Amazon Kindle Fire HDX (amazon-thor)

Contributors

 * steamport (MoreRobustThanYou)

Maintainer(s)

 * steamport (MoreRobustThanYou)

Problems

 * fastboot cannot flash larger images (512 MB or above), it will error with . The latest pmbootstrap should warn you about this. A good fix for this would be implementing our own "postmarketOS flash method", see #456
 * Wifi doesn't work
 * X11 only shows a flickering gray screen
 * Plasma Mobile doesn't work, even with --framebuffer Works, albeit with off colors, as of #1252

How to enter flash mode
Fastboot: Hold down POWER and VOL DOWN

Recovery: Hold down POWER and VOL UP until the silver "Kindle Fire" shows up. Then let go of POWER.

Preparing for install
Unlock your bootloader and install TWRP. SAFESTRAP WILL NOT WORK!! This will automatically do it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/multi-platform-1-click-bootloader-t3241014 However, there is a manual tutorial here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/thor-unlocking-bootloader-firmware-t3463982

Installation
(TWRP) A recovery image can be flashed via TWRP normally

(Fastboot) Fastboot also works, however please note that images that are 510+ MB cannot be flashed via Fastboot. Use netcat or recovery.