[Q] Boot stuck at Pink Unicorn (Team Kang) Help! - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK...I'm a first time poster to the Kindle Fire forum and I'm having issues. I'm a little above average with my Android knowledge. I've flashed CM9 onto three Toucpads and have been fooling with my phones for a few years. HOWEVER, I'm completely stumped. Here's what's happening and what I've done.
1) I downloaded Kindle Fire Utility to root. It all went fine, as far as I could tell.
2) I downloaded the aokp_otter_build-M5>0xD34D build for CM9
3) I downloaded the gapps-ics-20120429-signed zip
4) Booted into the TWRP recovery
5) Made a backup of the stock Kindle
6) Flashed the CM9 zip and the Gapps zip. Everything seemed fine with the TWRP. Never used it before. Very familiar with CWM and seemed similar
7 Rebooted.
The Kindle Fire logo came up and then went to a blank screen. It boot-looped (is that a verb?) five or six times. While I went surfing to find answers it looped once more and came up to this screen with a pissed off looking unicorn and the Team Kang logo. It's stuck there and won't go past. The screen is still animated. The battery is not dead. I've read dozens of posts where the first suggestion is to charge the Kindle. That's not the problem. I've restarted the Kindle a hundred times and nothing.
Here's what I've tried:
1) Every combination of holding down the power button/pressing the power button combination. Nothing.
2) Downloaded the Kindle Unbrick Utility. The computer isn't recognizing the Kindle, so this isn't doing any good. I've tried all of the six different UI buttons. Nothing.
3) I went back to the Kindle Fire Utility and reinstalled the drivers and then opened the CMD window. As I expected, it's telling me "waiting for device" and doing nothing.
I have no idea where to go from here. There's got to be a way for me to get this thing to be recognized on my computer. Please help. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Jeff

It's like deja vu...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658205
Even the description of the bootanimation is eerily the same.
I think my assessment of his problem would apply to you as well. If you want to skip most of the discussion, my post is at (or very near) the end.

Wow...that is creepy. I did a search on here for pink unicor/team kang, etc. Nothing came up. It's almost 2am and I can hardly see straight. I'll read through everything in the morning. Where would I get one of these magic cables I'm reading about?

jeffjoleen said:
Wow...that is creepy. I did a search on here for pink unicor/team kang, etc. Nothing came up. It's almost 2am and I can hardly see straight. I'll read through everything in the morning. Where would I get one of these magic cables I'm reading about?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550999
Probably wouldn't hurt for you to look this over either...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

I dont see anything mentioned in your post about doing a full wipe before flashing AOKP just I thats where your method above went haywire with twrp. When going from one system to another always factory/ data restore wipe cache wipe dalvik and yes wipe system before flashing your rom and gapps. Pretty high likelyhood that why your stuck in a bootloop. You need to get back into recovery wipe the heck out of it and restore your backup. Also didnt hear mention of a bootloader. Do you get to a screen with a yellow triangle or one with a white kindle and a blue fire both these screen are bootloader splash screens for two different bootloaders. If you come to the yellow triangle hold the power button down immediatly till it turns orange this will put you into recovery. Alternatly if your greeted by a white kindle with a blue fire rapidly push the power button till some small words come up at the bottom of the screen 1. Normal 2. Recovery 3. Reset bootmode use the power button to toggle through the selections till it looks like --recovery-- this will get you into twrp where you can do as I said above wipe wipe wipe wipe restore backup reboot. Or maybe you havent got a bootloader installed.

You said you rooted with the Kindle Fire Utility and all went well. If that's the case you should have access to recovery. If so, you don't need a "magic" factory cable to fix your problem.
When you first boot your Kindle, what does the boot logo look like, exactly?

Thepooch said:
I dont see anything mentioned in your post about doing a full wipe before flashing AOKP just I thats where your method above went haywire with twrp. When going from one system to another always factory/ data restore wipe cache wipe dalvik and yes wipe system before flashing your rom and gapps. Pretty high likelyhood that why your stuck in a bootloop. You need to get back into recovery wipe the heck out of it and restore your backup. Also didnt hear mention of a bootloader. Do you get to a screen with a yellow triangle or one with a white kindle and a blue fire both these screen are bootloader splash screens for two different bootloaders. If you come to the yellow triangle hold the power button down immediatly till it turns orange this will put you into recovery. Alternatly if your greeted by a white kindle with a blue fire rapidly push the power button till some small words come up at the bottom of the screen 1. Normal 2. Recovery 3. Reset bootmode use the power button to toggle through the selections till it looks like --recovery-- this will get you into twrp where you can do as I said above wipe wipe wipe wipe restore backup reboot. Or maybe you havent got a bootloader installed.
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Honestly...don't remember if I did a full wipe of dalvik. I assumed I would have, but really don't remember. No...I don't get the yellow triangle and my kindle fire logo color is white "kindle" with a yellow "fire". I used the kindle fire utility and I think that installs the twrp by default. I don't have CWM installed. Wish I did. I'm comfortable with it. I just can't get to any kind of a recovery screen.

soupmagnet said:
You said you rooted with the Kindle Fire Utility and all went well. If that's the case you should have access to recovery. If so, you don't need a "magic" factory cable to fix your problem.
When you first boot your Kindle, what does the boot logo look like, exactly?
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Yes...the KFU went fine, I think. I was able to access twrp and created my backup before I flashed the ICS. The Kindle logo has the white "kindle" and yellow "fire". Pauses for a few seconds or two...screen goes black...then that damned pink unicorn shows up and stays there. The unicorn screen is animated. I can power it down from there and start over without any problem. Any ideas?

without a bootloader you wont have access to recovery regardless of twrp/cwm

One other thing that I'm not sure matters, but when I do power it off and back on, I head the little "bong" on my computer telling me that a new device has been plugged in. I go to the device manager and under the "Other" category it shows "Amazon" with the yellow triangle the black exclamation point symbol.

Reinstall your drivers

Thepooch said:
without a bootloader you wont have access to recovery regardless of twrp/cwm
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I guess that's where I am a little confused with definitions. I understand about the twrp and cmw recovery set ups. What exactly is a bootloader? Thanks for not laughing...

Thepooch said:
Reinstall your drivers
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Through the Kindle Fire Utility? If so, I've done that several times. Would trying a different computer and installing them there make any difference?

the bootloader allows you to access recovery im not laughing cause its a bummer to see things go this way you need to get your drivers going to push a bootloader to your device

First, read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
You need to make sure your drivers are in order so you can change the bootmode to 5001 and reboot. A custom bootloader will let you do this easily but considering you don't have one you need to use adb instead.
Code:
adb shell
idme bootmode 5001
adb reboot

Thepooch said:
the bootloader allows you to access recovery im not laughing cause its a bummer to see things go this way you need to get your drivers going to push a bootloader to your device
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So, without a functioning bootloader I won't even be able to get to the twrp to access my back up I made. Nice. Just bought this damn thing yesterday. I'm kinda missing the one-click jailbreak software from my old iphone a few years back!

if the adb method that soup posted above doesnt work which required your adb drivers working your next route is likely here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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while your pondering your next move might wanna look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

Thepooch said:
if the adb method that soup posted above doesnt work which required your adb drivers working your next route is likely here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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while your pondering your next move might wanna look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
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I just read through the basic instructions. I'll grab a usb thumbdrive and give it a shot. Thx

good luck hope you get through this is the not so fun side of rooting

Thepooch said:
if the adb method that soup posted above doesnt work which required your adb drivers working your next route is likely here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 AM ----------
while your pondering your next move might wanna look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
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Thanks. It answered some of my questions. I guess it helped me relax a little, too. I know this is a problem that can be fixed. Just need to dig in an try each suggestion until I find one that works.

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[Q] Kindle Fire keeps restarting to yellow triangle

Three days ago I went through the process of rooting my kindle fire using KFU. Being a noob, this took me many many hours. I got everything to work, GO Launcher, Google Play, Amazon App store. I even used the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temporily un-root so that I can watch amazon streaming videos. I was feeling pretty good about my accomplishment.
Late last night, for no apparent reason, the Kindle Fire restarted itself and got stuck on the yellow triangle (is this FireFireFire?). I got nervous, freaked out a little. I plugged into my computer and tried to restart the Kindle after selecting 'Recovery (5001)'. No luck. I then tried the same thing after selecting 'Normal (4000)'. I could hear the USB connect/disconnect many times and then I saw the "Kindle Fire" screen and let out a sigh of relief. It booted up just fine. This was about 2 hours ago.
But, now, my Kindle randomly goes back to the yellow triangle and hangs there. I need to go through the same process above to fix things. This has happened at least four times already. It did not seem to happen while the Kindle was "connected" to my computer. It happens once I 'disconnect'.... usually after about 10 - 20 minutes. It has happened while using both GO Launcher EX and the Amazon Launcher. Any idea?
You've got the same issue I do - the kindle keeps trying to apply the new update, and it isn't working, dumping it into recovery mode. I haven't figured out an answer to getting the update successfully applied yet (will work on that tonight), but until that happens, you should be able to remove the update from the sdcard /kindleupdates, and through something like root explorer rename /etc/security/otacerts.zip to something like /etc/security/otacerts.bak (or better yet, move it to the sdcard). That will stop it from redownloading the update and auto-rebooting.
Look Here
Have you looked at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417234 thread. The video explains the most common fix, and he goes through it step by step.
Also, so you grow a thick skin for posting on this forum, check out this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633343.
Hope this helps
Thanks for listening.
Sincerely,
William
[Kindle Fire: gedeROM v1.2 {3.0 Kernel, CM9, Android 4.0.4} - Stock Kernel]
[HTC Evo 4G Supersonic: MikG 3.11 ROM - Chop Suey Custom Kernel]
[Retired: HTC CDMA Hero: Gingerbread Hero Deck ROM - Stock Kernel]
end.
Ok. I just tested it, and had it also confirmed in another thread, but here is one way to get 6.3.1 on when the update fails to apply, putting you into the recovery, force to normal boot, kindle updates, back to recovery loop:
if you have a copy on your device, copy the update to the root of the sdcard volume or download it from amazon. Rename the file update.zip, then reboot into recovery.
Under install, install the update.zip. Once it is done, you'll have 6.3.1 applied. Now, you'll have to both reroot, and reinstall recovery, but since you just did it with KFU a few days ago, it should be pretty quick. Then go move/rename the otacerts.zip file to prevent the next unexpected update.
There might be another way that doesn't blow away recovery, but this worked for me.
Thanks so much for all of the help! It looks like everything is working again. I got 6.3.1 installed (not really sure how that happened but it did!). Also got re-rooted and reinstalled TWRP and did a backup. I renamed the otacerts.zip. There is also a cacerts.bks file in the /etc/security directory... what does that do?
Also... will I ever want/need the updates? I assume renaming the otacerts.zip stops the updates indefinitely. Will this ever be a problem?
Thanks again!
Moving the otacerts.zip prevents the kindle from automatically downloading updates. When a new update has been released, you can download it from amazon's site manually, or put back the cert file to enable the download. Since updates often break root, this method will help keep you rooted until it is known how to root the new versions. As for want/needing them, it'll depend on what changes, but as long as they are rootable, they should generally bring improvements for the device.
The. bks file is a keystore for the certificate authority certs. You shouldn't need to ever touch that file.
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Ok, I've got the exact same issue but one glaring difference. That after using KFU to boot to normal, it within 10-20sec powers down. Starting the bootloop all over. Don't know what to do, please help.
Does it actually fully boot into the kindle os? I haven't heard of it trying to apply the update that fast after start up, but not saying that it won't do that.
If using twrp, you can mount the kindle over usb from twrp - mount, and then move the update file out of kindleupdates. That should stop the boot cycle if it is being caused by the update. Another thing to check would be to look at the twrp console and make sure it is complaining about the update failing and not something else.
When I try to mount it ask me to format the drive, is that safe? Won't I lose everything then? Also, it won't allow me to select just the sd, it only allows me to select system.
ms6146 said:
Ok, I've got the exact same issue but one glaring difference.
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That sounds eerily familiar...Where have I seen that before?
That after using KFU to boot to normal, it within 10-20sec powers down. Starting the bootloop all over. Don't know what to do, please help.
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Only kidding...Actually that problem isn't the same at all and is described in detail here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25400963
ms6146 said:
When I try to mount it ask me to format the drive, is that safe? Won't I lose everything then? Also, it won't allow me to select just the sd, it only allows me to select system.
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Formatting your sdcard will erase everything on it. Besides trying to mount your sdcard, what are you trying to accomplish?
Well I'm stuck in bootloop with the powering off problem. The kindle is not recognized on the computer. All I want is to get the kindle back working. I have tried the unbrick utility but I think that made it worse. Getting back to a regular firmware even if its the latest would be fine. However being the noob that I am, I need step by step instructions. Thanks in advance.
ms6146 said:
Well I'm stuck in bootloop with the powering off problem. The kindle is not recognized on the computer. All I want is to get the kindle back working. I have tried the unbrick utility but I think that made it worse. Getting back to a regular firmware even if its the latest would be fine. However being the noob that I am, I need step by step instructions. Thanks in advance.
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Your problem can still be fixed, but considering the fact you can't get the computer to recognize your device, you only have a couple of options left:
You could acquire a factory cable which would directly power your device in order to replace the bootloader.
If you don't have the means to acquire a factory cable you need to mount your sdcard in order to transfer FFF1.4 for flashing in recovery. From what I understand in your earlier post, it would in your case, require formatting your sdcard
yellow triangle and restart, please help
Jarden said:
Three days ago I went through the process of rooting my kindle fire using KFU. Being a noob, this took me many many hours. I got everything to work, GO Launcher, Google Play, Amazon App store. I even used the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temporily un-root so that I can watch amazon streaming videos. I was feeling pretty good about my accomplishment.
Late last night, for no apparent reason, the Kindle Fire restarted itself and got stuck on the yellow triangle (is this FireFireFire?). I got nervous, freaked out a little. I plugged into my computer and tried to restart the Kindle after selecting 'Recovery (5001)'. No luck. I then tried the same thing after selecting 'Normal (4000)'. I could hear the USB connect/disconnect many times and then I saw the "Kindle Fire" screen and let out a sigh of relief. It booted up just fine. This was about 2 hours ago.
But, now, my Kindle randomly goes back to the yellow triangle and hangs there. I need to go through the same process above to fix things. This has happened at least four times already. It did not seem to happen while the Kindle was "connected" to my computer. It happens once I 'disconnect'.... usually after about 10 - 20 minutes. It has happened while using both GO Launcher EX and the Amazon Launcher. Any idea?
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Hello Jarde, I have the same problem but I am super noob, my kindle is restarting at the yellow triangle every 3 seconds, you said " then tried the same thing after selecting 'Normal (4000)'. I could hear the USB connect/disconnect many times and then I saw the "Kindle Fire" screen and let out a sigh of relief", what do you mean selecting 'Normal (4000)', how can I do this?, and finally how did you solve the problem, thanks a lot and sorry for my poor english.
notforever said:
Hello Jarde, I have the same problem but I am super noob, my kindle is restarting at the yellow triangle every 3 seconds, you said " then tried the same thing after selecting 'Normal (4000)'. I could hear the USB connect/disconnect many times and then I saw the "Kindle Fire" screen and let out a sigh of relief", what do you mean selecting 'Normal (4000)', how can I do this?, and finally how did you solve the problem, thanks a lot and sorry for my poor english.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25400963
I had the same issue - shutdown after a few seconds after boot, then the KF boots back into yellow triangle error.
I was able to get out of this loop by booting into recovery and wiping the cache partition (and the Dalvik cache for good measure) to remove the downloaded update file. After wiping the caches, my KF rebooted normally without issue. I could then us Root Explorer to rename the /etc/security/otacerts.zip file to something else as suggested in an earlier post. I have not had a problem since.

no os for kindle fire

Was trying to root kf . started "Install Permanent Boot, etc." all seamed to be going OK. Went as far as TWRP was installed. At that point the OS for the fire was GONE. Fire is hung at TWRP. No operating system for anything. Plz HELP
If TWRP is still functional, then you can just "mount USB," put a rom and gapps into the folder, flash them, then boom! You'll have an OS again; just basic protocol haha.
I would also wipe data/cache, dalvik, etc. just in case...
...But if you want stock Amazon Gingerbread then you're going to have to look way back in time in the forums for the stock rom.
What happens when you reboot system? Does it go right back to TWRP?
Me Too
I have no OS on my kindle fire. I wiped the memory and now I lost my roms and backups. I heard you can try ADB, but I couldn't get it to work. Mine just boots to the kindle fire logo but nothing else happens. It's basically collecting dust.
Take a breath, relax, and take comfort in the fact that there is nothing wrong with your Kindle. It is doing exactly what it was told to do. Your problem is easy to fix, but you need to know what's going on first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
Read it. Then read it again. And while you're at it, go ahead and read it a third time. Do this before anything else.
[Edit:] Oh yeah, and read this too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25730650
Ahh, what the hell, read this one as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26435498
soupmagnet said:
What happens when you reboot system? Does it go right back to TWRP?
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Was not able to answer you as I was out town without internet connection-- When I boot I get a "Nornal Boot", "Recovery", and "Reset Boot Mode". The first two choices get a black screen with KindleFire, fire is blue after a bit fire turns red. also, upper right corner "V1.4"
If I go to #3, "Reset Boot", I get into TWRP. Saw on You Tube how to reinstall systen, however it would Reboot--NO OPERATING SYSTEM.
jerryhndy;31601922 ** said:
Was not able to answer you, as I was out town without an internet connection-- When I boot I get a "Nornal Boot", "Recovery", and "Reset Boot Mode". The first & last choices get a black screen with KindleFire, fire is blue after a bit fire turns red. also, upper right corner "V1.4"
If I go to #2, "Recovery", I get into TWRP. Saw on You Tube how to reinstall systen, however it would Reboot--"NO OPERATING SYSTEM"
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Was not able to answer you as I was out town without internet connection-- When I boot I get a "Nornal Boot", "Recovery", and "Reset Boot Mode". The first two choices get a black screen with KindleFire, fire is blue after a bit fire turns red. also, upper right corner "V1.4"
If I go to #3, "Reset Boot", I get into TWRP. Saw on You Tube how to reinstall systen, however it would Reboot--NO OPERATING SYSTEM.
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Wow, very interesting, and welcome back.
Weird. It's almost as if you have TWRP installed to the system partition. Selecting "reset boot" on FFF1.4 changes the idme value to 4000, so your device should boot to the system partition no matter what. But you said the boot logo changes from blue to red. What's actually happening, is the bootloader finishes doing it's thing and then boots to the system. The red and white Kindle Fire logo you see then is the stock boot animation, which makes everything really strange. "Recovery" boot shouldn't show the boot animation at all. And if you have recovery installed to the system partition, you shouldn't see the boot animation there either. WTF did you do to your Kindle?
My best advice would be to get into fastboot and reinstall TWRP to the correct partition so you can reinstall your ROM. From the sounds of it, you will likely have no access to the adb shell, in which case you would need to get a factory cable.
So, boot into recovery and enter the following command to see if you even have a working shell:
Code:
adb shell idme bootmode 4002
no os
jerryhndy said:
jerryhndy;31601922 ** said:
Was not able to answer you, as I was out town without an internet connection-- When I boot I get a "Nornal Boot", "Recovery", and "Reset Boot Mode". The first & last choices get a black screen with KindleFire, fire is blue after a bit fire turns red. also, upper right corner "V1.4"
If I go to #2, "Recovery", I get into TWRP. Saw on You Tube how to reinstall systen, however it would Reboot--"NO OPERATING SYSTEM"
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Sorry, above is the correct info that I sent in. #2 is "recovery. Sorry for the confusion.
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Do you have the link to this youtube video?
Also, what ROM are you trying to install?
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Do you have the link to this youtube video?
Also, what ROM are you trying to install?
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Link to you tube-- "youtube.com/watch?v=41ccbahk"
I am trying to get back to stock kindle fire so that I can start over. Or, am I beyound that?
Can I locate the orignal programing for the fire? That way I could download it ??
Would a factory cable do me good at this point?
jerryhndy said:
Link to you tube-- "youtube.com/watch?v=41ccbahk"
I am trying to get back to stock kindle fire so that I can start over. Or, am I beyound that?
Can I locate the orignal programing for the fire? That way I could download it ??
Would a factory cable do me good at this point?
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There is no video at that address
Reverting to stock would only compound your problems right now as it would wipe out your custom recovery and bootloader, which are necessary to fix any problems should they arise.
Your best bet, as I mentioned earlier would be to reinstall TWRP, if that is actually the problem, but I'm not quite sure yet. I would be very helpful to know what ROM you tried to install when this problem started, and what steps you took to install it.
soupmagnet said:
There is no video at that address
Reverting to stock would only compound your problems right now as it would wipe out your custom recovery and bootloader, which are necessary to fix any problems should they arise.
Your best bet, as I mentioned earlier would be to reinstall TWRP, if that is actually the problem, but I'm not quite sure yet. I would be very helpful to know what ROM you tried to install when this problem started, and what steps you took to install it.
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the address for the vido http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-unbrick-your-amazon-kindle-fire-46412/
I have reinstalled TWRP Same problem. Not shure what you mean of "what ROM that I tried to install". Am I dead in the water??
factory cable would that me get out of this ?? I had downloaded the program from XDA site Kindle_Fire_Utility_V0.9.6
jerryhndy said:
the address for the vido http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-unbrick-your-amazon-kindle-fire-46412/
I have reinstalled TWRP Same problem. Not shure what you mean of "what ROM that I tried to install". Am I dead in the water??
factory cable would that me get out of this ?? I had downloaded the program from XDA site Kindle_Fire_Utility_V0.9.6
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There is still no video at that address.
If reinstalling TWRP doesn't fix the problem, there may be a problem with your file system.
Run the following commands and post the results here:
Code:
adb shell
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
And a factory cable will only put the device in fastboot, not help you to install a ROM.
soupmagnet said:
There is still no video at that address.
If reinstalling TWRP doesn't fix the problem, there may be a problem with your file system.
Run the following commands and post the results here:
Code:
adb shell
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
And a factory cable will only put the device in fastboot, not help you to install a ROM.
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I found a keyboard in TWRP in the KF, however it would only let me type #'s. I think I am lost here. Do you accept KF's (sent to you), for
repair or what ever to get it to root ?? If so, I could sent it to you etc. [email protected]
Soupmagnet would be the one of the very best to send it to if he allows you I'm sure you wouldn't be disappointed
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Soup magnet would be the one of the very best to send it to if he allows you I'm sure you wouldn't be disappointed
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I have not heard from Soup Magnet. Is it possable that your answer got in the way of my response to Soup Magnet??
If SM does want to receive my KF for repair, do you another person how could look at the KF ??
Please advise Jerry
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I have not heard from Soup Magnet. Is it possable that your answer got in the way of my response to Soup Magnet??
If SM does want to receive my KF for repair, do you another person how could look at the KF ??
Please advise Jerry
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doubt it soups my bud In fact Jerry if you ship it to me I would happy to take a look at it for you.
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doubt it soups my bud In fact Jerry if you ship it to me I would happy to take a look at it for you.
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OK, glad to. Send me your ship to address via E-Mail, [email protected] Also, can you give me approx cost on this?
Thanks, Jerry
You can see by all the correspondance that I am not getting anyware on this KF. The Kf was left to me by my brother who recently past away.
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jerryhndy said:
OK, glad to. Send me your ship to address via E-Mail, [email protected] Also, can you give me approx cost on this?
Thanks, Jerry
You can see by all the correspondance that I am not getting anyware on this KF. The Kf was left to me by my brother who recently past away.
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I sent you a pm Jerry. I would not charge you. Lets take a look and see if we can`t fix it without you even having to ship it.

[Q] Kindle Fire 1st gen Un-romming

The Problem I am having seems to be a Infinite boot logo after Undoing a custom Otter jelly bean KF rom. I went through the motions of ADB KFU booting into recovery. I factory restored, wiped and attempted to install my back up of the stock kindle fire rom. wiped caches, and then let it do its "boot up" how ever it did not move past that point, and has been stuck at the "kindle fire" logo screen.
Is there anyway to fix what I probably broke?
KFU Utility vers 0.9.6
TWRP vers 2.4.4
OS version Windows 8 X64
Kindle fire Rom version 6.2.1
Otter jelly bean was 4.2.1 a release sometime in February is the closest I can get. I can't exactly roll back now can I?
Any other information I forgot or neglected to supply on first post was unintentional. First time I have ever had a problem.
Thanks in advance
~ Zach
I had that problem awhile back. What I ended up doing was flashed another ROM and then see if it worked(it did). Then I flashed the stock ROM again and deleted everything. Cache, SD, factory reset etc. After that it seemed to be working just fine.
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jakeyablosky said:
I had that problem awhile back. What I ended up doing was flashed another ROM and then see if it worked(it did). Then I flashed the stock ROM again and deleted everything. Cache, SD, factory reset etc. After that it seemed to be working just fine.
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My problem is, I can't get the device out of this logo "loop" it won't let me install TWRP or the other one. Let alone get into the TWRP currently installed. I wonder if I can get Screen Shots up on here.
leroy329 said:
My problem is, I can't get the device out of this logo "loop" it won't let me install TWRP or the other one. Let alone get into the TWRP currently installed. I wonder if I can get Screen Shots up on here.
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I think you're having the same problem I'm having. If you look at my post regarding stuck at logo that I posted yesterday see if it's the same.
What is your logo doing? Does it stay bright or does it turn on and blink and then fade?
Based on what I've read we need them to get them into fastboot and then side load TWRP and FFF and start again.
I think what we've done is removed or cleared too much in TWRP and our bootloaders are broken, but I could be talking out of my you know what.
Good luck to you and I will follow your thread and you may want to follow mine.
The only thing I can think of is getting a Factory Cable and reset you Kindle Fire
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Leroy,
I think Jakey has it.
I was just about ready to pitch this thing in the trash and I decided to plug in my factory cable one last time and run KFU.
For whatever reason I decided to select the root option again even though it said status offline and it rerooted my device.
My logo is now white/blue and I think I can get a rom back onto it.
You may want to hit Skorpn up for a cable, he shipped it super fast and it's great work.
Leroy,
Since it seems you are having the same problem I was and replies are pretty slow in here these days (I'm sure most people are tired of repeat posts like mine), I thought I would post precisely what I did to fix mine.
I too had the infinite boot logo that stayed bright and tried everything from KFU, to unbrick tool, to Soupkit, nothing seemed to work. I bought a factory cable from Skorpn, but didn't really understand how to use it. I think there is so much information here and many various ways to get things fixed it takes awhile to digest it.
Right before I got ready to pitch it in the trash I figured I would try KFU one more time even though it wasn't seeing my Kindle. Device manager saw the ADB drivers in Android device though.
I plugged in the factory cable
Launched KFU
Device said "offline"
Tried various options until I finally saw the install permanent root with superuser (option 2)
That did the trick
I then unplugged my factory cable from both the PC and KF and booted the KF into recovery
I downloaded a ROM (Hashcodes and GAPPS) and side loaded them
That did it!
I'm not sure how or why since it said it was offline but it fixed it.
Again, Skorpn was awesome to work with and sent the cable to me quickly.
Good luck to you!

[Q] Kindle screen very weird

Hey guys,
So, the other day i was just playing a game and then all of a sudden i get a ton of lines up and down the screen and i could see parts of the screen but not the whole screen and it became really slow to respond. I tried to reboot but it is just black with some grey lines.
I am running CM 10.1 and did everything in hashcode's forum to get there.
When i plug the kindle into my computer i can still see and access all of the internal storage and everything and i can still reach the TWRP bootloader screen but i just cant see anything.
I attached a picture of what it looks like in TWRP bootloader. I did not drop the Kindle or anything like that this all literally happened while i was holding it and playing a game.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I have no idea what else to do.
Kooky_Lukey said:
Hey guys,
So, the other day i was just playing a game and then all of a sudden i get a ton of lines up and down the screen and i could see parts of the screen but not the whole screen and it became really slow to respond. I tried to reboot but it is just black with some grey lines.
I am running CM 10.1 and did everything in hashcode's forum to get there.
When i plug the kindle into my computer i can still see and access all of the internal storage and everything and i can still reach the TWRP bootloader screen but i just cant see anything.
I attached a picture of what it looks like in TWRP bootloader. I did not drop the Kindle or anything like that this all literally happened while i was holding it and playing a game.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I have no idea what else to do.
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Do a full wipe data,cache,dalvik and system reflash Rom cleanly then see if upon boot the problem persists. Otherwise I would say it`s some kind of hardware issue.
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Do a full wipe data,cache,dalvik and system reflash Rom cleanly then see if upon boot the problem persists. Otherwise I would say it`s some kind of hardware issue.
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Am i able to do this through a command prompt? I looked for some but i couldn't find any commands that were directly for a Kindle to do this on, only ones that were for like the nexus or different tablets. Thanks
Kooky_Lukey said:
Am i able to do this through a command prompt? I looked for some but i couldn't find any commands that were directly for a Kindle to do this on, only ones that were for like the nexus or different tablets. Thanks
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So your saying this is the boot screen not TWRP you need to access recovery if not wipe in fastboot
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
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fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
at the userdata part it could hang just let it sit for ten minutes or so side note this will wipe your sdcard so all backups and rom files will be gone. So best you transfer all you wish to keep to your pc. This is not a promise your issue will be gone but it would be my approach if you cannot get into recovery. First try to access recovery by holding volume up button on first splash at boot continue to hold till it enters recovery. Now if that is the bootloader and not CM10 boot screen something more is amiss but I highly doubt you have magiclly broken your bootloader playing a game.
Edit: Also I would gather that you have completely powered the device off then on again?
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So your saying this is the boot screen not TWRP you need to access recovery if not wipe in fastboot
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
at the userdata part it could hang just let it sit for ten minutes or so side note this will wipe your sdcard so all backups and rom files will be gone. So best you transfer all you wish to keep to your pc. This is not a promise your issue will be gone but it would be my approach if you cannot get into recovery. First try to access recovery by holding volume up button on first splash at boot continue to hold till it enters recovery. Now if that is the bootloader and not CM10 boot screen something more is amiss but I highly doubt you have magiclly broken your bootloader playing a game.
Edit: Also I would gather that you have completely powered the device off then on again?
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Sorry for the confusion, yes i have powered off and on again and yes i can get into recovery. The picture that i took was when i was in recovery. You can kind of make out the TWRP logo in the top left corner and the blue lines on top of "install" and things like that. However, the screen looks like this so i cant make out the buttons that i need to press which is why i was asking if i could do all of these things in a command prompt because recovery isnt doing anything for me right now.
If this clears things up and there are different lines of code i should run then i will wait but if its the same then i will run them when you respond. Thanks.
Kooky_Lukey said:
Sorry for the confusion, yes i have powered off and on again and yes i can get into recovery. The picture that i took was when i was in recovery. You can kind of make out the TWRP logo in the top left corner and the blue lines on top of "install" and things like that. However, the screen looks like this so i cant make out the buttons that i need to press which is why i was asking if i could do all of these things in a command prompt because recovery isnt doing anything for me right now.
If this clears things up and there are different lines of code i should run then i will wait but if its the same then i will run them when you respond. Thanks.
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when you let the device try to boot are all the animations normal or does this distortion persist through all? if it persists this has got to be some kind of major hardware malfunction. If your boot animations look normal but you only see this take place when in recovery then I suggest getting into fastboot and reflashing TWRP. You can still try the wipes in fastboot that I recommended at this point I do not believe there is any harm in doing so. If none of what I suggested helps you might have one toasted Kindle so maybe instruction will take place for you to prepare to return it to Amazon we will cross that road when we come to it.
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when you let the device try to boot are all the animations normal or does this distortion persist through all? if it persists this has got to be some kind of major hardware malfunction. If your boot animations look normal but you only see this take place when in recovery then I suggest getting into fastboot and reflashing TWRP. You can still try the wipes in fastboot that I recommended at this point I do not believe there is any harm in doing so. If none of what I suggested helps you might have one toasted Kindle so maybe instruction will take place for you to prepare to return it to Amazon we will cross that road when we come to it.
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No this distortion persists throughout everything, no matter where i go or what i do its like that.
I just also tried the two lines and i still get the same thing so if you could point me in the direction of getting everything worked out to send back to amazon that would be greatly appreciated thank you.
Kooky_Lukey said:
No this distortion persists throughout everything, no matter where i go or what i do its like that.
I just also tried the two lines and i still get the same thing so if you could point me in the direction of getting everything worked out to send back to amazon that would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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Sure no problem when I get home I will write something up for you or we can restore it to return together either way. If this graphical issue persists across all partitions of the device it's completely logical that it is a serious hardware malfunction.
Not exactly sure how it hooks up, but could it possibly be a loose cable to the LCD screen?
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Thepooch said:
Sure no problem when I get home I will write something up for you or we can restore it to return together either way. If this graphical issue persists across all partitions of the device it's completely logical that it is a serious hardware malfunction.
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Thank you so much you do not know how much I appreciate it. If anything youre writing has anything to do with java i would love to help but if not then i wouldnt be of much help
stunts513 said:
Not exactly sure how it hooks up, but could it possibly be a loose cable to the LCD screen?
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I wouldn`t even bother opening it let Amazon do their job. Case openers, case damage it would be pretty hard to pin the issue on them if you were to open the device.
Actually because of the present condition of the device I would go this route http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888 . Just pick the latest version of the 8.9 to restore to you should also be prompted with an option to wipe cache and data please do so. All the partitions will be restored to stock and the device will be ready for return. Say nothing about modifying the device just leave those details out. If you want help catch me online and we will set something up. Some of this does depend on the state of your warranty. Be courteous with customer service and brief as to what caused the issue you simply just found it that way Good luck.
Good point, wasn't really thinking about "what if the problem wasn't that".
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Help! - stuck in "kindlefire" boot screen

Hi!
I have a kindle fire hd 8.9 running the 8.5.1 version.
I managed to root it using the key root master app (i think it was an indonesian/chinese language, which was suggested by one poster), although it was kinda weird because it didn't install the superuser app. Then, i tried to install the 2nd bootloader and twrp using the fireflash app from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105. But somehow, i couldn't get it to fastboot mode, although it wasn't needed according to that thread. I flashed it using the fireflash app, however, i couldnt get it to go to the TWRP recovery. Then, i noticed that there was an option to go into recovery from the fireflash app, which i pressed, and now, i'm stuck in the bootscreen showing the kindlefire logo. i could turn it on and off, but that's it.
sorry, im quite a relatively newbie at this. from what i've searched, maybe the KFHD srt tools can help with this. Will it work even if i cannot go into fastboot mode?
Thank you. any help would be greatly appreciated!
notiboy07 said:
Hi!
I have a kindle fire hd 8.9 running the 8.5.1 version.
I managed to root it using the key root master app (i think it was an indonesian/chinese language, which was suggested by one poster), although it was kinda weird because it didn't install the superuser app. Then, i tried to install the 2nd bootloader and twrp using the fireflash app from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105. But somehow, i couldn't get it to fastboot mode, although it wasn't needed according to that thread. I flashed it using the fireflash app, however, i couldnt get it to go to the TWRP recovery. Then, i noticed that there was an option to go into recovery from the fireflash app, which i pressed, and now, i'm stuck in the bootscreen showing the kindlefire logo. i could turn it on and off, but that's it.
sorry, im quite a relatively newbie at this. from what i've searched, maybe the KFHD srt tools can help with this. Will it work even if i cannot go into fastboot mode?
Thank you. any help would be greatly appreciated!
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hopefully you backed up all images first? i made that same mistake with fireflash to "boot into recovery" yep booted mine right into a brick, after several different types of "softbricks" i finally got mine back straight and now kinda scared to try the 2nd bootloader OP again, because idk which bootloader i am on right now and cant find a way to identify it! i will try to find the thread that got me back straight, give me a while
Mike
11fan said:
hopefully you backed up all images first? i made that same mistake with fireflash to "boot into recovery" yep booted mine right into a brick, after several different types of "softbricks" i finally got mine back straight and now kinda scared to try the 2nd bootloader OP again, because idk which bootloader i am on right now and cant find a way to identify it! i will try to find the thread that got me back straight, give me a while
Mike
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Thanks @Mike. It kinda reassuring to know that somehow you were able to fix your kindle. BUT i have a big problem, i was not able to back up the images (i wasnt able to go into fastboot, i think my windows 8 pc has a problem with that, or is it just me?). is it possible to use your images? (we're both 8.5.1).
Thanks again mike. I think i'll be scared to try the 2nd bootloader again too.
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Thanks @Mike. It kinda reassuring to know that somehow you were able to fix your kindle. BUT i have a big problem, i was not able to back up the images (i wasnt able to go into fastboot, i think my windows 8 pc has a problem with that, or is it just me?). is it possible to use your images? (we're both 8.5.1).
Thanks again mike. I think i'll be scared to try the 2nd bootloader again too.
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First off you have got to get adb and fastbook working, if not you will probably never get it back useable. have you installed android sdk? if not go here >http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other< and download the android-sdk windows zip file and install, that should get your drivers going so you can access adb and fastboot. for help installing the sdk manager go here >http://developer.android.com/tools/help/sdk-manager.html< after sdk manager install check your C:/users/yournamehere/ folder and make sure it put a .android folder there (sometimes it don't) and it should be a file in there called android_usb.ini, if that don't get you hooked up to adb and fastboot (assuming you know how to check if adb and fastboot is working correctly) install the Kindle driver package found here >https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0w3po7r65fwltb/Kindle%20Fire%20HD%208.9%20ADB%20drivers.zip< and if STILL you can't get adb and fastboot working i will help you edit that android_usb.ini file(what i ultimately had to do to cure my fastboot woes on this windows 7 box) that i mentioned earlier in this post. once you get adb and fastboot working correctly i will try to help you get your KFHD back up. keep me posted and i will check back as regular as i can! GOOD LUCK!
Mike
edit: windows 8 driver problems/errors go here >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093296<
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11fan said:
First off you have got to get adb and fastbook working, if not you will probably never get it back useable. have you installed android sdk? if not go here >http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other< and download the android-sdk windows zip file and install, that should get your drivers going so you can access adb and fastboot. for help installing the sdk manager go here >http://developer.android.com/tools/help/sdk-manager.html< after sdk manager install check your C:/users/yournamehere/ folder and make sure it put a .android folder there (sometimes it don't) and it should be a file in there called android_usb.ini, if that don't get you hooked up to adb and fastboot (assuming you know how to check if adb and fastboot is working correctly) install the Kindle driver package found here >https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0w3po7r65fwltb/Kindle%20Fire%20HD%208.9%20ADB%20drivers.zip< and if STILL you can't get adb and fastboot working i will help you edit that android_usb.ini file(what i ultimately had to do to cure my fastboot woes on this windows 7 box) that i mentioned earlier in this post. once you get adb and fastboot working correctly i will try to help you get your KFHD back up. keep me posted and i will check back as regular as i can! GOOD LUCK!
Mike
edit: windows 8 driver problems/errors go here >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093296<
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@11fan - thank you so much!
Anyway, i was able to go into fastboot, yahoo! i was able to see that Jem-PVT-Prod-04 on the command prompt. (i used my windows 7 laptop, i dont know why i couldnt get it to go into fastboot while in win8). i'm beginning to have some hope now.
Thank you!
notiboy07 said:
@11fan - thank you so much!
Anyway, i was able to go into fastboot, yahoo! i was able to see that Jem-PVT-Prod-04 on the command prompt. (i used my windows 7 laptop, i dont know why i couldnt get it to go into fastboot while in win8). i'm beginning to have some hope now.
Thank you!
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thats good news! adb and fastboot working now? i hope i helped in some kind of way! you can surely get it back straight now! and btw if you were successful in installing that 8.1.4 bootloader when it messed up, IT DONT GO AWAY! i flashed mine twice with MY factory backup images and still retained the 8.1.4 bootloader from Hashcodes OP. and retained root! anyway im so stubborn and determined to figure things out like this, i decided to try again only after i figured out i still had the 8.1.4 bootloader, and THE ONLY way i could figure out which boot loader i had was to load up fireflash again and see if it give me the RED WARNING in the first line about flashing or not flashing the 8.1.4, sure enough it showed no warning with 8.1.4 bootloader! SO instead of using fireflash i just used fastboot to apply the "stack override script" and flashed the freedom boot 8.4.6 image and the 2.7.0.0 TWRP and went smooth as butter, booted up in TWRP recovery and then rebooted several times to make sure all was good and then last boot in recovery i did a wipe with TWRP and installed CM11 and GAPPS zip and all has been good every since! :laugh: it really is a whole new tablet with CM11! :good: if you need more help i will do my best, trust me i know what it feels like to have the RED SCREEN and stuck in fastboot! keep me posted!
Mike
11fan said:
thats good news! adb and fastboot working now? i hope i helped in some kind of way! you can surely get it back straight now! and btw if you were successful in installing that 8.1.4 bootloader when it messed up, IT DONT GO AWAY! i flashed mine twice with MY factory backup images and still retained the 8.1.4 bootloader from Hashcodes OP. and retained root! anyway im so stubborn and determined to figure things out like this, i decided to try again only after i figured out i still had the 8.1.4 bootloader, and THE ONLY way i could figure out which boot loader i had was to load up fireflash again and see if it give me the RED WARNING in the first line about flashing or not flashing the 8.1.4, sure enough it showed no warning with 8.1.4 bootloader! SO instead of using fireflash i just used fastboot to apply the "stack override script" and flashed the freedom boot 8.4.6 image and the 2.7.0.0 TWRP and went smooth as butter, booted up in TWRP recovery and then rebooted several times to make sure all was good and then last boot in recovery i did a wipe with TWRP and installed CM11 and GAPPS zip and all has been good every since! :laugh: it really is a whole new tablet with CM11! :good: if you need more help i will do my best, trust me i know what it feels like to have the RED SCREEN and stuck in fastboot! keep me posted!
Mike
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Thanks again @Mike. However, i wasn't able to do my factory backup images. and secondly, what did you use to restore the images? Did you use KKFA or the KFHD SRT? i'm sorry, i kinda scared now to proceed on my own.
From what i've read, you use the KFHD SRT for bricked devices USING a factory cable, is that right? from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254. Or do i use the KKFirstAide tool from this http://rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Kindle Fire HD 7in ?
Thanks again @11fan!
notiboy07 said:
From what i've read, you use the KFHD SRT for bricked devices USING a factory cable, is that right? from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254. Or do i use the KKFirstAide tool from this http://rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Kindle Fire HD 7in ?
Thanks again @11fan!
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no, you DO NOT need a special "factory cable" for the 8.9 inch just the regular cable that come with the KFHD 8.9 or ANY usb/microusb cable like the one that come with your kindle, it's nothing special to that cable. and although i tried using those utilities you mentioned in your previous post to fix mine, NONE of them worked for me! the only thing i used was adb and fastboot commands and a recovery image DOWNLOADED from a thread here, thats was what ultimately booted my kindle back up in "factory" recovery mode (NOT fastboot mode) and it went through a couple prompts (on the kindle screen) and using the vol up/down and power buttons to select and enter respectively to do a factory restore all from the kindle screen once i finally got it to boot into it's own factory recovery. do you have fastboot working? if so i think we can fix it! mite have to go to a IM kinda app or google hangout or something for realtime communication but i feel like it can be fixed!
Mike
edit: all those file on rootjunky you linked to look to be for Kindle Fire HD 7 inch, you do have the 8.9 inch, correct???
11fan said:
no, you DO NOT need a special "factory cable" for the 8.9 inch just the regular cable that come with the KFHD 8.9 or ANY usb/microusb cable like the one that come with your kindle, it's nothing special to that cable. and although i tried using those utilities you mentioned in your previous post to fix mine, NONE of them worked for me! the only thing i used was adb and fastboot commands and a recovery image DOWNLOADED from a thread here, thats was what ultimately booted my kindle back up in "factory" recovery mode (NOT fastboot mode) and it went through a couple prompts (on the kindle screen) and using the vol up/down and power buttons to select and enter respectively to do a factory restore all from the kindle screen once i finally got it to boot into it's own factory recovery. do you have fastboot working? if so i think we can fix it! mite have to go to a IM kinda app or google hangout or something for realtime communication but i feel like it can be fixed!
Mike
edit: all those file on rootjunky you linked to look to be for Kindle Fire HD 7 inch, you do have the 8.9 inch, correct???
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Thank you for the prompt reply. So now i know those wouldn't work. Yes, fastboot is working - it says fastboot on the screen of the kindle fire 8.9. Ok, so i need to get that recovery image - however, i think you were not able to link that thread. I'm sorry, can you please paste the link again?
I'm on google hangouts now. [email protected]
Thanks a lot @Mike!
I have been reading XDA for years, My KFHD 8.9 recently stopped booting also
My KFHD (Kindle Fire HD ) 8.9" (JEM) recently stopped working one day (about a month or 2 ago) while it was sitting plugged into a wall charger . Mine , since coming back to it while it was charging, stopped running and I can't remember if it was on or off while I charged it, but it's 100% stock and now it only boots as far as the non-animated part of the "Kindle fire" logo screen, and stays there indefinitely until the battery dies , or until I hold down the power button long enough to shut it down. I'm pretty sure it's either bricked (for whatever reason) , or has some part possibly broken on it (internally) ?
--- sidenote: one time I was given a case for a tablet, and without thinking about it, tried to see if my 8.9 inch model fit inside it and it didn't. Without forcing it in, as far as it did get in, caused my KFHD to reboot on its own?!
my only question here is , Is this a similar enough case , or is there anything else I should do to fix this? my device beeps on multiple computers I've attached it to , notifying it was detected by windows, and about 1/4 second later it dings the disconnected sound and I've never managed to get KFHD SRT (of any version) to work for me at all. Fastboot does not detect my device, even after installing drivers (have attempted this on a windows 7 64 bit computer, and a windows 8 64 bit computer, neither have shown any sign of functionality with fastboot)
Umisguy said:
My KFHD (Kindle Fire HD ) 8.9" (JEM) recently stopped working one day (about a month or 2 ago) while it was sitting plugged into a wall charger . Mine , since coming back to it while it was charging, stopped running and I can't remember if it was on or off while I charged it, but it's 100% stock and now it only boots as far as the non-animated part of the "Kindle fire" logo screen, and stays there indefinitely until the battery dies , or until I hold down the power button long enough to shut it down. I'm pretty sure it's either bricked (for whatever reason) , or has some part possibly broken on it (internally) ?
--- sidenote: one time I was given a case for a tablet, and without thinking about it, tried to see if my 8.9 inch model fit inside it and it didn't. Without forcing it in, as far as it did get in, caused my KFHD to reboot on its own?!
my only question here is , Is this a similar enough case , or is there anything else I should do to fix this? my device beeps on multiple computers I've attached it to , notifying it was detected by windows, and about 1/4 second later it dings the disconnected sound and I've never managed to get KFHD SRT (of any version) to work for me at all. Fastboot does not detect my device, even after installing drivers (have attempted this on a windows 7 64 bit computer, and a windows 8 64 bit computer, neither have shown any sign of functionality with fastboot)
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I dont think this is the same case @Umisguy as you have not tinkered with your tablet (100% stock), while mine happened while trying to install a custom ROM. Maybe the amazon guys can help you?
Do you have 8.5.1 or 8.4.6 system image and the boot and recovery files
11fan said:
no, you DO NOT need a special "factory cable" for the 8.9 inch just the regular cable that come with the KFHD 8.9 or ANY usb/microusb cable like the one that come with your kindle, it's nothing special to that cable. and although i tried using those utilities you mentioned in your previous post to fix mine, NONE of them worked for me! the only thing i used was adb and fastboot commands and a recovery image DOWNLOADED from a thread here, thats was what ultimately booted my kindle back up in "factory" recovery mode (NOT fastboot mode) and it went through a couple prompts (on the kindle screen) and using the vol up/down and power buttons to select and enter respectively to do a factory restore all from the kindle screen once i finally got it to boot into it's own factory recovery. do you have fastboot working? if so i think we can fix it! mite have to go to a IM kinda app or google hangout or something for realtime communication but i feel like it can be fixed!
Mike
edit: all those file on rootjunky you linked to look to be for Kindle Fire HD 7 inch, you do have the 8.9 inch, correct???
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Folks,
I got in to the same trouble able to mess up the KF and get a redscreen but used KFHD SRT to reflash the 8.1.4 system image, boot image, recovery image but now I ended up in the boot loop mode where it shows reboot kindle or Reset to factory Dafaults but as I flashed every thing am unable to reset to factory. As I got the tablet recently it came with 8.5.1 so I need to try with the latest image I can get.
If there are any suggestions i can try please let me know.
Which stage of bricked are you at? I don't exactly understand how far you got or didn't get? Red screen? Orange kindle screen? Boot loop? If you can give a little more detail I may be able to help
Mike
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"Do you have 8.5.1 or 8.4.6 system image and the boot and recovery files"
I was on 8.5.1 when i did mine, BUT the boot image you will be using is the freedom BOOT image is 8.4.6 from Hashcodes thread and the "2nd" BOOTLOADER is 8.1.4 also from Hashcodes thread.....I also have "my" STOCK BOOT IMAGE from 8.5.1 from my backup i did BEFORE i started this OP
Hope this helps and not confuses you more!
Mike
11fan said:
Which stage of bricked are you at? I don't exactly understand how far you got or didn't get? Red screen? Orange kindle screen? Boot loop? If you can give a little more detail I may be able to help
Mike
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"Do you have 8.5.1 or 8.4.6 system image and the boot and recovery files"
I was on 8.5.1 when i did mine, BUT the boot image you will be using is the freedom BOOT image is 8.4.6 from Hashcodes thread and the "2nd" BOOTLOADER is 8.1.4 also from Hashcodes thread.....I also have "my" STOCK BOOT IMAGE from 8.5.1 from my backup i did BEFORE i started this OP
Hope this helps and not confuses you more!
Mike
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I am at the boot loop where it shows the kindle reboot or factory restore option and it loops into that screen forever. Before that I hit with a redscreen and able to get the device into this loop mode by using the 8.1.4 system image, boot , recovery images. Now I ended up in this boot loop so I wonder If I have the actual 8.5.1 system,boot,recovery images I can flash them in the fastboot mode on the device. Also another issue am facing is ADB command cannot recognize the device even though am in the fastboot mode.
Thanks for the prompt reply mike.
I'm at work so kinda limited to my replies and quickness, and I'm by no means a dev or pro at this, I just learn by trial and error and lots of reading, especially when it comes to the kfhd! I went through this same mess SEVERAL times with my kindle before I finally got it straight! Bricked mine several times, once to the point I thought it was toast! So I no how you feel! 1st thing u need to know is adb only works when device is booted up in the os, that's why you getting device not found, but fastboot will work as you know, if you successfully flashed the 8.1.4 boot loader then its there to stay at least in my findings, after flashing back all my stock images and multiple factory resets I still had the second 8.1.4 bootloader installed. I'm using tablet now at work and I have the thread bookmarked on my PC at home that ultimately got me back up and going but I will try to find it and get you a link, if not I will post the link when I get home after work around 5 30 est, there is a recovery image that you will need to flash that should get you back into factory recovery mode and work instead of looping
Mike
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11fan said:
I'm at work so kinda limited to my replies and quickness, and I'm by no means a dev or pro at this, I just learn by trial and error and lots of reading, especially when it comes to the kfhd! I went through this same mess SEVERAL times with my kindle before I finally got it straight! Bricked mine several times, once to the point I thought it was toast! So I no how you feel! 1st thing u need to know is adb only works when device is booted up in the os, that's why you getting device not found, but fastboot will work as you know, if you successfully flashed the 8.1.4 boot loader then its there to stay at least in my findings, after flashing back all my stock images and multiple factory resets I still had the second 8.1.4 bootloader installed. I'm using tablet now at work and I have the thread bookmarked on my PC at home that ultimately got me back up and going but I will try to find it and get you a link, if not I will post the link when I get home after work around 5 30 est, there is a recovery image that you will need to flash that should get you back into factory recovery mode and work instead of looping
Mike
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That will be great Mike.
Thanks,
Krishna
krishnasanga said:
I am at the boot loop where it shows the kindle reboot or factory restore option and it loops into that screen forever. Before that I hit with a redscreen and able to get the device into this loop mode by using the 8.1.4 system image, boot , recovery images. Now I ended up in this boot loop so I wonder If I have the actual 8.5.1 system,boot,recovery images I can flash them in the fastboot mode on the device. Also another issue am facing is ADB command cannot recognize the device even though am in the fastboot mode.
Thanks for the prompt reply mike.
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11fan said:
hopefully you backed up all images first? i made that same mistake with fireflash to "boot into recovery" yep booted mine right into a brick, after several different types of "softbricks" i finally got mine back straight and now kinda scared to try the 2nd bootloader OP again, because idk which bootloader i am on right now and cant find a way to identify it! i will try to find the thread that got me back straight, give me a while
Mike
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notiboy07 said:
Thanks @Mike. It kinda reassuring to know that somehow you were able to fix your kindle. BUT i have a big problem, i was not able to back up the images (i wasnt able to go into fastboot, i think my windows 8 pc has a problem with that, or is it just me?). is it possible to use your images? (we're both 8.5.1).
Thanks again mike. I think i'll be scared to try the 2nd bootloader again too.
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krishnasanga said:
That will be great Mike.
Thanks,
Krishna
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ok @krishnasanga go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37278819&postcount=193 and grab the boot image from step 3 and the recovery image from step 4 and place those in C:/ or wherever you have your adb and fastboot tools, should be in C:/ to make things easier but don't HAVE to be if you know how to enter correct paths in the command prompt. IGNORE all the Kindle First Aide stuff, you will just flash these with regular command prompt running as ADMIN (right click command prompt,click run as admin) start at step # 6 (ignore first aide stuff) and open command prompt running as admin and go from there EXACTLY as it says with kindle plugged up to usb and powered OFF. most likely HOPEFULLY you will not have to go past the reboot in step 8 and you will be in factory recovery and will be able to "reset to factory settings" assuming the recovery file is flashed successfully, if you do get to step 8 without issue and get to the fastboot erase userdata -i 0x1949 command, don't panic if it seems like it's taking a long time, i have seen this userdata erase take up to 40+ minutes! IF you get that far and userdata gets erased properly the next command to reboot "should" put the kindle into factory recovery where you can "reset to factory" and will not keep looping. GOOD LUCK! hope this helps and works out for you and i will be around the rest of the evening if i can help let me know and i will try
Mike
11fan said:
ok @krishnasanga go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37278819&postcount=193 and grab the boot image from step 3 and the recovery image from step 4 and place those in C:/ or wherever you have your adb and fastboot tools, should be in C:/ to make things easier but don't HAVE to be if you know how to enter correct paths in the command prompt. IGNORE all the Kindle First Aide stuff, you will just flash these with regular command prompt running as ADMIN (right click command prompt,click run as admin) start at step # 6 (ignore first aide stuff) and open command prompt running as admin and go from there EXACTLY as it says with kindle plugged up to usb and powered OFF. most likely HOPEFULLY you will not have to go past the reboot in step 8 and you will be in factory recovery and will be able to "reset to factory settings" assuming the recovery file is flashed successfully, if you do get to step 8 without issue and get to the fastboot erase userdata -i 0x1949 command, don't panic if it seems like it's taking a long time, i have seen this userdata erase take up to 40+ minutes! IF you get that far and userdata gets erased properly the next command to reboot "should" put the kindle into factory recovery where you can "reset to factory" and will not keep looping. GOOD LUCK! hope this helps and works out for you and i will be around the rest of the evening if i can help let me know and i will try
Mike
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Mike,
I tried with this new boot and recovery images but still stuck in the loop , can you upload your backup files of 8.5.1 system.img,boot.img,recovery.img I think that will be my last shot to try to unbrick this device.
Thanks,
Krishna

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