[Fire Original Android Development] DragonFire1024:
[ROM] [STOCK] Optimized Stock ROMs for Amazon Fire 7 (Ford & Austin) [APR 12 2019]

Optimized Stock ROM for the Amazon Fire 7 (the Ford and Austin models ONLY)

. Do not use any FireOS versions LOWER than what you are already using, or you will bootloop. In other words, no downgrading to an older version.

- Ford Firmware is based off of Amazon FireOS 5.3.1.0 (update-kindle-global-37.5.5.2_user_552153420.bin) and rebuilt using [MENTION=718594]superR[/MENTION] Kitchen. Do not downgrade from a newer version. Austin firmware is based off the latest current release. As of April 12, that's 5.3.6.4.

- Deodexed. When uninstalling system apps, the odex files are left behind. The process of deodexing, making a long story short, puts those files back where they belong. In turn, when or if you uninstall the system application(s) associated with them, you gain a little more space. This also makes the uninstall process smoother with less risks of screwing up. I am down to about 93 Apps. 89 if you take away the 4 user apps installed ;)

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Ford

: Rooted. During installation, the ROM will be rooted with the last and final version of SuperSU, v2.82 by [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] and contain the latest Busybox by [MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION].

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Austin

: You must flash SuperSU or Magisk separately, after installing your firmware.

- Zipaligned. For smooth operations and better performance.

- No OTA. Both APKs associated with over the air updates (OTA) have been removed. This means no more waiting to connect to WiFi. You can safely sign into your network on the very first boot.

-YOU decide what you want. No apps have been removed aside from the above mentioned and none have been added aside from the above mentioned. Which means NO Gapps or Xposed. You are in control of your device therefore you should also decide what you want to keep, install or uninstall.

- STOCK. This ROM does NOT include my modifications or any other modifications not mentioned here.

Requirements and Installation

1. For Amazon Fire 7 Ford and Austin ONLY. Must already have root access or already have your bootloader unlocked.

2. If TWRP: Disconnect the tablet from PC and power it off. Reboot to recovery, hold down the volume down button and power button until the white amazon logo appears. When in recovery, tap wipe and select dalvik, cache, system and data ONLY and swipe to confirm. When done, tap home then reboot then recovery and swipe to confirm.

3b. If FlashFire (UNTESTED): First refer to step 2. When done open FlashFire. Tap the '+' and select OTA package or zip. Select the ROM fire_7_ford_stock_deodexed_rooted_no_ota-signed.zip. Tap the checkmark to confirm. Tap the '+' again and select wipe. Make sure EVERYTHING is selected EXCEPT storage. Tap the checkmark. Long press the wipe option on the screen and move it ABOVE the ROM zip. If Ever-root appeared, tap it and make sure ONLY preserve recovery is selected. Tap the flash button and confirm.

4 (TWRP continued). When back in recovery, navigate to the storage location of the New ROM and tap on it: fire_7_ford_stock_deodexed_rooted_no_ota-signed.zip and swipe to confirm installation. When done, reboot system.

5. Enjoy.

Downloads

- Ford Optimized ROM: fire_7_ford_stock_deodexed_rooted_no-ota_stock_rom-signed.zip

- Austin Optimized ROM: fire_7_austin_deodexed_rooted_no-ota_stock_rom-signed.zip