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After I did some looking around for the past few days, I'm aware that the kindle fire has the appropriate chip for supporting Bluetooth. I also know that the Kernel does not support this. On all the other Bluetooth post they were made last year and I was wondering if anyone has been able to activate Bluetooth on there KF. Thanks
From what i understand the kindle has a bluetooth chip but cant be used as it does not have the other necessary hardware to make it work. hashcode would have said something about it and he has not even brought it up. this makes me think that its not possible.
on the otherhand i have a question to add to this. i may be completely wrong about what i said, but if i am right could it be possible to add a Bluetooth dongle to a USB hub?
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As far as I know, It seams if you are able to get an adapter to plug it directly into your kindle, It seams possible to do it, but I have no idea. You'd think that people would post something about using a dongle if it worked, but maybe not.
Yea. as far as i know people have posted about using a bluetooth dongle attached to a powered hub. So it is possible. Ive never tried it myself but other people have i guess.
After trying to root, my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 shows up as "OMAP4470 USB Device on Windows. Screen is black. May have damaged bootloader. Think I may have used a file intended for an older version Kindle. Can't get fastboot. Factory cable does not work with this device.
The device ID shows up as:
USB\VID_0451&PID_D012&REV_0000
USB\VID_0451&PID_D012
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OMAP4470 is the TI processor used in this device. Anyboody care to comment/help?
At least say someting if you know anything
AlSat said:
After trying to root, my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 shows up as "OMAP4470 USB Device on Windows. Screen is black. May have damaged bootloader. Think I may have used a file intended for an older version Kindle. Can't get fastboot. Factory cable does not work with this device.
The device ID shows up as:
USB\VID_0451&PID_D012&REV_0000
USB\VID_0451&PID_D012
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OMAP4470 is the TI processor used in this device. Anyboody care to comment/help?
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AlSat said:
At least say someting if you know anything
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I'm far from an expert, but I don't think there's much you can do. No one has the drivers for that omap device. See if you can send it back to amazon. I dont think they can verify for sure that you voided your warranty.
BTW, there's a chance I'm totally wrong.
Thanks for replying
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I'm far from an expert, but I don't think there's much you can do. No one has the drivers for that omap device. See if you can send it back to amazon. I dont think they can verify for sure that you voided your warranty.
BTW, there's a chance I'm totally wrong.
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Thanks for at least replying. I figured that might be the case. Thans.
Did amazon replace it for you ? Im in the same boat >.>
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Did amazon replace it for you ? Im in the same boat >.>
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I had a brick as well and they told me they would replace it. I don't think it's the right thing to do, however, so I didn't accept.
Same here. Not fair to ask Amazon to replace it. I think I may have found something to try using linux/usb. I will post results after I try it.
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Hi!
Did someone find a solution, i'm in the same case here.
Black screen after rooting, when i plug the kindle fire to the computer, i hear usb connection sound, usb deconnection sound etc etc...
I don't know what to do
Thank you
Open the device manager before you plug the kindle in, if you see a jem, otter, or Tate device that appears for an instant, you are in luck, if it says omap440, you either need to send it in to amazon or if they won't accept, you can send it to @kurohyou and see if he can fix it. Before you think its hard-bricked there are other ways to know for sure if it is one so don't freak out if u can't see any device in the device manager when it connects and disconnects.
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Yea. it says OMAP...
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Open the device manager before you plug the kindle in, if you see a jem, otter, or Tate device that appears for an instant, you are in luck, if it says omap440, you either need to send it in to amazon or if they won't accept, you can send it to @kurohyou and see if he can fix it. Before you think its hard-bricked there are other ways to know for sure if it is one so don't freak out if u can't see any device in the device manager when it connects and disconnects.
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Thanks for the reply. I understand omap is the processor amazon uses, so there's that. Can't send to Amazon. No funds to pay for repair. I found something here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038 that I think I might try. What do you think?
That doesn't work on the second gen devices, it requires a signed version of the xloader that only amazon has, the kf1 didn't require signatures, so it worked on them but not the second gen devices. If u want to have any shot at fixing it since you said amazon won't accept it back, I would recommend sending it to kurohyou, he has a hard brick fix method in the works for kf2's, that should also work on the kfhd's, but the layout is different and he has no kfhd's to work with. He has gotten his own kindle back to a soft brick state by flashing the boot loader from links while directly hooked up to his emmc. Anyways he is your best shot if it shows up as a omap440 device and won't even boot with the kindle logo at all.
Here's a link to his thread if you are interested: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391047
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stunts513 said:
Open the device manager before you plug the kindle in, if you see a jem, otter, or Tate device that appears for an instant, you are in luck, if it says omap440, you either need to send it in to amazon or if they won't accept, you can send it to @kurohyou and see if he can fix it. Before you think its hard-bricked there are other ways to know for sure if it is one so don't freak out if u can't see any device in the device manager when it connects and disconnects.
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Hi, thanks for reply.
When i connect the kindle, omap4470 appears for an instant in the device manager...
What can happen if i contact Amazon and only tell them the kindle crashed using it?
Or is there a thing i can do on my own?
I don't know if its better to lie or not when dealing with them but if it was supposed to be under warranty still and they haven't previously replaced it, they are sometimes lenient and will send u a replacement. If they won't then kurohyou is your best bet.
Just curious did you attempt to root it or something using kindle fire utility? I don't remember the rooting process on kf1's offhand because I haven't had to reroot my moms in forever, but I remember kfu being involved. Kindle fire utility would brick the device, just trying to figure out from curiosity how you bricked it.
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stunts513 said:
I don't know if its better to lie or not when dealing with them but if it was supposed to be under warranty still and they haven't previously replaced it, they are sometimes lenient and will send u a replacement. If they won't then kurohyou is your best bet.
Just curious did you attempt to root it or something using kindle fire utility? I don't remember the rooting process on kf1's offhand because I haven't had to reroot my moms in forever, but I remember kfu being involved. Kindle fire utility would brick the device, just trying to figure out from curiosity how you bricked it.
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Hi
I was under TWRP when i bricked the tab.
Unofficial CyanogenMod 10.2 was getting slowing down and i decide to erase the tab and reinstall it.
I still don't know why i've been to the root menu of TWRP, but sure i should'nt have been there... black screen!!
Bye
jeromebzh said:
Hi
I was under TWRP when i bricked the tab.
Unofficial CyanogenMod 10.2 was getting slowing down and i decide to erase the tab and reinstall it.
I still don't know why i've been to the root menu of TWRP, but sure i should'nt have been there... black screen!!
Bye
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Yes, I did attempt to root it using kindle fire utility.Tried a few other things, too. Don't remember them all. I understand that the bootloader is locked on this device, and I needed to use a specific method. Don't recall what that is. Do you know exactly what needed to be done?
You could have either used binaries root method or kindle fire first aid's root option. Kffa is in the general section, and I don't remember offhand where binaries root is, I think its in one of the FAQ stickies in one of the forums around here.
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So just to confirm, if I'm plugging in my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and my computer is asking for OMAP4470 drivers, there's pretty much no hope for it, ie, it's hard bricked forever. Sad face.
scamyu said:
So just to confirm, if I'm plugging in my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and my computer is asking for OMAP4470 drivers, there's pretty much no hope for it, ie, it's hard bricked forever. Sad face.
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Yes, that would be a definite hard brick. This may be fixable in the future but not at the moment, sorry.
I would be interested in bricked HD 8.9" with OMAP4470.
If any one is willing to sell it for a reasonable price and if possible is from UK let me know.
i think amazon RD guys or TI know how to fix it.
maybe by some driver or CMD words....
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rmamba said:
I would be interested in bricked HD 8.9" with OMAP4470.
If any one is willing to sell it for a reasonable price and if possible is from UK let me know.
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i think amazon RD guys or TI know how to fix it.
maybe by some driver or CMD words....
Hi guys. First off let me say that I'm really sorry that my first post here is one asking for help but I have read over the forums and several other places and I'm totally stuck. Here is the issue. I have a 2nd gen Fire (not rooted) that just will not charge. I have replaced the usb port twice thinking that it was just a bad jack the first time but it didn't get me anywhere. Everything else works fine. The pc sees it. I can transfer files to it with no problems. The indicator says that it is charging but the battery just keeps going down even when it's plugged in and in sleep mode. I have tried multiple chargers that I know work even the rapid charger(9v) gets it nowhere. I have a second kindle that I have used to check the battery so I know it isn't the problem. Also something of note is that no matter what charger I am using at the time the Kindle still reports that it's a "low power charger". Like I said the Kindle thinks that it's charging but it isn't. I have tried rebooting and factory restore several times but it's getting me nowhere. Any help with this would be very much appreciated. Thanks
Wrong forum.
I've requested that this be moved to Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting
but you should post current system version to be sure what kindle you have.
sd_shadow said:
Wrong forum.
I've requested that this be moved to Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting
but you should post current system version to be sure what kindle you have.
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I'm sorry about that. I didn't realize that I put this in the wrong section. It's a D01400 running 10.4.8_D026_4848320. Thank you very much for your response.
Pariah_333 said:
I'm sorry about that. I didn't realize that I put this in the wrong section.
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no worries happens every day.
It's a D01400 running 10.4.8_D026_4848320. Thank you very much for your response.
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i pretty sure that D01400 (or D01E) is original Kindle Fire
if it still will boot up
look at the serial number - Settings > More > Device.
D01E------Kindle Fire 1st Gen
D026------Kindle Fire 2nd Gen
D025------Kindle Fire HD 7" 16GB
D059------Kindle Fire HD 7" 32GB
B0C9------Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 16GB
B0CA------Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 32GB
B0CB------Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE 32GB
B0CC------Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE 64GB
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you can see from software version that it is D026------Kindle Fire 2nd Gen
maybe something on the board is bad? Or the battery itself, but i don't think the charging status should report a low power charger when the battery is bad but i have never had to chagne the battery out to find out. It does this on other roms besides the stock os?
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maybe something on the board is bad? Or the battery itself, but i don't think the charging status should report a low power charger when the battery is bad but i have never had to chagne the battery out to find out. It does this on other roms besides the stock os?
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Thank you for pointing that out. I honestly never knew thats how you can tell the difference between first and second gen. I always looked at the charging port but thats not exactly fool proof.
@stunts513
The battery seems to be good since I'm able to take it out and charge it in my wife's kindle. I have never tried any other roms. I have been trying to keep this one stock but if changing the rom might help I would be willing to do it.
I just noticed something else that seems very odd to me. Yesterday afternoon I shut it down completely (hold the power button for 20 seconds) while connected to the 9v charger and checked on it again after about 5 hours and it did manage to put a %66 charge on it. I shut it down using the regular os prompt and left it plugged in over night while I was at work. When I got home this morning and booted it up (mind you this is after 9 hours) it was still at %66. I just tried a hard shut down again a little while ago and I'm going to check on it again in about an hour to see if this means anything or was just a fluke. Thanks a lot for your responses guys. I really do appreciate it.
hi there. I have somehow managed to brick my fire tv that had rbox cwm mod on it. I have tried numerous times to repair it using the alt-printscreen-i method without any luck other than the unit rebooting to indicate keyboard is recognised. I just get a constant white amazon logo on boot up. This is a u.s purchased fire tv that I own in the uk. was just curious to see if anyone of you clever folk out there would like to take a look at the unit and see if it can be recovered for me before I throw it out
am willing to post with the idea if it can be fixed I'd obviously pre-pay for return postage.
anyway, just thought I'd enquire as I've given up trying
paul
Paul1672 said:
hi there. I have somehow managed to brick my fire tv that had rbox cwm mod on it. I have tried numerous times to repair it using the alt-printscreen-i method without any luck other than the unit rebooting to indicate keyboard is recognised. I just get a constant white amazon logo on boot up. This is a u.s purchased fire tv that I own in the uk. was just curious to see if anyone of you clever folk out there would like to take a look at the unit and see if it can be recovered for me before I throw it out
am willing to post with the idea if it can be fixed I'd obviously pre-pay for return postage.
anyway, just thought I'd enquire as I've given up trying
paul
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If your able to boot to amazon logo did you try remote sequence to factory reset (back button and right arrow for 15 sec
Thanks for the advice mate.
Gave it a go but unfortunately I had no luck
Surely someone out there fancies having a go at fixing it??
Paul
Let us know if you manage to get this fixed mate, in the same boat as you!
Amazon will accept a return and replacement, but I'd have to ship to the US, and collect from a US address!
Cheers
Quick update, a very kind forum member was able to repair my bricked fire tv and I've just received it and its better than ever... Cannot believe how chuffed I am that somebody can be so kind as to help me out
What a fantastic forum.
Paul
Paul1672 said:
Quick update, a very kind forum member was able to repair my bricked fire tv and I've just received it and its better than ever... Cannot believe how chuffed I am that somebody can be so kind as to help me out
What a fantastic forum.
Paul
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This is great news, any idea how the member fixed it? Would it be possible to share the member ID or something if the member is ok with it.
thank you
Will clear it with him first but he also rooted my uk fire tv via the hardware method discussed on here... Can't recommend the guy highly enough... An absolute legend in my eyes
I believe the guy opened it up and flashed the boot and system files onto it to restore it... He also installed Rbox boot menu and latest custom rom for me...
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Hey guys, I need to know where I can get a working fastboot cable for the Kindle Fire HDX 3rd gen 7" (THOR). On amazon I don't know which one to buy. Can someone send me a link to a cheap one I can buy?
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Hey guys, I need to know where I can get a working fastboot cable for the Kindle Fire HDX 3rd gen 7" (THOR). On amazon I don't know which one to buy. Can someone send me a link to a cheap one I can buy?
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I don't think a fastboot cable by itself (or at all) is going to help. You will need to read up on recovering a bricked HDX. A Google search turned up several extensive threads. Skimming quickly I wasn't able to determine if a satisfactory resolution was obtained. Anyhow - I can't answer your specific question as the two cables on Amazon both state they do not work with newer generation Kindles including HDX (even though at least one title suggests it does...deceptive).
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I don't think a fastboot cable by itself (or at all) is going to help. You will need to read up on recovering a bricked HDX. A Google search turned up several extensive threads. Skimming quickly I wasn't able to determine if a satisfactory resolution was obtained. Anyhow - I can't answer your specific question as the two cables on Amazon both state they do not work with newer generation Kindles including HDX (even though at least one title suggests it does...deceptive).
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I did, I need a fastboot cable to restore my stock rom because I deleted my stock rom. So can someone please help me? I'm starting to get pissed of because people keep saying the same thing...
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So can someone please help me? I'm starting to get pissed of because people keep saying the same thing...
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I think the consensus is you are hosed or haven't provided enough information for anyone to help. A HDX isn't like most Android devices; hard to unbrick using conventional methods. I understand your frustration but everyone here is just like you. No one gets paid to answer your questions.
My humble suggestion is you contact Amazon to seek a replacement. Tell them it stopped working. While most companies would have you pound sand Amazon is exceptionally customer focused and will often replace a device even if it is out of warranty.
Beyond that, if anyone else wants to jump have at it.
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I did, I need a fastboot cable to restore my stock rom because I deleted my stock rom. So can someone please help me? I'm starting to get pissed of because people keep saying the same thing...
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In case you dont get it, your only valid option for now is ask to Amazon for replacement as Davey126 suggested:
1. On FW x.3.2.8 you cant unlock bootloader
2. On locked HW fastboot mode is severely crippled = unusable for anything regarding system recovery
3. Trying to use fastboot cable to restore system on locked HW will fail
I own an 8.9 HDX 3rd generation kindle fire, and have been doing ALOT of reading on xda as to what I can or cant do with my kindle. I read that if you intend to do any work adapting the khdx, it is advised to use a factory cable. I'm having the same problem as MinerBoy004 in that I cant find anywhere to buy said factory cable..the ones from hong kong suit the kindle HD, but theres no mention of the hdx. Any links, or advise (I cant solder lol) would be gratefully recieved...as my hdx up dated to 4.5.5.2 at the beginning of the week, I'm holding off doing anything atm so its not urgent.
thanks
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I own an 8.9 HDX 3rd generation kindle fire, and have been doing ALOT of reading on xda as to what I can or cant do with my kindle. I read that if you intend to do any work adapting the khdx, it is advised to use a factory cable. I'm having the same problem as MinerBoy004 in that I cant find anywhere to buy said factory cable..the ones from hong kong suit the kindle HD, but theres no mention of the hdx. Any links, or advise (I cant solder lol) would be gratefully recieved...as my hdx up dated to 4.5.5.2 at the beginning of the week, I'm holding off doing anything atm so its not urgent.
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Any post/thread that suggests a factory/fastboot cable works on a Fire HDX is misinformed (with one notable exception that does NOT apply to your device). Fastboot cables do work with with some Fire models but definitely NOT 3rd gen HDX. If you are currently on 4.5.5.2 the device is not rootable at present which is a prerequisite to any meaningful mods. Hopefully a vulnerability and related exploit can be identified soon. Best way to find out is by monitoring threads in this forum or just try Kingroot from time to time.
QHSUSB_BULK 05c6:9008
Davey126 said:
Any post/thread that suggests a factory/fastboot cable works on a Fire HDX is misinformed (with one notable exception that does NOT apply to your device). Fastboot cables do work with with some Fire models but definitely NOT 3rd gen HDX. If you are currently on 4.5.5.2 the device is not rootable at present which is a prerequisite to any meaningful mods. Hopefully a vulnerability and related exploit can be identified soon. Best way to find out is by monitoring threads in this forum or just try Kingroot from time to time.
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I can positively confirm that a fastboot cable (doesn't matter which one,
they are all the same; you can even make one yourself) does make a major
difference: my bricked device shows up as QHSUSB_BULK with a fastboot
cable, but doesn't register at all with the factory cable.
Depending on firmware version, this could even make unbricking possible.
Chances are that this is that notable exception... (-;
draxie said:
I can positively confirm that a fastboot cable (doesn't matter which one,
they are all the same; you can even make one yourself) does make a major
difference: my bricked device shows up as QHSUSB_BULK with a fastboot
cable, but doesn't register at all with the factory cable.
Depending on firmware version, this could even make unbricking possible.
Chances are that this is that notable exception... (-;
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Yup - that's the "notable exception" referenced in my post. If working from QHSUSB_BULK similar low level environment fastboot cables can be indispensable. Until recently that was the purview of a few hard core geeks.