Just to state this out i am a noob with a kindle fire i rooted with kfu 0.9.5.
my kindle is now stuck on the kindle fire logo, so let me explain from the start of how this predicament happened.
1: my kindle somehow isn't showing the books it had after a few days of using the root.
2: i tried to reset it to factory normal by using the factory reset function in the device menu, kindle still has root.
3: after i did that, the fire logo appeared and now, instead of going to kindle fire lockscreen, it goes to twrp interface.
4: at this point, being the noob i am, i use the factory restore in the twrp wipe menu, then i also wiped the system, which i think was a bad idea.
5: i went to amazon customer support, and they couldn't do anything for me.
6: i went online to this forum, which i learned of the unbricking method, and i followed the direction of king_xerxes:All you need to do is have the KFU opened to change to normal boot and at the screen where it is waiting on the device. Have your KF connected to your computer, and turned off. While you are "waiting on device" turn on the KF and it willl see it and send the command, but it will only see it for a few seconds and then you will need to reboot the KF after it has sent the command."
7: now, after it rebooted and the fire and teamwin logo came up and went, it went to the kindle fire, and it stayed there.
so, as of right now, it on there, plugged into my computer and charging, stuck on the kindle fire logo. All i want to do now is just unroot it, get my e-books back, and then i'll go from there. so, if possible, can anyone help me?
Yeah here's where you messed up you wiped system leaving your kindle without a system to boot from I believe. Here is my best suggestion but this is just to get you goin mount your SD card in twrp if you can get there. Connect your kindle to computer access your SD card contents move this to your SD card but don't put it in a folder http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439916 then hit the home button on the top right of twrp even though you have wiped it to death do factory/data wipe,cache,and dalvik hit the home button again this time hit install, find the rom file in the list, tap to select,then hit install flash gapps if necessary . Let it do its thing when finished hit reboot select system. Initial boot will take a bit give it time when done set up your account data hopefully. This is just temporary till you decide what to do next good luck.
electricbrain876 said:
Just to state this out i am a noob with a kindle fire i rooted with kfu 0.9.5.
my kindle is now stuck on the kindle fire logo, so let me explain from the start of how this predicament happened.
1: my kindle somehow isn't showing the books it had after a few days of using the root.
2: i tried to reset it to factory normal by using the factory reset function in the device menu, kindle still has root.
3: after i did that, the fire logo appeared and now, instead of going to kindle fire lockscreen, it goes to twrp interface.
4: at this point, being the noob i am, i use the factory restore in the twrp wipe menu, then i also wiped the system, which i think was a bad idea.
5: i went to amazon customer support, and they couldn't do anything for me.
6: i went online to this forum, which i learned of the unbricking method, and i followed the direction of king_xerxes:All you need to do is have the KFU opened to change to normal boot and at the screen where it is waiting on the device. Have your KF connected to your computer, and turned off. While you are "waiting on device" turn on the KF and it willl see it and send the command, but it will only see it for a few seconds and then you will need to reboot the KF after it has sent the command."
7: now, after it rebooted and the fire and teamwin logo came up and went, it went to the kindle fire, and it stayed there.
so, as of right now, it on there, plugged into my computer and charging, stuck on the kindle fire logo. All i want to do now is just unroot it, get my e-books back, and then i'll go from there. so, if possible, can anyone help me?
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Download the update.bin file in the link below AND CHANGE THE .BIN FILE EXTENSION TO A .ZIP BY RENAMING IT TO UPDATE.ZIP! YOU MUST DO THIS!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620
Transfer the .zip onto the root folder of your /sdcard folder on your kindle
In TWRP, flash the update.zip to go completely back to stock. No root, FireFireFire, or TWRP. Its like a factory reset
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Thanks shravbits just don't accidentally rename it update zip.zip twrp will not like it
Thepooch said:
Thanks shravbits
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You are welcome!
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oh, i forgot, the kindle doesn't appear on the computer either, but weirdly when i plug it in to the computer, it makes that noise when something is connected to it. so now what do i do?
Did you mount it in TWRP? You might have to reinstall drivers..
fiddlefaddle said:
Did you mount it in TWRP? You might have to reinstall drivers..
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The computer already has the necessary drivers to mount partitions in TWRP. They're the same drivers the computer uses to mount thumb drives and external media, and they're separate from the Kindle USB/adb drivers.
so,exactly,what do i have to do now?
Boot into TWRP
Mount > mount sdcard > Mount USB storage
Transfer file from computer to sdcard
but what i'm saying is that even in twrp, it won't appear on my computer as anything.
Ignore my last post, i found out why, it turns out i was missing the composite abd interface, now to try what the earlier posts told me to do.
its working!!!!!!! thank you to those who helped!!!!!
also, another question, what is the root status of it now? i used the Update.zip method and when i looked on kfu, it said it was still had the boot status:4000,
so is it still rooted?
electricbrain876 said:
also, another question, what is the root status of it now? i used the Update.zip method and when i looked on kfu, it said it was still had the boot status:4000,
so is it still rooted?
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The boot status is just whether it is in fastboot mode or regular. Your kindle should still be rooted don't worry about it.
so, to unroot it, i need to unbrick it?
electricbrain876 said:
so, to unroot it, i need to unbrick it?
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Technically your Kindle isn't bricked. It's doing what it's been told to do, boot into fastboot mode. All you have to do is change the boot mode and it will work normally. There's no need to unroot unless you absolutely want to.
Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
It will tell you more about the different bootmodes. I suggest reading the whole thing to get a good idea of what's going on.
electricbrain876 said:
so, to unroot it, i need to unbrick it?
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Technically your Kindle isn't bricked. It's doing what it's been told to do, boot into fastboot mode. All you have to do is change the boot mode and it will work normally. There's no need to unroot unless you absolutely want to.
Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
It will tell you more about the different bootmodes. I suggest reading the whole thing to get a good idea of what's going on.
[Edit:] Rooting has nothing to do with how your books show up. That was an update that caused it. Blame Amazon
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Ok, I am a nervous wreak! My 13 year old son borrowed my Kindle Fire and without my knowing, tried to root it. When I got it back and attempted to power it on, the yellow triangle with the fire symbol appeared. After waiting a few seconds, a black and gray screen with TWRP v2.0.0 appears.
He says that after he attempted the root and was unable to install the android market, he tried to do a restore under "device".
The Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) screen that appears on the device has several options that I can choose from, including: Install, Backup, Restore, Wipe, Mount, Settings, Advanced, and Reboot. I am not familiar with what information you would need to help me get my device to boot back up.
If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much in advance!
Kelly0247 said:
Ok, I am a nervous wreak! My 13 year old son borrowed my Kindle Fire and without my knowing, tried to root it. When I got it back and attempted to power it on, the yellow triangle with the fire symbol appeared. After waiting a few seconds, a black and gray screen with TWRP v2.0.0 appears.
He says that after he attempted the root and was unable to install the android market, he tried to do a restore under "device".
The Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) screen that appears on the device has several options that I can choose from, including: Install, Backup, Restore, Wipe, Mount, Settings, Advanced, and Reboot. I am not familiar with what information you would need to help me get my device to boot back up.
If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much in advance!
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Don't panic... Start reading here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Familiarize yourself with the terminology so you know what steps you need to take. You'll eventually have to try resetting the bootmode to normal and restart the device. However, your OS may have been corrupted and you might not be able to boot back in to it. There's still no need to panic. You'll be able to get it working again. Just relax and follow along with the 1st post above. Look at the second post and just verify that your drivers are working right. Then you can try setting the bootmode back.
Kelly0247 said:
Ok, I am a nervous wreak! My 13 year old son borrowed my Kindle Fire and without my knowing, tried to root it.
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Hey when this is all over, try to go easy on the kid. His adolescent brain is too underdeveloped to fully comprehend the consequences of his actions.
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Oh my gosh, I am so ready to cry!!! All the information that I have read has really just confused me more. I asked my son what exactly he did and he told me he watched a video on youtube that required him to download the Kindle Fire Utility and install the drivers and root. He wasn't sure how to unroot it before he went into the device itself and "restore". I'm not sure if doing this caused the device to change the way it boots during restart, but I am at a lose. I am not familiar with how all this electronic software works and as sad as it may sound, I'm ready to just take away his allowance and just buy a new device.
Kelly0247 said:
Oh my gosh, I am so ready to cry!!! All the information that I have read has really just confused me more. I asked my son what exactly he did and he told me he watched a video on youtube that required him to download the Kindle Fire Utility and install the drivers and root. He wasn't sure how to unroot it before he went into the device itself and "restore". I'm not sure if doing this caused the device to change the way it boots during restart, but I am at a lose. I am not familiar with how all this electronic software works and as sad as it may sound, I'm ready to just take away his allowance and just buy a new device.
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OK... you and your son sit down together and do the following...
1) Hook up your Kindle Fire to the computer and turn it on... let it boot to TWRP
2) Open the Kindle Fire Utility with the "run" file in the Kindle Fire Utility folder.
3) Near the bottom, it should say "ADB Status: Online"
4) Press the "1" key and hit ENTER
5) At the next menu, press the "1" key and hit ENTER
6) Wait and see if it will reboot
7) If it does not reboot on its own or it says "<waiting for device>" then press and hold the power button for 20-30 seconds until the device shuts off. Then press the power button again to turn it back on.
Hopefully, this will get the Kindle Fire to boot up again normally. Once you do that, you are going to have to try and reinstall the stock software (what your Kindle Fire came equipped with when you bought it), but that's probably letting the cart get ahead of the horse at the moment.
Let's see how the above works out first.
At step 3, the ADB Status says "Offline"
After trying to reboot normally, it sticks at <waiting for device>
Kelly0247 said:
At step 3, the ADB Status says "Offline"
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Just go ahead and do what I said anyway... when it tells you "<waiting for device>" restart it using the button in TWRP or the power button like I indicated before.
Yes, I actually restarted the device and the Kindle Fire splash screen came up just as you posted the response. Will this remove the root from the device?
You have been so very patient with me. You are WONDERFUL!!!!!
Kelly0247 said:
Yes, I actually restarted the device and the Kindle Fire splash screen came up just as you posted the response. Will this remove the root from the device?
You have been so very patient with me. You are WONDERFUL!!!!!
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All you've managed to do so far was to get the device to boot normally.
My guess is that your son never got far enough to actually root the device. However, he did get it to install a new bootloader (the part with the yellow triangle that comes up when you restart it) and a new recovery (TWRP). Right now, these things are harmless and you can leave it alone for the time being.
My suggestion to you would be to just keep using it as you would normally for now. If you can't get some of Amazon services to work or you have problems with it, come back and post another question about getting it back to stock. When the next Kindle Fire update comes along from Amazon, it will reinstall everything back to stock anyway (I'm mostly certain about this, but someone will correct me if I'm wrong).
And I agree with soupmagnet... don't be so hard on the kid about his little experiment.... no harm, no foul.
I've noticed now that I am unable to view any of the files on my device after connecting it to my PC. Is there any way to correct this or would it be too much of headache for me to attempt?
Thanks again for all the help you have given.
Oh, and I didn't harm my child, but he does know that he is not allowed to play around with my electronic devices anymore.
Kelly0247 said:
I've noticed now that I am unable to view any of the files on my device after connecting it to my PC. Is there any way to correct this or would it be too much of headache for me to attempt?
Thanks again for all the help you have given.
Oh, and I didn't harm my child, but he does know that he is not allowed to play around with my electronic devices anymore.
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Something might have happened to your /sdcard (your storage space on the Kindle Fire) when your son was playing around with it. If you aren't too concerned about what's on there, you can just try formatting or erasing the contents of it. When you hook it up to your Windows machine, it might ask if you want to format it. In that case, it's very likely that you wouldn't be able to recover it even if you wanted, so I would just go ahead and format it. Another way to do this would be to reset the device to factory defaults. You would lose all installed apps, books, etc. and have to re-enter all your network and Amazon information afterwards, but the process will bring the /sdcard on the Kindle Fire to roughly the same as it was when you got it. You can find it in settings -> devices -> reset to factory defaults (this is from memory, so the wording might be slightly different). It all really depends on what you are willing to lose on the device. If you don't care... just erase it and start over.
Ok, i tried to reset the device to factory settings, but when it rebooted, it brought up the TWRP menu again. Any idea what else I can try?
I sent you a private message so you can get in touch with me for some live help if you need it.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium
Kelly0247 said:
Ok, i tried to reset the device to factory settings, but when it rebooted, it brought up the TWRP menu again. Any idea what else I can try?
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If you haven't gotten things working yet...
If you are in TWRP, try the WIPE -> SD Card option to get your storage space reformatted. You can then use the MOUNT button in TWRP and it should show up on your Windows desktop again.
Then to get rid of TWRP altogether, you can download the software update from Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k6_updatesi?nodeId=200790620
Rather than follow the instructions on that page, rename the downloaded file to "update.zip" (without the quotes). You'll get a warning about file extensions... it's OK to change the name anyway. The file icon will change to a zippered folder after this. Copy the update.zip file over to your Kindle Fire.
Back in TWRP, hit the INSTALL button. Over in the right panel, you should see the update.zip file you transferred to the Kindle Fire. Touch that file name and you'll be able to continue installing that file onto your Kindle Fire. When it's done, you can reboot from the home menu.
It will take a few minutes for it to boot up for the first time, but when it's done, you should have a fresh, completely stock sytem and you'll be rid of TWRP.
This is an update to let you know that my Kindle is now back in perfect condition. Kinfauns, thank you so much for all the information and the attempts to help me fix this problem. Unfortunately, I needed more indepth help and wasn't able to correct my issues with the steps given.
Soupmagnet: Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart for the many hours of trial and error that you spent helping me repair my device. Your patience with me was beyond belief and I will never be able to thank you enough!
You are totally AWESOME!!!!!
Please help.
I am also stuck on the TWRP screen.
When I:
1) Hook up my Kindle Fire to the computer and turn it on...let it boot to TWRP
2) Open the Kindle Fire Utility with the "run" file in the KFU folder
3) It registers "ADB Status: Online"
4) When I hit "1" for Normal it states:
"The system cannot find the drive specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
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"
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What is the drive specified it is referring to?
Thank you.
KeaDe135 said:
Please help.
I am also stuck on the TWRP screen.
When I:
1) Hook up my Kindle Fire to the computer and turn it on...let it boot to TWRP
2) Open the Kindle Fire Utility with the "run" file in the KFU folder
3) It registers "ADB Status: Online"
4) When I hit "1" for Normal it states:
"The system cannot find the drive specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
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What is the drive specified it is referring to?
Thank you.
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I *guess* it refers to the external Sd Card, since I got the same error.
In your case, since Adb status is online then just open a Terminal Emulator (cmd.exe in case of Windows) and change directoy to the tools folder inside Kfu, and run the command
adb shell idme bootmode 4000
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Same Issue except I want to finish rooting it
I'm running Kindle Fire 6.3.1
I ran Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.6 and hit option 2, install permanent root with superuser.
The process went smoothly until i ran into this
/sbin/sh;idme:not found 808 kb/s (22364 bytes in 0.027s)
attempt to remove root check
please wait..
and it got stuck there (no screenshots...sorry)
At that time, my KF had rebooted with blue fire, then it loaded TWRP v2.20
Apparently the instructions I initially followed was for KFU v0.9.4 and I've been searching for 2 hours on what the next steps are.
I restarted my laptop (Sony VAIO VPCEA46F) and my KF through TWRP 'reboot' --->'power off'
I plugged in my KF and ran KFU now it says
ADB Status: Online
Boot Status: Unkown
And now I am stuck in TWRP Recovery with my thumb up my ass..
I know, I know... I'm a fool for not checking things before starting this process. I appreciate any help and I'll accept any and all insults.
Thanks!
Yiz
Yizzie09 said:
I'm running Kindle Fire 6.3.1
I ran Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.6 and hit option 2, install permanent root with superuser.
The process went smoothly until i ran into this
/sbin/sh;idme:not found 808 kb/s (22364 bytes in 0.027s)
attempt to remove root check
please wait..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31183986#post31183986
kinfauns said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31183986#post31183986
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Thanks, that helped. Ultimately my KF is rooted.
Hi, Im having a huge problem with my kindle fire, in an attempt to root my device, i seem to have made a mistake somewhere along the line (I actually just wanted to select one background, but i was lead to all sorts of videos on youtube showing rooting procedures and i had to have it rooted to do so, so alas i rooted). My device upon power up starts up, loads yellow triangle (firefirefire?) and goes to the "Kindle Fire" screen and stops, it cannot load any further . I have tried numerous fixes such as updating but the files cannot be copied and flashed to my device, because i cannot copy them to my device from my pc. the option to do so is just not there.
I appreciate any help I can get, do i need to finish / fix a rooting procedure or unroot or what? thanks in advance.
When you get the fff screen try holding down the power button till it turns orange that will hopefully put you into twrp from there you could do a few things but try selecting reboot see what happens . Could be that it would just send you to the back to the same screen
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when I go into twrp, i click reboot, brings me to screen with two options (im sure you all know this). When pressing option one, system, it closes out of twrp, loads fff, loads the "Kindle Fire" screen, and is froze...
I then powered off by holding the power button for 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi... all the way to 11 mississippi
Turned back on, fff loads, held pwr for twrp, hit reboot, chose option two, power off, and this did just as it said it would, powered off...
Sorry I sound retarded while writing this, im just trying to be thorough
P.S. i have toyed around with twrp, totally reset all data and caches, done just about everything...
Go here
...and download FFF1.4
Mount your sdcard in recovery and transfer the FFF1.4.zip from your computer. Install FFF1.4 in recovery (no wipe) and reboot.
As soon as you see the Blue kindle fire logo, hold the power button until you see options show up on the bottom. Use the power button to scroll through the options and select "Normal Boot"
that would work but...
Hard to explain my situation... anyway, when i plug in my kindle, it does not play auto play, no way to put files from computer to kindle. I have gone into my devices and cant seem to find a way to open and veiw and edit the files on my device.
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Hard to explain my situation... anyway, when i plug in my kindle, it does not play auto play, no way to put files from computer to kindle. I have gone into my devices and cant seem to find a way to open and veiw and edit the files on my device.
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You have to access TWRP and select mount > mount sdcard and mount to USB
Are you saying that you tried this and it doesn't work?
Ok so i just did what you said, loaded up twrp, went to mount sd mounted, its plugged into a working usb, and i still cannot access files from my computer i was just messing with kindle fire utility 0.9.5 i beleive, and i chose the option that said install latest version of fff, it gave me a "kindle fire" screen with the android robot above it, but when kfu gets to the end it says dont touch kindle if its frozen, but on the kindle it prompts to reboot, should i reboot, wait, or forget that and try to fix the file veiwing problem... ive tried reboot and i loose the android over the kindle fire screen which origionally replaced the yellow triangle.
EDIT: Just toyed around with KFU more and got the yellow triangle screen to be replaced by android robot over "kindle Fire" text, still no luck on installing that file
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Ok so i just did what you said, loaded up twrp, went to mount sd mounted, its plugged into a working usb, and i still cannot access files from my computer i was just messing with kindle fire utility 0.9.5 i beleive, and i chose the option that said install latest version of fff, it gave me a "kindle fire" screen with the android robot above it, but when kfu gets to the end it says dont touch kindle if its frozen, but on the kindle it prompts to reboot, should i reboot, wait, or forget that and try to fix the file veiwing problem... ive tried reboot and i loose the android over the kindle fire screen which origionally replaced the yellow triangle.
EDIT: Just toyed around with KFU more and got the yellow triangle screen to be replaced by android robot over "kindle Fire" text, still no luck on installing that file
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That might be that you had your kindle plugged in when you ran the bat file for the drivers and it wiped out your USB mass storage drivers in the process my suggestion is to restore your computer back to a time before you messed with the drivers and see if you can't get mass storage mounted via USB before.without your kindle plugged in run the driver install to regain adb then plug the kindle in you should have working adb and mass storage driver then
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Hopefully I won't muddy up your situation but I did the same thing myself once on the driver thing that's why I believe you can't access SD on your kindle
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And soupmagnet is right he's trying to get you out of fast boot with his suggestion the bootloader he pointed you to has that option. As long as you can access twrp and mass storage you have a lot of options on what to do next mess that up and you'll brick your kindle so take your time relax do it right. Also if you can still access twrp check your battery level there don't let it die you can still charge while in twrp I believe so if it gets low plug it in give it a rest and see if your battery level doesn't come up this will save you a bunch of heartache.
NeedHelp!!! said:
Ok so i just did what you said, loaded up twrp, went to mount sd mounted, its plugged into a working usb, and i still cannot access files from my computer i was just messing with kindle fire utility 0.9.5 i beleive, and i chose the option that said install latest version of fff, it gave me a "kindle fire" screen with the android robot above it, but when kfu gets to the end it says dont touch kindle if its frozen, but on the kindle it prompts to reboot, should i reboot, wait, or forget that and try to fix the file veiwing problem... ive tried reboot and i loose the android over the kindle fire screen which origionally replaced the yellow triangle.
EDIT: Just toyed around with KFU more and got the yellow triangle screen to be replaced by android robot over "kindle Fire" text, still no luck on installing that file
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Reading this has given me a headache so let me make sure I understand it correctly.
You tried to mount your sdcard and you say it mounted but it didn't show up on your computer? With Windows Explorer open, while switching between mounting and unmounting the sdcard, nothing happens? Nothing is being added, like "F:\" or "D:\"?
Also, you said you used the KFU to install FFF and it worked because your boot screen has changed (which by the way isn't the latest version). With that, your drivers are obviously working properly.
So make sure you have FFF1.4 downloaded from HERE, rename it to fff.zip and place it in the "tools" folder of your KFU directory along with adb.exe.
Boot into TWRP
Shift+right click on the KFU "tools" folder and select "Run in Command..."
In the prompt that opens, enter the following command:
Code:
adb push fff.zip /sdcard
Reboot your device and back into recovery. The fff.zip should be there for you to flash. Don't wipe before installing.
If successful, your boot screen will be a blue Kindle Fire logo. Then read the FFF1.4 thread OP to learn how to change your bootmode to normal.
sigh
done! fixed the problem! some of the drivers the computer needed to veiw my F: drive. but i downloaded all the files needed onto a different pc, and it worked just fine! copied amazons latest update to get out of all rooting hooplah, so im unrooted, but im happy my kindle is up and running thanks for the help
NeedHelp!!! said:
done! fixed the problem! some of the drivers the computer needed to veiw my F: drive. but i downloaded all the files needed onto a different pc, and it worked just fine! copied amazons latest update to get out of all rooting hooplah, so im unrooted, but im happy my kindle is up and running thanks for the help
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Good to know thought it was your drivers
Hello, sorry for my bad english.
Im a noob and have been looking and trying different things for days now and can't fix my KFHD8.9", I would greatly appreciate any help. Sorry if this have been asked, but ive tried everything and nothing seems to work or match the same problems.
I rooted my kindle fire hd 8.9" (8.4.6) and tried to install the 2nd bootloader + twrp (to eventually install CM10.2) using this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105), but stupidly, I didn't back up on step 2. I attempted to flash the bootloader using fireflash and, as long as I could make it I did everything that was needed. I rebooted and pushed the volume up while booting, and it went to the blue logo and then into fastboot screen and then stoped there.
My pc (Windows 8) didn't recognized the device while in the fastboot screen as a kindle but as a portable device called "jem-PVT-prod-04"
I rebooted my KFHD pressing power button, and when starting again, I saw the orange logo, then the blue logo and it just got stuck there.
So now I just can get to the fastboot screen (by pressing volume up while its booting) or get stuck in the blue kindle fire logo if i dont press anything.
I would like to add also that while on the fastboot screen , My PC wont communicate with my device. I have the Android SDK installed and could use ADB before this happened.
I have tried the commands -i 0x1949 getvar product and -i 0x1945 reboot as suggested on many posts, but both of them stays in "waiting for device" for ever.
Then i tried using Kindle Fire First Aide as suggested on other posts but after downloading everything it gave me an error about something not matching with my device and what i was trying to do.
In top of that, somewhere I got the impression that I just got stuck in the middle of the procedure and that I could still install TWRP or flash a rom,
So now I don't know if my device is bricked, or stuck in the middle of the procedure or what, but if anyone could help me get back to the stock firmware or to twrp or something other than this two screens (blue logo or fastboot screen) it would be spectacular
thanx in advance.
I'm having the same exact issue more or less, but I can't pass the orange Kindle logo. My computer will recognize the Kindle for about all of 2 seconds, but only as Jem_.... then disconnects so I can't enter fastboot or move forward at all. I'm hoping that someone can help with this.
You have to install the driver for the jem device with the drivers in my signature before fastboot commands will work. Try holding volume down instead of up, it should go into recovery instead of fastboot if I remember right.
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Recd msg alert stunts513 to the error while using wallpaper fix 2.1
I am having a terrible time with this Kindle HD 2nd generation table I tried to root. I was following this guys post on You tube and got it rooted but something when wrong when I tried installing the 2nd bootloader and twrp. I ended up stuck with a blue kindle logo. I tried turning it on with the volume button pushed to the left and it went from orange to blue and then to the twrp recovery menu. That was a few days ago, Its been stuck in that mode ever since, there are no back up folders and I think was making the problem worse, as it seems I could do the adb push and now I cant, well at least i couldnt before running your wallpaper fix 2.1 I ran it once and it wouldnt take I dont remember the error, but my table was at the blue logo screen. I remembered reading about running something while you powered the device on because there was an few seconds of access to something, I cant remember so I tried that and unknown to me It appears from these notes i found that I suscessfully installed it - then tried again -then something about the backup??? I am going to cut and paste it here and not do a thing until I hear from you, as I dont want to mess it up. I didnt know the fix worked cause i was watching the command screen and not the side of the file where i have your tool on my desktop.
Here is everything from that run. in the attached file
OK so lemme get this straight, you are stuck in twrp without adb access? Also I will have to double check on my PC but when I download that file its not a PDF but a text file and its HTML with a 404 error message in it when I view it on my kindle.
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OK so lemme get this straight, you are stuck in twrp without adb access? Also I will have to double check on my PC but when I download that file its not a PDF but a text file and its HTML with a 404 error message in it when I view it on my kindle.
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Yes somehow I have twrp and I think when I first got into the bootloop I had adb access but in fumbling around trying to fix it I lost adb access.
If I turn the kindle off, and then push power and do nothing it powers up with the yellow logo and in 4 seconds that log turns blue and it stays that way until i turn it off. In this state checking device manager it shows the device as an android phone, Android ADB interface. If I unplug the device the device manager no longer shows it - If I power up the device and while the logo is still yellow push the volume button to the left it boots to twrp
I re did the notes in a new pdf file I hope you can access them now. I tried looking at them from my post on my pc and got that same access code error. I cant win on this thing tonight,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly
John
The tutorial at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 tells you, in step 4, to place a custom ROM on the Kindle before you reboot into twrp. You then install that from from within twrp and then you get past the blue logo. If you didn't put the custom ROM on your kindle and adb isn't working then you need to install the abd drivers from stunts513's forum signature then do the twrp adb sideload.
Relevant sections from the tutorial:
Once you have the .zip files for the ROMs with GApps (Google apps, like Play Store), place them on the sdcard, and turn off the device. Turn it on, hold Volume-Up before the logo turns blue, and enter TWRP. Once there, immediately do two things: make a backup, and after that, wipes: system, factory reset, cache, and Dalvik cache. After these two things are done, go ahead and flash the .zip file, and wait for it to finish. After it finishes, go ahead and again, wipe cache and Dalvik cache, then reboot. After you rebooted, wait 5 minutes, then reboot again, and you're all done!
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6. Wiped /sdcard, can't reboot from recovery: You thought you had the ROM file on the sdcard, but you didn't, and wiped everything, so without a ROM image, you can't boot into system.
Solution: Put the ROM file where your ADB binary is (usually inside platform-tools folder in Android SDK directory) and rename it rom.zip. On the device, boot into TWRP, select Advanced, then ADB Sideload. Connect device to PC. From here, run "adb" and hit Enter to check for your binary version, if it's anything lower than 1.0.3.0, you need to update the binaries by re-installing the latest Android SDK. Once the device is in sideloading mode and is connected to the PC, type "adb sideload rom.zip" and hit Enter. Now you'll find the ROM on the sdcard, flash, and you're done.
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Hope this helps... someone.
pitcrawler said:
The tutorial at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 tells you, in step 4, to place a custom ROM on the Kindle before you reboot into twrp. You then install that from from within twrp and then you get past the blue logo. If you didn't put the custom ROM on your kindle and adb isn't working then you need to install the abd drivers from stunts513's forum signature then do the twrp adb sideload.
Relevant sections from the tutorial:
Hope this helps... someone.
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Your post fixed my bricked tablet, THANK YOU SO MUCH. There is so much info that its confusing for a noob like me - I followed the directions you posted and I am in. thank you, thank you, thank you
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Your post fixed my bricked tablet, THANK YOU SO MUCH. There is so much info that its confusing for a noob like me - I followed the directions you posted and I am in. thank you, thank you, thank you
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Yeah, I know there's a lot of information. It took me a long time and a lot of research before I attempted it as a noob myself. An important thing is to follow the tutorials word for word and skip nothing, and cross your fingers.
Got fastboot comunication between PC and KFHD
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You have to install the driver for the jem device with the drivers in my signature before fastboot commands will work. Try holding volume down instead of up, it should go into recovery instead of fastboot if I remember right.
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Thanx a lot for the quick response! :good: I was finally able to install your great drivers. I had to be quick as you said in some other posts, because the pc only detects it for a little while, when the logo it's still orange on the kindle, I think. After that, and while on fastboot screen, my device manager would detect a Jem-something device, but could not install any drivers on it. So I had to install the drivers really fast while in the orange logo, oh, and had to disable the drivers signature check on windows 8 also.
Now I can use fastboot commands to reboot the kindle, but I can still only get to the blue logo or the fastboot screen.
I guess this means I now can use the kindle first aide to go back to stock and try again for the TWRP and 2nd bootloader. I'll post if I can't make my kindle boot normal again later.
Do you know if this was my kindle being bricked or was it something else?
Thanks a lot again, I was very worried that i wasn't getting anywhere. .:laugh:
Stuck on blue logo!
Hi!
I'm having a similar problem... I recently got a second hand Kindle 2nd Generation already rooted with Cyanogenmod 10.1.3.otter2 on it. Google Play and some other apps where having issues, so I decided to downgrade. After testing a couple of different ROMs, I got stuck on the blue logo, an infinite booting screen. Funny enough, I think the mistake was to install a Fire first generation ROM into a 2nd generation. Anyway, long story short, I've tried everything, Kindle First Aide (won't help because it seems that all the options need me to be in the desktop of the tablet and I can't get there), SDK ADB will see the device but return a device offline... I'm running out of options and don't really know what to do!
Any ideas guys??
EricMitjans said:
Hi!
I'm having a similar problem... I recently got a second hand Kindle 2nd Generation already rooted with Cyanogenmod 10.1.3.otter2 on it. Google Play and some other apps where having issues, so I decided to downgrade. After testing a couple of different ROMs, I got stuck on the blue logo, an infinite booting screen. Funny enough, I think the mistake was to install a Fire first generation ROM into a 2nd generation. Anyway, long story short, I've tried everything, Kindle First Aide (won't help because it seems that all the options need me to be in the desktop of the tablet and I can't get there), SDK ADB will see the device but return a device offline... I'm running out of options and don't really know what to do!
Any ideas guys??
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You need to push a ROM onto TWRP. You should still be able to access TWRP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459498 be glad you did not hard brick it.
Hi, i accidentally deleted everything, including my OS while trying to restore my kindle to its original state. Your help would be appreciated!
-its stuck in the KF logo (white and orange, meaning original bootloader)
-I cannot access TWRP
-when i try to use KFU, it says ADB status: online ; boot status : unknown
-when i try to install TWRP via KFU, it gets stuck in " waiting for device" ( i guess i cant go into fastboot mode)
-i'm not accessible to a factory cable because im not from the us
Help me please
Thank you!
I did something very similar.
june726 said:
Hi, i accidentally deleted everything, including my OS while trying to restore my kindle to its original state. Your help would be appreciated!
-its stuck in the KF logo (white and orange, meaning original bootloader)
-I cannot access TWRP
-when i try to use KFU, it says ADB status: online ; boot status : unknown
-when i try to install TWRP via KFU, it gets stuck in " waiting for device" ( i guess i cant go into fastboot mode)
-i'm not accessible to a factory cable because im not from the us
Help me please
Thank you!
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I am having a similar issue like yours. Yesterday I tried downloading Jellybean onto my Kindle. I did all of the precautions, TWRP, KFU, etc.
And right as I thought I was done, boom, I get stuck in an infinite re boot. Every time it finally boots up it says android.process.phone for not even a full second and immediately reboots. I am not the smartest, but if someone could walk us through a way to restore our kindles or fix the problem. I would be most gracious! I am not sure what the ADB is as well. Is that what I am missing?
june726 said:
Hi, i accidentally deleted everything, including my OS while trying to restore my kindle to its original state. Your help would be appreciated!
-its stuck in the KF logo (white and orange, meaning original bootloader)
-I cannot access TWRP
-when i try to use KFU, it says ADB status: online ; boot status : unknown
-when i try to install TWRP via KFU, it gets stuck in " waiting for device" ( i guess i cant go into fastboot mode)
-i'm not accessible to a factory cable because im not from the us
Help me please
Thank you!
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Have you guys checked this out???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
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Have you guys checked this out???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
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Yes, i've tried downloading that. But i can't seem to run it correctly. When i open it, it just opens a command promt and then closes immediately.
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june726 said:
Yes, i've tried downloading that. But i can't seem to run it correctly. When i open it, it just opens a command promt and then closes immediately.
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OK well go get this for your PC make sure you get the one for your os....make sure you get the zip not the exe.... It will be like a 400 to 500 meg dowload....
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Controverly areadvia
lj50036 said:
OK well go get this for your PC make sure you get the one for your os....make sure you get the zip not the exe.... It will be like a 400 to 500 meg
I downloaded the sdk and i can now use adb. But, my problem now is that i cannot copy the fbmode to my kindle via adb. When i push it to a location, it says that my kindle is read only. So without the fbmode, i cannot boot into fastboot, cannot install fff and twrp and no os again. what should i do now?
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june726 said:
I downloaded the sdk and i can now use adb. But, my problem now is that i cannot copy the fbmode to my kindle via adb. When i push it to a location, it says that my kindle is read only. So without the fbmode, i cannot boot into fastboot, cannot install fff and twrp and no os again. what should i do now?
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Ok.. Well than lets see here.....When can you use adb??? I need as much info as possible... What file are you moving..... Where are you trying to move it to... Copy and paste your commands and outputs this will make it much easier for me and anyone else that would like to help....Thx lj
Phil700 said:
I am having a similar issue like yours. Yesterday I tried downloading Jellybean onto my Kindle. I did all of the precautions, TWRP, KFU, etc.
And right as I thought I was done, boom, I get stuck in an infinite re boot. Every time it finally boots up it says android.process.phone for not even a full second and immediately reboots. I am not the smartest, but if someone could walk us through a way to restore our kindles or fix the problem. I would be most gracious! I am not sure what the ADB is as well. Is that what I am missing?
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Well your problem is nowhere near the same as June's, but I'll go ahead and try to help your anyway. I've had this happen to me once or twice. My suggestion is to redownload your rom and gapps, and then try flagging them again. Hopefully that should work. There is an option in TWRP to mount your kindle on your computer.
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So far.
Guys, sorry I might not have explained the issue in enough detail. Although the information is full of things that are helpful. It didn't quite help me.
Sorry about having to deal with a compete noob here...
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-I cannot boot ADB, I click on it, a cmd window pops up and then immediately closes each time I proceed to open it. for a start, if someone could perhaps tell me what I am doing wrong, because I know I must not be doing what all of you pros are doing.
-Although I had TWRP installed on both my pc and kindle. Whenever I boot up my kindle, I do not get the blue and gray "Kindle Fire" logo before the Orange and White logo. So that for me was very frustrating.
-The Kindle Fire Utility is not detecting my device at all. Which is worrying me to death, the Kindle Fire Unbrick utlity is not working either which is killing me inside.
-For a detailed description of what my kindle fire does when I press the power button goes as so: I press the power button, the orange and white Kindle Fire logo pops up for a few seconds like normal, then it proceeds to boot or "Attenpt" to boot the Jellybean OS, after waiting 5 minutes, the OS lock screen pops up with "android.phone.com" or "phone.android.com" pops up, for a second, then it proceeds to fully rebooting the OS for another 5 minutes. It does it indefinitely.
So does this mean my kindle is officially done for? Bricked? Or is there still hope for me. This is really depressing, I spent most of my money on this, money is tight for me right now ant I use my kindle for school and research. It is a vital tool to me. I need all the help I can get.
Thanks for all of the help so far. You guys really know what you are doing, thanks!
System deleted Need Help !!!! Please
Recently I tried to install android in my Kindle Fire HDX 7 and I install a thing called FireFireFire I think to my kindle then It messed up everything, so I don't know what to do and I wiped all my data and even the Option called SYSTEM. after that I reboot my Kindle and all I have is KINDLE FIRE on the screen that's it. I can't use my Kindle at all ,and the computer won't let me install the driver all it told me is MTP USB device.and I tired to use all kind of tool to fix my kindle and CMD told me Can't Find Device. I m really not good at android so I really need someone help me !!!
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Recently I tried to install android in my Kindle Fire HDX 7 and I install a thing called FireFireFire I think to my kindle then It messed up everything, so I don't know what to do and I wiped all my data and even the Option called SYSTEM. after that I reboot my Kindle and all I have is KINDLE FIRE on the screen that's it. I can't use my Kindle at all ,and the computer won't let me install the driver all it told me is MTP USB device.and I tired to use all kind of tool to fix my kindle and CMD told me Can't Find Device. I m really not good at android so I really need someone help me !!!
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Nothing here works for the HDX result=permabrick. All support for HDX is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx .
Phil700 said:
Guys, sorry I might not have explained the issue in enough detail. Although the information is full of things that are helpful. It didn't quite help me.
Sorry about having to deal with a compete noob here...
---I'll list my issues to isolate confusion.---
-I cannot boot ADB, I click on it, a cmd window pops up and then immediately closes each time I proceed to open it. for a start, if someone could perhaps tell me what I am doing wrong, because I know I must not be doing what all of you pros are doing.
-Although I had TWRP installed on both my pc and kindle. Whenever I boot up my kindle, I do not get the blue and gray "Kindle Fire" logo before the Orange and White logo. So that for me was very frustrating.
-The Kindle Fire Utility is not detecting my device at all. Which is worrying me to death, the Kindle Fire Unbrick utlity is not working either which is killing me inside.
-For a detailed description of what my kindle fire does when I press the power button goes as so: I press the power button, the orange and white Kindle Fire logo pops up for a few seconds like normal, then it proceeds to boot or "Attenpt" to boot the Jellybean OS, after waiting 5 minutes, the OS lock screen pops up with "android.phone.com" or "phone.android.com" pops up, for a second, then it proceeds to fully rebooting the OS for another 5 minutes. It does it indefinitely.
So does this mean my kindle is officially done for? Bricked? Or is there still hope for me. This is really depressing, I spent most of my money on this, money is tight for me right now ant I use my kindle for school and research. It is a vital tool to me. I need all the help I can get.
Thanks for all of the help so far. You guys really know what you are doing, thanks!
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Hey Phil. Doesn't look like you've posted anything else, so you probably won't see this. But oh well... Sorry your problem got left in the dust. I didn't mean for that to happen. You need to shift + right click in the folder with adb.exe and click "open command window here" and then you can do your things. As far as everything else: does your computer do anything when you plug your kindle into it?
I accidentally did this once (at least I think it's the same) and what I did was I went into ADB and side loaded a custom ROM I used CM
Hi there,
All was going well with my Fire HD 8.9, I rooted it, had the 2nd bootloader installed and was trying to install CM 11 before I got an error message saying that the jem version was the one I needed. I couldn't get my computer to recognise the the Kindle whilst in TWRP, so thought that I'd have to restore from the backup I made (of the stock Kindle OS and settings) to be able to transfer the version of CM that I needed. The backup seemed to work, but it hasn't in fact.
I turn on the Kindle and it gets stuck at the very first image of the logo, with NO animation
I'm unable to get back into TWRP
I can turn the kindle on and off but that's it
I can't use any recovery programs because my PC doesn't recognise the Kindle
I uninstalled and reinstalled the adb drivers, but when I connect the Kindle, my PC plays the 'Device Connected' then 'Device disconnected' sounds in quick succession, making the installation of any drivers fail
It's as though there's a brief second or two when USB works on the Kindle in terms of my PC knowing something is there, but then the USB disconnect noise plays
I only got it a day ago (managed to mess it up very quickly somehow!), so I could always try returning it if needs be, but hopefully that won't be necessary. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
EDIT - I can get the device to come up with fastboot mode and then the computer recognises it as an Adb device, but don't know where to go from there.
I would try to fix it from recovery if possible, it is way easier than having to do the process over again. You do know how to get it back into recovery right? Hold down volume up right after you power it on, just keep holding it even after kindle logo turns blue until you see the twrp logo. If that doesn't work, I would use kindle fire first aid to restore it and start over, but if you can get it into recovery then you can simply push a ROM onto it via adb.
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I would try to fix it from recovery if possible, it is way easier than having to do the process over again. You do know how to get it back into recovery right? Hold down volume up right after you power it on, just keep holding it even after kindle logo turns blue until you see the twrp logo. If that doesn't work, I would use kindle fire first aid to restore it and start over, but if you can get it into recovery then you can simply push a ROM onto it via adb.
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Thanks for the reply. I actually managed to fix it in the end by using the fast boot command and then connecting the Kindle, then using the SR tool to erase user data and cache, before flashing the boot and recovery imgs (just saying in case anyone googles and this comes up and it might help).