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Hello,
I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
I'm stuck too. And i cannot install the driver because it is an unknown device.
kw1999 said:
Hello,
I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
Thank you!
I did, however, find a solution using the Kindle Fire Utility.
With my device connected to my computer, I selected Change BootMode. Next, I chose Normal. That brought me out of the frozen boot screen, so I decided to wing it and flashed Cyanogenmod, and that worked. Thank you anyway for your time.
bikeracer4487 said:
Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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For me 7 resulted in a device not found, though I fixed this by rebooting the kindle (I guess fastboot mode ends at some point?)
So after I fix this - how do I get into TWRP? Trying to install it from the utility does not work!!
andTab said:
For me 7 resulted in a device not found, though I fixed this by rebooting the kindle (I guess fastboot mode ends at some point?)
So after I fix this - how do I get into TWRP? Trying to install it from the utility does not work!!
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Unfortunately, I don't know. I've been trying to get in TWRP all night and have been unsuccessful. I knew how to get out of this issue because I've put myself here several times tonight, trying to get TWRP to start up...so far, no luck...
I had same problem. Kept booting to "press power button for recovery" but never went to recovery. I had to download and install FireFireFire manually after i installed twrp. Now works great. Just power off then hold power button in for few seconds (until it turns orange) when powering back on, release, then there's twrp.
Wired0980 said:
I had same problem. Kept booting to "press power button for recovery" but never went to recovery. I had to download and install FireFireFire manually after i installed twrp. Now works great. Just power off then hold power button in for few seconds (until it turns orange) when powering back on, release, then there's twrp.
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THANK YOU! This fixed the problem, I just had to find the thread that was ONLY FireFireFire, and not combined with TWRP, since that hadn't worked for me. I included instruction below for anyone having similar issues:
I downloaded the u-boot.win from here then ran
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader u-boot.bin
at which point it sait "Waiting for device". So I rebooted the Kindle like had the last several times that's appeared and it flashed it and then I rebooted again and I held down the power button, and it turned amber, like it had earlier, except THIS time it actually booted into TWRP!! Hooray! Hope this helps anyone else having this issue.
bikeracer4487 said:
Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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Thank you so much!!!!!! i thought my device was a gonner... and i just got it today
how can you remove TWRP from kindle fire if it's possible, whatit to boot likeif i just got itout of the box, which i did today when i recieveit.
Thanks.
bikeracer4487 said:
Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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I tried this and it won't work, what am I doing wrong ?
Why is there a step 4? Is it only there so I check if kindle shows up or do I have to update its driver so there is no yellow triangle anymore?
EDIT:
So I managed to get it running. What I did is I added the "0x18D1" as in step 3 but after that I opened my device manager and by clicking on kindle (that has yellow triangle next to it) I updated its driver. I chose the location of adb_usb.ini that I edited. After that I ran Kindle Fire Utility and chose option 1 (Boot mode) and in the following menu I tried all of the options. In the option 3 (Recovery) it did something and now every time I boot kindle it goes to the yellow triangle but by pressing power button once it starts normal boot.
Ok, but still I would like to get it completely back to normal if possible so if anyone can help, thanks
It is supposed to show the recovery triangle EVERY time you reboot.
Just don't touch anything and it will continue to boot on its own to the OS.
The only time you should do something different is if you want to boot into recovery, then you push the power button until it turns orange and let go, it will boot into the TWRP recovery.
You really shouldn't need reboot the machine often. I do it maybe once every couple days at most.
nuttmeg said:
how can you remove TWRP from kindle fire if it's possible, whatit to boot likeif i just got itout of the box, which i did today when i recieveit.
Thanks.
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To remove TWRP and go back to the stock Amazon ROM, all you have to do is flash the stock Amazon firmware. Use Kindle Fire Utility v.7 to download the stock update.zip, copy the file to the SD card, boot into recovery, and install it.
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kw1999 said:
Hello,
I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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I had this same problem a few days ago. I fixed it by going into Device Manager, finding the device called "kindle" (it had a yellow triangle next to it) and manually installing the ADB drivers. You can't search for drivers automatically, you have to manually specify the "ADB Composite Interface" or something to that effect.
I have also had this issue, thought it was because I was using a 64 bit windows 7 system.
I had previously installed cyanogenmod 7 using destructions from this forum, and I have also done something similar with my Galaxy S2 (I mention this, because this may be why the drivers havent worked?)
Anyway, I added the line above, then rebooted my PC (twice), and then unplugged my kindle fire and rebooted. I then plugged it in to the PC and it came up as "kindle" in device manager, but had the exclamation mark warning. I clicked update driver and found the updated usb.ini file. Windows did its stuff and then it appears as Android bridge device.
The kindle wa still stuck at the yellow triangle, but selection the fastboot menu option 1, then boot normal and it worked a charm.
Persevere and dont give up!
Thanks to the great advice on this forum, everything becomes easy, once you have found the right posts!
bikeracer4487 said:
Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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The page wont load to download that version of KFU. Also everytime I try to download fastboot I get an error saying AdbWinApi.dll is missing from my computer. Where do I find that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
and the missing file is in kfu
krelvinaz said:
It is supposed to show the recovery triangle EVERY time you reboot.
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That can't be right, surely?
bikeracer4487 said:
Try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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Kindle is not recognized? Please help?
Uninstall/reinstall device drivers and try again.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium
Wired0980 said:
I had same problem. Kept booting to "press power button for recovery" but never went to recovery. I had to download and install FireFireFire manually after i installed twrp. Now works great. Just power off then hold power button in for few seconds (until it turns orange) when powering back on, release, then there's twrp.
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I am having this problem and have gone back to install FireFireFire manually but I still get stuck at "press power button for recovery". If I leave it alone it eventually boots as normal. If I press and hold the power button for a few seconds, it turns orange but never does anything. Any ideas?
I should mention that I'm running Ubuntu Linux - no access to Windows so KFU is not an option. My Fire is at version 6.3 and I've been roughly following the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340
Hi all,
This is my first post. I live in the UK and bought my kindle fire brand new from ebay. The software version is 6.3.1.
I decided I wanted to root it quite quickly as I wanted to install apps / ICS etc as I dont find the amazon software useful.
I downloaded the kindle fire utility (v 0.96), installed the drivers (with the fire unplugged). When connected it is seen as android device with the driver as Android Composite ADB interface.
Using the kfu I then selected option 2 (root with superuser) and it rooted fine, although this did take a while.
It is seen in my PC a the drive "Kindle" and I can see the drive contents. On the kindle it says you can now transfer files.
In ADB is says - ADB status: Online, Boot status: 4000
The PROBLEM is trying to install TWRP recovery.
When I select this it says booting into fastboot (4002). The kindle boots to a screen where kindle fire is written in blue and the top of the screen v 1.4 is written, at the bottom it says press power button to choose boot options. TWRP fails to install immediately.
When I press the power button nothing happens until I hold it for 20 secs and the kindle power turns off. When I turn it back on the same blue kindle fire writing comes up and I have to select from:
- normal boot
- recovery
- reset boot
Pressing the power button allows you to select which option and all of them causes the kindle to boot up fine.
I can change the boot using kfu (option 1) to 4000 or 4002, however, even if I select 4002 and then try to install TWRP it says rebooting and fails the same as above.
I also cannot install fire fire fire either - the same problem occurs.
Basically I am totally stuck, am completely f***ed off and want to throw the kindle out of the window.
Answers greatly appreciated. Cheers in advance.
Mark
You might need to install TWRP manually from command prompt.
Put the device in fastboot (4002) and reboot
Download TWRP2.1 and place it in the KFU "tools" folder
Shift+right click on the KFU "tools" folder and select "open command window here"
In the prompt that opens up:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery exactnameofrecovery.img
Reboot and change your bootmode to normal.
thanks dragon
I used kfu to put into 4002, reboot and check it in 4002
I got openrecovery-twrp-blaze-2.1.1 disc image and put this in tools folder
I used Shift+right click on the KFU "tools" folder and select "open command window here"
In the prompt that opens up:
C:\kfu\tools\ fastboot flash recovery open-recovery-twrp-blaze-2.1.1
I get error: cannot load 'open recovery.......
Did you put .img at the end?
apologies forgot .img at the end
its still just hangs saying waiting for device...........
switched off the by holding the power off button for 20 secs
when I switched it back on it said:
sending 'recovery' (5568kb)... FAILED (data transfer failure (too many links))
Rename TWRP to something more manageable, like twrp.img (optional)
Turn the device off, completely
enter the command
turn the device back on
If you get the same error you might want to check the md5 hash of the TWRP download.
[Edit:] A search of the error message you received points to the wrong type of cable being used. Are you using a standard micro usb cable or one that came with another phone?
I never got a cable with the kindle fire, just a UK charger
I bought a USB data cable from amazon - could this be the problem?
what type of cable do I need??
I can't imagine why your cable wouldn't work, but everything I've seen points to the cable as being the problem. It could have a short or bad connection it it...who knows.
You could try different USB ports to see if that produces any results.
success
changed the file name, switched off the kindle, ran the command prompt, then booted up the kindle
how do I now check this is working?
apologies for spamming you but
where do I put the ROMs in the kindle? which directory?
When it boots up, hold the power button until options show up on the bottom of the screen and select "recovery".
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mark1holland1 said:
apologies for spamming you but
where do I put the ROMs in the kindle? which directory?
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Anywhere...just remember where you put them. (sdcard is the preferred spot)
[Edit:] I should probably be more clear. You have to use recovery to flash the ROM, it doesn't install itself. Just be sure to perform a "Factory Reset" before flashing the ROM.
soupmagnet said:
When it boots up, hold the power button until options show up on the bottom of the screen and select "recovery".
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Anywhere...just remember where you put them. (sdcard is the preferred spot)
[Edit:] I should probably be more clear. You have to use recovery to flash the ROM, it doesn't install itself. Just be sure to perform a "Factory Reset" before flashing the ROM.
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You can go to youtube and find how to install cyanogenmod 7 (OR ANY FIRE ROM) from NAT3MIL. And i installed TWRP 2.1.1 and FireFireFire 1.4a with the smirkit zip you don't need the computer for this.For me it works great.
Today i downloaded the AOKP for kindle fire build 36 you must try this one or Gederom from 13-05-2012 these two are amazing.
Link to smirkit.zip and instructions for anyone not wanting to search it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935&highlight=smirkit+zip
I have tried several times to get CM 10.1 installed on my Kindle Fire 8.9 and every time I get the red wipe screen trying to install the 2nd boot loader. After searching through the forums I have not found a definitive explanation (not that its not out there, but i didn't find one) of what causes the red screen, just how to recover from it.
I have tried using HashCode's process
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and also Option (41) in KFFirstAide
Can someone please explain what the red wipe screen indicates on the Kindle Fire 8.9, so I can avoid it and get the 2nd boot loader installed?
My Kindle is currently running Version 8.1.4 installed from the latest KFFirstAide (option 7). I have successfully rooted the device and I have been able to recover after the red screen each time.
Device Status before attempting to install 2nd boot loader
- Rooted using B4nary's Tool (v18.5.1)
- Erased Kindle Cache and User Data
- Enabled ADB on Kindle
- Enabled Allow 3rd party software
- Verified ADB Commands can be executed
- Verified Fastboot Commands can be executed
Thank You in Advance!
Derek
drockmd said:
I have tried several times to get CM 10.1 installed on my Kindle Fire 8.9 and every time I get the red wipe screen trying to install the 2nd boot loader. After searching through the forums I have not found a definitive explanation (not that its not out there, but i didn't find one) of what causes the red screen, just how to recover from it.
I have tried using HashCode's process
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and also Option (41) in KFFirstAide
Can someone please explain what the red wipe screen indicates on the Kindle Fire 8.9, so I can avoid it and get the 2nd boot loader installed?
My Kindle is currently running Version 8.1.4 installed from the latest KFFirstAide (option 7). I have successfully rooted the device and I have been able to recover after the red screen each time.
Device Status before attempting to install 2nd boot loader
- Rooted using B4nary's Tool (v18.5.1)
- Erased Kindle Cache and User Data
- Enabled ADB on Kindle
- Enabled Allow 3rd party software
- Verified ADB Commands can be executed
- Verified Fastboot Commands can be executed
Thank You in Advance!
Derek
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Can anyone help with this? I have been through the process numerous times and i still get the red wipe screen.
drockmd said:
Can anyone help with this? I have been through the process numerous times and i still get the red wipe screen.
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I used this tool KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 To get into fastboot when I had the solid red screen then used option 7 to completely wipe and restore their is probably another way to just do the boot but it did work for me (did it today even)
Turn the kindle off (hold power down)
Load the KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 tool using run as administrator
then use option 1
once your kindle says its in fastboot then close that utility and run the First aid
drockmd said:
I have tried several times to get CM 10.1 installed on my Kindle Fire 8.9 and every time I get the red wipe screen trying to install the 2nd boot loader. After searching through the forums I have not found a definitive explanation (not that its not out there, but i didn't find one) of what causes the red screen, just how to recover from it.
I have tried using HashCode's process
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and also Option (41) in KFFirstAide
Can someone please explain what the red wipe screen indicates on the Kindle Fire 8.9, so I can avoid it and get the 2nd boot loader installed?
My Kindle is currently running Version 8.1.4 installed from the latest KFFirstAide (option 7). I have successfully rooted the device and I have been able to recover after the red screen each time.
Device Status before attempting to install 2nd boot loader
- Rooted using B4nary's Tool (v18.5.1)
- Erased Kindle Cache and User Data
- Enabled ADB on Kindle
- Enabled Allow 3rd party software
- Verified ADB Commands can be executed
- Verified Fastboot Commands can be executed
Thank You in Advance!
Derek
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I know you said you aren't on 8.3, but it sounds like the bootloader issue Hash talks about in step 4.5 of his post. You could try flashing the bootloader he posts in that step to see if that fixes your issue. I had the same problem, until I flashed it.
Just an idea, I am in no way an expert just a tinkerer.
lizzord30 said:
I used this tool KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 To get into fastboot when I had the solid red screen then used option 7 to completely wipe and restore their is probably another way to just do the boot but it did work for me (did it today even)
Turn the kindle off (hold power down)
Load the KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 tool using run as administrator
then use option 1
once your kindle says its in fastboot then close that utility and run the First aid
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I too have the red screen, I tried to use the SRtool but was unsuccessful in recovering, can u provide anymore information? i'm really freaking out a little because i'm new to this stuff
I think fattire said Amazon enabled fastboot in this state. On KF2 and KFHD7, this is possible with a factory cable. I guess it's also possible that they have enabled the use of the factory cable for the KFHD8.9, but I'm only speculating.
Before the update, flashing unsigned boot and recovery partitions without the 2nd bootloader properly functioning, the device just wouldn't turn on. Now, not only will the device turn on, but some are even fixable in this state. I'm wondering if Amazon realized that wasn't cost effective to send every broken modified device to a specific secure location to get reflashed.
I don't quite remember what I did, but I was able to fix the "red wipe" screen on my Kindle 8.9.
I think I got this when I first tried installing 8.9StariROM when it was first posted on the forum. I did not know that the red screen could appear if TWRP was not installed already, and I think that's why I got the red screen error.
I didn't really know what it was all about, but somehow I was able to make my kindle go into the fastboot using this command (fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product) and basically followed the instruction here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
I kept getting device not found error on ADB commands, so I skipped to STEP 4.5 and ran below commands in order: (of course, I downloaded all those files as well)
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.3.0.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd8-twrp-2.4.4.0-recovery.img
then I think I ran fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system starirom-system.img to load the system image and I was able to have a working kindle 8.9 again.
I hope this helps.
Here is what I did to get myself out of trouble after screwing around with my KFHD 8.9 and getting a red screen (NOTE: I am assuming you have already installed the proper drivers so your PC can recognize the Kindle Fire HD):
1) Downloaded the above-mentioned KFHD SRT tool from here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4lZEJI5lYeMR1YteUt2MGxZTGM) and the boot.img and recovery.img from here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4lZEJI5lYeMNGdXMHI3T3pKM2c&usp=sharing
2) Unzipped the SRT tool into a folder on my Windows 7 boot drive (C:\KFHD_SRT_v2.1), and copied over the two .img files to the /images sub-folder.
3) Ran SR Tool.bat in Admin mode (right-click, Run As Administrator, click Yes to accept)
4) Turned off my Kindle by holding the power button 10 seconds until the screen was off
5) Chose option 1. Enable Fastboot, chose "n" when the tool asks if the device is turned on, then pressed the power button once on the Kindle to turn the screen on. Voilà, I was in Fastboot mode.
6) From a command line prompt (started in Admin mode as always), went to the /images sub-folder of the KFHD SRT tool and typed in the following commands, one at a time (just press Enter at the end of each, and wait until done):
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img (note: this may take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your USB port)
7) Still from the same command prompt, rebooted the tablet using the following command (type it in and press Enter):
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
I was back in business from there.
Can we get this as a sticky in the Dev Section? it took me 2 weeks to get my system back from a red screen that the below was able to do.
GenghisKhan67 said:
Here is what I did to get myself out of trouble after screwing around with my KFHD 8.9 and getting a red screen (NOTE: I am assuming you have already installed the proper drivers so your PC can recognize the Kindle Fire HD):
1) cant post this but look at above post.
2) Unzipped the SRT tool into a folder on my Windows 7 boot drive (C:\KFHD_SRT_v2.1), and copied over the two .img files to the /images sub-folder.
3) Ran SR Tool.bat in Admin mode (right-click, Run As Administrator, click Yes to accept)
4) Turned off my Kindle by holding the power button 10 seconds until the screen was off
5) Chose option 1. Enable Fastboot, chose "n" when the tool asks if the device is turned on, then pressed the power button once on the Kindle to turn the screen on. Voilà, I was in Fastboot mode.
6) From a command line prompt (started in Admin mode as always), went to the /images sub-folder of the KFHD SRT tool and typed in the following commands, one at a time (just press Enter at the end of each, and wait until done):
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img (note: this may take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your USB port)
7) Still from the same command prompt, rebooted the tablet using the following command (type it in and press Enter):
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
I was back in business from there.
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I bought my kindle fire HD 8.9 months ago. Its operation system vesion is 8.4.3. I wanted to change it to CM10 for a long time. Last night was the night when I made great effort but unforturnately encountered a serious problem which turned my kindle to a brick.:crying:
Here is what I have done and where my HD 8.9 BRICKED.
1. Rooting
I carried on the root process exactly as what the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337634 says
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1. ENABLE ADB IN SETTINGS UNDER SECURITY
Step 1. Download all files provided in the post and keep kindle unplugged at all times
Step 2. To be safe uninstall any other drivers for the kindle installed on the operating system (Win.) And Reboot.
Step 3. Install the adb drivers provided in the .zip
Step 4. Unzip the bin4ry tool on ur desktop and run the .bat file for windows as admin/.sh for Linux.
Step 5. Keep kindle unplugged still... The menu u will be promoted with will ask you what is ur device type. Select normal.
Step 6. Once you selected normal and the command prompt will say plug in your device. Do it.
Step 7. It will say a bunch of stuff, once it stops spitting out lines, if your kindle isnt already. Unlock it.
Step 8. Hopefully u get a window on ur kindle asking to restore and enter ur credentials. JUST PRESS RESTORE AT THE BOTTOM
Luckily, My HD 8.9 acted correctly in the above process. In the next step, I tried to install Firefirefire1.4 +TWRP2.2. Following is the steps I took :
1. Download Firefirefire1.4+TWRP2.2(with Fastboot)
2. Open cmd prompt, enter the directory where Firefirefire1.4+TWRP2.2 was extracted
3. Connect HD 8.9 to computer with USB wire, and disconnect the device as memory mode but I really did not know how to disconnect it as memory mode,my HD8.9 device alway show "Connected as Media Device", so I just passed it and continue with the following step
4. Input the following command lines
(1)adb push u-boot.bin /sdcard/
(2)adb push twrp.img /sdcard/
(3)adb shell
(4)su
(5)dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
(6)dd if=/sdcard/u-boot.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(7)reboot
RIGHT AFTER I HIT ENTER KEY, OhO, My HD8.9 shut down but never turn on again. No matter how long I press and hold on the power button, it just does not response any more. So what can I do to recover it, PLEASE HELP ME!!:crying::crying::crying:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228532
Disregard, issue resolved.
I followed the procedure listed below from the 'Help how root new update 8.5.1' thread page 10 from andraw40 (which worked fine btw) but when I got to step 7, Fastboot doesn't seem to be doing what it is supposed to do which is reboot my device into Fastboot. I shut my tablet down, issue the command and then plugin my device but all it does is just boot up into the OS. What am I doing wrong? The SDK is installed and ADB appears to be working. With the device plugged into my PC, I can issue the command 'adb devices' and it shows a device plugged in. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
andraw40 said:
Guys, first of all THANK YOU for posting and helping other people.
For the last several days I have tried as hell to make my Kindle Fire HD to work like an usual android tablet. It was hell! with blocking the tablet, bricking it, reinstall it, coming back to Amazon version, and all of that for many times. Why? Because of too many version of procedures, because of missing important info from different procedures, because of me doing things wrong, and of course, because of me not reading carefully the procedures. Whatever... Finally I get it. And because it is normal to give back, here I am trying to make easy the path for a next "me".
(This procedure is for Windows Vista or above. On Windows XP there will be a lot of problems with ADB.)
So, what I had: Kindle fire HD, 8.9", version 8.5.1
What I have now: Kindle Fire HD, 8.9" (same ), runing CyanogenMod 11 and all the Google Services
How did I get there:
1. install from Amazon the ES File Explorer
2. make sure you enable ADB in Security, on Kindle
3. connect Kindle on computer and make sure you have installed ADB drivers. Check this in Device Manager. If you have the yellow warning, with the tablet connected, install "Kindle_Fire_HD_ADB_Drivers"
4. download, copy on Kindle (in Downloads) and then install "www apks.org-com zhiqupk root apk" to root the tablet. You need to root it in order to give permission to write in System folder. The aplication is the one mentioned by esema1o in the begining (keymasteroot) - Thank you esema1o! It is in Malaysian and you can use Google translate on computer if you are curious about the labels. It will not help you further but it will satisfy your need to know. So: press Mulai Root - it will do something, then will get a message. Press Root, not Batal. Another "doing something" then a new message. Choose Batal. (search on youtoube for "How to Root an Android Device with Key Root Master"). Done! You have rooted the Kindle. Reboot.
5. Open ES File Explorer and in Tools put all the switches on. Actually you will need only the Root Explorer. If you have problems keeping on the Root explorer reboot, open again ES File Explorer, try again. On the same tablet I had experienced different result after restoring the tablet to original Amazon version. Some time, I let the tablet open, come back after 15-30 minutes and try again to activate Root explorer. Surprise! it worked! Other times worked from first try or at seccond try. It is about your luck! Now, after is staying on, press on Root Explorer. A window will pop-up. Choose there to allow w/r on System folder.
6. Download "KindleFireHD89Root.zip" (you can fiind it by search on this forum by name. I'm not yet allawed to post links so remove the space before here: downloadandroidrom com/file/KindleFire/8.9root/KindleFireHD89Root.zip). Extract. Navigate into "stuff" folder. Shift +right click in window, then choose "Open command window here". (Or you just run cmd and navigate to "stuff" folder.)
7. Check fastboot avability:
Type the following command into the cmd window you had opened before at 6.
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
it should return:
< waiting for device>
Then connect Kindle to computer with a regular usb cable. Power down Kindle. Press power buton to start Kindle. . It *SHOULD* show a Fastboot screen and your terminal window should show something like:
product: Jem-PVT-Prod-04
Type this to reboot out of fastboot mode:
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
8. follow this procedure: wiki cyanogenmod org/w/Install_CM_for_jem (again, remove spaces and add points to have working link)
Note: when you get to the point "Installing CyanogenMod from recovery" you may be confuse about the fact that adb commands are not working. If so, you check not to be in the recovery boot mode. Just shut down Kindle by long pressing power button, or reboot from meniu and if not passing the booting yellow logo, shut it down again by long pressing power button, then go in the fastboot mode again (see the first part of point 7; do not execute reboot! if you did reboot try again to enter in fastboot mode). Now, in fastboot mode, you can follow the instructions to copy zip files on tablet (I used the cyanogenmode 11 and Google apps zip files). After copy them on tablet, go back to the procedure at the point 4 where you start the kindle in recovery mode again by pressing volume up etc. If you do not succeed by pressing volume up during boot, simple enter again in fastboot (you should know how to do it by now ) and from terminal window on computer (cmd window where you are in "stuff" folder) type:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery
At this point you are back in the procedure at point 6. Do or not the backup and go next. I did not encountered any problems from this point on.
That is all. Sorry for my English, and I hope that my "procedure" will help someone. Again, thank to all the good people that bother to help us!
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