So, I have FFF and CWM working ok, but I can't flash any roms. I've tried CM7 and stock. Stock freezes at the Kindle Fire logo indefinitely, and CM7 goes black and reboots in a circle. I do have fastboot working. Oh, also, after I unbricked my Kindle with a factory cable, I couldn't flash any roms, with similar results to these. Rather, I had to rely on a backup I had of Hellfire, and that got deleted. I've even tried to flash back to true stock with the unbrick utility. Nothing works, and I have a recovery only device right now.
Have you tried reinstalling CWM or installing TWRP?
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Have you tried reinstalling CWM or installing TWRP?
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Yeah, several times for each. I also just tried to install the Hellfire CM9 ROM, did no good. I might add that what bricked me in the first place was flashing an unrooted stock rom, but I misfollowed the instructions and wiped /system. Then I had to assemble a factory cable since I had no recovery.
Nevermind, fixed it. I said screw it since I had a factory cable and flashed a stock update.zip, and it worked. I'm just going to reroot this and stay on it.
I have rooted my kindle fire and installed twrp and fff using kindle fire utility. With twrp I flash a jelly bean rom and now i am wanting to go back to how my kindle was out of the box. so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff. i am just wondering is there any other way to install roms on the kindle since i cannot get into twrp. also tried to reinstall twrp and fff on kindle fire utility but it says adb status offline and will not change. please help!
Brunde22 said:
so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff.
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Do you get a blue kindle fire logo?
When you flash with stock rom it wipes out FFF bootloader and replaces it with one from amazon.
Warning: Installing the Amazon Kindle Fire Software Update will not only replace the system software, but also overwrite the bootloader and recovery with the stock versions. Any custom bootloader and recovery like FFF and TWRP will be overwritten in the process.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730666&postcount=2
p4trykx said:
Do you get a blue kindle fire logo?
When you flash with stock rom it wipes out FFF bootloader and replaces it with one from amazon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730666&postcount=2
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No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
Brunde22 said:
No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
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But the system boots or is it stuck at this logo?
After system boot you should be able to run this command
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adb devices
adb is somewhere in kfu directory
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747804&postcount=3
Brunde22 said:
I have rooted my kindle fire and installed twrp and fff using kindle fire utility. With twrp I flash a jelly bean rom and now i am wanting to go back to how my kindle was out of the box. so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff. i am just wondering is there any other way to install roms on the kindle since i cannot get into twrp. also tried to reinstall twrp and fff on kindle fire utility but it says adb status offline and will not change. please help!
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Your problem, besides not having a clue what you're doing, is you didn't wipe the necessary partitions before trying to install a new ROM. Most of the time, that results in sort of a Frankenstein of an OS that the system cannot boot normally.
Typically, with FFF installed, you can tell pretty easily what mode your device is in by looking looking at your screen. If the device hangs at the boot screen, you know it is in fastboot, or if it continues on to the boot animation, you know it's in normal mode. With the stock Kindle Fire software installed, both the bootloader's splash screen and the boot animation are the same (with the exception of brightness), so you have to use the adb to determine what state the device is in. In your case, the device is in normal boot mode, so the typical "fix" for "stuck at kindle fire logo" wouldn't apply to you.
Unfortunately, by reinstalling the Kindle Fire update.zip, you also overwrite not only the custom bootloader, but custom recovery as well, which is required to fix your problem. Reverting back to stock, simply to re-root or install a different ROM is unnecessary and a complete waste of time. Now you have to get back into fastboot mode so you can reinstall custom recovery, wipe the necessary partitions and reinstall a ROM.
If any of this sounds foreign to you, it's because you're in WAY over your head. Before you go any further, educate yourself in how and why the Kindle Fire/Android works. Doing so will greatly increase your chances of success and decrease the chances of finding yourself in another situation like this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730650
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26435498
Brunde22 said:
No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
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i had this problem but i have a kf2 (non hd)....i also used hashcodes otter2 bootloader files....but what i did was re flash his bootloader files and it gave me twrp back........then i sideloaded my cm10.1 rom and it fixed it where i could get back to cm10.1 then i put gapps back in and everything was fine again.....but as far as me putting it back stock i'm still working on that.....youll have to get it into fastboot mode with a fastboot factory cable to reflash your bootloader files again....it worked for me but i am using a kf2 though.....
I flashed cm10.1 and latest gapps after rooting with kfu and going to twrp to flash zips. After rebooting the kindle stays on the rotating CM splash screen. Is there anything I can do to revive my kindle. I can't get my PC to recognize it and I can't get to recovery. I have the correct drivers installed bc i used the kfu only a few hours ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I flashed cm10.1 and latest gapps after rooting with kfu and going to twrp to flash zips. After rebooting the kindle stays on the rotating CM splash screen. Is there anything I can do to revive my kindle. I can't get my PC to recognize it and I can't get to recovery. I have the correct drivers installed bc i used the kfu only a few hours ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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When you plug in the usb to the computer do you get any change in windows device manager? like an unrecognized kindle fire (yellow triangle) under usb or similar?
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I flashed cm10.1 and latest gapps after rooting with kfu and going to twrp to flash zips. After rebooting the kindle stays on the rotating CM splash screen. Is there anything I can do to revive my kindle. I can't get my PC to recognize it and I can't get to recovery. I have the correct drivers installed bc i used the kfu only a few hours ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Looks like you might need to reflash. Don't forget to do a wipe/factory reset...
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Looks like you might need to reflash. Don't forget to do a wipe/factory reset...
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I can't get to recovery and my pc doesn't recognize the kindle, so I can't reflash
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I can't get to recovery and my pc doesn't recognize the kindle, so I can't reflash
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That's a strange problem. Have you tried to reinstall the drivers or use a different PC? If it can get into the boot animation, you should theoretically be able to get into recovery/TWRP... Sounds like a bad flash may have happened so try a newer/older build. I hope it goes ok...
Use this to replace the the one in kfu driver folder http://db.tt/vXXeuL10 and rerun the driver bat, that will get adb going again. Try reboot recovery to enter recovery or use kfu to set your bootmode to recovery. Bootloader? fff will take you to recovery as well.
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Use this to replace the the one in kfu driver folder http://db.tt/vXXeuL10 and rerun the driver bat, that will get adb going again. Try reboot recovery to enter recovery or use kfu to set your bootmode to recovery. Bootloader? fff will take you to recovery as well.
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I replaced the file and still shows ADB status as offline and boot status as unknown. The computer makes the noise that a device is connected once the kindle reaches the CM screen but the that is it, ADB is still offline. Also, the kindle fire logo at start up is no longer blue, it has reverted to the stock orange color.
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I flashed cm10.1 and latest gapps after rooting with kfu and going to twrp to flash zips. After rebooting the kindle stays on the rotating CM splash screen. Is there anything I can do to revive my kindle. I can't get my PC to recognize it and I can't get to recovery. I have the correct drivers installed bc i used the kfu only a few hours ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I have the same problem with CM 10.1 with the splash screen. It loads through FFF 1.4 and gets to the spinning splash screen which appears to be half off the screen and just sticks there. I used the 0102 version of the JB 4.2.1 CM10.1 SGT7 rom by twapriv. When I flashed it using TWRP 2.2.2.1 it said "successful". I try to install the 121212 Gapps zip and it wouldn't work, saying unable to unzip. However, after a reboot the splash screen does what I just mentioned.
It appears we aren't the only ones though (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051331&page=24) according to stewtang's post. I guess I'll retry to flash an older version and see if that works. Anyone have this problem and found a fix for it?
Hah! OMG I so totally didn't realize that stewtang was the OP, LAWLEROFLCOPTEROMGWTFML...
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I have the same problem with CM 10.1 with the splash screen. It loads through FFF 1.4 and gets to the spinning splash screen which appears to be half off the screen and just sticks there. I used the 0102 version of the JB 4.2.1 CM10.1 SGT7 rom by twapriv. When I flashed it using TWRP 2.2.2.1 it said "successful". I try to install the 121212 Gapps zip and it wouldn't work, saying unable to unzip. However, after a reboot the splash screen does what I just mentioned.
It appears we aren't the only ones though (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051331&page=24) according to stewtang's post. I guess I'll retry to flash an older version and see if that works. Anyone have this problem and found a fix for it?
Hah! OMG I so totally didn't realize that stewtang was the OP, LAWLEROFLCOPTEROMGWTFML...
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Any luck getting into recovery? If so, how did you do it?
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Any luck getting into recovery? If so, how did you do it?
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I have always been able to get into recovery. However, I did find that my /system/bin/sh file and all other system files are completely missing. I have yet to fix this, as this could be some of my problems. I don't know I'm still a noob at this. I have reflashed TWRP 2.2.2.1 while in fastboot mode using a factory cable. I just bought one for $6 on ebay from a US seller. Using this cable I find that the KFU works more like it should. It actually tells what boot mode status is currently instead of just saying unknown.
I know I did something wrong or out of order when I tried to root my KF because it is very difficult to do an ADB PUSH command successfully. It takes a few reboots and then a trial and error until it works right. As for the latest 0102 update for CM10.1 and SGT7, I haven't been able to get passed the cyanogen splash screen.
I would like to know if that update includes all the files necessary to run JB 4.2.1 or is it a completely different OS altogether? Again, uber noob here.
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I know I did something wrong or out of order when I tried to root my KF because it is very difficult to do an ADB PUSH command successfully. It takes a few reboots and then a trial and error until it works right. As for the latest 0102 update for CM10.1 and SGT7, I haven't been able to get passed the cyanogen splash screen.
I would like to know if that update includes all the files necessary to run JB 4.2.1 or is it a completely different OS altogether?
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So a question for both of you. Did you do a clean install (wipe everything but SD card)? Also does it hang on the CM screen or does it endlessly reboot? Did either of you have previous ROMs installed?
When I installed CM10.1 on my friend's kf, at first that happened. I don't know what happened, but it took me a couple tries before it worked. Try redownloading the ROM and Gapps, and remember to wipe everything beforehand, and wiping cache before flashing Gapps.
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So a question for both of you. Did you do a clean install (wipe everything but SD card)? Also does it hang on the CM screen or does it endlessly reboot? Did either of you have previous ROMs installed?
When I installed CM10.1 on my friend's kf, at first that happened. I don't know what happened, but it took me a couple tries before it worked. Try redownloading the ROM and Gapps, and remember to wipe everything beforehand, and wiping cache before flashing Gapps.
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Yes. I performed a clean install and unfortunately I am unable to re-flash anything. When the kindle boots it endlessly stays on the cm splash screen and I can't enter recovery or use the kfu.
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Any luck getting into recovery? If so, how did you do it?
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Looks like you may not have FFF so you probably can't get into TWRP... Have a look at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
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Yes. I performed a clean install and unfortunately I am unable to re-flash anything. When the kindle boots it endlessly stays on the cm splash screen and I can't enter recovery or use the kfu.
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So for you, when you turn on from off, possibly from a hard force-restart, what do you see? The original orange kf logo? And it goes straight to the swirling cm logo?
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So for you, when you turn on from off, possibly from a hard force-restart, what do you see? The original orange kf logo? And it goes straight to the swirling cm logo?
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Yes that is what I see, but before I flashed it the kindle fire logo was blue.
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I had the same thing happen to me when I flashed my kindle fire demo unit with CM10.1, it turned out to be some sort of an issue with the twrp recovery when I reflashed it with the cotr recovery that the kindle fire utility program also has as a alternate this worked just fine. I did notice that when I tried to use twrp to wipe my unit it didn't seem to fully wipe the unit. doing the same thing under cotr took longer.
The reason I think it was twrp is that no matter what version of CM10.1 I used be it a nightly or the M3 experimental build, it would still just show the distorted logo and never finish booting. this happened even after I wiped the /system and cleared cache and dalvik cache.
After I flashed cotr recovery I did the same thing again using the exact same zip files for CM10.1 and gapps and it worked this time.
I have a similar problem with you guys. My Kindle is showing the orange logo and then continues to the CyanogenMod animation where it loops infinitely. The logo is also off center, half of it is off the screen. I cannot enter the recovery mode in any way. KFU shows it as online but unknown boot status. ADB shows it as offline.
Any suggestions on how to fix it? Will I need a factory cable?
I'm in the same boat, tried soupkit in linux and no dice, windows recognize a device while the CM logo is looping but the kindle drivers or adb drivers do nothing.
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I have a similar problem with you guys. My Kindle is showing the orange logo and then continues to the CyanogenMod animation where it loops infinitely. The logo is also off center, half of it is off the screen. I cannot enter the recovery mode in any way. KFU shows it as online but unknown boot status. ADB shows it as offline.
Any suggestions on how to fix it? Will I need a factory cable?
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I'm in the same boat, tried soupkit in linux and no dice, windows recognize a device while the CM logo is looping but the kindle drivers or adb drivers do nothing.
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In both of your cases, if you don't have FireFireFire installed which will allow you to access recovery with the power button, you need a factory cable. And remember to factory reset next time.
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In both of your cases, if you don't have FireFireFire installed which will allow you to access recovery with the power button, you need a factory cable. And remember to factory reset next time.
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I did, I was going to sell it with CM10, I rebooted, did a factory reset, reinstalled cm.zip and gapps.zip and rebooted....lost firefirefire and stuck on CM logo. If I buy or make the factory cable, will it be easy to "revive"?
Edit: Saw it on eBay for $4.45 free shipping
I have a rooted kindle fire 2 stuck in the boot logo. twrp is installed, I've tried unsuccessfully to use kfu, I have a mac computer and cannot figure out how to get my baby up and running again. I can get it into recovery, I can get the mac to recognize device, i have downloaded the stock through amazon but when I try to install keeps giving me error on update.zip file. Please help me.
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Did you try to update TWRP and cause the bootloop or did it just start doing it?
It just started doing. I installed custom rom which worked a few days then the boot loop. I still have recovery on it because I can get to recovery. I don't think I backed up before installing rom but when I connect to Mac it recognizes the device
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I have a rooted kindle fire 2 stuck in the boot logo. twrp is installed, I've tried unsuccessfully to use kfu, I have a mac computer and cannot figure out how to get my baby up and running again. I can get it into recovery, I can get the mac to recognize device, i have downloaded the stock through amazon but when I try to install keeps giving me error on update.zip file. Please help me.
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Please get your KF2 into Fastboot (USING THE FASTBOOT CABLE), and restore stock to your device and TRY AGAIN USING POWERPOINT45's METHOD. DO NOT USE KF1's KINDLE FIRE UTILITY. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, REFER TO KINDLE FIRE FIRST AIDE (KFFirstAide).
DERP!!!
Hey I have my sister's Kindle Fire 2 (non-HD). It is currently on rooted stock with a bootloader installed but it has jacked up the Kindle App and now she can no longer read books or access the Kindle Store on it, on either the stock app or the Android Kindle app. I tried everything to fix that and I couldn't do it. Now she wants to go back to clean stock so as to not have to deal with all this crap. So I followed Hashcode's guide to install the bootloader and TWRP and it worked fine at first. I turned on the kindle, entered TWRP through the bootloader, backed up all of the images, put those backups on the computer, then rebooted. Now, however, when I select "Recovery" on bootup it just says "Booting.." but then nothing happens. I can still get into the normal boot okay but not TWRP. When it is in this "Booting..." state it cannot be recognized by anything. How should I proceed from here?
Sounds like you need to try flashing twrp again. Check the md5sum of the file you are flashing, make sure its the right twrp form your model as well.
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