yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] spike378:
anyone else have ok google model update download failed?

nvm I fixed it. I rollback to older gapps in august and went to play store to update Google
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Not sure what you were expecting given device specs and OS generation. Not a gaming gizmo, no black theme on Android 7.1, streaming services hit/miss on rooted devices...especially with older frameworks. Keep it simple (lite apps) and this device does a decent job...albeit slowly. Push the pedal deeper and problems immediately emerge.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
Ya I know :). But It working a ton faster and better then my 4th gen hdx 8.9 right now. (Some of the games I can actually play smoothly now and some actually work now).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] player594:
Ok after installing the last update from twrp, my tablet would only reboot to fastboot mode. I would have to manually reboot back to recovery. So I wiped and reinstalled the older version I had but now it stays on the lineage is boot animation. I've reinstalled several times to no luck. I don't have a computer right now as it died, so is there any fix for this?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
Ya try wipe data,system both cache partitions and reinstall twrp and fresh install lineage os then twrp with gapps from 8/30/20
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Progress: Lineage-15.1+

- [fixed] WiFi - seems good - have implemented a new way of managing this - see if it plays better

- [fixed] Bluetooth - don't know how well it's working until it goes for release

- [fixed] Audio seems to be working now - had me sweating there for a bit

- [wip] Internal storage isn't accessible from any app

- [todo] Touch sounds aren't working

- [todo] Test audio format playback

- [todo] Test omx for video playback etc
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
Looks pretty good. If you didn't already implement zram it's good feature for our low ram device.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Agree with that, it's been on the list for a while now. I'll add features once the the first release arrives.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Yep! For several years I have enabled a small static swap file in the largely unused cache partition with LMK and swappiness values set to minimize usage. Makes a big difference when memory gets tight; akin to a relief valve that reduces unceremonious app terminations. Also reduces lag in some situations. ZRAM support w/lz4 compression would be a nice addition given the speedy CPU and relatively slow eMMC in the 3rd gen HDX.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
That good bluetooth been fixed and wifi cause im having a pain with it constantly having issues. (disconnects or just refuses to reconnect till reboot or airplane mode).

I do hope this zram works out as it sounds like it will help boost the tablet a ton.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
ZRAM won't improve overall performance but can help with momentary lag in certain scenarios. The biggest gain is less frequent app reloads and terminations when multitasking, usually at the expense of performance. Pick your poison :p
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
I got an app total ram booster. It helps make the tablet smooth. Cant use the device without it. (my 4th gen hdx unusable without it)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
4th gen infers FireOS with tons of Amazon bloat (persistent processes/services) clogging up memory. Yes, indiscriminate task killers will provide temporary relief on resource contained devices. ZRAM won't fix that although it may allow device to handle more simultaneous tasks. I prefer to manage this via intelligent LMK tuning along with conservative swapping. ZRAM will help in the latter scenario as compressed nuggets can be written to memory vs permanent (and considerably slower) permanent storage.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Progress: Lineage-15.1+

- [fixed] WiFi - seems good - have implemented a new way of managing this - see if it plays better

- [fixed] Bluetooth - don't know how well it's working until it goes for release

- [fixed] Audio seems to be working now - had me sweating there for a bit

- [fixed] Internal storage isn't accessible from any app

- [todo] Implement screen hardware orientation changes for apollo

- [todo] Build for apollo and confirm as good as thor build

----- items for later -----

- [todo] Touch sounds aren't working

- [done] Test audio format playback - mp3 working

- [done] Tested avi on vlc and working - needs a lot more holistic testing

- [todo] WiFi signal strength not working

- [todo] LTE not working

- [todo] Camera not working
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
Keep up the amazon work!

Looking forward to installing this on my tablet! Apollo version
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Final Progress: Lineage-15.1+

This will be the last status update. I will release the new ROM asap. The new development thread isn't working for me at the moment. I'll try again in the evening. It will be lineage-16.0. I will immediately after releasing, start work on lineage-17.1 to see if it boots or how broken it is. More info when the release comes.

- [fixed] WiFi - seems good - have implemented a new way of managing this - see if it plays better

- [fixed] Bluetooth - don't know how well it's working until it goes for release

- [fixed] Audio seems to be working now - had me sweating there for a bit

- [fixed] Internal storage isn't accessible from any app

- [done] Implement screen hardware orientation changes for apollo

- [done] Build for apollo and confirm as good as thor build

----- items for later -----

- [todo] Touch sounds aren't working

- [done] Test audio format playback - mp3 working

- [done] Tested avi on vlc and working - needs a lot more holistic testing

- [todo] WiFi signal strength not working

- [todo] LTE not working

- [todo] Camera not working
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] pxrave:
Very good I give you all my support. Hands up for you. Thank you very much for your work. (just have Apollo)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
lineage-16.0 released

I have released the lineage-16.0 rom on this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/orig-development/rom-lineage-16-0-t4164161
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Dragon Kumera:
Thank you!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] HelmutK.:
LineageOS 16 doens't work for my Thor.

1. dirty flash -> freeze at boot

2. clean flash (format system, without data) -> freeze at boot

I'm using Gapps Pico 20200919
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Try this on clean flash:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=83531641&postcount=17
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
LineageOS 16 belong here: https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/orig-development/rom-lineage-16-0-t4164161
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Montisaquadeis:
Thanks for this got my apollo back up and running with Play store working again. Only issues I have is the dropping of wifi which is annoying and the flaky bluetooth as it took forever to get my Xbox one S bluetooth controller to pair but it is working solidly after pairing. Only thing I am unable to get paired is my Anker Sound Core 2 updated model as it won't even appear on the list of available devices for pairing other then that my Razer Atheris bluetooth mouse is working perfectly and my bluetooth keyboard has the occasional hicup when I go to reconnect it but I can just repair it and that normally fixes it. SO thanks for giving my old apollo from 2013 another lease on life even if the battery in it is basically a brick now after 7 years and I am forced to keep it plugged into a battery bank to be able to use it for more then an hour or 2. Netflix and Hulu are both working great on it as well. I have the kindle app installed for my amazon books and Cool reader for the rest of them.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] player594:
How can I get my tablet working right. I installed an is update for it and it wouldn't boot past the fastboot screen so reinstalled the previous version now it gets stuck at the los boot animation screen.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Montisaquadeis:
If you don't mind losing everything do a wipe of the system partition with TWRP and then do a fresh install of LOS and see if that works
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] double-gee:
IPv6 does not work properly on this ROM as the MTU-discovery seems to fail, so it causes connectivity problems.

How to disable IPv6 permanently?

One could isse the command "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/wlan0/disable_ipv6" if one had root, but I don't and the command doesn't survive reboots.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Root toggle is built into ROM (under developer options) if using that causes device to hang on reboot the bootloader isn't unlocked.

That said, it would be nice to have a mechanism to fully and permanently disable IPv6.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] j-fac:
Hello users and developers. I've had my Thor in a shelf for a while, and am hoping to update it to a modern build to use for navigation.

Currently is has the locked bootloader and safestrap. I'm running Thor Nexus ROM 1.4.3 in slot 1. I don't see much use in updating the Nexus line as most apps won't work with that old a build. Correct me if I'm wrong.

So I guess that leaves my only option as unlocking the bootloader, loading new TWRP, and the latest Lineage OS. Sounds great. I've read through the docs a bit, and I have a few questions.

First, it seems there is a one click solution, but comments vary on whether it will work with a Windows OS. I'm currently down in the islands and don't have a Linux box available.

Second, a lot of talk about bricking if you're not careful. I can't afford to lose this little guy. Again, down in the islands and not much access to replacements here. How clean is the one click solution? I've been doing this kind of thing for a while, with no bricks yet... But still. I don't want to take too much risk if I don't have to.

What is my best solution here, from those who have gone this route? (Pun intended)

That's in advance!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Probably want to consider another path

- no gps chip in any HDX device (including Thor) unless LTE equiped

- 1-Click will not run on Windows; manual unlock option is available

- hard bricks are rare but you'll likely run into other procedural/technical issues that may take time to resolve with minimal community assistance (due to age of device)

I got many years of daily use from my HDX but can see the end for these great devices. Screen, rom and (arguably) audio remain distinguishing features. I'm now seeing many mainstream apps pull support for Android 7 which LOS 14.1 is based on. Lineage 16 is available but still being refined with an uncertain future. Even then device limitations (RAM, storage, no OTG support, no GPS) make it difficult to justify another go around.

Think twice before investing many hours bringing that HDX up to speed which will still be well behind the mainstream curve.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] scrumpydude:
Ever wished you left well alone?

Today I tried to update my Thor to 14.1-20200705

It was running 14.1-20190920, TWRP3.2.3-1 and this was my first attempted upgrade after my original install

I have the old and new OS zips in /sdcard

I wiped the device in TWRP (defaults) and did a back up

Installed latest 14.1 and all I get it the Lineage splash screen (the smile with the circle slideing across it). It stayed there for over and hour, device got warm and the battery nose dived.

Tried again, same thing. With and without wiping Dalvik after the zip install.

Tried again with old OS zip. Same thing.

Any suggestions on the what I might be doing wrong and/or what I might do to fix it?

Am guessing restoring the backup will be a last resort. Hopefully not there yet.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
As I recall the default wipe action clears cache, dalvik and data which is probably not what you wanted. You generally need to clear the system partition (only) for a successful update within the same branch.

Recommend restoring and stabilizing your backup before making another attempt.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] scrumpydude:
DB126, you are a star.

Restored, which worked. Phew!

Wiped system only using TWRP.

Installed latest 14.1 zip alongside micro open-gapps.

All seems to be working peachy.

Look forward to trying 16 when I'm feeling brave.

Finally, thanks to the devs for all their hard work.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] CocoBun:
I've been trying to install a linux distro like alpine or debian so I can use gimp paired with my bluetooth mouse, but every app for doing that gives a proot error and none of them will work. I've tried UserLand, Andronix and a few others but they all give the same error. Is there any way I could get this tablet to support those? I tried using exagear to run gimp and it works but gimp crashes when I try to load an image.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
@ggow, the link is no longer working, did it fall victim to the forum migration or have you stopped working on it and deleted it?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] wllpwr:
Believe it's due to the forum migration. I checked the day before the migration and the thread still existed, and the timing is too coincidental for me to not believe it's because of it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] rahimali:
So no support for F2FS in LOS 14.1?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Not the ROM; kernel determines support
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
Hi All,

Just a quick note to say, that I will be discontinuing any updates to this ROM instead favouring working on the lineage-16.0 rom.

Thanks,

ggow
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] zolotiyeruki:
Many, many thanks to @ggow for maintaining this ROM for all of us!

For others who may run into the issue where the device will only boot into Fastboot after installing the Magisk zip, here's the procedure I used that finally worked. All of this was done within TWRP:

--wipe the various partitions

--install the ROM

--install the tweaked, Magisk-tolerant img to boot

--install Magisk zip

--install the ROM zip a second time

--install gapps
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] cl-i:
I'm very sorry to read this and would like to encourage you to stay with this rom, at least for google patches.

I tested the new rom and was not able to become a useable stable tablet out of it.

The WIFI is breaking much much more than with 14.1. And when it happens, only a reboot can repair this.

My router is the ASUS RT-AC86u (connected to 2.4 MHZ channel 11), and I reproduced the failures with a TENDA Nova 5G Mesh router.

My tablet remains on my couch, and the quality is good -69 dbm. The TENDA was only 2 meters away from the couch.

On 14.1 wifi is stable as long as the router is not restarted. Even when I switch to Airplane mode before restart, after that, auto-reconnect fails. After manually reconnecting, connection gets lost after some time. I guess, the reconnects appeared before the restart.

To all the readers: Please post your obervations. What's going, what fails. Which router is used, which channel. This can be usefull also (if not much more) for the next ROMSs!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
I haven't used my apollo for a while, I do remember having WiFi issues with LOS 14, so I can't tell if LOS 16 brought more WiFi issues or not, but it feels that 16 is a bit slower.

I was unable to go back to 14 tho, I cleande cache, dalvik, data and system, flashed LOS 14 and magisk and upon reboot the tablet went into fastboot and I was unable to make it boot. Is there a trick to go back to 14 from this?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] brainwash123:
I can confirm the connection issues with several routers. Used Asus AC-xx, Fritz!Box, some D-Link, but they all have a 5GHz band. Anyway, I gave up on a final solution for this and anyway it's not critical. I especially like the really long standby times.

One argument for the 14.1 maintenance is that I sometimes use the tablet as a second screen, with AirScreen. There are other ways to do it (spacedesk, TwoMon) but with AirScreen (miracast) you don't need to install something on the host computer. Anyway, Miracast hosting is not supported anymore on Android >=8.

I wish there were other tablets in this size, with Android, that are at fast and have more RAM. Tried a few 10" and sent them all back.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
Stepped away from (literally) thousands of hours of HDX use after a positive 7 year relationship that saw a handful of Thor's become my daily driver for content consumption. Never had much issue w/WiFi disconnects which only occurs in the presence of mixed 2.4/5 GHz networks. By the end of 2020 the path was obvious. Great device, notable support from @ggow and many others during the golden years. Time to move on as the 4th gen kernel has become too much of a liability.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] HDXgamer:
Please don't forget about this version, at least until camera is working in LOS16.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] mkraus81:
hi,

i dont know if this is the right thread for my question.

Today i updated my old hdx7 from 2013 with this LineageOS Rom.

Now i have a question, withe the old cynogenmod rom i had at lockscreen the amazon music controls.

With this Rom i dont have any controls at lockscreen. I dont found any option to set this...

I am blind or to stupid... can you please help me?

Because i use the hdx for my little daughter but she only should use it with lockscreen.

THX for your help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
@ggow I'd like to hang onto 14.1 based ROM because to me they feel snappier than 16. I'm trying to downgrade back to 14.1 after trying out 16 and I'm struggling with it.

If I use the apollo-twrp-3.5.0_9-1 recovery, I can flash your LOS 14.1 rom (lineage-14.1-20200705-UNOFFICIAL-apollo.zip) but then when I try to flash opengapps (I've tried both open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20210223.zip and open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20210223.zip), I get no errors but I don't see any Google software upon reboot. The debug archive contains a more verbose log complaining that the system partition is read-only. I can use the apollo_twrp-3.2.3-1 recovery to flah opengapps successfully, but then at some point of migrating my apps/settings it complains it cannot reach something and stalls.

If I use the apollo_twrp-3.2.3-1 to start with, after I try to flash lineage-14.1-20200705-UNOFFICIAL-apollo.zip I end up in fastboot.

Please advise what's the procedure to return to 14.1 from 16.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] MarvinMod:
Wipe everything except sd card in twrp, install 14.1 and gapps, reboot. I just installed 16, then went back to 14 then back to 12.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
That's what I did.

Which recovery?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] MarvinMod:
Twrp
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
Great answer. I meant which version.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
@ggow -- it probably matters, originally I've tried one of your first LOS 16 builds.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] MarvinMod:
3.2.3-0
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] stangri:
Thanks, I'll try that, not sure what the changes were to 3.2.3-1.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] MarvinMod:
Deleted
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] MarvinMod:
I quit... 🤷‍♂️

I have an hdx 8.9 and an hd 10. I apparently replied about the wrong tablet. Im talking about HD 10 and your talking about the Hdx 8.9 my apologies.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I have just done a completely clean installation on my Apollo, I'll let you know what happens when I go through the setup wizard.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] Zathor:
I also never had such an wizard on CM 14.1 with OpenGapps - and believe me I did a lot of reinstallations the last days with various OpenGapps packages ;)

But I also does not show up on my Nexus 7 so I assume either it has something to do with OpenGapps or CM 14.1 or maybe even Android 7.1.1 does not support it anymore. EDIT: Or I am too dumb to find it :)

CM 13 and OpenGapps 6 will show the wizard, but I can only select my Android 6 devices and none of the 7 ones.

Regarding my main issue with the screen rotation not working:

I tried now to dirty flash (without wipe as always before) and have replaced that way cm-13.0-20161108-NIGHTLY-apollo with cm-14.1-20161218-NIGHTLY-apollo. And what should I say... screen rotation works! :confused: I will do some additionally tests now like a factory reset & also a new full wipe followed by a clean reinstall of CM 14.1. Let us see if the problem is in general gone or if it happens for clean installations only on my device.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] DB126:
FYI - all GAaps packages from nano up contain functional components required for app/data restoration (haven't looked at pico yet).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] NextDroid:
Yeah, I read that in your preceding blue italic post. Thanks again :good:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] ggow:
I am also unable to see any prompt for restoring apps etc within the gapps setup wizard.

Used open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20161217.zip
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] akarak:
Found a workaround for the restore issue:

create a file named gapps-config.txt with the following content and place it next to the gapps.zip file.

CMSetupWizard

This will disable the CM Setup Wizard and use the wizard from Gapps.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] NextDroid:
Ah, good! It did seem like the CM Setup Wizard interrupted the setup process every time I installed, but I wonder why would it skip over the restore data step... It doesn't seem to do much besides asking me to set a lock screen, anyway.

EDIT: It worked! Thank you [MENTION=6211599]akarak[/MENTION].
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Original Android Develop] therealisttruest:
All,

Regarding the restore option. I think it's a result of build.prop. Basically, I think that Google doesn't recognize 14.1 as the same device as what we previously had. A few pages back or in the OP it was mentioned that build.prop was different on this build for maximum compatibility. I didn't see the Restore option either but basically just decided not to pursue it and ended up taking my backup of [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] 's MM build that I was using and copied /data/app to avoid reinstalling everything. I then gave up again when trying to restore data. It was still better than starting all over with a new clean flash of 14.1 for me, which is what I originally anticipated doing anyways.