I am trying to install twrp on my kindle fire. the KFU (kindle fire utility) is not working for me., I manually installed the ADB driver since i thought the driver_install.bat wasnt working. it still refuse to do what i thought was a fairly simple process. here is what i have done so far, i will list it to help rule out the issue.
- Used the KFU like normal. (retried by un-installing the driver in devicemanager)
- Used the KFU like normal and rebooting my desktop and Kindle Fire.
- Used the KFU on a laptop with a fresh copy of windows 7.
- Manually installed the driver and tried using the KFU. (un- installed driver and tried again) also did this on the laptop with fresh windows 7.
- Manually Installed the driver and rebooting desktop and kindle fire. (also tried on laptop with fresh copy of windows 7 and with all updates.
- installed JAVA JDK and then Andriod SDK and tried that method (both on desktop and laptop.)
- threaten kindle fire with hammer.
- gave it a night and hoping it would work the next day.
im basicly wanting to get this to work. So please can someone help me?
i just want ICS back on it and maby try 4.1 once its ready for everyday use.
If their is antoher way please tell me and/or link it.
Thank you and have a nice day.
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Too bad i can't edit the post title. Please bare with me.
My fiancee gave me her Kindle Fire yesterday. She got it as a Christmas gift last year and has only started it once since. When i first took a look in the Device information in Settings it said it was running 6.2.2 Stock. So i went to sleep last night with the sound opinion that i would root it and install CM7 Barebones or something likewise and make it functional.
Waking up this morning, i read the beginners guide and i took a look at the rooting guide for the 6.2.2. I install the Java SDK, Android SDK, Google USB Drivers and i do EVERYTHING step by step as directed by the guide. Finally, at the last step, when i try to get the device recognized using cmd "android devices", it fails to recognize. The installation worked like a charm, exactly like in the guide, besides this last step. So i reboot both the KF and the PC, still not working, and surprise, my Device Settings now shows Stock version 6.3 installed, overnight. Take note, i did not approve something like this.
The KF is only recognized as a Disk Device in the Device Manager in Control Panel. I cannot get it to be recognized as an Android Phone. I tried uninstalling the KF through Device Manager, Devices & Printers, but it always reinstalls the driver from the directories. I edited the .ini files as per the guide, so i have no idea what might be wrong. I even uninstalled the Google USB Drivers from the Android SDK Manager and reinstalled them, and the same result is happening. As a last resort, i did a Factory Reset, deleted the drivers from Device Manager and SDK Manager and reinstalled them, to no avail.
How on earth can i get a CLEAN install of ADB and the recognition of my KF for rooting WITHOUT formatting my entire Windows PC? If i take it to another computer and plug it in and follow the Kindle Fire Utility instructions, do i still need to install the Google USB Driver through the SDK Manager, or just the other stuff?
On a side note, if i ever ever achieve this, what custom ROM runs Google Play Store perfectly?
Thanks.
Just use kfu 0.9.5. If I were u I would do latest update before rooting it. You can get it from amazon and manually update it. That's what I did.
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Can you just read my post again mate as i did a major edit explaining the situation better. Thanks.
Luppertazzi said:
So i reboot both the KF and the PC, still not working, and surprise, my Device Settings now shows Stock version 6.3 installed, overnight. Take note, i did not approve something like this.
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This is normal on Stock, OTA updates without your consent unless you have disabled the setting.
Luppertazzi said:
How on earth can i get a CLEAN install of ADB and the recognition of my KF for rooting WITHOUT formatting my entire Windows PC?
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Try reading this post, it may help you understand what other steps you could take to fix the drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2
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If i take it to another computer and plug it in and follow the Kindle Fire Utility instructions, do i still need to install the Google USB Driver through the SDK Manager, or just the other stuff?
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The drivers included with KFU are all you need. If you are to plug it into a different computer, it's suggested that you run the drivers installation on KFU first before plugging in the Kindle Fire.
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On a side note, if i ever ever achieve this, what custom ROM runs Google Play Store perfectly?
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All I have tried have worked flawlessly, with some exceptions where I just had to flash gapps to fix it.
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I may have been stupid but something happened. Now i have the Kindle as a Disk Drive and i also have it as a SAMSUNG Android Phone. They both are installed correctly but i STILL CANNOT see the device through cmd "adb devices". It's just a blank line.
Any ideas?
Sorry for the double post but this is worth mentioning separately. I saw in a different post that someone who has Samsung Galaxy SII phones and relative drivers get the Kidnle recognized under Samsung Android Phone. How do i uninstall JUST the Samsung Galaxy SII drivers from my PC? I have a Galaxy SII phone so, figures. Also have Kies installed and Droid Explorer as it runs CM9.
plug in your s2 go to device manager in control panel and you will see the drivers
Read the drivers post I linked you to earlier.
Delete incorrect drivers from the Device Manager and take note of what it should read as.
It may sound a bit too simple, but really, most of the issues come from bad drivers.
Hey Luppertazzi
Just use Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.5 (the latest version).
-> Just keep unplugging, plugging, uninstalling, reinstalling drivers -- and restartting the KFU utility until you can see "Online" as status in KFU.
-> Choose install permanent root with superuser
-> Reboot (power off and on the kindle fire if necessary)
this will automatically install TWRP and superuser and root your kindle fire.
then you can keep using stock ROM by going to extras -> install google framework (where you can use google play with go launcher) or use twrp to backup, restore and flash roms.
Hey guys.
I tried the process on another laptop and it worked. I installed only the basic SDK Tools from the SDK Pack, leaving the development stuff and drivers out of it. Then, i downloaded KFU and used the drivers there as the only installed drivers on the separate PC, and it worked like a charm. I was able to root, install a custom ROM and do every other thing i wanted.
Thing is, on this computer, i can't really get rid of all the drivers and utilities because they keep getting installed back. Should i use something like DriverSweeper or anything of the sorts?
Thanks.
Okay this is what u do. If your kindle is not showing up in device and printers unplug your kindle and power it off. Install drivers from the kfu folder again. After this is completed turn on your device and then plug in your kindle. The kindle should show up as a device on device and printers menu. If your device is showing up click on kindle and then click on hardware. Then click on properties and change setting. There should be a option for update drivers. After clicking on update drivers its going to give you a option to search for drivers. Click browse. Since you have already downloaded the sdk and installed it on your computer install adb composite drivers. It should install the drivers. Now go back to kindle on devices and printers menu and click on kindle. Go back to hardware and check drivers. Under device functions: it should have amazon kindle USB 2. Android composite adb interface 3. E:\ 4. USB composite device 5. USB mass storage device. Now exit all of that stuff. Go back to kfu folder and click run. Make sure the adb status is online and the boot status is 4000. If boot status isn't 4000 then it will not work properly. So what I did was download kfu 0.9.4 and when I clicked on run adb status was online and boot status was 4000. If you do see that, click install permanent root and su (option 2). When this is completed go back to kfu 0.9.5 and adb status should be online and boot status should say 4000. If this is the case go ahead and click 2 again and it should install permanent root and su and twrp. This is what worked for me.
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Glad you figured it out.
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I'm using Win 7, I've edited the adb_usb.ini and put 0x1949 in there...I'm running the latest Kindle Fire Utility.
adb status says offline
boot status says unknown
I'm stumped..
dude...you're a badass!
I didnt get it to work on my son's Windows laptop, so I tried it on VirtualBox under XP and its working right now.
I think its because he already has an Android device installed...even though I uninstalled it, it still recognized the Kindle and didnt take my "update drivers" saying the latest drivers are already installed.
only problem now is that when I run KFU, did perm root and now it just stays in fastboot mode...cant do anything else.
nevermind.. with KFU, I got it to boot. whew!
Solved - the stuck 'ADB status: Offline'
At last - after seaching here for many days with zero success trying to get all sorts of drivers to work - the above did the trick for me using XP on an Acer Aspire One notebook.
Huge thanks.
ok so my buddy just bought a kindle fire and asked me to go to town on it and make it "look good". i'm new to the whole kindle fire method of doing things. my wife has a nook tablet running cm7, and i have my SGSII skyrocket running cm9. i'm familiar with most things in the rooting process, but not too familiar with twrp ( but understand what it is).
the problem i am having is getting KFU to recognize the KF. i have read the KFFB and all associated threads, i have used the forum search, google, and even youtube but no luck. i have tried 3 different computers and only one of them actually showed the proper device info in device manager. the first laptop is running 64 bit windows 7, ran the install_drivers.bat and everything said it was good but no matter how many times i uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers the KF will not show up. the results did not change whether it was manually installed or not (possibly due to my samsung drivers causing a problem), laptop 2 is running the same configuration, and still the same problems. the 3rd laptop is running 32bit xp and with a manual install the drivers installed and the abd composite driver showed up on device manager under android phone.
so when i plug the KF in the computer recognizes it but when i try to run KFU nothing happens. i tried to run the install_drivers.bat but it comes back as installed fail - unsigned drivers.
so after hours of searching and reading i'm at a loss. is there anything else that i can do?
ok well i got KFU to work on laptop #1. i uninstalled my samsung drivers and all other android drivers i could find, ran the install driver.bat and it worked. seems my drivers from my phone were causing the device manager to not install the KF drivers properly. now to flash away!!!!
Hi Guys,
I brought KF 1 year back and I am not happy with interface and their Android apps. So I tired want install new android media in KF. I tried to root kindle fire, it went so bad that i can't recover or i can't even kindle icon in my computer ( Windows 7 ) . I tried different kind of threads that you guys posted. But non of them is worked. I tired and vexed with downloading this update and that updated non of them worked.
I thinks I lost necessary backup during the rooting. With out making connection to computer i can't install android software. Please send suggestions on this one.
Thanks in advance ,
I'm seeming to have a similar problem, i havent flashed a rom onto my kindle in a while. That is untilll recently. I wiped everything factory reset, dalvik, cache, system, and sd card. Then when i went to mount to copy a new rom over my Kindle using TWRP v2.1.1 i cant mount it to my pc. Doesnt show upm and when i manage to connect it shows up as unknown device. I've tried soupkit, the kindle fire ultimate utility, and various programs, reinstalled drivers, used drivers from different programs like KFU and the andriod SDK however nothing works. I cant seem to mount my kindle or get adb services running. Right now i can boot into TWRP recovery but nothing else. There is no rom currently installed, or FFF. Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.
get a factory cable. i hear an xda develepor sells them. they get kfs into fastboot.
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laltec said:
I'm seeming to have a similar problem, i havent flashed a rom onto my kindle in a while. That is untilll recently. I wiped everything factory reset, dalvik, cache, system, and sd card. Then when i went to mount to copy a new rom over my Kindle using TWRP v2.1.1 i cant mount it to my pc. Doesnt show upm and when i manage to connect it shows up as unknown device. I've tried soupkit, the kindle fire ultimate utility, and various programs, reinstalled drivers, used drivers from different programs like KFU and the andriod SDK however nothing works. I cant seem to mount my kindle or get adb services running. Right now i can boot into TWRP recovery but nothing else. There is no rom currently installed, or FFF. Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.
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If you can get your computer to recognize your KF as anything, right click in the Device Manager, and click the settings. Go to the driver, and I think (if I read correctly) that you have some sort of driver loaded. Choose to roll back your driver, and then close. In KFU, choose to install drivers (run the drivers.bat file in KFU). Since I used KFU, that's all I know, but feel free to use some other driver that you think works. I think that I used 0.9.6, and that worked really well for me at least. If that doesn't work, try uninstalling the drivers instead, in Device Manager.
I had your problem for a while, and I think I rolled back the drivers, and installed again, but I can't remember.
Anyway, hopefully this helps. Let me know if it does, too!
Hello all and first off I'd like to start of by saying I did search to try and solve this problem but was unsuccessful. I did find one similar post but the person was using a different version of the utility so I made a new thread.
Anyways, I am trying to install TWRP on my Kindle Fire which is running system version 6.3.2 but each time I run the install divers batch file it fails. I uninstalled the default drivers that were showing up in device manager and tried again. I tried beating my head against the wall for 30 minutes and came back tried again and to my shock it still didn't work.
I tried running the batch file as administrator and it says "Windows cannot find '.\drivers\dpinsst64.exe'. Make sure you typed the named correctly, and try again'. I went into the drivers folder and dpinsst64.exe is there.
Here's all the details in a nutshell.
Kindle Fire (System Version 6.3.2)
Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
So if any of you fine people could help me out I'd be much appreciative, thanks.
You have to disable driver signature enforcement then it will work
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