[ale] I Win, I Win!

[Pete Hardie]

"read the paper while"

What is this" paper" you speak of?

On Feb 13, 2017 11:53 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

> $40 Amazon Kindle Fire, rooted and running Nexus Android 5.1.1 ( kernel
> version 3.10.54+).
>
> Took me about half a day. Steps:
>
>    * Downgrade Kindle OS from 5.3.2.0 to 5.3.1.0
>           ( 5.3.2.0 is not rootable, the latest & greatest 5.3.2.1 is not
> downgradable. 5.3.1.0 is vulnerable to KingRoot)
>            Place device in recovery mode by holding down volume down key,
> select side-load mode, use ADB to side-load older OS, reboot)
>    *  Use RootJunky.com's excellent AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool (
> http://www.rootjunky.com/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool/ ) to:
>       *  Root phone with KingRoot
>            Load KingRoot on phone with ADB, bang on it repeatedly until it
> starts correctly and grants root permissions -- this was about 3 hours of
> repeatedly running the program and rebooting until it 'caught'.  I read the
> paper while restarting the program over and over.
>        * Install SuperSU after rooting phone
>         * Install Amazon Play Store
>    * Use Amazon Play Store to install the latest version of FlashFire (the
> one in the SuperTool is a couple of versions out of date)
>    * Find the Nexus Amazon Fire ROM ( courtesy of ggow on XDA-Developers (
> https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-
> development/rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714 )
>    * Install the Nov 2016 version of this ROM with FlashFire (the newest
> one appears corrupt). After adding a camera app, a gallery app, the Dolphin
> browser, and the DuckDuckGo app, I currently have just over 5 gb of storage
> free on an 8 gb device.
>
> All this just to gain control of my Own Device.  Amazon's Android build as
> shipped forces advertisements to the lock screen, locks you out of basic
> functionality until you register with Amazon, and won't let you change the
> home page on your browser. Of course, it also won't allow you to delete the
> plethora of Amazon bloatware shipped with the device. It also will
> auto-update to the latest (non-rootable, non-downgradeable) build when it
> gains a network connection and thinks you're not looking.  You cannot
> change this behavior unless you have already rooted the device.
>
> OTOH, for $40 or so it is a right nice piece of hardware, once you have
> wrested control from those who would exploit you. So it Goes.
>
> -- CHS
>
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