Hacking the 5th Generation Kindle Fire

Adding Google Apps, Rooting, Removing Bloatware and Changing the Launcher of a 5th Generation Kindle Fire

4 Oct 2015  •  3 min

On Black Friday I bought a Kindle Fire (5th Gen) for £35. I decided to hack it. My main aim was to install Google Play, change the launcher and remove the bloatware, however, to achieve this I also needed to root the device.

Prerequisites: ADB and Fastboot (guide: http://goo.gl/SLpJXX), Drivers (http://goo.gl/sqJgpL)

1. Google Apps (no root required)

Source: http://goo.gl/btPy9W

2. Rooting

Source: http://goo.gl/FQhGl0

3. Remove Bloat (root required)

Source: http://goo.gl/ud7HWU

4. Changing Launcher (requires root)


Thanks for reading. I hope this helped you enhance your £50 Kindle Fire. I found some more articles at: http://goo.gl/cITO3g including the articles below.

In the future I hope to install CyanogenMod when a stable release comes out.

Jake Walker

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