r/kindlefire • u/According_Bath_5379 • 5d ago

Software Update Help with outdated Fire

I tried to register an old generation and not supported. Sorry if it's posted before but how can I root it just to get internet? No apps needed . Thanks

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u/Fr0gm4n Moderator 5d ago

What Fire model and generation? What Fire OS, if you can tell? You should be able to get to the part where it asks to connect to WiFi, then go back one step and you can skip, which should take you to the main screen without registering.

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u/Educational-Cat-8374 5d ago

This ... registering is not needed to use the tablet at all, Wifi works just fine as does the browser and apps

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u/According_Bath_5379 5d ago

I know Amazon disabled accessing the Internet on this older model. Is there a way to bypass or sideload?

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u/80sTechKid 5d ago

If you can’t connect to Wi-Fi at all, check to make sure you don’t have WPA3-only security on your router.

Unlike older iOS, older Android including FireOS connect to WPA2/3 Transitional just fine, so I’d change it to that if that’s the case.

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u/Educational-Cat-8374 5d ago edited 5d ago

No they only disabled you from using Amazon services everything else will work

yes you can use the fire tool kit and install google services if you want.

I have worked on a bunch of Amazon KINDLE Fire HD7 2nd Gen (2012) that are no longer able to use Amazon.

I install Koreader and Smart audiobook player on them and sideload all the books and audio that it will hold. Same with Games like solitaire or Sokoban, Angry Birds or whatever.

See my post here for more about the Koreader

https://www.reddit.com/r/kindlefire/comments/1vzgt81/both_our_fire_8_hd_tablets_have_been_neutered/

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u/Fr0gm4n Moderator 5d ago

yes you can use the fire tool kit and install google services if you want.

If it's old enough to have been cut off from the Kindle store then it's too old to use FTB.

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u/Educational-Cat-8374 5d ago

I used Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.8 on the Amazon KINDLE Fire HD7 2nd Gen (2012)

Along with the Tekify - Root Kindle Fire HD

A couple of them have aicp_tate_mm-11.0 on them

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u/Fr0gm4n Moderator 5d ago

KFU is not Fire Toolbox (FTB). They are entirely different tools. And, Google Services no longer work on very old Fires. Google has shut off the Google Play Services they talk to.

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u/Fr0gm4n Moderator 5d ago

Look into what they actually did, not what random people have claimed they did. You may not be able to access the Kindle store, or register the device to Amazon, but internet functionality has never been cut off by Amazon.