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

  • mqtt
  • Soundcloud
  • YouTube

Log

2016-02-13 : Arrived. Running FireOS 5.0.1

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