Hi. I just got a Kindle Fire 6.3 that I rooted recently through instructions from this site. Worked like a charm. I then installed CM7 and decided that I didn't like it, so I removed it. I restored to the backup I made before installing CM7. It worked fine after that. To save space, I went into the root and deleted the backup and rom files that I didn't think I needed anymore. I called Amazon because I was having trouble streaming videos from the amazon video store. So... they told me to do a factory reset. Now it keeps booting into the TWRP menu and won't go any further. After this, my Windows PC also no longer recognizes my Kindle, ever after reinstalling drivers from the Kindle Fire utility. I have the Kindle 6.3 update, but I can transfer it to my Kindle's root since my PC can't see the Kindle. My PC makes the noise when I connect and disconnect the Kindle, but I can't access it. Any ideas? PLEASE HELP!!!
jespiritu said:
Hi. I just got a Kindle Fire 6.3 that I rooted recently through instructions from this site. Worked like a charm. I then installed CM7 and decided that I didn't like it, so I removed it. I restored to the backup I made before installing CM7. It worked fine after that. To save space, I went into the root and deleted the backup and rom files that I didn't think I needed anymore. I called Amazon because I was having trouble streaming videos from the amazon video store. So... they told me to do a factory reset. Now it keeps booting into the TWRP menu and won't go any further. After this, my Windows PC also no longer recognizes my Kindle, ever after reinstalling drivers from the Kindle Fire utility. I have the Kindle 6.3 update, but I can transfer it to my Kindle's root since my PC can't see the Kindle. My PC makes the noise when I connect and disconnect the Kindle, but I can't access it. Any ideas? PLEASE HELP!!!
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Its in a fast boot boot loop go into kfu and hook it up the press normal boot it will say waiting for devices then turn off the kindle wile connected by holding the power button then turn it on and it will connect during boot up
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DJLamontagneIII said:
Its in a fast boot boot loop go into kfu and hook it up the press normal boot it will say waiting for devices then turn off the kindle wile connected by holding the power button then turn it on and it will connect during boot up
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Even if the PC won't recognize the Kindle?
jespiritu said:
Even if the PC won't recognize the Kindle?
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Try it if not uninstall the drivers in device manager then reinstall
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Try going to where fast boot drivers are located ie. Sdk/tools etc. Open command print there and type "fastboot devices" (no speach marks).
See what you get.
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you need to mount your device as usb storage. its not in fastboot, its in recovery lol
adb devices should make it pop up. than adb idme bootmode 4000.
twrp is your issue, and will continue to cause issues like this for you and others!
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How do I mount the device as USB storage? Device is online with kfu, but the boot menu says "The system cannot find the drive specified." I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and nothing. Even when trying to reinstall twrp, it's stuck on activating fast boot (4002).
jespiritu said:
How do I mount the device as USB storage? Device is online with kfu, but the boot menu says "The system cannot find the drive specified." I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and nothing. Even when trying to reinstall twrp, it's stuck on activating fast boot (4002).
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In twrp there is an option to mount storage
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Thanks, all! Mounting to storage worked. I just copied the kindle 6.3 zip update to the root and installed. Everything works fine now! Thanks again!
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I looked at almost every thread I could see that sounds like my case but in every one the device is at least being recognized by USB on the computer, in my case it has absolutely no recognition.
I had custom gedeROM. gf didn't like it and so I decided to go back to stock.
within TWRP I did Factory reset, then installed the stock bin file that i renamed to update.zip. Install went through properly so I restarted.
Now it is frozen on Kindle Fire boot screen, and it won't go further. Attaching it to a computer with USB will power the Kindle on but the computer will not detect it, tried on 3 computers, Windows 7 and Linux. I have tried to use all forms of unbricking, everything except opening the Kindle. But since the device isn't being recognized by USB at all on any system I don't know what to do.
With a Factory cable help with this?
Thanks for any help.
slyphin said:
I looked at almost every thread I could see that sounds like my case but in every one the device is at least being recognized by USB on the computer, in my case it has absolutely no recognition.
I had custom gedeROM. gf didn't like it and so I decided to go back to stock.
within TWRP I did Factory reset, then installed the stock bin file that i renamed to update.zip. Install went through properly so I restarted.
Now it is frozen on Kindle Fire boot screen, and it won't go further. Attaching it to a computer with USB will power the Kindle on but the computer will not detect it, tried on 3 computers, Windows 7 and Linux. I have tried to use all forms of unbricking, everything except opening the Kindle. But since the device isn't being recognized by USB at all on any system I don't know what to do.
With a Factory cable help with this?
Thanks for any help.
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In Linux type lsusb and see if your device is shown. It my be named something weird.
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Did you have adb and fastboot setup on linux when you tried?
I'm pretty sure I did, I used the firekit and that didn't work as well. how do I check if adb and fastboot are for sure running when in linux?
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In Linux type lsusb and see if your device is shown. It my be named something weird.
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when i lsusb, it just sees my usb stick i booted ubuntu from
Installing Amazon's stock update.zip gets rid of FFF and TWRP, so at this point, your only choices are either getting a factory cable (recommended) or cracking open the case and resorting to the USB short trick + firekit.
OK, I have an order for the Factory cable coming so hopefully that will do the trick. Thanks
Ok, so I had TWRP including FFF installed, as well as all the other features that comes with kindle fire utility, when I decided that I wanted to restore to stock firmware.
I placed the update.bin in kindleupdates folder on the Kindle itself, and launched TWRP Recovery to install the rom/firmware.
When it was done installing, I was such a nutjob not thinking, that I decided to also delete everything (system, sdcard, cache, dalvik-cache), as well as to tell it to restore to factory settings, where I immediately after told it to reboot. Totally dumb, I know it, so now it's stuck at the "original"/orange Kindle Fire-logo, and just hanging there (i'm able to turn it on/off though), hence it can't restore stock firmware since I deleted everything off the kindle after I installed that stock firmware. It doesn't even have TWRP anymore (boot options doesn't appear when turning the kindle on.)
I also tried to connect it to the USB-port on my PC, (already have drivers installed), but it just gives me the "badom"-sound implying that a USB has been connected, nothing else. I can't even access the Kindle as an external storage device anymore now.
HELP!
PS: I'm running Windows 7 x64!
Are you unable to reinstall FFF and TWRP?
Yes ):
soupmagnet said:
Are you unable to reinstall FFF and TWRP?
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Yes because my PC won't even detect my Kindle now!
Fix your drivers.
Otherwise you can use SoupKit w/Linux Live USB to save yourself some hassle in getting ADB to connect. Either way, it's very likely your shell is missing or corrupt, requiring a factory cable to get into fastboot.
saiihtam said:
Yes because my PC won't even detect my Kindle now!
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You said u heard the beep when u connect.. did u check it in the Device Manager..
You might see it under other devices or under USB devices?
If you are able to see it then you might have a chance
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saiihtam said:
Ok, so I had TWRP including FFF installed, as well as all the other features that comes with kindle fire utility, when I decided that I wanted to restore to stock firmware.
I placed the update.bin in kindleupdates folder on the Kindle itself, and launched TWRP Recovery to install the rom/firmware.
When it was done installing, I was such a nutjob not thinking, that I decided to also delete everything (system, sdcard, cache, dalvik-cache), as well as to tell it to restore to factory settings, where I immediately after told it to reboot. Totally dumb, I know it, so now it's stuck at the "original"/orange Kindle Fire-logo, and just hanging there (i'm able to turn it on/off though), hence it can't restore stock firmware since I deleted everything off the kindle after I installed that stock firmware. It doesn't even have TWRP anymore (boot options doesn't appear when turning the kindle on.)
I also tried to connect it to the USB-port on my PC, (already have drivers installed), but it just gives me the "badom"-sound implying that a USB has been connected, nothing else. I can't even access the Kindle as an external storage device anymore now.
HELP!
PS: I'm running Windows 7 x64!
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lol this reminds me of someone..........(me)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1888581 read
Sorry for double-post, I posted in wrong section, it's hard to define whether this is really a quesiton, but here goes:
Ok, so I had TWRP including FFF installed, as well as all the other features that comes with kindle fire utility, when I decided that I wanted to restore to stock firmware.
I placed the update.bin in kindleupdates folder on the Kindle itself, and launched TWRP Recovery to install the rom/firmware.
When it was done installing, I was such a nutjob not thinking, that I decided to also delete everything (system, sdcard, cache, dalvik-cache), as well as to tell it to restore to factory settings, where I immediately after told it to reboot. Totally dumb, I know it, so now it's stuck at the "original"/orange Kindle Fire-logo, and just hanging there (i'm able to turn it on/off though), hence it can't restore stock firmware since I deleted everything off the kindle after I installed that stock firmware. It doesn't even have TWRP anymore (boot options doesn't appear when turning the kindle on.)
I also tried to connect it to the USB-port on my PC, (already have drivers installed), but it just gives me the "badom"-sound implying that a USB has been connected, nothing else. I can't even access the Kindle as an external storage device anymore now.
HELP!
PS: I'm running Windows 7 x64!
You need a factory cable...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668159
Jus check if our kindle is coming up under the USB devices as a composite USB device..if so uninstall the driver and reconnect the kindle..
It shd get detected under other devices..install the drivers manually by clicking dont install and use have disk and get it detected as a android phone or android composite interface..
If that works u can use adb commands and try..this might help u recover or kindle
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Yesterday I wanted to connect my rooted Kindle Fire to my computer to sync books onto. I would connect it with a micro USB and the notification would come up to connect the kindle to my computer and I did as i always have. Only this time the kindle said it was connected but my computer shows no external devices in Computer except in the bottom right an option to Safely Remove USB Device is still their while my computer does not recognize it. After restarting the Kindle and my computer multiple times i tried using several different micro USB cords. After giving up I decided to factory reset it in the Kindle setting. It reset and started to reboot and it froze on the Orange and white Kindle Fire logo after the blue and white bootmenu. My Kindle Version is 6.3.1 and TWRP is 2.1.1. Every time i try to open normal boot mode and reset boot mode it would freeze and the only thing that is working is Recovery mode. I figured that something went wrong so i tried to wipe the system from TWRP and reboot it but the same thing happens. After searching for an answer i came here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1977311 I read it and tried to mount my Kindle as a usb device but it still will not show up on my computer. So now i am left with a bricked Kindle Fire and can't connect it to my computer to try and fix it. If anyone can help PLEASE!!!! respond as soon as possible!
Reinstall drivers from kfu.
Then try mounting USB through twrp again.
It also appears that the computer recognizes the kindle but you can't see it in computer? Go to the device manager on your computer, and see what your kindle is recognized as.
Even if you can't get your computer to fully recognize it as a mass storage device, try to push through the steps in kfu. If kfu says " waiting for device" restart the kindle.
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I know its too late now but never ever do a factory reset from settings if you are rooted .sounds to me like u have a soft brick and should be able to get it back especially if you can still get into twrp you also need to make sure its a first gen kindle and not a second gen. The second gen kindles have locked bootloaders and have to be rooted differently than a first gen
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eplc99 said:
Yesterday I wanted to connect my rooted Kindle Fire to my computer to sync books onto. I would connect it with a micro USB and the notification would come up to connect the kindle to my computer and I did as i always have. Only this time the kindle said it was connected but my computer shows no external devices in Computer except in the bottom right an option to Safely Remove USB Device is still their while my computer does not recognize it. After restarting the Kindle and my computer multiple times i tried using several different micro USB cords. After giving up I decided to factory reset it in the Kindle setting. It reset and started to reboot and it froze on the Orange and white Kindle Fire logo after the blue and white bootmenu. My Kindle Version is 6.3.1 and TWRP is 2.1.1. Every time i try to open normal boot mode and reset boot mode it would freeze and the only thing that is working is Recovery mode. I figured that something went wrong so i tried to wipe the system from TWRP and reboot it but the same thing happens. After searching for an answer i came here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1977311 I read it and tried to mount my Kindle as a usb device but it still will not show up on my computer. So now i am left with a bricked Kindle Fire and can't connect it to my computer to try and fix it. If anyone can help PLEASE!!!! respond as soon as possible!
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Luckily you have FFF installed (blue & white KF logo). The orange & white logo is the stock boot animation. Typically this would be a big problem, but you have FFF and access to recovery so all is well.
You need to download a ROM and get it to your sdcard so you can flash it in recovery. If you want to keep using stock, I'd suggest using MoDaCo rather than attempting to revert to stock as that would only compound your problems.
You have a couple options but considering you can't get your sdcard mounted to USB, you may be looking at bigger problems. Try to "adb push" the ROM to your sdcard. If for some reason when you navigate to the sdcard in recovery, you only see a single TWRP folder and nothing else, you'll have to reformat...maybe even repartition (easier than it seems).
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
soupmagnet said:
Luckily you have FFF installed (blue & white KF logo). The orange & white logo is the stock boot animation. Typically this would be a big problem, but you have FFF and access to recovery so all is well.
You need to download a ROM and get it to your sdcard so you can flash it in recovery. If you want to keep using stock, I'd suggest using MoDaCo rather than attempting to revert to stock as that would only compound your problems.
You have a couple options but considering you can't get your sdcard mounted to USB, you may be looking at bigger problems. Try to "adb push" the ROM to your sdcard. If for some reason when you navigate to the sdcard in recovery, you only see a single TWRP folder and nothing else, you'll have to reformat...maybe even repartition (easier than it seems).
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
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SoupMagnate, i attempted to adp push the rom onto the kindle, the daemons started running and then it said no device found. How would i reformat it or re partition it?
Ecstaz said:
I know its too late now but never ever do a factory reset from settings if you are rooted .sounds to me like u have a soft brick and should be able to get it back especially if you can still get into twrp you also need to make sure its a first gen kindle and not a second gen. The second gen kindles have locked bootloaders and have to be rooted differently than a first gen
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It is 1st gen
eplc99 said:
SoupMagnate, i attempted to adp push the rom onto the kindle, the daemons started running and then it said no device found. How would i reformat it or re partition it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33109015
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
So as the title suggests I have a bit of problem.
Problem: Kindle fire (gen1 6.3.2) won't show up on adb or as a connected device (Windows 7, previously worked fine)
How I got there.....
So I ran KFU 9.8+ so I could root and install JellyBean
It was
< waiting for device >
trying to install fff
and it was taking a long time so I closed the window to try again.
This left my kindle in fastboot.
After trying KFU again it wouldn't recognize the device.
So I used fastboot and booted into twrp off of my computer.
From there I got to the regular twrp screen, and decided it would be a good idea to root my device from twrp.
So it booted up and I got a notification to finish the root process, which it prompted me to download SuperSu.
It booted up and tried to install the update.zip which failed and booted up normally.
So now I can't connect over adb, and windows 7 doesn't recognize it at all.
I'm trying to find a way to get firefirefire on it so it won't fail when it tries to root itself.
I did a system restore on my kindle, notification still pops up.
I tried booting it into fastboot with KFU, without luck.
As of now the kindle boots pretty much normally and works fine except for connecting over usb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What i would do of i were you is uninstall everything on your computer that is related to the kindle. Do you have another computer you can this Kindle on to make sure that it isn't a driver instead of your computer.
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-SubSonic- said:
What i would do of i were you is uninstall everything on your computer that is related to the kindle. Do you have another computer you can this Kindle on to make sure that it isn't a driver instead of your computer.
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Oddly enough my kindle shows up just fine on my mac, and a win7 desktop.
Although on the windows machine there was a problem installing drivers, but it still popped up as a removable drive.
Do you think i'd be able to run KFU on it again without any hiccups?
Also along with that, how long should I let it run?
Is this a 5 minute procedure or like 30min?
HypothermicInferno said:
Oddly enough my kindle shows up just fine on my mac, and a win7 desktop.
Although on the windows machine there was a problem installing drivers, but it still popped up as a removable drive.
Do you think i'd be able to run KFU on it again without any hiccups?
Also along with that, how long should I let it run?
Is this a 5 minute procedure or like 30min?
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You can check to see if ADB sees the device. If it does then you should be able to use KFU. It's been a while since i used the KFU as i have been rooted for a few months and have forgotten what it has inside it.
I will recommend to always check your adb and make sure it works because from ADB you can tell the device to do a variety of different things. This came extremely helpful when i was working on my gf's Insprie 4G and i by accident froze the device.
Also, this procedure is really fast. I've rooted a bunch of devices and they all take no more then 10 mins. Unless you have an HTC device and have to get the bootloader unlock from HTC (as in the Inspire).