Comment by ck2

4 hours ago

I think you mean the "plus" not "pro"

The Plus model has more ram (memory) and wireless charging than the base model

It only comes in Slate dark-grey color and is often resold on Amazon's Woot ("used like new")

I have one, bought a year ago anticipating this would eventually happen, exciting times lol

Now we'll get LineageOS on this with newer Android within another year

* https://computers.woot.com/offers/amazon-fire-hd-10-tablet-2...

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mrandish  3 hours ago

> I think you mean the "plus" not "pro"

Yes, you're correct (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F6FYN6B). Wireless charging and 4gb RAM vs 3gb. I think the 2021 Fire HD 10 Plus may have been the only ~10-inch tablet ever with Qi charging.

For a thin & light e-reader/browser it's really perfect because it sits on the cradle on my nightstand always charged and ready to go. The display size feels like a hardback page. Now that it's been rooted, I'm really hoping for Lineage OS.

  • ck2  2 hours ago

    btw I've discovered you can turn on the display by tapping a magnet at the upper left corner

    it's a pain compared to tap-to-wake but we'll have to wait for that

    better than reaching for the power button in the dark, you can put magnet on a string or tape

    I think it's meant for cases to turn on the screen when you open their flap

    I basically need a 10" tablet as my android "phone" because I'm old/sick and cannot see tiny screens so the FireHD 10 series is perfect

    and everything is stupid apps now, even blood pressure meter needs an app

    OH I forgot to mention you can run system-user as a pseudo-root too, even before this root method was invented

yjftsjthsd-h  4 hours ago

> Now we'll get LineageOS on this with newer Android within another year

I would very much like that, but do we have a solution to the locked bootloader? My recollection is that on previous fire tablets, the only way to get a custom rom was to do an ugly hack that still uses the stock kernel because that's the only thing that's signed in a way the bootloader will run. Which is still something but it's a big caveat.

  • ck2  4 hours ago

    They've managed to unlock the bootloader on Fire tablets up until 2019

    so just guessing give them a year, lol

    what will drive it to happen is Amazon is still selling hundreds of this tablet via Woot for $25-$35, they drop it in batches every few months as they refurb them

    Mine looks and works like brand new for $25

    Just without LineageOS I cannot do tap-to-wake or dual-mode usb-on-the-go while charging like the pre-2019 tablets