I am not sure what i have done but when I connect my kindle fire to my computer only file i see is twrp and nothing else and it stays stuck on the kindle fire logo? I think everything is gone please help...
in case u still have TWRP [unlikely, but worst case scenario], u can mount it & copy a new ROM. Then, just flash the ROM
u can also try checking out the recovery(TWRP) settings..
hope this helps
Can you tell me how to do this I have no clue i can still boot to recovery mode on twrp on the kindle fire i just cant figure out how to fix the kindle?
angelwings33 said:
Can you tell me how to do this I have no clue i can still boot to recovery mode on twrp on the kindle fire i just cant figure out how to fix the kindle?
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Read these...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747804&postcount=3
If you don't have TWRP 2.1.1, you'll have to set the bootmode back to 4000 using adb.
Code:
adb shell idme bootmode 4000
If your system software is intact, a reboot after successfully issuing the above command should get the device booting normally again.
Thank you I read through that I dont really understand much but does anyone know if there are places i can take it to to fix it? Also anyway to get the stuff off of it so i can return it to the store and maybe they will give me exchange?
angelwings33 said:
Thank you I read through that I dont really understand much but does anyone know if there are places i can take it to to fix it? Also anyway to get the stuff off of it so i can return it to the store and maybe they will give me exchange?
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I doubt there are shops set up to take in your KF and unbrick it for you. To "get the stuff off of it" requires pretty much the same steps to "fix it" anyway, so you are better off just unbricking it yourself.
If there are things in the guide you don't understand, I suggest you slow down, read it again and ask specific questions on those topics. I know there's a lot in there for a novice to take in all at once. There are people here that can help you, but these are mostly DIY tasks and you can't take "yourself" out of the process.
I suspect you have some device driver issues and post #2 covers most of that, but you really need to understand post #1 so you are not grasping at things in the dark.
not working kindle fire
i tried downloading cyanogenmod 9 on my kindle and watched a video on how to do it. I tried it 3 times until i just extracted it a it and i saw a file that said system so i deleted the first system folder to replace it wit the new one but the root explorer i was in shut down and when i try to bos stuvot my kindle it is stuck on the kindle fire boot screen. somebody help
Ty for all your help I know I can open it twrp and I can mount the Kindle when I mount it the only file I can see is twrp and thats where I am stuck and yes very novice so it is bricked? when i connect it and run the run.bat on my pc I can load all the files but not sure after that I have tried doing the reboots and all I will go back and read again I was just hoping i could just load the kindle software this is crazy
Sasuke3428 said:
i tried downloading cyanogenmod 9 on my kindle and watched a video on how to do it. I tried it 3 times until i just extracted it a it and i saw a file that said system so i deleted the first system folder to replace it wit the new one but the root explorer i was in shut down and when i try to bos stuvot my kindle it is stuck on the kindle fire boot screen. somebody help
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Next time you have a problem, please start your own thread and not hijack another user's thread.
Needless to say, it's a bad idea to delete the system directory in the way that you did. I'm sure you realize this by now.
If you only have the stock bootloader installed (orange and white "kindle fire" bootlogo when the device starts up), then you need to either get a factory cable or open up the back cover to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668159
Ok I have all the things it tells me in the literature i read through several times it has the adb interface in the device manager and when i do the cmd to get to c:\kfu\tools is working now that i have done all this am i miss something cause I am trying to figure out how to restore the kindle fire to stock from here? is there another tutorial?
angelwings33 said:
Ok I have all the things it tells me in the literature i read through several times it has the adb interface in the device manager and when i do the cmd to get to c:\kfu\tools is working now that i have done all this am i miss something cause I am trying to figure out how to restore the kindle fire to stock from here? is there another tutorial?
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You'll find directions on how to revert to the stock software here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
but you are still going to have issues if your device drivers aren't set up correctly. I suggest you try out some of the commands listed in post #3 of the thread I referred you to previously and go back to post #2 if you can't get them to work.
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Here are the step by step things I have done. (I apologize in advance for mispelled words or wrong versions)
- My computer is operating windows vista. I used Kindle Fire Utility to root Kindle Fire on 6.2.2
- When 6.3.1 came out I upgraded KFU to 0.9.6
- I re-rooted and installed TWRP and FFF as wells as Go Launcher
- I then decided I wanted a stock Kindle Fire
- I did master reset under the options menu on the kindle. That took out Go Launcher. I was trying to unroot with out researching , so I thought if I went under TWRP and did a factory reset that would take care of it. (No need to yell for not researching, wife has done that)
- Now I’m locked at the white/orange kindle fire screen
- I still get the blue/white kindle fire screen to show up with v 1.4a in top right corner.
- I’ve tried normal/recovery boot, no luck there.
- I’ve tried holding power button 10-30 seconds several times, no go there
- Under device manager the kindle is listed as android phone and adb composite device (?) Not sure that’s the exact wordage but it’s the one with composite in it.
- KFU shows offline, unknown root status.
- While stuck at the white/orange screen I am not able to acces the Kindle Fire sd card
- If I go into TWRP I am able to mount the SD card and access on the computer
- I downloaded 6.3.1 from Amazon. Changed it to a zip file and put it on the sd card.
- I wiped cache and delvack (spelling?)
- When I try installing 6.3.1 zip in TWRP I get an error message.
- Do I need to wait for another amazon update?
- What else can I try?
- If I need to do line commands, please make it as basic is possible. I have read the beginners postings form kinfauns. Postings 1 & 2 made complete sense. Posting 3 went over my head.
- Command lines I have tried “adb devices” no devices are listed (it’s blank). “fastboot devices” nothing happens, “fastboot device” gives a lot of command options. Not sure where to go from there.
Sounds like your system software is broken if a factory reset in TWRP won't get it to boot normally.
What's the name of the zip file before you copy it over to the /sdcard? When you look at it with the Windows explorer, the file icon should look like a folder with a zipper down the middle of it. If it doesn't have that, you haven't changed the name of the file properly and the file suffix is wrong. Do a google search on changing the file suffix on Windows for info.
What's the error when you install the zip file?
kinfauns said:
Sounds like your system software is broken if a factory reset in TWRP won't get it to boot normally.
What's the name of the zip file before you copy it over to the /sdcard? When you look at it with the Windows explorer, the file icon should look like a folder with a zipper down the middle of it. If it doesn't have that, you haven't changed the name of the file properly and the file suffix is wrong. Do a google search on changing the file suffix on Windows for info.
What's the error when you install the zip file?
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I downloaded the 6.3.1 file from Amazon's site. It had a long file name so I changed it to update. It has .bin followed behind it. I then right clicked on it, send to, compressed zipped folder. It does have the zipper folder.
I had the mount mode enabled through TWRP and copied it to the sd card and put it under the TWRP FOLDER.
Went back to the main menu in TWRP, install. Found the update file, started install. Started to install then stops. Can't remember wordage exactly, kindle is at home right now, but there's red letters that say error.
If I were you, I would install android sdk from google. then, use the sdk to install android tools and android platform tools. Make sure you installed to android sdk to the root file. Use twrp to reboot into bootloader. Plug in the kindle to usb. Then type this in (command prompt):
cd..
cd..
cd root
cd android-sdk
cd platform-tools
fastboot shell
reboot
Give that a try and tell me if it works.
gregory99mar said:
If I were you, I would install android sdk from google. then, use the sdk to install android tools and android platform tools. Make sure you installed to android sdk to the root file. Use twrp to reboot into bootloader. Plug in the kindle to usb. Then type this in (command prompt):
cd..
cd..
cd root
cd android-sdk
cd platform-tools
fastboot shell
reboot
Give that a try and tell me if it works.
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I assume the first 2 "cd.." are to get me to the correct folders where android sdk is installed?
ewarhol said:
I downloaded the 6.3.1 file from Amazon's site. It had a long file name so I changed it to update. It has .bin followed behind it. I then right clicked on it, send to, compressed zipped folder. It does have the zipper folder.
I had the mount mode enabled through TWRP and copied it to the sd card and put it under the TWRP FOLDER.
Went back to the main menu in TWRP, install. Found the update file, started install. Started to install then stops. Can't remember wordage exactly, kindle is at home right now, but there's red letters that say error.
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I think you had the .bin and then compressed it to. Zip that made it compressed it twice
You should
Download the kindle update
Open it up in notepad or something
Do save as
Save as update.zip
Then move it to sdcard/
Then flash in TWRP
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if you find something I posted helpful please thank me
joshuabg said:
I think you had the .bin and then compressed it to. Zip that made it compressed it twice
You should
Download the kindle update
Open it up in notepad or something
Do save as
Save as update.zip
Then move it to sdcard/
Then flash in TWRP
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium
if you find something I posted helpful please thank me
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I did initially try just the .bin file without the .zip, but I couldn't find it. Once as a .zip file I could find it.
I downloaded 6.3.1 from Amazon's site again. I tried opening in notepad, but it locks up. Tried wordpad, my save as options: rich text format (rtf), text document, text document-ms-dos format, Unicode text document. Don't see anything for .zip
Are you able to get into TWRP?
Tera Tike said:
Are you able to get into TWRP?
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Yup I am.
ewarhol said:
Yup I am.
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Then mount as USB, copy over the file I sent you and flash. I take that you boot loader is okay too?
Tera Tike said:
Then mount as USB, copy over the file I sent you and flash. I take that you boot loader is okay too?
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How do I know if the boot loader is okay?
Did you ever get out of TWRP after the fail attempt to install the factory Update?
Tera Tike said:
Did you ever get out of TWRP after the fail attempt to install the factory Update?
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Yes. After fail I rebooted and got stuck at the white/orange kindle fire screen.
ewarhol said:
Yes. After fail I rebooted and got stuck at the white/orange kindle fire screen.
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Then it should be okay. Is it version 1.4a? If not you should update to that version.
Tera Tike said:
Then it should be okay. Is it version 1.4a? If not you should update to that version.
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1.4a White/blue kindle fire coloring
ewarhol said:
1.4a White/blue kindle fire coloring
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Good...Where you able to flash that file?
Tera Tike said:
Good...Where you able to flash that file?
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Leaving work soon and hopefully will try it in the next few hours
ewarhol said:
Leaving work soon and hopefully will try it in the next few hours
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I see, Ok...
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I see, Ok...
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!
THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!!!!!
BACK UP AND RUNNING!!!!
Tera Tike can I post the links you gave me? I have noticed others with similar issues as I have. I was going to start a new thread with the steps I took to resolve the problem.
Help
I got stuck in a nasty bootloop which Gregory was kind enough to help me out of by giving me the link to the Amazon Update. I was able to flash that and go back to stock. I then, possibly foolishly, thinking that I had lost root (did I?) ran the KFU utility which got stuck halfway through and now I am stuck on the white/orange kindle fire screen. Is there anyway to get out of this? I know, I suck. Your help and expertise is greatly appreciated.
Hey there,
Long time lurker first time poster. Sorry I didn't post a hello thread, This forum has really helped me out with my Evo and Evo shift. I have never rooted them as I didn't have need. They served my purpose as is. Now I'm in new territory so I humbly ask you pros for help trying to root my Kindle Fire. The only reason I bought this was to turn it more into a tablet more like my phone.
I have seen and read just about everything I can find on installing the drivers and rooting this thing.
I have search here and found partial answers that end up turning into a different conversation and nothing has worked.
I'm on Win XP sp3 I am very computer savvy since I'm a software tester but I am stumped.
I set driver signing to ignore and I still get the unsigned error when trying to run install_drivers.bat.
You can't change the driver signing in the registry because it will just revert back.
When I plug it in to install it it shows up in the device manager as an Android phone with the Android Composite ADB Interface If I try and update the drivers it says the best driver is already installed.
I uninstall it and reinstall and point it to C:\Documents and Settings\Users\my profile name\KFU\Drivers\Kindle and it installs the same way as an android phone with the ADB interface below it.
Like I said. I have tried everything I have read and run.bat still shows as offline
Is the Android Composite ADB Interface mean the drivers are installed correctly?
I read one post someplace else that said if it said android phone to delete it.
Been at this for a week. Come home from work and spend hours trying over and over and there must be some bonehead thing I didn't do or a setting I didn't set correctly.
Please help
You can try a utility that I did for myself and others to root.
Basic Fire Utility[Expired]
Also goto %USERPROFILE%\.android and rename the file adb_usb.ini to adb_usb.ini.bk then rerun to driver install.
Also this should have been asked in the Kindle Fire Q&A.
Try this method:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/
.Sometimes kfu says that the boot status is unknown even though it is just fine. assuming u havnt Try one of the options and see if the fire responds.
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Tera Tike said:
You can try a utility that I did for myself and others to root.
Also goto %USERPROFILE%\.android and rename the file adb_usb.ini to adb_usb.ini.bk then rerun to driver install.
Also this should have been asked in the Kindle Fire Q&A.
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Thanks!
Mods please move to the correct forum. It was a little confusing when I saw all the kindle forums.
Do you have a how to for the basic fire utility? Do I need to remove all of the KFU stuff from 9.6 first? Sorry, first root. I installed the driver and now the DM says android phone,Amazon Kindle Fire ADB Interface.
Thanks again
Since you have the drivers installed do selection 3 to install FFF 1.4a then select 4 to install TWRP 2.2.0. Selection 5 will root and put basic Google apps.
The Basic Fire Utility copies the root/ gapps flash file to your device sdcard directory then boots you into TWRP. From there you flash the file... Choose Install, scroll under folders until you see Gapps+Apps.zip file and select it then swipe the blue button to the right to flash.
Thats it. Select reboot System and you are now rooted.
Sorry I am not very good at the instruction part thats why I just kept it to myself. But If you have more questions please let me know.
Tera Tike said:
Since you have the drivers installed do selection 3 to install FFF 1.4a then select 4 to install TWRP 2.2.0. Selection 5 will root and put basic Google apps.
The Basic Fire Utility copies the root/ gapps flash file to your device sdcard directory then boots you into TWRP. From there you flash the file... Choose Install, scroll under folders until you see Gapps+Apps.zip file and select it then swipe the blue button to the right to flash.
Thats it. Select reboot System and you are now rooted.
Sorry I am not very good at the instruction part thats why I just kept it to myself. But If you have more questions please let me know.
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Thanks.
Even if it still says offline when I run the utility from the 9.6 download?
I couldn't find anything on sections 1,2,3 etc to follow in this thread and nothing on the download site besides the download link.
Thanks again
Mike Boucher said:
Thanks.
Even if it still says offline when I run the utility from the 9.6 download?
I couldn't find anything on sections 1,2,3 etc to follow in this thread and nothing on the download site besides the download link.
Thanks again
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Sent you a pm.
Tera Tike said:
Sent you a pm.
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Thanks
Didn't get a message that I had a PM. I need to check my settings.
Thanks again.
Make sure there are no spaces or special characters in your User name path. Also make sure C:/Windows/system32 is in your path.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda app-developers app
Tera Tike said:
You can try a utility that I did for myself and others to root.
Basic Fire Utility
Also goto %USERPROFILE%\.android and rename the file adb_usb.ini to adb_usb.ini.bk then rerun to driver install.
Also this should have been asked in the Kindle Fire Q&A.
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Download link is bad.
I could not get this thing rooted. Tera Tike spent a lot of time walking me through it, but still nothing.
It would only boot into TWRP. He then offered to see if he could fix it for me if I sent it to him.
From all of our message interaction I didn't hesitate to send a new Kindle to a total stranger.
He had put so much time in trying to help me via messaging that I knew he was a good guy and I was right.
He fix it as soon as he got it. Had a corrupt partition. Most likely something stupid I did, and it's on it's way back ready to go.
Hail Tera Tike:good:
Good job Tera
Amazon Kindle Fire
I have recently gotten a amazon kindle fire, and i have been trying to install adb drivers so i can root it and flash recovery and it finally recognized it as (android phone) android composite adb interface and the other as kindle fire android composite adb interface but the one labeled android phone has the yellow exclamation mark and in general says this device cannot start(code 10) and says its not using resources because it has a problem.... (general details on missing driver is: Device type: android phone
manufacturer: google, inc.
location pci bus 2, device 0, function 0
i tried to install the google drivers again and it said the drivers already installed do you want to continue i hit yet and then it said it could not find the drivers... im getting really confused but i am very new to this and would love to gain more knowledge so if anyone can help you have my undivided attention. thanks.
Let me make this short for you guys.
I was running carbon rom then decided to try CM 10.1 only because I am a romholic. CM was giving me small quirks so I tried to restore my carbon rom but for some odd reason it wouldnt go pass the samsung logo after it restored successfully. After trying to restore a few times over and over it just decided it was now going to fail. So I tried to go back to CM but now that also failed. So now I was trying to mount usb storage through TWRP but for some odd reason there's no way to do this. After trying to figure out wth was going on I finally made the biggest mistake of completely erasing my internal SD.
So now I am basically in TWRP 2.4.4.0 with no way to access usb storage and not knowing what I should do next.
Please help your fellow romholic
you'll probably have to boot into download mode and use odin to get back to stock and start over.
^^^^^^^^^ That's what you're going to have to do.
There is a way to do ADB sideload through TWRP but you have to edit some files and the Odin method is a lot easier in my opinion. If you want to use ADB Sideload follow my instructions on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39849970&postcount=10. That shows you how to get ADB to recognize your phone in Recovery mode and then the adb sideload command will work.
Odin keep failing. It look like everything is going good then it will get to "get PIT for mapping" stay there for about 7 minutes then fail. I cant believe this:crying:
I would suggest you try my method with ADB sideload, do you know how to use ADB?
Im not familiar with ADB. Any help would be much appreciated.
I got to finding those two lines,
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&MI_01
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&REV_0228&MI_01
then I got lost.
It says I have to paste those two lines under
[Google.NTx86]
xxxxxx
;Google Nexus (generic)
xxxx
but I am a little lost there.
Here is the guide for setting up ADB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9936674
If you already have done that, then you should navigate to the directory I listed which is where the android_winusb.inf file is, this is the file you edit
sevenpioverthree said:
Here is the guide for setting up ADB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9936674
If you already have done that, then you should navigate to the directory I listed which is where the android_winusb.inf file is, this is the file you edit
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Thanks for the help. I finally got odin to work after trying a dozen times. This definitely scared me a bit for a minute lol. The only downside now is that I lost about 2 weeks worth of data from my phone since that was my last backup point. Now I know how important back up can be.
Now back to this rooting..if I can remember:silly:
CyberGmonster said:
Let me make this short for you guys.
I was running carbon rom then decided to try CM 10.1 only because I am a romholic. CM was giving me small quirks so I tried to restore my carbon rom but for some odd reason it wouldnt go pass the samsung logo after it restored successfully. After trying to restore a few times over and over it just decided it was now going to fail. So I tried to go back to CM but now that also failed. So now I was trying to mount usb storage through TWRP but for some odd reason there's no way to do this. After trying to figure out wth was going on I finally made the biggest mistake of completely erasing my internal SD.
So now I am basically in TWRP 2.4.4.0 with no way to access usb storage and not knowing what I should do next.
Please help your fellow romholic
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delete this / I replied after the fact....sorry.
Okay, semi-newb here. I've been able to replace the ROM on an Arnova tablet a year ago, and sideloaded Google play on a Polaroid tablet. I've been researching the simplest way to turn my Mom's Kindle Fire V1 into a simple android tablet with access to Google Play. If I can accomplish this, then I'm hoping to repeat the process on my son's Kindle Fire HD. I'd like to load one of the Nexus 7 Roms. Unfortunately, there's a /lot/ of different Nexus ROMs and methods, each with links to other software that I'm trying to understand. Please forgive my questions...
I've downloaded these apps:
-gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
-GooManager_2.1.3.apk
-Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9.zip
-SmoothROM-1.7_otter.zip
-Smirkit.apk
I started at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265999
Which led me to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2103278
"Installation
-Make sure you have the latest TWRP"
Is this in the goomanager file? I downloaded from this link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592681, but I don't see the screen that shows up in the OP, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with this program.
"-I suggest you make a backup"
Is this what TWRP is for? I've copied all the KF files onto my computer already, but I don't have an .img file. And if I want to reflash with the original files, do I need to create an .img of my existing files, or do I download one from the list of files that I see in the goomanager?
"-Wipe data, cache, system, and dalvik cache"
Do I use one of these files to do this, or do I go into the KF settings to do this?
-Install ROM
Do I just copy the boot.img over to the root directory of the KF. I recall doing this for the Arnova.
-Install the latest gapps for CM10.1.x
Again, do I use one of these programs to do so, or copy files over (side-load)? I don't see .apk files in this package
-Reboot
I think I can do this one.
Again, sorry for being a newb...I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Haven't bricked a tablet yet, but I've probably just been lucky so far.
Thanks in advance. (Oh, do I need the fastboot cable for any of this? Is it recommended to get one just in case?)
Ok lemme get to things straight, this is the kfhd forum, if you have a kindle fire 1 then this is technically the wrong forum but i will point you in the right direction becasue theres some things you need to understand. First off the kindle fire 1 is very very easy to do what you want to do to it. Basically you download kindle fire utility and it will root and install whatever recovery you want onto it and from there you grab rom's from the kindle fire 1's development section and you can flash them with the corresponding gapps.
Here's where the important thing is, if you want to do this to a hd model it isnt the same process, if you attempt to use kindle fire utility on a hd model you are likely to hard brick it because the hd has a locked bootloader. The hd has a simple enough method to flash it though, as long its not the 2013 model you can install roms on it, theres a tutorial for installing with fireflash that i think is the easiest method as long as you make sure to downgrade the bootloader, somehow people tend to miss the checkbox for it.
If you mention which hd you have i cna link you to the tutorial for it but i don't wanna send you the wrong one even though there really isnt much of a difference since its the same program and inlcudes the files in teh apk.
Now to answer some questions:
First off the backup in twrp is useful yes, but only if you have twrp installed, lets say something happens and you no longer can access recovery and are forced to use fastboot, in that case you would need the image files that you mentioned, those images can be downloaded off the internet or you can jsut backup up your kindle and use those images.
Second: The wipe options are in twrp once you have it working
Third: You don't copy the boot.img over, you hit install in twrp and select the zip file that is the rom and tell it to flash.
Fourth: do as said in previous step, just do it after you flash teh rom though.
and finally yes its kinda recommended to have a fastboot cable, though i am one to talk since i don't have one but i have the means to make one at any time. Hope this helps!
Also thought i'd mention if it turned out to be a kindle fire 2 that its process is similar to the hd's so dont use kindle fire utility on it either. You can always check software version that it has installed an i can tell you for sure what model it is.
Damn, NOW I find the regular KF forum. Sorry for the double-post...
Okay, semi-newb here. I've been able to replace the ROM on an Arnova tablet a year ago, and sideloaded Google play on a Polaroid tablet. I've been researching the simplest way to turn my Mom's Kindle Fire V1 into a simple android tablet with access to Google Play. If I can accomplish this, then I'm hoping to repeat the process on my son's Kindle Fire HD. I'd like to load one of the Nexus 7 Roms. Unfortunately, there's a /lot/ of different Nexus ROMs and methods, each with links to other software that I'm trying to understand. Please forgive my questions...
I've downloaded these apps:
-gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
-GooManager_2.1.3.apk
-Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9.zip
-SmoothROM-1.7_otter.zip
-Smirkit.apk
I started at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265999
Which led me to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2103278
"Installation
-Make sure you have the latest TWRP"
Is this in the goomanager file? I downloaded from this link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592681, but I don't see the screen that shows up in the OP, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with this program.
"-I suggest you make a backup"
Is this what TWRP is for? I've copied all the KF files onto my computer already, but I don't have an .img file. And if I want to reflash with the original files, do I need to create an .img of my existing files, or do I download one from the list of files that I see in the goomanager?
"-Wipe data, cache, system, and dalvik cache"
Do I use one of these files to do this, or do I go into the KF settings to do this?
-Install ROM
Do I just copy the boot.img over to the root directory of the KF. I recall doing this for the Arnova.
-Install the latest gapps for CM10.1.x
Again, do I use one of these programs to do so, or copy files over (side-load)? I don't see .apk files in this package
-Reboot
I think I can do this one.
Again, sorry for being a newb...I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Haven't bricked a tablet yet, but I've probably just been lucky so far.
Thanks in advance. (Oh, do I need the fastboot cable for any of this? Is it recommended to get one just in case?)
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Mebejedi said:
Damn, NOW I find the regular KF forum. Sorry for the double-post...
Okay, semi-newb here. I've been able to replace the ROM on an Arnova tablet a year ago, and sideloaded Google play on a Polaroid tablet. I've been researching the simplest way to turn my Mom's Kindle Fire V1 into a simple android tablet with access to Google Play. If I can accomplish this, then I'm hoping to repeat the process on my son's Kindle Fire HD. I'd like to load one of the Nexus 7 Roms. Unfortunately, there's a /lot/ of different Nexus ROMs and methods, each with links to other software that I'm trying to understand. Please forgive my questions...
I've downloaded these apps:
-gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
-GooManager_2.1.3.apk
-Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9.zip
-SmoothROM-1.7_otter.zip
-Smirkit.apk
I started at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265999
Which led me to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2103278
"Installation
-Make sure you have the latest TWRP"
Is this in the goomanager file? I downloaded from this link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592681, but I don't see the screen that shows up in the OP, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with this program.
"-I suggest you make a backup"
Is this what TWRP is for? I've copied all the KF files onto my computer already, but I don't have an .img file. And if I want to reflash with the original files, do I need to create an .img of my existing files, or do I download one from the list of files that I see in the goomanager?
"-Wipe data, cache, system, and dalvik cache"
Do I use one of these files to do this, or do I go into the KF settings to do this?
-Install ROM
Do I just copy the boot.img over to the root directory of the KF. I recall doing this for the Arnova.
-Install the latest gapps for CM10.1.x
Again, do I use one of these programs to do so, or copy files over (side-load)? I don't see .apk files in this package
-Reboot
I think I can do this one.
Again, sorry for being a newb...I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Haven't bricked a tablet yet, but I've probably just been lucky so far.
Thanks in advance. (Oh, do I need the fastboot cable for any of this? Is it recommended to get one just in case?)
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So let me get some clarification.. Your on a stock kindle fire code name (otter) , and trying to get to android.....
lj50036 said:
So let me get some clarification.. Your on a stock kindle fire code name (otter) , and trying to get to android.....
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Well, I have downloaded the files that these links said to download, but I've not installed anything yet. This was one of two "Nexus 7" downloads I could find, but the KF is untouched.
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Mebejedi said:
Well, I have downloaded the files that these links said to download, but I've not installed anything yet. This was one of two "Nexus 7" downloads I could find, but the KF is untouched.
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Check this video out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ21pr6_SHI