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[Q] Unable to install CM11 or latest TWRP

I have an Amazon Kindle Fire running FFF 1.4a, TWRP 2.6.0.0 and CM10.
Trying to install the latest CM11 ROM, but when I flash it, the Kindle goes into and endless reboot cycle (It says "Booting" at the bottom, then reboots, and repeats).
So then I tried installing the latest TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility (also tried with adb) and it appears my Kindle cannot reboot into fastboot mode to allow the upgrade to take place. When the Kindle receives the "reboot into fastboot" command, it reboots, but I just get the TWRP menu with "Normal" and "Recovery" choices.
Luckily I can flash my old ROM and it works fine. ButI would love to upgrade to CM11 if possible.
Is the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1 at the time of this writing) required to install CM11? The post for CM11 states the "latest TWRP" is required.
Thanks!

squiddog said:
I have an Amazon Kindle Fire running FFF 1.4a, TWRP 2.6.0.0 and CM10.
Trying to install the latest CM11 ROM, but when I flash it, the Kindle goes into and endless reboot cycle (It says "Booting" at the bottom, then reboots, and repeats).
So then I tried installing the latest TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility (also tried with adb) and it appears my Kindle cannot reboot into fastboot mode to allow the upgrade to take place. When the Kindle receives the "reboot into fastboot" command, it reboots, but I just get the TWRP menu with "Normal" and "Recovery" choices.
Luckily I can flash my old ROM and it works fine. ButI would love to upgrade to CM11 if possible.
Is the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1 at the time of this writing) required to install CM11? The post for CM11 states the "latest TWRP" is required.
Thanks!
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Yes the latest TWRP is required

Is the latest TWRP requirement also necessary is you're trying to install either of the newer HellFire 4.4.xx roms? I'm on 2.2.2.1, (TWRP), and can't seem to get it to work, just pops up an error every time. I had thought about upgrading TWRP, but had read that there were a lot of problems with it. So if I upgrade to the latest TWRP, should this sole my HellFire problem?

So, for some reason, I cannot get TWRP to update. I tried both GooManager and ROM Installer apps. They both try to install TWRP but are unable to get the device to reboot into fast mode. In fact GooManager claims that TWRP was installed successfully, but then the reboot fails. When I go back into TWRP, it is still the old version.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thanks!

You need to flash the version that hashcode updated specifically for the Fire. Link below, flash like any other zip.
TWRP 2.6.3.1 by Hashcode
It will still say 2.6.3.0 but it is updated and will work with cm11 ROMs
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That did the trick. Thanks!

TWRP will not flash roms.

I have been going crazy for about a month trying to flash cm 10.1.3 on my kindle fire 2. First i rooted the kindle then i followed the steps here to get twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Since then i was not able to flash any roms or even go back to stock. I have tried KFfirstaid, http://n2aos.com/ recovery but I just get kindle error message. I reflash twrp and back to where i am now. I have twrp 2.6.3.1. If anyone could help that would be great.

PewterL31 said:
I have been going crazy for about a month trying to flash cm 10.1.3 on my kindle fire 2. First i rooted the kindle then i followed the steps here to get twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Since then i was not able to flash any roms or even go back to stock. I have tried KFfirstaid, http://n2aos.com/ recovery but I just get kindle error message. I reflash twrp and back to where i am now. I have twrp 2.6.3.1. If anyone could help that would be great.
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That error basically means that rom is incompatible with your device. I recommend grabbing a copy of cm11 not cm 10.1 and flashing it, it has way more bug fixes and improvements than the old cm 10.1 builds.

I tried slim rom and cm11 same issue flashing both. I was able to get back to stock think im going to wait a bit before i root and flash again.

You sure you are on a kindle fire 2 then? You can always go into fastboot and query "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and it will tell you the model's codename. Or just look for it in the build.prop on the system partition.
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[Q] [HELP] Stock and TWRP Work, Flashing Rom Doesn't

I went to flash my father-in-law and mother-in-law's kindles to Cyanogenmod a couple days ago and have run into nothing but issues with the one. They both are identical Kindle Fire HD 8.9" tablets, bought around the same time. I downgraded both to a rootable version, then flashed 2nd Bootloader and TWRP. On the one it flashed fine, and I could flash a rom from TWRP and I'm a happy camper.
On the other, I've had issues. I can flash the 2nd Bootloader and TWRP but from TWRP I can't get any ROM to boot. I've tried flashing back to stock (which I can do successfully and stock runs fine). There's no errors occured when trying to flash the rom (tried a dozen or more versions of PacMan, Cyanogenmod, and the Amazon Stock one for TWRP). However, it never can make it past the Kindle Fire (in blue) screen. I've verified MD5 on every file flashed (both on device and on PC) and I've tried different cables and such.
Anyone have any ideas/tips?

Did you factory reset in twrp before flashing cm?
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Can't install TWRP was able to install FFF

I upgraded to 6.3.3. hoping my kindle fire would stop rebooting and what not since I liked stock ROM too. It didn't stop the rebooting so I opted to just re-flash it to a custom again. I downloaded TWRP 2.2.2.1. I read I have to download FFF from KFU so I figured if I press 5 for "install the latest FFF" it would download and then I would flash my KF using command prompt and the fastboot.exe. I forgot I left my Kindle Fire plugged in in fastboot mode with my fastboot cable when I tried to download FFF. Now I have FFF installed with no recovery. When I plug in my fastboot cable into my kindle it just boots up to FFF and I can't enter fastboot mode now. How do I install recovery. Whenever I am able to unlock my Kindle fire, five seconds later it reboots. Also my computer doesn't see it plugged in anymore when it boots in.

Does kindle show as an android phone in device manager?
If so use adb/fastboot.exe to flash twrp in fff bootloader (it supports fastboot flashing) should be links in my
my prerooted 6.3.3 zip
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sd_shadow said:
Does kindle show as an android phone in device manager?
If so use adb/fastboot.exe to flash twrp in fff bootloader (it supports fastboot flashing) should be links in my
my prerooted 6.3.3 zip
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No, when I plug it in I get usb device not recognized only when I'm in the FFF. When I boot into kindle fire it does say Android phone,
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Oh I was able to install TWRP. When my kindle fire was not being recognized when it boots into FFF I just had to turn it off after it booted into kindle fire ROM, then turn it on again my plugging in the cable and my computer saw it as the kindle fire device and I just had to change the drive to android phone. I have twrp 2.2.2.1 installed now. Thanks I didn't know FFF supported fastboot. I think I know what to do now.

Did you try the boot to recovery option in fff boot menu?
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sd_shadow said:
Did you try the boot to recovery option in fff boot menu?
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Yes, I was able to boot into recovery and was able to install your pre-rooted 6.3.3. Thank you so much! Its been 10+ mins since I installed your ROM and it hasn't rebooted. I'm finally able to enjoy the stock ROM again! Thanks again.

redzero36 said:
Yes, I was able to boot into recovery and was able to install your pre-rooted 6.3.3. Thank you so much! Its been 10+ mins since I installed your ROM and it hasn't rebooted. I'm finally able to enjoy the stock ROM again! Thanks again.
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i don't know if it's a glitch or by design, but KFU sometimes installs both, bootloader and recovery, at same time.
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TWRP not working

So I got a Kindle Fire from a yard sale only to find out that the Kindle Fire has been stuck in the kindle fire logo. I then used KFU to boot the tablet up normally and then flashed SuperSU. Then, I decided to flash TWRP and FireFireFire 1.4. FireFireFire has been working correctly, but it won't boot into recovery. I am running 6.0 (can't update as the stock firmware was broken in the first place.) Is there anything I could do now?

ozeyguy said:
So I got a Kindle Fire from a yard sale only to find out that the Kindle Fire has been stuck in the kindle fire logo. I then used KFU to boot the tablet up normally and then flashed SuperSU. Then, I decided to flash TWRP and FireFireFire 1.4. FireFireFire has been working correctly, but it won't boot into recovery. I am running 6.0 (can't update as the stock firmware was broken in the first place.) Is there anything I could do now?
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Flash a different twrp version.
[url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54156780&postcount=5]"Flashing Twrp in FFF bootloader with fastboot.exe[/url]
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