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kherbinoskie

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Is it easy to root and install 3rd party ROMs in these Fire tablets?

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jatzarik123

Oct 2, 2022 9:34 AM

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It is easy to side load Google play. Some good apps to run Roms on via playstore

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cccheel

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Quote from kherbinoskie

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Is it easy to root and install 3rd party ROMs in these Fire tablets?

No need to root. Just install the Toolbox from XDA.

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joemamascul

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Quote from jatzarik123

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It is easy to side load Google play. Some good apps to run Roms on via playstore

Can you explain how this works? What app to use for emulator and then how do you actually download the Roms?

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Samuel1613

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Quote from joemamascul

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Can you explain how this works? What app to use for emulator and then how do you actually download the Roms?

Plenty of YouTube videos on how to sideload Google play and also YouTube videos on what emulators are good. You can look those up yourself, we don't need to walk you through it. Roms are illegal so we certainly aren't going to tell you how to go get those, but you can also look up how to use torrents and that is enough to guide you to the Roms. Welcome aboard matey. Yo ho yo ho.

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MikeR7155

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Quote from Samuel1613

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Plenty of YouTube videos on how to sideload Google play and also YouTube videos on what emulators are good. You can look those up yourself, we don't need to walk you through it. Roms are illegal so we certainly aren't going to tell you how to go get those, but you can also look up how to use torrents and that is enough to guide you to the Roms. Welcome aboard matey. Yo ho yo ho.

I think you're talking about a different kind of ROM. As far as I know, you can't run a custom ROM on these tablets. The best you can do is sideload Google play. Then you have a choice - do you prevent the tablet from updating and not get any security updates or allow updates and risk Amazon blocking Google Play in the future (or breaking some other feature you used).

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Refundroid

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Quote from Samuel1613

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Plenty of YouTube videos on how to sideload Google play and also YouTube videos on what emulators are good. You can look those up yourself, we don't need to walk you through it. Roms are illegal so we certainly aren't going to tell you how to go get those, but you can also look up how to use torrents and that is enough to guide you to the Roms. Welcome aboard matey. Yo ho yo ho.

While I agree about not hand-holding someone who doesn't do their own search, I need to point out that custom ROMs are NOT ILLEGAL. They just void warranty. Android OS is open-source.

Last edited by Refundroid October 2, 2022 at 09:00 AM.

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Samuel1613

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Quote from Refundroid

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While I agree about not hand-holding someone who doesn't do their own search, I need to point out that custom ROMs are NOT ILLEGAL. They just void warranty. Android OS is open-source.

The emulators and roms I am referring to are gaming roms and console emulators. I believe the original question asked about emulators and roms. A custom rom for the device itself would not require an emulator. And a custom rom wouldn't come from the Google play store. I believe people are talking past each other here.

If you want to play console games on an amazon tablet look up YouTube videos on how to sideload the play store, Google the best emulators to use, and watch YouTube videos on how to find and use torrents.

If you want a custom rom for the tablet (think of it like a custom operating system), go to xda developers or other forums and see if custom roms are being created for these tablets.

Video game roms and emulators are a slightly easier process than installing an entirely new rom (operating system). I've done both but I'm sure someone can explain the difference better than I have.

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Sammyji

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Quote from Refundroid

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While I agree about not hand-holding someone who doesn't do their own search, I need to point out that custom ROMs are NOT ILLEGAL. They just void warranty. Android OS is open-source.

Pretty sure he was talking about game ROMs and emulation. Those are illegal especially if you dont own the physical game.

Custom Android ROMs aren't illegal yet. They might include apps that aren't free. AOSP (Android open source project) is open source. Play store and added libraries/functionality isn't part of AOSP.

For the fire tablets, play store can be side loaded ("installed unofficially through other means besides using Amazon's store") and that allows you access to all the Google playstore goodies. You do not swap out the OS for this. So no "ROM" business.

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Refundroid

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Samuel1613

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Quote from Sammyji

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Pretty sure he was talking about game ROMs and emulation. Those are illegal especially if you dont own the physical game.

Custom Android ROMs aren't illegal yet. They might include apps that aren't free. AOSP (Android open source project) is open source. Play store and added libraries/functionality isn't part of AOSP.

For the fire tablets, play store can be side loaded ("installed unofficially through other means besides using Amazon's store") and that allows you access to all the Google playstore goodies. You do not swap out the OS for this. So no "ROM" business.

Thanks, I'm pretty sure I was clear in what I was talking about, especially when I am discussing torrents. People just have to chime in if they sense the slightest error (even if none). They even down voted you!

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BraveWing3390

Oct 2, 2022 6:29 PM

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Quote from cccheel

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No need to root. Just install the Toolbox from XDA.

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Big difference between the "xda" toolkit downloaded to your tablet and actually getting full root of your device (hence the word rooting). Toolkits can be great, but not recommended for many versions of the fire tablets and do not install all measures needed to secure the root past initial success. This you can lose the root on reboot, on updates,dmr loss, ...

To the original question, yes these are fully rootable, but always deny automatic tablet updates when starting up the device for the first time. Then check your firmware version against the root method in XDA for valid root compatibility.

cccheel

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Quote from BraveWing3390

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🤦
Big difference between the "xda" toolkit downloaded to your tablet and actually getting full root of your device (hence the word rooting). Toolkits can be great, but not recommended for many versions of the fire tablets and do not install all measures needed to secure the root past initial success. This you can lose the root on reboot, on updates,dmr loss, ...

To the original question, yes these are fully rootable, but always deny automatic tablet updates when starting up the device for the first time. Then check your firmware version against the root method in XDA for valid root compatibility.

Yes, there is a difference, but really, how much of a difference these days? I used to root all the time but android has progressed to the point that rooting is almost pointless now.

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