While root for Kindle came out early using the sparkym3 method which only could be operated via Windows, it is now possible to do the same using Mac or Linux. A senior XDA member, prokennexusa has helped a lot of Mac users to successfully root their Kindle using an easy to follow, step by step guide. That’s because the same tools used to root Kindle Fire 6.3 work with 6.3.1. Some of the tools may also be useful for Mac or Linux users. But that’s beyond the scope of this tutorial.
Prerequisites • Android SDK Development Environment Yup, you need to have Android SDK Development Environment setup first. And make sure that Google USB Driver is installed too. Where is the media adobe cache for default on mac. Follow this guide ~ if you have not install Android SDK Development Environment yet. Step by Step Guide • Connect USB cable to Kindle Fire. 2018 for mac antivirus compared вђ“ avira, comodo, bitdefender, avast, avg, panda and microsoft.
• Go to Devices and Printers. • Double click on Kindle. • Go to Hardware tab. • Select Kindle with yellow exclamation mark, then click on Properties. • Go to Details tab.
• At Property, choose Hardware Ids. • That’s Kindle Fire USB hardware Id that we going to use later. • Just leave the property window open. • Go to My Computer. • Then go to C: Program Files (x86) Android android-sdk extras google usb_driver folder. • Open android_winusb.inf with notepad. • Insert these 3 lines at [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64].;Kindle Fire%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB VID_1949&PID_0006%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB VID_1949&PID_0006&MI_01 • Save it.
• Go to C: Users YourUserName.android folder. • Open adb_usb.ini with notepad. • Key in 0x1949. (don’t copy and paste) • Save it. • Let’s go back to Kindle property window. • Go to General tab.
• Select Update Driver then. • Select Browse my computer for driver software ~ Locate and install driver software manually. • Select Browse, and select C: Program Files (x86) Android android-sdk extras google usb_driver folder. • When Windows Security prompt, select Install this driver software anyway • That’s all.