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[Q] Installed ICS, now I can't copy files to the kindle

hi!
I just installed hashcode's plain rom and kernel. Very nice, all is good except I can't play fluffy birds because the kindle won't go full screen, so when you click the play button nothing happens.
Unfortunately, this is a deal breaker, as it is the only game my wife wants to play, and it's her kindle. (lol, if she ain't happy, nobody is happy.- I switched from stock so I could plug a keyboard into the fire)
So I went looking for a rom that will go full screen and actually hide the task bar. I downloaded gegeROM to my computer, but when I plug the kindle in, it doesn't appear on my hard drive list, so I can't copy the file over.
KFU works fine, sees it, installed google aps, etc. So it's all still working. When it was stock I just copied the files over in windows and installed using twrp.
1) Why can't I do that now?
2) How do I make it work?
Thanks!

One thing you can try, is uninstall the rivers you have now for the kindle, then plug your kindle back into the computer and let the drivers reinstall
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berighteous said:
hi!
I just installed hashcode's plain rom and kernel. Very nice, all is good except I can't play fluffy birds because the kindle won't go full screen, so when you click the play button nothing happens.
Unfortunately, this is a deal breaker, as it is the only game my wife wants to play, and it's her kindle. (lol, if she ain't happy, nobody is happy.- I switched from stock so I could plug a keyboard into the fire)
So I went looking for a rom that will go full screen and actually hide the task bar. I downloaded gegeROM to my computer, but when I plug the kindle in, it doesn't appear on my hard drive list, so I can't copy the file over.
KFU works fine, sees it, installed google aps, etc. So it's all still working. When it was stock I just copied the files over in windows and installed using twrp.
1) Why can't I do that now?
2) How do I make it work?
Thanks!
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You can put into recovery and transfer files.

berighteous said:
hi!
I just installed hashcode's plain rom and kernel. Very nice, all is good except I can't play fluffy birds because the kindle won't go full screen, so when you click the play button nothing happens.
Unfortunately, this is a deal breaker, as it is the only game my wife wants to play, and it's her kindle. (lol, if she ain't happy, nobody is happy.- I switched from stock so I could plug a keyboard into the fire)
So I went looking for a rom that will go full screen and actually hide the task bar. I downloaded gegeROM to my computer, but when I plug the kindle in, it doesn't appear on my hard drive list, so I can't copy the file over.
KFU works fine, sees it, installed google aps, etc. So it's all still working. When it was stock I just copied the files over in windows and installed using twrp.
1) Why can't I do that now?
2) How do I make it work?
Thanks!
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Don't know about gederom, but in the base ROM from hashcode, there is an option you can change. Go to settings-> System-> status bar-> check off the auto hide option under General. That should hide the status bar and let you go full screen. Doesn't work for every app but does work for many of them. Very likely you have the same or equivalent option in your ROM.

Well everything WAS working 5 minutes before installing ics. I made a backup and dumped the whole kindle to my computer, before wiping everything, copying the rom to the sd card and installing in twrp.

leswgnr said:
Don't know about gederom, but in the base ROM from hashcode, there is an option you can change. Go to settings-> System-> status bar-> check off the auto hide option under General. That should hide the status bar and let you go full screen. Doesn't work for every app but does work for many of them. Very likely you have the same or equivalent option in your ROM.
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I did that in hash's rom. It didn't do anything. That's why I wanted to try another rom, but I can't copy it to the kindle in windows anymore. Adb works, I probably could push the file on, but I want to be able to see the kindle in windows like I did with stock.
To clarify: I'm running hash's stock ICS. I can't copy another rom to the kindle in windows because the kindle doesn't show up on "My Computer" in windows, like it did a half hour or so ago when I was running stock.

berighteous said:
I did that in hash's rom. It didn't do anything. That's why I wanted to try another rom, but I can't copy it to the kindle in windows anymore. Adb works, I probably could push the file on, but I want to be able to see the kindle in windows like I did with stock.
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Adb push will work. If you want to see the kindle in windows, you can boot into recovery and mount the sdcard. That should let you see it and easily copy files back and forth.

berighteous said:
Well everything WAS working 5 minutes before installing ics. I made a backup and dumped the whole kindle to my computer, before wiping everything, copying the rom to the sd card and installing in twrp.
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Did you read my post? Put your Kindle in recovery and then mount your SD card.

veeman said:
Did you read my post? Put your Kindle in recovery and then mount your SD card.
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I didn't see your post, sorry. That works great. Thanks. Twrp is so cool.

responce
I had the same issue just 2 days ago when I rooted my kindle fire. The recovery boot seems a bit excessive to me......
I personally run a FTP server which Is a real nice way to wirelessly get ur files out to your kindle but also to virtually every other device in your house. I use esfileexplorer which has an FTP client built in.
Has been working seemlessly

I see you got it working but if I was you I would skip all the cable nonsense when dealing with the MTP file system ICS uses and download airdroid from the market. Fire it up, enter what it tells you in a browser on your computer and transfer your files over wifi.
Also, windows 7 doesn't seem to have issues with MTP like windows xp does for me.

JB ROM Corrupted Kindle Books

Hey All,
I have recently flashed twa_priv's CM10 ROM (20120824-2036-Linaro) on my kindle fire and I'm super impressed with the speed and functionality. I do however have a problem with the Kindle book app corrupting books after what seems like a 24hr period. I am able to open the app, register the device, download books and read them without problems. After some amount of time, I can open the kindle book reading app and I am prompted with an "Invalid Item" error message. I can re-download the corrupted books without trouble but the problem resurfaces the next day. As far as I can tell this is either a DRM type problem or something has possibly goofed up the internal storage of the kindle fire. I have also tried the JandyCane ROM with similar results. Both ROM flashes were factory/data reset, cache wiped and dalvik wiped. On this newest attempt I am also seeing corrupt (gray with lines) pictures in the stock gallery app. Any chance an SD card wipe via TWRP would help with a problem like this? I've spent a few hours on the forums and Google without success. Thanks in advance for any help!

Worked for Me
supernerd2004 said:
Hey All,
I have recently flashed twa_priv's CM10 ROM (20120824-2036-Linaro) on my kindle fire and I'm super impressed with the speed and functionality. I do however have a problem with the Kindle book app corrupting books after what seems like a 24hr period. I am able to open the app, register the device, download books and read them without problems. After some amount of time, I can open the kindle book reading app and I am prompted with an "Invalid Item" error message. I can re-download the corrupted books without trouble but the problem resurfaces the next day. As far as I can tell this is either a DRM type problem or something has possibly goofed up the internal storage of the kindle fire. I have also tried the JandyCane ROM with similar results. Both ROM flashes were factory/data reset, cache wiped and dalvik wiped. On this newest attempt I am also seeing corrupt (gray with lines) pictures in the stock gallery app. Any chance an SD card wipe via TWRP would help with a problem like this? I've spent a few hours on the forums and Google without success. Thanks in advance for any help!
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I flashed both and had no issues reading kindle books. Try wiping everything and install Jadycane again. Make sure to check MD5s.

I am also using twa_priv's CM10 ROM and had no problems using the kindle fire app in the last version with the old kernel (20120823-0057-Linaro) or the newest one with the new kernel (20120824-2036-Linaro). However, on the Amazon.Com Page, under Your Account -- Manage Your Kindle -- Manage Your Devices -- Registered Kindle Reading Apps, I deleted all old entries (besides the Cloud Reader and Kindle for PC) and newly registered the kindle reading app which is now recognized as MyName's Android Tablet. I also checked that the Whispersync Device Synchronization is on.

[Q] stuck at CM boot design

So I have a KF running twa_priv's CM10/sgt7 20121112 build. I was watching a movie on the Freedi Youtube downloader before a parade this morning with headphones. I pulled them out and turned the screen off because there were floats approaching. After the ~2 hour parade, I tried turning it on. It had gone to a(n?) SOD, so I just restarted it like I always do and held down the power button for 10 seconds. I turned it back on and let it run. About 3ish minutes later I look at it and it is still on the blue CM circle bootloader. I forced it off by another 10 sec hold on the power button, then went into TWRP (2.2.2.1) after it turned back on. I chose the fix errors under the advanced option, and also flashed the 20121119 build of the ROM that I had previously downloaded. I wiped cache/dalvik and restarted system. I waited for more than an hour on the CM boot screen before I forced off again. I then went back into TWRP, copied the log to SD, and chose the mount system. I had it connected to my computer, but it didn't show any connected devices, didn't alert me via autoplay choices (or whatever it's called), and when I restarted the adb server, my kindle didn't show up there either. Also, twice during TWRP the KF froze on me and had to force restart. I am sure a complete system wipe would work, but I would rather just have this fixed.
Any ideas?
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And BTW, I have tried reseting the boot menu thingy from initial bootup using the power button which didn't work

Start fresh....save urself some headache
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guitarman2010 said:
Start fresh....save urself some headache
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I know that is the easy alternative, but I have sideloaded so many apps, and have a whole bunch of changed ui options, I am really hoping that there is an alternative.
Maybe Thepooch has some words of wisdom? I think his (your) comments are really helpful, and actually seem to help.
No offense to anyone, especially guitarman2010.

jma9454 said:
I know that is the easy alternative, but I have sideloaded so many apps, and have a whole bunch of changed ui options, I am really hoping that there is an alternative.
Maybe Thepooch has some words of wisdom? I think his (your) comments are really helpful, and actually seem to help.
No offense to anyone, especially guitarman2010.
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I know nothing compared to Thepooch lol.......I always keep backup apks on my Kindle because I flash different ROMs all the time
.....when you hit the walls of sanity, you have no-where to go.....

I use three different apps for backing up apk file the only downside is significant weight gain. Lots of people use titanium backup I do as well but really only for very little. I also use easy app manager and apk manager but often I`m stricken with considerable consumption of sdcard space so at this point I have scaled back to just using easy app manager for the majority. Things I really want to save I backup on my pc upload to Google drive and dropbox. Seems like overkill but time and time again I will get an update that is horrible and wish revert back to an older version and Google drive and dropbox are a mere download away without sucking away precious and limited kindle space. I don`t believe I know any more than anyone else I just do what is easy for me. I too flash Roms like crazy re-installing is and can be a weekly ritual depending on how smooth things are running. Guitarman2010 is right though A fresh install of your Rom is a very good idea. As for the adb issue there are minor device changes on jelly bean that can affect adb make sure you have the correct settings in developer options. In KFU delete this file and replace it http://db.tt/vXXeuL10 located in the kindle driver folder and reinstall the driver I have been making changes to it with ICS and jelly bean to keep adb working hope it helps.

I usually keep 2 or 3 ROMs handy on the Kindle SD ready to be flashed.......I never take off the Amazon update (6.3.1) just to be safe. My backup apk folder only has 205mb of usage and I use File Expert to make backups of the apks. I too also use the PC for even more backups and 4shared so I can easily transfer apps back and forth from the Kindle to a crappy low-end Samsung phone running Froyo. I'm getting off topic here so I'll shut-up lol
.....when you hit the walls of sanity, you have no-where to go.....

So I wiped cache, dalvik cache, factory reset. I didn't wipe SD card, cause i am hoping to get the files out eventually.Everything seemed fine, but I still can't connect it to the computer! I have it open to TWRP and selected mount, and same as before; no connected devices in device manager, no adb devices, and no autoplay window pops up to let me open files in the drive. I also had the 20121119 cm10/sgt7 in the sd card, so I flashed it, and rebooted, but I am still left at the CM logo. What can I do now? I replaced the file you said to in adb. I happen to have used Titanium Backup, too, a while back, so I have about 2/3 of my sideloaded apps.
Please help!
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I was looking at other Q&A's to help and for help, and saw that Soupkit is recommended to a lot of people.
Would this help me?
OR could I do some sort of terminal commands inside the advanced section of TWRP?

Your kindle isn`t ruined and if your having mounting issues then Soupkit would work great. Before you do anything anything drastic I will take my laptop to work and help you fix your kindle.

[Q] Two Rooted & Flashed Kindle Fire (gen1) Issues

Hello all,
I have checked and used this forum GREATLY while trying to root my Kindle Fire (1st Generation) and flash the newest Jelly Bean ROM, so first off, thank you to all who contributed to other threads. I'm having two annoying issues that is keeping me from really loving the upgraded functionality of my kindle. The issues are:
1. Ever since the flash of the new Jelly Bean ROM, my computer won't recognize my kindle unless it's mounted via TWRP.
2. I cannot move a certain .ISO file from my SD Card to my system folder
First things first, issue #1. After I flashed the newest Jelly Bean ROM last week, my computer (well any computer really) fails to recognize my kindle. I tried re-downloading the ADB Google drivers from the SDK app, but that didn't work. In my device manager, I can't even find any reference to the Google USB drivers at all, so I can't uninstall then re-install them. And even after I install them again from the SDK program, they still don't show up. Additionally, the only time my computer recognizes my kindle is when I boot it in Recovery Mode. If the SD Card is not mounted within TWRP, my computer will find a "Removable Drive" (which I can't access), but if the SD Card is Mounted within TWRP, it finds the Kindle Fire and allows me to access the files on only the SD Card. I even turned on and off USB debug mode on the kindle to see if that did anything. No luck.
Now, issue #2. All of this is pretty much just being done for games. I have two .ISO files of different games that I burned from games I own. One file is on the SD Card and there is not enough room for the other ISO game file. Naturally, I thought I'd move one of the games to the system folder (or any folder not within the SD Card) so I can have access to both games on the same kindle. I thought about using ADB to manually push/pull the file, but that doesn't work unless my computer recognizes my device. I also tried downloading Root Manager, but my kindle crashes whenever I try to move the large file off the SD card. I did test and was able to move a small picture file from the SD Card to the System folder, so I know it can work when I give myself root and RW permissions. Is there a size limit to what can be moved via a Root File Manager? I have tried 3 different programs that all crashed when trying to move or copy the file. I did also notice that the game file has a small badge on it's icon. Not sure if that means anything or if that's just saying the file is copy protected.
Oh, and the KFU will only recognize the device when it's in Recovery Mode. That's the only time the Kindle will obey commands from KFU 9.6.
Ideally, I'd like to not have to re-flash or re-root my kindle if at all necessary. I'm hoping it's a simple fix. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well, I have a solution to problem one, but I don't think that this will work, as it sounds like you're having driver issues. Under settings on the kf, go down to about tablet, and tap the build number 7 times. (I don't know if this is a necessary step or not, but it is a good idea to have access to Dev options anyway). Now under storage, tap the top right corner where the three dots are, and select mtp. Hopefully your computer now will be able to access the SD card.
Again, this doesn't sound like your problem, but try it anyway.
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Hmm...didn't work. I did not have the three dots in the top right of the storage option of the settings, so there was no SMTP setting. I also just realized the settings app crashes whenever I click on the Display options in settings.

KindleMan said:
Ever since the flash of the new Jelly Bean ROM, my computer won't recognize my kindle unless it's mounted via TWRP.
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Go to Settings, open the "About Tablet" tab and tap on "Build number" something like 5 or six times. That will show the hidden Developer options tab. There, you need to enable "Android debugging".
2. I cannot move a certain .ISO file from my SD Card to my system folder
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The system partition is only 512MB and JB takes up around 325MB of that, so you may not have the room to store it there. Your best bet would probably be to move it to your /data/local folder.

So an addition to what I said before, something you might have to do is select USB notification in user interface under System.
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soupmagnet said:
Go to Settings, open the "About Tablet" tab and tap on "Build number" something like 5 or six times. That will show the hidden Developer options tab. There, you need to enable "Android debugging".
The system partition is only 512MB and JB takes up around 325MB of that, so you may not have the room to store it there. Your best bet would probably be to move it to your /data/local folder.
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I don't have the option for Android Debugging. USB Debugging is there, is that what you meant? Mine has been both on and off and neither one does anything that allows my computer to recognize the kindle.
I tried moving it to the data/local folder and it worked! Thank you for helping with that issue!

jma9454 said:
So an addition to what I said before, something you might have to do is select USB notification in user interface under System.
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I don't have that option either. For USB-related settings I have:
Protect USB Storage
USB Debugging
I also don't have a debug app selected. Could that be causing an issue? If so, which one should I use?

KindleMan said:
I don't have that option either. For USB-related settings I have:
Protect USB Storage
USB Debugging
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Are you sure you have the newest JB installed? What ROM?
Nevertheless, if you have USB Debugging enabled you should be able to send adb commands. If not, you're most likely looking at a driver issue.
I also don't have a debug app selected. Could that be causing an issue? If so, which one should I use?
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Doesn't matter.

soupmagnet said:
Are you sure you have the newest JB installed? What ROM?
Nevertheless, if you have USB Debugging enabled you should be able to send adb commands. If not, you're most likely looking at a driver issue.
Doesn't matter.
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I am on JB 4.2 (released on 1-22-2013).
If it is a driver issue, how to I go about fixing it? When I am in my device manager, I don't see any google or android USB drivers listed. But when I try to re-install the drivers from SDK, it either says they are current or they install without any error messages.

soupmagnet said:
Are you sure you have the newest JB installed? What ROM?
Nevertheless, if you have USB Debugging enabled you should be able to send adb commands. If not, you're most likely looking at a driver issue.
Doesn't matter.
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I did just discover something interesting regarding the USB Debugging which might narrow down the culprit. I plugged my kindle in to my computer via USB to charge and it was not registering. When I turned on the USB debugging, it did start to charge. It still isn't being recognized by the computer, so I am assuming the fault is with the drivers.

KindleMan said:
...I tried re-downloading the ADB Google drivers from the SDK app, but that didn't work. In my device manager, I can't even find any reference to the Google USB drivers at all, so I can't uninstall then re-install them. And even after I install them again from the SDK program, they still don't show up. Additionally, the only time my computer recognizes my kindle is when I boot it in Recovery Mode. If the SD Card is not mounted within TWRP, my computer will find a "Removable Drive" (which I can't access), but if the SD Card is Mounted within TWRP, it finds the Kindle Fire and allows me to access the files on only the SD Card. I even turned on and off USB debug mode on the kindle to see if that did anything. No luck.
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KindleMan said:
I am on JB 4.2 (released on 1-22-2013).
If it is a driver issue, how to I go about fixing it? When I am in my device manager, I don't see any google or android USB drivers listed. But when I try to re-install the drivers from SDK, it either says they are current or they install without any error messages.
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So uninstall the drivers for the kindle, then run the driver setup from KFU. reboot your computer and see if your computer now recognizes your kf.
Also, I would read/check on hashcode's thread to see if anyone else has any similar issues. It is hashcode's, right?
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using Tapatalk HD

jma9454 said:
So uninstall the drivers for the kindle, then run the driver setup from KFU. reboot your computer and see if your computer now recognizes your kf.
Also, I would read/check on hashcode's thread to see if anyone else has any similar issues. It is hashcode's, right?
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Oh, I didn't know that Hashcode was the person who created this. I'll ask him, but I'm starting to suspect I had some user error when flashing the ROM. Thank you for your help!

Did you do the driver thing?
The only reason I say that it was hashcode's is because you said that your build was 1/22 and his AOSP one is on 1/22, and I took a quick look at twa's and he didn't have any that day. Hashcode's cm10.1 was last updated 1/17...
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jma9454 said:
Did you do the driver thing?
The only reason I say that it was hashcode's is because you said that your build was 1/22 and his AOSP one is on 1/22, and I took a quick look at twa's and he didn't have any that day. Hashcode's cm10.1 was last updated 1/17...
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I tried the driver thing but it didn't work. There were no Android or Google drivers to uninstall and the re-install said it worked but the computer still failed to recognize the kindle. Is there another way to uninstall the drivers if they don't show up on the device manager?

At this point I would just redownload the ROM, and do a full wipe. Then flash it again and see if there are any issues.
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jma9454 said:
At this point I would just redownload the ROM, and do a full wipe. Then flash it again and see if there are any issues.
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What exactly do I wipe? I assume cache and dalvik cache, but do I do a system wipe too?

KindleMan said:
What exactly do I wipe? I assume cache and dalvik cache, but do I do a system wipe too?
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Yes. Everything but external storage (SD card)
Install ROM. Make sure to have md5 check on,
Wipe cache/dalvik or whatever wipe it gives on the bottom right.
Install Gapps.
Optional wipe
Reboot
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jma9454 said:
Yes. Everything but external storage (SD card)
Install ROM. Make sure to have md5 check on,
Wipe cache/dalvik or whatever wipe it gives on the bottom right.
Install Gapps.
Optional wipe
Reboot
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Ugh...still didn't work. All my existing errors are still there. I followed your directions (though the md5 check failed because it said no md5 file was found). I re-installed the Jelly Bean ROM but my computer still won't recognize the kindle. The Display option in the settings still causes Setting to crash whenever I click on it.
Is it about time to start considering unrooting, installing the amazon OS, and trying everything again?

I would first try a different ROM. Make sure to do a full wipe before you flash it.
What Gapps file are you using?

jma9454 said:
I would first try a different ROM. Make sure to do a full wipe before you flash it.
What Gapps file are you using?
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Still no luck. I installed CM-10.1-20130108-1817-otter-sgt7 and gapps-jb-20121212. The ROM seems to work a little better is some respects (the Display option in Settings doesn't crash now) but my computer still refuses to recognize the kindle.
This also presented another issue. I now have a bunch of other programs on my SD card but I can't access them. The Storage option in the Settings menu recognizes that the memory card is full, but it won't go any further into the card. If I have to wipe the card, it's not a huge deal, but I would like to see if I could access those apps if possible. I backed them up with Titanium Pro, but I left those backups on the SD card which now seems like a bad idea. Do I need to re-download Titanium Backup Pro and let that restore everything?

Clone Fire TV 2 w/ TWRP Backup - possible?

Hey folks,
I would like to clone my fire tv 2 to another one. Was wondering if a simple TWRP-Backup and Restore will work or will it cause problems?
Anyone tried that?

zroice said:
Hey folks,
I would like to clone my fire tv 2 to another one. Was wondering if a simple TWRP-Backup and Restore will work or will it cause problems?
Anyone tried that?
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You could try it... but in the past people have had problems. Won't break anything a factory reset can't solve. You can also use Titanium Backup to backup individual apps.

Oddly enough, I stumbled on this thread while working on this today.
I was able to successfully clone a fire TV 2 brand-new out-of-the-box never turned on using this rooting method with the A-A USB cable and TWRP by rbox/zeroepoch posted on AFTVnews.
( sorry I can't post a link to the rooting method because this is my first post.)
However, it hasn't been thoroughly tested and I do have some concerns. ( I will mention later)
NOTE: the following assumes you have already rooted your Fire TV and installed TWRP. You will also need a keyboard ( i'm using logitech K 400) and a microSD card. Also, have your device's serial number ready before you start this.
Here's how I did it:
1. I made a backup using TWRP onto a microSD card. I chose to back up both system and user data. Then safely eject the microSD card.
2. Put the microSD card into the ROOTED Fire tv you want to clone to. Power it up and boot into recovery mode.
3. Click on ADVANCED, FILE MANAGER. Navigate to external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/ then choose "select current folder" on the bottom right of the screen. Choose RENAME FOLDER. Rename it to the serial number of your current device. It can be found on the box.
4. Navigate back to the main screen and choose RESTORE. Click on "select storage" on the bottom right, select microSD card, and hit OK. The backup should now appear.
5. Click on the back up and swipe to restore. Voilà!
This works and I didn't need to even register the device. Though that concerns me that there could be an issue if it wasn't registered.
One thing I haven't figured out is that although it installs the apps, applies all the settings (like blocking updates etc.) it didnt transfer my Kodi build. It installs all the apps, and it even keeps the configuration for firestarter, but I have to manually upload my Kodi build after that.
I will keep testing

is this working?
cancelyourcable said:
Oddly enough, I stumbled on this thread while working on this today.
I was able to successfully clone a fire TV 2 brand-new out-of-the-box never turned on using this rooting method with the A-A USB cable and TWRP by rbox/zeroepoch posted on AFTVnews.
( sorry I can't post a link to the rooting method because this is my first post.)
However, it hasn't been thoroughly tested and I do have some concerns. ( I will mention later)
NOTE: the following assumes you have already rooted your Fire TV and installed TWRP. You will also need a keyboard ( i'm using logitech K 400) and a microSD card. Also, have your device's serial number ready before you start this.
Here's how I did it:
1. I made a backup using TWRP onto a microSD card. I chose to back up both system and user data. Then safely eject the microSD card.
2. Put the microSD card into the ROOTED Fire tv you want to clone to. Power it up and boot into recovery mode.
3. Click on ADVANCED, FILE MANAGER. Navigate to external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/(SERIAL NUMBER)/ then choose "select current folder" on the bottom right of the screen. Choose RENAME FOLDER. Rename it to the serial number of your current device. It can be found on the box.
4. Navigate back to the main screen and choose RESTORE. Click on "select storage" on the bottom right, select microSD card, and hit OK. The backup should now appear.
5. Click on the back up and swipe to restore. Voilà!
This works and I didn't need to even register the device. Though that concerns me that there could be an issue if it wasn'
One thing I haven't figured out is that although it installs the apps, applies all the settings (like blocking updates etc.) it didnt transfer my Kodi build. It installs all the apps, and it even keeps the configuration for firestarter, but I have to manually upload my Kodi build after that.
I will keep testing
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Have you done any more testing? Were you able to get kodi to transfer correctly? and did you unpair your remote and unregister your fire tv before the cloning?

aaddaamm1111 said:
Have you done any more testing? Were you able to get kodi to transfer correctly? and did you unpair your remote and unregister your fire tv before the cloning?
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I didn't unpair the remote or on register, but that is totally possible and I will add that. Recently I've added the xposed modules and I did a back up and it works perfectly, even backed up Kodi. I'm not sure what was different before, I followed this exact same process.

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I chose to back up both system and user data.
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Hello! What exactly Partitions you've backuped? I was trying to do the same. I've backuped from one FireTV Stick 4K next partitions: System, System Image, Vendor, Vendor Image, Data, Boot. Then was trying to restore all of them on another with changing backup folder serial number and when another FireTV Stick 4K has been rebooted it stuck on the FireTV logo ((( And I don't know what to do with it know. Could you help, please?