[Q] Galaxy Tab 8.9 - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just out of curiosity, since the hardware in the GTab 8.9 will be virtually identical to the GTab 10.1, is it safe to assume that we can use the stuff in this forum (ROMs, Mods etc) for the 8.9 as well?

We dont know yet.
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I'll be glad when we can get some type of firm release date for the 8.9

harrispo said:
Just out of curiosity, since the hardware in the GTab 8.9 will be virtually identical to the GTab 10.1, is it safe to assume that we can use the stuff in this forum (ROMs, Mods etc) for the 8.9 as well?
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Now that I have the Galaxy Tab 8.9, I'm curious about the same thing lol. I'm also patiently waiting for a separate forum for the 8.9 So far everything seems the same as the 10.1 other than the size lol (I had bought the 10.1 and then returned it after hearing the 8.9 was gonna come out). Only thing is some of the apps that are available for the 10.1 are not available yet for the 8.9 including netflix, and sideloading doesn't seem to work for netflix (doesn't let you play the movies). Other than that, it's the same Honeycomb 3.1 with Touchwiz.

antnyp85 said:
Now that I have the Galaxy Tab 8.9, I'm curious about the same thing lol. I'm also patiently waiting for a separate forum for the 8.9 So far everything seems the same as the 10.1 other than the size lol (I had bought the 10.1 and then returned it after hearing the 8.9 was gonna come out). Only thing is some of the apps that are available for the 10.1 are not available yet for the 8.9 including netflix, and sideloading doesn't seem to work for netflix (doesn't let you play the movies). Other than that, it's the same Honeycomb 3.1 with Touchwiz.
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It seem the same just two things:
1. It is locked error X004 using nvflash
2. DO NOT TRY TO LOAD CWM BY ROM MANAGER IT WILL SOFTBRICK / HARDBRICK (I said hardbrick because we dont have md5 file with actual firmware to recover from softbrick with ODIN)

antnyp85 said:
Now that I have the Galaxy Tab 8.9, I'm curious about the same thing lol.
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Does it look susceptible to the newton rings problem?

mramirezusa said:
It seem the same just two things:
1. It is locked error X004 using nvflash
2. DO NOT TRY TO LOAD CWM BY ROM MANAGER IT WILL SOFTBRICK / HARDBRICK (I said hardbrick because we dont have md5 file with actual firmware to recover from softbrick with ODIN)
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Seconded.
Just did this to mine haha...

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

AardvarkAdventure said:
Seconded.
Just did this to mine haha...
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I did this to mine. Is there any way to recover?

me too, can we recover?

Sadly I need to add myself to the list of bricked P7310's.
-dana

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Should I return the nook tablet?

I don't want it if we're not going to be able to flash custom roms. I have a few days left to return it. Other tablets are dropping in price.
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vandizzam said:
I don't want it if we're not going to be able to flash custom roms. I have a few days left to return it. Other tablets are dropping in price.
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ROMs aren't going to drop within the next 5 days. But thing is solid regardless with root and sideload of apps. But hey, it's your NT.
strictlyrude27 said:
ROMs aren't going to drop within the next 5 days. But thing is solid regardless with root and sideload of apps. But hey, it's your NT.
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Exactly. I was having this debate with myself as well, but honestly the thing performs very well. Better than what I've heard about the kindle fire (for video anyway). The way I see it, it has the performance of many 10" tablets for less money and a more convenient form factor. I can slip this baby into my inside jacket pocket no problem. Can't do that with a Transformer
I can't wait to see this tablet with a custom ROM, but until then it works great with Go Launcher.
I ended up returning mine because for some reason the POWER button STOPPED WORKING! Pissed me off, that and three bootloader, f that so I returned it. And had a hell of a time unrooting it. But I must admit I did love it. So no more nook tablet for me untill custom roms are possible.
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IMHO, you should return it. Write a quick letter to B&N on why — the Nook Tablet needlessly has a locked bootloader.
I've said this on several threads: not buying and/or returning the Nook Tablet is the best way to let them know you're not OK with a locked bootloader.
I'm keeping mine; because I'm OK with a locked bootloader -- I'm not happy with it, but I can live with it.
It's really a matter of can you live with the device w/ the locked bootloader? I've been able to use my device as I see fit (outside of running HC/ICS yet), but for the majority of my tasks, I'm okay as is. It's a personal preference thing. Whatever makes you happy
Dassin4 said:
The way I see it, it has the performance of many 10" tablets for less.
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I tested it for a long while (like an hour) against a KF, Iconia, a few other 7 inchers, a NC, a few 10 inch tablets, including a transformer (which was $250 on promotion!) and it was much nicer browsing to the same video sites than the other 7 inch ones, and the 10 inch ones were a LOT bigger than I imagined (and heavier).
The bootloader isn't needlessly locked - it's due to netflix requesting it, and they went the easiest/laziest way.
uranidiot said:
And had a hell of a time unrooting it.
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Could have just done a factory reset.
zmobie said:
I tested it for a long while (like an hour) against a KF, Iconia, a few other 7 inchers, a NC, a few 10 inch tablets, including a transformer (which was $250 on promotion!) and it was much nicer browsing to the same video sites than the other 7 inch ones, and the 10 inch ones were a LOT bigger than I imagined (and heavier).
The bootloader isn't needlessly locked - it's due to netflix requesting it, and they went the easiest/laziest way.
Could have just done a factory reset.
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Or use the one click unroot in the android development section. It's a android app.
Indirect said:
Or use the one click unroot in the android development section. It's a android app.
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Yep! Seems easier than to root it, tbh, hehe. Nice work

Sudden GTA 3 Incompatability?

Why is this game saying it is incompatible with my Galaxy 10.1 and Acer A500 when I can blatantly see reviews for both devices under the marketplace listing!!!
Other people have the game installed, what is going on here?
Hey, when did this happen?? I was just about to buy it when I saw your post! I swear it it was compatible too earlier this today!!! Thanks for the heads up though too!!
JFX
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This is weird, glad I bought it and downloaded it before this happened works great on tab
works on my tab too..
it works just fine here man.... i'd even go as far as saying that this game runs just as smooth, if not smoother then it did on my ps2!!!!! for real, this is one of the best games i have ever played on my tablet , in the sense of how fluid it plays with absolutly no lag what so ever..... also plays great on my google nexus and htc amaze
Maybe they changed it for some reason. If you still want to install it, you can clear your markets applicationdata, edit your /System/buid.prop and change your device to something like
ro.product.model = Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer = samsung
or whatever phone is still compatible to download it
Tyrado said:
Maybe they changed it for some reason. If you still want to install it, you can clear your markets applicationdata, edit your /System/buid.prop and change your device to something like
ro.product.model = Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer = samsung
or whatever phone is still compatible to download it
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that's the weird thing, I did a little investigating and there haven't been any updates according to the Market website, it's still version 1.0
I dont have test this! There is a version for galaxy tab?
So whats going on? How do i download he game?
Found out
Go to the Rockstar website and find the game. Apparently the company didn't test the game for rooted and jailbroken devices. It won't work properly if your device is rooted, which sucks because they waited to add that little bit until myself and a lot of others bought it already and found out the next day that it now comes up as incompatible. They are willing to refund the money. Just follow the instructions they have.
ishken said:
Go to the Rockstar website and find the game. Apparently the company didn't test the game for rooted and jailbroken devices. It won't work properly if your device is rooted, which sucks because they waited to add that little bit until myself and a lot of others bought it already and found out the next day that it now comes up as incompatible. They are willing to refund the money. Just follow the instructions they have.
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Ha! There's nothing about rooted devices that stops it from running except the fear that it will get pirated...
ishken said:
Go to the Rockstar website and find the game. Apparently the company didn't test the game for rooted and jailbroken devices. It won't work properly if your device is rooted, which sucks because they waited to add that little bit until myself and a lot of others bought it already and found out the next day that it now comes up as incompatible. They are willing to refund the money. Just follow the instructions they have.
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Really? Good thing then that I kept mine stock. Works great on it
i downloaded when I was stock, flashed my first ROM and was able to reinstall it through a titanium backup i did... sucks that I wont be able to recieve any updates. hope they fix this...
jaoropez said:
i downloaded when I was stock, flashed my first ROM and was able to reinstall it through a titanium backup i did... sucks that I wont be able to recieve any updates. hope they fix this...
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Say I were to flash from a custom rom back to stock. Think it would work the same way?
Edit: flashed to stock rom and can download again. TB works like a charm
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I'm on a stock ROM (freshly updated to 3.2) and Root Checker says there's not root access.
Still cant see/download/run GTA3.. (GT-P7500R)
WTF Rockstar?
ishken said:
Go to the Rockstar website and find the game. Apparently the company didn't test the game for rooted and jailbroken devices. It won't work properly if your device is rooted, which sucks because they waited to add that little bit until myself and a lot of others bought it already and found out the next day that it now comes up as incompatible. They are willing to refund the money. Just follow the instructions they have.
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Well I have a rooted tab and it runs just perfect on it.
No problems what so ever
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tandfeen said:
Well I have a rooted tab and it runs just perfect on it.
No problems what so ever
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My Tab's rooted too... the key to getting it to work if you have issues (won't start, no sound, etc) seems be to delete the resource files (Android/data/com.rockstar.gta3) and restart the app, forcing it to download it again. Works perfectly after that.
It's working on mine also, stock 3.2 HC rooted. Just installed & downloaded game data
It's back! It's returned to the My Apps list on my Tab and market.android.com also reports it's compatible again!
Rooted, P7510, Galaxy Task v10
chaosdefinesorder said:
It's back! It's returned to the My Apps list on my Tab and market.android.com also reports it's compatible again!
Rooted, P7510, Galaxy Task v10
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Can confirm this also.. Even had an update waiting for it..

[Q] How do I root the Samsung Galaxy Light SGH T399

How do I root the Samsung Galaxy Light SGH T399?
I've followed the guides to root the GS4 but I don't want to brick this GL. Any pointers?
Thank you.
I don't have to have a recovery image just yet but root would be nice.
SloppyFloppy said:
I don't have to have a recovery image just yet but root would be nice.
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Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen. I wonder if you guys could give me the backup recovery image and stock ROM for this phone so I could try to fix it?
Thanks.
Baddude8 said:
Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen. I wonder if you guys could give me the backup recovery image and stock ROM for this phone so I could try to fix it?
Thanks.
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Did you try to flash a new recovery with Odin? I was told to only try an adb sideload root for now.
I can't even do that as I can't find the stock recovery image. Were you successful with your adb sideload root?
SloppyFloppy said:
Did you try to flash a new recovery with Odin? I was told to only try an adb sideload root for now.
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Baddude8 said:
I can't even do that as I can't find the stock recovery image. Were you successful with your adb sideload root?
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Search play store for SRT Apscanner and please tell me if any bugs say vulnerable
You can try the Chainfire SuperSU
Baddude8 said:
Don't do it. My friend tried to do it and now it stuck on the Samsung greeting Screen.
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What rooting method did your friend try that didn't work?
Is there any update regarding the root?
Bump... I need root too!
SloppyFloppy said:
How do I root the Samsung Galaxy Light SGH T399?
I've followed the guides to root the GS4 but I don't want to brick this GL. Any pointers?
Thank you.
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I'm hoping someone figures this out, too
thumper300zx said:
I'm hoping someone figures this out, too
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+1! Mine will arrive today.
+1 on wanting root for this new Galaxy Light. I just got mine yesterday.
I absolutely love the phone, especially considering the off-contract price. I liked my old LG Motion, but this blows it away.
I've been refreshing this thread for days hoping that we'd have root, and maybe start to see some custom ROMs, etc.
I will continue to do so. :fingers-crossed:
I too received this phone. It's a great phone for the money, can't go wrong for $150. It's like an S3 but with a low-res screen. What the S3 mini should have been.
yougivemerash!!! said:
I too received this phone. It's a great phone for the money, can't go wrong for $150. It's like an S3 but with a low-res screen. What the S3 mini should have been.
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Yep. So far it looks like it was great purchase. Virtually the same form factor and screen res as my old Glacier, which suited me perfectly - don't want to carry anything larger, but with faster processor, more memory & LTE (while still retaining Wi-Fi calling), with none of the Glacier's hardware glitches. I can even still use the Glacier belt clips that I modded for car mounts!
Anyway. Sorry I'm babbling off topic.
It could be a while to root or custom rom.
Hopefully, it won't be like my Exhibit I, no custom rom except for Area 51.
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Yep. So far it looks like it was great purchase. Virtually the same form factor and screen res as my old Glacier, which suited me perfectly - don't want to carry anything larger, but with faster processor, more memory & LTE (while still retaining Wi-Fi calling), with none of the Glacier's hardware glitches. I can even still use the Glacier belt clips that I modded for car mounts!
Anyway. Sorry I'm babbling off topic.
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+1, i need root!!!
Have you all tried Framaroot or Motochopper?
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can someone verify this supports bluetooth 4.0 le? i chatted samsung and said they have it but most sites list it as bluetooth 3.0
+1 for the root! Please help us guys!

[Q] HP Slate 7 Extreme Root?

I'm new to the forum, but I just recently purchased a HP Slate 7 Extreme and I was wondering if there are any root methods other than vroot or kingo that would work with this tablet. Vroot works but XDA still considers it suspicious. There are methods for other Slate 7 models but not for this one (HP4400us). Any help would be much appreciated.
jaydubya2014 said:
I'm new to the forum, but I just recently purchased a HP Slate 7 Extreme and I was wondering if there are any root methods other than vroot or kingo that would work with this tablet. Vroot works but XDA still considers it suspicious. There are methods for other Slate 7 models but not for this one (HP4400us). Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hi ! You can try this method : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCpjNjrSLTw#t=0
It was tested on Slate 7 Plus but it should work for every HP tablet.
Just ask for translation of Youtube's subtitles if you can't understand french
zarto said:
Hi ! You can try this method :
It was tested on Slate 7 Plus but it should work for every HP tablet.
Just ask for translation of Youtube's subtitles if you can't understand french
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Dude, is this tablet awesome? I'm actually quite excited to buy this tablet when it lands in the near future in my country (fingers crossed for that!). I know that this tablet is the HP's version of Tegra Note because they are similar one to another. I also know this tablet is insanely great for gaming, note taking, picture drawing, movie watching, etc. But what is the downside that you found on this tablet? Is its battery life any good? How long can it survive to play intensive games in the row without resting the screen?
creamtown said:
Dude, is this tablet awesome?
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Hi ! If you're talking about Slate 7 Plus I find it to be really good (decent LiPo battery, IPS screen, Tegra 3 SoC) for the price.
Slate 7 Extreme should be even better (but I never tried this one).
yeah any update on this?
I used the steps on this thread to root my S7E.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51846813
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Root
HP has finally released kitkat for the slate 7 extreme. Has anyone managed to root it yet?
loner6996 said:
HP has finally released kitkat for the slate 7 extreme. Has anyone managed to root it yet?
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i just got mine in the mail yesterday and did the updates for it. and its up to 4.4.2, im looking at how to root it also.
slipin3 said:
i just got mine in the mail yesterday and did the updates for it. and its up to 4.4.2, im looking at how to root it also.
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Yeah HP sure took there sweet time getting the update out.
Bump.
I haven't updated it to 4.4 yet. thinking of rooting it instead. I heard that 4.4 disables microSD card support.
Jupiter683 said:
I heard that 4.4 disables microSD card support.
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Yeah but once you root I believe there are ways to get around that.
Ah, I see. I'd love to root it, but is there a way to unroot? I got the tablet from my job & I want to unroot if they decide to ask for it back; which I doubt, but I don't want to risk it. Thanks for the info!
I'm not sure if HP has the kitkat recovery available for download but I do know that they had 4.3. Since I was rooted I had to manually update to 4.3 and then update to 4.4 ota. That caused me to lose root so I am assuming doing something like that would un root. Again I am just assuming.
yes, hp does have the kitkat recovery available for download. I downloaded it last night and flashed it and now I'm running kitkat. The only issue now is getting back my root. Lost my root after flashing.
bomblim said:
yes, hp does have the kitkat recovery available for download. I downloaded it last night and flashed it and now I'm running kitkat. The only issue now is getting back my root. Lost my root after flashing.
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I have tried a ton of methods to get root on 4.4, but none of them have worked. Do you know of a working one? or a way to downgrade back to 4.2.2? I would love to see this tablet get some more dev love.
dinohunter117 said:
I have tried a ton of methods to get root on 4.4, but none of them have worked. Do you know of a working one? or a way to downgrade back to 4.2.2? I would love to see this tablet get some more dev love.
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I managed to root it using towelroot v1. Rooting doesnt work with the newer version of towelroot though. Just google for the towelroot apk, install it, run it and your HP S7E will be rooted! I'm amazed by how foolproof this method is. Give it a shot!

[Q] OS 4.5.1 root

Evening all,
Just been updated to OS 4.5.1 on 7" HDX, I can't seem to find a root for it as of yet. Does any one know if its available yet?
Thank you,
Clickbait title :/
Same here. My Kindle Fire HD 6 got updated to the same thing and I really want to try rooting it but there appears to be no way to root it
I'm in for a fix too.
even if this is bait thread, lets hope it will spark something that leads to it
Roll back to all devices updated to 4.x OS
stapler85 said:
even if this is bait thread, lets hope it will spark something that leads to it
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You have an option here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/rollback-to-devices-upgraded-to-4-x-t2946946
root for fire os 4.5.1 needed
Hello all,
I just got my hdx 7" today and unfortunately updated to 4.5.1 ota.
Is there anyone trying to find a way to root?
If any new root is known please tell me.
Would be nice to get access to google play store e.g.
Thanks a lot.
big_mika said:
Hello all,
I just got my hdx 7" today and unfortunately updated to 4.5.1 ota.
Is there anyone trying to find a way to root?
If any new root is known please tell me.
Would be nice to get access to google play store e.g.
Thanks a lot.
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You may be able to downgrade to a rootable version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/rollback-to-devices-upgraded-to-4-x-t2946946
People keep referring to this thread but I have contacted Amazon about 6 times now and all 6 people told me there was absolutely no way that they could or ever would roll back your software. All 6 said once you upgrade to 4.5.1 there was no way what so ever for them to take you back. I even got a couple of emails from there tech support team stating this. So no, customer care will not roll back your software.
I had a very unsucessful back and forth between like 12 different people at Amazon with no success. I even provided a few apps in their store that will absoutely not run in 4.5.x (Quicken 2013 for example) and they had no interest in rolling me back. Though I did not have them explicitly state that a rollback was impossible. They just apologized that their forced software update was causing me grief and to deal with it.
Possible way to root. Was reading info on this vuln CVE-2014-7911 and it seems like it might be a way that KitKat could be rooted. It was patched in Lollipop. Just thought I would share.
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Possible way to root. Was reading info on this vuln CVE-2014-7911 and it seems like it might be a way that KitKat could be rooted. It was patched in Lollipop. Just thought I would share.
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I did some reading into this, and it turns out we'll need a bit more than that to get root access (i.e. another exploit).
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/com...android_50_privilege_escalation_using/cm6ylr9
My device is also updated to 4.5.1 .
After talking to the nice amazon support i came back not to set the device back.
nevertheless i have to wait until some of the xda guys will hack that too.
i got the nexus 7 before. so i have to say that the kindle hdx7 is much better then nexus7.
but it is crap within fireos there is no possibility to login to spotify with the google account. also on some other apps. thats really *hit.
loco09 said:
My device is also updated to 4.5.1 .
After talking to the nice amazon support i came back not to set the device back.
nevertheless i have to wait until some of the xda guys will hack that too.
i got the nexus 7 before. so i have to say that the kindle hdx7 is much better then nexus7.
but it is crap within fireos there is no possibility to login to spotify with the google account. also on some other apps. thats really *hit.
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The software really is the crippling factor, not the hardware. It's just sad that Amazon still can't see that and tries with every effort to lock down those that try to get around it.
whats the chance of upgrade?
Does anyone know what the chance of upgrade of 4.5.1 to stock android rom for fire hdx 7" and possible timeframe?
Is there anyone still working on it and are we just waiting for source code to try and find a way to unlock it.
I just picked up a fire hdx, but it came installed with 4.5.1 and the software is pretty unusable compared to my old jellybean tablet.
As a sidenote would it be worth trying to turn off ota updates so they are not kept ahead of any patch?
Damn this thread. I want my click back. lol
Man, I updated too, is there a way to turn off the automatic update?
rillo561 said:
Man, I updated too, is there a way to turn off the automatic update?
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After looking over the source code for the HDX Toolkit, for some reason I think the way it does it might still work on 4.5.1.

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