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> Once the Amazon cruft is tamed, I still haven't found a meaningfully better 10-inch thin/light Android tablet than the 2021 Fire HD 10 Pro.

It is shocking that no mainstream tablet manufacturer will let buyers exercise control over their device. At the very least, this means having root and being able to use it to purge unwanted software. Ideally, it also means being able to fully replace the stock OS with third party/open firmware.

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The only one that does openly is Google at this point with their Pixel Tablet from 2024 or so, which I think they didn't do a second version of.

I'm running GrapheneOS on mine, same with my Pixel phone.

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Doesn't the pixel tablet come with an unlocked bootloader?
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But Pixel tablet is fairly old these days no? 3-4 years old these days?
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Good point, this seems to be a real alternative, and it even supports GrapheneOS.
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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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> 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.

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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

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> 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.

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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

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