
- CYANOGENMOD ZIP FILE WILL NOT WORK INSTALL
- CYANOGENMOD ZIP FILE WILL NOT WORK DRIVERS
If you already have a working installation of ADB and Fastboot, dismiss this step.
CYANOGENMOD ZIP FILE WILL NOT WORK DRIVERS
Connect the Kindle and wait until the automatic installation of drivers ends. With the tablet still unplugged go to Options – Security and enable the ADB setting. Run the EXE file and wait until it finishes. CYANOGENMOD ZIP FILE WILL NOT WORK INSTALL
Install the drivers after extracting the ZIP file. Unplug the tablet and reboot your computer after that. Locate it under Portable Devices, right click on it and select Uninstall. Connect your Kindle to your computer and go to Device Manager. It’s a good advise to uninstall your current drivers before installing the latest ones. They work for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. If the link doesn’t work I have uploaded them to my Box account just in case. You can download the drivers directly from Amazon here. There are newer models which are called Kindle Fire HDX and they are not covered here so keep that in mind. This steps should work with the 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD variant, but I can’t assure you 100% that it will. My friend’s model is X43Z60 and was running the 7.4.6 firmware, which is the latest. It will also help me as reference in case I need to do it again some other time. The following is a quick guide that covers all the things I did if you want to do it or like me, you have a friend who asks you for help about this.
I installed CyanogenMod 11 and it works very well. After gathering all kinds of info and reading tons of articles I finally got my hands dirty and finished doing it without any problem. I said yes, and began to look for information. This past week a friend of mine which has a Kindle Fire HD 7″ asked me if I could help him root it and installing a custom ROM to it because he wanted to have an Android stock experience instead of Amazon’s Fire OS.