Those of you who have recently updated their Kindle Fire devices to the latest firmware version 6.2.1 would have felt hopeless with the non existence of a suitable rooting method. Apparently, there was a rooting method, however, that involved opening up the tablet. Wonder who tried that? Anyways, “Justin Case” of TeamAndIRC , has come with a software root for the 6.2.1 firmware for Kindle Fire, named BurritoRoot. This application runs on the PC, followed by a some manual ADB commands to get the job done. For now, the rooting process supports all known firmware versions, except version 6.0.
Disclaimer: Please follow the below given guide at your own risk. WML Cloud and it’s team member will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the below mentioned process. All hacks and guides are to be followed at the user’s own risk.
Requirements:
- It goes without saying that your Kindle Fire device should be running the latest 6.2.1 firmware.
- ADB should be installed on your PC.
- BurritoRoot apk.
- Superuser zip.
Instructions:
Step 1: in the first step, download the root application and also the super user package.
Step 2: Now, copy and install the root application to your Kindle device.
Step 3: Extract the downloaded super user package.
Step 4: On your Kindle Fire device, run the BurritoRoot application and hit “Root” button.
Step 5: Connect your Kindle device to the PC and open the Command Prompt / Terminal.
Step 6: Once done, navigate to the location of the extracted superuser package from within a Terminal or Command Prompt window.
Step 7: Finally, enter the below commands in the Terminal or Command Prompt.
adb root adb remount adb push su /system/xbin/su adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su adb install superuser.apk adb reboot
That’s all you need to do. For any queries, updates and additional information, go to the RootzWiki forum thread.
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