Amazon Kindle Fire Successfully Rooted Just One Day After Release
It happened so fast. Yesterday marked the beginning of the Amazon Kindle Fire’s delivery, and today it’s already been rooted.
As should be well known by now, the Kindle Fire tablet uses Android as its operating system. However, you’re not greeted by a typical Android interface like you might be familiar with from many phones or other tablets. Instead, you’re met with a heavily customized version of the OS.
This unique Amazon interface aims to provide a consistent user experience, but more importantly, to highlight Amazon’s own services. Due to this setup, all Google services that you might find on other devices are missing—in other words, there’s no standard Android Market available, only the Amazon Appstore for Android, which unfortunately doesn’t work outside the USA. For anyone who has been waiting to possibly import it because of this issue, you can now breathe easy, as the Kindle Fire tablet has already been rooted.
The process, however, is still relatively involved, because to gain root access, you must first install ADB. ADB stands for “Android Debug Bridge,” primarily available for development purposes. To use ADB, you need the Android SDK. The entire setup might be a bit cumbersome for someone who’s not tech-savvy, so it might still be worth waiting if you don’t want to deal with all of this right now.
But, if you already have ADB up and running, rooting is remarkably straightforward. Just follow this guide, then download the program SuperOneClick and select “Root.” That’s it!
