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Hope · 03-02-2012, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by beej231

I like the appearance of some of those alternate android environments like CM7 or 9, and I would enjoy anything that adds more functionality.

Think I've had enough excitement for the moment. The only reason I rooted was to get rid of Rotating Wallpaper and have my own permanent wallpaper and it turns out you can't do that.

beej231 · 03-02-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hope

Think I've had enough excitement for the moment. The only reason I rooted was to get rid of Rotating Wallpaper and have my own permanent wallpaper and it turns out you can't do that.

Ouch. I think I'll play it safe for a while longer.

ApK · 03-02-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hope

Think I've had enough excitement for the moment. The only reason I rooted was to get rid of Rotating Wallpaper and have my own permanent wallpaper and it turns out you can't do that.

In my mind, that was using a sledge hammer to kill a gnat.

I appreciate that different things are important to different people, but rooting and hacking SOLELY to lock "wallpaper" that you only ever see for the few seconds that it takes you to swipe the yellow strip, is just not something I would have ever recommended.
I mean, I appreciate rooting and hacking for it's own sake, so if you just wanted to geek out with it, cool, but that didn't really sound like what you were interested in.

Now, rooting and hacking to get rid of Emily Dickenzombie from the K2...THAT'S worthwhile!

beej231 · 03-02-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hope

Actually, I have the FireFireFire yellow triangle at bootup, but the recovery does not work. When I hold down the KF on button at the triangle and it turns orange I don't get a recovery screen at all. It just goes into a loop and then eventually boots up into the regular KF startup screen.

So I don't have a "two click" recovery at all. TWRP did not install properly. I see others have the same problem.

Does yours work?
Nevermind, I went back and for about the 6th or 7th time tried to install the TWRP software using the KFU and was successful. Then I immediately did a backup.
I have great difficulty getting the adb drivers to work properly in Windows 7 32bit. I have to do a lot of reinstalling the drivers, restarting the PC, restarting the KF to get the KF to be recognized by the PC as a drive.

I'm so not ready for all that. The h*ll of it is teenagers do this stuff in their sleep. They're born with this stuff in their genes now days.

ApK · 03-02-2012, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by beej231

I'm so not ready for all that. The h*ll of it is teenagers do this stuff in their sleep. They're born with this stuff in their genes now days.

The young people who can DO it do not impress me.

The young people who figured out HOW to do it and wrote the tools impress me.

As a business application developer, I give these system devs and hardware hackers a full-on Wayne's World "We're not worthy!" bow.

ApK

beej231 · 03-02-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

The young people who can DO it do not impress me.

The young people who figured out HOW to do it and wrote the tools impress me.

As a business application developer, I give these system devs and hardware hackers a full-on Wayne's World "We're not worthy!" bow.

ApK

I hear ya.

transer · 03-02-2012, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by beej231

Everyone forgets the mac owners.

Mac option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1511757

Direct link to their site:
http://northmendo.com/kindlewater/

Looks dead simple, but I haven't had a chance to try it out

robertc88 · 03-03-2012, 09:12 AM

If the KF drops down in price, I may get a second one to tinker with but I'm not risking bricking the only one I have. I kind of know my limitations but I'm willing to learn with a cheaper price.

The other thing though is I don't really care for having to unroot and reroot if that is what is necessary when there are new software upgrades.

Hope · 03-03-2012, 12:56 PM

Here are some screenshots of my Kindle Fire unrooted:

Kindle Fire Rooted

Click on the thumbnails at the top. Yeah, it's a mess...I have to cull some of the stuff. One screen shows circlelauncher - the one with mostly text. If you click on the text you get a semi-circle or circle of app icons.

The book covers when clicked on take you to the book opened in Mantano to last page read (used Desktop Visualizer)
Most of this can be done WITHOUT rooting.

beej231 · 03-03-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hope

Here are some screenshots of my Kindle Fire unrooted:

Kindle Fire Unrooted

Click on the thumbnails at the top. Yeah, it's a mess...I have to cull some of the stuff. One screen shows circlelauncher - the one with mostly text. If you click on the text you get a semi-circle or circle of app icons.

The book covers when clicked on take you to the book opened in Mantano to last page read (used Desktop Visualizer)
Most of this can be done WITHOUT unrooting.

My first question is do you like Barry Eisler? I love his books! Your KF looks great.

beej231 · 03-03-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

In my mind, that was using a sledge hammer to kill a gnat.

I appreciate that different things are important to different people, but rooting and hacking SOLELY to lock "wallpaper" that you only ever see for the few seconds that it takes you to swipe the yellow strip, is just not something I would have ever recommended.
I mean, I appreciate rooting and hacking for it's own sake, so if you just wanted to geek out with it, cool, but that didn't really sound like what you were interested in.

Now, rooting and hacking to get rid of Emily Dickenzombie from the K2...THAT'S worthwhile!

I think Hope was using Go Launcher and some of the stock wallpapers are a little crazy as a background for that so she was using Rot Wallpaper and wanted to get rid of it.

Weren't some of those K2 backgrounds awful? I think it was Emily that my grandson referred to as the scary lady.

Hope · 03-03-2012, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by beej231

My first question is do you like Barry Eisler? I love his books! Your KF looks great.

Yes. I really like the Barry Eisler John Rain books. I think I have read all of them.

Thanks for the compliment on my KF screens. I'm still trying to pare things down and pick out which weather widget I like and get rid of a lot of the apps that I really don't use that often. It's a good thing I'm retired and can fool with this stuff to my heart's content.

beej231 · 03-03-2012, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hope

Yes. I really like the Barry Eisler John Rain books. I think I have read all of them.

Thanks for the compliment on my KF screens. I'm still trying to pare things down and pick out which weather widget I like and get rid of a lot of the apps that I really don't use that often. It's a good thing I'm retired and can fool with this stuff to my heart's content.

I'm sure this belongs in another thread but have you read Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series? Many fans of Rain like those as well.

I'm not retired but I spend all my spare time fooling with this stuff. If it wasn't the Fire it would be Ubuntu or something else. I have far too many apps. If it looks interesting, I'll download it. I'm trying to cut back. LOL

Hope · 03-04-2012, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by beej231

I'm sure this belongs in another thread but have you read Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series? Many fans of Rain like those as well.

I'm not retired but I spend all my spare time fooling with this stuff. If it wasn't the Fire it would be Ubuntu or something else. I have far too many apps. If it looks interesting, I'll download it. I'm trying to cut back. LOL

It's an addiction!

Jessica Lares · 03-04-2012, 04:08 PM

I am addicted to apps too. I LOVE apps. I wish the KF had more space so I could load MORE up.

03-03-2012, 12:56 PM	#54
Hope Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 1052536 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: PocketBook 360 Plus, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2	Here are some screenshots of my Kindle Fire unrooted: Kindle Fire Rooted Click on the thumbnails at the top. Yeah, it's a mess...I have to cull some of the stuff. One screen shows circlelauncher - the one with mostly text. If you click on the text you get a semi-circle or circle of app icons. The book covers when clicked on take you to the book opened in Mantano to last page read (used Desktop Visualizer) Most of this can be done WITHOUT rooting. Last edited by Hope; 03-03-2012 at 06:11 PM.

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robertc88 Fanatic Posts: 555 Karma: 1579999 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	If the KF drops down in price, I may get a second one to tinker with but I'm not risking bricking the only one I have. I kind of know my limitations but I'm willing to learn with a cheaper price. The other thing though is I don't really care for having to unroot and reroot if that is what is necessary when there are new software upgrades.

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Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	I am addicted to apps too. I LOVE apps. I wish the KF had more space so I could load MORE up.