Why root Amazon Kindle Fire? All my Android devices have root access. I have plenty of reasons to root them. Same apply to root Kindle Fire. Lot of useful Android applications requires root access in order to use them. So here are my top reasons why you should to root Kindle Fire.
Root Kindle Fire
How to root Amazon Kindle Fire? You can use SuperOneClick to root Kindle Fire. But it is workable on software update 6.2 and below only. Thanks to BurritoRoot from XDA Developer, jcase. We can root Kindle Fire on software update 6.2.1 with BurritoRoot. BurritoRoot is an application that allows the android debug bridge (adb) to be ran as root simply by running the command ‘adb root’. It supports software update 6.1, 6.2 and 6.2.1 for the moment (6.0 is not supported). You can root Kindle Fire with BurritoRoot manually. Or the simplest way ~ uses Kindle Fire Utility to root Kindle Fire. It will install SuperUser App for you too in automated way. Just follow below step by step guide…
Prerequisites
- Kindle Fire adb USB driver
- Kindle Fire Utility
First of all, you need to have Kindle Fire adb USB driver installed. Else Kindle Fire Utility can’t talk to Kindle Fire from PC. Follow this guide to do so ~ How to install Kindle Fire adb USB driver? (Video) And download Kindle Fire Utility.
Thanks to XDA Developer, Vashypooh for coming a great tool for Amazon Kindle Fire ~ Kindle Fire Utility. Kindle Fire Utility is a tool that makes all our lives easier. We can root Kindle Fire, install TWRP 2.0 Recovery easily without having much technical knowledge. Besides, Kindle Fire Utility also comes packaged with the USB drivers required to operate ADB and Fastboot. Basically, it is batch of scripts that help run all the tasks. You can modify and improve Kindle Fire Utility if you know to modify and write DOS batch codes.
Kindle Fire Utility
Amazon Kindle Fire does not have Android Market but have Amazon Appstore instead. So you can either sideload Android Market applications and games to unrooted Kindle Fire manually. Or install Android Market on Kindle Fire permanently then install apps and games from there. Having Android Market on Kindle Fire is easier, right? Yes, but you need to have root access on Kindle Fire first in order to install Android Market. Anyway, rooting Kindle Fire is not hard, just follow below step by step guide will do.
Android Market on Kindle Fire
Root Amazon Kindle Fire has lot of benefits. But it also brings some downsides. Yup, if you are Amazon Prime member that love to watch stream movies and TV shows with Kindle Fire, you will notice that these services are not available anymore after you rooted Kindle Fire. In order to watch them back, you need to unroot Kindle Fire. But that is not a perfect solution because you need to use PC to unroot it permanently. Applications that need root access are not working anymore then. That is not the way that we want.
Amazon Prime movies and TV shows are disabled.
