Is the yellow triangle ('press power for recovery options') a stock KF screen, or is the something that's been added by the KFU? Amazon said they would send a replacement, but I'm wondering if I'll have issues if they see it's been rooted...
Update 6.3.1 has left me on this screen, and as of yet I have not been able to get around it. The computer will only recognize it for about 5 seconds when it is plugged in, but then the LED on the KF goes Orange and it disconnects.
I'm looking at getting the factory cable.
Unfortunantly when I ran the KFU I did not install any other recovery options other than rooting the device. (Crossing over from the jailbreaking on the iPhones, you could get the device is recovery without any big deal and I assumed it was the same with the KF...oops)
Turn your Kindle off.
Turn your Kindle on.
As soon as you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange. This will boot your device into recovery.
While in recovery, look for an option to mount your sdcard.
When it is mounted, it will show up on your computer as an external drive.
From your computer, transfer the "Flash.zip" from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25598837 ...to your sdcard.
Then use recovery to flash "Flash.zip" and reboot.
When it reboots, hold the power button until it turns orange again and use the selections at the bottom to change your bootmode. To scroll through the selections hold the power button for a second and release. When you have the right option selected, leave it alone for a few moments and it will select automatically. You may need to reboot.
Avidmtbiker said:
Is the yellow triangle ('press power for recovery options') a stock KF screen, or is the something that's been added by the KFU?
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This is not the stock boot loader screen, it is an older version of FireFireFire.
soupmagnet said:
Turn your Kindle off.
Turn your Kindle on.
As soon as you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange. This will boot your device into recovery.
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I've done this...
But there's no response from the KF, the screen doesn't change. The LED does go Orange, but it would anyway - even without pressing the button.
The computer is unable to recognize it at this point.
As of now it seems only to turn on whenever the USB cable is plugged in, I'm guessing the battery is dead.
Any more suggestions? I'm leary of sending it back in with modded software, I imagine they're smart enough to check that...
Ah, so you don't even have recovery installed. I guess I should have seen that in the OP...I'm such a noob <hangs head in shame>
OK the first thing you need to do is educate yourself a little bit about the Kindle Fire, the different bootmodes, and the difference between adb and fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747567
Then you need make sure your drivers are in good working order:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2
When you have a good foundation to work from, we'll get recovery installed and continue to fix any other problems you need help with.
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I was on the Hellfire ROM, flashed the Energy ICS CM9 3.0 ROM. I figured why not try updating to firefirefire 1.4A and TWRP 2.1.1 just to have everything new. Something went wrong during all this but I dont know what, so I used Kindle Fire Utiility to go back to TWRP 2.0. I also used the Utility to flash firefirefire, I'm guessing it's the older version? Anyways here are some issues I'm experiencing.
- The only way to get my KF to turn on is by plugging it into my PC using a USB cord or plugging it into the wall. If I remove it from the wall or my PC it will not turn on even though recovery said my battery was full. Is this Kindle issue or ROM issue? Also, when I plug the KF into my PC it goes into recovery, cant seem to get it to boot up. If I plug it into the wall it'll boot up into the Energy ROM? Is there a way to start fresh, remove twrp, firefirefire, everything?
- As soon I plug my KF into my PC it turns on but I get this splash screen with the KindleFire logo and also a green Android logo right above it. I've never seen this screen before? This screen comes on for a quick second, my KF reboots, the same screen comes up again but this time the power button is orange. My old screen just use to be a yellow triangle saying "press power button for recovery". Now I don't have that screen anymore? Just confused on whats going on?
It amazes me how many people are willing to install things on their devices knowing nothing about them.
The first thing you need to do is read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747567 Read the whole thing and don't skip a single line. It'll save you a lot of time and energy in the future.
Then Google search "Kindle Fire software update", it's on the Amazon website.
Download the file to your computer and change the file extension from ".bin" to ".zip"
Push it to your sdcard using adb or in twrp by mounting your sdcard
Flash the update.zip in twrp
Reboot
Start all over again with a new found knowledge of how the Kindle Fire works.
I got this kindle fire that I am trying to fix for my kid. I don't know what firmware was in. The KF has never been rooted. We tried to call Amazon for a replacement, but since I didn't remember which email account was tied to this KF and I couldn't find the Serial Number either, I got stuck with it. If could make this device to boot one more time to see the amazon account or the serial number that will be great.
Well anyways, these are the symptoms. After lots of hours of reading about bricked Kindle Fires I decided to order a factory cable suspecting the problem was a low battery KF going into a 5 second loop. The process went good. I was able to flash FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 by going into fastboot mode, but the problem is that the KF does not want to start in recovery mode, nor in normal mode.
At this point, I think I can rule out a battery low problem, but I am not sure.
No matter what I do, I cannot enter to adb mode, and this is the real problem I don't seem to find an answer. If there was a way that I could upload the firmware from fastboot mode or a tool that forces recovery mode.
As I said this KF was always stock until today that I tried to unbrick it by installing the FFF and the TWRP. The TWRP never started.
As I said earlier my only objective at this point is to recover the serial number or the account email associated with my KF.
Question 2, how can I revert to the stock bootloader if everything else fails?
Any suggestions, links, ideas will be welcome.
gwmadrigal said:
I got this kindle fire that I am trying to fix for my kid. I don't know what firmware was in. The KF has never been rooted. We tried to call Amazon for a replacement, but since I didn't remember which email account was tied to this KF and I couldn't find the Serial Number either, I got stuck with it. If could make this device to boot one more time to see the amazon account or the serial number that will be great.
Well anyways, these are the symptoms. After lots of hours of reading about bricked Kindle Fires I decided to order a factory cable suspecting the problem was a low battery KF going into a 5 second loop. The process went good. I was able to flash FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 by going into fastboot mode, but the problem is that the KF does not want to start in recovery mode, nor in normal mode.
At this point, I think I can rule out a battery low problem, but I am not sure.
No matter what I do, I cannot enter to adb mode, and this is the real problem I don't seem to find an answer. If there was a way that I could upload the firmware from fastboot mode or a tool that forces recovery mode.
As I said this KF was always stock until today that I tried to unbrick it by installing the FFF and the TWRP. The TWRP never started.
As I said earlier my only objective at this point is to recover the serial number or the account email associated with my KF.
Question 2, how can I revert to the stock bootloader if everything else fails?
Any suggestions, links, ideas will be welcome.
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I hate to ask this question but do you know how to access recovery by using the power button to get the boot menu then selecting recovery? If you are using the boot menu to attempt to access recovery and its not cooperating it`s possible that points to a broken bootloader or a broken recovery. When you flashed both fff and twrp did you see that it sent and physically wrote each one? maybe explain how you flashed them so we can see if a error was made there. What level do you believe the battery is at? Possible it could be playing a role in your present issue.
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I hate to ask this question but do you know how to access recovery by using the power button to get the boot menu then selecting recovery? If you are using the boot menu to attempt to access recovery and its not cooperating it`s possible that points to a broken bootloader or a broken recovery. When you flashed both fff and twrp did you see that it sent and physically wrote each one? maybe explain how you flashed them so we can see if a error was made there. What level do you believe the battery is at? Possible it could be playing a role in your present issue.
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I have done a lot of experiments with my SGS2 about installing ROMS using ODIN or CWR, backing up my own images and making backups. Most of the work I do though is in CWR. I haven't dealt with TWR yet. I also installed ICS on my HP Touchpad. So, even though this is the first time I deal with the KF, I already some experience working with ROMS and images.
Back to the process. I installed the FFF using the Kindle Fire Utility. The KF was forced to fastboot mode via the factory cable. At first I could see on the KF splash screen with the black and orange logo, and now the KF is booting using a Black and Blue kindle fire logo with 1.4a on top. At the bottom of the splash I see instructions of the bootloader selector indicating to press the power button and select the mode that I want to boot. Either Normal Mode or Recovery Mode.
I flashed the TWRP 2.2.2.1 in fastboot mode using my command prompt by putting this code:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery [path]\openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.1-blaze.img
I was following the instructions on this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
I got stuck on step 3 after attempting to boot into recovery mode.
I can select which boot mode I want to go, but none of them work. I only get on the bottom of the screen saying Booting... and then the KF shuts down.
I suspect the battery had a good level of charge, but I can't tell for sure.
Thanks for everything.
Download TWRP again, check the md5, reinstall, and post whatever error messages (if any) that are in your command window here.
In the meantime, enter the following command and let me know what happens after you reboot.
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
soupmagnet said:
Download TWRP again, check the md5, reinstall, and post whatever error messages (if any) that are in your command window here.
In the meantime, enter the following command and let me know what happens after you reboot.
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
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All commands were successful.
When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
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When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
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What happens when you change the bootmode to 5001?
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What happens when you change the bootmode to 5001?
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It accepts the command.
The command prompt responds saying something like it took 0. something seconds to execute the command.
Thanks for reading my thread.
If upon rebooting, the result is the same after changing the bootmode, it is possible the bootloader isn't working properly. If that's the case, flashing a new bootloader (with md5 verified) might not work, but it's worth a shot.
If that doesn't work, you should be able to change the bootmode to USBboot (4003) and use Firekit to replace the bootloader, but that's speaking theoretically. I've never tried it so I couldn't tell you whether it would work or not. But then you could always pull the back cover off the device and use the shorting trick to use Firekit in USBboot.
If installing a bootloader with the Firekit doesn't work, you're likely looking at a hardware issue, and there's not much we can do about that.
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1. If upon rebooting, the result is the same after changing the bootmode, it is possible the bootloader isn't working properly. If that's the case, flashing a new bootloader (with md5 verified) might not work, but it's worth a shot.
2. If that doesn't work, you should be able to change the bootmode to USBboot (4003) and use Firekit to replace the bootloader, but that's speaking theoretically. I've never tried it so I couldn't tell you whether it would work or not. But then you could always pull the back cover off the device and use the shorting trick to use Firekit in USBboot.
3. If installing a bootloader with the Firekit doesn't work, you're likely looking at a hardware issue, and there's not much we can do about that.
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2 sounds too complicated. I will need to read more.
I'm at work. I am going to try number 1 when I get home.
One more question, how can I revert the KF so when the it boots it shows the original orange white logo?
Thanks for everything.
gwmadrigal said:
2 sounds too complicated. I will need to read more.
I'm at work. I am going to try number 1 when I get home.
One more question, how can I revert the KF so when the it boots it shows the original orange white logo?
Thanks for everything.
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If you have any questions about using Firekit, don't be afraid to ask.
Get your device working properly before attempting to revert the bootloader back to stock. Contrary to what you may think, the custom bootloader is much better for you in this situation.
gwmadrigal said:
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When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
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I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
Thepooch said:
I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
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I think that would be the case if the device just rebooted. The OP is saying the device shuts down when FFF starts to load the operating system (Booting...) or recovery, which is why I think it is either the bootloader or some hardware issue.
soupmagnet said:
If you have any questions about using Firekit, don't be afraid to ask.
Get your device working properly before attempting to revert the bootloader back to stock. Contrary to what you may think, the custom bootloader is much better for you in this situation.
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I tried reloading the u-boot using fastboot and the upload was successful. But it's doing exactly the same.I guess my only question right now, do you know of any good guide that I should start reading to get my feet wet on what the firekit is and how to get started?
Thepooch said:
I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
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I have nothing to lose. This KF is already bricked. I can certainly try anything. Which cable do you suggest I use? the Factory cable or the USB cable?
I think I answered my own question now. Using a regular USB cable puts the KF in the bootloop. I will use the factory cable instead. I shut down the KF, put the factory cable connected to my computer and the KF. Right now the KF is in the KindleFire splash screen waiting for fastboot commands of for me to use the button to tell it which mode to boot. I will leave it plug overnight.
Thanks for replying on my thread and trying to help me.
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I think that would be the case if the device just rebooted. The OP is saying the device shuts down when FFF starts to load the operating system (Booting...) or recovery, which is why I think it is either the bootloader or some hardware issue.
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I posted a video in utube of what the KF is doing, so you can see what I'm seeing.
Link
Thanks for coming back several times to reply on my thread.
That looks like your battery. From what I can tell, the device is just rebooting, not shutting down.
Unplug the device and hold the power button to perform a hard shutdown.
Plug the device in (it should power up on it's own) and hold the power button to shut it down again.
Leave it plugged into the computer until sometime tomorrow and try again.
Same thing I was thinking 5 second bootloop Thank you the video was very helpful to see just how its acting. Use stock cable to charge not factory.
OKay. I'm glad I came to check the thread one more time before going to bed. I removed the factory cable and put the regular usb instead. The KF was rebooting. I shut down the KF by holding the power button without unplugging the cable. Now the KF appears to be shut down, but the cable is still plugged. The yellow light does not appear as it normally would if it was charging though. I don't know if this is normal.
gwmadrigal said:
OKay. I'm glad I came to check the thread one more time before going to bed. I removed the factory cable and put the regular usb instead. The KF was rebooting. I shut down the KF by holding the power button without unplugging the cable. Now the KF appears to be shut down, but the cable is still plugged. The yellow light does not appear as it normally would if it was charging though. I don't know if this is normal.
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I think you're fine let it rest.
Back story: I purchased a used Kindle Fire on Ebay about a week ago, not knowing that it had been rooted. I was looking for a standard Kindle fire for my son so he would stop using my tablet (lol) and the parental controls are better and more books and so on... none the less when I got it I noticed that it booted differently (I had a kindle fire prior) and it booted into Android. I have had problems with trying to be able to get my computer to recognize it. It looks for missing drivers and I have been all frustrated, but figured that we would just have to download off of it, well, we went on a trip this past weekend (11 hours) and my son wanted to watch a movie, turned it on and it wont boot past the yellow triangle now. I have tried a hard reboot, I have tried to turn it on and hold it and watch for the orange light to no avail. The light is either green or its powered off.
I don know what to do at this point? I cant hook it to my computer (wont even recognize as an F drive or mass media) and I cant boot past the orange triangle. Yes, I am a newb (apologies) but a very frustrated one if that counts?
Sadly I think the thing is bricked and I will take a $150 hit (ugh)
No worries, your Kindle isn't bricked, it's just stuck in the wrong bootmode, which is easy to fix if you know what you are doing.
I could give you links to various guides and tutorials but it seems that it would be a lot to handle all at once for someone who knows nothing about Android and probably has no intention to.
Changing bootmodes is very easy, but getting everything set up to change bootmodes can be tricky, especially on Windows. It seems to me that you want the device back to stock (not rooted, stock bootloader, etc.), which may be a little less troublesome for you in the long run.
Hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to ensure it is completely powered off, then turn it on again.
When you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange and release. That should get you into the custom recovery that has been installed. When it boots into that recovery, describe what you see (i.e. recovery version, color scheme, etc.)
Yes, you would be correct in that I just want it stock, sure Android is great but my son is 4 and he just needs the basics for his books and angry birds lol. So, I attempted what you said, powered off all of the way and turned back on, as soon as I see the yellow triangle I hold the button and it wont turn orange, it will just power back off. I used to be able to touch the screen when the yellow triangle came up and it would take me into some menu (TWRP?) but it wont do that anymore either, its just remains either off or on the yellow triangle.
soupmagnet said:
No worries, your Kindle isn't bricked, it's just stuck in the wrong bootmode, which is easy to fix if you know what you are doing.
I could give you links to various guides and tutorials but it seems that it would be a lot to handle all at once for someone who knows nothing about Android and probably has no intention to.
Changing bootmodes is very easy, but getting everything set up to change bootmodes can be tricky, especially on Windows. It seems to me that you want the device back to stock (not rooted, stock bootloader, etc.), which may be a little less troublesome for you in the long run.
Hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to ensure it is completely powered off, then turn it on again.
When you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange and release. That should get you into the custom recovery that has been installed. When it boots into that recovery, describe what you see (i.e. recovery version, color scheme, etc.)
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Well you're going to need a few things first.
The Kindle Fire Software Update
The Kindle Fire Utility
And you need to get a custom recovery. TWRP is kind of on the fritz right now so getting it from the TWRP website is probably not your best option. You can still find a working one with the smirkit but you'll have to extract it yourself. It will be titled "recovery_twrp_2.x.img". COTR will work just as well but be sure you get the .img
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
Place your custom recovery.img in the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's " tools" folder
Shift + Right-click on the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's "tools" and select "Open command window here". In the window that opens up enter the following commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
I'll leave it at that until you can confirm you have recovery installed and you're booted into it.
I would if I could... lol... I can not get my computer to recognize the Kindle as either a kindle or a mass media drive... when I plug it in it will say that I need kindle drivers (which I am told there is no such thing as) and it does not show up as a drive either. I am to the point that I am about ready to throw it on craigslist for 50 bucks, take the 100 plus loss and start all over with a brand new one... damn you ebay! Lol
soupmagnet said:
Well you're going to need a few things first.
The Kindle Fire Software Update
The Kindle Fire Utility
And you need to get a custom recovery. TWRP is kind of on the fritz right now so getting it from the TWRP website is probably not your best option. You can still find a working one with the smirkit but you'll have to extract it yourself. It will be titled "recovery_twrp_2.x.img". COTR will work just as well but be sure you get the .img
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
Place your custom recovery.img in the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's " tools" folder
Shift + Right-click on the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's "tools" and select "Open command window here". In the window that opens up enter the following commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
I'll leave it at that until you can confirm you have recovery installed and you're booted into it.
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Save yourself the trouble mail it to me I will fix it then you reimburse me the return postage or better yet I can show you how to fix it without even mailing it . 150 for a first gen kindle is pretty high you kinda already got taken.
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I would if I could... lol... I can not get my computer to recognize the Kindle as either a kindle or a mass media drive... when I plug it in it will say that I need kindle drivers (which I am told there is no such thing as) and it does not show up as a drive either. I am to the point that I am about ready to throw it on craigslist for 50 bucks, take the 100 plus loss and start all over with a brand new one... damn you ebay! Lol
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Pay attention to what I said previously...
soupmagnet said:
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
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Clearly, there are drivers for the Kindle Fire and they are needed to fix your device.
I think I am officially over this thing... I downloaded the drivers and went to plug in the kindle fire to the computer and now its just looping the triangle... it turns on for a second and then off and on and off and so on... UGHHHHHH....
soupmagnet said:
Pay attention to what I said previously...
Clearly, there are drivers for the Kindle Fire and they are needed to fix your device.
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You let the battery die. I won't go into how it happened but to get it to charge, you need to...
With the device turned off, Plug the device into USB and hold the power button until it shuts off again. If you can get it to stay off, leave it plugged in for about half a day and turn it on again.
kf dont determined by the computer, i use kfu for recovery its did not help, stunk on triangle logo, and wount boot twrp. then i used short trick, and its boot to triangle logo, and turn off, when i turn on kf its don't respond, any idea? for short trick used ubuntu, windows sees omap4430 and cycling driver restarts.
need help to recover it.... think need used soupkit....
Hold the power button down at the triangle this should take you to recovery. Although omap4430 indicates something is still very wrong with the device. When you perform the short trick you must keep it shorted till the script runs through 4 stages my guess is you have made it part of the way but not all the way.
Thepooch
Thepooch said:
Hold the power button down at the triangle this should take you to recovery.
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I do that, kf leds is orange, and its stunk, wount go to twrp...
When you perform the short trick you must keep it shorted till the script runs through 4 stages my guess is you have made it part of the way but not all the way.
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Yes I did so, but only for start kf, and loading the first stage, after disconnect, I will try as you said keep shorted for 4 stages.
well i keep short point for 4 stage and nothing happened , kf turns on (led green) when i keep it short, and download twrp on usbboot, then kf turns off after flash, then i turn on it and press power button(led orange) and nothing happened, kf stunck on triangle logo with orange led, after that, if hold the power button for 20 seconds and turn it on again, it will not turn on at all, the processor is really hot, then again i do shorttrick with usbboot... something is wrong...
Valdai-666 said:
well i keep short point for 4 stage and nothing happened , kf turns on (led green) when i keep it short, and download twrp on usbboot, then kf turns off after flash, then i turn on it and press power button(led orange) and nothing happened, kf stunck on triangle logo with orange led, after that, if hold the power button for 20 seconds and turn it on again, it will not turn on at all, the processor is really hot, then again i do shorttrick with usbboot... something is wrong...
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Hold the power button for 15-20 seconds to make sure the cpu isn't running when you do the shorting trick.
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Hold the power button for 15-20 seconds to make sure the cpu isn't running when you do the shorting trick.
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yes, i do this, but its not help with flash kf..
Unfortunately the following methods do not work, comes to loading TWRP and freezes....I do not understand what I'm doing wrong...maybe try soupkit?
any ideas how to make flash twrp?
I install driver from Omap Flash Installer and its recognize without warning triangle in windows,but its always cyclically recognized, on/off....on/off... and so on. it did not help to flash KF.
SO recently i tried to root my kindle using one of the guides unfortunately i somehow messed up during it or something, but the problem i have now is whenever i turn my kindle on it has the yellow triangle with a fire logo in it and at the bottom it says "press power button for recovery". Simple enough only the second problem is i do not have TWRP or anything like that so pressing the power button literally does nothing. Unfortunately as well when i plug it into the USB it will identify that something is connected but it won't install it to the pc because it cant find some hardware or something. So i cant get it to start up or connect it to the pc and am desperately looking for a solution. Thanks to anyone who can help.
First off. Do you have a first gen kindle fire?
6.3.x or 10.x.x?
If you have a first gen,
Download this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
Choose bootmode menu, and choose fastboot.
Hold down the power button for 10-20 seconds till it turns off.
Connect your kindle to your computer.
Does KFU find the device? If so, good. You will be taken to the main screen at that point I think.
Choose to install recovery (TWRP).
That should be it. Post here if there's any problems.
Sent from my muffin-ated Kindle Fire with Tapatalk HD.
Just because I am a Senior Member doesn't mean anything.
I do not count myself any higher than anybody else.
jma9454 said:
First off. Do you have a first gen kindle fire?
6.3.x or 10.x.x?
If you have a first gen,
Download this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
Choose bootmode menu, and choose fastboot.
Hold down the power button for 10-20 seconds till it turns off.
Connect your kindle to your computer.
Does KFU find the device? If so, good. You will be taken to the main screen at that point I think.
Choose to install recovery (TWRP).
That should be it. Post here if there's any problems.
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Attached is a picture of what my kindle screen looks like. I tried resetting it, plugging it into the computer, etc. but this screen never changes. Also on my pc it doesn't recognize it as a kindle, it recognizes it as an unknown device. So I can't put any files onto my kindle at the moment because my PC keeps telling my me driver is not working or something. I attached files showing what my pc says as well. Also I apologize for the bad quality of the pictures i don't own a very nice camera at all so I apologize in advanced for that. The last 3 are readable the 1st one is basically just a yellow triangle with a fire symbol in the middle and it says "press power button for recovery" but nothing happens when i press the power button, and the 2 photo is a little bit blurry but all it says is:
Unknown Device
Device Type: Universal Serial Bus controllers
Manufacturers: (Standard USB Host Controller)
Location: Port_#0009.Hub_#0002
Device Status:
Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)
The "press power button for recovery" can be confusing if you don't know what's going on. That version of FireFireFire sits in fastboot mode for...I think...8 seconds before it will recognize the power button. You can repeatedly press the power button until the LED turns orange to see if that gets you into recovery. If not, you're probably looking at something like usbboot to replace your bootloader. You need to replace your bootloader anyway, but hopefully you'll be able to flash a new one in recovery instead.
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The "press power button for recovery" can be confusing if you don't know what's going on. That version of FireFireFire sits in fastboot mode for...I think...8 seconds before it will recognize the power button. You can repeatedly press the power button until the LED turns orange to see if that gets you into recovery. If not, you're probably looking at something like usbboot to replace your bootloader. You need to replace your bootloader anyway, but hopefully you'll be able to flash a new one in recovery instead.
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Repeatedly pressed the power button for about 30 seconds with the same result, green light still, and no screen change. So it looks like its this usbboot, how would i go about doing this in order to replace my bootloader?
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Repeatedly pressed the power button for about 30 seconds with the same result, green light still, and no screen change. So it looks like its this usbboot, how would i go about doing this in order to replace my bootloader?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405052
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038&highlight=firekit
Since you will need Linux anyway, you might as well download and install SoupKit. It comes with Firekit and will probably make your life easier in the long run.
What guide did you use exactly? I can see if we can update that guide to use the latest FFF because that is a very old alpha version that has had many issues with the yellow triangle in the past. I'm surprised its still floating around here.
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Stuck at boot logo
Hey all,
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post but I didn't want to make a new topic and this seems to be in the area of what is wrong with my kindle... I tried the new KFU v0.9.9 on my first gen KF running 6.3.2. I have rooted it before (not on 6.3.2), but unrooted and restored to factory settings because I thought I was going to sell it. However, the plans fell through and I am keeping it so I wanted to re-root and all that jazz....
My question is, how do I get it boot past the boot logo? I used the KFU, but firstly when it prompts it says:
'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
So none of the commands pop up, however they are still there... For example, i followed:
"Choose bootmode menu, and choose fastboot.
Hold down the power button for 10-20 seconds till it turns off.
Connect your kindle to your computer."
And I can get to fastboot, but it says there is no device connected to my computer. If you need more details on the problem I'll be glad to give them to you. Hopefully someone checks this thread again
Thanks
What version of Windows do you have that doesn't have 'findstr'?
What do you see in your device manager while the device is plugged in?
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What version of Windows do you have that doesn't have 'findstr'?
What do you see in your device manager while the device is plugged in?
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I'm running a 64 bit version of Windows 7 professional.
There's nothing in the device manager when I plug it in.