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Don't buy an Amazon device while planning on rooting it and installing CyanogenMod or the equivalent, either. Starting with Fire OS 5.1.1 in December 2015, Amaz

Don't buy an Amazon device while planning on rooting it and installing CyanogenMod or the equivalent, either. Starting with Fire OS 5.1.1 in December 2015, Amazon locked down the bootloader making such hacks considerably trickier. Here's a relevant thread at XDA forums: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool-root-t3272695 http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/amaz... With moves like this, I'd guess it likely that Amazon continue to move in a direction unfriendly to users wanting full control over the devices they own.

imglorp 11y ago
I think devices to Amazon are merely marketing budget, enabling further sales of media. I think they're selling them at a loss per device but a net gain with sales included. If you put CM on your Fire, they would view that as if you defaced a billboard they paid for.
awqrre 11y ago
I'm glad I bought a few in November 2015 for $35 each then... I was able to install CyanogenMod without too much trouble and I got rid of ads and increased performance in the process.
philtar 11y ago
> users wanting full control over the devices they own I would have to disagree. Users buying an Amazon device do not want full control, otherwise they would have bought something else. That's the implication Amazon is working under in order to be able to sell these products at the prices they're selling them. You're talking like Amazon and Apple are committing the same 'sin'