What are the main benefits of rooting kindle?

[hawaiijedi]

What are the best things that you can do after rooting your kindle? Is it worth it to go ahead and root it? I just wanted to know your thoughts on root benefits.

[Dissident]

Android Market
All the Google Apps
Customized wallpapers
Customized Launcher
Etc, Etc, Etc

Yes it is worth it! Root, install what you want, customize how you want, then unroot.

There really is no downside. If you are worried about rooting, and have to ask this question then you should probably using Apple devices not android.

[NotJustAPhone]

Originally Posted by hawaiijedi

What are the best things that you can do after rooting your kindle? Is it worth it to go ahead and root it? I just wanted to know your thoughts on root benefits.

Rooting allows you to load up the Android Market as well as the other Google apps such as Gmail. The constantly changing wallpaper on the Kindle drove me crazy and rooting lets you customize the wallpaper.

While the Amazon video streaming doesn't work on rooted devices, it's very easy to temporarily unroot to watch Amazon videos.

It's not difficult to do and if you have any questions just ask.

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[mclarryjr]

Originally Posted by Dissident

Android Market
All the Google Apps
Customized wallpapers
Customized Launcher
Etc, Etc, Etc

Yes it is worth it! Root, install what you want, customize how you want, then unroot.

There really is no downside. If you are worried about rooting, and have to ask this question then you should probably using Apple devices not android.

And you have never had to ask a question, no need to be rude.

[IvanMolinaP]

Cuestion???? If i dont live in the United State, i cant download stuff from the app market of amazon, its wise, and its benefitial for me to root the kindle divice???

[BluesHawk]

Originally Posted by IvanMolinaP

Cuestion???? If i dont live in the United State, i cant download stuff from the app market of amazon, its wise, and its benefitial for me to root the kindle divice???

Absolutely, you're missing a lot of the Fire's potential if you have no access to apps. Rooting using the BurritoRoot3 method was very simple

[skulldroid67]

Rooting any device gives certain abilities that you just don't have while running a stock OS. Asking if it's "worth it" is really a matter of opinion and we know what they say about opinions...

Since Kindle Fire's releases there have already been at least two OTA updates which in both cases has caused problems for rooted fires; you will lose root access each time Amazon pushes a new update. So be prepared for that, it can be a headache.

Personally, my Fire is rooted and running the latest version of ICS and I don't miss any of the stock options but can switch back easily if that changes. It's all about FUN so have fun whatever you decide and do whats best for you.

[roncad]

Are all the amazon stock features still functional after rooting? Like on the Nooks you can't download books or magazines after they are rooted. Just wondering.

[NotJustAPhone]

Originally Posted by roncad

Are all the amazon stock features still functional after rooting? Like on the Nooks you can't download books or magazines after they are rooted. Just wondering.

After rooting the Amazon Video streaming doesn't work, but it's no big deal. You can use an app like OTA Rootkeeper to temporairily unroot if you want to watch Amazon videos. Purchasing books through the Kindle store isn't affected.

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[grvthang]

From my perspective, and I know others will disagree: If you enjoy messing around with the the device itself (flashing different ROMs and the like), you root. If not, and you just want to enjoy the content, leave it stock. There is no added functionality derived from rooting the Fire. In fact, it adds more steps if you want to watch Amazon video.

As far as access to non-Amazon App Store apps goes - if you already have an Android device (like a smartphone), it is very simple to transfer the apps over to the Fire. If not, you can still get all the apps with little difficulty. You do not need root to install the apps (outside of perhaps gmail, and the stock app provides 90% of gmail's functionality anyway).