OK so im pretty sure my fire is bricked.. not the way most people here think is bricked though.. im not stuck at the yellow triangle or anything like that.. nope im pretty sure im screwed. it does not:
-turn on
-take a charge
-show any flashing on the screen
-make orange or green light on power button (ever)
What im saying is that when i press the power button, plug it in to the charger (or into my computer), there is absolutely no response at all.
p.s when plugged into the computer nothing shows up on the pc, kfu, or any other program that lists my devices
What i did was...
i flashed cm7 and was working fine but i wanted to see what some of the things that came with it did, (this was a while ago, my fire has been sitting on my dresser for a month.. i didn't feel like messing with it) so i was messing with something that could flash clockwork recovery to it and i had to pick my device from a big list. Of course the Kindle Fire wasn't listed so i pick another tablet (ya i know it was pretty stupid of me) then rebooted. After that, nothing. And its been like that since.
I know its probably doomed but it would be nice if anyone out there could help me. If not it would also be helpful if anyone knows where i can buy a Kindle Fire Motherboard becuase most of the the sites i see are out of stock.
Thanks
The only thing I know you can try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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hey guys, i bought the fire for my wife for valentines day, immediately rooted it to get rid of that terrible kindle launcher and stuff, well, I've got a transformer prime and galaxy nexus, so after a couple months of her playing with my ics awesomeness she now wants to come over the good side, only t hing is, for the life of me i can't rememeber what i did as far as recover goes on this fire. I've read to hold the power button until it turns orange, but it won't do that for me. So how do i get into recovery with the kindle fire?
With your Kindle Fire off, hit the power button (and release it), and wait for the FireFireFire logo (triangular) to appear. Then, hit the power button until it turns from green to orange/red, and let go. You will then go into recovery.
first off, thank you very much for your reply.
When i pushed the power button (with the kindle off) it just went to a black screen with the word "kindle" in white and the word "fire" in orange. stayed there for about a minute or two then booted up. never a yellow triange.....any ideas?
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When i pushed the power button (with the kindle off) it just went to a black screen with the word "kindle" in white and the word "fire" in orange. stayed there for about a minute or two then booted up. never a yellow triange.....any ideas?
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Oops! Looks like you lost FireFireFire somewhere along the way. Probably because of the recent Kindle update, which also would have unrooted you, unfortunately. You will need to re-root (which will reload the FireFireFire boot loader).
The Kindle Fire Utility can root a 6.3 (OS) Kindle Fire. Not sure how you rooted last time. If you did not use KFU, the old procedure you used may not work any longer.
Ah. Ok. I was unaware you get iota updates after rooting. Thanks ill just start all over.
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you need to use firekit.
it allows you to boot your pc of a linux usb live pen drive with some tools preloaded.
all you need is to shortout a contact inside kindle and insert usb cable into kindle at the same time.
ill post a link in a minute. just follow the instructions exactly and i'm sure it will bring your kindle back to life.
hope this helps
steve
sent from my new non bricked kindle
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link is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Get a new replacement one...
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I did bricked my first Kindle, then I called Amazon (it still in warrentee), they sent me a new one next day. They tell you to send the old one back. They did not even ask me what happened. I've just said it no longer worked.
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was in the same situation as you were, i messed up my KF but was able to revive it using the USB Firekit (link in the first reply you got), just follow it carefully. This will require you to open up your KF.
Dont despair, it will work
if you have probs with firekit.
post as much detail as pos of what you've done and where you're at in the process.
its not too hard as long as you follow the post to the T.
let us know how you get on.
cheers
steve
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I had the same problem, but I fixed it by my resolder my USB port
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alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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do you know what 3.0 kernel version you had installed. if it was #10 or lower follow the instructions below. my kf did the same thing and it's any easy fix. most likely your kf's battery is completely utterly dead.
NOTE: this may or may not work depending on what the kfu or unbrick utility did without you knowing.
1. plug your kf into the wall charger.
2. press and hold the power button until the light comes on. if this happens it will boot to a black blank screen but you will notice the backlight is on. let it sit this way overnight.
3. after it has sat overnight, unplug it from the charger and hold the power button until it powers off (light will go off as well ass back light lcd)
4. hold the power button until it comes back on. let it fully boot. you'll notice the time and date are incorrect.
5. power off again
6. download hashcodes newest 3.0 kernel #12
7. power back on and boot into recovery.
8. flash the newest kernel you downloaded
9. wipe dalvik and cache
10. reboot normally.
you'll then need to reset the date and time and you shouldnt have any problems after that.
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i think i can help you .But i am in shanghai of China.
because this KF was made in our factory
Hold the power button for like a few mins couldn't hurt then try to power it on
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Not to mention since you have the back off disconnect the battery for awhile then reconnect and power it on
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If that doesn't work use pookeys firekit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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I have it working now. But one issue. The Kindle boots up normally now first into FFF then to android. Everything seems to be working fine except my battery shows 0% charge all the time. It does not charge. I unplug it and immediately shuts down. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? By the way, thanks for everyone who helped or contributed some input. By the way if anyone wants to know the method that work led was the Firekit method using Ubuntu Linux and the short test trick. I tried it several times even had some help on Teamviewer from a very helpful member. But after trying as few commands, it finally booted to the yellow triangle and after that I went to recovery and reinstalled CM9. So yeah everything seems to work now except the battery basically acts like its not even there.
alekslove said:
I have it working now. But one issue. The Kindle boots up normally now first into FFF then to android. Everything seems to be working fine except my battery shows 0% charge all the time. It does not charge. I unplug it and immediately shuts down. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? By the way, thanks for everyone who helped or contributed some input. By the way if anyone wants to know the method that work led was the Firekit method using Ubuntu Linux and the short test trick. I tried it several times even had some help on Teamviewer from a very helpful member. But after trying as few commands, it finally booted to the yellow triangle and after that I went to recovery and reinstalled CM9. So yeah everything seems to work now except the battery basically acts like its not even there.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
Just flash FFF 1.4a, plug it into a USB Port on your computer, and take a nap. It should charge enough that you can reboot into your system and let you continue charging it normally.
same problem KHFD 8.9"
well
I didnt read everything carefully but succeded in rooting my KHFD 8.9"
then i tried to install FFF using KFU and then it restarted and i couldnt power it on
well i have tried using FireKit .. but it says waiting for OMAP device..
then i wanted to do the shorting trick !!
i have searched for two days and couldnt find any where the how to USB shorting of KHFD 8.9
please help I am getting frustrated..
kanchan.n.mahajan said:
well
I didnt read everything carefully but succeded in rooting my KHFD 8.9"
then i tried to install FFF using KFU and then it restarted and i couldnt power it on
well i have tried using FireKit .. but it says waiting for OMAP device..
then i wanted to do the shorting trick !!
i have searched for two days and couldnt find any where the how to USB shorting of KHFD 8.9
please help I am getting frustrated..
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KFU is for the original kindle fire. Go post your problem in the KF2/KFHD QA. Most likely you have bricked your kindle. And factory cables don't work on that kf.
Whew. Didn't have to do anything elaborate on mine. Someone unplugged the wall wart and I didn't notice it for a few days. Held the power button for a minute or so as suggested above. Then tried a normal power on. That worked :good: Now I have it sitting in TWRP at 1%. When it gets over 10% I'll reboot into the OS.
THANK YOU!
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Hold the power button for like a few mins couldn't hurt then try to power it on
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THANKS! I thought..what the heck.. I will try what you suggested and it worked!
Hello all
I new to this and was given a kindle fire by someone who worked in a shop it is in demo mode and i would like to take it out of this.
i read a lot over the last few days about being able to get it out of demo mode.
But i am unsure of what software i need to be able to do this.
I have also noticed that if i turn the kindle Fire on it does go to the demo mode but as soon as i plug any USB into it even the power supply it turns it off but it does charge it. not sure if any can help me but if you can i would be grateful.
many thanks
Lorraine1000
The fact that it turns off could be problematic but if it will stay on if put into fastboot that is all that is really needed to flash a bootloader and a recovery, then flash a ROM. One issue I for see is not being able keep it on long enough to get the driver properly installed to do so. Many struggle horribly trying to install the driver with a properly working device much less one that turns off the instant you connect it to a PC this is a big deal breaker IMO. There is a mild work around by buying a factory cable that will force the Kindle into fastboot in order to accomplish this task. You might still encounter that getting the driver installed while in fastboot proves to be an arduous task. Factory cable can be found here post #9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693 . If you have any further questions or would like some help checking a few things feel free to pm me I check XDA multiple times during the night and sometimes during the day. A quick suggestion when you plug it in and it powers off try long pressing the power button then let off and try it again to see if you can get it to power on while connected. Good luck.
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The fact that it turns off could be problematic but if it will stay on if put into fastboot that is all that is really needed to flash a bootloader and a recovery, then flash a ROM. One issue I for see is not being able keep it on long enough to get the driver properly installed to do so. Many struggle horribly trying to install the driver with a properly working device much less one that turns off the instant you connect it to a PC this is a big deal breaker IMO. There is a mild work around by buying a factory cable that will force the Kindle into fastboot in order to accomplish this task. You might still encounter that getting the driver installed while in fastboot proves to be an arduous task. Factory cable can be found here post #9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693 . If you have any further questions or would like some help checking a few things feel free to pm me I check XDA multiple times during the night and sometimes during the day. A quick suggestion when you plug it in and it powers off try long pressing the power button then let off and try it again to see if you can get it to power on while connected. Good luck.
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Hello
thank you for taking the time to reply i did read about the USB Factory Cable for the Kindle Fire and have been able to find a person who sells them in the UK so will be ordering it today. not sure if it will get here before Christmas but as soon as i get it maybe i will be able to do something ATM as i said as soon as i put any USB cable in it it turns off there would be no time to time to even get a driver on for this to stand a chance of even trying to sort this issue. so seems i have to wait till the new cable gets here and see if i have any luck with it.
again many thanks for the reply
Lorraine1000
Ok so i rooted my kindle and flashed energy rom with twrp. They were both outdated. So i was about to update them but my battery ran out. So i let it charge and it kept showing the twrp logo and kept looping in other words it was in a recovery loop. I can't acces recovery or abd i think fastboot works but im not sure i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428 but it still doesnt work please help.:crying:
Try soupkit.
Forgive me if this sounds like an obvious question, but could you describe the "twrp" logo you are seeing?
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
yes im seeing the yellow triangle with fire in the middle
iluveutech said:
yes im seeing the yellow triangle with fire in the middle
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See? There's no such thing as a stupid question.
Actually that is the FireFireFire splash screen. And I'm guessing that the "boot loop" you are experiencing is more like the FireFireFire splash screen flashing on and off?
Your device must to be able to boot so far before it can charge properly. It's kind of a screwed up situation but there is a way around it.
Every time you hold the power button to force the device to shut down, it performs a series of tasks before letting go. One of these I'm guessing is to enable charging over usb. The best way to do this is to plug the device in and immediately hold the power button until it shuts off, and stays off. Leave it alone for a while and it will charge properly.
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See? There's no such thing as a stupid question.
Actually that is the FireFireFire splash screen. And I'm guessing that the "boot loop" you are experiencing is more like the FireFireFire splash screen flashing on and off?
Your device must to be able to boot so far before it can charge properly. It's kind of a screwed up situation but there is a way around it.
Every time you hold the power button to force the device to shut down, it performs a series of tasks before letting go. One of these I'm guessing is to enable charging over usb. The best way to do this is to plug the device in and immediately hold the power button until it shuts off, and stays off. Leave it alone for a while and it will charge properly.
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omg ty couldnt find the awnser to this ty so much. ill let u know i it works
Not working. it reboots in 5 secs
Let it sit for a while (probably overnight) and try again. Unfortunately, short of replacing the battery, that is probably your best option.
After searching and reading many threads and trying several "fixes", I think my last resort is this post (at least before I try Firekit or similar). I hope I didn't miss the one thread that has my answer.
Background:
Using Win7 64 bit
KF 1st gen (I believe)
Completely stock
Using Amazon KF HD charger and USB cable Amazon supplied when similar issue happened with our other KF (that new charger fixed that one)
Symptoms:
While plugged into the charger the green light will appear and a few seconds later we'll get the "KINDLE FIRE" logo on screen, sometimes it's animated and sometimes not. Sometimes the logo appears for about 5 seconds and other times about 30 seconds. When the logo appears the screen back-light first starts out low and then after a second or so it will brighten until the logo disappears and the KF appears to turn off, at least until some seconds later the green power light will come on and the process starts all over and keeps repeating. On occasion during the cyclic boot process I have seen the slide lock screen which was unresponsive and once I saw the screen with the KF device name, time, WiFi status, batt level (and no I didn't notice), etc. Lately I haven't seen either of those screens again, just the logo or nothing.
I've downloaded the Android SDK and installed the drivers but when I plug the KF into any of my USB ports the KF is not recognized. So if I can't get the PC to recognize the KF I can't go any further with trying to restore to factory default using TWRP or similar.
So my question is does anyone have something else I/we can try before moving on to Firekit? Thanks to all for your time and attention. BTW Amazon offered to sell me a new KFHD for $129 but I just don't have that in my budget right now so your help is much appreciated.
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After searching and reading many threads and trying several "fixes", I think my last resort is this post (at least before I try Firekit or similar). I hope I didn't miss the one thread that has my answer.
Background:
Using Win7 64 bit
KF 1st gen (I believe)
Completely stock
Using Amazon KF HD charger and USB cable Amazon supplied when similar issue happened with our other KF (that new charger fixed that one)
Symptoms:
While plugged into the charger the green light will appear and a few seconds later we'll get the "KINDLE FIRE" logo on screen, sometimes it's animated and sometimes not. Sometimes the logo appears for about 5 seconds and other times about 30 seconds. When the logo appears the screen back-light first starts out low and then after a second or so it will brighten until the logo disappears and the KF appears to turn off, at least until some seconds later the green power light will come on and the process starts all over and keeps repeating. On occasion during the cyclic boot process I have seen the slide lock screen which was unresponsive and once I saw the screen with the KF device name, time, WiFi status, batt level (and no I didn't notice), etc. Lately I haven't seen either of those screens again, just the logo or nothing.
I've downloaded the Android SDK and installed the drivers but when I plug the KF into any of my USB ports the KF is not recognized. So if I can't get the PC to recognize the KF I can't go any further with trying to restore to factory default using TWRP or similar.
So my question is does anyone have something else I/we can try before moving on to Firekit? Thanks to all for your time and attention. BTW Amazon offered to sell me a new KFHD for $129 but I just don't have that in my budget right now so your help is much appreciated.
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You need a factory cable
KF Factory Cable
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You need a factory cable
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I appreciate the quick reply. So my follow-up is to say I'm using the USB cable that came with the Amazon charger they sent when having problems with our other KF. Is that not a "factory" cable? If not, do you have any idea if this one would work: ebay.com/itm/like/271275399661?lpid=82 ??? Or do I need to spend $17 on this one: amazon.com/Factory-Amazon-Kindle-Motorola-Tablets/dp/B00BPDH4G4 ???
Thanks again.
hiltoncp said:
I appreciate the quick reply. So my follow-up is to say I'm using the USB cable that came with the Amazon charger they sent when having problems with our other KF. Is that not a "factory" cable? If not, do you have any idea if this one would work: ebay.com/itm/like/271275399661?lpid=82 ??? Or do I need to spend $17 on this one: amazon.com/Factory-Amazon-Kindle-Motorola-Tablets/dp/B00BPDH4G4 ???
Thanks again.
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Yes 'factory' as in the one they use at OEM to install software.
Build Your own factory Cable is also an option if you can solder tiny things.