You should head over to xda-developers for that, because thats where youll find the most up-to-date description of the process.

The 80 tablet has an 8 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage plus a microSD card reader.

It runs Fire OS 6, which is a fork of Google Android 7.x Nougat.

But it has an Amazon-designed user interface, comes with Amazons Appstore and tight integration with Amazon Music, Video, and Kindle eBook services, among other things.

But if you want even more control over the tablet you may want to root it andor unlock the bootloader so that you can add or remove software that would otherwise be locked down.

Up until now there was no way to unlock or root the 8th-gen Fire HD 8 (the 2018 model).

But now there is.

Update: You can also now unlock the bootloader and root 5th-gen and 7th-gen Fire 7 tablets.

Update 2: As of March, 2019, its also now possible to root some Fire devices without unlocking the bootloader, and to unlock the bootloader of the Fire HD 8 without opening the case.

Update 3: Looking to hack the 10th-gen Amazon Fire HD tablet that was released in 2020 You cannot root the tablet or unlock the bootloader.

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But you can install the Google Play Store and remove most Amazon apps.

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Xda-developers forum member xyz has leveraged a vulnerability on devices with MediaTek processors to come up with a series of steps for unlocking the bootloader and root the device.

If you follow all the steps what youll have is a Fire HD 8 (2018) tablet running Fire OS 6.3 with root access.

This could also open the door for loading custom ROMs and kernels on the tablet.

And since the exploit relies on a hardware vulnerability, its unlikely that Amazon would be able to stop users from rooting their tablets through any future Fire OS software updates.

It would take a hardware revision to block xyzs method for unlocking and rooting the tablet.

Its not the easiest method Ive ever seen, and theres a chance you could damage your device.

If you want to load custom firmware or just want to run software that requires root access, this is your best way of doing that on one of Amazons best bang-for-your-buck tablets.

But you will certainly lose any data on your tablet that hasnt been backed up.

This method for rooting the Fire HD 8 involves prying open the case, so theres a chance you might scratch or damage it.

And while theres no soldering or other advanced electrical skills required, you are going to need to use a paperclip or some other conductive metal to test a short point, which could be a little trickyintimidating.

And, at least as of January 29th, 2019, xyz actually recommends not following his instructions because some users have had a problem with display initialization.

Hopefully thatll be resolved soon, making this process a little safer.

Its also possible that someone may eventually find a way to root the tablet that doesnt involve opening the case.

How does this work Im not going to repost all the steps for rooting the tablet here.

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