So, without really thinking about what I was doing, I uploaded the FIREFIREFIRE 1.4 bootloader and flashed it onto my KFHD using TWRP. Now my Kindle won't power on.
I know it's supposed to be "really hard" to brick one of these Fire HD tablets but did I just managed to do it? I get absolutely no response from the device at all, so I can't even get into fastboot to restore the stock images. Is there anything I can do to get it back, or should I just toss it in the trash and go get a Nexus?
KutuluMike said:
So, without really thinking about what I was doing, I uploaded the FIREFIREFIRE 1.4 bootloader and flashed it onto my KFHD using TWRP. Now my Kindle won't power on.
I know it's supposed to be "really hard" to brick one of these Fire HD tablets but did I just managed to do it? I get absolutely no response from the device at all, so I can't even get into fastboot to restore the stock images. Is there anything I can do to get it back, or should I just toss it in the trash and go get a Nexus?
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That bootloader is specifically for the original kindle, although i suspect you've figured it out already. If it truly is defunct, best thing to do is contact amazon support. They'll replace it so long as the original is returned.
If it's not even powering on i doubt warranty invalidation will be an issue.(Because you voided the warranty by flashing the bootloader)
I would just return the Kindle to Amazon for a replacement. Their customer service is very good. And you now have a Kindle "that just doesn't do anything."
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Please help!
I recently rooted my sons Kindle fire 2 using TWRP, all was going ok until reboot when screen would flash every couple of seconds, flashing the kindle logo even when at the carousel screen etc.. also slow and slow to react to touch of the digitiser screen. From here I think I have got it terribly wrong and have wiped the KF of its OS and with it also stuck in fastboot.
I have made wrong selections on TWRP, then used TWRP command to boot the KF into fastboot. Now have no way to get it out of fastboot, only recognised on windows 7 device manager as Kindle Fire - Android ADB interface and also as a Other Devices - coprocessor which has no recognised driver.
Please note: i think I used nearly all options in TWRP and this is why I think I may have wiped the OS from the KF.
The fastboot screen is the traffic light logo, the green light is the only light that flashes!
when holding for 20 secs then powering back up it boots straight to fastboot after 1 sec of kindle logo showing.
Has anyway managed to save a KF2 from this state?
use this tool to recover:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047
otherwise read in the q&a section.
there are many more with similar probelms.
Thanks for supplying this info flopower!!
Lets give it a go!:fingers-crossed:
Totally Mental!
Ok, firstly I feel bad to all of you who do have a bricked Kindle but I have no idea how my Kindle has now recovered!
I bought another Kindle Fire as I made the conclusion that I had totally made my son's unusable. Tried all the recovery programmes with no joy. Was permanently stuck in fastboot mode with the assumption that no OS was on it after deleting all by accident.
My plan was to use the replacement box and put the bricked Kindle in it and return it to the store where i got the new one from, explain to the staff member that my son had just purchased this the other day and on start up and registering the device he was then informed that the Kindle needed to update the firmware. On reboot this Kindle would always show this fastboot screen, explain that I had a look also and could not get it back to its normal state. So I went round but switched off the Kindle first, informed the staff member of what has happened at the same time handing it over to her whilst switching on. I noticed that the Kindle logo as normal would come up but normally within a second it would go to the fastboot screen. This did not happen and I was like twat u twat you have brought round the new one by mistake! right enough the Kindle started up with the original first setup state. So I got myself away as quickly as possible and thought I will just do the same at another branch but this time put the right Kindle in the box. So now back at the house made a cup of tea and sat down, the Kindle which I left behind was on the table next to me and was switched off, I pressed the power button for some reason on it, to my surprise I was welcomed with also the orignal new set up screen! This was the new Kindle!!!!!!!!! I did take the bricked Kindle to the branch and for some reason it was now working, I have even just updated it from to 10.2.6 as it was on 10.2.0 with no issues, turned it on and off nearly 10 times all is perfect!
Unbelievable totally unbelievable! do not understand how the Kindle is now back in play!
I have rebooted tried all options of KFU, KFFirstAide etc etc..... always instantly rebooted in fastboot state! even upto an hour before going round to the shop it was still doing the same, I also tried to electrocute the Kindle so the mainboard would be fried! cant be believe it!
Sorry I will never be able to give an explanation of how it worked!
It seems as if you got off lucky. I incorrectly installed CyanogenMod, and got stuck on the boot anmation. Of course, I din't make a backup, and so I went to another thread and someone stupidly said to wipe the system. Now I'm left without an OS, as TWRP tells me. I don't know how I am going to fix this, as I can't post a thread because I have less than 10 posts.
AW: [Q] Kindle Fire 2 stuck in fastboot - No OS possibly installed
Restore your entire system with fastboot
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soulcedric said:
It seems as if you got off lucky. I incorrectly installed CyanogenMod, and got stuck on the boot anmation. Of course, I din't make a backup, and so I went to another thread and someone stupidly said to wipe the system. Now I'm left without an OS, as TWRP tells me. I don't know how I am going to fix this, as I can't post a thread because I have less than 10 posts.
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Surely you just need to flash CM10.1 again?
Normally it happens when you flash a custom ROM over the KF2 standard rom. Wiping system and flashing cm10.1 again should allow you to boot, or you might have to do a factory reset to wipe the leftovers out.
Read the OP of this link for info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36867464
[ROM] [JB 4.2.2]cm10.1/sgt7 [20130218] ALTERNATE UPDATE
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Surely you just need to flash CM10.1 again?
Normally it happens when you flash a custom ROM over the KF2 standard rom. Wiping system and flashing cm10.1 again should allow you to boot, or you might have to do a factory reset to wipe the leftovers out.
Read the OP of this link for info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36867464
[ROM] [JB 4.2.2]cm10.1/sgt7 [20130218] ALTERNATE UPDATE
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Thanks. I'll try it.
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chronicfathead said:
Surely you just need to flash CM10.1 again?
Normally it happens when you flash a custom ROM over the KF2 standard rom. Wiping system and flashing cm10.1 again should allow you to boot, or you might have to do a factory reset to wipe the leftovers out.
Read the OP of this link for info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36867464
[ROM] [JB 4.2.2]cm10.1/sgt7 [20130218] ALTERNATE UPDATE
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Thanks so much. I figured out that all I had to do was wipe the system. Now I have Jelly Bean!
Almost same problem
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I'm running into similar problem, i "successfully" installed FFF1.4A and TWRP with it won't boot into recovery.
How can i Restore your entire system with fastboot ??
LUC4X said:
I'm running into similar problem, i "successfully" installed FFF1.4A and TWRP with it won't boot into recovery.
How can i Restore your entire system with fastboot ??
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Read the dev section. Not sure why anyone would do anything with their device without learning how to unbrick first...
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Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.
mcgrathpatj said:
Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.
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Did you brick it? Sounds like you did.
seokhun said:
Did you brick it? Sounds like you did.
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Sure seems like I did... I was hoping someone could confirm I did or may have a solution.
If I did it's my first brick! Kind of funny actually. I bought it at best buy.... Hopefully they won't give me too much **** trying to return it.
mcgrathpatj said:
Sure seems like I did... I was hoping someone could confirm I did or may have a solution.
If I did it's my first brick! Kind of funny actually. I bought it at best buy.... Hopefully they won't give me too much **** trying to return it.
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If you're in warranty, you're good to go. If not, you can always go the factory cable route, see the thread in my signature for the 8.9" #6 and Step 2.
mcgrathpatj said:
Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.
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Sorry to tell you this but if a KFHD is not powering up even when charged, It's hard bricked, But don't panic.
May i ask what tool you used to root your device, Because it seems to me that you used Kindle Fire Utility KFU, I know this because failing the rooting process can cause a bootloop but will not hard brick your device the way it happened, Only a damaged bootloader can cause the device not to power up, KFU attempts to install FFF bootloader which is designed for the original kindle fire and will damage the bootloader of any 2nd generation device and hard brick it.
What you need to do right now
Ship your device ASAP to Christian Bryant (XDA username Prokennexusa), At
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954.
I talked to him and he said if you ship it now it'll be done by the end of the week.
Chris receives many kindles so make sure you send him an email at [email protected]
Good luck
Well I got tired of modifying my stock Kindle OS and getting wierd results so I tried a Second Time to Install CM10 on my KFHD 8.9 (FW 8.1.4) Followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Got to step 4 and at this point the damn thing hard bricked. No fast boot, No Safe boot, No boot at all just a black screen. How come everyone else can seem to get it right but me? Anyway I have already recieved 1 replacement device from Amazon, and I am quite poor and cannot afford expensive tools or another system. So My question here is 2 fold. Is there any fix for this? and if so what is the safest way to attempt TWRP and CM10? Thanks and hope to hear from somebody.
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Well I got tired of modifying my stock Kindle OS and getting wierd results so I tried a Second Time to Install CM10 on my KFHD 8.9 (FW 8.1.4) Followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Got to step 4 and at this point the damn thing hard bricked. No fast boot, No Safe boot, No boot at all just a black screen. How come everyone else can seem to get it right but me? Anyway I have already recieved 1 replacement device from Amazon, and I am quite poor and cannot afford expensive tools or another system. So My question here is 2 fold. Is there any fix for this? and if so what is the safest way to attempt TWRP and CM10? Thanks and hope to hear from somebody.
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Unfortunately that Kindle is more than likely done for good. What you flashed was for a Kindle Fire 2 to your Kindle Fire HD 8.9.
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed
Sorry I'm not likely to have a fix, but are you sure you unlocked boot loader before attempting to install the boot menu? This could be the cause for the brick.
Are you able to boot to recovery? If so you might be ok. I VERY TENTATIVELY say that if you can get into recovery from there either a factory reset or reflashing a prerooted fw might help BUT if you're able to get there PLEASE don't proceed till someone with more experience chimes in!
I will say that there's hope if you can get to recovery... probably? But this never happened to me.
Have you tried restarting with usb keyboard attached and pressing the print alt screen? Good luck.
Phill360 said:
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed
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hi,
I am not an expert on this matter but you should provide detail info exactly what you did to your Fire TV, the exact steps and sequence so folks can help you better.
In the meantime, check these all link out before you do anything. It seems few folks has some success see link 2 and 3 as always try it on your risk. I hope someone else can provide a better solution.
http://www.aftvnews.com/top-ways-to-brick-your-fire-tv/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unbr...ry-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799779
http://www.aftvnews.com/factory-reset-on-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick-explained/
btw, if you are using amazon fire tv for xbmc as it seems most folks are using it for, i would just get Raspberry PI, it is awesome never had to worry about bricking the damn thing, sure it slower than fire tv but i have use it and i love it, it plays 1080 and 3d movies and no buffering either.
I also fire tv but i am always scared this thing will brick as it seems many folks have this problem.
Thank you
KLit75 said:
Sorry I'm not likely to have a fix, but are you sure you unlocked boot loader before attempting to install the boot menu? This could be the cause for the brick.
Are you able to boot to recovery? If so you might be ok. I VERY TENTATIVELY say that if you can get into recovery from there either a factory reset or reflashing a prerooted fw might help BUT if you're able to get there PLEASE don't proceed till someone with more experience chimes in!
I will say that there's hope if you can get to recovery... probably? But this never happened to me.
Have you tried restarting with usb keyboard attached and pressing the print alt screen? Good luck.
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Thanks for the reply Klite, I didn't unlock the bootloader before installing the menu so that must have caused the brick.
I'm only able to see the Amazon logo, it does not reach the Fire TV Logo. I have plugged in a USB keyboard but i can't seem to get to recovery.
ashsha7877 said:
hi,
btw, if you are using amazon fire tv for xbmc as it seems most folks are using it for, i would just get Raspberry PI, it is awesome never had to worry about bricking the damn thing, sure it slower than fire tv but i have use it and i love it, it plays 1080 and 3d movies and no buffering either.
I also fire tv but i am always scared this thing will brick as it seems many folks have this problem.
Thank you
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Hi Ashsha
I do mainly use my FTV for Kodi, I did previously use a Raspberry Pi but i bought this to replace it as i wanted something more powerful due to the problems i was having with stutters during play back.
Thanks for the links too, i did try them but i have had no luck so far.
Does anyone know if it possible to unbrick my FTV via USB using Fastboot or ADB?
Phill360 said:
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed
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Phill360 said:
Does anyone know if it possible to unbrick my FTV via USB using Fastboot or ADB?
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That's a very good question. I know it's pretty much essential to unbrick a kindle fire but can't find any info specific to aftv. But you're motivation to get an answer is greater than mine. Do you have one?
I'd be confident in trying it with a phone or tablet but I just don't know enough about the variables (like could you do more damage sending power to somewhere that has an external power source)
My best advice is to be patient, keep looking for possible fixes online, but I'd caution not to experiment. Instead keep coming back here to get thoughts on possible fixes that might work. At the very least your thread will stay high in the forum search results giving you a better chance of having the right xda member to notice it.
KLit75 said:
That's a very good question. I know it's pretty much essential to unbrick a kindle fire but can't find any info specific to aftv. But you're motivation to get an answer is greater than mine. Do you have one?
I'd be confident in trying it with a phone or tablet but I just don't know enough about the variables (like could you do more damage sending power to somewhere that has an external power source)
My best advice is to be patient, keep looking for possible fixes online, but I'd caution not to experiment. Instead keep coming back here to get thoughts on possible fixes that might work. At the very least your thread will stay high in the forum search results giving you a better chance of having the right xda member to notice it.
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If you didn't follow the directions and didn't unlock, then it is bricked and the only way to fix it is the hw mod to write to the mmc. If you have an A to A plugged in, on boot it'll stop in the bootloader and fastboot will work, unfortunately there is no commands you can actually run that will do anything. If you don't have an A to A plugged in, it will try to load the boot image. Since you didn't unlock, it won't boot the image, and it'll just die.
if all else fails, you can always go to amazon for replacement, remember amazon fire tv hasn't been a year old yet and you still have warranty for it, thats what i did with mine, i acted i didn't know what i was doing and suddenly it wouldn't load or boot up, etc.. u will need to know ur email adress or account thats associated with ur fire tv.. op korz .. they will do it... 100%
rbox said:
If you didn't follow the directions and didn't unlock, then it is bricked and the only way to fix it is the hw mod to write to the mmc. If you have an A to A plugged in, on boot it'll stop in the bootloader and fastboot will work, unfortunately there is no commands you can actually run that will do anything. If you don't have an A to A plugged in, it will try to load the boot image. Since you didn't unlock, it won't boot the image, and it'll just die.
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Thanks for the reply rbox.
So what your saying is my Fire TV is dead.
I might just move on then to a new device like the Razor Forge TV when that comes out.
daffung said:
if all else fails, you can always go to amazon for replacement, remember amazon fire tv hasn't been a year old yet and you still have warranty for it, thats what i did with mine, i acted i didn't know what i was doing and suddenly it wouldn't load or boot up, etc.. u will need to know ur email adress or account thats associated with ur fire tv.. op korz .. they will do it... 100%
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I'd love to return my FTV under warranty but i live in Australia and can't be bothered paying for postage to get it replaced
Just wondering if anyone has worked out a way of fixing this type of Brick?
Not sure was version of the software on, I'm hoping that it might be on 51.1.6.1 or 54.1.2.1
thanks
Phill360 said:
Just wondering if anyone has worked out a way of fixing this type of Brick?
Not sure was version of the software on, I'm hoping that it might be on 51.1.6.1 or 54.1.2.1
thanks
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Depending on how much of the instructions you actually followed, and if your bootloader is 51.1.0.2 or older, there is a method that @AFTVnews.com is working on a writeup for that should recover it. But if the bootloader wasn't downgraded to 51.1.0.2, then it's dead.
I have a kindle fire 2 and I thought it was a 1st gen because when I bought it on eBay it was advertised as that.
So I stupidly tried to flash a kindle fire 1st gen recovery and bootloader from a root app, because I was having trouble getting into fastboot mode. I now have a fastboot cable that my dad made for me (because I dont know how to use a soldering iron). But I still can't get it to go into fastboot mode, it just goes to the red screen after showing the kindle fire logo for half a second.
I would really appreciate some help because i'd really like to get it working.
I also have a Kindle Fire that I was confused about whether it was first or second generation. Everything mentions software version 6.x.x, but I couldn't find anything like that. Mine was running 10.5.1. I'm not 100% sure that's the right software version I was looking at. Anyway, it kept coming up as Otter-something in my device manager, and I finally found something saying Otter was 1st gen, and Blaze was 2nd gen. Then I installed the TWRP app, I think, to flash TWRP after I had it rooted, and it kept coming up saying it was Blaze. I can't remember what else, but I had multiple indicators suggesting it was 1st gen, and the same for 2nd gen. So since that app said Blaze, I flashed the Blaze TWRP file, and now it just boots to a red screen.
I do have a fastboot cable, and it boots up to the Fastboot traffic light screen, but if I try to run fastboot on my PC, I just get "waiting for device." I've looked at tons of guides that say "make sure blah blah in Android SDK." Am I right in thinking Android SDK has been replaced by Android studio? If so, how the hell do you do whatever they're telling you to do in Android Studio? Because I can't figure it out.
Any insight anyone can offer would be most appreciated.