...How can that be done?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matthew Ebel:
5.3.3.0 Sneak Attack… Any Root Yet?

First time poster here, be gentle.

In the 5 minutes it took to get coffee, my 6th-gen Fire HD 8 grabbed the cafe's wifi and updated to 5.3.3.0 ARRRRGH!

I know it's brand new, but has anyone figured out a root path for this update yet? The bloat is just killing me.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeganStar:
Only External Storage Being Recognized By Computer

After a month or more of the USB-to-computer connection not working, I got the computer to recognize the Fire device the other day, and I was able to transfer some files. However, upon trying to do that today, it now sees the device, but is only acknowledging its SD card and not the internal drive...Anyone know why that might be? And, is that the kind of thing that the drivers would need to be uninstalled and reinstalled for? Is that an issue that anyone's heard of or encountered before?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeganStar:
Inaccessible Space

I've been having spacial issues in my Fire HD 8, and had taken a bunch of time trying to transfer files off before rrealizing that the vast majority of space was being taken up by apps./games. So, I uninstalled some app's the other day, which should've resolved the 0.00B space situation, but soon thereafter, it was saying that it was full again, and it hasn't been letting me uninstall anything else. And, I noticed today that the space I cleared up hasn't been filled--there's about 7 or 8GB unaccounted-for. What could have happened?...And, how can I regain use of that space/het fnctionng alright again?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I know this is an old post, but I was just looking at specs for the HD 8, and there is supposed to be vibration. Was it later removed in the 2016 model? I assume unless the device is rooted, adding vibration via the Cordova Plugin would be useless (It does support Amazon OS)?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
I'm pretty sure those specs are incorrect
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfmegeeks:
I can't install it. Please help me out this
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dstrainer:
Successfully completed the root process with no hiccups. Only issue I'm finding is with location services. Anytime I try to enable location services it turns right back off. Has anyone experienced this or found a fix?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plitz:
Which rooting app did you use? I use KingRoot on 5.3.3 about once a week and hope that it works one day...

Yet without success. So please enlighten us.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I presume this device had an OS version early enough and NOT 5.3.3.0?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dstrainer:
Correct. It was running 5.3.1.1 when rooted.

---------- Post added at 10:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------

It was KingoRoot on 5.3.1.1
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfriedly:
Hi Folks,

I just picked up a refurb'd Fire HD 8, 6th gen (2016) off of woot. It came with Fire OS 5.4.0.1, and I haven't let it install any OTAs yet. I installed the google stuff and got that working smoothly but can't seem to get it rooted. I ran Kingo Root on the device (v4.3.4) and on windows (v1.5.6) about a dozen times each but no luck so far. Any advice?

Kingo Root seems to identify the device differently on android vs on windows - android calls it GIZA, while windows calls it AMAZON KFGIWI. Not sure if that's significant.

Should I just forget about rooting it and install the 5.6 update and live with "the best of Amazon"?

Also, as a side note, Kingo Root seems sketchy as hell. It addition to the Kingo Link app, the windows version installed and ran "Power Clean" and a game called "My Hospital" on my kindle without asking, and tried to trick me into installing McAffee on my desktop. Are there any other options out there?

Update: Ugh... I left it on when I left the house, and it updated itself to 5.6.0.0 while I was out. Trying kingo root a few more times, but no luck so far.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teamost:
Music player stops randomly

Hi, I've had a 6th gen Fire 8 HD for about 2 months. Fairly happy with it overall and it seems fine with one exception. For unknown reasons, when I play offline music (i.e., files stored on device storage), the music will randomly just stop playing from time to time. It might happen once out of 12 songs, or three times in one song. Some files/songs seem to halt every time or almost every time they are played, but once in a while they don't. And sometimes a song/file that was never a problem before will stop. When it stops, the music player app is in pause mode; it's not like the app is crashing. It's very aggravating. I have tried 3 different music players (native Amazon music app, VLC, Musicolet, and Audio Player by JRT) to see if it was app-specific, but the problem happens in all of these apps. I've been in contact with Amazon help, we did a total reset of the tablet and the problem was unchanged. It's running latest version of the Fire OS as of December 2017. No other quirks or problems with the tablet. Any suggestions or ideas of things I can try? Far as I can tell, this does not happen with streaming music (Spotify, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Bandcamp). Only mp3s and m4a files actually stored on the device's internal memory. Thanks.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Might be something with the headphone jack. Several players will pause music or audio when headphones are inserted or removed. It's possible the jack is defective.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teamost:
That's a possibility, but it seems like if that was the culprit, the random playback stopages would also happen with streaming media; but like I mentioned, I've never had it happen when listening to Spotify, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, or Bandcamp. Only with mp3 and m4a files stored internally. I've also watched maybe 1.5 hours of video (using headphones/earbuds) and that never stopped. The video files were stored on device memory courtesy of Amazon's "On Deck" offerings. I'm at a loss. I've wondered about corrupt or bad sectors in memory, but if that were the case, you'd think numerous apps would be having problems and misbehaving.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Hmm...could be an acceleration issue. Maybe a RAM shortage. It is weird...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atb11:
I have a 6th gen HD 8 running 5.3.6.4. There is a prompt Tap update to install now, and I've put the tablet into airplane mode. Is there a way to root this device currently? If so, could someone point me to instructions on how to do so?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarthyMcDan:
Hey there,

I flashed the original firmware via ADB sideload for my Fire HD8 2016, I did something wrong with rooting it. Now it won't turn on. When connected to a PC it does two chimes, one for connected and after 1s disconnected. I cannot do anything.

Thanks in advance
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirHappyCatIII:
TWRP on KFGIWI

Is it possible to install TWRP on this tablet? I have it rooted and would like to install TWRP if at all possible. Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rortiz2:
Nope. You still have a locked BL. You can use FlashFire.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirHappyCatIII:
What is it possible to do with flashfire? I know you can mod the current version of FireOS and make backups, but it isn't possible to install pure android, correct?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rortiz2:
No, there's no ROM for giza..

Enviado desde mi Mi A2 mediante Tapatalk
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alassad2290:
Is there any alternative for TWRP, like Safestrap?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
I don'y think there is even a TWRP for the 6th Gen
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I believe it's the only current tablet at the moment that does not. I'm glad I expanded beyond that tablet because I would have been out of luck this whole time. It wasn't until a few months after the 10 could be rooted, that I finally decided to grab one. But only after I had received a special 5th gen fire 7. Which I still have this day and still use. It's not my oldest one of course that would have to be the 8.9. which is a really great tablet if it just had an SD card slot.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RAEDIT2015:
Change language and gapps

can i change language to arabic with flashfire and keep it even after format in fire hd 8 6th
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MontysEvilTwin:
The latest version of software available for the Fire HD 8 (2016) on the Amazon website is OS 5.3.6.4 - build 626536720.

Is this build vulnerable to mtk-su?

In recovery mode, is there still an ADB sideload option?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tr3xUs:
FAILED (remote: the command you input is restricted on locked hw)

Any can help me ? I have a fastboot factory cable
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThanuTK:
Just rooted my tablet (Fire HD 8 6th gen (2016) Fire OS 5.3.6.4 build 626533320). Now, what can I do? is there a ROM for it? can I install Lineage or SlimLP?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bertonumber1:
Im kinda where youre at m8, AFAIK the bootloader is locked on this device/version so you are stuck with root, hide amazon, custom launcher etc just now til there's a fix for opening up this badboy.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anon/droid:
I just got TWRP and Magisk installed on a Fire HD 10 7th gen (2017), and now I wonder what's the best way to deal with my Fire HD 8 6th gen (2016) for which no TWRP seems to be available.

Does anybody know whether these instructions here work with the HD 8 6th gen? → Up-to-date bootless root for Magisk 20+!

mtk-su should just work on my device which is still runnig Fire OS 5.3.6.4 build 626533320, but I guess I'd like Magisk better than SuperSU (which apparently needs to be set to "Grant", i.e. root will be enabled for everything when using SuperSU).

Or should I just use SuperSU following the KISS principle? What are you guys doing?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bertonumber1:
You may use [MENTION=6220588]Diplomatics[/MENTION] temporary root method for this device also, then you can obtain a permanent root method by :

Downloading supersu.zip extract the files somewhere reachable

Downloading mtk-su r22.zip extract the files somewhere reachable

Push mtk-su to

/data/local/tmp/

Push

supersu 3 files to /data/local/tmp

Then enter the ./mtk-su - v (for temp root)

Then there are commands to manually install super su if you look through thread for them.

This will give you full root access.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamUsesXDA:
Kindle Fire HD 8 2016 won't turn on

Hello! I am not sure if this is they right place to ask about this, but I recently used ADB to downgrade the version of the software my Kindle Fire was using, and now it won't power on. I don't think it's the battery because it was on ~97% when I did this and I left it plugged into a working charger for 24 hours. I am pretty sure I bricked it. Also when I plug it into my computer and press either Power + VolUp or Power + VolDown it makes the device connected noise, but dosen't show anything. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nookin:
I have a 6th Gen Fire HD8. I side-loaded Play Store on it shortly after I got it. Being using it on and off. It has mostly been collecting dust. I noticed 2 issues with it.

The FireHD8 drains battery like crazy. It has ads but this thing will drop from 100% charged to 5% in 24 hours when I didn't use it. I don't remember it was that bad in the past. Or is it mainly because I have Play Store installed?

Bluetooth will frequently require off/on to get it to work. I use it to sync with my Mi Band and almost everytime I need to toggle the bluetooth to get it to sync successfully.

The HD8 is getting its firmware upgraded OTA. I am thinking of factory resetting. It has been 4 years since I bought it. Would that be any issue with reinstalling Play Store?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ¿GotJazz?:
Not sure what happens with the latest HD8 firmware. If you are rooted right now and upgrade to the latest Fire OTA firmware, assume that you might lose functionality you currently have.

Has the Play Store and the other Google Services been updated to the latest versions?

I haven't powered up my HD8 (5th Gen) for over a year, but I think I'll charge it up and give it a shot. I'll see how the battery life is with whatever is loaded in it now, and then see how it operates after I allow it to update all the installed apps.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nookin:
no Root. Everything is stock. Only side loaded Play Store app. Play Store itself will update automatically. I am also concerned if I am able to install play store again if I factory reset and it didn't fix battery issue.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DerEngel:
Hey Guys,

I wanted to install Android 6 on my Huawei Ascend Y540 device. However this is my first time doing this, so i don't know which sites i can trust. A friend of mine said i should look here. I did not find anything so now i'm asking directly.

Sorry for the splitted url, but i'm not allowed to post one.

I did find a website called

updaterom, ending on .xyz followed by /custom-rom-6-0-1-marshmallow-for-huawei-ascend-y540/

using google, but i don't know if it is legit.

I'm thankful for any help.

Regards, DerEngel
[Blu Vivo 5] Letrix:
When will be released the "promised" official marshmallow update for this phone?