[ale] I Win, I Win!

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 16:18 -0500, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 03:00:32PM -0500, Pete Hardie wrote:
> >    "read the paper while"
> >    What is this" paper" you speak of?
> 
> Um, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution or the like?

Also called "The Atlanta Urinal-Constipation"
> That's what folks used to do before the Internet invaded our lives.
> 
> BAJ
> >    On Feb 13, 2017 11:53 AM, "Charles Shapiro"
> >    <[1]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 (
> >    [2]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    (the one in the SuperTool is a couple of versions out of date)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 ( [3]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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> > References
> > 
> >    1. mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com
> >    2. http://www.rootjunky.com/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool/
> >    3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development
> > /rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714
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James P. Kinney III

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gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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