How to Install Stock Android on a Kindle Fire HDX

Android is an extremely popular mobile operating system. If you have a Kindle Fire, you may want to install Android on it for a great, customizable experience. If you don't know how to put Android on your Kindle Fire don't worry - we have all of the steps below. We used Android Kitkat.

Warning: Do this at your own risk. Mistakes could lead you to brick your tablet.

Requirements:
Before you start the process you should fulfill all the requirements stated below.
• A rooted Kindle Fire
• Over 70% battery power
• Custom recovery installed on the tablet (Teamwin recovery 2.6.3.0 or higher should be good )
• Back up your data!

Steps:
1. Download the ROM file from the link - https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=otter&type=snapshot, & the Gipps file from the link – http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps. They’ll be in ZIP format. You can download both files to your Kindle directly or download them in your PC then copy them to your Kindle’s internal SD card folder.
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2. After downloading/copying the files to your Kindle, turn it off.
3. Reboot the kindle into ‘Recovery mode’. To do this you should turn it on first & when you see this -
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‘Kindle Fire blue logo’ screen then hold the power button again until this screen -
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comes up and release the button immediately. It will automatically boot into recovery.
4. Once you’ve booted into recovery, tap on ‘wipe’.
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5. Then Swipe the button to do a ‘Factory reset’. This may erase all the data from your kindle.
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6. Once the factory rest is done, tap on ‘Back’ to return to the menu
7. Tap on ‘Install’.
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8. Navigate to the files you have downloaded/copied earlier.
9. First install the ‘cm11’ file by tapping on it.
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10. And swipe the button to confirm flash, wait till it’s done.
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11. Once it’s done, tap on ‘back’ button on the upper right corner.
12. Now install the Gipps file in the same process and wait until its done.
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13. Once it’s done, tap on ‘Reboot system’.
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14. For the first time it will take awhile. Don't panic.
15. After booting normally, it will ask you to select your preferred language, select language and tap on next.
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16. Skip the next few screens by pressing either ‘Next’ or ‘Skip’.
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17. From the last screen tap on Finish to complete the set up.
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18. Tap on ‘ok’ from the next two screens. And, congratulations, you got Android Kitkat on your Kindle Fire!
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19. To check go to Settings> About phone & tap multiple times on the ‘Android version’ option, then you will see the Android Kitkat logo on the screen.
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