[ale] SW root for Amazon Fire 8HD gen-7 possible

[neal at mnopltd.com]

OTOH, if you are somewhat lazy, you can install 4 .apk files on it, and 
run the normal Android Playstore to load whatever apps you like.

Thus far the only thing we are stuck on is no voice recognition - the 
Alexa app seems to have the microphone commandeered.

And of course it lacks a GPS chip.


On 2019-03-05 11:14, Charles Shapiro via Ale wrote:
> Hmm. There's a lot of discussion on that page, but I think this (
> https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/experimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595
> ) is the URL you really need.
> 
> This is great news.  The Amazon Fire tablet is wonderful hardware, and
> it's really cheap -- like, $50 list and often discounted.  I rooted my
> 5th gen Amazon tablet ( KFFOWI, the 7" model) after some struggle.
> After rooting, I installed the Fire Nexus ROM (
> https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714
> ) and got out from under Amazon's draconian rule.  At the time there
> was no way to change out the bootloader itself, so when the machine
> boots I still get the amazon logo.  After that I'm free though.  It's
> a great little device for lying on the couch surfing the web.  I could
> use my phone for that, but the tablet's 7" screen is much more
> comfortable.
> 
> Alas, if I'm reading the threads right it looks like the newer Amazon
> bootloaders  are locked (they do a checksum on the OS ), and so far
> there doesn't seem to be a working unlocked substitute. So you get
> root, but you can't replace Amazon's OS yet.  OTOH,  with root that
> should be coming shortly.
> 
> << obligatory discussion of why the laws that force you to run
> exploits against your own devices are idiotic and disgraceful
> tactfully removed >>
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 6:10 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>> Stolen from pi-hole project information.  It is worth manually
>> updating
>> from time to time.
>> 
>> Only needed on portable devices, IMHO. This assumes you have a local
>> DNS
>> with blocking enabled ... er ... like a pi-hole.
>> 
>> On 3/4/19 5:02 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> Aaaaaand...
>>> 
>>> That 131K line anti-tracking hosts file is published.....
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 15:12 -0500, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
>>>> Seems someone found a software root last week, 26th, for the 2017
>> Amazon
>>>> Fire 8HD tablets, finally! It provides a temporary root with
>> SELinux
>>>> disabled.
>>>> 
>>>> It is 3-5 commands, depending on your existing developer options.
>> In
>>>> short, freakin' easy.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
> https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/discussion-root-progress-fire-hd-8-t3743024/page104
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tested it. Working here.  YMMV. Be careful and don't brick yours.
>>>> 
>>>> All I've done so far is replace the 1 line /etc/hosts with my
>> 131K line
>>>> anti-tracking variant. Verified that the worst tracking sites
>> weren't
>>>> available, then rebooted the tablet and verified they still
>> weren't
>>>> available.
>>>> 
>>>> I may want to install a real firewall and busybox shortly, but
>> haven't
>>>> at this point.
>>>> I did not install SuperSU.
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