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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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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
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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?
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Are you able to get into TWRP?
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Yup I am.
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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.
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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.
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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
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1.4a White/blue kindle fire coloring
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Good...Where you able to flash that file?
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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
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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.
So I followed the steps in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452) in the second post. I downloaded the update and renamed it update.zip and proceeded to do the factory reset. After this I went to install the update and was unable to locate it. So I went back to my computer and actually converted the file into a zip folder and copied it onto my kindle. This time it showed up but when I went to install it almost immediately came up with an error message ( Error flashing zip '/sdcard/update.zip' ).
I'm not sure if I was supposed to follow the steps in the first part of the post mainly because I have no idea what this means (adb uninstall com.noshufou.android.su) and because I've seen similar steps on other sites without the first half of that post.
Appreciate any help that can be provided.
You are supposed to rename the update.bin to update.zip, not zip up the original update.bin
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You are supposed to rename the update.bin to update.zip, not zip up the original update.bin
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When I did that I was unable to even locate the file.
I'm not sure if this makes a difference or not (in fact I'm pretty sure it doesn't) but the icon next to it is the VLC icon.
I've also tried using the kindle update utility to download the latest stock update zip. Nothing. I see my update.zip when I go into the file explorer under advanced or if I mount my usb to my computer but as soon as I go to install it's not showing up
hahaha I feel so dumb right now. I found it on the file explorer and it was named update.zip.bin. I then renamed it while in twrp and was able to find and install it. For whatever reason when I renamed it on my computer it would always end up as update.zip.bin
Download the update-kindle-6.3.1.bin from the Amazon website.
Rename the update-kindle-6.3.1.bin to update-kindle-6.3.1.zip.
Transfer the update-kindle-6.3.1.zip to the sdcard.
After wiping system and factory reset in TWRP, use the navigation window in the install menu of TWRP to navigate to your sdcard.
Flash the update-kindle-6.3.1.zip
Hey guys, I am in the process of rooting my evo 4g using this method http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-4g-on-hboot-2-18-with-s-off/ since I have 2.18 hboot version. I have unzipped all the files from RootEvo4GNew, and the file recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img does not have the .img extension on it when I unzip it to the correct folder, and when I try to flash that in the cmd prompt it says
unknown partition 'recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
I am assuming it can't find the file because it doesn't have the extendion .img on it once extracted. Any ideas? The icon next to the file looks like a zip file and can't be opened by 7zip
See it looks like a winzip file instead of a image file
Ok so I uninstalled winzip and now just have 7zip and it now shows the file as an .img file but I am still getting the same error message when in the command prompt. What am I doing wrong? Here's another image to show you what I mean
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Ok so I uninstalled winzip and now just have 7zip and it now shows the file as an .img file but I am still getting the same error message when in the command prompt. What am I doing wrong? Here's another image to show you what I mean
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Download one of these,it has install instructions and a few different custom recoveries to choose from,creds to Smelkus of course..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171460
Diablo67 said:
Download one of these,it has install instructions and a few different custom recoveries to choose from,creds to Smelkus of course..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171460
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I downloaded and followed instructions, isn't working for me. It looks like the phone doesn't see the file when in bootloader, not sure if I renamed it right.
furrycnorm said:
I downloaded and followed instructions, isn't working for me. It looks like the phone doesn't see the file when in bootloader, not sure if I renamed it right.
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Follow this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/show-or-hide-file-name-extensions to make sure the file extensions show correctly, and make sure you didn't dupe the extension.
sent from a jb ROM..... cause I'm likely testing.
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Follow this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/show-or-hide-file-name-extensions to make sure the file extensions show correctly, and make sure you didn't dupe the extension.
sent from a jb ROM..... cause I'm likely testing.
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Thanks for the advice, I think this may work as I did have one extension duped. Problem is when I run the recovery it says it's an older version than what I already have installed and asks if I want to restart the device. I also still can't get the phone to flashboot recovery recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img and it still says unrecognized partition in the command prompt. Is there a way to flash this from the sc card or anything else you can think of to try?
furrycnorm said:
Thanks for the advice, I think this may work as I did have one extension duped. Problem is when I run the recovery it says it's an older version than what I already have installed and asks if I want to restart the device. I also still can't get the phone to flashboot recovery recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img and it still says unrecognized partition in the command prompt. Is there a way to flash this from the sc card or anything else you can think of to try?
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Are you trying to fastboot flash the recovery .img file to your phone? If so you need to use the command "fastboot flash recovery *insert file name here*" (without quotation marks or asterisks). The recovery img file has to be in your ADB tools folder, alstherwise, put the recovery PC36IMG.zip file in the root folder of your SD card, make sure it's named PC36IMG.zip with no extra .zip extension, and reboot your bootloader. Follow the on-screen prompts to update your recovery.
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Are you trying to fastboot flash the recovery .img file to your phone? If so you need to use the command "fastboot flash recovery *insert file name here*" (without quotation marks or asterisks). The recovery img file has to be in your ADB tools folder, alstherwise, put the recovery PC36IMG.zip file in the root folder of your SD card, make sure it's named PC36IMG.zip with no extra .zip extension, and reboot your bootloader. Follow the on-screen prompts to update your recovery.
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wow I am retarded, my problem the whole time was that I was typing this:
fastboot flash recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
when I should have typed this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
Thank you so much for the help, on to the next step and hopefully this works!
Ok, successfully rooted with s-off! I have read through all the guides, and am still a bit confused because most of them are from 2010 and 2011. I need to flash a rom that will work with metro-pcs. Can you guys help me with which steps I need to take? I tried to download metrodroid v4 but the download link isn't working. Will aall of the roms in this thread work with metro pcs or do I need a specific one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318070
Also, once I have a rom flashed, do I have to go in to a metro pcs store to get it activated (I do not currently have a metro pcs account or other metro phone) or can I get the esn activated online or by calling there 800 number?
I know most of you already know this, but it may help others because this is very usefull for installing kitkat.
It's a pain to copy an 1,2 GB ROM to internal storage, so sideloading (installing from PC) it's lot easier and faster.
So here's the trick.
Copy the zip you want to install in "adb" folder (archiev attached)
Reboot phone in recovery mode
Optional - do your wipes
If you have CMW
Go to install zip -> install zip from sideload
If you have TWRP
Go to advanced -> ADB sideload
connect the USB cable and run START.cmd
type "adb devices" to check if your phone is recognized and connected (skip if you know everything it's ok)
type "adb sideload kitkat.zip" (replace kitkat with zip's name)
Notes:
Ofc you need USB drivers
Ive tried that a couple times but always i get a "cannot read kitkat.zip" thing, any idea why?
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mastor10 said:
Ive tried that a couple times but always i get a "cannot read kitkat.zip" thing, any idea why?
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Umm... Did you replace "kitkat.zip" with the actual name of your zip file (or rename your zip to "kitkat.zip")? I know it might be a very stupid question, but I can only read your post, not your mind...
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Umm... Did you replace "kitkat.zip" with the actual name of your zip file (or rename your zip to "kitkat.zip")? I know it might be a very stupid question, but I can only read your post, not your mind...
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Of course man, all of the roms ive flashed was through sideload
mastor10 said:
Of course man, all of the roms ive flashed was through sideload
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Make a screenshot of what you're doing and error you get, this way will be easier for both.
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Make a screenshot of what you're doing and error you get, this way will be easier for both.
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there you go
i changed the name to zip but norhing happens
mastor10 said:
there you go
i changed the name to zip but norhing happens
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First, there is no way for a rom to use ".rar" extension. After, error means that the file couldn't be read (missing or corrupted). Also you may try my method which doesn't need android SDK, so there is no complications with wrong paths or such.
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First, there is no way for a rom to use ".rar" extension. After, error means that the file couldn't be read (missing or corrupted). Also you may try my method which doesn't need android SDK, so there is no complications with wrong paths or such.
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yes i know, but in there the rom is in rar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2762171
so i changed the rar to zip, also i downloaded the file 3 times and the same happens, ill try with your adb and see
also the others zips i flash through sideload from sdk works just fine, only in this rom i get the error
edit, nope the same happens
mastor10 said:
yes i know, but in there the rom is in rar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2762171
so i changed the rar to zip, also i downloaded the file 3 times and the same happens, ill try with your adb and see
also the others zips i flash through sideload from sdk works just fine, only in this rom i get the error
edit, nope the same happens
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Look at the screen I've attached. Are you sure your zip it's not the same have you checked it? I've highlighted the rom itself.
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Look at the screen I've attached. Are you sure your zip it's not the same have you checked it? I've highlighted the rom itself.
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this is what i download
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxtwB2oE42pDNFJsaGJ3ODNkWGM&export=download
from the topic i mention above, its the same, i rename it to a smaller name though
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this is what i download
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxtwB2oE42pDNFJsaGJ3ODNkWGM&export=download
from the topic i mention above, its the same, i rename it to a smaller name though
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Ok then simply extract "VDT-V20..." from that archieve. That's the zip you have to install via sideload!
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Ok then simply extract "VDT-V20..." from that archieve. That's the zip you have to install via sideload!
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this is whats inside the zip i download
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this is whats inside the zip i download
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It looks to me that your screenshot is showing contents of a ZIP inside a RAR. What @roscatel means, you should extract the ZIP from the RAR that you downloaded -- it's actually an archive packed inside another archive. After that, flash the ZIP you just extracted using any method (sideload, or from recovery as usual). Do NOT rename RAR to ZIP -- it doesn't make sense, and will most definitely NOT work.
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It looks to me that your screenshot is showing contents of a ZIP inside a RAR. What @roscatel means, you should extract the ZIP from the RAR that you downloaded -- it's actually an archive packed inside another archive. After that, flash the ZIP you just extracted using any method (sideload, or from recovery as usual). Do NOT rename RAR to ZIP -- it doesn't make sense, and will most definitely NOT work.
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hi my pc known my device but when i write adb sideload ...zip foul (stand) 0% and i watting 15 minuts for process but nothing happening . plz help me . my device is xperia tx.. plzzzzzzzzzzzzz
install the last TWRP (flash it via bootloader), same process by opening commande window in the folder (shift+right click: then open command) and tiping command: fastboot flash recovery (name of the file).img (like that: exemple: fastboot flash recovery lastTWRP.img)
it autorize MTP transfer, so you cas access your internal storage and copy the zip file
or retrieve backups from your phone
I'm using and side load on my lge
LM-x210MA an I keep getting these different errors do I need to flash more than a twrp.imf what about sys.img root.img root-boot.img this is all a lot to take in as a first timer go easy I'm not trolling just trying to learn
I was running Candy5 ROM ver. 2.5 and saw the thread for the 4.0 ROM. I downloaded it and Gapps and put it on the Fire HD. Rebooted into Recovery and into TWRP. That's when I did one of the most stupid things that I've ever done. I wanted a clean install from scratch. Unfortunately, I erased everything! When I realized what happened I rebooted and the screen goes through the two fire HD logos stopping at the last one. Is there ANYTHING I can do to get an operating Fire HD back up and running, Please!
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I was running Candy5 ROM ver. 2.5 and saw the thread for the 4.0 ROM. I downloaded it and Gapps and put it on the Fire HD. Rebooted into Recovery and into TWRP. That's when I did one of the most stupid things that I've ever done. I wanted a clean install from scratch. Unfortunately, I erased everything! When I realized what happened I rebooted and the screen goes through the two fire HD logos stopping at the last one. Is there ANYTHING I can do to get an operating Fire HD back up and running, Please!
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Try to reboot into TWRP (press + hold volume up as soon as you see the first logo, keep holding till you see the TWRP curtain). If you are successful, copy a ROM zip into the kindle's internal storage (gapps are optional, but I recommend you flash them along with your chosen ROM), flash it, reboot, and cross your fingers.
Thank you. I'm making some progress. Your instructions got me into TWRP (ver. 2.8.6). Next step is to get the PC to allow copying of the ROM file. TWRP does recognize that there is no operating system installed. Thanks again!
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Thank you. I'm making some progress. Your instructions got me into TWRP (ver. 2.8.6). Next step is to get the PC to allow copying of the ROM file. TWRP does recognize that there is no operating system installed. Thanks again!
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If you can't directly copy it, try adb sideload path/to/ROM.zip (enable sideloading in the advanced menu in TWRP first, or you'll get an error). Make sure you have adb drivers installed and working if your PC's running Windows. Good luck!
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If you can't directly copy it, try adb sideload path/to/ROM.zip (enable sideloading in the advanced menu in TWRP first, or you'll get an error). Make sure you have adb drivers installed and working if your PC's running Windows. Good luck!
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Adb sideload worked with the Candy5 4.0 ROM. The Gapps zip failed due to the file size being too great. I can tackle that after the ROM is installed. Another stupid question - any idea where the sideloaded ROM zip file would be internally? I explored using the TWRP file manager and all I have is the directory structure - no actual files. I probably looked in 50+ folders and they were all empty. I think there must be hundreds of directories and subdirectories. I found one folder named sideload thinking I had it but no luck. Worst case I can open every folder and hopefully find the ROM zip file.
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Adb sideload worked with the Candy5 4.0 ROM. The Gapps zip failed due to the file size being too great. I can tackle that after the ROM is installed. Another stupid question - any idea where the sideloaded ROM zip file would be internally? I explored using the TWRP file manager and all I have is the directory structure - no actual files. I probably looked in 50+ folders and they were all empty. I think there must be hundreds of directories and subdirectories. I found one folder named sideload thinking I had it but no luck. Worst case I can open every folder and hopefully find the ROM zip file.
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From the TWRP FAQ for the sideloading feature:
TWRP versions 2.8.2.0 and higher will stream the zip from your PC without storing it on your device. If you wish to store the zip on your device for later, you should not use sideload and instead use adb push or some other method to copy the zip to the device.
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Older TWRP versions used to store the zip file in /sdcard/sideload, but I think versions 2.8.2.0 and higher use it as a temporary buffer and delete the zip after flashing. If you're able to get Android up and running, then you should be able to connect it to your PC, copy the ROM and gapps zips over to the kindle without using adb, and flash the gapps.
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From the TWRP FAQ for the sideloading feature:
Older TWRP versions used to store the zip file in /sdcard/sideload, but I think versions 2.8.2.0 and higher use it as a temporary buffer and delete the zip after flashing. If you're able to get Android up and running, then you should be able to connect it to your PC, copy the ROM and gapps zips over to the kindle without using adb, and flash the gapps.
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Thanks very much for all of your advice and suggestions! I'm back up and running. The gapps package was causing an error 70 message. Once I found a smaller file it worked. It certainly was an excellent learning experience. Thank you again.