![]() Windows computer with ADB drivers for the Fire. All of the assumed knowledge is easy to acquire with a little googling.Ħ. ![]() I’m going to assume some level of familiarity with use an android device, using ADB, booting to recovery, enabling ADB, etc. Please note the warnings in the rooting thread regarding updating Magisk from MagiskManager.ĥ. I used version 20.4, which was the latest at the time. Thanks to k4y0z for the excellent work! See post #337 for exactly what steps I used to root 5.3.7.0Ĥ. Rooted – I followed the instructions in this thread. Rename the file from a “bin” to a “zip” to flash it from TWRP.ģ. Download the firmware directly Amazon to have as a backup anyway. If you are on an older version, upgrade to the latest. YMMVĢ.ğirmware 5.3.7.0 – Same as above, earlier versions may be close, but dependencies may be different. I did needed to do this on four Fires, so I wrote a script, to make it faster after the first and to ensure that they are all exactly the same to start with.ġ.ğire 8 HD (2017) – other models are going to be close, but packages and dependencies will almost certainly be a little different. I did try the two ROM ports that are available, but they were not stable enough for a device that my kids use. Thanks to all who spent so much time on that. I was able to accomplish my goals without having to make any compromises, since we now have root for this Fire. I installed GBoard as I use it on all my Android devices and am biased. I installed Nova Launcher as a system app to easily support widgetsħ. Install a different launcher, Fire Launcher is awful. For Family Link to work, Google Play services must be installed as system apps, which presents another problem, as the smallest (relatively current) Open Google Apps is too large to flash in TWRP, so a manual approach was needed.Ħ. Get Google Family Link working in conjunction with the Amazon services. I did this 3 years ago right after I got the Fires, but did not need root at the time, so they still had all the Amazon bloat on them as well.ĥ. ![]() Install Google Play Services for getting other apps. I needed to keep some of the Amazon services working, namely the following:Ĥ. Everyone has different use scenarios for using the Fire, which is why some of the other guides did not work well for me. Keep/be able to use certain Amazon services. Amazon did a great job with the battery management, and I did not want to see a regression in this area.ģ. I have four of these for my kids, and its painful to watch my kids wait 30, 45, 60 seconds for a game to load, as the Fire churns away trying to unload services from memory.Ģ. Improve the responsiveness of the Fire by removing unwanted/needed services from RAM.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |