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Android or Fire OS for Fully?

GoodyGizmos 3 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Amazon Fire • updated 3 years ago • 2

I'm currently running Fully/AT on a FireHD 10 (2019) using the instructions on this site. It works well, albeit slower than I'd like.

I have two FireHD 8 Kids (2018) tablets that I'd like to repurpose as Fully/AT Kiosks elsewhere in the house. After factory resetting them and going through initial configuration, the Kids Edition Setup screen popped up. I don't need that anymore so I started to research how to get around that, but I also don't think I need FireOS at all anymore either and maybe running Android OS could result in faster performance.

So, would it make sense to somehow re-flash these tablets to basic Android and then install Fully directly or should I just add an Adult/Parent account and use the same FireOS Fully/AT instructions I used on my FireHD 10?

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Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 3 years ago

Flashing basic Android on a Fire tablet is possible, but it could be too involved. You may need to do some research to make sure it could be done with your hardware version and whether it's within your comfort level.

The ActionTiles kiosk app in Amazon Marketplace should work out of the box, even with kids account. I doubt there will be any change in performance if you switch to a parent account.

https://www.amazon.com/ActionTiles-SmartThings-custom-dashboard-viewer/dp/B07LG7KJ9D/

GoodyGizmos 3 years ago

Thanks. Isn’t the AT kiosk app limited in functionality compared to Fully (e.g. no camera wake, screensaver, etc.)? I’m happy to continue using Fully in browser again…just trying to determine the smarter OS configuration.

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