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[Q] Kindle Fire Root Help, URGENT!

I am having a serious problem with my Kindle Fire, I am worried that it has bricked. For the past month ive been trying to fix it and nothing ever worked out. What happened was I tried to root my kindle using Kindle Fire Utility, and everything seemed fine at first. I turned my Kindle on and everything was normal, then I turned it on again and all it does is flash on and off at the screen with a yellow triangle with a flame in the middle of the triangle and it says "press power button for recovery." The kindle does not respond to anything and it will not turn on unless connected to the computer and it will not turn off until i disconnect it. My computer also does not recognize my Kindle.
Kindle Fire Utility says to just switch it to normal mode by going the "fastboot menu" and simply switching it. But when i do the program just sits at the screen saying "waiting for device" and I think its because my computer simply will not recognize it.
Others have said to go in the command prompt and type "adb shell" but that wont work either. It says something like "adb is not recognizable as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. So i have no idea what to do there.
I never installed TWRP so i tried tonight, and I downloaded the image and i did what it tells me to do in the command prompt, but once again it would not me recognizable as an internal or external command.
Im all out of ideas and have not found a single person with the same problem as me and I need any help I can get from anyone. I GREATLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

Charged
Well I charged my Kindle overnight and it is staying on and i can turn it on and off whenever, i connected it to my computer and the computer found it but it couldnt find any drivers for the Kindle and it sort of ignores the Kindle. The Kindle fire utility still says "waiting for device" and when i try to install drivers from the Kindle fire Utility folder it tells me "There was no driver found for this machine" What should i do now?

Read this first...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567

Have you tryed holding the power button down for like 20 seconds to power it completely off then powering it back on?

Read it
I read the page and they said I can reverse it with SDK, or KFU. Ive tried with Kindle Fire Utility but how do i do it with SDK??

Thepooch said:
Have you tryed holding the power button down for like 20 seconds to power it completely off then powering it back on?
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Yes ive tried and it continues to do the same thing

I'm a little confused about the reverse it idea but the drivers were there before why aren't they now? If your referring to going through the process to set a the proper environment you need Java development kit then open the sdk manager and download tools and 2.3 platform and the Google driver this is a lot of excess bulk that may not be needed try using system restore to roll your computer back to a date before you messed with the driver's. Download a fresh copy of kfu rerun the driver without your kindle plugged in then see what you get.

SDK will let you do the same thing KFU does, only manually. If you can't get KFU to work, the SDK probably won't help.
In order for either to work, you need to make sure your drivers are in order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2

The yellow triangle your looking at is the bootloader which isn't bad but the fact that you don't have twrp installed and can't get past it and your computer either doesn't recognize or will not communicate with the device is bad. Your driver's must be functioning to make it past this via adb.

Thepooch said:
The yellow triangle your looking at is the bootloader which isn't bad but the fact that you don't have twrp installed and can't get past it and your computer either doesn't recognize or will not communicate with the device is bad. Your driver's must be functioning to make it past this via adb.
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Could I do it on a different computer then?

Many people have had success with that, yes.

Unsigned drivers
Well i tried on the new computer and it wouldnt let me download the drivers but i found out about changing the unsigned driver settings on my original computer but i have windows vista on the original one and windows XP on the other, the Windows XP computer was easy to see the unsigned driver setting(which didnt work out) but i cnat find it on the vista. Where is it located?

I also tried the code: bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
The cmd told me that my access was denied

soccerman9 said:
Well i tried on the new computer and it wouldnt let me download the drivers but i found out about changing the unsigned driver settings on my original computer but i have windows vista on the original one and windows XP on the other, the Windows XP computer was easy to see the unsigned driver setting(which didnt work out) but i cnat find it on the vista. Where is it located?
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http://www.google.com/search?mmns=0...action=devloc&q=disable+unsigned+driver+vista

soupmagnet said:
http://www.google.com/search?mmns=0...action=devloc&q=disable+unsigned+driver+vista
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It says i gotta choose a device/file, what file would it be? would it be the "install_drivers" in the kfu?

There should be two files:
android_winusb.inf & adb_usb.ini
...both are somewhere in the KFU/drivers folder

soupmagnet said:
There should be two files:
android_winusb.inf & adb_usb.ini
...both are somewhere in the KFU/drivers folder
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I found the adb_usb but there two of the other, they are called
androidwinusb86
&
androidwinusba64
Does it matter which one i choose?

Well i got the Google Usb driver installed, but the problem still remains where my kindle is connected and my computer says its finding a driver for it, but then my Kindle disconnects too fast and the computer cannot find any drivers because "the device was unplugged." I noticed that when i start the kindle while its connected the power button light is green, and thats when my computer sees the Kindle, but then the light turns orange and then the computer loses it. What should i do now?

That seems to be a typical problem with Vista. I'm not sure what causes it, but it would probably be beneficial for you to try a different computer, if you have one available.

No problems with drivers but stil not connected Kindle Fire

Hi guy,
I got this problem. When I plug my Kindle Fire into the laptop with the cable, of course I switched to USB debugging already, there is Android ADB Interface in my device management. However, when I start cmd and type adb devices --> there's no devices attached to my computers.
I re-plugged my Kindle Fire with the cable and click on turn on USB storage on the screen of KF, but it's still the same. There's no devices attached
I tried to re-run the install_drivers.bat (from KFU) but it has no results. It's still the same.
I think I have nothing wrong with the driver installation. It's kinda fine and I still can copy data in and out. However, I still tried to re-run the install_drivers in KFU and this is what I have (I rejected my Kindle Fire before re-running as your tutorial)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sk84tqhtwba7jz7/KF_Noti.jpg
I tried to use some commands and this is the result
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u85xoupskedmaui/KF_cmd.jpg
I dunno what to do right now to install a new ROM when it's not connected. Previously, everything was fine.
What can I do now? I need to install a new custom ROM.

Also make sure your not using a 3.0 USB port they have fast boot communication issues but likely you need to uninstall you driver then plug your kindle in and let them reinstall

I tried to uninstall it and plug it to computer to reinstall it manually. However, when I plugged it to computer, it automatically receives the driver that I had just uninstalled.
I tried to make an overlapping driver, hence I continued to reinstall manually but it is said that it is working properly.
For your further information.
1. Whenever I plug in my Kindle Fire, this is the notification that I have. I think this is an error
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mhaiklthdfo01/KF_NoDisk.jpg
2. This is an overlook at my Kindle Fire driver on my computer when I plug it in and set up the debugging
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nym7n0ygo2sfqay/KF_General.jpg

The driver shown in your picture is the fastboot driver. Generally indicating your device in fastboot mode for kfu it needs to read android composite adb interface . So if your device is in normal bootmode then this driver is incorrect.

Yep! I have the same thought with you. I think there is a problem with my driver. But what am I supposed to do right now?
I did uninstall and re-install driver, both manually and automatically. ( Is there anything that I can try now?
P/S: I still can copy data between computer and Kindle Fire. So I don't know what the hell is going with my driver

Here is an excellent tutorial post #2 on drivers maybe it will be of some help to you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

I did follow this tutorial, as the first step to start my Kindle Fire. I think I would try it again.
I would love to have your teamview. Thank you so much

[Q] I need help. Bad.

So, I tried searching for days on how to fix my problem.
A little while ago I rooted my Kindle Fire, and it was great. Then I did something. Not sure exactly what. But It ended up just doing nothing. When I boot up the Kindle it shows the blue and white Kindle Fire logo. Nothing else past that (unless I go to recovery.) Now, my computer doesnt recognize it anymore, even after doing most of the driver updates that people on here have said to do.
I need help, basically, getting it back to normal, so I can give rooting a try again. Now that I know what exactly I am dealing with, I can do this and not screw everything up.
First, the computer says the driver is installed, yet it doesnt recognize it.
Second, (before the driver mishap) KFU said it was connected but the adb was unknown.
Third, I have CWM and I tried to flash the normal Amazon update to bring it back, and it says"it cant open it (bad)".
Now, I would really like some help with this. I'm just at a complete lost.

Now should I put that into command prompt in the adb part? because it just says fastboot is not recognized.

Yes, It wont do that, it just says error: device not found. also says 'fastboot' is not recognized.

Now its just not connecting to the computer. I installed Android sdk and everything and its just not working. It says the driver is installed but there was an error because a problem had occurred. Any help? :crying:

As soon as you get tired messing with drivers you can move on to something that works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038

ManofFishFry said:
Yes, It wont do that, it just says error: device not found. also says 'fastboot' is not recognized.
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I hope u r on windows PC..
first after u set up adb, make sure u install adb drivers that came with kindle fire utility with ur kindle fire unplugged..if u had plugged in kindle fire while doing that, go to device manager and uninstall that device and its driver software and start up from beginning..
keep kf unplugged and install driver..u dont get usb debugging option in stock kf rom..its enabled if u have installed the drivers properly..ur kindle fire appears as android phone in device manager if everything u hav done is correct..
then boot up ur kf..that blue and white kf logo is of firefirefire bootloader..i hope its v1.4a and u see it on right top of the screen..if its stuck there then open command prompt as administrator on ur pc..connect ur kf to pc..type in to cmd
Code:
fastboot devices
if u see something under list of devices attached that will be ur kindle fire(unless some other android device is connected in fastboot mode lol)
Because kindle fire, as far as i know, can only boot into 3 bootmodes(normal, recovery, fastboot) unless u have altered the partition table to install different roms and multiboot ur kindle fire..
if fastboot command is not recognized, try setting the path to where fastboot.exe is present in KFU folder
alternatively u can go to folder where fastboot.exe is located and right click while holding shift and selecting 'open command window here' and fastboot needs to firefirefire bootloader to be installed on ur kindle fire..
also u can try this..
JUST GO TO RECOVERY..twrp has always been a better recovery software than cwm based thing available for kindle fire at least for me..if u go to recovery, ur kf will definitely show up as an adb device..u can change the bootmode using this..just type in:
Code:
adb devices
if ur kf is seen as in recovery then type this in cmd
Code:
idme bootmode 4000
reboot
just report if this worked..

okay well, I deleted all the drivers and started from the beginning. Yet, after running the install_driver.bat I plugged my Kindle in and it still says device not recognized. Now, you how can get adb working? It is coming up as unknown device. Its just seeming like theres something wrong on the kindle part. But hey, what do I know. haha

lol try what will work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038

But doesn't that require linux? I have windows 7. Is there something like that for windows?

Thepooch said:
lol try what will work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038
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Hi i have the same problem but the only thing is that my device is actually verified by the coputer and can connect via usb mount but when i try to install a ROM it says unable to mount and cannot install rom but i see there is something for fixing mounting problems there in soupkit so i'll give it a try.

This is what I get when I try to install the driver....

To run soupkit all you need is at least a 2 gig usb flash drive ubuntu 12.04 32 bit and universal usb creator. By the way your problem with the driver is you (or how you`re going about it), You would trip if I got on your computer and got it to work or could at least tell you why its not working. that`s why I suggested soupkit if you would of actually read the information I gave you, I wouldn`t have had to tell you twice and you would know that to use it it`s not required to be installed on your computer. But hey catch me online I can either help you fight through windows crappy drivers or help you set up soupkit I`m always game for a challenge When updating the driver you need to point it to the 32 bit version of the driver for instance on my computer it`s located here C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\Kindle_Fire_Utility_v0.9.6\Kindle Fire Utility\drivers. After it`s ran unplug and replug device if that doesn`t work power off and power on while connected this generally does the trick when windows finally catches on it will install android adb interface, this is the fastboot driver (if you`re stuck in fastboot). Then select option 1 in KFU for changing bootmodes, then option 1 for normal if it does nothing power off and power on while connected it should then detect the kindle and reset the bootmode to normal. Pm me later I will be online all evening and most every evening I will help you sort it out.

Josepho1997 said:
Whoops! Somehow my post was posted twice. I didn't even get to see your reply. Sorry!
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium
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this is what I get when I try this... (btw im working with firefirefire. its got the blue and white kindle fire.)

Why don't you let me take a look?

Dark__king said:
Hi i have the same problem but the only thing is that my device is actually verified by the coputer and can connect via usb mount but when i try to install a ROM it says unable to mount and cannot install rom but i see there is something for fixing mounting problems there in soupkit so i'll give it a try.
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Yes soupkit can fix mounting problems.

This is a very interesting issue with this Kindle windows detects it as unknown usb device, drivers are installed properly from what I can see. Ubuntu with soupkit ran on it fails to detect it in recovery or fastboot. multiple cables tried, lsusb doesn`t show the device connected. I really think this one the computer is the problem, because it`s the only unchanged variable.

Firekit may be the only option if Linux won't detect the device. Before doing that, make sure a USB 3.0 port isn't being used and try a fresh install of Linux to be safe. Otherwise, it seems putting it in USBboot is the only option for getting Linux to detect.
I'm not exactly sure what causes the unknown device error, but it almost always means there is something wrong with the bootloader, and it seems as though Windows might be the main culprit. Not sure why exactly, but it may be similar to the problem soulweeper51 had. Possibly a hardware issue involving the computer's USB port or the motherboard itself.

@ManoFishFry has doomlords cwm recovery and he flashed JB at first I thought it was an issue with cwm not being detected but the fact that it`s not detected in fastboot raised my eyebrows. The bootloader appears to be functional but I cannot rule out any minor state of being broken in another fashion when lsusb returns null. The computer doing the work had never been used prior to the incident so driver install didn`t take place till after the fact. The usb ports are all either 1.0 or 2.0 no 3.0 ports are being used. An alternate computer would be nice to rule out the computer itself @ManoFishFry only has a dinosour of an xp machine as alternate use of is not possible yet, not that it would even be possible to install drivers because of the typical unsigned driver failure of xp and booting ubuntu isn`t happening at the moment on this machine.

I'm willing to bet it is the bootloader.
Just USBboot and get it over with.

We did try usb boot once but it didn`t work will keep trying.

[Q] Failed ROM Flash - Kindle can't connect via usb

I apologize ahead but I have not been able to find a thread that addresses my problem.
Kindle Fire (1st gen)
Rooted with KFU, installed FFF, TWRP, Go Launcher and Gaaps. Worked perfectly.
Attempted to flash hashcode's JB ROM with Goo manager and made a mistake.
Attempted to boot to system and all that will show is the Rolling Triangles splash screen
continuously.
I can boot to TWRP.. I want to start over and flash the Amazon update 6.3.1 but my
Windows 7 PC cannot connect to the Kindle over usb. Fastboot seems to connect
(returns "Kindle" on fastboot getvar product) ADB does not show any devices attached.
I have deleted and reinstalled drivers - Windows does not recognize the Kindle.
Will a factory cable allow my PC to recognize my stuck Kindle?

Which version of twrp are you using?
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda app-developers app

A factory cable will only put your device in fastboot. If you plug the kindle in while in recovery it should install the correct drivers. Try connecting to your computer and selecting mount and hit the big button to access your sdcard contents, where you can transfer a new rom zip to it. I wouldn`t attempt to flash stock unless you research prior many brick their devices and then a factory cable is needed. Did you wipe before flashing? If so how and what?

Also, do you have FireFireFire installed?

Thank you for your replies!
I have FFF installed
TWRP is 2.3
I did do a cache wipe and factory reset within TWRP
I did see this morning manofFishfry posting "[Q] I need help bad"
and it seems he was having a nearly identical problem with USB
connection.
I will attempt thepooch's recommendation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1850038
I will post any progress I make.
Many thanks
M

TWRP 2.3 is your issue if you do get ubuntu setup with Soupkit simply replace 2.3 with 2.2.2.1 and rewipe and reflash another rom.

Thepooch said:
TWRP 2.3 is your issue if you do get ubuntu setup with Soupkit simply replace 2.3 with 2.2.2.1 and rewipe and reflash another rom.
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Looks like I'm still stuck then - I've only got Win7 on my PC - unbuntu is WAY out of my league.
I'll try Zombiepiratez unbrick utility
M

It`s not that far out of your league. Use universal usb creator to make a live usb with persistent run soupkit on it reboot the usb Your in like flin If you want help I can help you at some point to get this done.

Thepooch said:
It`s not that far out of your league. Use universal usb creator to make a live usb with persistent run soupkit on it reboot the usb Your in like flin If you want help I can help you at some point to get this done.
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I removed the Kindle drivers from my Laptop PC and then connected my son's unrooted stock KF1. It was recognized, the drivers loaded, and I loaded the KFU drivers and updated them no problem. I ran KFU and got 4000 on the code.
I then plugged in my "stuck in TWRP/FFF/JB Splash Screen" rooted KF1 and the PC sees it as a removable memory device. It prompts me to load it with media when I double click on it. KFU can't find it. ADB can't find it. Fastboot can get "Kindle" from getvar product, but nothing else.
What can I do next?
Thanks!

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Micah461 said:
I removed the Kindle drivers from my Laptop PC and then connected my son's unrooted stock KF1. It was recognized, the drivers loaded, and I loaded the KFU drivers and updated them no problem. I ran KFU and got 4000 on the code.
I then plugged in my "stuck in TWRP/FFF/JB Splash Screen" rooted KF1 and the PC sees it as a removable memory device. It prompts me to load it with media when I double click on it. KFU can't find it. ADB can't find it. Fastboot can get "Kindle" from getvar product, but nothing else.
What can I do next?
Thanks!
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One new thing: I mounted the SD card using TWRP, then my Win 7 Laptop could connect to my Kindle via usb as an external drive. Win 7
then siad the drive needed reformatting. KFU still would not connect.

would the soupkit help in this situation? I had the same problem but figured out the whole mounting from TWRP and it worked for me

Micah461 said:
One new thing: I mounted the SD card using TWRP, then my Win 7 Laptop could connect to my Kindle via usb as an external drive. Win 7
then siad the drive needed reformatting. KFU still would not connect.
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Your sdcard issue and ADB issue are two completely unrelated things. The ADB issue is due to the way Windows handles drivers. Fix the driver problem or use SoupKit/Linux.
The sdcard issue is due to your sdcard losing its formatting somehow. You'll have to reformat (quick format, block size 4096) in order to use it again. You will lose all data on the sdcard BTW.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"

Huzzah! Success in spite of myself!
Many thanks to each of the experts that each gave me nuggets of info that eventually
unbricked my KF1.
I last posted that Win 7 would see my Kindle when I used TWRP to mount the SD card.
It prompted for me to "format the device" and feeling I had nothing to lose - selected
default settings and quick format.
This then opened a File Manager window giving me access to the SDcard folder on the KF1.
I had downloaded the Stock update from Amazon update-kindle-6.3.1_D01E_4107720.bin
On another thread - Soupmagnet had said to rename this BIN file to a ZIP - which I did.
I shortened the file name to update-kindle-6.3.1.zip.
I de-mounted the SDcard folder in TWRP.
I wiped the Dalvic and did a factory reset.
I navigated to the Install screen and it found the update file and installed it.
UNBRICKED!
Thanks again for the tireless help you guys give.
Micah461

Odd Problem

So as the title suggests I have a bit of problem.
Problem: Kindle fire (gen1 6.3.2) won't show up on adb or as a connected device (Windows 7, previously worked fine)
How I got there.....
So I ran KFU 9.8+ so I could root and install JellyBean
It was
< waiting for device >
trying to install fff
and it was taking a long time so I closed the window to try again.
This left my kindle in fastboot.
After trying KFU again it wouldn't recognize the device.
So I used fastboot and booted into twrp off of my computer.
From there I got to the regular twrp screen, and decided it would be a good idea to root my device from twrp.
So it booted up and I got a notification to finish the root process, which it prompted me to download SuperSu.
It booted up and tried to install the update.zip which failed and booted up normally.
So now I can't connect over adb, and windows 7 doesn't recognize it at all.
I'm trying to find a way to get firefirefire on it so it won't fail when it tries to root itself.
I did a system restore on my kindle, notification still pops up.
I tried booting it into fastboot with KFU, without luck.
As of now the kindle boots pretty much normally and works fine except for connecting over usb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What i would do of i were you is uninstall everything on your computer that is related to the kindle. Do you have another computer you can this Kindle on to make sure that it isn't a driver instead of your computer.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda app-developers app

-SubSonic- said:
What i would do of i were you is uninstall everything on your computer that is related to the kindle. Do you have another computer you can this Kindle on to make sure that it isn't a driver instead of your computer.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda app-developers app
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Oddly enough my kindle shows up just fine on my mac, and a win7 desktop.
Although on the windows machine there was a problem installing drivers, but it still popped up as a removable drive.
Do you think i'd be able to run KFU on it again without any hiccups?
Also along with that, how long should I let it run?
Is this a 5 minute procedure or like 30min?

HypothermicInferno said:
Oddly enough my kindle shows up just fine on my mac, and a win7 desktop.
Although on the windows machine there was a problem installing drivers, but it still popped up as a removable drive.
Do you think i'd be able to run KFU on it again without any hiccups?
Also along with that, how long should I let it run?
Is this a 5 minute procedure or like 30min?
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You can check to see if ADB sees the device. If it does then you should be able to use KFU. It's been a while since i used the KFU as i have been rooted for a few months and have forgotten what it has inside it.
I will recommend to always check your adb and make sure it works because from ADB you can tell the device to do a variety of different things. This came extremely helpful when i was working on my gf's Insprie 4G and i by accident froze the device.
Also, this procedure is really fast. I've rooted a bunch of devices and they all take no more then 10 mins. Unless you have an HTC device and have to get the bootloader unlock from HTC (as in the Inspire).