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I accidentally deleted kindle fire system files and now i can do anything.
Is any way to reload operating system from scratch?
I am stuck on kindle fire logo try everything help help help
nikolasargyrou said:
I accidentally deleted kindle fire system files and now i can do anything.
Is any way to reload operating system from scratch?
I am stuck on kindle fire logo try everything help help help
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Deleting files from the system folder only affects the current rom(or as you call it, operating system) and doesn't affect ADB or the TWRP recovery program. You can use TWRP to install a new rom, even the stock Kindle rom.
I can't post links, so search google for "kindle fire software update" and you should find amazon's page to download the latest stock rom for the kindle fire. Rename the file to update.zip and transfer it to the storage on your kindle. You can then use TWRP to select the zip file and re-install the stock kindle rom. This WILL break your root, so use the Kindle Fire utility that's linked in the development forum if you want to re-root your kindle.
If you don't have TWRP installed, try using the Kindle Fire Utility (in the development forum) to install TWRP or recover your kindle fire. I hope this helps!
karmadragon said:
Deleting files from the system folder only affects the current rom(or as you call it, operating system) and doesn't affect ADB or the TWRP recovery program. You can use TWRP to install a new rom, even the stock Kindle rom.
I can't post links, so search google for "kindle fire software update" and you should find amazon's page to download the latest stock rom for the kindle fire. Rename the file to update.zip and transfer it to the storage on your kindle. You can then use TWRP to select the zip file and re-install the stock kindle rom. This WILL break your root, so use the Kindle Fire utility that's linked in the development forum if you want to re-root your kindle. I hope this helps!
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Thanks for the reply
The kindle its not mine it belongs to my boss.He tried to root it deleted some files i think its not rom problem but something else.Is any way to load rom and install it from the pc.can't access kindle the only thing i find on my pc is a winre drive with 2 files sources and boot.sdi.i try everything all utilties on internet all suggentions but nothing.TWRP is a utility that runs from device or pc?
nikolasargyrou said:
TWRP is a utility that runs from device or pc?
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TWRP is the recovery program that you can boot into before the rom loads. You can use the Kindle Fire Utility to install TWRP. If the kindle fire utility isn't working, you can try installing TWRP manually, but you will also need to install FireFireFire, which is the boot loader that replaces the stock kindle loader and allows you to boot into TWRP.
The most important thing is to have ADB access. If you can plug the kindle fire into your PC and get ADB working, you can fix pretty much anything.
How i can be sure that adb is working?
The most important thing is to have ADB access. If you can plug the kindle fire into your PC and get ADB working????How i can be sure that adb is working?
download the latest kfu from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
extract to c:\ and rename "kindle fire utility" to "kfu"
cd to c:\kfu and run "install_drivers.bat"
cd to c:\kfu\tools and type:
"adb devices" - get a response ?
"fastboot devices" - get a respose ?
you should get a response from one of the commands
I have to mention when in b63 post where your in the tools folder it easier to right click inside that folder in an empty space within it, and then press the keyboard's shift key for an option from the right clicked dropdown to open a command prompt window right there. Then type adb devices followed by enter key. Optimum would be a device ##000000000 sorta output in that tiny window , whereas then you could close it and click run in the kindle fire utility from the download. You can see more options to root your device to here with "status info".
Same problem
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download the latest kfu from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
extract to c:\ and rename "kindle fire utility" to "kfu"
cd to c:\kfu and run "install_drivers.bat"
cd to c:\kfu\tools and type:
"adb devices" - get a response ?
"fastboot devices" - get a respose ?
you should get a response from one of the commands
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>>> Hi, I have the same problem here. I accidentally deleted my rooted KF system with no rom saved on my KF (I'm a noob). Now, I did the steps you mentioned above.
This is what I have:
-When I typed ad devices it says "list of devices attached :15FE000600000001"
-Got nothing when typed "fastboot devices.
-On KFU it says" adb statusnline', "boot status:unknown".
-I can't install the Fastboot mode on the KF because it stays on waiting for device.
-My pc recognizes the Kindle as a device on the Device Manager, but I can't explore it because it doesn't show up on My Computer.
-I have already unistalled, deleted, re-install the drivers many times. The one that comes with KFU only makes the adb status go offline. The only driver that makes it show on the computer is the one I get when I connect the KF to the computer and let it download a driver by itself.
Please tell me, what can I do to make it show up so I can paste the rom on the device.
erikac71 said:
>>> Hi, I have the same problem here. I accidentally deleted my rooted KF system with no rom saved on my KF (I'm a noob). Now, I did the steps you mentioned above.
This is what I have:
-When I typed ad devices it says "list of devices attached :15FE000600000001"
-Got nothing when typed "fastboot devices.
-On KFU it says" adb statusnline', "boot status:unknown".
-I can't install the Fastboot mode on the KF because it stays on waiting for device.
-My pc recognizes the Kindle as a device on the Device Manager, but I can't explore it because it doesn't show up on My Computer.
-I have already unistalled, deleted, re-install the drivers many times. The one that comes with KFU only makes the adb status go offline. The only driver that makes it show on the computer is the one I get when I connect the KF to the computer and let it download a driver by itself.
Please tell me, what can I do to make it show up so I can paste the rom on the device.
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You're getting confused with how adb and fastboot work. I suggest reading this to get a better understanding.
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You're getting confused with how adb and fastboot work. I suggest reading this to get a better understanding.
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Thanks, I have read it like 3 times, it's just a little confusing for someone dealing with rooting for the first time. What I get is that I need to get the KF come up on Windows so I can paste the rom into the KF and that the KF needs to be in fastboot to install the rom.
Anyway, now the Kindle shows up on KFU as "online" and the bootmode is "4000", but still nothing comes up on the explorer. Twrp is installed and I'm able to load it, but I did not make a Backup. How can I install the system again?
If twrp is installed when you boot into it click on mount, then click mount usb, this is the only way it's going to show up as a mass storage device on your pc so that you can transfer a rom over to it.
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erikac71 said:
Thanks, I have read it like 3 times, it's just a little confusing for someone dealing with rooting for the first time. What I get is that I need to get the KF come up on Windows so I can paste the rom into the KF and that the KF needs to be in fastboot to install the rom.
Anyway, now the Kindle shows up on KFU as "online" and the bootmode is "4000", but still nothing comes up on the explorer. Twrp is installed and I'm able to load it, but I did not make a Backup. How can I install the system again?
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Put both zips on your sdcard in zip form, wipe factory/data reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, wipe system, flash rom zip, flash gapps zip, reboot then system if prompted.
Thank you so much!!! :laugh:
I have done what you told me and my Kindle is now working. It's already downloading my files from the cloud.
(Sorry for the long reply, I had to go to work.)
Very good you`re welcome.
I tried to flash my Kindle Fire and I forgot to flash it system. Then the bootanimaton took to long and I wiped the whole thing in TWRP. Then It would nt mount to my computer despite adding the drivers. Then I put it into fastboot. Also Adb wont work. HELP ME PLEASEEEEEEEE
If possible team viewer.
TWRP ok but no OS?
Did you wipe data in TWRP and no OS? Actually ADB will work if you let it boot to blue kindle file logo and let it sit there. If adb is working and your device is detected:
1. adb push <rom name>.zip /data/media , do the same process in gapps (Rom should already in the same folder as adb/fastboot files)
2. boot to TWRP and install rom.
If you boot to TWRP and can't find your rom during install even though push via adb success restore your kindle using the steps below:
1. Go to advance and terminal command and select any folder then enter fastboot -i0x1949 oem idme bootmode 1. Reboot, fastboot should be working.
2. Plug in to you PC and your device should be recognize, if not install kindle drivers (search this forum you can easily find it). You can check if your device was detected by typing fastboot -i0x1949 devices. You can also check by going to devices and printers in windows your device should register as Fastboot or Otter*** something like that. If you see this move to the fun part:
3. follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888, don't be afraid to read the very long steps since it's very easy it took me less than 30 mins to restore my kindle. You should restore your kindle back to stock.
4.If restore success, root your stock kindle using the same tool above in this point you should already at ease in using the tool. If you get the flickering screen in rooting don't mind it, it should be gone after few restart or you're gonna reinstall cm10 anyway.
5.Your SDCARD should now be detected by your pc, transfer the ROM/Gapps to SD.
6.Install TWRP using the tool above or the apk file (I use this apk file since I already tried that it's working). Device will reboot and boot to TWRP
7.Install custom ROM and do not wipe data if you don't want to redo the same process again
and you're done!:good:
can someone help me remove custom recovery and the 2nd bootloader i have the stock amazon rom installed
Thanks in advance
Usually updating the stock ROM will do it, if you made backups of the partitions like the tutorials tell you to do you can simply reflash them in fastboot mode.
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stunts513 said:
Usually updating the stock ROM will do it, if you made backups of the partitions like the tutorials tell you to do you can simply reflash them in fastboot mode.
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Never made any back ups
I told someone else to try updating to the latest amazon os using Amazon's manual update the other day to fix this but it for some reason didn't work... But if you download the latest amazon is and update it it should work, however if it doesn't and it boot loops, technically you can go into twrp and tell it to reboot to boot loader (fastboot) and pull the boot loader IMG and recovery IMG from Amazon's update zip file on your PC and flash them via fastboot. If you need me to elaborate any just ask.
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stunts513 said:
I told someone else to try updating to the latest amazon os using Amazon's manual update the other day to fix this but it for some reason didn't work... But if you download the latest amazon is and update it it should work, however if it doesn't and it boot loops, technically you can go into twrp and tell it to reboot to boot loader (fastboot) and pull the boot loader IMG and recovery IMG from Amazon's update zip file on your PC and flash them via fastboot. If you need me to elaborate any just ask.
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do you know of any tutorials on this? i could not find anything and as u can see i dont know much about this stuff so it would be appreciated.
Thanks
Wanna mention ahead of time, i am not responsible if you hard brick your kindle by doing this, i dont like messing with the kindles bootloader unless i have to personally.
Ok follow the instruction on Amazon's Website for manually updating a kindle. This might either bootloop/go straight to recovery once you do this, if not your probably on stock unrooted without twrp or 2nd bootloader, usually you can tell pretty easily since the kindle logo would be blue if it wasn't stock, assuming that for some reason it either does bootloop/go straight to recovery or for some reason works but has twrp and second bootloader please read on.
Keep a copy of the update on your pc. Now this gets a bit more complicated because i realized the update is a bin file, but if i remember correctly it should just be a zip file, so either tell windows open with winrar or 7zip, winzip, etc, or try enabling file extensions in your folder options on windows, and changing the extension to .zip. Once you do that extract u-boot.bin and recovery.img from the recovery folder. Put your kindle into fastboot mode(hit reboot then bootloader in twrp). Now you need a copy of fastboot.exe, so use a utility like kindle fire first aid and remember to put the recovery.img and u-boot.bin into the folder with fastboot.exe. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory that the fastboot command is in (in kffa) and verify we have a connection to the kindles fastboot by running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"(if it hangs on waiting for device, open your task manager and update the driver for the device with a triangle next to it named jem with the drivers in my signature
.) Once that command can run successfully, run these three commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
Now pray everything went well, because if your bootloader had a bad flash your going to have a hard brick. It should boot into stock os. Tada! I'm going to get soupemagnet to make sure i explained this correctly just to make sure i didn't miss something, you don't want to hard brick the kindle, that's a pain to even attempt to recover from without a major understanding of to solder and hookup an emmc to an sdcard reader.
stunts513 said:
Wanna mention ahead of time, i am not responsible if you hard brick your kindle by doing this, i dont like messing with the kindles bootloader unless i have to personally.
Ok follow the instruction on Amazon's Website for manually updating a kindle. This might either bootloop/go straight to recovery once you do this, if not your probably on stock unrooted without twrp or 2nd bootloader, usually you can tell pretty easily since the kindle logo would be blue if it wasn't stock, assuming that for some reason it either does bootloop/go straight to recovery or for some reason works but has twrp and second bootloader please read on.
Keep a copy of the update on your pc. Now this gets a bit more complicated because i realized the update is a bin file, but if i remember correctly it should just be a zip file, so either tell windows open with winrar or 7zip, winzip, etc, or try enabling file extensions in your folder options on windows, and changing the extension to .zip. Once you do that extract u-boot.bin and recovery.img from the recovery folder. Put your kindle into fastboot mode(hit reboot then bootloader in twrp). Now you need a copy of fastboot.exe, so use a utility like kindle fire first aid and remember to put the recovery.img and u-boot.bin into the folder with fastboot.exe. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory that the fastboot command is in (in kffa) and verify we have a connection to the kindles fastboot by running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"(if it hangs on waiting for device, open your task manager and update the driver for the device with a triangle next to it named jem with the drivers in my signature
.) Once that command can run successfully, run these three commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
Now pray everything went well, because if your bootloader had a bad flash your going to have a hard brick. It should boot into stock os. Tada! I'm going to get soupemagnet to make sure i explained this correctly just to make sure i didn't miss something, you don't want to hard brick the kindle, that's a pain to even attempt to recover from without a major understanding of to solder and hookup an emmc to an sdcard reader.
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Okay, let me stop you right there. There's no need to manually flash those images in fastboot and, as you are aware, it isn't the safest option.
To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
^^ what he said, I wasn't aware the amazon zip was compatible with twrp, it has files that a flashable zip tend to have but I never looked into it. Now I know something new for future reference. xD
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soupmagnet said:
Okay, let me stop you right there. There's no need to manually flash those images in fastboot and, as you are aware, it isn't the safest option.
To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
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did what you said but install failed so pushed cynagamod to it and installed now i am stuck on kindle logo cant do nothing not even boot to twrp.
Time for a fastboot mode and kffa... If you at some point installed the drivers for fastboot then this should go smoothly, if not you will have to keep your device manager open I. With does and update the unknown jem device that's detect to the drivers in my signature. Once you do manage to make sure that the jem device is detected and has its drivers installed turn the kindle off and unplug it, then on your PC run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in. It should go into fastboot mode, once there use kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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stunts513 said:
Time for a fastboot mode and kffa... If you at some point installed the drivers for fastboot then this should go smoothly, if not you will have to keep your device manager open I. With does and update the unknown jem device that's detect to the drivers in my signature. Once you do manage to make sure that the jem device is detected and has its drivers installed turn the kindle off and unplug it, then on your PC run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in. It should go into fastboot mode, once there use kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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lol i am so lost.
Basically you need to get a copy of kindle fire first aid from the 7" general section of the forum(yes I know it says 7" but its more liken all second generation kf's), open a command prompt as admin, and CD into the kindle fire first aid directory, run the command mentioned in my last post and plug the kindle in while its off. If it goes into fastboot mode then great, if not you have to install the fastboot mode drivers, you must open the device manager, and when you power on the kindle it should briefly show a jem device, you have to update its drivers to the ones in my signature before the device disappears. Once that is working run the command again. and do as previously mentioned.
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soupmagnet said:
To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
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Thank you so much for this solution. Although I get my 7HD to enter fastboot mode with cable - I can't get these other solutions to work.
In TWRP I REBOOT and see RECOVERY - but when I hit RECOVERY it just boots back to TWRP. Is that all I'm looking to do before going to INSTALL the .bin file (now renamed as .zip)???? thanks much...
rightjb said:
Thank you so much for this solution. Although I get my 7HD to enter fastboot mode with cable - I can't get these other solutions to work.
In TWRP I REBOOT and see RECOVERY - but when I hit RECOVERY it just boots back to TWRP. Is that all I'm looking to do before going to INSTALL the .bin file (now renamed as .zip)???? thanks much...
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Flash from TWRP and then reboot into system. You'll need to Swipe to factory reset first.
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LinearEquation said:
Flash from TWRP and then reboot into system. You'll need to Swipe to factory reset first.
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That worked perfectly. Thank you so very much
Last night I attempted to root my Fire 8.9 2nd gen.. I used a video on youtube to follow the procedure (not sure if I can link it here? if so, let me know). I managed to get twrp installed, but when it rebooted it got stuck on the kindle fire logo. The color of the text "Fire" changes from Orange to Blue on boot and stays that way. I can turn it off and then back on, and hold volume up to get into twrp. Problem is, when I say to mount storage, or connect it to the computer, nothing happens, so I'm in this limbo where I can't recover back to stock or install a ROM.
Maybe I'm not doing something right when trying to mount the internal storage? I've tried on Windows 7, OS X "El Capitan" and an Ubuntu variant.
I don't have a factory cable, just the cable that came with it.
Thanks for any help!!
enjoyingsilence said:
Last night I attempted to root my Fire 8.9 2nd gen.. I used a video on youtube to follow the procedure (not sure if I can link it here? if so, let me know). I managed to get twrp installed, but when it rebooted it got stuck on the kindle fire logo. The color of the text "Fire" changes from Orange to Blue on boot and stays that way. I can turn it off and then back on, and hold volume up to get into twrp. Problem is, when I say to mount storage, or connect it to the computer, nothing happens, so I'm in this limbo where I can't recover back to stock or install a ROM.
Maybe I'm not doing something right when trying to mount the internal storage? I've tried on Windows 7, OS X "El Capitan" and an Ubuntu variant.
I don't have a factory cable, just the cable that came with it.
Thanks for any help!!
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Does adb recognize your kindle when it's in TWRP? If it does, then enable sideloading in TWRP (under the advanced menu) and try adb sideload /path/to/ROM.zip to flash a ROM.
monster1612 said:
Does adb recognize your kindle when it's in TWRP? If it does, then enable sideloading in TWRP (under the advanced menu) and try adb sideload /path/to/ROM.zip to flash a ROM.
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Thanks for the reply. Sort of.. If I boot it to fastload or fastboot, w/e it's called, I can open adb shell, but the prompt is odd. If I try to su , it won't work. If I boot into twrp then do adb sideload, it just doesn't work at all.
The computer sees the device though, fortunately.
enjoyingsilence said:
Thanks for the reply. Sort of.. If I boot it to fastload or fastboot, w/e it's called, I can open adb shell, but the prompt is odd. If I try to su , it won't work. If I boot into twrp then do adb sideload, it just doesn't work at all.
The computer sees the device though, fortunately.
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Try booting into Ubuntu. Are you able to access the kindle's internal storage from within TWRP?
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Try booting into Ubuntu. Are you able to access the kindle's internal storage from within TWRP?
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Will I need adb drivers for Ubuntu? If so, where can I get them?
I can see the internal storage from twrp, yes.. when I try to format the sd card (the internal one, there's no removable option) or partition, It seems to give errors.
enjoyingsilence said:
Will I need adb drivers for Ubuntu? If so, where can I get them?
I can see the internal storage from twrp, yes.. when I try to format the sd card (the internal one, there's no removable option) or partition, It seems to give errors.
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No adb drivers are needed for Ubuntu - you just need to make sure the android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot packages are installed (you'll need the 'universe' component enabled in the "Software and updates" settings to install them via apt-get). The kindle doesn't have an external sdcard, so you wouldn't be able to use a removable one. If you're trying to wipe/format the internal sdcard and other partitions, use the Wipe -> advanced wipe menu in TWRP.
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No adb drivers are needed for Ubuntu - you just need to make sure the android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot packages are installed (you'll need the 'universe' component enabled in the "Software and updates" settings to install them via apt-get). The kindle doesn't have an external sdcard, so you wouldn't be able to use a removable one. If you're trying to wipe/format the internal sdcard and other partitions, use the Wipe -> advanced wipe menu in TWRP.
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Got # prompt on ubuntu terminal. What steps are next to restore?
Edit: Su does not work, there's no root here. If it makes any difference in what to do next.
enjoyingsilence said:
Got # prompt on ubuntu terminal. What steps are next to restore?
Edit: Su does not work, there's no root here. If it makes any difference in what to do next.
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If you have the # instead of the $ in the terminal, that means you're probably authenticated with root already. In that case, do apt-add-repository universe && apt-get update && apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot - this will automatically enable the universe repo, update the list of available packages, and install the adb and fastboot packages if they aren't already installed.
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If you have the # instead of the $ in the terminal, that means you're probably authenticated with root already. In that case, do apt-add-repository universe && apt-get update && apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot - this will automatically enable the universe repo, update the list of available packages, and install the adb and fastboot packages if they aren't already installed.
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Sorry, I should've been more clear. I've added in the universe repository, and installed android-adb-tools as well as android-tools-fastboot. When I said I have # at prompt, that was after typing adb shell. It seems to let me browse through the tablet, a good indicator it's connected and working. My apologies!
Now that I have connectivity from my linux box to the tablet over usb, what are the next steps to recover it? If I type adb shell <enter> whoami, it says root. So we have root access to the tablet. Yay!
enjoyingsilence said:
Sorry, I should've been more clear. I've added in the universe repository, and installed android-adb-tools as well as android-tools-fastboot. When I said I have # at prompt, that was after typing adb shell. It seems to let me browse through the tablet, a good indicator it's connected and working. My apologies!
Now that I have connectivity from my linux box to the tablet over usb, what are the next steps to recover it? If I type adb shell <enter> whoami, it says root. So we have root access to the tablet. Yay!
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Exit adb shell if you're in it already. Now in the linux terminal, type adb push /path/to/ROM.zip /sdcard, where the /path/to/ROM.zip is where your CM/other ROM zip is located on your PC. Repeat this process for any other zips you desire to flash, like xposed, gapps, etc. This should hopefully put the files in the internal storage, from where TWRP can find and flash them. Good luck!
(Side note: assuming you can boot into TWRP, you should be able to view & manipulate the kindle's internal storage from Ubuntu with nautilus or another GUI-based file manager.)
monster1612 said:
Exit adb shell if you're in it already. Now in the linux terminal, type adb push /path/to/ROM.zip /sdcard, where the /path/to/ROM.zip is where your CM/other ROM zip is located on your PC. Repeat this process for any other zips you desire to flash, like xposed, gapps, etc. This should hopefully put the files in the internal storage, from where TWRP can find and flash them. Good luck!
(Side note: assuming you can boot into TWRP, you should be able to view & manipulate the kindle's internal storage from Ubuntu with nautilus or another GUI-based file manager.)
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I'm not sure I have a good working rom at this point. Where might I find the latest one? Also, if I wanted to flash this back to the original FireOS... what would be the steps to do that? Thanks for your help!
edit: Found the latest CM ROM and Gapps files. Just need options for full recovery back to FireOS if needed in the end.
enjoyingsilence said:
I'm not sure I have a good working rom at this point. Where might I find the latest one? Also, if I wanted to flash this back to the original FireOS... what would be the steps to do that? Thanks for your help!
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CyanogenMod has somewhat stable CM12.1 nightlies available for download here, although I think they're starting to slow down now. If you wanted to flash back to the stock OS, Hashcode created a ROM zip for Amazon OS 8.4.1 (the 8.4.3 version was hosted on the now-defunct goo.im), and you may find the link in this thread. That particular version is a bit outdated, but it shouldn't be too hard to manually upgrade.
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CyanogenMod has somewhat stable CM12.1 nightlies available for download here, although I think they're starting to slow down now. If you wanted to flash back to the stock OS, Hashcode created a ROM zip for Amazon OS 8.4.1 (the 8.4.3 version was hosted on the now-defunct goo.im), and you may find the link in this thread. That particular version is a bit outdated, but it shouldn't be too hard to manually upgrade.
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Would a nightly build be wise? I'd be worried about it being unstable....
Thanks for the factory reset link.
enjoyingsilence said:
Would a nightly build be wise? I'd be worried about it being unstable....
Thanks for the factory reset link.
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My 1st and 2nd attempt to flash resulted in a failure. Not sure why...
enjoyingsilence said:
My 1st and 2nd attempt to flash resulted in a failure. Not sure why...
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Try updating your TWRP. Here's Hashcode's thread that links to a download for the latest version (2.8.7.0 as of the time of writing). It's a .zip, so you can flash it in TWRP.
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Try updating your TWRP. Here's Hashcode's thread that links to a download for the latest version (2.8.7.0 as of the time of writing). It's a .zip, so you can flash it in TWRP.
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Thanks. I was able to update twrp and get the 23rd of Dec's nightly CM12 build installed. It didn't seem to work properly though, and gapps wouldn't install. So I've resigned to the fact that I need to put the original OS back on it. After updating twrp, this doesn't seem possible. When I connect it to the computer, all I'm getting is error: device offline when typing adb shell. This is in linux and windows.
I tried connecting it and mounting the usb storage, then dragging over the fireos images, but after installation it went into this reboot loop due to a corrupt something or other... Now, I can't get cm or the original os back on it.
So, some updates... it's still dead.. but here goes:
I tried to copy the original os as found in the link you gave above to the fire via the usb storage mode, but after install and reboot it keeps failing as I mentioned due to corrupt data (the amazon os is throwing that error). so I tried adbsideload... it kept telling me that i needed 1.0.32 or newer of adb. After obtaining that, I was able to sideload the original OS image to no avail.
So I tried the recovery tool: KFHD System.img Recovery Tool but I used the wrong one (the one that isn't for 8.9 inch fire hd tablets)... and now it's stuck at the fire logo (orange/yellow in color). Turning off on again and holding volume up to get to twrp no longer works as it's been de rooted, I believe.
Any suggestions?
enjoyingsilence said:
So, some updates... it's still dead.. but here goes:
I tried to copy the original os as found in the link you gave above to the fire via the usb storage mode, but after install and reboot it keeps failing as I mentioned due to corrupt data (the amazon os is throwing that error). so I tried adbsideload... it kept telling me that i needed 1.0.32 or newer of adb. After obtaining that, I was able to sideload the original OS image to no avail.
So I tried the recovery tool: KFHD System.img Recovery Tool but I used the wrong one (the one that isn't for 8.9 inch fire hd tablets)... and now it's stuck at the fire logo (orange/yellow in color). Turning off on again and holding volume up to get to twrp no longer works as it's been de rooted, I believe.
Any suggestions?
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The volume up to enter TWRP no longer works because the bootloader's been returned to stock. Regardless, you should be able to boot into fastboot. First, make sure the kindle's turned off completely and not plugged into your PC. Then type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. When you see <waiting for device>, plug the kindle in. The kindle should now show a fastboot screen, and the terminal will have outputted a string looking like "Jem-PVT-Prod-04". At this point, if both of those are true, then you should either locate your backups of the stock software or download it for your device. If you haven't made backups, then you can try this tool to attempt to restore. If that tool doesn't work, I have a backup that I'd be willing to share if necessary. In any case, once you have the stock system images, you should flash them as instructed by Hashcode here (skip to the "Flashing back to stock" section). Good luck!
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The volume up to enter TWRP no longer works because the bootloader's been returned to stock. Regardless, you should be able to boot into fastboot. First, make sure the kindle's turned off completely and not plugged into your PC. Then type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. When you see <waiting for device>, plug the kindle in. The kindle should now show a fastboot screen, and the terminal will have outputted a string looking like "Jem-PVT-Prod-04". At this point, if both of those are true, then you should either locate your backups of the stock software or download it for your device. If you haven't made backups, then you can try this tool to attempt to restore. If that tool doesn't work, I have a backup that I'd be willing to share if necessary. In any case, once you have the stock system images, you should flash them as instructed by Hashcode here (skip to the "Flashing back to stock" section). Good luck!
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Thanks for the reply. Surely I must be overlooking something.
I downloaded the kindle fire HD recovery tool from the link you provided (the post by onemeila) - KFHD_SRTv2.1-8.14. Opened the SR Tool file, and used option 2 to restore su and such. When it rebooted, nothing happened... stayed stuck on the orange kindle fire screen.
Next, I obtained the boot and recovery img files from the KFHD System.img Recovery thread by onemeila, and put them in the root of the KFHD_SRT_v2.1 folder. I also copied the system.img that comes with the KFHD_SRT_v2.1 file to the root of it, instead of the folder I was in. Then I issued the kindle the following commands from an administrative command prompt... there weren't any errors:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img # This one will take a few minutes
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
It rebooted, but has remained stuck on the orange kindle fire screen.
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Thanks for the reply. Surely I must be overlooking something.
I downloaded the kindle fire HD recovery tool from the link you provided (the post by onemeila) - KFHD_SRTv2.1-8.14. Opened the SR Tool file, and used option 2 to restore su and such. When it rebooted, nothing happened... stayed stuck on the orange kindle fire screen.
Next, I obtained the boot and recovery img files from the KFHD System.img Recovery thread by onemeila, and put them in the root of the KFHD_SRT_v2.1 folder. I also copied the system.img that comes with the KFHD_SRT_v2.1 file to the root of it, instead of the folder I was in. Then I issued the kindle the following commands from an administrative command prompt... there weren't any errors:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img # This one will take a few minutes
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
It rebooted, but has remained stuck on the orange kindle fire screen.
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Do you have adb installed system-wide? If you do, try cd'ing to the directory where you placed the boot, recovery, and system images and then running those commands again. If you don't, then move the files to the folder where the adb and fastboot executables are located and run the commands in that folder.
Have read a ton on XDA and elsewhere, to the point that I have too much information, and I think it's likely someone with more experience could point me to the right area to focus on. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks!
Where I started:
Was a total noob, had never tried to flash anything or use command line
One day my stock Kindle Fire HD 8.9 just stopped working on its own. Not sure why -- I never tried to root it or hack into it. I had left it plugged in for a week and it felt a little warm.
Powering on would get to the orange/white Kindle Fire screen, and then the screen would go blank and stay that way until powering off.
I just wanted to get the Kindle running again, preferably with stock OS or something that still allowed me to use Amazon Instant Video.
What I've accomplished so far:
Successfully got fastboot running! Originally through First Aide and now through command line too.
Successfully got TWRP 2.8.7 running! Downloaded the TWRP image and used fastboot to flash recovery.
Also flashed kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.6.img and kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin from the instructions on XDA's 2nd bootloader page.
Tried using both First Aide and the SR Tool to restore system back to stock, but neither seemed to do anything. Even flashed the system.img included with the SR Tool manually using fastboot, but Kindle still won't successfully launch. Also tried the "Restore 2 Stock" program, which says it cannot find a device in TWRP mode (likely related to my ADB issue cited below).
Where I'm at now:
Now when powering on (in normal mode), Kindle stays at orange/white Kindle Fire boot screen forever. Screen no longer goes blank afterwards.
Can get to TWRP, but only by using "fastboot oem recovery -i 0x1949"
Strangely, ADB NOT working. While in TWRP mode, I use command line "adb devices" and it returns "B0C91004245614ME Offline". I'm pretty sure I have the correct ADB drivers (while in TWRP mode, device manager shows two entries: "Kindle ADB Mode" and "Recovery ADB Mode").
Obviously I have no backups of original system/boot images because the Kindle broke on its own and I've never seemed to have ADB access.
Questions:
Is there something big I'm missing in order to restore to stock? Intuitively, it seems like I should be able to just flash a working system image from fastboot. If I can't restore to stock, I'm fine installing another OS -- would just like to get the device working again.
I doubt I would have enabled ADB access before the Kindle broke. Is that the reason that the "adb devices" command returns "Offline"?
Have not tried gaining root access. Is that a prereq for using ADB and/or restoring to stock?
-Joe
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Have read a ton on XDA and elsewhere, to the point that I have too much information, and I think it's likely someone with more experience could point me to the right area to focus on. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks!
Where I started:
Was a total noob, had never tried to flash anything or use command line
One day my stock Kindle Fire HD 8.9 just stopped working on its own. Not sure why -- I never tried to root it or hack into it. I had left it plugged in for a week and it felt a little warm.
Powering on would get to the orange/white Kindle Fire screen, and then the screen would go blank and stay that way until powering off.
I just wanted to get the Kindle running again, preferably with stock OS or something that still allowed me to use Amazon Instant Video.
What I've accomplished so far:
Successfully got fastboot running! Originally through First Aide and now through command line too.
Successfully got TWRP 2.8.7 running! Downloaded the TWRP image and used fastboot to flash recovery.
Also flashed kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.6.img and kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin from the instructions on XDA's 2nd bootloader page.
Tried using both First Aide and the SR Tool to restore system back to stock, but neither seemed to do anything. Even flashed the system.img included with the SR Tool manually using fastboot, but Kindle still won't successfully launch. Also tried the "Restore 2 Stock" program, which says it cannot find a device in TWRP mode (likely related to my ADB issue cited below).
Where I'm at now:
Now when powering on (in normal mode), Kindle stays at orange/white Kindle Fire boot screen forever. Screen no longer goes blank afterwards.
Can get to TWRP, but only by using "fastboot oem recovery -i 0x1949"
Strangely, ADB NOT working. While in TWRP mode, I use command line "adb devices" and it returns "B0C91004245614ME Offline". I'm pretty sure I have the correct ADB drivers (while in TWRP mode, device manager shows two entries: "Kindle ADB Mode" and "Recovery ADB Mode").
Obviously I have no backups of original system/boot images because the Kindle broke on its own and I've never seemed to have ADB access.
Questions:
Is there something big I'm missing in order to restore to stock? Intuitively, it seems like I should be able to just flash a working system image from fastboot. If I can't restore to stock, I'm fine installing another OS -- would just like to get the device working again.
I doubt I would have enabled ADB access before the Kindle broke. Is that the reason that the "adb devices" command returns "Offline"?
Have not tried gaining root access. Is that a prereq for using ADB and/or restoring to stock?
-Joe
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Regarding your questions:
1) Hashcode created a TWRP-flashable ROM zip for Amazon's stock OS., which you can find in this thread. You should download the 8.4.1 version from the d-h.st link in the thread, as the goo.im links no longer work because Goo.im (a former file hosting service for Android developers) shut down. However, beware the d-h.st (Dev-Host) links, as they are notorious for causing unwanted downloads and popups. Do NOT download anything executable (the file we want is a .zip, not anything else), as it can cause unwanted software or even malware to be inadvertently installed onto your PC (and in some cases, your android device).
2) Yes, that is why the command returns "offline" when you run it with the kindle in recovery mode.
3) No, root is not a prerequisite for either of those commands. (In fact, you'd have to have adb enabled before rooting the stock OS in most cases.) However, should you need root, the stock ROM that Hashcode built as a flashable TWRP .zip is rooted, and as long as you don't update the OS, your root should remain intact.
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Regarding your questions:
1) Hashcode created a TWRP-flashable ROM zip for Amazon's stock OS., which you can find in this thread. You should download the 8.4.1 version from the d-h.st link in the thread, as the goo.im links no longer work because Goo.im (a former file hosting service for Android developers) shut down. However, beware the d-h.st (Dev-Host) links, as they are notorious for causing unwanted downloads and popups. Do NOT download anything executable (the file we want is a .zip, not anything else), as it can cause unwanted software or even malware to be inadvertently installed onto your PC (and in some cases, your android device).
2) Yes, that is why the command returns "offline" when you run it with the kindle in recovery mode.
3) No, root is not a prerequisite for either of those commands. (In fact, you'd have to have adb enabled before rooting the stock OS in most cases.) However, should you need root, the stock ROM that Hashcode built as a flashable TWRP .zip is rooted, and as long as you don't update the OS, your root should remain intact.
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Thanks for the answers and explanations Monster. I downloaded Hashcode's 8.4.1 ROM zip, but I cannot figure out how to copy the zip file onto my Kindle, given that I don't have ADB access.
I did some research and it seems that one workaround is to use the Mount USB Storage feature within TWRP, but I can't get that to work. When I try to Mount USB Storage, no new storage drive shows on my computer (nor in Disk Management), and the TWRP error log says "Unable to mount storage. Unable to mount '/data'. Unable to mount '/cache'. Unable to find storage partition to mount to USB." Furthermore, the mount menu in TWRP says "Storage: Internal Storage (0 MB)" -- that doesn't seem good.
Do you have any other suggestions, either on how to get the zip file on my Kindle, or another alternative method to get my Kindle functional? Perhaps flashing something else directly from fastboot? Again, appreciate the help!
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Thanks for the answers and explanations Monster. I downloaded Hashcode's 8.4.1 ROM zip, but I cannot figure out how to copy the zip file onto my Kindle, given that I don't have ADB access.
I did some research and it seems that one workaround is to use the Mount USB Storage feature within TWRP, but I can't get that to work. When I try to Mount USB Storage, no new storage drive shows on my computer (nor in Disk Management), and the TWRP error log says "Unable to mount storage. Unable to mount '/data'. Unable to mount '/cache'. Unable to find storage partition to mount to USB." Furthermore, the mount menu in TWRP says "Storage: Internal Storage (0 MB)" -- that doesn't seem good.
Do you have any other suggestions, either on how to get the zip file on my Kindle, or another alternative method to get my Kindle functional? Perhaps flashing something else directly from fastboot? Again, appreciate the help!
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Boot into TWRP, then when you're in, choose Advanced -> ADB Sideload. Check the boxes that say "Wipe cache" and "wipe dalvik cache." Swipe where indicated to sideload, and hook up your kindle to your PC if it's not already connected. Type "adb devices" into a terminal/command prompt, and you should see a device that registers itself as "sideload" in the list. If you do, then type "adb sideload path/to/file.zip", where path/to/file.zip is the location of the downloaded 8.4.1 ROM zip. The ROM should automatically copy and flash; keep the kindle plugged in until the flashing process is complete. Any luck?
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Boot into TWRP, then when you're in, choose Advanced -> ADB Sideload. Check the boxes that say "Wipe cache" and "wipe dalvik cache." Swipe where indicated to sideload, and hook up your kindle to your PC if it's not already connected. Type "adb devices" into a terminal/command prompt, and you should see a device that registers itself as in "sideload" in the list. If you do, then type "adb sideload path/to/file.zip", where path/to/file.zip is the location of the downloaded 8.4.1 ROM zip. The ROM should automatically copy and flash; keep the kindle plugged in until the flashing process is complete. Any luck?
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Yes, the adb sideload worked!!! (just had to update my adb version to 1.0.32) Kindle seems to be fully functional. Thank you so much Monster!
Last thing, do I need to worry about OTA updates or anything in the future that might create a conflict with the bootloader or ROM I'm using?
joes6789 said:
Yes, the adb sideload worked!!! (just had to update my adb version to 1.0.32) Kindle seems to be fully functional. Thank you so much Monster!
Last thing, do I need to worry about OTA updates or anything in the future that might create a conflict with the bootloader or ROM I'm using?
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I believe that the OS is properly patched in Hashcode's stock ROM, so you shouldn't need to worry about OTAs or a conflicting bootloader. Glad to see it works again!
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How were you able to get into fastboot with kf first aide? Which drivers and which options?
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