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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
You should try a ROM. Once you go ICS, you never go back.  Just having more app capability, Google Chrome, Apex Launcher, the really nice ICS design, YouTube, among other things is totally worth it. And then you can just flash back the latest Amazon update to revert back to stock whenever you want. |
I rooted to ICS, and I did actually go back. I spent so much time having to re-install apps that I already had post-root, and working within the file structure I could see that my memory was halved by the root because the stock installation and all its apps was still there on the drive even after flashing a whole ICS rom over it. Seemed like I was wasting a LOT of time trying to configure something that ALREADY worked just fine. It was nice having the Google Play store, but for me overall the improvements were marginal and the cost in terms of time was phenomenal.
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Originally Posted by Anabran
On one level it is tempting
but the practical part of my brain says:
What is the current state of performing the
Root/ROM procedure for us Mac users with no reasonable access to a windows PC?
For me it is a matter of risk VS reward and I still don't see what I would gain that would be so crucial to my daily usage of the device that I am not getting now
I dont use my kindle fire for web surfing at all really
I truly dont need the googleplay store
with my alternative book/comic readers the stock carousel is becoming a distant memory.
I have every app and 3D/2D game I could want
so at the moment i am happy with my GoLauncher/RW set up .
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I rooted exclusively with the use of a mac using the Kindlewater root protocol, which was extremely easy to implement. It was the post-root configuration of app installs etc that basically convinced me that I didn't really need the root, it was more an intriguing hacker dream exploration than a necessity. Ultimately, the only reason I "need" root is to get the google play store, which you really only need if you absolutely have to have the best version/isntallation of google applications. For me, the gmail app does just fine without needing the google framework to support it.
Just an fyi though, it's MUCH harder to de-root your fire than it is to root it. Took me 3 months before finally finding a de-root protocol that actually worked for me.