<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hmm. There's a lot of discussion on that page, but I think this ( <a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/experimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595">https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/experimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595</a> ) is the URL you really need.<br><br></div><div>This is great news. The Amazon Fire tablet is wonderful hardware, and it's really cheap -- like, $50 list and often discounted. I rooted my 5th gen Amazon tablet ( KFFOWI, the 7" model) after some struggle. After rooting, I installed the Fire Nexus ROM ( <a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714">https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/rom-fire-nexus-rom-lmy49f-t3300714</a> ) and got out from under Amazon's draconian rule. At the time there was no way to change out the bootloader itself, so when the machine boots I still get the amazon logo. After that I'm free though. It's a great little device for lying on the couch surfing the web. I could use my phone for that, but the tablet's 7" screen is much more comfortable.<br><br></div><div>Alas, if I'm reading the threads right it looks like the newer Amazon bootloaders are locked (they do a checksum on the OS ), and so far there doesn't seem to be a working unlocked substitute. So you get root, but you can't replace Amazon's OS yet. OTOH, with root that should be coming shortly. <br><br></div><div><< obligatory discussion of why the laws that force you to run exploits against your own devices are idiotic and disgraceful tactfully removed >><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- CHS<br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 6:10 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Stolen from pi-hole project information. It is worth manually updating<br>
from time to time.<br>
<br>
Only needed on portable devices, IMHO. This assumes you have a local DNS<br>
with blocking enabled ... er ... like a pi-hole.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 3/4/19 5:02 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> Aaaaaand...<br>
> <br>
> That 131K line anti-tracking hosts file is published.....<br>
> <br>
> On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 15:12 -0500, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:<br>
>> Seems someone found a software root last week, 26th, for the 2017 Amazon<br>
>> Fire 8HD tablets, finally! It provides a temporary root with SELinux<br>
>> disabled.<br>
>><br>
>> It is 3-5 commands, depending on your existing developer options. In<br>
>> short, freakin' easy.<br>
>><br>
>> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/discussion-root-progress-fire-hd-8-t3743024/page104">https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/discussion-root-progress-fire-hd-8-t3743024/page104</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Tested it. Working here. YMMV. Be careful and don't brick yours.<br>
>><br>
>> All I've done so far is replace the 1 line /etc/hosts with my 131K line<br>
>> anti-tracking variant. Verified that the worst tracking sites weren't<br>
>> available, then rebooted the tablet and verified they still weren't<br>
>> available.<br>
>><br>
>> I may want to install a real firewall and busybox shortly, but haven't<br>
>> at this point.<br>
>> I did not install SuperSU.<br>
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