KindleFire7

Make : Amazon

Model : Fire 7 (2015)

Type : Android Tablet

Purchased : Two on 2016-02-09 from Tesco for £34 each, Two on 2016-07-12 from Amazon for £35 each.

Specs : Quad-core ARM A7, 1GB RAM

Screen : 7" 1024x600

Power Supply : 5V 1A micro-USB

Replaced By : KindleFireHD

Replace both Library and Kitchen to standardize things?

Hardware Mods

Wireless charging : https://www.reddit.com/r/kindlefire/comments/3wm42u/adding_wireless_charging_to_the_2015_fire_7/

Rooting

Process

  1. Enable Developer Options menu
  2. Enable ADB
  3. Enable Security|Apps from Unknown Sources
  4. Downgrade to 5.1.2
  5. Run RootJunky? SuperTool? script
    1. Install Play Store
    2. Install KingRoot?
  6. Reboot and run KingRoot?

Downgrade to 5.1.2

https://medium.com/@exesse/adb-downgrade-of-amazon-fire-5th-from-5-13-to-5-12-from-ubuntu-16-04-lts-4e78ec5d70ec#.67lunmlg6

  1. Shutdown
  2. Boot into recovery (power + volume down (furthest from power))
  3. sudo bin/adb-1.0.32 sideload fire-Os...

Build updated version of ADB

#Needed tools  
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev git make gcc  
  
#Download source code (this is currently the newest branch, in future it might still work without issues)  
git clone -b android-5.0.2_r1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/ android-core  
cd android-core/adb  
  
#Create Makefile  
echo -e '  
# standalone Makefile for adb  
SRCS+= adb.c  
SRCS+= fdevent.c  
SRCS+= adb_client.c  
SRCS+= commandline.c  
SRCS+= console.c  
SRCS+= file\_sync\_client.c  
SRCS+= get\_my\_path_linux.c  
SRCS+= services.c  
SRCS+= sockets.c  
SRCS+= transport.c  
SRCS+= transport_local.c  
SRCS+= transport_usb.c  
SRCS+= usb_linux.c  
SRCS+= usb_vendors.c  
SRCS+= adb\_auth\_host.c  
  
VPATH+= ../libcutils  
SRCS+= socket\_inaddr\_any_server.c  
SRCS+= socket\_local\_client.c  
SRCS+= socket\_local\_server.c  
SRCS+= socket\_loopback\_client.c  
SRCS+= socket\_loopback\_server.c  
SRCS+= socket\_network\_client.c  
SRCS+= load_file.c  
  
VPATH+= ../libzipfile  
SRCS+= centraldir.c  
SRCS+= zipfile.c  
  
CPPFLAGS+= -DADB_HOST=1  
CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE_FORKEXEC=1  
CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE_SYMLINKS  
CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE\_TERMIO\_H  
CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE\_SYS\_SOCKET_H  
CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE\_OFF64\_T  
CPPFLAGS+= -D\_GNU\_SOURCE  
CPPFLAGS+= -D\_XOPEN\_SOURCE  
CPPFLAGS+= -I.  
CPPFLAGS+= -I../include  
  
LIBS= -lcrypto -lpthread -lrt -lz  
CC= gcc  
LD= gcc  
  
OBJS= $(SRCS:.c=.o)  
  
all: adb  
  
adb: $(OBJS)  
        $(LD) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS)  
  
clean:  
        rm -rf $(OBJS) adb  
' > Makefile  
  
make -f Makefile  
./adb version  
cp ./adb /home/gnome/bin/adb-1.0.32  
  
sudo adb-1.0.32 sideload fire-OS-5.1.2-update-kindle-global-37.5.4.2\_user\_542168620.bin

Android

Version

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release

Hostname

In adb shell

su
mount -o remount,rw /system
echo "net.hostname=<NEWHOSTNAME>" >> /system/build.prop
echo "net.bt.name=<NEWHOSTNAME>" >> /system/build.prop
mount -o remount,ro /system

Or if sshdroid in installed just use vi:

/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home/.bin/vi /system/build.prop

Apps

  • SSHdroid?
  • AFWall?+ # forward port 80 connections to Kodi on 8080 $IPTABLES -A "afwall" -p TCP --destination-port 80 -j RETURN $IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080

  • Kodi

  • Yatse
  • Goodreads

Kodi Configuration

Addons

Log

2016-02-13 : Arrived. Running FireOS? 5.0.1