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Amazon Fire HD 8 2018 (amazon-karnak)

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Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018)
Fire HD 8 running stock FireOS
Fire HD 8 running stock FireOS
Manufacturer Amazon
Name Fire HD 8 (2018)
Codename amazon-karnak
Released 2018
Type tablet
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek MT8163
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T720MP2
Display 800 x 1280
Storage 16 or 32 GB
Memory 1.5 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 7.1.2 (FireOS 6.3.0)
FOSS bootloader no
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
postmarketOS kernel 3.19.0
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Partial
Touchscreen
No data
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
IR TX
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
No data
Bluetooth
No data
NFC
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
USB OTG
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


Contributors

  • BenTheTechGuy

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • PMOS needs to be flashed using TWRP instead of fastboot so the boot.img can be patched with the amonet exploit.
  • TWRP can be reached by holding vol down and power at boot.

Installation

pmbootstrap init
pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip --recovery-install-partition=data
# Make sure you're booted into TWRP at this point
pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload

See also