Amazon Fire Kailbreak

created August 22nd 2025

Jailbreaking Amazon Fire 5th Generation Tablet (Model: SV98LN)

Primary community working on Amazon Fire are the XDA Forums.

The Amazon Fire tablets run Fire OS (version ~5.6) which is based on Android. The Jailbreak replaces it with Lineage OS which is an open-source anroid distribution.

Primary Resources:

• XDA Forums [UNLOCK][ROOT][TWRP][UNBRICK][DOWNGRADE] Fire 7 (ford and austin).
  • Fire generation 5 (ford) and generation 7 (austin) are similar and have a similar jailbreak process.
• Scripts needed to perform the jailbreak: Amonet Ford v1.4.1 Download from XDA and [Amonet Austin v1.4.1 Download from XDA]
• Lineage OS files (scroll down for latest version v1.4.1)
• Magisk official github repo, download apk from releases
• Proceedure Description by Goolash (warning, don't use the Magisk download link they provide, doublecheck all downloads with official forum instructions.)

Tips and Problems from my own Jailbreak:

• Fedora Asahi Linux dualboot also works for this jailbreak if you are on Mac.
• Back-up everything you need from the Amazon Fire.
  • Use OpenMTP to extract data via USB cable
  • If the file manager isn't working because it demands an internet connect, you should be able to give it to it.
  • To get Photos out of Amazon Photos without uploading them, use the Share feature to send it to a file manager. If you need a file manager, try X-plore or ES File Explorer (great features, but filled with Chinese Spyware).
• When installing pySerial and running scripts on Fedora Linux, the sudo is important. For some reason a different installation of pySerial is used when running with privilages, and they are necessary to do the jailbreak.
  • sudo install pySerial with whatever package manager
  • sudo ./bootrom-step.sh
• I couldn't figure out how to install the GApps
• Follow instructions exactly, don't try to shortcut anything because you know better.