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

[Charles Shapiro]

Yeh, I considered that, and I would've done it had I been unable to root
the device.  But More Freedom Is Always Better.

-- CHS


On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:37 PM Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> You say that like it's a bad thing
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:25 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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