04-05-2012, 12:13 PM | #1 |
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Just rerooted after 6.3 with the Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.5
It wasn't too bad. I had to run through the steps to get the Android Market back which was a pain.
Anybody else use the FireFireFire method to get rooted after the 6.3 update? Here's the link to the new Kindle Fire Utility which works with 6.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1399889 |
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04-05-2012, 12:53 PM | #3 | |
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04-06-2012, 01:16 AM | #4 |
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My Android Market survived update to 6.3 as well as the rooting process. But I know some KF owners, who lost apps, others the market as well. Seems every KF behaves in some other way ...
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04-06-2012, 05:26 AM | #5 |
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04-06-2012, 06:31 AM | #6 |
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I decided it just didn't do enough for me to bother. I don't need the android market as badly as I thought and there really wasn't any other reason for me to do it.
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04-06-2012, 06:36 AM | #7 |
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My fire stayed rooted after the update.
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04-06-2012, 06:46 AM | #8 |
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04-06-2012, 06:48 AM | #9 |
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04-09-2012, 12:53 PM | #10 |
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04-09-2012, 01:19 PM | #11 |
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04-09-2012, 05:02 PM | #12 |
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I'm pretty sure they won't even bother to check. Once they have it in their hands, it's more cost-effective for them to swap out the device with a refurb, then do some sort of certification process on the returns to validate the hardware is ok and re-flash from scratch. No point in doing ANY software troubleshooting when they can start anew in a couple minutes.
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04-09-2012, 05:06 PM | #13 |
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So at this point I'm still apparently successfully blocking the 6.3 update.
I'm hoping to not have to re-root from scratch after I bite the bullet and manually do the update. My plan is to stuff /system/xbin/su someplace that will preserve the permissions and not get blown away by the update. Then after the update I can merely run my preserved su to become root and put su back in /system/xbin (and remove the new root check). I can reinstall the superuser apk if needed, but I don't think it'll go anywhere. I THINK that will keep me "rooted". At the very least it will preserve what I need to put the GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk back in place so my google calendar will work. My Market survived 2 or 3 previous software updates. Not sure what the differentiating factor is there - maybe it depends on what apk you started out with and whether it had been updated in the past. |
04-09-2012, 05:50 PM | #14 |
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Hi I am not, nor will I ever be, Rooted.
But strangely I turned on my Wifi in a very strong free public Wifi area in a local mall on sunday to "update" an Amazon app that inexplicably began demanding an internet connection to run ( Autodesk Sketch book mobile paid version) Anyway I made the "Sketch book mobile" App happy to have "called home to mommy" I guess as it now runs fine with the wi fi off. However I hit the synch to cloud button several times and got notices about updates to a few other apps from AMZN But my system software still sits at 6.2 and the update button next to it it stays greyed out( inactive) I know I can go to the amzn website and get the 250+megabyte "bin" file and manually update via USB side load but I dont plan to bother as I have zero need for the "enhancements" offered this time around any way. Cheers |
04-12-2012, 09:37 AM | #15 |
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Well...I gave up and loaded the Cyanogen rom on my Fire. No more Amazon update, no more worries
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