Re: Cheap Fire HD Tablets

SpiderJon <SpiderJon.anwi7b-NUepA2SMhDQqspMVqqL2D+4xXEVPTSb/[email protected]>
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Redrum wrote: 
> 
> I received two $20 refurbished Fire HD8 Tablets (2017) for $20 each and
> they were in perfect shape. Turns out that they were an old Fire OS
> 5.x.x.x which is loosely, android 5. 

How 'usable' is a Fire with OS 5.x.x.x on it?  

My Nexus 7 (2012) has just died, after a very long illness.  It had a
custom ROM (Resurrection Remix) which was essentially Android 7, but
apps would repeatedly crash. (I didn't use it for much — mainly as a
controller for LMS, using Material Skin, really, plus for listening to
BBC Sounds and a Podcast app via headphones.)

So, even if I were to use Amazon Fire Toolbox and get Google Play Store
on an Fire HD 8 Gen 7, etc, how many apps will actually run reliably on
a version of Android 5?

Or am I missing the point of getting one? 

Thanks.



Duet x 3, via various hi-fi. LMS running on Raspberry Pi OS (Debian 10)
+ OMV on a Pi4 (4GB RAM) in an Argon Neo case.
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