Amazon Fire 7 2015 (amazon-ford)
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This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Boots, no MR/port in pmaports
Status: Boots, no MR/port in pmaports
![]() Amazon Fire 7 running Weston and it's demo programs | |
Manufacturer | Amazon |
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Name | Fire 7 (2015) |
Codename | amazon-ford |
Released | 2015 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | MediaTek MT8127 |
CPU | Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 |
GPU | Mali-450MP4 |
Display | 600x1024 IPS |
Storage | 8GB, expandable up to 256GB with microSD card |
Memory | 1GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software | Fire OS 5 (based on Android Lollipop) |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Contributors
- reon0
Users owning this device
- Autumn64 (Notes: Booting PMOS under LXQt)
- BenTheTechGuy (Notes: Improving port)
- Cdde (Notes: running Debian)
- Chandi (Notes: Haven't got it to boot PMOS yet)
- Deci (Notes: LineageOS, having issues with pmbootstrap)
- Drbugfinder
- H ro
- Joeth (Notes: Haven't got it to boot PMOS yet)
- Reon0
- Stormwoodpecker
- TheShed412
- WowItsKaylie (Notes: Boots without GUI)
- Zoomer296
Unlock the bootloader
Before installing pmOS, you will need to unlock your bootloader by following the instructions here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/unlock-fire-t3899860
Entering recovery mode
- Press and hold the power button and the left volume button until the device powers on. The Amazon splash screen should be visible, with the addition of text on the left side of the display reading "=> RECOVERY MODE...".
Installation
Booting into TWRP and flashing a pmOS zip made with 'pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip' works. Fastboot has not been tested yet.
What works
- Installing via TWRP
- USB Networking
- Touchscreen (needs configuring, read Issues section)
- Display (works but needs msm-fb-refresher)
- Wayland
- XWayland
- Battery
- USB OTG (tested with USB sound card and external keyboard)
What doesn't work or hasn't been tested
- Wi-Fi (no driver)
- Bluetooth
- FDE
- Audio from the internal speaker and headphone jack
- Cameras
- Anything else that isn't filled in
Other issues
- The touchscreen will be flipped vertically even though the screen itself is in a horizontal resolution. This can be fixed by creating '/etc/udev/rules.d/90-android-touch-dev.rules' and appending these lines to the file:
ENV{ID_INPUT}="1", ENV{ID_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN}="1", \ ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="0 1 0 -1 0 1"
- The screen will not refresh on a fresh install. 'msm-fb-refresher' can be installed to fix this issue.