[ale] I Win, I Win!

[jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)]

On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 16:18 -0500, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 03:00:32PM -0500, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > ???"read the paper while"
> > ???What is this" paper" you speak of?
> 
> Um, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution or the like?

Also called "The Atlanta Urinal-Constipation"
> That's what folks used to do before the Internet invaded our lives.
> 
> BAJ
> > ???On Feb 13, 2017 11:53 AM, "Charles Shapiro"
> > ???<[1]hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > ???$40 Amazon Kindle Fire, rooted and running Nexus Android 5.1.1 (
> > kernel
> > ???version 3.10.54+).
> > ???Took me about half a day. Steps:
> > ??????* Downgrade Kindle OS from 5.3.2.0 to 5.3.1.0
> > ?????????????( 5.3.2.0 is not rootable, the latest & greatest
> > 5.3.2.1 is
> > ???not downgradable. 5.3.1.0 is vulnerable to KingRoot)
> > ??????????????Place device in recovery mode by holding down volume
> > down
> > ???key, select side-load mode, use ADB to side-load older OS,
> > reboot)
> > ??????*??Use RootJunky.com's excellent AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool (
> > ???[2]http://www.rootjunky.com/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool/ ) to:
> > ?????????*??Root phone with KingRoot
> > ??????????????Load KingRoot on phone with ADB, bang on it
> > repeatedly until
> > ???it starts correctly and grants root permissions -- this was
> > about 3
> > ???hours of repeatedly running the program and rebooting until it
> > ???'caught'.??I read the paper while restarting the program over
> > and over.
> > ??????????* Install SuperSU after rooting phone
> > ???????????* Install Amazon Play Store
> > ??????* Use Amazon Play Store to install the latest version of
> > FlashFire
> > ???(the one in the SuperTool is a couple of versions out of date)
> > ??????* Find the Nexus Amazon Fire ROM ( courtesy of ggow on
> > ???XDA-Developers ( [3]https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire
> > /orig-
> > ???development/rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714 )
> > ??????* Install the Nov 2016 version of this ROM with FlashFire
> > (the
> > ???newest one appears corrupt). After adding a camera app, a
> > gallery app,
> > ???the Dolphin browser, and the DuckDuckGo app, I currently have
> > just over
> > ???5 gb of storage free on an 8 gb device.
> > ???All this just to gain control of my Own Device.??Amazon's
> > Android build
> > ???as shipped forces advertisements to the lock screen, locks you
> > out of
> > ???basic functionality until you register with Amazon, and won't
> > let you
> > ???change the home page on your browser. Of course, it also won't
> > allow
> > ???you to delete the plethora of Amazon bloatware shipped with the
> > device.
> > ???It also will auto-update to the latest (non-rootable,
> > ???non-downgradeable) build when it gains a network connection and
> > thinks
> > ???you're not looking.??You cannot change this behavior unless you
> > have
> > ???already rooted the device.
> > ???OTOH, for $40 or so it is a right nice piece of hardware, once
> > you have
> > ???wrested control from those who would exploit you. So it Goes.
> > ???-- CHS
> > 
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> > References
> > 
> > ???1. mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com
> > ???2. http://www.rootjunky.com/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool/
> > ???3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development
> > /rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714
> > ???4. mailto:Ale at ale.org
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James P. Kinney III

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