Amazon Fire HD 8 2017 (amazon-douglas)

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Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)
Fire HD 8 2017 booted and running weston.
Fire HD 8 2017 booted and running weston.
Manufacturer Amazon
Name Fire HD 8 (2017)
Codename amazon-douglas
Released 2017
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android (Fire OS)
Original version 5.1 (Fire OS 5.3.7.1)
postmarketOS kernel 3.18.19
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek MT8163
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T730MP3
Display 800 x 1280 IPS LCD
Storage 16GB or 32GB
Memory 1.5 GB
Architecture AArch64
Type tablet
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Partial
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Broken
FDE
Mainline
Broken
Battery
Works
3D Acceleration
Broken
Audio
Broken
Bluetooth
Broken
Camera
Internal storage
USB OTG
Broken
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


Contributors

Users owning this device

  • Autumn64 (Notes: Running Lineage)
  • Neko (Notes: LineageOS 17.1)


Known Issues

  • When accessing the audio device (such as via hwtest), the device freezes. After reboot you may be prompted with a "Collecting Logs" screen with an Amazon logo, indicating some sort of firmware level log collector.
  • CPU1,2,3 continuously enable and disable themselves, with logs such as:
[  378.053320] -(3)[0:swapper/3]CPU3: Booted secondary processor
[  378.053334] -(3)[0:swapper/3][name:cpuinfo&]Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU3
[  378.053385] -(3)[0:swapper/3][name:topology&]CPU3: update cpu_capacity 1024
[  378.122632]  (0)[1829:kworker/0:2][name:mtk_wcn_stub_alps&][cmb_stub] thermal_ctrl_cb null
[  378.342631] -(0)[1600:kwin_wayland][name:sched_monitor&][BURST IRQ DURATION WARN] IRQ[ 51:musb-hdrc.0.auto] +1237 ( dur 30000 us , avg 24 us)
[  379.122661]  (0)[1829:kworker/0:2][name:mtk_wcn_stub_alps&][cmb_stub] thermal_ctrl_cb null
[  380.053771]  (1)[71:hps_main][name:smp&]CPU3: shutdown
  • Although the kernel can detect plugged in USB keyboard, nor X neither wayland can use the keyboard. evtest works tho. USB drives also mounts correctly..

How to enter flash mode


Alternatively, you can flash just the boot_x partition and then flash the rest of the system on an external sdcard:

  • pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/...: This will install the rootfs on a SD card mounted on your computer.
  • fastboot flash boot_x boot.img-amazon-douglas: This will flash the initramfs onto the device.
  • Then remove the sd card from your computer and insert it into the device. Then reboot it.
  • Future updates to the rootfs does not require additional fastboot operations.

See also