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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wheelbarrel:
Hello everyone! I have a Fire HD 8 (7th Gen) with OS 5.3.6.4 currently installed, and I am wondering if it is even worth trying to gain root? I have been reading and it seems this OS is a bit dated as it has been turned off for a while, and I cant seem to find any information.

Any suggestions? Thanks!!

*Edit..

I have since found mtk-su and successfully got temp root, but it seems there's more work to do! I'll open a separate thread soon as I run into my first issue 😎
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealPsygnosis:
do you think I can find a way to use a fireHD 10 on 7.3.2.7? I hate the amazon launcher :( and I can find a way to get rid of it.

Do you think I should give the tablet back to take another one (from amazon always)

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopNiblets:
Hello, I recently got a Fire HD 8 (6th generation) and looking to put LineageOS on it, first I'm following the guide to unlock it (https://xdaforums.com/t/fire-hd-8-2018-only-unbrick-downgrade-unlock-root.3894256/)

I've removed the back cover and it looks different to what the guide above shows (this image

), my device attached below.

Are the contacts on the left hand side the same I guess?

Should I proceed or have I some different device model?

EDIT - I believe I have a different model! I was looking at karnak model instructions when I think I have giza (6th gen)?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fruitwerks:
I have decommissioned my Fire 10 and I want to give it to my wife, but with the Out-of-box-experience. I will start with the os version of 5.6.10. I know I rooted and debloated but it was so long ago I do not recall any methods I used. I tried to do a factory reset, I tried to get the newest image on the device and update from there, checking for updates fail.

I know I probably deleted a bunch of (bloat) apps and google-ized it. Now what my wife wants to use it for is Hulu and Netflix primarily. The number one thing I want off of there are the google integrations.

So should I figure out why standard updates are not working and get the newest image running, or stick with the 5 year old OS and make the best of it? I suspect streaming apps may not even work with this older SDK. Thoughts and suggestions please.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim.baxter@talktalk.net:
I have a Douglas with the same problem. It's running Lineage. It charges via USB and is recognised by "ADB Devices" but Windows File Manager cannot see it. On the Fire's "USB Preferences" (USE USB FOR) screen it shows Options, one of which is "File transfer". The device is stuck on "No data transfer" and when I try to select "File transfer" it momentarily is selected but then the PC "dings" and the Fire's options screen reverts to "No data transfer". Soooo frustrating. Can anybody help please?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin_rock:
Fire HD 10, 9th Generation. I removed bloat/lock screen ads/google-fied it running Nova Launcher. Used daily with NO issues since 2019.

Starting today, I can't get it to boot past the fire logo. It'll stay on that screen for HOURS. I can access the menu that allows me to factory reset/wipe cache, I've done both of those a few times and no luck.

Before I did a factory reset, it was stuck on the Amazon logo. AFTER the 1st Factory reset (and ever since), it won't get past the Fire logo.

Fire Toolbox doesn't seem to recognize the device. What are my options here to get this running again?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryevick:
The OS of my Fire HD 10 tablet is 5.7.0.0 and everyone else I'm reading has 5.6. Is there a root available for the 5.7? (Fire HD 10 7th Gen 5.7.0.0)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Am4deus:
Is there a way (and if so, what is the best/easiest way) to clone one fire tablet to another?

Basically, I have a Fire 10+ (2021) that is working just fine, but the screen is starting to bow/lift off of the casing. So, I was hoping to just "clone" it to a new Fire 10+ (2021) that I just ordered. I have windows or Linux and can connect both to USB if that's necessary.

I saw that the Fire Toolbox has a "System Backup" feature; but, I wasn't sure if that would clone the entire tablet from one device to another.

Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robocopvn:
My nephew Fire 8 Tablet (2020) suddenly stuck in the recovery mode.

1./ I tried reboot - keep coming back to recovery mode

2./ I tried factory reset - then restart - still back to recovery mode

I never root it, just installed custom launcher and google services from the Fire Tool Kits.

Any help? Or any guide to give it back to life? Thank you a lot for reading!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbytesguy:
got a HD10 mid rooting and am unable

it looks like its looking for sepolicy instead of supolicy?

Anyone have other walkthrough

Following steps https://github.com/3ch01c/3ch01c.github.io/blob/master/docs/how-to-setup-amazon-fire-hd10.md

device

Build 0026213525892

hd10 11th gen

trona:/ $ chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/20165195/*
trona:/ $ /data/local/tmp/20165195/Matrix /data/local/tmp/20165195 2
<WSRoot><Command>0</Command></WSRoot>
<WSRoot><InitResource>0</InitResource></WSRoot>
Decrypt Success: /data/local/tmp/20165195/fileWork
Output File Name: /data/local/tmp/20165195/fileWork.
<WSRoot><Decrypt>0</Decrypt></WSRoot>
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/Bridge_wsroot.sh
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/krdirtyCow32
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/krdirtyCow64
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/libsupol.so
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/my.sh
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/mysupolicy
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/patch_script.sh
extracting: /data/local/tmp/20165195/root3
<WSRoot><Decompression>0</Decompression></WSRoot>
execute string: /data/local/tmp/20165195/root3 /data/local/tmp/20165195/ 2
ro.build.version.sdk :28
ro.product.cpu.abi :arm64-v8a
is x64
execute string: /data/local/tmp/20165195/krdirtyCow64 /data/local/tmp/20165195/ 2
path : /data/local/tmp/20165195/
path : /data/local/tmp/20165195
[*] path_script:/data/local/tmp/20165195/patch_script.sh /data/local/tmp/20165195
rm: /data/local/tmp/20165195/sepolicy: No such file or directory
rm: /data/local/tmp/20165195/load: No such file or directory
cp: bad '/sepolicy': No such file or directory
supolicy v2.76 (ndk:armeabi) - Copyright (C) 2014-2016 - Chainfire

File [/data/local/tmp/20165195/sepolicy] does not exist!
chmod: /data/local/tmp/20165195/load: No such file or directory
find_opcode offset:2d0 opcode:aaffbbee
find ok star:5b30b10008 end:5b30b102d8 size:2d0
FORTIFY: fseeko: null FILE*
<WSRoot><Exploit>0x00000881</Exploit></WSRoot>
<WSRoot><Done>0x00000172</Done></WSRoot>
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparker781:
I have used the Fire Toolbox 34.0 to install Google Play Services and do other things. I am trying to do the same on my son's Fire HD 10. The app loads fine however when I attemtpt to run the Google Services installer, the app just closes without doing anything. I tried to download and install the files manually and while it's installed, when I attempt to open Google Play Store, that just closes automatically.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quietas:
https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/general/tut-fire-hd-10-7th-gen-2017-root-box-t3726443

That looks like a thread about Root on the 10 inch 7th gen. I mistakenly posted into the FIre HD 8 thread.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wizardjb:
Help

Speaker replacement/parts.

And what is the sticker with SIM card looking on inside back cover bottom center? What's it's purpose? Anything not serviceable? Locating replacement or upgrade. And ideas. I searched and unable to locate Speakers. HD 8 2017s

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Speaker replacement/parts.

And what is the sticker with SIM card looking on inside back cover bottom center? What's it's purpose? Anything not serviceable? Locating replacement or upgrade. And ideas. I searched and unable to locate Speakers. HD 8 2017
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asdf4567:
I have a fire 8 tablet and I am trying to move kodi data to my sd card i have followed the guides online but I can't see the .kodi file.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongobill:
SPECIAL OFFERS APP

hi I looked for apps with auto start on boot and noticed that the special offers app also has permission to record photos, video and audio and to email them without the users knowledge! Wtf

I got Amazon to call me so I could make a complaint about it and they turned off the ads for free but the app is still there and still collecting and sending data, how do we get rid of this nefarious app once and for all?

I want root but I don't like kingoroot as it makes it very difficult to change the su app and I'm not sure what else it buries in the device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiggascroller:
Error message: SD Card not available

Anyone seen this message?

"SD Card not available

The SD Card where this app was installed is not available..."

Im running a fire HD8 2017 with fireos 5.6.0.0. I have the play store installed via the 4 Google apks. I have never had an SD card in the device. I get this message when I try to open apps with a greyed out/dim icon background (eg. Gmail, Facebook, YouTube). These apps work if I open them via play store. All other apps function normally. The effected apps were installed via play store, but others installed via play store are working as expected (eg. Chrome, Instagram, slack).

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I cleared the cache and force stopped (it restarts itself immediately) home pages.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmtcom:
I start getting exactly the same message few days ago. It seems to affect the Apps which are available from Amazon store, but were installed from Play Store (though GMail is not fitting in this pattern). Uninstalling and re-installing doesn't help. As you say, they continue to work via Play Store. I have no idea what is the reason.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiggascroller:
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I did get this fixed.

Force stop the home pages app and clear its cache. It will restart itself and everything should work again.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KittyChampion:
Any good video player for HD 8?

MXPlayer (volume max-ed) is barely audible.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heroxgxdeal:
Hello everyone,

I bought this tablet when it was on sale for $50 like most of the new faces around here. I updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.0 manually to install the Google Installer to get google play store and other google stuff that came with it. Got ad screen remove for free by Amazon Customer Service via chat it went smooth.

The only problem I having is micro sd card problems. I have 16 and 32 GB mirco sd cards I formatted both of them with there device defaults several times by computer management or Format USB Drive on the PC. Every time I inserted either sd cards I get "SD Card unrecognized" prompt on the tablet. Also when I pressed "Erase SD Card" it showed SD card storage capacity on the tablet like this.

Lastly System Update auto-updated to Fire OS 5.6.0.1 earlier in the day don't know if this part of this problem.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merdeke:
Noting from the latest posting above that there's a new Fire OS update (from 5.6.0.0 to 5.6.0.1) I just want to know if there's currently any way to prevent OTA updates for this device (besides staying offline, haha). I saw that the OTA-block for the HD 10 device seems to involve renaming/deleting a certain file - I assume this file can't be touched without root - which we don't have yet.

Reason I don't want OTA is in case some genius finds a way to root the current Fire OS version.

EDIT: Ok I used Netguard to block OTA - very nice and simple it is too. See https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/help/block-ota-updates-root-t3496861/page2#post75493879
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icelus:
Is there some special way to load books from your pc through USB for the HD8? I followed the instructions on amazon's site, like I have with past kindles, to load MOBI and PDF books to the Books folder in storage, but they never show up in my books on the device.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iiPandaii:
Hello to anyone reading this,

I own a Fire HD 8 (7th gen) with version 5.1.1. as indicated by kingroot. Is there a feasible way for me to root my device? I've tried to use rootjunky's tool, but whenever my device enters fastboot mode for root, my fire tablet doesn't do anything. Any help is appreciated!

-Thank you in Advance,

iiPandaii
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
FireOS is heavily modified Android, dis regard anything KingRoot says about versioning.

Even if KingRoot can root your version of FireOS, it may take several attempts.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merdeke:
Fire OS version no. is under Device Options > System Updates. Sorry but AFAIK noone has rooted this device, let us know if you have any luck.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainwash123:
HD10 2017

I've bought a HD10 for my mother to replace the aged HP Touchpad. However, slightly deal breaker is the limited language selection, she's not so good with English. Are there any other OS languages available? I assume not.

I have a HDX8 and couldn't be happier with it, however, it runs Cyanogenmod. Any chance there is something similar available for HD10 7th? Assume not, but worth asking anyway.

Should I disable OTA or root while waiting for a build? Assume yes.

Last question, should I return it and get a proper Android tablet? I could pony up a bit more for a Galaxy Tab A 2016 or a Teclast P10. My experience with chinese tablets is that the battery doesn't last that long and custom builds are hard to come by. The HD10 has a severe (to my eyes) refresh/lagging issue. It seems like the display refresh rate is pretty low.

Sorry for the stupid questions, but don't know where else to ask.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainwash123:
Replying to myself.

Looks like the tablet is going back. There's no way to switch to other languages than the handful ones.

I bought the tablet in Germany, spend most of my time here, but I would like to use Alexa in English. I have another account but then I cannot use Prime or Amazon Music.

I could get by with TuneIn except that it only tunes by station, and you have to say the name right. I could never get "chillstep dot info" to work.

Mr. Robot made Alexa look smarter than it really is.

Because of the international account I cannot install any apps, even though the card and address are verified (used them before). Still useless, but I don't want to switch to German. Already annoyed by the fact that ALL Prime series (in English) are voiced-over in German but you can't switch to "original language". What a dumb thing.

I will always have to live with the fact that the tablet can be bricked for no reason. That happened to me once with an HDX, just one week before warranty expired.

I can live with the ads, but not with the walled garden.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjlaroid:
Sdcard path

When i installed my sd card, it was assigned a path of storage/Sdcard1. All the apps i install On The sd card Wants to install in storage/emulated/0. This creates all kinds of problems. Has anyone encountered this or found a solution?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanventure:
Lock\swipe screen

Ok so I got Amazon to take off the special offers which was awesome. But there still is the swipe screen. I have a folio case and when I open it I don't want to have to swipe to get to get to the home screen. I know this tablet doesn't have a root yet to current fireos, but Is there any way to get rid of the lock\swipe screen. I don't see anything in settings
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeal415:
So assuming post 2 is still true, no roots avail for the 7th gen (2017) fire 10.

I want to get a tablet that can fully run home automation, potentially the kiosk app,and action tiles or another control panel app. Just wondering if anyone can give me some feedback on the fire tablets for this, specifically the 10.

I wanted to root the 10, to get the best speed & full android functionality. I really want an HD screen and a big screen, as this tablet will be mounted on the wall permanently.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakitu47:
Are the .mobi files DRM-protected? Amazon Fire devices only natively support such files without it, as well as .azw3 and .kf8 files.

PDF files are recognized as documents.

You can always use a third-party app to read your books.

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Nope.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joe7dust:
Fire HD 10 2017s running 5.4.1.0

there a way to set lock screen to NONE? I saw a guide for doing this with hijack apk but no links and couldn't find it.

I'd prefer to not root or use adb at all but Will if it's necessary. Would debloater be a good choice if I have to use an adb method? Not sure which package is responsible for the lockscreen.

Another thing I want to do is disable all OTA updates. This way I can stay on current version in case I decide to root later and there is or they develop something which blocks all root methods.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2345God:
Anyway to get Chromecast to work?

It works in some apps, but Netflix doesn't have the option. Is there a modified version of the app I can use to get chromecast streaming to work? How about casting a tab from the chrome browser.

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtenglong:
Is there any way to autohide the notification bar and bottom bar?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipscuba:
Why is only Kindle 8 discussion allowed, and there's no thread for the 10? This is the 8 & 10 forum after all.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Because they, 7th Gen HD 10 and HD 8 tablets are different devices, and when I created this thread I don't think the 7th Gen HD 10 had been announced yet.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Rather than create another thread, I just updated the thread title to include the 7th Gen HD 10.

Just remember the do have slightly different hardware.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Rather than create another thread, I just updated the thread title to include the 7th Gen HD 10.

Just remember they do have slightly different hardware.

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tablets/ft-device-and-feature-specifications.html
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvi0:
Is there anyway of disabling that annoying battery percentage on the notifications bar please?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I haven't been able to find it though I didn't look all too hard. I have a fire 10 on 5.6.0.1. Can I downgrade to 5.4.x.x? Just wondering.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wall.swe:
I have a fire hd10 on 5.6.0.1 rooted.

My fire HD won't see my 5GHZ WiFi, Amazon recommend channel 1-11 but in my country and on my router 1-11 is reserved for 2.4GHZ. Any way to fix this so my fire hd10 can see my 5GHZ WiFi?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Yes. There actually is. I found the settings in the framework and have been able to activate the option to choose between the two. However it's a very dangerous and risky task that can cause a brick. I dont have time to post the fix right now, but I'll make a thread when I get home from work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Just a screenshot showing I can do it ;)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linktrek:
This is my first post so I don't even know if I am posting in the right. I really don't want to sound conceded. I can't even flash a new rom on an Android. This may seem too good to be true but I saw some people that want to disable their special offers on their fire he 8s and probably any other firebhd special offer device? Here is how to do it blindfolded literally. First call Amazon customer service. Put your blindfold on and tell the representative this;

There is a video out there ton YouTube t hat shows how you decieve an Amazon representative by telling them that the special offers and slowing down my tablet. I really don't want to stoop to the level of deceiving someone to get this done. Instead.can you as a one time favor to remove the ads on my fire tablet. I would greatly appreciate it.

Now take your blindfold off j/k and the representative will almost always fall for the politics you just played and remotely disable the ads without you touching the tablet. 8n the unfortunate event you get a irritable rep that refuses hang up an get one that reponds to your comment on how great Amazon customer service has been in the past.

This worked twice for me. If you want to consider me a friend you can tell them that I had this done without deception.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilveari:
What are the chances of us ever seeing TWRP and/or Magisk for the HD10? I am considering getting one because they are so cheap, but the lack of Magisk Hide is bothering me. Magisk has owned my soul for a while now on my G6 and 6P.

Was also wondering why it seems like there is a lack of development in this forum. Typically a cheap android device that gets a lot of sales would see a lot of development activity. Is it because Amazon won't release an unlock for the bootloader or something? Would a bounty thread help?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Simply put: no working exploits. However, there are a few of us digging at it. I can successfully force updates to the framework-res aka system and mod it, but so far only with root. The potential with my finding is this: I can successfully modify the framework and settings APKs and get them to install on my rooted 10in and 7in. I have not yet been able to fool unrooted tablets. I just need to figure out a way to add an exploit code into the APKs and then get unrooted tablets to accept the APK as a system up or downgrade. I can also successfully decompile the certificates in the APKs, but I don't understand the code. There are others working on other things as well. Im writing a thread now about optimizing the WiFi connection via the framework. Look for my post in the next few hours. I've got a lot of material I've found so watch in the coming days maybe weeks too.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedbartlet:
Hi, I've just received my Fire HD 10 and got Google Play working fine, along with Gmail & contacts. What I haven't been able to find is a section in the settings which manages all the accounts on the device.

'Accounts' or 'Accounts and Sync' usually lists all the accounts on the device, e.g. Dropbox, Facebook, Firefox, Google Twitter, etc.

There doesn't appear to be any Accounts or Accounts and Sync area with the Fire settings. Is there a way to add this functionality?

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Amazon blocks out that feature. However the HD 10 can be rooted if you didn't already know.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedbartlet:
I did, but was trying to get it where I wished without going down the rooting route. Not having the accounts isn't a show-stopper, just an annoyance as I like to have multiple Gmail accounts on the device, but only sync the emails and turn off all the rest. It's only 24 hours old so I'll see how it goes before researching the root :)

Many thanks for your various guides by the way - they've made light work of the customisations so far. :good: