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Can you still use fire toolbox to remove bloat these days still?
The last time I tried, no. They had locked the bootloader past a certain iteration of FireOS. I gave up on Amazon devices shortly after that. The forced ads on everything are crazy.
Can you still use fire toolbox to remove bloat these days still?
Its a hit or miss situation. If you get an older model then you probably can, but the amount of hoops you have to jump through just to get to like 80% of a vanilla experience is too much.
This is not a bad deal at all. Amazon has quietly bumped up the RAM to 4GB on this model. Do a trade-in and get another 20% off (plus the value of the trade-in). This tablet (even the latest FireOS) can be rooted using GhostLock, greatly increasing the odds of a bootloader unlock in the near future.
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mostly because there's no easy/good way to get them youtube or youtube kids. You can sideload the app (if you're fairly technically savvy), but Amazon doesn't let you "share" sideloaded apps with kids profiles. So then they have to use your adult profile, and then they're on an account that has all your payment information. Also their app store is chock full of crappy, overpriced games that exist solely for the purpose of tricking children into buying them.
Also, the parental controls are a real pain to use. It's just slow, convoluted, confusing, unintuitive. Generally just extremely annoying to use.
And it just sucks being locked into their garbage ecosystem. There's also games I have already purchased on the Google Play store (minecraft), and I'd have to rebuy them on Amazon's app store
Deal ends in 8 hours so act fast! For what its worth, this model only has 32gb of built in storage but it can be expanded with a microSD card up to 1GB in size.
High-def entertainment — A 10.1" 1080p Full HD display brings brilliant color to all your shows and games. Binge watch longer with 13-hour battery, 3 or 4 GB RAM, 32 or 64 GB of storage, and up to 1 TB expandable storage with micro-SD card (sold separately).
Thin, light, durable — Tap into entertainment from anywhere with a lightweight, durable design and strengthened glass made from aluminosilicate glass. As measured in a tumble test, Fire HD 10 is 2.7 times as durable as the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2022).
Stay up to speed — Use the 5 MP front-facing camera to Zoom with family and friends, or create content for social apps like Instagram and TikTok.
Ready when inspiration strikes — With 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, the Made for Amazon Stylus Pen (sold separately) offers a natural writing experience that responds to your handwriting. Use it to write, sketch in apps like OneNote, and more.
Save time, get creative - Enjoy three new smart tools to help you send polished emails, quickly summarize webpages, and create unique wallpapers.
Family friendly — Amazon Kids offers easy-to-use parental controls on Fire tablets. Subscribe to Amazon Kids+ for access to thousands of books, popular apps and games, videos, songs, Audible books, and more.
Nah, the fireos bloat is crazy on these. For this price, go ONN.
Everything about Amazon fire devices is terrible. The user interface, the bloat and we know sooner than later they all have constant advertising that you have to pay a monthly fee to avoid or see less.
Because they are hot garbage. You pay less up front but more time & patience than any other tablets.
I have an Amazon fire tablet from 2023 or 2024. The only thing I had on it was Tiktok and it still was terrible.
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Nah, the fireos bloat is crazy on these. For this price, go ONN.
You can use Fire Toolbox to remove all the amazon bloatware and turn it into a regular android tablet with the official googleplay store and everything. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/...olbox.html
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Also, the parental controls are a real pain to use. It's just slow, convoluted, confusing, unintuitive. Generally just extremely annoying to use.
And it just sucks being locked into their garbage ecosystem. There's also games I have already purchased on the Google Play store (minecraft), and I'd have to rebuy them on Amazon's app store
High-def entertainment — A 10.1" 1080p Full HD display brings brilliant color to all your shows and games. Binge watch longer with 13-hour battery, 3 or 4 GB RAM, 32 or 64 GB of storage, and up to 1 TB expandable storage with micro-SD card (sold separately).
Thin, light, durable — Tap into entertainment from anywhere with a lightweight, durable design and strengthened glass made from aluminosilicate glass. As measured in a tumble test, Fire HD 10 is 2.7 times as durable as the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2022).
Stay up to speed — Use the 5 MP front-facing camera to Zoom with family and friends, or create content for social apps like Instagram and TikTok.
Ready when inspiration strikes — With 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, the Made for Amazon Stylus Pen (sold separately) offers a natural writing experience that responds to your handwriting. Use it to write, sketch in apps like OneNote, and more.
Save time, get creative - Enjoy three new smart tools to help you send polished emails, quickly summarize webpages, and create unique wallpapers.
Family friendly — Amazon Kids offers easy-to-use parental controls on Fire tablets. Subscribe to Amazon Kids+ for access to thousands of books, popular apps and games, videos, songs, Audible books, and more.
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I have an Amazon fire tablet from 2023 or 2024. The only thing I had on it was Tiktok and it still was terrible.
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