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32GB Amazon Fire HD 8 Wi-Fi Tablet (7th Gen, Refurb)

& More + Free Shipping w/ Prime

$25

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Woot has select Refurbished Amazon Fire Tablets & Kindle eReaders on sale with prices starting from $14.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime members. Otherwise, flat-rate shipping on your entire Woot order is $6 without Amazon Prime.

Thanks to Staff Member LovelyCheetah for posting this deal.

Note: If you are checking out with Amazon Prime and you are seeing a shipping cost during checkout, look for and tap/click the "Use this address" button. The order page will finish loading and shipping will update.

Condition:
  • These units will have minor cosmetic blemishes and have been returned, inspected, and restored to fully working condition by an Amazon technician. The units have been repackaged in a brown box.
Available Devices:

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
    • Estimated delivery Sep 12 - Sep 14
  • About this product:
    • 90-Day Amazon Warranty
  • About this store:
No longer available:

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Woot has select Refurbished Amazon Fire Tablets & Kindle eReaders on sale with prices starting from $14.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime members. Otherwise, flat-rate shipping on your entire Woot order is $6 without Amazon Prime.

Thanks to Staff Member LovelyCheetah for posting this deal.

Note: If you are checking out with Amazon Prime and you are seeing a shipping cost during checkout, look for and tap/click the "Use this address" button. The order page will finish loading and shipping will update.

Condition:
  • These units will have minor cosmetic blemishes and have been returned, inspected, and restored to fully working condition by an Amazon technician. The units have been repackaged in a brown box.
Available Devices:

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
    • Estimated delivery Sep 12 - Sep 14
  • About this product:
    • 90-Day Amazon Warranty
  • About this store:
No longer available:

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If anyone wants to take the HD 8 and flash LineageOS (android) onto it, please see this prior frontpage thread and my specific instructions post within that thread.

Follow the XDA instructions and if you get stuck midway after doing your due diligence, then feel free to ping me with a direct message. I'll see if I can help you get past any blocker (and no promises lol).
I got a Fire 7 last time woot had this sale and it had a slight and i mean slight defect in the screen edge. Since i had a sweatshirt on i swiped with my forearm to clean off some dust and heard a barely noticeable click. I looked at the tablet and saw rainbow colors all over the place. I thought there is no way i broke the screen just by wiping with my forearm.

Well the screen did not break the digitizer under the glass did. Right next to the slight defect by the glass and frame. Not sure if it was a used or a refurbished model, but atleast it broke within a few days of purchase. Woot refunded the money and told me to keep the tablet or donate it. At $20 it's not even worth the time to repair and with a busted digitizer it made the whole thing completely unusable so i could not even wipe it if i wanted to donate it to someone.
Toolbox is currently limited as far back as the 2017 tablets with the latest updates , no ability to rebind the launcher (each reboot needs to run toolbox again), can't block ota/updates, can't remove lockscreen ads. There's a workaround for ota and ads, but alt launcher just didn't work for me. Same issues on 2021 plus version.

YMMV if these refurbs are still on older firmware. Skip the Amazon signup by selecting a Wi-Fi network, then hitting back and cancel. You can turn on dev options/adb

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cmdauria
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Can't go wrong with a $20 8" tablet that's just going to be used to view my security cameras.
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maygin
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Amazon currently has the Fire 7 16GB 2019 release refurbished for $24.99
https://smile.amazon.com/Certifie...154&sr=8-2

And the Fire 8 32GB 2021 release for $39.99 https://smile.amazon.com/Certifie...54&sr=8-10
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The only reason to get the older gen models is to make sure FireToolBox works on them (assuming these aren't already upgraded to the most recent FireOS).
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Quote from Derekisthematrix :
The only reason to get the older gen models is to make sure FireToolBox works on them (assuming these aren't already upgraded to the most recent FireOS).
Toolbox is currently limited as far back as the 2017 tablets with the latest updates , no ability to rebind the launcher (each reboot needs to run toolbox again), can't block ota/updates, can't remove lockscreen ads. There's a workaround for ota and ads, but alt launcher just didn't work for me. Same issues on 2021 plus version.

YMMV if these refurbs are still on older firmware. Skip the Amazon signup by selecting a Wi-Fi network, then hitting back and cancel. You can turn on dev options/adb
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krissakris
about 2 years ago
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the last paperwhite I got from Woot didn't work. I will still try ordering another one at this price
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I got a Fire 7 last time woot had this sale and it had a slight and i mean slight defect in the screen edge. Since i had a sweatshirt on i swiped with my forearm to clean off some dust and heard a barely noticeable click. I looked at the tablet and saw rainbow colors all over the place. I thought there is no way i broke the screen just by wiping with my forearm.

Well the screen did not break the digitizer under the glass did. Right next to the slight defect by the glass and frame. Not sure if it was a used or a refurbished model, but atleast it broke within a few days of purchase. Woot refunded the money and told me to keep the tablet or donate it. At $20 it's not even worth the time to repair and with a busted digitizer it made the whole thing completely unusable so i could not even wipe it if i wanted to donate it to someone.
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Anyone able to get google parent controls working on either a stock rom or hack Fire tablet. I tried 2 years ago and could not get them to work properly.
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HunterGatherer
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Feel like I'd have to be nuts to give anyone another buck for this dodgy tech.
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SiennaMeerkat8728
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How good Hd10 for google calls? It has vga front camera.
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Are these the models with ADs or without? Can't seem to find the info on the listing.
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The 8's have Show Mode to act as an Echo Show stand-in that can be picked up and handled, for what it's worth. I agree that if you're in this ecosystem they're nice in kitchens and living rooms for smart home controls/displays.
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Waiting4Hope
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These are so sluggish. For kids it's ok but have high hopes for busy usage
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SiennaMeerkat8728
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Can i take google meet calls on it?
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manicmania900
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The available oasis/Paperwhite/e readers don't seem a good price. Tech from 2018 and older for that???
The 2019 kindle for $30 was the only one worth it but that's sold out.
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If anyone wants to take the HD 8 and flash LineageOS (android) onto it, please see this prior frontpage thread and my specific instructions post within that thread.

Follow the XDA instructions and if you get stuck midway after doing your due diligence, then feel free to ping me with a direct message. I'll see if I can help you get past any blocker (and no promises lol).
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Last edited by SDBuddy September 7, 2022 at 08:59 AM.
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