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So I've read the similar threads, no clear answer.
I've searched the forums with no real clear answer.
So before I continue, I just want to make sure that this is correct.
Kindle Fire turns on, I have fully charged it overnight, and it still boot loops. The Kindle Fire logo comes on, flashes on and off, logo shows again with the logo glimmering, and then turns off and back on. It starts the process over. Very rarely will it go all the way to the arrow that you slide but you can't ever slide it over to get in, it just restarts.
So from my understanding is that the shell is corrupt and I need a factory cable to force fastboot. Is this correct? Thank you for reading my post.
Not necessarily. If you are talking about the stock "Kindle Fire" logo. Skip to the second half.
If you are talking about the FFF1.3 Kindle Fire logo with the Andy above it, you should be able to get into recovery, so long as you flashed a recovery.
If this is the case, start the kindle and watch the power button. When it dims press it a few times. It should change to an orange/amber color after a few presses and then boot into your recovery. From there you can load a rom and get yourself back on track.
If you have the stock bootloader, I'm not sure this will work for you, but it won't hurt to try. Worst case you are out the time it took you to make the USB.
As I found out yesterday, fastboot occurs so quick that Windows might not have the chance to discover and install drivers. So if you have a USB drive, create a firekit LiveUSB.
Once you have a LiveUSB and have booted off it and started firekit, try running normal_boot and then, when powered off, plug the kindle into the computer. With luck, it will reboot and start up into your rom.
If you are unlucky, try install_fff_twrp. Again have the kindle off, and connect it to the USB.
If that does not work try again with install_fff_twrp_from_stock as a last ditch effort.
If that fails, get your factory cable. You can try the other commands too, but I wouldn't hold your breath. But, if it works great.
ok well first off when I first turn it on, I get the yellow fire warning sign that states at the bottom to push the power button for recovery.
I'm getting things to install just fine but anytime it has anything to do with ADB, it does not work. It doesn't work with a regular cable nor the factory cable. Everytime it states that device is not found.
From what I've read the drivers are working properly if I'm able to use fastboot and it shows up in the device manager as a Android Phone > Android ADB Device.
The only time I can keep it recognized by the computer is with the factory cable.
If I use the regular cable, it recognizes it for a second then boots into TWRP but the computer doesn't see the Kindle anymore.
All I'm needing to do is reinstall STOCK Firmware. When I first got it, it just boot looped.
Use the factory cable to change your bootmode to 4000. Reboot, then turn it off and let it charge. It sounds like you are stuck in fastboot mode (4002) with a dead battery, and if I'm not mistaken the device won't charge in fastboot. The factory cable forces fastboot mode, bypasses the battery and provides power directly to the device which is why you are able to issue fastboot commands with the cable.
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Charged
When I am not working on it, I plug it back up to the charger to charge, so charging isn't the problem. TWRP states that the battery is 98% charged when I unplug it.
in twrp you have to manually mount the system and sd card from mount options!
Mount the sd card, save the kindle update bin file, renaming it to update.zip and install from twrp
[Note to self:] Avoid using XDA while on Ambien.
wiredextreme said:
I'm getting things to install just fine but anytime it has anything to do with ADB, it does not work. It doesn't work with a regular cable nor the factory cable. Everytime it states that device is not found.
From what I've read the drivers are working properly if I'm able to use fastboot and it shows up in the device manager as a Android Phone > Android ADB Device.
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Not necessarily true when using Windows and KFU. Sometimes you still have to uninstall/delete your drivers and reinstall again.
The only time I can keep it recognized by the computer is with the factory cable.
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If I use the regular cable, it recognizes it for a second then boots into TWRP but the computer doesn't see the Kindle anymore.
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If it boots directly into TWRP, then you have your bootmode set to recovery.
All I'm needing to do is reinstall STOCK Firmware. When I first got it, it just boot looped.
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If all you want to do is reinstall stock this is easy to fix. Go to the Amazon Kindle website and download the latest 6.3 update. It will be in a .bin format.
Change the name of the update.bin to update.zip
Boot your Kindle to TWRP
Go to "Mount" and mount your SDcard
You should see "[X] Unmount Sdcard" before pressing "Mount to USB"
Your device's sdcard will show up on your computer
Place the newly renamed update.zip on your sdcard
Go to "Install" and flash the update.zip
When installed, the update.zip will turn everything back the way it was when you turned it on for the first time.
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In TWRP, it will not let me select Mount SD Card, it will only let me select Mount System. :X
The only option I know of besides Linux liveUSB Firekit, would require you to format your sdcard and you would lose all of your data. You might be able to mount your system folder to transfer files and just flash it in TWRP from there but I've never tried it. If that doesn't work and you don't mind erasing your whole sdcard...
Boot into recovery (TWRP)
Get your command prompt ready with adb in your present working directory (if you're not sure type: dir )
adb shell
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
That will mount sdcard to your computer like an external drive. You'll probably have to format it. In Windows, select Quick Format > FAT32 > block size 4096.
Just make sure that the volume you are formatting is your sdcard (>5Gb) You should be able to move your update.zip to it then.
soupmagnet said:
You'll probably have to format it
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May be am missing something here, but why can't he "adb push update.zip sdcard/Download" and Flash it from twrp?
I tried to install [JB 4.3.1] CM10.2/SGT7 [20131022] and now bootlogo CM is looping. Tried reinstall but result is the same. I can enter in FFF, TWRP is installed. What should i do?
Has anyone else experienced this problem:
I rooted my Kindle Fire using KFU 0.9.5. it came stock with kindle 6.3 software. The rooting process was a cinch, and I installed GO Launcher EX and the Google Play store and many other applications that work great. I haven't installed anything in the past few days. It's been working fine since I rooted about 3 weeks ago. Now, all of a sudden, I go to open my fire and there's an android guy with an "!" Icon. I reboot. Get the yellow splash screen, and it goes to rebooting options. I select normal reboot. Goes to yellow screen, Goes to Kindle fire splash screen, goes to lock screen. I unlock with my PW and the device immediately turns off. So I try again, this time using recovery. Same scenario. Third time I chose fastboot. Now it sticks on the yellow triangle screen and does nothing. How do I get it to boot up? Please help.
Thank you,
Kyle.
There was a new update from Amazon causing problems. You can flash a different rom or get the new update from the Amazon website and flash it, which will make everything 100% stock again without root.
soupmagnet said:
There was a new update from Amazon causing problems. You can flash a different rom or get the new update from the Amazon website and flash it, which will make everything 100% stock again without root.
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Ok. I got it to boot into recovery mode. when I go to reboot system now, it goes to the yellow triangle splash, then kindle fire splash (orange fire lettering, not blue), then it brightens up, and goes to the lock screen. then immediately powers off. reboots into the yellow triangle splash, then an android robot with a loading bar that fills about 25%, to a mini android robot with an orange ! triangle.
If I have to flash a new ROM, which would you suggest?
Thank you,
Kyle.
Also, in the CWM recovery, there's a factory data reset. Will that undo the root? Or will it just wipe the memory?
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Please advise. Currently my Kindle is stuck and I'd like to have it operational again. Even if that means re-rooting it. Does CWM Factory Reset wipe the root or just delete the memory on the device. Is that even the correct route to go? Is there an easier way to get out of this boot loop? KFU won't recognize the device because it won't power up all the way.
Thank you.
Factory reset will only wipe your user data.
To break root and restore to factory original you have to flash the latest update from Amazon.
Google "Kindle Fire software update", it will be on the Amazon website.
Change the file extension from ".bin" to ".zip" and put it on your sdcard.
Flash the new update.zip in CWM
soupmagnet said:
Factory reset will only wipe your user data.
To break root and restore to factory original you have to flash the latest update from Amazon.
Google "Kindle Fire software update", it will be on the Amazon website.
Change the file extension from ".bin" to ".zip" and put it on your sdcard.
Flash the new update.zip in CWM
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Ok, but I still cannot add anything to my device because it will not start up in any mode, so my computer isn't recognizing the device. How do I get the computer to see the Kindle while it's "off"
I've read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 and it's not very helpful in that regard.
Can you boot into recovery? If you can, you're halfway there.
soupmagnet said:
Can you boot into recovery? If you can, you're halfway there.
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Soupmag, Sorry it took so long to reply; I had to pick my kid up from his mom's after work, and feed, bathe, and bed him, which is exhausting. I was at work earlier.
I can boot the device into recovery mode. The screen looks like this:
CWM-based Recovery v5. 0. 2 .7 FULL (By DooMLoRD)
Amazon Kindle Fire: v01-FINAL: Touch ed. by TUTRCHAOS
-reboot options
-Install zip from sdcard
-apply /sdcard/update.zip
-Wipe cache
-Backup and Rest.
-Mount & Strg
-advanced
-Power off
-Go Back
Build info...
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I don't know how to get a new .zip on the /sdcard. The PC doesn't see the device, so I can't transfer. It won't boot normally from this (reboot options are norm., fast, recov.) so I'm left with trying to reinstall the .zip, but I don't know if I need to wipe b4 I try that. Or, factory reset and hope it starts in Kindle launcher. What happens next. Sorry this is so long. I just don't want to screw it up even worse or possibly brick it.
Thanks for your help and patience.
-Kyle
soupmagnet said:
Factory reset will only wipe your user data.
To break root and restore to factory original you have to flash the latest update from Amazon.
Google "Kindle Fire software update", it will be on the Amazon website.
Change the file extension from ".bin" to ".zip" and put it on your sdcard.
Flash the new update.zip in CWM
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BTW: I'd rather not factory resotre and re-root, but if I have to, than I will.
Thanks again.
Kyle
For some reason, the update will not install with CWM. I found that if you install TWRP, the update will install. I have used the commands on this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340 to successfully install TWRP and then the update installs. After that, you will have to re-root.
When it says in those instructions:
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
is that a command prompt window in the kindle dir? Or a KFU Option?
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
Something completely different?
Please elaborate.
Thank you.
-Kyle
There's no need to reroot. I assume you're using Windows, right? Fix your drivers so you can use adb to push a new rom to your sdcard OR mount your sdcard in TWRP and transfer it like that.
Ok Awesome. Soupmag, awesome. I don't want to un-root. How do I update my Drivers? I had the adb drivers working fine yesterday. I didn't change anything. I'm using the KindleADB drivers and when it worked. I plugged it into the PC (windows vista) it would show under ADB devices on device manager.
Thank you,
Kyle
Well first, see if you can get into recovery and mount your sdcard (Kindle plugged into the computer of course)
Ok, I'm on recovery CWN-based Recovery v5.0.2.7 FULL
There's an Android Composite ADB interface under Android Phones in Device Manager
USB plugged in of course
Edit: When I shut the device down the Android Phone>Android Composite ADB Interface is removed from devices in device manager, so it has to be seeing the device, right?
kylebenton said:
When it says in those instructions:
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
is that a command prompt window in the kindle dir? Or a KFU Option?
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
Something completely different?
Please elaborate.
Thank you.
-Kyle
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Command prompt window... from the directory where you unzip the files. Honestly, I don't really know if all the steps are required. All I know is that the process has worked for me.
kylebenton said:
Ok, I'm on recovery CWN-based Recovery v5.0.2.7 FULL
There's an Android Composite ADB interface under Android Phones in Device Manager
USB plugged in of course
Edit: When I shut the device down the Android Phone>Android Composite ADB Interface is removed from devices in device manager, so it has to be seeing the device, right?
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While in recovery, select "mount sdcard". It should show up on your computer as external storage. Then use your computer to download whatever rom you want and transfer it to your sdcard. Just make sure its in .zip format.
[Edit:] If that doesn't work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747671 ...to fix your drivers.
Duplicate post, deleted. Stupid XDA app.
soupmagnet said:
While in recovery, select "mount sdcard". It should show up on your computer as external storage. Then use your computer to download whatever rom you want and transfer it to your sdcard. Just make sure its in .zip format.
[Edit:] If that doesn't work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747671 ...to fix your drivers.
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Awesome! Do you recommend any particular ROM for stability? I don't want to have to do this every month lol
Thanks again
kyle
Hi
I rooted my KF using kindle fire utility 0.9.5 -successfully.
After flashing gede ROM, KF is boot looping (there is a CM9 logo with the android guy flashing on the screen)---rebooting KF brings me back to the same screen
I have absolutely no access to the device. Kindle unbrick v.1--does not do anything, it gives: waiting for device
kindle fire utility gives: device offline
adb device gives: error: device not found
however, when i plug in the KF into my computer, under Device Manager--the KF is listed as "Galaxy" with a yellow triangle. No longer listed as kindle.
Please help! Thanks
Does this sound like it may apply to you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25400963
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20317299
soupmagnet said:
Does this sound like it may apply to you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25400963
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20317299
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Thank you for your response. the KF is fully charged so power is not an issue. The biggest issue is I have no access to the device in order to do anything. Device cannot be recognized and it reads as a Galaxy in device manager
Oh, that problem...
OK, read these
Driver information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747671
Hardware ID information and reply from gedemis w/fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25444709
soupmagnet said:
Oh, that problem...
OK, read these
Driver information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747671
Hardware ID information and reply from gedemis w/fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25444709
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Thanks soupmagnet. However still no progress. my device is still bootlooping.
How can I get into recovery while it is still bootlooping.
I am quite (100%) certain the issue you are describing is a dead battery. It is the only issue known that causes the boot logo to flash like that. Your battery most likely died while asleep as some roms don't sleep or shut down properly.
I'm willing to bet if you pay attention and follow the steps from the links I originally gave you, you'll be able to fix your device.
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I am quite (100%) certain the issue you are describing is a dead battery. It is the only issue known that causes the boot logo to flash like that. Your battery most likely died while asleep as some roms don't sleep or shut down properly.
I'm willing to bet if you pay attention and follow the steps from the links I originally gave you, you'll be able to fix your device.
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Qem is saying that as soon as the ROM was flashed and went into boot mode, the kindle kept bootlooping the ROM intro over and over.
Turning the KF on and off does nothing as the KF is trying to boot into the ROM but never gets past the intro screen (blue-ish android cartoon, CM9 type intro).
Because of the bootlop, there is no way to get into recovery physically and when connected to the computer, the kindle is being shown as a galaxy unit with no drivers, probably due to the flashed ROM.
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Qem is saying that as soon as the ROM was flashed and went into boot mode, the kindle kept bootlooping the ROM intro over and over.
Turning the KF on and off does nothing as the KF is trying to boot into the ROM but never gets past the intro screen (blue-ish android cartoon, CM9 type intro).
Because of the bootlop, there is no way to get into recovery physically and when connected to the computer, the kindle is being shown as a galaxy unit with no drivers, probably due to the flashed ROM.
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My apologies. Apparently I misunderstood that portion of the first post and it's likely I'm just getting threads confused. So again, I apologize.
Based on this newly discovered information, I'm willing to bet you have Clockwork Mod recovery installed as opposed to TWRP. Yes? or No?
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My apologies. Apparently I misunderstood that portion of the first post and it's likely I'm just getting threads confused. So again, I apologize.
Based on this newly discovered information, I'm willing to bet you have Clockwork Mod recovery installed as opposed to TWRP. Yes? or No?
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Qem can't post links so I posted her response instead.
"Again, thanks for your response. Yes I have clockwork Mod.
At first the KF kept bootlooping to the KF intro screen followed by a small portion of the ROM intro.
After multiple resets the intro just continues forever.
Here is a link to what it looks like. Its been like this even after powering off and on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npx9HIbF5Po"
Any ideas for bootloop
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My apologies. Apparently I misunderstood that portion of the first post and it's likely I'm just getting threads confused. So again, I apologize.
Based on this newly discovered information, I'm willing to bet you have Clockwork Mod recovery installed as opposed to TWRP. Yes? or No?
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Please do you have any ideas re:bootloop. I am stuck.
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Please do you have any ideas re:bootloop. I am stuck.
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Yes. I'll try to explain it in a way that you'll understand.
You have Clockwork Mod
You need TWRP
no way to mount TWRP
soupmagnet said:
Yes. I'll try to explain it in a way that you'll understand.
You have Clockwork Mod
You need TWRP
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Thanks.
However did you see the you-tube link in chat #9?
I do not have any access to the device (in order to install TWRP) because no application (KF utility, Kindle unbrick, cmd prompt) can find the device: "ERROR: device not found".
The only place in which the device is found is in device manager but it lists the KF as "Galaxy".
May be I might be missing something...
You need to flash a different rom, like cm7, older version of cm9, or MoDaCo, just long enough to install TWRP. CWM will not install later versions of cm9.
You can mount your sdcard in TWRP, or if your drivers are working properly, you can use the "push" command in adb to transfer another rom.
soupmagnet said:
You need to flash a different rom, like cm7, older version of cm9, or MoDaCo, just long enough to install TWRP. CWM will not install later versions of cm9.
You can mount your sdcard in TWRP, or if your drivers are working properly, you can use the "push" command in adb to transfer another rom.
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I am having the same issue.
The problem is we flashed CWM, then a CM9 rom. Now just runs the aminamtion.zip boot screen and does nothing. it is unable to get into fastboot or CWM. inorder to flash another rom to install TWRP
KF has internal sdcard... cant mount TWRP
soupmagnet said:
You need to flash a different rom, like cm7, older version of cm9, or MoDaCo, just long enough to install TWRP. CWM will not install later versions of cm9.
You can mount your sdcard in TWRP, or if your drivers are working properly, you can use the "push" command in adb to transfer another rom.
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Thanks. I appreciate your help.
Pardon me I am desperate to get my KF in a working condition.
However the KF does not have an external SD card. Therefore to mount TWRP on the sdcard, I need access to the device. This access is what i dont have... The sdcard on the KF is internal and I cannot open any folders in the KF due to the bootloop
Qem said:
Thanks. I appreciate your help.
Pardon me I am desperate to get my KF in a working condition.
However the KF does not have an external SD card. Therefore to mount TWRP on the sdcard, I need access to the device. This access is what i dont have... The sdcard on the KF is internal and I cannot open any folders in the KF due to the bootloop
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No, you're misunderstanding me.
If you want to install the TWRP from inside the rom (i.e. using gscript or smirkit), you have to access recovery (in your case, CWM) to mount your sdcard. It will mount to your computer as an external drive, like a thumb drive. While mounted, transfer a rom that will work with CWM from your computer to your sdcard, then flash it in recovery to have a working rom to install TWRP.
Otherwise, if you want to use the command line method to install TWRP...
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp2.1.img
...but considering KFU says "offline", that is out of the question unless you can get your drivers working.
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No, you're misunderstanding me.
If you want to install the TWRP from inside the rom (i.e. using gscript or smirkit), you have to access recovery (in your case, CWM) to mount your sdcard. It will mount to your computer as an external drive, like a thumb drive. While mounted, transfer a rom that will work with CWM from your computer to your sdcard, then flash it in recovery to have a working rom to install TWRP.
Otherwise, if you want to use the command line method to install TWRP...
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp2.1.img
...but considering KFU says "offline", that is out of the question unless you can get your drivers working.
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So I was able to find drivers for the "Galaxy" (http://pastebin.com/nhbaaWMu) and installed it. This enabled KFU to recognize my device as "online".
However there are two issues (1) there is no access to the drive. it mounts like an external drive, but does not open/explore. like an external drive or USB would.
(2) when i try to go into recovery mode via KFU, KFU gets stuck.
When you say fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp2.1.img, does the "path/to/twrp2."1-- mean the actual file path to where TWRP is located on my computer or is the "path/to" part of the cmd line input
Qem said:
When you say fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp2.1.img, does the "path/to/twrp2."1-- mean the actual file path to where TWRP is located on my computer or is the "path/to" part of the cmd line input
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Actual path to file.
[Edit:] I've heard one of the roms here won't mount the sdcard in TWRP but I'm not sure which one. It may be gedeRom.
still boot looping affter fastboot+twrp2
soupmagnet said:
Actual path to file.
[Edit:] I've heard one of the roms here won't mount the sdcard in TWRP but I'm not sure which one. It may be gedeRom.
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Thank you for your help thus fat, I appreciate it. However I still have not fixed the issue...
I tried it (actual path to file), it still said "waiting for device".
after a while, I held held power button to manually reboot, still nothing.
I also uninstalled and re installed the drivers... nothing
using KFU to boot into normal mode still returns "system cannot find the drive specified."
at wits end...
Pardon the typo..
soupmagnet said:
Actual path to file.
[Edit:] I've heard one of the roms here won't mount the sdcard in TWRP but I'm not sure which one. It may be gedeRom.
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In prev post, I meant thanks for your help thus "far" and not "fat"
sorry for the typo
So I was messing with my kindle and it was trying to upgrade it to jelly bean and i guess i missed one of the steps and bricked it. I was going through the process of unbricking but when i was trying to do extract the update.zip folder it would not allow me to because it could not mount the SD card. All i need to figure out how to do is get the SD slot mounted. I am slowly picking up on command prompt and still trying to figure out adb shell but that is all i need help with.
I can unbrick it if someone knows how i can get my kindle to mount back to my computer!
Any advice or step by step for it would be very helpful, Thanks guys
Could you be more specific as to how your Kindle is "bricked"?
soupmagnet said:
Could you be more specific as to how your Kindle is "bricked"?
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I can only get to CWM. It does nothing but boot loop and does not go any farther then that. I can plug it into the computer and get the drivers connected and KFU can recognize it. when i put it in cwm this is the first thing i see
Forgive my redundancy but please describe the "boot loop". Does it just sit at the Kindle Fire logo? Does the Kindle Fire logo flash, or change brightness? Does it make it to the boot animation? Black screen?
soupmagnet said:
Forgive my redundancy but please describe the "boot loop". Does it just sit at the Kindle Fire logo? Does the Kindle Fire logo flash, or change brightness? Does it make it to the boot animation? Black screen?
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It will go to the kindle fire logo and then it would go to a black screen. It makes no boot animation. It will change some brightness. The words kindle fire are in white and blue. It flashes where is needs to do the boot animation and then just goes to a black screen
dontgoback4cody said:
I can only get to CWM. It does nothing but boot loop and does not go any farther then that. I can plug it into the computer and get the drivers connected and KFU can recognize it. when i put it in cwm this is the first thing i see
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The image shows a very low battery. The behavior you describe suggests a low battery. You're in a boot loop caused by no power.
Let it sit for several hours (better...over night).
Edit:...ie. let it sit with your charger attached.....
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dontgoback4cody said:
I can only get to CWM. It does nothing but boot loop and does not go any farther then that. I can plug it into the computer and get the drivers connected and KFU can recognize it. when i put it in cwm this is the first thing i see
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It might be a good idea to consider installing TWRP rather than using CWM. CWM is known to have problems with some newer ROMs.
acii22 said:
The image shows a very low battery. The behavior you describe suggests a low battery. You're in a boot loop caused by no power.
Let it sit for several hours (better...over night).
Edit:...ie. let it sit with your charger attached.....
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It might be a good idea to consider installing TWRP rather than using CWM. CWM is known to have problems with some newer ROMs.
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I have tried to install it from KFU but it is always has a problem doing so. I let it charge over night and it is still doing the same thing. Here is what is says when i try to install twrp
Replace the TWRP.img that comes with KFU, with the ACTUAL one from the TWRP website.
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Replace the TWRP.img that comes with KFU, with the ACTUAL one from the TWRP website.
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Ok i did that but it still will not let me connect the kindle to the computer it keeps giving me sdcard errors. any idea how to fix the sd card issue?
Hey were u able to fix it??
Had the same problem with mine when I used TWRP to format my SD card..but was able to solve it..
What I did was a very simple thing..got the kindle recognised as a drive..used windows partition manager to format it
It worked.. I tx the stock and installed it
Try it and let me know
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I had the same problem before and only had to reboot the kindle.
Nothing is working. i have given up all hope. Like this is crazy. It is screwed up for good. I cant get it to mount. If anyone wants to take a shot at it just shoot me a pm with an address and we can discuss something about trying to fix it or what the hell i did to it. Its crazy! and really messed up.
dontgoback4cody said:
Nothing is working. i have given up all hope. Like this is crazy. It is screwed up for good. I cant get it to mount. If anyone wants to take a shot at it just shoot me a pm with an address and we can discuss something about trying to fix it or what the hell i did to it. Its crazy! and really messed up.
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I have an Idea. If you have fastboot working on your computer. You could try flashing a rom from your computer by typing
fastboot -w(wipes device)
fastboot update <path to rom> (flashes rom)
If it works, you can then fix the sdcard easier with adb/shell/partition manager. Its worth a shot.
I also found this on a website
ROM update without SDcard
If you don't have an sd card, or your slot is broken you can try this trick, but you will need a custom recovery like Clockwork.
Boot up your phone to recovery. And move your rom file to the adb directory, and start a command line ( cmd )
adb shell
mount data
adb push D:\custom_rom.zip /data/
Wait until the push finised, and restart your device to recovery again with "adb reboot-bootloader"
mount data
mount /data /sdcard ( mount the data folder into your sdcard folder, so your recovery will think that you have an sdcard installed )
Locate the ROM .Zip file you wish to flash.
Confirm the flash by following the on-screen instructions (ie: pressing the trackball, pressing the call button, etc.)
If no errors arise during the flashing process then the ROM flash was successful, Reboot the device.
With some root file explorer, remove the rom file if you don't need it anymore, to free up space.
Or use adb to remove the custom recovery
adb shell rm data/custom_rom.zip
I will give it a shot. Only thing is i dont think there is even any software on here. when i try to get it into fastboot mode here is what it says.
Then you need a factory cable to get into fastboot.
dontgoback4cody said:
I will give it a shot. Only thing is i dont think there is even any software on here. when i try to get it into fastboot mode here is what it says.
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Hey i had the same exact problem and i had posted what i did to recover it.. did you try..
I know it sounds too simple.. but it worked for me
sometimes its the way you have formatted ur sd card
kishorev said:
Hey i had the same exact problem and i had posted what i did to recover it.. did you try..
I know it sounds too simple.. but it worked for me
sometimes its the way you have formatted ur sd card
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When you see the error message:
Code:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)
It means you don't have access to the shell in order to switch bootmodes and access recovery, which is needed to fix this type of problem. The only way to change bootmodes without access to the shell, is in fastboot. Unfortunately, you need access to the shell to change the bootmode to fastboot as well...catch-22.
For this, you need a factory cable. The factory cable will tell the device to boot into fastboot without the need for a shell. Even with a factory cable, and access to recovery, you'll still likely need to either reformat, or repartition your sdcard in order to get it to mount.
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When you see the error message:
Code:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)
It means you don't have access to the shell in order to switch bootmodes and access recovery, which is needed to fix this type of problem. The only way to change bootmodes without access to the shell, is in fastboot. Unfortunately, you need access to the shell to change the bootmode to fastboot as well...catch-22.
For this, you need a factory cable. The factory cable will tell the device to boot into fastboot without the need for a shell. Even with a factory cable, and access to recovery, you'll still likely need to either reformat, or repartition your sdcard in order to get it to mount.
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You are right..
But i too was had the same msg when i was trying to fastboot it.. but then it worked.. I had formatted it and then tx the stock rom and flashed it..
Probably i missing something here..
Anyways thnx
Can't mount SD card on kindle fire
I was in a similar situation and after reading the various forums i came across this action "hold down the power button until the kindle goes off and continue to hold for about 30 seconds I believe this resets the kindle and then tick debugging and mount usb storage the sdcard will open on your pc" and then you can go from there. Worked for me so good luck.
I havent used this tablet in a long time due to the fact that I accidentally deleted the rom and my backup wont work. The problem is I cant access my sdcard now through twrp. My computer doesnt recognize the kindle at all. I'm not the most savy person when it comes to all this, and I rooted this thing a long time ago following instructions. I never had any problem uploading new roms and wiping etc. and can usually figure the problem out. I installed the drivers necessary, attempted to abt sideload. Please help me get my kindle back! Its been a long time.
JimmerSeiber said:
I havent used this tablet in a long time due to the fact that I accidentally deleted the rom and my backup wont work. The problem is I cant access my sdcard now through twrp. My computer doesnt recognize the kindle at all. I'm not the most savy person when it comes to all this, and I rooted this thing a long time ago following instructions. I never had any problem uploading new roms and wiping etc. and can usually figure the problem out. I installed the drivers necessary, attempted to abt sideload. Please help me get my kindle back! Its been a long time.
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Windows? 7 or 8?
try installing Drivers with Kindle Fire Utility's install.drivers.bat, then reboot pc
I did so, but just in case I didnt do it right I tried again. My computer is about to be found before I go to into Recovery on TWRP but not after, but even when its found..its only in my device manager, not under device so that I could add files to the sdcard..Windows 7 btw.
JimmerSeiber said:
I did so, but just in case I didnt do it right I tried again. My computer is about to be found before I go to into Recovery on TWRP but not after, but even when its found..its only in my device manager, not under device so that I could add files to the sdcard..Windows 7 btw.
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My PC wouldn't access SD card but while in twrp on device, on pc opened cmd in folder with adb and 'adb devices' saw my device. Was able to 'adb push' files to /sdcard/ that way. I was in twrp, had no backup, lost root and system was wiped. Nothing but twrp was on here. Which I had to revert to stock unrooted and reroot the device but it came out fine.
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Could you take a screen shot of the twrp problem
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I have this same problem!
nightlimits said:
My PC wouldn't access SD card but while in twrp on device, on pc opened cmd in folder with adb and 'adb devices' saw my device. Was able to 'adb push' files to /sdcard/ that way. I was in twrp, had no backup, lost root and system was wiped. Nothing but twrp was on here. Which I had to revert to stock unrooted and reroot the device but it came out fine.
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I'm not the smartest when it comes to rooting my Kindle fire 1 and erased the ROM also. Could you be more explicit on how you accessed the SDcard on the kindle when twrp is running? I have windows 7 and the 0.9.9 utility downloaded but I haven't run it yet.
Thanks! MJ
Micah461 said:
I'm not the smartest when it comes to rooting my Kindle fire 1 and erased the ROM also. Could you be more explicit on how you accessed the SDcard on the kindle when twrp is running? I have windows 7 and the 0.9.9 utility downloaded but I haven't run it yet.
Thanks! MJ
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Once TWRP is installed don't use kindle Fire Utility.
When Kindle is TWRP recovery, select Mount, check storage/sd card then select Mount USB Storage
Almost there!
sd_shadow said:
Once TWRP is installed don't use kindle Fire Utility.
When Kindle is TWRP recovery, select Mount, check storage/sd card then select Mount USB Storage
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I can see in the Kindle is the TWRP folder and a fix_permissions.log
Sorry to be as thick as a brick!
MJ
Micah461 said:
All
I can see in the Kindle is the TWRP folder and a fix_permissions.log
Sorry to be as thick as a brick!
MJ
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Select the home icon (top right)
Then Mount
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sd_shadow said:
Select the home icon (top right)
Then Mount
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In TWRP, I selected Mount, Mount SDCard, "Mount USB Storage"
Then Windows opens a file manager window and I see Kindle (K
In that folder I see the TWRP folder and the log file I described.
In TWRP in the Kindle, the only button I can hit is the Unmount.
There is no Home button - that shows after I hit Unmount.
Again, sorry to be so thick I don't see what you describe
I can't copy the Amazon Zip file via windows, it stops about 1/3rd the way and errors
MJ
OK! I figured it out! I had a wonky USB cable! Once I replaced it I was able to copy the update-kindle-6.3.1_D01E_4107720.zip into the Kindle. I tried to flash it but TWRP reported that it could not open the zip. I had the update-kindle-6.3.2_D01E_4110520.zip file also D/L'd and copied it to the Kindle. That file flashed and the Kindle booted back up to 6.3.2 stock KF1.
Many Many thanks to sd_Shadow for pointing me the right way and shoving REALLY hard!
MJ
Micah461 said:
In TWRP, I selected Mount, Mount SDCard, "Mount USB Storage"
Then Windows opens a file manager window and I see Kindle (K
In that folder I see the TWRP folder and the log file I described.
In TWRP in the Kindle, the only button I can hit is the Unmount.
There is no Home button - that shows after I hit Unmount.
Again, sorry to be so thick I don't see what you describe
I can't copy the Amazon Zip file via windows, it stops about 1/3rd the way and errors
MJ
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open the folder on the pc and place a rom on it, unmount then select install