[Q] Quick question about HellFire kindle Sandwich 4.04 - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey.
Ive done some searching but i just dont know the answer to the question so wanted to check first - Im a new user so couldnt post in the actual ROM thread.
Question. In the install instructions for the HellFire kindle Sandwich 4.04 ROM is says to fix permissions. What is this?
Like i say i have searched that thread and others but just see it referenced as fix permissions. Sorry if im being really dim (its always quite likely!!!)

Look under other in recovery mode it should say fix permissions(at least that's where it is on my rezound)
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Dammit, I knew it would be simple! Never come across it before!
Thanks for your reply

Can someone explain please what fixing permission does and when it should be done please?
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Permissions
Hi. This is a bit late, but in case you never figured this out. Fixing permissions just basically makes sure that programs are connected to their separate parts correctly (that's completely in lay terms, not technical). If there are name changes or lost files (like dll's on a computer), then they are cleaned up using the applications' lists of files that it should be associated with. It also makes sure that your access to specific programs is intact. I use it quite frequently as a tune-up - incorrect permissions are often the cause of force-closes, because the device is unable to find a specific file, or it can't gain access to it because the system isn't recognizing the file or the admin privileges correctly.
Hope that helps.

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Simple root(compared to joeykrim) for shw-m110s and galaxy cousins

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8406167&postcount=223
So this already has a home. But I'm seeing that it works, very likely in ALL galaxy S cousins, and in fact possibly even in all 2.1 and 2.2 android phones. This is NOT the joeykrim method but it's related (but simpler and better, and obvious to most of you devs). Sadly this slowly gets rediscovered somewhere about once every two weeks for the past couple of months . There's a thread in epic started a few days later with the same trick, and a thread on droid forums:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/re...08-multiple-phones-root-them-unroot-them.html
a couple of weeks earlier with the same trick. And a page on cyaongenmod where they show it for just one of the cousins.
It's nice for anyone who doesn't want to flash, and/or doesn't have a fully working recovery mode needed to use some of the one click methods (update.zip). Moreover... it probably works on pretty much EVERYTHING. The one clicks distract attention from the fundamental solutions because they don't always work on everything and new phones come out like popcorn.
Also I've included some useful related information about how to setup some of the popular initial root tools (with some personal bias, but not unlike a custom ROM), and how to undo it all. Making it a whole package custom ROM alternative (albeit a very lite alternative ). I haven't seen another post with all of this in one place.
I don't know where I should post this though because there is no general forum that I guess is likely to get read much that connects all the devices this may work on. But since it's working on more devices now and probably on froyo too, it seemed it might be helpful to someone to expose it a little beyond the shw-m110s sticky on issue 6. (even it has already been exposed before).
isnt this the same as superoneclick lag fix?
this didnt work for me on my i9000 froyo rom.
Ok.. well, does rageagainstthecage still work? Do you know? Did you try just that? the information "it didn't work" isn't very helpful. But then when you have one button you tend to get one response, and that's partly my point.
If you can get root with rageagainstthecage, the rest can all be worked out. And much more easily if more people in the community start to fear less the internals cause they're given information about what's going on, and it's VERY simple, as you can see in my post.. there's only ONE thing (properly installed su) you need to have root on ANY device. (getting root is a different issue, but the hard part is done) And there's no reason not to be explaining that in the BIG FAQ.
Indeed.. it looks like it probably is the same thing (but it's not really documented) . That did not exist when I first posted it.. hence why I worked it out myself. Personally I'm not a fan of one click anything, not as the primary reference at least. Because, ok.. it seems rageagainst the cage probably works on anything. A decent faq somewhere actually EXPLAINING what's required for root, and what rageagainstthe cage does (losely) and at least an example of how to use it on some device then is a good starting place for new phones.. new froyos.. good reference info.
However instead what happens is somebody else comes out with their latest method.. releases it as the mysupermagiconeclick method.. or even if it's script, without any explanation (and most people wouldn't understand, but maybe a few would). And then what happens?
Joeykrims script gets adopted on like 5 diferent devices where it isn't even needed(no offense to him.. he provided what he knew and got some people going who wouldn't have been otherwise). Multiple problems are created because of it. and that's not even a one click. That's a script for people who aren't too afraid to type script and still nobody noticed it wasn't needed?
Now a big one click comes out and someone just says "this doesn't work".
I see so many people saying "I don't know how to use adb" (even after you just told them "type adb push". It's very different that the winmo atmosphere a few years ago.
Anyway, I rageagainsthecage is the only alternative I know of to flashing or update.zip so it would be good if it got a little more attention I think and if people stopped treating the task of copying in 3 little files with permissions like some mystery work for "devs" to handle and folks to praise on high. I mean it's nice if someone can make a gui(and it takes work).. but it's amazing how hard it is often to just find an explanation of the very simple thing that's actually being done. (edit: even in Clshortfuses superoneclick thread.. he links to an older thread with the commands, but it's in page 49 or so.) There's like 5 commands needed with about 2 slight variations (nand unlocking and the setuserid joeykrim problem) that will root anything without flashing or destroying data, and that's not explained in a simple faq around here.)
By the way another reason it might not work is the rageagainsthecage exploit doesn't always (usually though) work the first try, and works better on some usb ports than others.
elsewhere:warlordxp said:
I have a problem with rooting my JP6
The Odin version seems to get well. But after reboot no root.
Then i tryed the SuperOneClick version.
I get this msg.
Pushing rageagainstthecage...
failed to copy 'rageagainstthecage' to '/data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage': No such file or directory
OK
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and I found the same thing on some german site.
maybe /data/local/tmp doesn't exist on froyo for I9000. If anyone was playing with a prompt and had instructions that point out that you only to need to copy it to ANY place where you can write and execute, they might figure out what's going on in one minute, and find another place to copy it to like just /data/local or wherever tmp got moved to. In every case I've seen problems, it was never that the exploit didn't work.
Now ok.. it's possible that somehow they've figured out a way to completely block writing new executable files anywhere from a shell. In which case it would need to get installed through an apk maybe, but it's still possible. Applications do run, all the time; so can this. Knowledge is power... not one click buttons.
ok then ill give you a bit more detail.
you are right, i cant see why it is failing although i can see where it is failing. if i had access to the script to see the steps its trying to take i could work it out but its compiled into a binary as far as i am aware.
the script pushes the file to the device, and it runs for the first loop. it installs the su command and superuser.apk, then loops back to make further changes (i.e. it kills adb and reestablishes a connection). when it loops back it tries to mount something, and fails saying "failed to find mount point" or something similar.
the su command works in shell/terminal until the phone is rebooted, then it is lost. the superuser doesnt work at all (i.e. no superuser requests are generated by apps requiring it, they just fail saying root not available).
kanemari said:
ok then ill give you a bit more detail.
you are right, i cant see why it is failing although i can see where it is failing. if i had access to the script to see the steps its trying to take i could work it out but its compiled into a binary as far as i am aware.
the script pushes the file to the device, and it runs for the first loop. it installs the su command and superuser.apk, then loops back to make further changes (i.e. it kills adb and reestablishes a connection). when it loops back it tries to mount something, and fails saying "failed to find mount point" or something similar.
the su command works in shell/terminal until the phone is rebooted, then it is lost. the superuser doesnt work at all (i.e. no superuser requests are generated by apps requiring it, they just fail saying root not available).
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Great it sounds like you basically understand what is going on and aren't afraid of a tiny bit of typing. I think MANY people fit that description including myself a few weeks ago. But... the steps are not usually explained as you say. So... click the link in my first post again. It's all explained there. I've started a section there on exceptions.. including what I think might be going on with yours, but your description is a little different from the ones I copied in, so we don't know yet. So go at it, and good luck. I'll be glad to help if I can but my crusade is to get more people who want to to be able to play with it themselves (and to be able to ask questions too, though especially when getting new devices/roms rooted)
I assume you know about adb and and how to run it by hand in the first place. I don't describe that and there are faqs that do, including I think the Big FAQ. That obviously must work first.
P.S. I may add some linux/mac scripts shortly... piece of cake to do.. already did it for the joeykrim method. CLShortFuse is adding linux support but it involves 175 MB of cross-platform compatibality libraries and is at least almost as hard to setup as it is to just use adb. To each his own. It's a neat accomplishment if it works.
For me I push the unroot script to my phone and can unroot when I walk in a store if I want to. I like Rynza's apk for that, but it doesn't work with my phone (3 button, yes... update option, no )
too much verbage for me daddybear...
but anyway ill give it a shot next time i need to root my device and let you know if i come up with anything useful.
The first to admit to cracking the code . But you only get full credit if you know the reference too!
the su command works in shell/terminal until the phone is rebooted, then it is lost.
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actually.. if this is really true.. it's almost certainly a joeykrim style problem. The other symptoms are harder to follow, especially depending if superuser never worked or only didn't work after reboot. Anyway, this will certainly get resolved in time I'm sure. If you had su working at all.. then it's just a matter of applying the right tweaks/work arounds (which are likely already known).

[Q] ICS alpha 5

Hello everyone, First time posting long time reader. Only rooted about 30 phones so far, so I am still a noob. Well I decided to go ahead and try out the ICS alpha 5. It is working for the most part. Here is my problem. I can not get on the market to download anything. So, I thought maybe a bad install. Powered down the phone went into hboot to rewipe, and reinstall.
This is when things go wrong. Selected wipe, and nothing, so I tried to select install from zip, and nothing. Had to pull battery to do hard restart. So, I was okay, let try this a different way. Loaded the phone backup, and connected to PC, and went to change to MTP so I could transfer over the APK files. It force closes everytime I try to do anything.
Here is what I would like to try and happen. I would like to try another ROM, or another ICS, but I can not figure out a way to get it onto the phone, and with hboot messed up, I am running out of options that I am aware of.
Thank you for any help that is provided, even the bad news. (BTW love the I am noob video)
Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
As tiny4579 below me said, Alpha 5 is supposed to have USB mass storage, so I would use that
If that doesn't work, you can download this
Alternatively, you can use samba filesharing for a wireless option (transfer will be slower)
Or... just download the ROM on the phone, then you don't need to transfer anything
Not sure if MTP works on this phone. Its not available on stock sense. Use USB mass storage and see how that works. I saw posted that alpha 5 should support it. If not there are apps for that.
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demarcmj said:
Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
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Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.
need to make sure
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.
Elsore said:
Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.
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I must be having a bad reading day, because I completely missed the fact that you were having trouble with hboot too.
Elsore said:
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.
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If you can't flash the gapps package, then you wont be able to get things from the market, either through the web interface or through your phone.
You can get the gapps package by just opening up xda in your browser and navigating to that post and downloading it from there, but I don't know if you can just extract the zip and install the apks. I think you probably need to be able to flash it, but I'm not sure.
It seems like your best course of action would be to figure out how to fix your hboot, since that seems to be the main problem. If you can't find anything by searching I would create a new, more aptly-titled, post.
yeah, not sure I will be able to unzip it on my phone either. I might just chalk this one up to oops. I might head on over to the store and check out that nexus. This way I will have my ICS already lol. Plus the inc has been a good phone for the many years, but 4.6" screen is just calling my name.
I might have messed up my phone on a subconsciousness level.
Update
Just wanted to give an update. I am somewhat up and running again. What i had to do was take the memory out of my phone, put it in one of the adapters, and format fat32 again, and put the copy of the Stock rom back on it. That has the phone up, Hboot is still jacked up. Going to start a new thread to see if anyone else has had the problems I have. Thanks for your input.

Star A2000 Chinese phone with MT6516 chipset want to root 2.3.6, did search

Hello, I am new here and I tried to post in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573 but I have not made the 10 required posts.
I am only looking to root my phone so that I can make it a little faster. The LauncherPro app did a lot already but I failed on findind a decent typing keyboard
Also, would like to run VM Heap manager and look in to a bit of overclocking the CPU
However, after passing the masochistic Captcha on this forum , I can post here. The above thread I posted the link of speaks about a Startools.zip which is not to be found it also has some other attachements I feel are not useful to me.
However, I did install z4root (just downloaded somewhere, not sure if that is a problem) and tried *temporary* root. Which does not work, it says it works, but it doesn't according to several rooted apps.
I am not in to changing ROMS or such, not sure about Clockwork mod or restoring factory settings either, I would like to delete the stupid Imo beta software for example and other ones who seem to start and login unasked and I can kill them it starts itself up again and that is annoying because it is my phone!
Now I did not dare to try to root my device with z4root by hitting the root permanently button as adviced in that topic.
However, what should I do? It is just so I require the extra speed and I am happy with this phone which with added speed like LauncherPro already is doing a decent job I feel with a good price/ performance
Please help me a bit, I searched, oh yes, I searched.
regards,
Richard
p.s. It is running Android 2.3.6 I am happy with, I don't feel the need to upgrade this thing, want to make it faster only, not brick it or take unneccasry risk it is a phone ffs
you can try this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573
djkmito said:
you can try this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573
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Hi, that is exactly where I looked, see my first post.
The issue I have is that I was unable to find a good way of rooting, one that is safe.
Now people say that rooting can be unsafe but there is not explained how.
Assuming the rooting software is properly programmed, I fail to find if an unsuccesful rooting attempt will leave the phone's software unchanged.
Also there is no confirmation on this Star A2000 if it is rootable or not. There is a manual saying use z4root but this didn't seem to work, atleast the temporary root did not work at all, and this manual did just say permanent root it, not permanent root it because temporary root won't work.
I can't tell if there is a difference in a temporary root and a permanent root with z4root, I don't know what it is doing there.
I mean that I am not worried about the change's I am able to make to my phone, after it is succesfully rooted. I know Linux.
I also won't try changing ROM's, all I want is to change the memory heap to speed it up a little bit and disable the start up scripts of unwanted software that is booted all the time, advanced task killer, the Android way of managing applications is able to kill them and the system just starts them again. That is annoying.
I am after only this, I won't deinstall programs, I just would disable some of them because I might later find I need them again.
I also won't disable or remove vital software for the phone booting.
But how hard can it be for rooting software publisher, to tell to their users it is safe to attempt rooting, even if it can't be rooted, or in other words, will it leave the telephone software untouched with an unseccesful attempt and will a succesful root also ensure a succesful reboot of the phone?
IMHO, that is all I need to know about rooting and I can't find anything about that anywhere.

[Q] Kindle Fire is completely blank, except for TWRP

Ok, so here is my deal. I rooted and successfully installed Jelly Bean onto my Kindle Fire months ago. After about a month or so, there was an .android error that kept popping up whenever it booted to the home screen. Since I couldn't do anything with it, I decided to delete the ROM and set it back to factory, BUT when I deleted the ROM, I deleted ALL ROM's including the stock ROM. I also managed to delete all my backups. I can boot my Kindle into TWRP but that is all. I purchased a factory cord from skorpn and am able to put my KF into fastboot mode but KFU will not detect the Kindle unless it is in TWRP. The ADB status is always offline if I try running KFU when in fastboot mode. I have installed all drivers, over and over and when I mount the SD card to USB it shows up on my computer as "KINDLE" BUT, I have no folders in my kindle except for TWRP. There is no /sdcard folder or anything. I am stuck and completely frustrated and I don't know what else to do. PLEASE HELP!!
heatherrc77 said:
Ok, so here is my deal. I rooted and successfully installed Jelly Bean onto my Kindle Fire months ago. After about a month or so, there was an .android error that kept popping up whenever it booted to the home screen. Since I couldn't do anything with it, I decided to delete the ROM and set it back to factory, BUT when I deleted the ROM, I deleted ALL ROM's including the stock ROM. I also managed to delete all my backups. I can boot my Kindle into TWRP but that is all. I purchased a factory cord from skorpn and am able to put my KF into fastboot mode but KFU will not detect the Kindle unless it is in TWRP. The ADB status is always offline if I try running KFU when in fastboot mode. I have installed all drivers, over and over and when I mount the SD card to USB it shows up on my computer as "KINDLE" BUT, I have no folders in my kindle except for TWRP. There is no /sdcard folder or anything. I am stuck and completely frustrated and I don't know what else to do. PLEASE HELP!!
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Oh good times. Your sdcard either lost it's formatting or part of its formatting or some other similar situation. This is probably caused from not correctly ejecting or unmounting the sdcard before trying to write to it...but that's merely speculation on my part.
The answer to your problem can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372
Good luck
[edit:] you can just skip ahead to printing the partition table and recreating & formatting the sdcard.
Sorry, but where do I enter these commands?
soupmagnet said:
Oh good times. Your sdcard either lost it's formatting or part of its formatting or some other similar situation. This is probably caused from not correctly ejecting or unmounting the sdcard before trying to write to it...but that's merely speculation on my part.
The answer to your problem can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949372
Good luck
[edit:] you can just skip ahead to printing the partition table and recreating & formatting the sdcard.
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So, to be more specific...I'm not a completely technical person. I do research and read and then execute but the link you attached tells what commands to put in, but where do I put them in?
heatherrc77 said:
Sorry, but where do I enter these commands?
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Oh my.
Every ounce of my being desperately wants to be brutally honest with you...but I won't.
Even the most inexperienced of users has the foresight to answer that question on their own, so you are obviously in way over your head. My best advice to you is to find someone a little more technically oriented to help you fix your problem...but that's just a suggestion (albeit a strong one).
If for some reason that isn't an option for you, then you definitely need to educate yourself in a few areas before attempting anything you find here (this might take a while).
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-use-command-prompt/
http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/file-paths.html
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-open-windows-command-prompt-any-folder.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241935
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Posts 1, 2, & 3
That should get you started.
And if all else fails
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038
heatherrc77 said:
So, to be more specific...I'm not a completely technical person. I do research and read and then execute but the link you attached tells what commands to put in, but where do I put them in?
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You need to download the Android sdk, then you can run adb from the command line.
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heatherrc77 said:
Ok, so here is my deal. I rooted and successfully installed Jelly Bean onto my Kindle Fire months ago. After about a month or so, there was an .android error that kept popping up whenever it booted to the home screen. Since I couldn't do anything with it, I decided to delete the ROM and set it back to factory,
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I know this isn't helpful now. But the original problem (I am pretty sure) had to do with the drivers with the audio. You probably had the volume all the way down, which causes the error you were receiving. If you mute it, that is fine, just don't have the volume down all the way.
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Sorry. I know this probably doesn't do you any good, but I thought I would let you know what I thought.
soupmagnet said:
Oh my.
Every ounce of my being desperately wants to be brutally honest with you...but I won't.
Even the most inexperienced of users has the foresight to answer that question on their own, so you are obviously in way over your head. My best advice to you is to find someone a little more technically oriented to help you fix your problem...but that's just a suggestion (albeit a strong one).
If for some reason that isn't an option for you, then you definitely need to educate yourself in a few areas before attempting anything you find here (this might take a while).
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-use-command-prompt/
http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/file-paths.html
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-open-windows-command-prompt-any-folder.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241935
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Posts 1, 2, & 3
That should get you started.
And if all else fails
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038
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I asked for help, I didn't ask to be belittled. I already stated I am not the most technical person, but when I set my mind to something, I do the research and I figure it out on my own. The last time I did this, was months ago and I haven't touched it since. Since then all of my research was wiped out because of computer problems and my PC had to be reformatted and my data was lost so now I am trying to get all my research back and excuse me for asking such a stupid question. I am doing this with my OWN Kindle to learn how to do it and I am not hurting any one else or their stuff. How else is someone supposed to learn without trying it?
I will say thank you for your time to help "educate" someone so "inexperienced".
heatherrc77 said:
I asked for help, I didn't ask to be belittled. I already stated I am not the most technical person, but when I set my mind to something, I do the research and I figure it out on my own. The last time I did this, was months ago and I haven't touched it since. Since then all of my research was wiped out because of computer problems and my PC had to be reformatted and my data was lost so now I am trying to get all my research back and excuse me for asking such a stupid question. I am doing this with my OWN Kindle to learn how to do it and I am not hurting any one else or their stuff. How else is someone supposed to learn without trying it?
I will say thank you for your time to help "educate" someone so "inexperienced".
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I put a lot of thought into how I should respond to this post, so bear with what I'm about to tell you.
My previous post was not intended to "belittle" you, rather, wake you up to the reality that you might not be ready to take on such an endeavor. This is not an iPhone and it isn't as simple as plugging it in and pressing a few buttons. For new users, there is a high degree of risk involved in certain aspects of modifying the Kindle Fire, especially when it comes to repartitioning...which is what you'll need to do to get your Kindle working again.
My harshness is NOT out of ego or feeling "holier than thou". It is not to make myself feel better or to make up for some low self esteem. Treating people with kid gloves around here tends to give them a false sense of security that quite often leads to them getting into very stressful situations. Besides, a little "tough love" is better than indifference any day.
I created a thread in the General forum a while back, titled "**WARNING** You will BRICK YOUR KINDLE if you don't READ THIS FIRST!!!". The purpose of that thread is to warn owners of newer 2nd generation Kindle Fires of the DISASTROUS consequences of trying to modify those devices in the same way the 1st generation devices are. One would think, with a title like that, there would be very few people to make that mistake. Of course one would be wrong, as there are at least two individuals a week that were not prepared to deal with the situation at hand and did not give it the appropriate amount of respect, therefore their Kindles are completely worthless. Needless to say, if something I say is construed as rude yet prevents mishaps like that...so be it...and I'll consider it worth the hurt feelings.
And I agree, in order to learn, sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. But there is a big difference between tweaking some system files contained within a single partition and actually modifying partitions. And yes, you do have to start somewhere, but if you don't know that commands go in the command prompt (and I'm saying this respectfully), this is not the place for you to start. Go back, read through the links I gave you, and get a better foundation to work from before trying to fix your Kindle Fire. Not doing so, would do you a great deal of injustice.
No hard feelings,
And I wish you the best of luck.

[Q] Need help accessing locked phone without data or usb debugging enabled

Hey guys,
First off, I don't have any idea where to post this as the phone I'm working with isn't on the forums, so I thought it would be more appropriate here. Please move it into the correct place if there is one. Thank you.
So I'm a new comer of course and I was browsing the internet for solutions to my friends phone issue and I came across this forum. From what I can tell this is a really intellectual environment and therefore was inclined to make an account to see if anyone can help me out with my issue.
The problem(s):
Currently my friend's HTC Wildfire S (T-Mobile) is locked out.
He had tried too many times to unlock it via the pattern and now has to enter in his google email credentials to unlock his phone.
Right now the wifi or data is not on for the phone
Failed solution 1: I tried to call him and have him answer the phone. I then tried to pull the notification tab down in order to enable data or something but that didn't work. I had read on another website that it could work.
Failed solution 2: I downloaded ADB and tried to access the settings.db file in order to edit it via an add on on mozilla firefox. After going to the path where ADB was located i typed in "dir", where settings.db usually is it wasn't there. I then concluded that he probably didn't have USB debugging enabled as that is a strange setting to turn on for no reason.
And now here I am...
He doesn't want a factory reset because he wants his texts, I can only guess that he has important nudes he wishes to save, haha.
Anyway, I'm not too educated in computer or coding language, so if you have any ideas please provide me with some extra details for my noobie status.
As a result of this tinkering, I'm kind of interested in learning how to code and messing around with my Samsung Galaxy S2, so if you also have any pointers for that I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks for your help in advance,
I look forward to engaging in the community and trying to contribute
There is a forum for the Wildfire S. Search at "Type Your Device..." and you'll find it.
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vhngu930 said:
There is a forum for the Wildfire S. Search at "Type Your Device..." and you'll find it.
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Thank you very much!

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