Kindle Fire 1-Click Root Now Available, Amazon Releases Source Code for Tablet

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The Kindle Fire was officially launched yesterday and we have already shown you iFixit’s full teardown. And now we hear that the $199 tablet has been already rooted, not that we’re surprised to see a new Android device get rooted so soon after being released.

Unlike most Android smartphones and tablets that run a Google-sanctioned Android version, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has a custom Android OS, one that is not compatible with any other Android operating system and one that does not include any Google services or support for Google’s Android Market app store. Instead the Fire is preloaded with Amazon’s own content stores, including the company’s application store called the Appstore.

But if you want to further customize your Kindle Fire Android experience you’ll need to root the device, not that we’re advising you to go down that road. Don’t get us wrong, rooting any Android device is perfectly legal, but if you’re not comfortable going through the root process then you’d probably be even less comfortable to get custom Android versions installed.

In order to root your fire, you will need to get a 1-click root program called SuperOneClick 2.2 and follow the instructions found at the Source link below. The process seems to be pretty straightforward, but let us know whether you encounter any problems in case you decide to go through with the root. At the same time we’ll be interested to hear what you do with the Fire once you have it rooted, so hit us up in the comments section below.

Also worth mentioning is that Amazon released the source code of the Kindle Fire, which means that developers will now be able to create the custom Android OS version you expect for the Kindle Fire. It also means that even if you root your tablet now, you may not have access to any custom Fire mod yet so you may have to wait a while until developers imagine new mods for the device.