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Kindle Fire Utility makes updating, tweaking Amazon’s tablet a snap

It’s been a little over a month since the Amazon Kindle Fire hit the streets, and since day one hackers have been kicking the tires of Amazon’s 7 inch tablet to figure out how to make it do more than read books, play videos, and run apps purchased from Amazon. Now a developer going by […]

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How to install TWRP 2.0 touch-based recovery on the Kindle Fire (backup, restore, flash custom firmware)

The folks at Team Win have released a new recovery tool for Android devices called Team Win Recovery Project 2.0. It’s an alternative to the popular ClockworkMod Recovery utility, and lets you backup or restore your device, install custom ROMs, or make other changes. Update: Note that this article was written in 2011 and refers […]

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Custom kernels let you overclock the Amazon Kindle Fire

Developers have started to release custom kernels for the Amazon Kindle Fire which allow you to make a few nifty changes to the tablet. For instance, you can overclock the CPU or GPU when using the first custom kernels. Right now the top clock speed is 1.2 GHz, but it could go even higher. Out […]

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CyanogenMod 7 performance on the Amazon Kindle Fire – video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCclu_HnR9M The Amazon Kindle Fire has a reasonably speedy 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processor. But at times the tablet can feel a bit sluggish when you’re running Amazon’s custom version of Android. The tablet seems to pause for a moment sometimes when launching apps, for instance, or when scrolling between pages in an […]

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How to install CyanogenMod 7 on the Amazon Kindle Fire

The Amazon Kindle Fire is is a 7 inch tablet designed to access Amazon’s digital book, music, movie, and app stores. But we’ve already seen that you can root the device, install the Android Market, and run many third party apps which aren’t available from Amazon. If that’s not enough for you though, it’s surprisingly […]

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CyanogenMod 7 available for the Amazon Kindle Fire

The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a custom version of Google Android which is tied to Amazon’s digital book, music, movie and app stores. But shortly after the $199 tablet was released, early customers figured out how to root the tablet, install the Android Market, and make other changes. Now you can completely replace Amazon’s […]

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CyanogenMod 7 for the Kindle Fire coming this weekend

The first custom ROM for the Amazon Kindle Fire could be available Sunday night. That’s when xda-developers forum member JackpotClavin hopes to release tools that will allow anyone to load CyanogenMod 7 on the tablet. Update: The tools are available, and we’ve posted step-by-step instructions for installing CyanogenMod 7 on the Kindle Fire. CyanogenMod is […]

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Early CyanogenMod 7 build loaded on the Amazon Kindle Fire

Update: The tools are now publicly available, which means anyone can install CyanogenMod 7 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, turning it into a full-fledged Android tablet for $199.  The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a modified version of Google Android, but hackers have already figured out how to root the tablet, install officially unsupported apps, […]

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Use a third party keyboard with a (rooted) Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon offers Kindle Fire users the opportunity to download and install thousands of third party apps from the Amazon Appstore. But there are some apps you won’t find there, including apps that require phone, camera, or microphone capabilities, because the Kindle Fire doesn’t have the hardware to support them. You also won’t find alternate home […]

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Add a mic to the Amazon Kindle Fire for just a few dollars

The Amazon Kindle Fire is a 7 inch tablet with a high quality display, a speedy dual core processor, and the ability to run thousands of Google Android apps. But one thing Amazon’s tablet doesn’t have is a built-in microphone. You’d think that would mean you cant run sound recorders or voice communication apps such as […]