fire hd 7 2014 fireos 4.1.1 to fireos 5.1.2 root guide for mac and linux users

This is just my personal notes for upgrading 4.1.1 to 5.1.2 and getting the root. I did this just two days ago after I turned on my kindle fire hd 7 2014 for the first time.
I assume you already have adb installed.

All credits go to those discussions in these threads and a youtube video (for installing google play store),
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire...gapps-t3163950
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire...store-t3371824
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAIBOXzeEk4


1. Turn off wifi and enable developer options
settings -> device options -> click serial number 5 times to enable developer options -> enable adb

2. shtudown fire tablet, turn it on by pressing "power" and " volume up" buttons at the same time to enter recovery mode -> factory reset -> apply update from adb

3. adb sideload update-kindle-20.5.4.2_user_542168620.bin
do not register your kindle
Get this bin from here https://kindle-fire-updates.s3.amazo..._542168620.bin

4. Install kingroot and es file explorer (google these files)
adb install NewKingrootV4.95_C149_B285_en_release_2016_07_15_1 05203.apk
adb install es-file-explorer-4-1-2-2.apk

5. Turn on wifi, run kingroot, might need to run a few times to get root.

6. use es file explorer to rename /system/priv-app/DeviceSoftwareOTA/DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to something e.se

7. google play store, install these apks in the following order (root is not required)

Google Services Framework 4.0.4-338691.apk
Google Play services_4.4.52 (1174655-036).apk
Google Account Manager_4.0.3-239410.apk
Google Play Store_4.6.17.apk

8. install twrp
get 453_key_images.zip and 5.4.1_1133_stock_recovery_uboot.zip from here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...72&postcount=2

adb push the content of 453_key_images.zip to /sdcard/

adb push 453_tee1.img /sdcard/
adb push 453_uboot.img /sdcard/
adb push 453_twrp.img /sdcard/

adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
dd if=453_tee1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
dd if=453_uboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
dd if=453_twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery


9. Flash supersu and uboot via twrp
adb push 5.4.1_1133_stock_recovery_uboot.zip /sdcard/
adb push BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328.zip /sdcard/

Then flash both.

Flashing 5.4.1_1133 uboot is a must, otherwise boot loop!!!


10. Install google launcher and google search (app name is “google”)
pm enable com.google.android.launcher
pm disable com.amazon.firelauncher

Optional?
pm disable com.amazon.kindle.unifiedSearch