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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.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

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
Sent from my CM9 LG G2X using Tapatalk
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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?
Sent from my KFFOWI using XDA Labs

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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Rooting Kindle Fire 6.3.1

Hi, I've recently tried rooting my KF 6.3.1 using KFU 0.9.6. My attempts did not work, it left my kindle stuck on boot screen (which i managed to fix). My question is, since my KFU approach is not working (I've tried doing this on 2 different windows machine), Is there any other way of rooting my KF? I've must've read 100 posts today and i can't find any alternative.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730650

soupmagnet said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730650
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Marry me

soupmagnet said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730650
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I read, re-read, re-re-read this and I just kept spinning myself in circles trying to understand that. Thus I tried the KFU... I swear the more I read the more confused I get about rooting this device.
now if i could figure out how to install a apk file to check that I'm rooted, that would be a start.

Maybe this will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30525082

[Q] Possibly Hard Bricked kindle Fire

Ok I know tons of people think they have bricked their device, but usually it is just a soft brick....hopefully I am the same. I tried to root my kindle fire using KFU. Something happened, it didn't work. Now it just stays on the boot screen. In windows it isn't recognized, I have read the forums and know to reinstall the drivers, but I can't because Windows recognizes it as an unknown device, (code 43), so they won't install. I have tried using the unbrick utility, but it doesn't work since windows isn't recognizing the device. I have a mac too that won't recognize it, at least I don't think it does. Maybe there is a way to get the drivers installed I am missing, but I tried following all of the tutorials here, and its not wokring. Is it possible that I can still fix it, or is it done. Thanks for any help.

DIRKxxxDIGGLER said:
Ok I know tons of people think they have bricked their device, but usually it is just a soft brick....hopefully I am the same. I tried to root my kindle fire using KFU. Something happened, it didn't work. Now it just stays on the boot screen. In windows it isn't recognized, I have read the forums and know to reinstall the drivers, but I can't because Windows recognizes it as an unknown device, (code 43), so they won't install. I have tried using the unbrick utility, but it doesn't work since windows isn't recognizing the device. I have a mac too that won't recognize it, at least I don't think it does. Maybe there is a way to get the drivers installed I am missing, but I tried following all of the tutorials here, and its not wokring. Is it possible that I can still fix it, or is it done. Thanks for any help.
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Is it a 1st Gen Kindle Fire or 2nd? If it's a 2nd Gen you "might" be in trouble
Sent from my Fire Kindling A-Pad

guitarman2010 said:
Is it a 1st Gen Kindle Fire or 2nd? If it's a 2nd Gen you "might" be in trouble
Sent from my Fire Kindling A-Pad
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Its first generation...

DIRKxxxDIGGLER said:
Its first generation...
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In most cases I've seen of Windows complaining of an unknown device, it seems to be a problem with the bootloader. The fact that you can't even get it to accept commands from the Mac leads me to believe it is the same in your case.
You'll likely need to put the device in USBboot ("shorting trick") and install a working bootloader with Firekit.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."

What Soup said will work. This is what I did, as I was having the same problem as you.
1. Turn off your KF
2. peel off back cover from KF.
3. Make sure the A side of the usb cable is plugged in to your PC.
4. Find the short spot and put something there like a small screw driver point or a paper clip.
Here's a link to the picture. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51
5. While you have your metal on the short spot turn on the KF.
6. After about 20 seconds or so Windows will now recognize it. Use KFU to put it in recovery mode, installing Fire, ETC.

Thanks guys, I'll try that when I get home from work today and report back.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Thanks for your help, it's up and working now with stock kernel and rom. Really appreciate your help!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Relikk356 said:
What Soup said will work. This is what I did, as I was having the same problem as you.
1. Turn off your KF
2. peel off back cover from KF.
3. Make sure the A side of the usb cable is plugged in to your PC.
4. Find the short spot and put something there like a small screw driver point or a paper clip.
Here's a link to the picture. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51
5. While you have your metal on the short spot turn on the KF.
6. After about 20 seconds or so Windows will now recognize it. Use KFU to put it in recovery mode, installing Fire, ETC.
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I having the same problem but for Kindle fire hd 7". I tried to use both stock cable and factory cable but it didn't work anyway. Any solution? please help me. Thank you

[Q] Go right to factory cable if having problems?

So I picked up a refurbished Kindle Fire 1st Gen for dirt cheap. Tried to root with KFU 0.99. It downloaded the necessary files, and said it would reboot the device, which it did, then got stuck in Fastboot. I have read this forum for about an hour straight and it looks like my best option is to get a factory cable and save myself hours of trying things. Most of the suggestions I find are way out of date, so I'm not sure what the CURRENT recommended suggestions are to fix this problem.
I can't get the Kindle Fire to show in Device Manager since it has been stuck in Fastboot mode. It just shows as "unknown device" in the USB section, even after uninstalling old drivers and reinstalling the ones with KFU, rebooting, etc. Should I just order a factory cable, or does anyone have suggestions for up-to-date things to try? (Today is 6/7/2013) Or will a factory cable not even work if I can't get the device to register in Device Manager anymore?
I have probably rooted 30 devices from Apple TVs to Android tablets and phones. This is the first problem I've ever run into!
Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you!

Something similar happened to me. I used KFU and then the Kindle got stuck in the logo screen. I reinstalled the drivers on a different computer and plugged in the Kindle. I just reset the boot mode and it worked fine.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium

notdeadyet01 said:
Something similar happened to me. I used KFU and then the Kindle got stuck in the logo screen. I reinstalled the drivers on a different computer and plugged in the Kindle. I just reset the boot mode and it worked fine.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium
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Thanks, that works for me. :victory:

[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?

soupmagnet said:
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?

soupmagnet said:
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.

soupmagnet said:
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.