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[Q] Kindle with no OS

I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.

have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I thought I already tried that but I went back and fiddle with a few settings and got access to my kindle, I went looking for the kindle 6.2.2 stock rom and couldn't find a download, I need to find a stock download because brother plans on selling this kindle, I'm only helping because I was the one who rooted and put android 4.0 on there.
TLR; Where can I get kindle fire stock rom at?

One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072

Bacondroid said:
One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;
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Lol one does simply delete an entire is. I made this same mistake and had to push a is to my kindle while in fastboot mode through adb. Took awhile for me to think of it but it finnally worked and I fixed it.
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OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device

threed42 said:
OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device
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This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555

soupmagnet said:
This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555
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I mean, I got there, but there is no OS installed on my kindle fire

Okay, I realize I tend to come off a little "jerky" sometimes, but I really am trying to help. When you hijack a thread that's several months old and post a problem that seemingly has nothing to do with the OP, only to later reveal that there is much more to your problem (even after being suggested to do it differently), it makes other people that would normally be willing to help, think twice about getting involved. Nobody wants to have to ask 50 different questions to get to the root of the problem. You need to realize that the people who would help, probably don't want to do more work than absolutely necessary. And you should be respectful of that if you want some quality assistance from the people who might be able to solve your problem.
So once again, and respectfully, I suggest you click on the link I gave you, read it, do any suggested research and follow the directions given in the post.

Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.

jgrun8732 said:
Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.
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[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?

soupmagnet said:
[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?
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I actually figured everything out about 2 hours after my post. In order to get the Kindle recognized by my pc I had to change it over to USB composite device then I was able to load a ROM on it and I am now enjoying jelly bean 4.1 on the kindle now. I have not been able to restore the kindle os but I am assuming that if I look long enough for the kernal and firmware I will be able to restore it. Not that I have any plans to seeing as I have a dedicated android tablet now that does everything I want it and need to do anyways, I read on the kindle for like 3 months when it first came out, not worried about reading on it any more besides there's an app for it. Anyways thanks for the reply.

Hi, sorry if it is bad manners to post in threats months old but I am also having a similar problem with my kindle fire.
Today I spent hours rooting it and trying to get the google play store to work on it - all in a dangerously haphazard manner. It was really reckless of me.
Somewhere in the process I used KFU 0.9.9 after restoring to stock and re-rooting, then after a reboot the OS would't show up. it seemed like it loaded and everything but I couldn't see anything after it loaded past TWRP. I wiped system, and now am without an OS and only TWRP to use.
Some details:
Mounting works
Flashing stock is NOT WORKING. This is my main problem. I don't know any other method of restoring an OS; I do not know how sideloading with ADB works, or if that would help at all.
Much apologies in advanced for my juvenile-ty

thanks
DJLamontagneIII said:
have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I count believe I was forgetting to mount Thanks

I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
thanks

iamchaos said:
I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
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figured it out formatted and was able to load rom and flash.
Thanks

No idea What I need to do
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.

Csnoopy35 said:
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.
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it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
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I have the newest version I think?
sd_shadow said:
it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
Sent from my KFFOWI using XDA Labs
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[Q] Kind Fire Bricked at Yellow Triangle....What Now???

So Ive read multiple threads from this forum and tried the suggested methods and nothing has worked at all. My Kindle Fire is stuck at the Yelllow triangle logo and I have no clue how to get it back working at this point. I originally rooted using BreakDroid using Clockwork recovery and was successful running the Energy ICS Rom.
I attempted to flash the Miui ICS Rom and thats where it went all bad and has been stuck at the Yellow Triangle ever since. I've tried to use the KFU 0.9.6 but my computer only recognizes the kindle as a "android phone" but doesn't see that's it plugged in. KFU states that it's waiting for device when trying to run any of the commands and I have reboot to get it to proceed but none of the commands work and only return me back to a frozen triangle screen everytime.
So I need some serious advise on how to start over and get my kindle fire back to stock and out of this dreadful yellow triangle screen thats haunting me! Please post any instructions based on your experiences or expertise.
Please Please Please Help!
Thanks in advance.....

Are you able to access recovery?

soupmagnet said:
Are you able to access recovery?
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Nope not at all everytime I press the button and it turns orange nothing happens and it completely freezes and I have to reboot completely.

How comfortable are you with fastboot commands?

soupmagnet said:
How comfortable are you with fastboot commands?
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Not the best but if you have some instructions I'm sure I can figure it out lol at this point I have no choice

You have two different problems.
1. Stuck in fastboot mode
2. Bad drivers
Read this guide: (post #s 1, 2, and 3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
...that will get you started.

soupmagnet said:
You have two different problems.
1. Stuck in fastboot mode
2. Bad drivers
Read this guide: (post #s 1, 2, and 3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
...that will get you started.
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I used the Kindle Fire Utility and did option #1 to boot normal mode but it didn't work but I'll these methods and post some feedback on it....thanks a lot

soupmagnet said:
You have two different problems.
1. Stuck in fastboot mode
2. Bad drivers
Read this guide: (post #s 1, 2, and 3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
...that will get you started.
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I understand all of that info but doesn't really lay out any steps to take to fix the issues I'm having. I'm not a newbie to rooting this is just the first time I've experienced this particular problem

Disregard

Thepooch said:
Disregard
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Thanks for the positive advice

I wrote some but later recinded it because I didnt feel it fully applied. but as I see you did a bad flash with clockwork mod when the newer roms need to be flashed with twrp from all I have read. Your situation screams drivers as well as soup says. If you can access recovery what about your backup? lemme guess didnt make one? You can use kfu to change your boot mode but first you need adb working my suggestion plug your kindle in run the drivers see if it doesnt show up in kfu.But that doesnt fix what corrupted your system that caused your bootloop in the first place. Really all you can do is get adb going to push some files to your sd card to work with unless perhaps with some magic you regain access to usb mass storage. All this teeters on your ability to get into recovery as well.

Thepooch said:
I wrote some but later recinded it because I didnt feel it fully applied. but as I see you did a bad flash with clockwork mod when the newer roms need to be flashed with twrp from all I have read. Your situation screams drivers as well as soup says. If you can access recovery what about your backup? lemme guess didnt make one? You can use kfu to change your boot mode but first you need adb working my suggestion plug your kindle in run the drivers see if it doesnt show up in kfu.But that doesnt fix what corrupted your system that caused your bootloop in the first place. Really all you can do is get adb going to push some files to your sd card to work with unless perhaps with some magic you regain access to usb mass storage. All this teeters on your ability to get into recovery as well.
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I actually got it fixed using breakdroid and thank god it worked but thanks for the advice I know exactly what not to do the next time

Had a similar problem brickoid sorted me
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aokp on neak yo!

[Q] Kindle fire wont work I cant install twrp no OS just Stuck at Kindle Fire Logo

The only thing I can do is get the device status to go online. It's recognizable on my computer devices. But I can't open it. Only right click. Iv tried fast boot. Iv tried installing twrp manually. But I always get stuck at waiting for device. When the Kindle reboots reconnects and disconnects and then reconnects. But all I see is the kindle fire logo. It can sit there for hours like that. Iv tried Soupkit. But that didn't work because it said the device was offline even it actually wasn't. Iv tried everything unless someone has an idea. It has no OS to boot to. So thats the reason. It must be. I void the warranty obviously by rooting. But I'm not here for admitting I did a stupid move of actually rooting when you dont know what your doing. If someone can leave a suggestion. I'd appreciate the suggestion. thanks

nobleman221 said:
The only thing I can do is get the device status to go online. It's recognizable on my computer devices. But I can't open it. Only right click. Iv tried fast boot. Iv tried installing twrp manually. But I always get stuck at waiting for device. When the Kindle reboots reconnects and disconnects and then reconnects. But all I see is the kindle fire logo. It can sit there for hours like that. Iv tried Soupkit. But that didn't work because it said the device was offline even it actually wasn't. Iv tried everything unless someone has an idea. It has no OS to boot to. So thats the reason. It must be. I void the warranty obviously by rooting. But I'm not here for admitting I did a stupid move of actually rooting when you dont know what your doing. If someone can leave a suggestion. I'd appreciate the suggestion. thanks
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Does your Kindle Fire logo stay brightly lit or at any point does it flash and/or go dim?

soupmagnet said:
Does your Kindle Fire logo stay brightly lit or at any point does it flash and/or go dim?
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brightly lit

nobleman221 said:
brightly lit
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Okay, are you using a Linux VM, LiveUSB or full normal Linux install on your PC?

soupmagnet said:
Okay, are you using a Linux VM, LiveUSB or full normal Linux install on your PC?
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full normal linux, Ubuntu 12.10`

nobleman221 said:
full normal linux, Ubuntu 12.10`
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Are you using a USB 3.0 port?

soupmagnet said:
Are you using a USB 3.0 port?
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Noob question how do you tell

nobleman221 said:
Noob question how do you tell
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How old is your computer?
In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.

nobleman221 said:
Noob question how do you tell
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If you have to ask then 99% likely you don't have one.
If you bought your computer in the last 6 months then maybe.

soupmagnet said:
How old is your computer?
In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.
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Acer Aspire 5742. 3 years old.

nobleman221 said:
Acer Aspire 5742. 3 years old.
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Nope. No way to possibly have a USB 3 port on that.

TheNetwork said:
Nope. No way to possibly have a USB 3 port on that.
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So Is my kindle gone for good?

nobleman221 said:
So Is my kindle gone for good?
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No. Did you follow the instructions I gave you previously?
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In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.
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Ok, Im able to get the ADB device status to online in Soupkit. But where do I a start from exactly. do i got to bootmenu or what.

nobleman221 said:
Ok, Im able to get the ADB device status to online in Soupkit. But where do I a start from exactly. do i got to bootmenu or what.
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Install menu > install TWRP...or COTR...your choice.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2

The kindle status is online. Should the kindle be off or not. Also when I run twrp install on the terminal. Its running nothing but words. How long does this take. Also do I need WiFi while doing this.
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nobleman221 said:
The kindle status is online. Should the kindle be off or not. Also when I run twrp install on the terminal. Its running nothing but words. How long does this take. Also do I need WiFi while doing this.
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"It's running nothing but words." Hmm...interesting.
You have to understand that I cannot see your device and I definitely can't see these "words" you're talking about. I have no idea what you've done and you still haven't told me whether you understood the instructions I gave you to install FFF or whether or not you succeeded in doing so. So unless you are able to provide me some usable information, we're just going to go around in circles here.
Aside from that, ADB is not going to do you any good until you get TWRP installed. You won't get TWRP installed until you follow the instructions I gave you to get FireFireFire installed. In case you missed it...for the second time...I'll try to explain it a little better.
If you had read the SoupKit thread, you would find that the stock bootloader doesn't work like it should in regards to accepting fastboot commands. The command "fastboot devices" doesn't work, so the SoupKit, will always say "Device Offline". Other fastboot commands will work, but you have to enter the command, turn the device off (hold power button for 10 seconds), then turn it back on. I also explained in the SoupKit thread (and here...twice), that if you have the stock bootloader installed and you get "Device Offline", to choose an option anyway and follow the instructions it gives you (which will be to turn the device off, then back on, etc).
Now, considering you have not given me any information regarding the success or failure of those instructions, I'll have to assume you either didn't read or you didn't understand them. That being said, let's go back and try it again.

soupmagnet said:
"It's running nothing but words." Hmm...interesting.
You have to understand that I cannot see your device and I definitely can't see these "words" you're talking about. I have no idea what you've done and you still haven't told me whether you understood the instructions I gave you to install FFF or whether or not you succeeded in doing so. So unless you are able to provide me some usable information, we're just going to go around in circles here.
Aside from that, ADB is not going to do you any good until you get TWRP installed. You won't get TWRP installed until you follow the instructions I gave you to get FireFireFire installed. In case you missed it...for the second time...I'll try to explain it a little better.
If you had read the SoupKit thread, you would find that the stock bootloader doesn't work like it should in regards to accepting fastboot commands. The command "fastboot devices" doesn't work, so the SoupKit, will always say "Device Offline". Other fastboot commands will work, but you have to enter the command, turn the device off (hold power button for 10 seconds), then turn it back on. I also explained in the SoupKit thread (and here...twice), that if you have the stock bootloader installed and you get "Device Offline", to choose an option anyway and follow the instructions it gives you (which will be to turn the device off, then back on, etc).
Now, considering you have not given me any information regarding the success or failure of those instructions, I'll have to assume you either didn't read or you didn't understand them. That being said, let's go back and try it again.
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i did read the instructions. But the terminal runs a bunch of commands rapidly so fast I cant read it. I have my WiFi turned on and when I enter the command to install TWRP the terminal window just runs and that's the end of it, it runs in an endless loop jumbled words. My Kindle fire connects making 3 connect/disconnect sounds when plugged in my computer. And Still is stuck at the boot logo with no signs of change.

nobleman221 said:
i did read the instructions. But the terminal runs a bunch of commands rapidly so fast I cant read it. I have my WiFi turned on and when I enter the command to install TWRP the terminal window just runs and that's the end of it, it runs in an endless loop jumbled words. My Kindle fire connects making 3 connect/disconnect sounds when plugged in my computer. And Still is stuck at the boot logo with no signs of change.
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You can scroll up through the terminal to get the outputs of the previous commands. Regardless, if you ran the option to install FireFireFire, it would sit at "waiting for device" until you shut the device down and turn it back on.

soupmagnet said:
You can scroll up through the terminal to get the outputs of the previous commands. Regardless, if you ran the option to install FireFireFire, it would sit at "waiting for device" until you shut the device down and turn it back on.
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"Your shell is either missing or corrupt shell making it impossible to change from the inside of the system your \nshell must be installed properly before you can proceed any further, the only way to do this is firefirefire." Is what was being spammed in the terminal. I couldent copy and paste the the thing because everytime I clicked inside the terminal the instructions dissappeared.

[Q] kindle fire stuck in fastboot (i think)

So last night I decided to try and root the kindle fire to install custom recover and ROM. However everything went wrong. When I tried to use the one click utility I pressed one and booted into normal mode. Nothing happened so I read that you need to be in fastboot. So I re tried and pressed 2 to place device in fast boot and then it got stuck on the logo screen. I have been doing as much research as I can to fix this issue and can't figure out what to do. I do not have Linux nor have I ever used it but a couple times, I was using a gs4 charger to install root which I now think was a bad idea, the computer says waiting on device and can't connect to utility to go back to normal mode, I tried unplugging it and plugging it back in and tried to get some sort of connection but nothing and finally I do not understand adb and how to properly use cmd to manually do much. If anyone can help me in this situation and run me through some steps to fix it I would appreciate it so much. Thanks

Did you install your adb drivers?

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Did you install your adb drivers?
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I believe I did. I tried to install the drivers that came with the utility and it failed. I went to Google and searched amazon kindle fire drivers windows 8 and found two sets of drivers one called amazon kindle fire and USB drivers. Is that the adv drivers?

Did you disable driver signature verification on W8 before installing the drivers?

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Did you disable driver signature verification on W8 before installing the drivers?
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I did not do that.

XBMC4LIFE said:
I did not do that.
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Well, that may be part of your problem.

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Well, that may be part of your problem.
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If i can get the drivers intigratged with kfu to work do you think that adb status will go online and boot status change from unknown?

XBMC4LIFE said:
If i can get the drivers intigratged with kfu to work do you think that adb status will go online and boot status change from unknown?
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So i did what you said and vwallaaa it works again. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!! i have been stressing my brain out all day. thank you.

[Q] KF Gen 1 Boot Loop KFU

Hey guys, I've been lurking pretty hard the past couple days and can't find a thread that addresses my question, so here goes:
I have a 1st gen Kindle Fire that I don't sue and wanted to put a ROM on it. I grabbed KFU v0.9.6, used the install drivers bat, then I believe I ran permanent root with superuser and TWRP recovery install. This all worked, I used TWRP to create a backup, restored my kindle to factory, and then I put the latest Cyanogenmod rom on it and installed that. This is the point that I'm at now, where I can start my kindle and it boots, but I can't get into recovery mode (I didn't install FireFireFire because I didn't know what it was) and so it boots from the kindle logo to Cyanogenmod, where it hangs as long as I keep it powered on. I've tried reinstalling drivers and running KFU in hopes I can get adb shell to recognize it, and although it does say it's "Online", the boot status is unknown, so it isn't able to reboot it, and adb shell just doesn't recognize it, although adb devices does.
I hope that all made sense, let me know if I need to elaborate on anything or post any screen shots, as I'd be glad to, I just don't know what you need. I'm hoping I haven't bricked it, and that there's some way to get the kindle file system recognized or something, but I haven't been able to figure it out on my own.
Thanks for the help, and again feel free to ask for any sort of info/screenshots.
(Windows 7 x64, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, KFU v0.9.6)

Never Mind

Try KFUBU.
I believe that its not bricked. Try using Kindle Fire Unbrick utility. Pretty neat and easy to use..
I think you should have installed FireFireFire and used the latest KFU, though. Just an opinion.
Anyways, try out the Unbrick Utility. I can't post links here as I'm a new member!
Hit "Thanks" if I helped!

Yea, that's what I figured. I think I had a tutorial from when KFU didn't need firefirefire? I could be making that up. Anyway, thanks for the idea, I'll hopefully try that in the next hour, otherwise I'll be back in a week since I'm gonna be out of town.
Thanks!