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[Bogdi]

[GUIDE] How-To Root Kindle Fire

Here will be posted all the solutions in regards to rooting the Kindle Fire. The solutions list will be updated when more options appear.

WARNING: As these procedures involve modification to system files, you could cause damage to your device.  We are not responsible if anything happens to your device. Use at your own risk.

SOLUTION 0. - FOR KINDLE FIRE 6.2.1 Update

If you updated to version 6.2.1, please head to Rootzwiki in order to download a new One Click Root application for Kindle Fire 6.2.1 in case the Root is broken because of the update.

SOLUTION 1 - FOR KINDLE FIRE < 6.2.1 Update

How-To Get ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Running AND Root with SuperOneClick

Credits goes to death2all110 @ xda for the solution bellow, to ReviewHorizon.com for detailing the guide better and to ShortFuse for SuperOneClick ( you can donate as well to himif you like the app).  

Step 0 - Enable Sideloading on Kindle Fire or enable the installation of apps from unknown sources.

This is exactly sideloading apps many of you are probably interested in. If you only want to add a market like GetJar, this is the only step you want to perform. Touch the top bar on your Kindle Fire and select More…->Device then turn on the Installation from unknown sources. It is that easy, thanks Amazon for not deliberately trying to hide this option.

Step 1 - You will need two different applications installed on your PC :

a. Android SDK Windows (MAC OS X, Linux also available) from here. For Windows get the installer_r15-windows.exe. Android SDK relies on Java SE development kit that you can install from here. Choose the installer that matches your platform, install it and you can ignore the registration request at the end. Once the Android SDK is installed, check the box – Start SDK Manager and proceed. This will take you to a dialog box prompting to install various components, ensure Tools is checked, scroll down to Extras and Select Google USB Driver Packages as well then proceed with the Install Packages Button

b. SuperOneClick v2.2 from here ( Thanks again to  ShortFuse )
In order to install SuperOneClick, you’ll also need .NET Framework 2.0 or newer. unzip it into a new folder

Step 2 - Prepare the Kindle Fire for Rooting/Jailbraking (Windows) / (Go To enable ADB -> for mac)
You will need to modify the following two files:

a. adb_usb.ini You can find it under your Users\YourUsername\.android folder. In a typical Windows 7 installation, adb_usb.ini will be located under C:\Users\YourUserNameHere\.android. Open the adb_usb.ini file with a text editor (Notepad is just fine) and add the following line at the end. Save and exit.

0x1949

b. android_winusb.inf – You can find it under the folder you installed the Android SDK, in my case C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver. Open the file with a text editor (notepad is again good enough), locate [Google.NTx86] section and also the [Google.NTamd64] section and add the following line to

;Kindle Fire
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1949&PID_0006
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&MI_01

After you finished, save and close the android_winusb.inf.

Step 3 - Launching the Kindle Fire Rooting Process
a)Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer via USB
b)Open a command prompt window (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt)

c)ADB path might not be registered with your system, so navigate wherever you installed Android SDK and to the folder that contains adb.exe. In my case, the folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

d) Type adb kill-server and press enter

e) Type adb devices. If everything is fine, you should see a connected device (your Kindle Fire).
f) Launch SuperOneClick.exe and Click on Root Button. Sit back and enjoy the process!

Step 4. Congratulations, your Kindle Fire is Rooted.

Thanks again to death2all110 @ xda for the solution and to ReviewHorizon.com for the detailed guide above (you can follow the link to see the guide images).








SOLUTION 2 - FOR KINDLE FIRE < 6.2.1 Update

Credits goes to RootKindleFire.com for the solution bellow.

FOR WINDOWS

• Go to Settings->Mode->Device and make sure “Allow Installation of Applications” is checked “ON”.
  
• Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer via micro-USB cable.  And hit “Disconnect” to turn off the USB disk drive mode.
  
• Download KindleFireRoot.zip and unzip to the root directory of your hard disk such as c:/KindleFireRoot
  
• Open up a command prompt by typing “cmd” under Start->Search
  
• Browser to the KindleFireRoot directory by typing cd \KindleFireRoot\files
  
• Type adb devices
  
• You won’t see anything so you have to install the drivers.  Open up Device Manager under Control Panel->Hardware and Sound
  
• Double Click on Kindle and Update Drivers
  
• Choose “Browse my computer for driver software”.
  
• Choose “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.
  
• Choose “Show All Devices”.
  
• Choose “Have Disk”.
  
• Go find the file android_winusb.inf under KindleRootFire\usb_driver directory
  
• Choose Yes and "Install the Driver Software Anyway"
  
• You should now see “Android ADB Interface”.
  
• Next go back to Control panel and choose “Appearance and Personalization”.
  
• Choose “Show hidden files and folders”.
  
• Make sure “Show hidden files, folders, or drives” is checked on.
  
• Next go into the usb_driver folder in KindleFireRoot folder and right-click ->Copy an Adb_usb.ini
  
• Browse to your User directory, ex :  C:\user\Max
  
• Browse to the .android directory and right-click paste
  
• Go back to command prompt and type: adb kill-server
  
• Then adb devices
  
• You should get a bunch of numbers and letters, that’s the serial number of your Kindle Fire and you are ready to root.
  
• Type: cd ..
  
• runme.bat
  
• Your Kindle Fire should reboot and should be rooted.
  
• You can verify you have SuperUser app by going to Settings->More->Applications->All Applications

FOR MAC/LINUX



For those of you with Mac OSX or Linux, you can root it using this method:

• Go to Settings->More->Device and make sure “Allow Installation of Applications” is checked “ON”.
  
• Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer via micro-USB cable. And hit “Disconnect” to turn off the USB disk drive mode.
  
• Download KindleFireRootMacLinux.zip and unzip to the root directory of your hard disk such as c:\KindleFireRoot. Download KindleFireRootMacLinux.zip
  
• Open up a terminal.
  
• Browse to the KindleFireRootMacLinux directory by typing: cd Downloads/KindleFireRootLinux
  
• Type: mkdir ~.android and after cp adb_usb.ini ~.android/. *Note – You might have to add “sudo” for Ubuntu
  
• Type: For Mac: ./adb-mac devices
  
• Type: For Linux: ./adb-linux devices
  
• If you get a bunch of numbers and letters, that means you are good to go.
  
• Type: For Mac: sh runmemac.sh
  
• Type : For Linux: sh runmelinux.sh
  
• Your Kindle Fire should do its rooting and reboot.
  
• You can verify you have SuperUser app by going to Settings->More->Applications->All Applications.

Yay!

Thanks again to RootKindleFire.com . For a detailed view of the instructions above with images, follow the url.

[tkalli]

Another method and video posted at
http://rootkindlefire.com/

[Bogdi]

tkalli, Was the above method confirmed by other users?

[tkalli]

It was posted in same thread as death2all110.
My Fire's don't get here till Friday, so I have not personally tried either method.

[soricon]

I followed this tutorial and it works fine. Very detailed, including the ADB install/setup part.



http://reviewhorizon...deloading-apps/

[Bogdi]

Thanks. Was added in our solutions

[Firemykindle]

Excellent post! Well informative

[Spyder]

Man I was spoiled with my OG Droid. All I had to do was flash a sbf file and then a ROM.


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[tkalli]

I rooted both my Fires and used each of the two methods.

Both worked.

Have installed Market, some Google and third party apps.

All working as they should.

[imCHIEFINfoo]

Ok so I had had some fun with this one, I followed this tutorial (), pretty much the same exact one as the first one.


I followed all the steps exactly and when it came down to doing "adb devices" my kindle just would not show up for some reason and when i went into oneclicksuper or whatever that program is called haha, I hit root and it froze up every time and i had to manually end the process every time, I'm running windows xp....


So I figured what the hell I'll try number to, restored my kindle to factory defaults using the on-tablet option in the settings menu and it took me through the re-registering and tutorial yadayadayada


Now I started the steps for the second tutorial and realized, oh crap it doesnt show up in my device manager as kindle anymore, even after restoring, it shows up as Android phone, what the hell do I do? well upon further review I realized that steps 5-18 were already covered in the first tutorial and they complete the same objective, changing your interface to the ADB whatever so its ok that you skip all those if you've already tried tutorial 1


Now the second issue I came across was finding my .android folder which for some reason just disappeared, simple fix just search it using the Start>Search function and let that little dog find it for you. "All Files and Folders > search .android", itll come up and just double-click it to open it


now that I found the .android folder I was able to complete steps 19 & 21 (skipped 20 because user/Max wasn't there)

so after completing that I carried on with the rest of the tutorial and everything worked out PERFECTLY. To verify just make sure you go to Settings > Applications > select All Applications from the drop down menu and scroll down, you should see "Superuser" with the little android homie and that means you have super user access........ meaning its rooted fool

yeah that was my experience.... figured I'd share it because I did see a couple people had the same issue I was having with the first tutorial.... onto the installing android market guide.... PRECIATE THE TUTORIALS BTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, po it up, dont touch my cup

- John

[chocokindle]

Is there also a root for 6.2.2? I read something on rootkindlefire.com but the video is deleted or currently not available. Also there was no information in how good it works.EDITJust saw in another thread this link: http://www.geek.com/...-20111223/which may solves my problem ^^

[Aroon Deep]

chocokindle, on 27 March 2012 - 08:53 AM, said:

Is there also a root for 6.2.2? I read something on rootkindlefire.com but the video is deleted or currently not available. Also there was no information in how good it works.EDITJust saw in another thread this link: http://www.geek.com/...-20111223/which may solves my problem ^^

There is also a root for 6.3, which is not even released (officially) as of yet here.