Cant get this to work on any machines. Ive tried on win7, winxp, and osx. On win7 the.android folder doesnt exist, i saw a user put that the driver doesnt work for win7 (in your video you use win7 or vista and it seems to work) on osx the ~.android folder already exists in the kindlefirerootmaclinux dir so i cant create it. Also the adb-usb.ini is already in that dir. When i do./adb-mac kill. Mac version coming soon. Kindle for PC. Click on Shop in Kindle Store from the Kindle for PC interface. As of this writing it will run on XP, Vista,. Yes, I understand that (calibre is a like converter program), but I thought you only need to read kindle books (per your original question), and your mac version does not support the kindle for mac software, so I suggest to read your kindle ebooks from the Amazon/kindle website.
After Amazon updated Kindle Fire to version 6.2.1, the older root method stopped working. But no worries, there’s a new root method in town, this one is also very easy to do and works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Here’s a video tutorial for Windows you can watch while rooting: And for Mac and Linux: Step 1. Go to Settings->Device.
Make sure your system version is 6.2.1 or later. If not, press on “Update your Kindle” to update. Make sure “Allow Installation of Applications” is ON. Download KindleFireRootNew.zip and unzip to a folder. My recommendation is to put it somewhere like C: KindleFireRootNew. Connect your Kindle to your computer via a micro-USB cable. Hp printer drivers v5.0 for os x. For Windows, you will have to install drivers.
(For Mac and Linux, skip this step) Open up Device Manager and double-click on Kindle (with exclamation mark) to update driver. You can find drivers in the KindleFireRootNew folder under usb_driver directory. For all Windows, Mac, and Linux, you need to copy the file adb_usb.ini inside the usb_driver folder into.android folder in your user directory.
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If.android directory doesn’t exist, just make a new folder called.android. Next, you are going to copy the file kindlefireroot.apk file inside the KindleFireRootNew folder to the root directory of your Kindle Fire’s internal storage. Go to the Amazon App Store and install app called “ES File Explorer”. Find and install the kindlefireroot.apk file. Open the app after installing and choose “Root”. This will temporarily root your Kindle Fire so you can install permanent root files/apps. Go open up a command prompt/terminal and browse to the KindleFireRootNew directory.
For Windows, if you extracted the files to c: KindleFireRootNew, type the following: cd KindleFireRootNew Step 12. I got “waiting for device ” for the longest time and thought my kindle was bricked forever! I also tried fixing it by reloading the drivers, but my device was always undetectable! Fortunately, I was able to see how other Mac users solved the problem.
First i turned my kindle off after connecting it with the micro usb cable. In terminal I went back to the place where the fastboot directory is with root control (sudo -i). It looked like this: Xxxxx-macbook:kindlefirerootnew root#./fastboot-mac -i 0×1949 reboot rebooting _____ It stayed at rebooting for a long time, so I was scared it wouldn’t work, but then I turned the kindle off and in again one more time and BINGO! It rebooted and I got superuser! Hope this works for others too! I finally got mine to work: Windows XP could not load the driver (it did not even recognize it as a kindle).
I had to use my Windows 7 machine to finish step 15. I did the following steps: 1. Loaded the compressed files onto the widows 7 machine and made sure to put the adb driver into my user folder. Connected my kindle to the computer 3. Updated the driver per instructions above 4. Opened Command Prompt and re ran step 15.
I used a “x” not “*” or any other character. Manually powered down the kindle The kindle then restarted and was rooted. FYI it took about 2 min to restart. Well I was good until step 15 part 2. Loaded everything fine, but is just eternally rebooting.
If it is just rebooting, shouldn’t it be safe to manually hold down the power, then turn it on? I’m hesitant to do so because one of the executables is running the reboot, so I don’t want to interfere with any processes it is trying to do.
There are now “unbrick/unroot” programs and instructions floating about that will essentially just reinstall stock firmware (software?), but I am unsure if one would be able to access the device through usb on the hazard looking screen. Oooh this is a pickle.