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The Kindle Fire HD and Fire 2 have locked bootloaders

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Tom said:
Should rooting allow installation of play.google, gmaps, etc.,or is unlock required ?
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AFAIK the only thing you can't do with a rooted phone is play rented movies from Google Play.

NutBucket said:
Rooting will allow sideloading and such. The challenge is installing different kernels.
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You don't need to root to allow sideloading except on old phones from AT&T where that was disabled in the developer options.
 
Phynaz said:
LOL Really? Somebody is going to come to my house someday and take it away from me, telling me I didn't really own it? I'll tell my wife to look out for the jack booted Amazon people coming for her Kindle!

Thanks for making my morning. My boss is in my office, wondering why I'm laughing so hard.
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After owning a tablet with a locked bootloader his statement isn't that much of an exaggeration. I can't get ICS on my xyboard thanks to Motorola locking the bootloader.
 
got one of these, the screen and speakers really are outstanding. Build quality is also quite good.

confiscated by granddaughter so I haven't tried rooting and loading gapps but its reportedly possible to get play and maps working, and some others.
 
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