Download and install CyanogenMod 7 Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread ROM on Amazon Kindle Fire? Yup, you can do so. Thanks to XDA Developer, whistlestop. We can all enjoy latest CM7 custom Android ROM on Kindle Fire now. This will turn your Kindle Fire into a native like Android tablet instead of using Amazon custom Android OS. So you can use install applications and games directly from Android Market and use all Google Applications like Gmail, Currents…
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM on Amazon Kindle Fire is not perfect yet. Can’t use it as daily ROM. So I am using CyanogenMod 7 ROM on my Kindle Fire now. But I still want to have the ICS feel. So what should I do? Install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet Theme on CM7 Kindle Fire. It does not have ICS features but will make my Kindle Fire looks like using ICS ROM (almost)…
The primary reason that I bought Amazon Kindle Fire ~ the ability to install custom Android ROM on Kindle Fire. Yes, we can install custom Android ROM like CM7 Android 2.3 Gingerbread, CM9 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on Kindle Fire to replace the stock software from Amazon. We can do so with the help of TWRP 2.0 Recovery. Note – install a new custom Android ROM will replace existing ROM. So do make a full Kindle Fire system backup with TWRP 2.0 Recovery before continue. Done everything? Let’s follow below step by step video tutorial guide to install custom Android ROM on Kindle Fire.
Prerequisites
Kernel is the heart of operating system. So getting a good kernel is important. It will improve performance, better features like overclocking, battery life and so on… XDA Developer, intersectRaven compiled kernel with Mjolnir for the Amazon Kindle Fire with few optimizations. It supports ARM code optimizations and able to overclock up to 1.2 GHz. Furthermore, it is available on CM7, CM9 and stock ROM. Personally, I tested intersectRaven Kernel on CM7 ROM.
Amazon Kindle Fire does not have much custom ROM as I expected (when compare to HTC HD2 and Samsung Galaxy S II). Maybe Android tablet is still not so popular compare to Android phone. And people prefer iPad as tablet. Anyway, here is another custom CyanogenMod 7 ROM cooked by XDA Developer, Skimp Killah. It is based on latest CM7 commits by WhistleStop and IngCr3at1on. And added several goodies like Kernel by IntersectRaven, ICS Keyboard & Theme, Google Apps and Galaxy Nexus boot animation…
