[Q] Please help rooting - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have used kindle fire utility to try and root, and I followed all the steps and the utility said that the root was successful, but my kindle fire is not rooted. I don't know why can someone please help?

AxillarHD said:
I have used kindle fire utility to try and root, and I followed all the steps and the utility said that the root was successful, but my kindle fire is not rooted. I don't know why can someone please help?
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What kfu did you use. Are you sure you have a first gen kindle fire?
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I do not count myself any higher than anybody else.

jma9454 said:
.....Just because I am a Senior Member doesn't mean anything. I do not count myself any higher than anybody else.
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Me neither.

BrooklynNY said:
Me neither.
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It's my new signature through Tapatalk. Compared to people like Ichigo, Soupmagnet, and Thepooch, I am nothing. Also quite often much less of a help then I would like. But I pay attention and learn. I don't know about you, but I would rate people like you, @sharonbw, and possibly @Guitarman2010 about on par with me.

jma9454 said:
It's my new signature through Tapatalk. Compared to people like Ichigo, Soupmagnet, and Thepooch, I am nothing. Also quite often much less of a help then I would like. But I pay attention and learn. I don't know about you, but I would rate people like you, @sharonbw, and possibly @Guitarman2010 about on par with me.
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That's nice man! Yeah Ichigo sure has a lot of rep. I don't have a KF, but I do try and help out in device forums other than my own. Help out in the A2 forums, and now have started with this one. Already am helping out with development for a (as of yet) threadless Motorola Fire. XDA is awesome, and you learn a lot on the way, no?
Hope I'm not intruding by helping out here?
Sent from my Muffin masquerading as a phone in the coffin.

AxillarHD said:
I have used kindle fire utility to try and root, and I followed all the steps and the utility said that the root was successful, but my kindle fire is not rooted. I don't know why can someone please help?
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Can you tell us the steps that you took to root in detail?
What version is your KF? Is it 6.3?
What are you running on your computer?
Did you use the original cable that came with the KF?
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Thanks for all the responses Here's a lot more information -
Kindle fire first gen 6.3.2
Used the kindle fire utility found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
Running windows 7
I first opened the drivers.bat file, then confirmed all the drivers were installed correctly by going on computer, properties, devices, and then checking the drivers. Then went on the utility's main .bat file and saw that it said that it was online and the boot thing said 4000. So then I went ahead and did number 2 for the root. And then I let it do its thing and everything seemed to go smoothly. It said it was finished and that it was now rooted, but it is not.
The kindle fire doesn't come with a usb so I bought one.
Something weird is that I thought it was rooted at first so I used the utility to install the google apps and now I can use google play and all the google apps, but still no root!
Another weird thing is that now it starts up with the same fast boot screen as it used when rooting. However, the device works fine.

AxillarHD said:
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Kindle fire first gen 6.3.2
Used the kindle fire utility found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
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Here's your problem. The 6.3.2 update disables root, and KFU 9.6 won't work. Try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
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jma9454 said:
Here's your problem. The 6.3.2 update disables root, and KFU 9.6 won't work. Try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192818
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Ok I tried that and the exact same thing happened. It said that it worked, but I still don't have root access.

AxillarHD said:
Ok I tried that and the exact same thing happened. It said that it worked, but I still don't have root access.
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How are you testing for root?
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I am using both root checker (from google play) and es file explorer. I also tried to use a screenshot app which requires root and it didn't work either.
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I tried a screenshot app and it said "device rooted will use superuser." Then it crashes and says "execute su failed permission denied."
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Could it be that superuser didn't install? Idk, and I'm just grasping at straws here, but it seems like that might be the case.
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That sounds like it might be right. Do you know of any way to manually install it? Thanks for all your help
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You were right!!!! The superuser app didn't install right so I downloaded one off of google play and now it works and I have root access! Thank you so much for all your help I will give thanks for sure
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jma9454 said:
It's my new signature through Tapatalk. Compared to people like Ichigo, Soupmagnet, and Thepooch, I am nothing. Also quite often much less of a help then I would like. But I pay attention and learn. I don't know about you, but I would rate people like you, @sharonbw, and possibly @Guitarman2010 about on par with me.
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I guess you read some of my posts. Thanx for the compliment. And yes, I love helping when I can. Xda is the best!:thumbup:

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HOW TO Run Stock Launcher/Original Kindle Fire setup on a Jelly Bean ROM

I think its safe to say that I have searched all over the internet and this forum looking for the answer. How do I get to the Kindle Fire Market and factory setup while I am running a Jelly Bean ROM still. Basically I have Root access and the Project Jandycane ROM running perfectly fine and normal, but I want to know how I can install the factory Kindle Launcher to read books, get on the Amazon Video market and so on since I have a prime account and want to watch movies again. I know I need to run OTARootKeeper to use the video market but where is an APK or something similar to get back to all that and re-register as a "Kindle Fire" when I want to access these options?
Thanks for any help you may offer
Cheers
d0ppler302 said:
I think its safe to say that I have searched all over the internet and this forum looking for the answer. How do I get to the Kindle Fire Market and factory setup while I am running a Jelly Bean ROM still. Basically I have Root access and the Project Jandycane ROM running perfectly fine and normal, but I want to know how I can install the factory Kindle Launcher to read books, get on the Amazon Video market and so on since I have a prime account and want to watch movies again. I know I need to run OTARootKeeper to use the video market but where is an APK or something similar to get back to all that and re-register as a "Kindle Fire" when I want to access these options?
Thanks for any help you may offer
Cheers
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As fas as I know, the only way to do this is to setup Dual Booting.
I have not done it yet, but I think there are some walk throughs for it.
d0ppler302 said:
I think its safe to say that I have searched all over the internet and this forum looking for the answer. How do I get to the Kindle Fire Market and factory setup while I am running a Jelly Bean ROM still. Basically I have Root access and the Project Jandycane ROM running perfectly fine and normal, but I want to know how I can install the factory Kindle Launcher to read books, get on the Amazon Video market and so on since I have a prime account and want to watch movies again. I know I need to run OTARootKeeper to use the video market but where is an APK or something similar to get back to all that and re-register as a "Kindle Fire" when I want to access these options?
Thanks for any help you may offer
Cheers
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Did you ever find out how to do this? I want to do it too but, after a lot of searching, have not found an answer other than dual booting but no dual booting 'how to' for the kf. I'm sure I saw a post in passing about someone switching between the stock launcher and another launcher but can't find the thread again. It may not have been on jelly bean but I thought it was. Frustrated I can't find it!!!
Thank you (and all) for any help you may offer!
sent from my original Kindle Fire masquerading as a Galaxy Nexus
Instructions for dual-booting can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615093
So far it is the only known way to do it.
soupmagnet said:
Instructions for dual-booting can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615093
So far it is the only known way to do it.
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Can you tell me why the kindle launcher won't run? Is it a specific problem or have devs not been interested in it? If it's the latter, is it appropriate to ask a dev to consider working on it?
That is I use twa_priv's cm10. Would it be offensive to ask him to modify his ROM to run the stock apps? (Hope these aren't stupid questions. :8)
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Several people have tried to port the launcher and silk browser but have been unsuccessful. I read somewhere around here that someone got it sort of working, but it's only a vague memory in my mind. There hasn't been much talk about it since.
soupmagnet said:
Several people have tried to port the launcher and silk browser but have been unsuccessful. I read somewhere around here that someone got it sort of working, but it's only a vague memory in my mind. There hasn't been much talk about it since.
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This might be what your talking about http://gigaom.com/mobile/so-i-turned-my-galaxy-tab-into-a-kindle-fire/
My only interest is the digital magazine feature that comes with the kindle fire. Zinio doesn't offer all of the content I like to read

Amazon Kindle App Incompatible with Nexus 7 on JRO03S ROM?

I just installed the Nexus 7 JRO03S ROM on a Nexus 7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913562) and reset everything to factory but the Amazon Kindle App v3.6.0.87 doesn't seems to play nice with me. I can open the apps without any problem but when I open a book, it briefly shows "loading" and then the program exit.
No problem opening PDF files with Amazon Kindle however. So I am not sure what is wrong. I tried other books and ALL shows the same issue.
Anybody having this issue?
- Charles
chaddeus said:
I just installed the Nexus 7 JRO03S ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913562) and reset everything to factory but the Amazon Kindle v3.6.0.87 doesn't seems to play nice with me. I can open the apps without any problem but when I open a book, it briefly shows "loading" and then the program exit.
No problem opening PDF files with Amazon Kindle however. So I am not sure what is wrong. I tried other books and ALL shows the same issue.
Anybody having this issue?
- Charles
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is it because the rom is meant for the nexus 7 and not kindle?
jarjar124 said:
is it because the rom is meant for the nexus 7 and not kindle?
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I believe he means the Kindle app.
Nospin said:
I believe he means the Kindle app.
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I guess you are correct, so i have edited the title to prevent future confusion.
Thanks guys. I made some adjustment to my posting and hopefully its clearer now. Basically, I flash the JRO03S ROM on the Nexus 7. Then I install Amazon Kindle App on my Nexus but its not allowing me to read any book. I am not sure what causes the problem. Anyone with JRO03S ROM on Nexus 7 could try it out for me?
- Charles
It has worked fine for me. Might try uninstalling then reinstalling the app.
chaddeus said:
Thanks guys. I made some adjustment to my posting and hopefully its clearer now. Basically, I flash the JRO03S ROM on the Nexus 7. Then I install Amazon Kindle App on my Nexus but its not allowing me to read any book. I am not sure what causes the problem. Anyone with JRO03S ROM on Nexus 7 could try it out for me?
- Charles
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I agree with reinstalling the app, updates can do funky things. I'm still on the D build so I can't test it, but I can't see why a minor bug fixing/driver update build would break Kindle.
Thanks all. It doesn't work for me. I tried reinstalling the app, resetting the device to factory etc and all doesn't work. I am back to 03D now and its ok. I suspect its the problem with the the firmware that I download. Maybe the official one would be different than the one leaked on the internet
- Charles
I have a new JRO03S Nexus 7 and I have no issues with Amazon Kindle App.
chaddeus said:
I just installed the Nexus 7 JRO03S ROM on a Nexus 7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913562) and reset everything to factory but the Amazon Kindle App v3.6.0.87 doesn't seems to play nice with me. I can open the apps without any problem but when I open a book, it briefly shows "loading" and then the program exit.
No problem opening PDF files with Amazon Kindle however. So I am not sure what is wrong. I tried other books and ALL shows the same issue.
Anybody having this issue?
- Charles
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I had the same problem with a stock ROM that had been prerooted, so I went and downloaded the latest ROM from google and installed that and then rooted it myself - then I could run Amazon Kindle app.
Others who had installed the prerooted ROM said they couldnt run the Kindle app either.
Funny thing is, I am now on JRO03D (not rooted) and Amazon Kindle app will work.
Maybe I need to try to root the JRO03S and root it... Will try later
- Charles
chaddeus said:
Funny thing is, I am now on JRO03D (not rooted) and Amazon Kindle app will work.
Maybe I need to try to root the JRO03S and root it... Will try later
- Charles
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When some other users brought this up in the thread of this ROM the guy who made the ROM thought it may have been the way he put it together, he said he was going to investigate, but I went back to stock and so lost interest in that thread. I've tried looking for the thread but can't seem to find it, but it was on XDA in the Nexus 7 forum.

my kindle suddenly unrooting

what can i do??not in to recovery,,kfu rooting is failed..what meter???
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Edit: If your finding that the bootloader and twrp are missing best to keep trying to use kfu to send twrp and bootloader to the device. When you succeed flash a rom like modaco.
Oddly, my just did this yesterday. I left it alone all afternoon and discovered later that TWRP and root was gone. It's almost like Amazon resent the 6.3.1 OTA update. I was able to reroot using Kindle Fire Utility.
What system version does it say? Possibly Amazons attempt to hatch so ill effects on users of the first gen. Kindle fire. This is the first I have heard of any recent attempts to recover lost customers but I certainly would not put it past them to do such things. Users of rooted stock should be wary.
Thepooch said:
What system version does it say? ....
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6.3.1_usr_4107920
The way I noticed it was that the ad blocking was no longer working. When I tried to run Adfree, I received the no root error message.
Very strange.
I sent you pm icolt unread your messages.

Tried everything, still unable to root KF 2, 10.2.6

I have tried every method of rooting my Kindle Fire that I've come across, I have my Android Composite ADB Interface installed correctly, I have all my java installed correctly, I have the Android SDK files installed correctly, I have both qemu and runme.bat folders installed correctly, everything seems right, yet I'm still not able to root my device. As of right now, my problem is with the last step, its with the Qemu root. Qemu will take me all the way to step 3 then give an error and stop, this error is attached.
I'm not sure what to do from this point on, but I assume that I am missing a critical file. If anyone could help me, it would be much appreciated.
This was the last method I tried: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075959
Thank you.
Anyone? Anyone at all?
Honestly man it was a mega pain in the ass. I recommend doing bin4ry's root, then qemu's root, then SIDELOAD superuser. That last step made all the difference for me.
jimgreat said:
Honestly man it was a mega pain in the ass. I recommend doing bin4ry's root, then qemu's root, then SIDELOAD superuser. That last step made all the difference for me.
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Already did that in one cmd, bin4ry worked fine so I progressed to the qemu root but I kept getting stuck at step 3. Not sure what to do now, and what do you mean by sideload superuser?
Using your computer, download the superuser apk, transfer it to your kindle's storage, find it via your file manager and install it.
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haberdashery said:
Already did that in one cmd, bin4ry worked fine so I progressed to the qemu root but I kept getting stuck at step 3. Not sure what to do now, and what do you mean by sideload superuser?
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I never ran the Qemu tool, as I was rooted after the first tool. Are you sure you are not rooted already?
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chronicfathead said:
I never ran the Qemu tool, as I was rooted after the first tool. Are you sure you are not rooted already?
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You see...this is something I don't quite understand. We know the Bin4ry root method works for all 2nd Generation Kindle Fires. I've tested it and had it tested several times before adding it to the SoupKit. It works, 99.999% of the time
Sooooooo...
If the Binary method works for all Kindle Fires (it does) then why are people still trying to Qemu root on top of the Bin4ry root? Something about that just doesn't make sense to me.
chronicfathead said:
I never ran the Qemu tool, as I was rooted after the first tool. Are you sure you are not rooted already?
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I went into ES file manager and checked allow root explorer in the settings but it gave me a notification saying that my phone was not allowed to do this. I will try to just install superuser on my kindle now and see if that works.
haberdashery said:
I went into ES file manager and checked allow root explorer in the settings but it gave me a notification saying that my phone was not allowed to do this. I will try to just install superuser on my kindle now and see if that works.
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jimgreat said:
Using your computer, download the superuser apk, transfer it to your kindle's storage, find it via your file manager and install it.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire2 using xda premium
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Just installed superuser on my kf2 but when I opened it up it gave me this error, "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
soupmagnet said:
You see...this is something I don't quite understand. We know the Bin4ry root method works for all 2nd Generation Kindle Fires. I've tested it and had it tested several times before adding it to the SoupKit. It works, 99.999% of the time
Sooooooo...
If the Binary method works for all Kindle Fires (it does) then why are people still trying to Qemu root on top of the Bin4ry root? Something about that just doesn't make sense to me.
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My thoughts exactly....
So as of now, I am reseting my kf2 back to factory default and just rooting it with Bin4ry, lets see how it goes.
help for you
haberdashery said:
I have tried every method of rooting my Kindle Fire that I've come across, I have my Android Composite ADB Interface installed correctly, I have all my java installed correctly, I have the Android SDK files installed correctly, I have both qemu and runme.bat folders installed correctly, everything seems right, yet I'm still not able to root my device. As of right now, my problem is with the last step, its with the Qemu root. Qemu will take me all the way to step 3 then give an error and stop, this error is attached.
I'm not sure what to do from this point on, but I assume that I am missing a critical file. If anyone could help me, it would be much appreciated.
This was the last method I tried: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075959
Thank you.
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I also "spent" hours trying to root, backup and install CM10 on my KF2 software version 10.2.3 and later updated to 10.2.6, before finally succeeding.
The information is in multiple threads on XDA.
After succeeding i was motivated in collecting and putting everything in one place ( i created a small blog on this specific subject):
someonelikesIT.wordpress.com
it has all the pointers towards every step described in XDA threads.
Hope it helps you achieve your goal.
It is not easy like next-next-next but not impossible (no IT background required but good understanding of english and some IT basic skills).
Good luck!

HELP! I bricked my KFand can ONLY access fastboot

I can only access fastboot mode because neither recovery or system will boot. I tried using Neesher's toolkit to restore, but all I get is "device waiting" If someone could help a noob out, that would be great. Thank you so much!
You might not have the drivers installed for fastboot, if there's a device I think it will be called otter in the device manage with an exclamation, use the drivers in my signature to update the drivers for the otter device, also I don't know the toolkit you are referring to, but I would suggest using kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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stunts513 said:
You might not have the drivers installed for fastboot, if there's a device I think it will be called otter in the device manage with an exclamation, use the drivers in my signature to update the drivers for the otter device, also I don't know the toolkit you are referring to, but I would suggest using kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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THANK YOU! the kindle first aid kit looks pretty serious, so I will ask another noob question, is there a way to tell if my kindle fire is 1st gen or second gen by looking at the body? I read that the first gen had an ambient light sensor and the second gen didn't, and the lockscreen was closer to the bottom of the screen on the seond gen. My KF appears to not have an ambient light sensor and has a lower lockscreen slider, so is it safe to assume it is second gen?
What software version is it running?
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What software version is it running?
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I can't tell...
If you have fastboot access them type "fastboot -i ox1949 getvar product" once you have the drivers installed, that should tell the model u have.
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stunts513 said:
If you have fastboot access them type "fastboot -i ox1949 getvar product" once you have the drivers installed, that should tell the model u have.
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It says invalid device id. I also don't know how to install the drivers you linked
Open the device manager, find the device should have a triangle next to it, might say otter idk, anyways right click it, hit update driver, and tell it to search the folder where u extracted my drivers to. On another note, if you are on windows 8 you will need to disable driver signature enforcement first.
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stunts513 said:
Open the device manager, find the device should have a triangle next to it, might say otter idk, anyways right click it, hit update driver, and tell it to search the folder where u extracted my drivers to. On another note, if you are on windows 8 you will need to disable driver signature enforcement first.
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It just keeps on saying it cannot find the drivers for my device, even when I point it to your folder.
It says otter2, so that is a second gen KF, right?
huntman370 said:
It just keeps on saying it cannot find the drivers for my device, even when I point it to your folder.
It says otter2, so that is a second gen KF, right?
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You may want to install them with the device unplugged.
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You may want to install them with the device unplugged.
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I originally had the drivers for it installed, but I uninstalled them to try out the new drivers and even with the device unplugged, it still won't work
So maybe the vid and pid isn't in my drivers, I always add on to them when this occurs, can you goto the device manger to that otter2 device, right click it, hit properties, goto the details tab, and choose hardware id's on the drop down menu, and post back wat is on there? I will make sure it is in my drivers and update the post on the forum so your model is included.
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stunts513 said:
So maybe the vid and pid isn't in my drivers, I always add on to them when this occurs, can you goto the device manger to that otter2 device, right click it, hit properties, goto the details tab, and choose hardware id's on the drop down menu, and post back wat is on there? I will make sure it is in my drivers and update the post on the forum so your model is included.
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It gave two: USB\VID_1949&PID_000A&REV_0100
USB\VID_1949&PID_000A
OK I just updated the drivers on that post, redownload them and try it again, I didn't realize my drivers didn't have hardly any kf2 support in them until now, thanks for the hardware id's!
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stunts513 said:
OK I just updated the drivers on that post, redownload them and try it again, I didn't realize my drivers didn't have hardly any kf2 support in them until now, thanks for the hardware id's!
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Thank you!!! So now what do I do?
Tell kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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