Amazon Fire 7 2015 (amazon-ford)

Features
Flashing	Works
USB Networking	Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery
Screen	Works
Touchscreen	Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Audio
Camera
Camera Flash
IR TX
Connectivity
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
NFC
Miscellaneous
FDE
USB OTG	Works
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Haptics
Barometer
Power Sensor

Amazon Fire 7 (2015)
	; Amazon Fire 7 running postmarketOS with Weston
Manufacturer	Amazon
Name	Fire 7 (2015)
Codename	amazon-ford
Released	2015
Type	tablet
Hardware
Chipset	MediaTek MT8127
CPU	Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU	Mali-450MP4
Display	600x1024 IPS
Storage	8 GB
Memory	1 GB
Architecture	armv7
Software
Original software	Android (Fire OS)
Original version	5 (FireOS 5)
FOSS bootloader	no
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	no
postmarketOS kernel	3.10.54

Amazon Fire 7" is a cheap low-end tablet released back in November of 2015. It had specs similar to a Nexus 7 from 2012.

Contributors

BenTheTechGuy

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)
Drbugfinder
H ro
Joeth (Notes: Haven't got it to boot PMOS yet)
Reon0
Stormwoodpecker
TheShed412
WowItsKaylie (Notes: Boots without GUI)
Zoomer296

How to enter flash mode

Your bootloader must be unlocked via this method: https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/unlock-fire-t3899860

TWRP can be reached by holding Volume Down and Power at boot.

Installation

WARNING: PMOS needs to be flashed using TWRP instead of fastboot so the boot.img can be patched with the amonet exploit.

pmbootstrap init
pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
# Make sure you're booted into TWRP at this point and Started ADB Sideload on the device
pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload

Contributors

Users owning this device

How to enter flash mode

Installation

See also