Installing a Custom ROM onto the 5th Generation Kindle Fire

Installing a custom Android version onto the 5th Generation Kindle Fire

27 Dec 2015  •  1 min

After playing with my Kindle for a few weeks, I thought how much bloatware was installed and how locked down the device was. I then decided to install a custom ROM.

Prep

Booting into Recovery

Installing the ROM

Now you should be in recovery. There should be some buttons on the screen.

You should boot up and find a setup menu. I have found some apps won’t install from the Google Play Store (I found Inbox (by Gmail) and Amazon Shopping don’t work), however, if you sideload these apps they work fine.

Jake Walker

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