Hi, I have a kindle fire 2nd Gen that I am trying to root. when I run the steps in the easy root thread, I also tried using the new adb driver they posted in the developement thread that was supposed to "Fix" the faulty adb driver. well my computer recognizes my kindle, and when I try to open my cmd, type in the steps for root, I get a message that says ( I screenshotted it as a jpg. and my computer finds my kindle as a android usb composite device.I have adb and the unknown sources turned on for my kindle. Just please help because I really wanna get it rooted. I even tried to reset windows 7 back to factory. My kindle is running 10.2.6. but as I was saying, if I run the Qemu Method and type adb devices, it still won't show up. PLEASE HELP ME!
dagriff1997 said:
Hi, I have a kindle fire 2nd Gen that I am trying to root. when I run the steps in the easy root thread, I also tried using the new adb driver they posted in the developement thread that was supposed to "Fix" the faulty adb driver. well my computer recognizes my kindle, and when I try to open my cmd, type in the steps for root, I get a message that says ( I screenshotted it as a jpg. and my computer finds my kindle as a android usb composite device.I have adb and the unknown sources turned on for my kindle. Just please help because I really wanna get it rooted. I even tried to reset windows 7 back to factory. My kindle is running 10.2.6. but as I was saying, if I run the Qemu Method and type adb devices, it still won't show up. PLEASE HELP ME!
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this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041138 ha work for me.
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Hey I'm a brand new member so I apologize in advance if my problem has been solved already, however, I could not find anything on any of the threads. Okay so I am severely confused right now. I have had my Kindle Fire for almost a year now and this problem has never occurred. Ever since I got my Kindle I have been experimenting on it. I rooted it and have flashed many different custom roms. I had been using TWRP Recovery 2.0 for a long time and when I found out that it was outdated I updated it to the new 2.2.1.1 version...Everything seemed to be working perfectly until I tried mounting USB storage in the new TWRP...It did not work. My computer wouldn't recognize it. I kind of just let this slide since I figured I wouldn't need to mount USB storage in TWRP unless it was an emergency. A while later I switched back to the Kindle's stock rom. That's when I noticed that it would not mount...Not only was TWRP not mounting, but it was my Kindle altogether. I deleted all drivers that had any thing to do with Android from my computer. After restarting both my computer and my Kindle I tried mounting again...Nothing. The drivers weren't even reinstalling. To test wether this was a problem with my computer or my Kindle I got my brother's Kindle Fire (Never had any tweaking done to it) and mounted USB storage. It installed the drivers and mounted just fine. I then plugged my Kindle back in and it mounted just fine also. I thought I had solved the issue, but about an hour later I tried mounting my Kindle again and nothing happened. My brother's Kindle will mount (Actually there are a total of four Kindles in my house all of which have not been tweaked except for mine) but mine won't do anything. As a last resort I deleted EVERYTHING with TWRP and flashed the Kindle Fire 6.3.1 update.zip. My Kindle is now true factory default (no root, custom recovery, etc...). I thougt for sure this would work but IT STILL WON'T MOUNT USB STORAGE!!! When I plug my Kindle in and go to "Devices and Printers" it recognizes my device as a "Kindle" but I just cannot get it to mount! I am now stuck with a Kindle that cannot be re-rooted or anything due to the fact that it cannot be recognized with ADB. Sorry for the long post...I am just trying to give as much information as possible. By the way I am running Windows 7 and my Kindle is the only one that will not mount which makes this problem have nothing to do with drivers or my computer. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Wheww okay well try a factory reset this will wipe your sdcard as well. It should resolve most your problems. There are multiple things that can cause this to happen but one thing that really comes to mind. Are you ejecting your kindle before hitting the disconnect button? Just a wild guess but failing to do so can cause this disorder the very next time you plug it in. Something that could resolve minor sdcard issues is
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fastboot oem format
don't let this make you to crazy yet RC soupmagnet should be releasing something very soon that will solve the majority of SD card mount problems hint hint . You will need to reroot and flash a custom ROM on it to have success though. So if nothing works hang tight and stay tuned.
This might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33109015#post33109015
Thepooch, no I had not been ejecting it before disconnecting. I'll do that from now on. Also commands do not work because my computer doesn't recognize my Kindle as either a storage device or an ADB device, and what does it mean what it says "fastboot not found"? I made sure I have the fastboot.exe in my ADB folder...Soupmagnet, I can't get those commands to work since I'm no longer rooted and my computer doesn't recognize me...
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Thepooch, no I had not been ejecting it before disconnecting. I'll do that from now on. Also commands do not work because my computer doesn't recognize my Kindle as either a storage device or an ADB device, and what does it mean what it says "fastboot not found"? I made sure I have the fastboot.exe in my ADB folder...Soupmagnet, I can't get those commands to work since I'm no longer rooted and my computer doesn't recognize me...
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Have you installed your adb drivers?
soupmagnet said:
Have you installed your adb drivers?
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Yeah I downloaded the newest Kindle Fire Utility and installed thoose drivers. When I plug my Kindle in and go to "Device Manager" it lists it as an android phone with ADB Interface. If I plug any other Kindle in then it installs new drivers and doesn't list the ADB Interface. Is this normal?
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Yeah I downloaded the newest Kindle Fire Utility and installed thoose drivers. When I plug my Kindle in and go to "Device Manager" it lists it as an android phone with ADB Interface. If I plug any other Kindle in then it installs new drivers and doesn't list the ADB Interface. Is this normal?
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I don't use Windows so I couldn't tell what's normal for that OS.
Use the tutorial here to confirm your drivers are installed properly. Then Shift + right-click on your KFU "tools" folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe, and select "Open command window here". Enter your adb or fastboot commands there and see how it goes. Start with "adb devices" to see if you are connected. If not, reinstall your drivers and try again.
Some ROMs have different product IDs than the stock OS so you may want to look into that if you are using a custom ROM, and edit your androidwinusb.inf accordingly. I know some JB roms have a PID of 0004 instead of 0006.
If for some reason Windows refuses to cooperate, you could always set up a Linux LiveUSB and get it done a lot easier.
Okay so I've been fiddling around with stuff. I completely uninstalled all Android drivers again then restarted my PC and Kindle. This time I plugged my Kindle in and it installed the correct drivers. It mounted USB just fine. When I tried reinstalling the ADB drivers that came with Kindle Fire Utility it erased the Kindle's normal drivers, so now it won't mount anymore...at least I know that it is a driver problem and that my Kindle doesn't need to be repartitioned. I'm really getting sick of Windows and its annoying drivers...Any ideas on how to get all the drivers to work? If not I think I might just install Ubuntu and screw the need for drivers.
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If you run the driver bat packaged with kfu with the device plugged in sometimes it will waste the mass storage drivers. It`s always best to run it then plug the device in and see what windows decides to install. Unplug, replug, unplug, replug as well as try this while in recovery because it will also attempt to install the drivers as well in recovery.
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If you run the driver bat packaged with kfu with the device plugged in sometimes it will waste the mass storage drivers. It`s always best to run it then plug the device in and see what windows decides to install. Unplug, replug, unplug, replug as well as try this while in recovery because it will also attempt to install the drivers as well in recovery.
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Sweet. I tried it and now everything is working perfectly. Thanks for your help guys.
Nihilian said:
Sweet. I tried it and now everything is working perfectly. Thanks for your help guys.
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I downloaded the lates kindle fire utility and I enabled debugging, I can see my files but when I run the utility file the adb says offline. I cannot figure it out. : (
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
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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
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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:
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if ur kf is seen as in recovery then type this in cmd
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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?
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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!
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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.
I installed the driver provided with the KFU before I ever hooked it up to the PC. Started the utility but it says ADB status offline and boot status unknown. So I checked out some youtube videos and I noticed everybody's kindle in device manager shows up as ADB Composite Device or something similar. Mine just shows up as Kindle. I for the life of me can't get it to change after many tutorials on how to. No matter what, even after uninstalling, it automatically goes to Portable Device Kindle. Can somebody help me please? I know somebody will just point me to a different thread but if you could, just let me know what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it. Thanks.
Is it a first gen. Kindle? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923010 and second post here goes into driver specifics http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 .
Yes it's a first gen Kindle that I just bought and I installed the exe that was included in the KFU.
Just followed that guide through and it did nothing. The one thing it says though is that if the driver doesn't install correctly, uninstall the driver and check the delete software option. I'm not getting that option at all. Still doesn't show up as android phone or adb composite device. One thing I did though, is run it as an administrator and that at least got ADB to say online. Boot status is still unknown though.
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Yes it's a first gen Kindle that I just bought and I installed the exe that was included in the KFU.
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Must be a sign You mean the drivers run.bat file? What os ?
Please help. I've tried everything I can find on XDA and most of google with no luck. I'm not a NOOB, and have rooted and installed custom ROMS on lots of devices before without any problems, but this has me beat.
Now the basics....I'm running WIN8 64bit, but have a WIN7 32bit laptop.
I have installed the Kindle ADB drivers but whenever I connect the device in ADB mode, it only installs an MTP device. When I click on that and go to Properties-Hardware, it lists 3 Device functions;
Android Composite ADB Interface - Kindle Fire
Kindle - Portable device
USB Composite Device - USB controller.
It seems, no matter what I try, when I run adb devices in CMD (Admin Mode), it list DEVICES FOUND - BLANK.....
What am I doing wrong. All I want to do to start with is ROOT the thing, maybe add Google Apps and then consider a Custom ROM.
If anyone can help me, and please treat me as a complete NOOB, as it seems this is beyond me, I would appreciate it.
Thanks all in advance....
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Please help. I've tried everything I can find on XDA and most of google with no luck. I'm not a NOOB, and have rooted and installed custom ROMS on lots of devices before without any problems, but this has me beat.
Now the basics....I'm running WIN8 64bit, but have a WIN7 32bit laptop.
I have installed the Kindle ADB drivers but whenever I connect the device in ADB mode, it only installs an MTP device. When I click on that and go to Properties-Hardware, it lists 3 Device functions;
Android Composite ADB Interface - Kindle Fire
Kindle - Portable device
USB Composite Device - USB controller.
It seems, no matter what I try, when I run adb devices in CMD (Admin Mode), it list DEVICES FOUND - BLANK.....
What am I doing wrong. All I want to do to start with is ROOT the thing, maybe add Google Apps and then consider a Custom ROM.
If anyone can help me, and please treat me as a complete NOOB, as it seems this is beyond me, I would appreciate it.
Thanks all in advance....
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Well I too had this issue... Only thing that worked was installing Linux and running soupkit... Trust me this method works flawlessly!
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ViPaSoft said:
Please help. I've tried everything I can find on XDA and most of google with no luck. I'm not a NOOB, and have rooted and installed custom ROMS on lots of devices before without any problems, but this has me beat.
Now the basics....I'm running WIN8 64bit, but have a WIN7 32bit laptop.
I have installed the Kindle ADB drivers but whenever I connect the device in ADB mode, it only installs an MTP device. When I click on that and go to Properties-Hardware, it lists 3 Device functions;
Android Composite ADB Interface - Kindle Fire
Kindle - Portable device
USB Composite Device - USB controller.
It seems, no matter what I try, when I run adb devices in CMD (Admin Mode), it list DEVICES FOUND - BLANK.....
What am I doing wrong. All I want to do to start with is ROOT the thing, maybe add Google Apps and then consider a Custom ROM.
If anyone can help me, and please treat me as a complete NOOB, as it seems this is beyond me, I would appreciate it.
Thanks all in advance....
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Silly question but have you enabled adb on the tablet?
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Ok my ADB drivers are working perfectly fine and show up on the list of ADB devices but now there is a bigger problem. When I put in my flashboot cable on my CMD it still says waiting for devices and Windows is trying to install some drivers that fail. Otter2-prod-4 is what it says in device manager I know that is my kindle fire but until that works my first time to attempt to flash my kindle is dead. My kindle fire is rooted and is on version 10.4.6 if that is helpful but the quicker it is the better I'm hoping to try to flash slim cat 6 Rom on here by Sunday
KF2 fastboot issue
Same issue only Im not rooted and on ver. 10.5
TayL3Y said:
Ok my ADB drivers are working perfectly fine and show up on the list of ADB devices but now there is a bigger problem. When I put in my flashboot cable on my CMD it still says waiting for devices and Windows is trying to install some drivers that fail. Otter2-prod-4 is what it says in device manager I know that is my kindle fire but until that works my first time to attempt to flash my kindle is dead. My kindle fire is rooted and is on version 10.4.6 if that is helpful but the quicker it is the better I'm hoping to try to flash slim cat 6 Rom on here by Sunday
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