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After I rooted my kindle and installed adw.launcher everything was going fine. I rebooted my kindle and out of nowhere it refuses to start. Absolutely nothing shows up at all. The screen doesn't come on, the logo, nothing. The battery was at 75% when it was working. Even when I plug it in the orange charge light doesn't even come on. I need help badly and I would prefer not to have to send it in to get a replacement. The entire reason I created this xda account was to fix this. Please I need help.
That doesn't sound good. Press and hold the on button for like 20 seconds and see if anything happens.
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After I rooted my kindle and installed adw.launcher everything was going fine. I rebooted my kindle and out of nowhere it refuses to start. Absolutely nothing shows up at all. The screen doesn't come on, the logo, nothing. The battery was at 75% when it was working. Even when I plug it in the orange charge light doesn't even come on. I need help badly and I would prefer not to have to send it in to get a replacement. The entire reason I created this xda account was to fix this. Please I need help.
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Try the Hard reset option as explained by GBH2 and if it doesn't help, then please list down what exactly did you do to root your device, stock FW version etc.
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I have already tried the hard reset but to no avail. I have no idea what happened to it. I think I will just have to get a replacement. I followed instructions off of mobilemag and of course I can't place the link in this post.
I literally just had same issue... holing power button for 20+ seconds did the trick here.
Running CM7 w/ MAC address fix.
mine's bricked too
I also have a bricked Kindle and not sure what to do about it.
I had my KF rooted and working. Then, I followed these instructions to get a better keyboard. In short, I edited one row of the secure table in settings.db, trying to enable Hackers Keyboard. I followed the instructions very carefully, including changing permissions. When I rebooted, it stuck at the kindle fire logo, and it is still stuck there.
I can connect via adb, but can no longer burrito root. Can't run 'su'. I'm searching these forums trying to figure what to do next.
do you have twrp available ?
if not you could follow this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
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Thanks. I found that thread via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356257&page=61 and it saved the day.
I was able to fastboot, twrp, and eventually solve my problem.
I had updated settings.db, then used `adb push` to put it in the right place. Then, I chmod-ed it as the instructions warned. However, it was owned by root not system! With twrd, I was able to get back into adb. Chown-ing and chgrp-ing that file to system solved my problem.
(Unfortunately some of the other stuff I did along the way broke a few apps... anyway I'm happy to have a working KF again.)
good to hear !!!
Did you ever get your KF to work? I can not get mine to turn on after KFU 0.9.5 used to do perm root. Now nothing works at all
Kindle fire wont power on /boot
I'm facing the same issue here, i have FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 installed and JB 4.2.1 from twv. However i noticed whenever i pressed reboot from menu or power it off, i cannot turn it on again.
Luckily i have an OTG cable which help me force boot it, but i want to solve the issue coz i dont want to use the OTG cable always to turn it on.
Note: Holding power button for 20secs did not solve the issue
hi vertcam9 how do you force boot it please.
omniac
omniac said:
hi vertcam9 how do you force boot it please.
omniac
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Hello, i have a Factory Cable (USB cable) with a different pin configuration. Basically if you have a working bootloader, you just plug it in (with a PC) and it will go to the FFF screen.
I think my issue is a busted USB port already.
ok thanks tried that, but it is deader than that.
omniac
Dead is right on the mark for mine also. With pc never detecting my CM9 , I updated my TWRP to v2.2.2.1, in hopes to go to CM10
And for first time saw *bootloader* as an option in TWRP . Screeching halt!!! Beware.
Seriously people...
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I'm facing the same issue here, i have FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 installed and JB 4.2.1 from twv. However i noticed whenever i pressed reboot from menu or power it off, i cannot turn it on again.
Luckily i have an OTG cable which help me force boot it, but i want to solve the issue coz i dont want to use the OTG cable always to turn it on.
Note: Holding power button for 20secs did not solve the issue
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vertcam9 said:
Hello, i have a Factory Cable (USB cable) with a different pin configuration. Basically if you have a working bootloader, you just plug it in (with a PC) and it will go to the FFF screen.
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Normally I would assume you had a 2nd generation device and tried to modify it, but I see your first post was made back in April and then edited two days ago?!? Is this a new problem or the same problem you had eight months ago?
I'm pretty sure your USB port isn't bad and you just have a broken bootloader. If you have a 1st generation device, the Firekit w/shorting trick to put the device in USBboot will do the trick.
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hi vertcam9 how do you force boot it please.
omniac
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omniac said:
ok thanks tried that, but it is deader than that.
omniac
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How about some details...better yet, start a new thread...In the Q&A section.
Smmoph said:
Dead is right on the mark for mine also. With pc never detecting my CM9 , I updated my TWRP to v2.2.2.1, in hopes to go to CM10
And for first time saw *bootloader* as an option in TWRP . Screeching halt!!! Beware.
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This sounds like a completely different problem. You should probably start a new thread as well...In the Q&A section.
I have the exact same problem!!!!!!!!!
After I rooted my kindle, everything was going fine. My kindle turned off and when I rebooted, it got stuck in a bootloop. I tried to fix it by reflashing a fresh image and out of nowhere it refuses to start. Absolutely nothing shows up at all. The screen doesn't come on, the logo, nothing. The battery was at 75% when it was working.
This has been the problem since 5 months...
I am using a kindle fire 5th generation and don't have a factory cable.
Can somebody plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!
If so, can someone post a link for a cheap factory cable however I really don't want to use/buy one.
Thanks!
samiultahir said:
I have the exact same problem!!!!!!!!!
After I rooted my kindle, everything was going fine. My kindle turned off and when I rebooted, it got stuck in a bootloop. I tried to fix it by reflashing a fresh image and out of nowhere it refuses to start. Absolutely nothing shows up at all. The screen doesn't come on, the logo, nothing. The battery was at 75% when it was working.
This has been the problem since 5 months...
I am using a kindle fire 5th generation and don't have a factory cable.
Can somebody plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!
If so, can someone post a link for a cheap factory cable however I really don't want to use/buy one.
Thanks!
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this is only for Kindle Fire 1 (2011)
there is a separate section for your device see
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
for correct forum link
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sd_shadow said:
this is only for Kindle Fire 1 (2011)
there is a separate section for your device see
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
for correct forum link
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Oh Thanks Anyways but do you know a fix for this?
BTW I think my device is hard bricked. :crying:
samiultahir said:
Oh Thanks Anyways but do you know a fix for this?
BTW I think my device is hard bricked. :crying:
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Hello, i was trying the omap4boot but i flashed using the kindle fire utility.
Now my kindle wont boot up. Any ideas?
Use a factory cable to flash the boot partition
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the bootloader its self is required to even get into fastboot so your only fix may be pokey9ks usb_boot method
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thedeveloper1 said:
Hello, i was trying the omap4boot but i flashed using the kindle fire utility.
Now my kindle wont boot up. Any ideas?
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This post is one of the more confusing ones I've read in a while. omap4boot refers to a linux tool and it's not meant to be flashed onto the Kindle Fire, so I don't see what role KFU would play here.
You need to give more details about the problem if you want to get some help. What did you try to do? How did you do it? What is your Kindle Fire doing now?
Also, smirkis is absolutely correct. If you don't have a working bootloader, the factory cable is not going to be of much use here.
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Sorry for the confusion: I tried to flash pookey9000's omap bootloader, however, i flashed it wrong and now my kindle will not turn on or show any color on the power button. I dont think I can turn on the Kindle
What is the pookey9's usb boot fix thing?
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Sorry for the confusion: I tried to flash pookey9000's omap bootloader, however, i flashed it wrong and now my kindle will not turn on or show any color on the power button. I dont think I can turn on the Kindle
What is the pookey9's usb boot fix thing?
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If you're talking about aboot.bin, there's no way to flash it right, because you're not supposed to be flashing it at all.
If you don't even get the boot logo appearing on the display, you're going to have to use pokey9000's Firekit and hope that it can flash a new bootloader for you. If it can't, that means you'll have to dismantle the Kindle Fire so you can short a connection on the board and get it in to usb boot mode.
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If you're talking about aboot.bin, there's no way to flash it right, because you're not supposed to be flashing it at all.
If you don't even get the boot logo appearing on the display, you're going to have to use pokey9000's Firekit and hope that it can flash a new bootloader for you. If it can't, that means you'll have to dismantle the Kindle Fire so you can short a connection on the board and get it in to usb boot mode.
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In case I have to short a connection, how do I do it?
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In case I have to short a connection, how do I do it?
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Read pokey9000's post about his Firekit.
Got it fixed
Thank you guys! I got it fixed
Hi. So the other day I installed TWRP on my Kindle Fire successfully. The KF was at 10.2.6, I'm not sure if that means it's a Kindle Fire 2 or not. Anyways, when I went to flash FFF, I stupidly flashed the .zip as a bootloader, thus making my Kindle Fire completely unusable. When I press the power button, nothing at all happens. Nothing I do will make the screen turn on or the power button to flash in any way. I've tried using Firekit with usbboot and the shorting trick, but that hasn't worked for me. (I just installed stock Ubuntu to a flash drive with the fk file on root, I'm fairly certain that's all that needed to be done?)
Anyways, my Kindle is unresponsove, and the usbboot trick has yet to work for me. I really want to save this guy. I've heard the KF cannot be completely bricked through software/flashing. I hope it's true! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
if that is your software version then yes you have kindle fire 2, i'd wait for someone with more experience on here to post, but it sounds to me like you are going to need a factory cable
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if that is your software version then yes you have kindle fire 2, i'd wait for someone with more experience on here to post, but it sounds to me like you are going to need a factory cable
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Thanks fro replying. I'm pretty sure a factory cable only puts it into fastboot if you have a working bootloader. I don't, so I don't think it would work.
I remember an instance where a friend of mine had a broken bootloader, and we used a factory cable to restore it, this was on the kindle fire. we had to first reflash the bootloader. I hope this is possible here.
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but you'll have to ask someone with more experience than me sorry.
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Hi. So the other day I installed TWRP on my Kindle Fire successfully. The KF was at 10.2.6, I'm not sure if that means it's a Kindle Fire 2 or not. Anyways, when I went to flash FFF, I stupidly flashed the .zip as a bootloader, thus making my Kindle Fire completely unusable. When I press the power button, nothing at all happens. Nothing I do will make the screen turn on or the power button to flash in any way. I've tried using Firekit with usbboot and the shorting trick, but that hasn't worked for me.
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I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
From there you would probably have to push one of the 10.1 ROMs on, or the 10.2.6 recovery image, and then start again.
This seems to be happening a lot, and could be avoided if people read a bit more before using the wrong tools.
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chronicfathead said:
I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
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Howdy. I just fashioned a factory cable, just jumping +5V to pin 4, right? It seems to be doing absolutely nothing. No lights or anything are turning on. The freedom boot just spits out "error: device not found" and hangs on "Pushing Stack". Again, I was under the impression that the factory cable only made it boot in fastboot if you already have a working bootloader. I'll try loading into Ubuntu and see what it says in terminal. Thanks
EDIT: So, when I type adb devices into terminal, I get:
The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
You will have to enable the component called 'universe'
Could this have been my problem to begin with?
EDIT 2: Well, I installed ADB. There are no devices found when I enter that command, and the shorting trick with still doesn't work. Ugh.
jophish said:
Howdy. I just fashioned a factory cable, just jumping +5V to pin 4, right? It seems to be doing absolutely nothing. No lights or anything are turning on. The freedom boot just spits out "error: device not found" and hangs on "Pushing Stack". Again, I was under the impression that the factory cable only made it boot in fastboot if you already have a working bootloader. I'll try loading into Ubuntu and see what it says in terminal. Thanks
EDIT: So, when I type adb devices into terminal, I get:
The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
You will have to enable the component called 'universe'
Could this have been my problem to begin with?
EDIT 2: Well, I installed ADB. There are no devices found when I enter that command, and the shorting trick with still doesn't work. Ugh.
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Leave your Kindle plugged in for an hour using the normal cable, as it may be totally flat.
The attached diagram shows what pins need joining. If you can, make sure none of the other pins are shorting.
Hold the power button for 20 seconds, plug in your fastboot cable, power on the Kindle.
You should see some traffic lights on the screen.
If you can get fastboot enabled, you should be able to push the correct partitions back on using the partitions from the factory restore image, your backup files or from the recovery thread. Hope you get it running.
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chronicfathead said:
Leave your Kindle plugged in for an hour using the normal cable, as it may be totally flat.
The attached diagram shows what pins need joining. If you can, make sure none of the other pins are shorting.
Hold the power button for 20 seconds, plug in your fastboot cable, power on the Kindle.
You should see some traffic lights on the screen.
If you can get fastboot enabled, you should be able to push the correct partitions back on using the partitions from the factory restore image, your backup files or from the recovery thread. Hope you get it running.
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I tried the fastboot cable out on a working Kindle Fire, and it worked correctly, so I did wire it right. I did as you said, holding the power button down and then plugging in the cable, and nothing happens still on the KF2. I have access to the insides, should I unplug the battery? It should be around 85% charged. Thanks again.
Edit: BIG NEWS~ Not really. When I plug the Kindle Fire with the fastboot cable into Windows, it appears under Device Manager as "Unknown Device" with a yellow triangle, but nothing shows up on the Kindle, no lights or anything. Hmph.
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I tried the fastboot cable out on a working Kindle Fire, and it worked correctly, so I did wire it right. I did as you said, holding the power button down and then plugging in the cable, and nothing happens still on the KF2. I have access to the insides, should I unplug the battery? It should be around 85% charged. Thanks again.
Edit: BIG NEWS~ Not really. When I plug the Kindle Fire with the fastboot cable into Windows, it appears under Device Manager as "Unknown Device" with a yellow triangle, but nothing shows up on the Kindle, no lights or anything. Hmph.
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You could have tried sending it back to Amazon, but you say you have opened it.
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chronicfathead said:
You could have tried sending it back to Amazon, but you say you have opened it.
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Urgh. I closed it up. Is there any way they'd know if I'd opened it?
I'm in exactly the same boat as you, also flashed FFF (by accident) on my device. Haven't been able to fix it yet but I do have a factory cable. Also did the USB trick, but that didn't have an effect either.
chronicfathead said:
I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
From there you would probably have to push one of the 10.1 ROMs on, or the 10.2.6 recovery image, and then start again.
This seems to be happening a lot, and could be avoided if people read a bit more before using the wrong tools.
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In my case, I did by accident because it wasn't clear to me which KF generation I had (I've bricked mine just after christmas). These forums were not really clear either, I had a Kindle Fire so I just looked for a KF guide. After I bricked it I found out my device was a second generation Kindle Fire.
plinders said:
I'm in exactly the same boat as you, also flashed FFF (by accident) on my device. Haven't been able to fix it yet but I do have a factory cable. Also did the USB trick, but that didn't have an effect either.
In my case, I did by accident because it wasn't clear to me which KF generation I had (I've bricked mine just after christmas). These forums were not really clear either, I had a Kindle Fire so I just looked for a KF guide. After I bricked it I found out my device was a second generation Kindle Fire.
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Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
Same Here..
I was thinking that all kindle fire are the same... installed fire fire fire using KFU and device got bricked....!
Hope someone here could help us get our devices up and running again...
yudanjah said:
Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
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Nothing whatsoever.
I can't really send it back to Amazon, because of two reasons:
1) I already opened up the back
2) It was gifted to me from the US, and there is no Dutch Amazon, so I'd have to send the device back to the person who gifted to me, that person has to mail it to Amazon from there, and the replacement device has to come back the same way (via that person). That's not a situation I'd like to put that person in.
jophish said:
Urgh. I closed it up. Is there any way they'd know if I'd opened it?
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I am sure they can figure it out. Can you boot into TWRP?
If so, you can still recover...
Dame problem
plinders said:
Nothing whatsoever.
I can't really send it back to Amazon, because of two reasons:
1) I already opened up the back
2) It was gifted to me from the US, and there is no Dutch Amazon, so I'd have to send the device back to the person who gifted to me, that person has to mail it to Amazon from there, and the replacement device has to come back the same way (via that person). That's not a situation I'd like to put that person in.
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Same problem dude, did you fix it?
i.robert said:
Same problem dude, did you fix it?
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Not yet I'm afraid. Everything I tried so far hasn't worked.
yudanjah said:
Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
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No, Absolutely nothing. I really would like to get this working.
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No, Absolutely nothing. I really would like to get this working.
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same here we need a new firekit for the kf2
Help..
any updates on the fix? I hope someone out there could help us revive our bricked kindle fire 2... :angel:
kindle fire 2
flashed wrong bootloader (fff)
no power
no lights
no adb
shorting trick is not working for me :crying:
I rooted my Kindle Fire 2 about a week ago and I was really enjoying it. Today I decided that I wanted to get cyanogen mod on my kindle. I went to a a forum page here on XDA which had a one click thing for TWRP. I downloaded it onto my kindle and started to install it. I allowed it with superuser, but then my screen went black and turned red. Now I'm kind of nervous because I've read that now I need to use a Factory/Fastboot cable to restore it. Is there any other way for me to restore my kindle? I can turn it off by holding the power button for 20 secs, but when I turn it back on the logo flashes for 2 secs and the red screen comes back.. Please help.. I'm kinda upset right now
No. You need a cable. Sorry you are upset but this is clearly stated in the CyanogenMod thread.
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mindmajick said:
No. You need a cable. Sorry you are upset but this is clearly stated in the CyanogenMod thread.
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Ok, so if I purchase the cable, will that allow me to enter fastboot and fix the problem? Is fastboot somthing that is already on the device.. or is it something that I should of installed on it beforehand? Someone told me that all I need is the Factory Cable and I can work from there. Is that true?
You might want to start reading before you permanently brick your device
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228539
The "someone" is correct... But save yourself somw hassle and read everything you can while waiting for your cable.
See XDA rule #1
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mindmajick said:
You might want to start reading before you permanently brick your device
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228539
The "someone" is correct... But save yourself somw hassle and read everything you can while waiting for your cable.
See XDA rule #1
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I'm sorry, I know im asking dumb questions; honestly I'm new to this and I just need some help and I do appreciate the help you are providing. I have read the link you posted, but I have one more question. When I plug in the Factory Cable is fastboot something that is already on the device? I dont think I installed fastboot on my device (if it can even be installed) But I know for a fact that my KF2 is rooted. I know this is a dumb question, but the only way for me to find out is if I ask. Thanks.
https://www.google.com/webhp?client...rce=hp&q=what+is+fastboot&oq=what+is+fastboot
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TruElement said:
I rooted my Kindle Fire 2 about a week ago and I was really enjoying it. Today I decided that I wanted to get cyanogen mod on my kindle. I went to a a forum page here on XDA which had a one click thing for TWRP. I downloaded it onto my kindle and started to install it. I allowed it with superuser, but then my screen went black and turned red. Now I'm kind of nervous because I've read that now I need to use a Factory/Fastboot cable to restore it. Is there any other way for me to restore my kindle? I can turn it off by holding the power button for 20 secs, but when I turn it back on the logo flashes for 2 secs and the red screen comes back.. Please help.. I'm kinda upset right now
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i have the problem two days ago and i was crazy about that, but i did a factory cable
Red Screen Fixed !!!!
TruElement said:
I rooted my Kindle Fire 2 about a week ago and I was really enjoying it. Today I decided that I wanted to get cyanogen mod on my kindle. I went to a a forum page here on XDA which had a one click thing for TWRP. I downloaded it onto my kindle and started to install it. I allowed it with superuser, but then my screen went black and turned red. Now I'm kind of nervous because I've read that now I need to use a Factory/Fastboot cable to restore it. Is there any other way for me to restore my kindle? I can turn it off by holding the power button for 20 secs, but when I turn it back on the logo flashes for 2 secs and the red screen comes back.. Please help.. I'm kinda upset right now
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i just fixed mine it had a red screen I tried everything....but what worked was the kindle fire first aide...YAY!!!!!
i flashed to 10.2.3 and and rooted it's all good....but you gotta use a fastboot cable...SWEET!!!!
bigrob504 said:
i just fixed mine it had a red screen I tried everything....but what worked was the kindle fire first aide...YAY!!!!!
i flashed to 10.2.3 and and rooted it's all good....but you gotta use a fastboot cable...SWEET!!!!
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sent you PM if you got it.. needing some help.... thanks!
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sent you PM if you got it.. needing some help.... thanks!
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Okay you need factory cable it's really the fastboot cable..got mine from ebay bout $5...download kindle fire first aide...
download and install sdk manager((google it).....plug your kindle to your computer....(with the fastboot cable your screen on the kindle should say fastboot)open the kindle fire first aide and run the RunMe.bat file...choose restore image and run the program....the program also lets you root your device again.....Hope I helped you
Here's a link for the cable and a guide
google this kindle fire hd fastboot cable from ebay
bigrob504 said:
Okay you need factory cable it's really the fastboot cable..got mine from ebay bout $5...download kindle fire first aide...
download and install sdk manager((google it).....plug your kindle to your computer....(with the fastboot cable your screen on the kindle should say fastboot)open the kindle fire first aide and run the RunMe.bat file...choose restore image and run the program....the program also lets you root your device again.....Hope I helped you
Here's a link for the cable and a guide
google this kindle fire hd fastboot cable from ebay
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Do I have to have my own system image backup? I wasn't able to "adb pull" before all of this because it wouldn't give me r/w permissions due to something called a protective shell or something?
supergaara2 said:
Do I have to have my own system image backup? I wasn't able to "adb pull" before all of this because it wouldn't give me r/w permissions due to something called a protective shell or something?
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It helps but you can use Kindle Fire FirstAid and a factory fastboot cord and restore to factory. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888 You can make a fastboot cord or buy one for 10 bucks, up to you.
He did a good job describing everything.
If you want to try getting custom recovery again, root your Kindle Fire using Bin4ry's method. Use the new method (No Xperia stuff - You'll know when u use it). And use Kindle Fire First Aid and disable OTA updates. Download TweezerMod Installer (Google it) and follow instructions. You will be as amazed, excited, and happy as at first when you recovered your kindle.
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bigrob504 said:
i just fixed mine it had a red screen I tried everything....but what worked was the kindle fire first aide...YAY!!!!!
i flashed to 10.2.3 and and rooted it's all good....but you gotta use a fastboot cable...SWEET!!!!
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cam you help me to unbrick my kindle fire in red screen with kindle fire first aid please
I have installed 22 different driver packages. None work. My PC connects to all my phones so I don't think the problem is there. USB port 2.0. Brand new factory cable (gets fast boot) canyon have the driver pack that works? I can believe how many bs file I have downloaded.
Also, yes, I uninstalled each one after failure an deleted all associated files. Please help before my wife shoots me!!
whodisname said:
I have installed 22 different driver packages. None work. My PC connects to all my phones so I don't think the problem is there. USB port 2.0. Brand new factory cable (gets fast boot) canyon have the driver pack that works? I can believe how many bs file I have downloaded.
Also, yes, I uninstalled each one after failure an deleted all associated files. Please help before my wife shoots me!!
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Turns out thing work better when you actually know what you are doing. But at leas I gained some knowledge. probably had the right drivers for a day and a half. Smh
So I picked up a refurbished Kindle Fire 1st Gen for dirt cheap. Tried to root with KFU 0.99. It downloaded the necessary files, and said it would reboot the device, which it did, then got stuck in Fastboot. I have read this forum for about an hour straight and it looks like my best option is to get a factory cable and save myself hours of trying things. Most of the suggestions I find are way out of date, so I'm not sure what the CURRENT recommended suggestions are to fix this problem.
I can't get the Kindle Fire to show in Device Manager since it has been stuck in Fastboot mode. It just shows as "unknown device" in the USB section, even after uninstalling old drivers and reinstalling the ones with KFU, rebooting, etc. Should I just order a factory cable, or does anyone have suggestions for up-to-date things to try? (Today is 6/7/2013) Or will a factory cable not even work if I can't get the device to register in Device Manager anymore?
I have probably rooted 30 devices from Apple TVs to Android tablets and phones. This is the first problem I've ever run into!
Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you!
Something similar happened to me. I used KFU and then the Kindle got stuck in the logo screen. I reinstalled the drivers on a different computer and plugged in the Kindle. I just reset the boot mode and it worked fine.
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notdeadyet01 said:
Something similar happened to me. I used KFU and then the Kindle got stuck in the logo screen. I reinstalled the drivers on a different computer and plugged in the Kindle. I just reset the boot mode and it worked fine.
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Thanks, that works for me. :victory: