[Q] PC wont recognize my kindle fire 1 - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I get almost new kindle fire 1 but computer won't recognize it. I tried with another one and computer recognize it fine. It's stuck in a boot logo. I don't have any more info about it. Any chance to get it work?

I've had this issue before as well, you should be able to get into recovery. Just make sure your fully charged and keep trying to get into recovery by pushing the power button down in order to select 'recovery' if you've got TWRP.
With your PC though, if it's never been recognised by that computer before then you need to install the drivers for the kindle fire. They should be around this forum somewhere, probably in the stickies if I'd have to guess. And if that still doesn't work for you, download a program called 'moborobo' which should automate all the steps for you and allow your computer to 'see' your kindle.
Good luck.

Hi,
Yes i find solution for my problem by making the Factory Cable and i get it in the fastboot mode. After that I tried to install FFF and now it is completely dead
I don't know why this happened at all... My kindle even doesn't show the power led end it stays off. Later tried with Firekit but with no luck

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[Q] Kindle Fire stuck in reboot loop... help?

I recently rooted my kindle fire using KFU .9, at which point the kindle rebooted, but it was stuck on the yellow-fire-triangle screen. Via the KFU, I changed the boot mode to fast reboot, and now the kindle just reboots over and over whenever it's attached to the computer. This happens so fast, the computer cannot recognize it so I cannot seem to fix the problem.
Please help!
Try booting into TWRP... the computer should recognize it then.. if the computer does not then uninstall your device drivers in computer management and reinstall them... KFU should recognise your fire then... tell your kindle to reboot in normal mode using KFU.. this worked for me. Hope it helps you.
fiddlefaddle said:
Try booting into TWRP... the computer should recognize it then.. if the computer does not then uninstall your device drivers in computer management and reinstall them... KFU should recognise your fire then... tell your kindle to reboot in normal mode using KFU.. this worked for me. Hope it helps you.
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The kindle isn't connected to the computer long enough for it to be recognized, so I can't update the drivers. Also, I can't boot into TWRP because the device is constantly turning on and shutting off.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
*NOTE*
while the kindle is constantly restarting, I am sometimes able to get the power button to turn from green to orange, as if it were going to boot to TWRP, but then the cycle continues. I don't know if this is helpful.
Connect your kindle and use install_drivers.bat to make sure your drivers are updated. You won't be able to see your kindle in device manager most likely when it's stuck in fastboot. Next, Start up KFU and go to bootmode and select normal. When KFU is waiting for your device perform a hard reset (hold power for 30 seconds). This should kick your kindle into normal bootmode. This method worked for me when I was stuck in a fastboot loop trying to install TWRP the first time so hopefully it helps you
BluesHawk said:
Connect your kindle and use install_drivers.bat to make sure your drivers are updated. You won't be able to see your kindle in device manager most likely when it's stuck in fastboot. Next, Start up KFU and go to bootmode and select normal. When KFU is waiting for your device perform a hard reset (hold power for 30 seconds). This should kick your kindle into normal bootmode. This method worked for me when I was stuck in a fastboot loop trying to install TWRP the first time so hopefully it helps you
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When I try to install the drivers, the install wizard says I have the most up-to-date drivers, but windows said the drivers couldn't be installed because the device was unplugged.
I tried to use KFU anyway and hold the power button for 30 seconds, but the device kept booting in the mean time and KFU was unable to find the device.
MasterJoefus said:
When I try to install the drivers, the install wizard says I have the most up-to-date drivers, but windows said the drivers couldn't be installed because the device was unplugged.
I tried to use KFU anyway and hold the power button for 30 seconds, but the device kept booting in the mean time and KFU was unable to find the device.
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When you install the driver, pick the driver located in the KFU folder under drivers>kindle
when it is booting every 3-5 sec then it is most likely that the battery is down
charge with the wall charger for some hours
about kfu & drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22481426&postcount=11
hope this helps ...
b63 said:
when it is booting every 3-5 sec then it is most likely that the battery is down
charge with the wall charger for some hours
about kfu & drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22481426&postcount=11
hope this helps ...
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I have had the kindle plugged into the wall for a few hours, but when it's connected to the wall charger, it continues to constantly reboot. I suppose I can let it charge for a few hours and see if that helps
the kf tries to power on if you plug it in. would plug to the wall charger and press pwr for ~20 sec till it turns off to allow the kf to charge
Thanks for your help, guys. All is well now
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Glad to hear it!
Hi man. I am facing the exact problem. Could you please tell me how you got it working? Thanks.
hi, a friend of my is having the same problem with his kindle fire, can u plz tell us what you did

I bricked my KF GOOOOD this time

I have had a Kindle Fire since they day they came out. I immediately disliked the stock Rom so I ran the kindle fire utility and installed Fire Fire Fire and TWRP, rooted it, and installed CM7 Rom which has been working great. Transferred files and programs between my PC and Kindle with no issue for months. Now with all the ICS roms available and working I decided to try and upgrade to one of those and thats when everything went wrong. Its in a bootloop and the triangle appears, fades, lights up again and immediately boots to TWRP. I have flashed the entire kindle using TWRP trying to get everything off of it. Upon plugging it into my PC BRIEFLY when the triangle logo pops up I get a "USB device not recognized" on my PC. I have tried using KFUtility to reinstall drivers, tried uninstalling n reinstalling drivers but the same thing happens. I cannot use TWRP to mount at all, nothing happens. Kindle Fire UTility keeps saying adb offline, CMD adb devices also results in 0 devices found. I have tried putting it on normal boot using both ADB and KFUtility and it says "wait for device" and nothing ever happens. Any idea? Not even sure if I have a rom installed on my kindle anymore but my PC wontread it so I cannot push another image to it. Got a plane trip on Saturday and would love to have this working to kill the bordom lol. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like your bootmode is set to recovery. An easy way to fix this is download FFF1.4 to your computer and use the mount function in recovery to place it on your sdcard.
Flash it in recovery as you would a rom except don't wipe anything. When you reboot, hold the power button like you're trying to enter recovery and you'll be given the option to reset the bootmode.
Thank you so much for your advice but there in lies the problem. Inside the recovery console i choose to mount it and nothing happens. My PC will not let me access the kindle in anyway at all, either mounting the SD Card or via ADB/KFUtility.
anomiefaunus said:
Thank you so much for your advice but there in lies the problem. Inside the recovery console i choose to mount it and nothing happens. My PC will not let me access the kindle in anyway at all, either mounting the SD Card or via ADB/KFUtility.
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Generally, the only thing that would prevent adb/kfu from communicating with the device is the drivers. Make sure they're installed properly. You may have to uninstall them (delete if applicable) and reinstall them.
Follow the instructions in this guide to install and verify your drivers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2
K heres the latest (we r making progress!)
I got my device to be detected by my PC and used KFutility to change it to normal boot. Now instead of booting into recovery everytime it boots normally.... to a black screen (guessing my rom is shot or I deleted it while playing with it). The issue is the ONLY time my PC recognizes my kindle is for a .5 second period when i first turn my KF on and the yellow triangle appears. I can use this window to change it to normal bootmode, reinstall TeamWin, stuff like that, but i cannot mount it so I can transfer or adb so I can push. You can watch device manager and it'll pop up ADB android phone or whatever it should but poof, a second later gone.
anomiefaunus said:
K heres the latest (we r making progress!)
I got my device to be detected by my PC and used KFutility to change it to normal boot. Now instead of booting into recovery everytime it boots normally.... to a black screen (guessing my rom is shot or I deleted it while playing with it). The issue is the ONLY time my PC recognizes my kindle is for a .5 second period when i first turn my KF on and the yellow triangle appears. I can use this window to change it to normal bootmode, reinstall TeamWin, stuff like that, but i cannot mount it so I can transfer or adb so I can push. You can watch device manager and it'll pop up ADB android phone or whatever it should but poof, a second later gone.
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Get your device drivers working so you can use adb. Follow the instructions in the post below...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26144447
That is excellent advice and I wish it would work but I cannot pull up ADB once in TeamWin. Keeps saying no devices. As i said my PC detects it and ADB will detect it for .5 seconds on the orange triangle. Once the orange triangle disappears and it either boots to blackness or boots to TeamWin ADB stops recognizing my device. But I will play around with your suggestions once I get off work and let you know what i find out. Thanks again for everyones support.
Frozen screen during rooting
Hi,
I am new to the forum. I have a kF screen stuck (where it says 'kindle fire') while I was trying to root it. I tried hard reset, charging for half hour, calling AMAZON...nothing works. The screen goes off if I hold it for 20 seconds but when I put it back on same thing. I was trying to root it with 'fastboot (?). Is there anything at all I can do? Thanks.
peredexter said:
Hi,
I am new to the forum. I have a kF screen stuck (where it says 'kindle fire') while I was trying to root it. I tried hard reset, charging for half hour, calling AMAZON...nothing works. The screen goes off if I hold it for 20 seconds but when I put it back on same thing. I was trying to root it with 'fastboot (?). Is there anything at all I can do? Thanks.
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Don't hijack the threads please. If you have a problem or question, post it in the Q&A section.

[Q] Need help with rooted(?) possibly bricked kindle fire

Back story: I purchased a used Kindle Fire on Ebay about a week ago, not knowing that it had been rooted. I was looking for a standard Kindle fire for my son so he would stop using my tablet (lol) and the parental controls are better and more books and so on... none the less when I got it I noticed that it booted differently (I had a kindle fire prior) and it booted into Android. I have had problems with trying to be able to get my computer to recognize it. It looks for missing drivers and I have been all frustrated, but figured that we would just have to download off of it, well, we went on a trip this past weekend (11 hours) and my son wanted to watch a movie, turned it on and it wont boot past the yellow triangle now. I have tried a hard reboot, I have tried to turn it on and hold it and watch for the orange light to no avail. The light is either green or its powered off.
I don know what to do at this point? I cant hook it to my computer (wont even recognize as an F drive or mass media) and I cant boot past the orange triangle. Yes, I am a newb (apologies) but a very frustrated one if that counts?
Sadly I think the thing is bricked and I will take a $150 hit (ugh)
No worries, your Kindle isn't bricked, it's just stuck in the wrong bootmode, which is easy to fix if you know what you are doing.
I could give you links to various guides and tutorials but it seems that it would be a lot to handle all at once for someone who knows nothing about Android and probably has no intention to.
Changing bootmodes is very easy, but getting everything set up to change bootmodes can be tricky, especially on Windows. It seems to me that you want the device back to stock (not rooted, stock bootloader, etc.), which may be a little less troublesome for you in the long run.
Hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to ensure it is completely powered off, then turn it on again.
When you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange and release. That should get you into the custom recovery that has been installed. When it boots into that recovery, describe what you see (i.e. recovery version, color scheme, etc.)
Yes, you would be correct in that I just want it stock, sure Android is great but my son is 4 and he just needs the basics for his books and angry birds lol. So, I attempted what you said, powered off all of the way and turned back on, as soon as I see the yellow triangle I hold the button and it wont turn orange, it will just power back off. I used to be able to touch the screen when the yellow triangle came up and it would take me into some menu (TWRP?) but it wont do that anymore either, its just remains either off or on the yellow triangle.
soupmagnet said:
No worries, your Kindle isn't bricked, it's just stuck in the wrong bootmode, which is easy to fix if you know what you are doing.
I could give you links to various guides and tutorials but it seems that it would be a lot to handle all at once for someone who knows nothing about Android and probably has no intention to.
Changing bootmodes is very easy, but getting everything set up to change bootmodes can be tricky, especially on Windows. It seems to me that you want the device back to stock (not rooted, stock bootloader, etc.), which may be a little less troublesome for you in the long run.
Hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to ensure it is completely powered off, then turn it on again.
When you see the yellow triangle, hold the power button until it turns orange and release. That should get you into the custom recovery that has been installed. When it boots into that recovery, describe what you see (i.e. recovery version, color scheme, etc.)
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Well you're going to need a few things first.
The Kindle Fire Software Update
The Kindle Fire Utility
And you need to get a custom recovery. TWRP is kind of on the fritz right now so getting it from the TWRP website is probably not your best option. You can still find a working one with the smirkit but you'll have to extract it yourself. It will be titled "recovery_twrp_2.x.img". COTR will work just as well but be sure you get the .img
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
Place your custom recovery.img in the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's " tools" folder
Shift + Right-click on the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's "tools" and select "Open command window here". In the window that opens up enter the following commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
I'll leave it at that until you can confirm you have recovery installed and you're booted into it.
I would if I could... lol... I can not get my computer to recognize the Kindle as either a kindle or a mass media drive... when I plug it in it will say that I need kindle drivers (which I am told there is no such thing as) and it does not show up as a drive either. I am to the point that I am about ready to throw it on craigslist for 50 bucks, take the 100 plus loss and start all over with a brand new one... damn you ebay! Lol
soupmagnet said:
Well you're going to need a few things first.
The Kindle Fire Software Update
The Kindle Fire Utility
And you need to get a custom recovery. TWRP is kind of on the fritz right now so getting it from the TWRP website is probably not your best option. You can still find a working one with the smirkit but you'll have to extract it yourself. It will be titled "recovery_twrp_2.x.img". COTR will work just as well but be sure you get the .img
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
Place your custom recovery.img in the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's " tools" folder
Shift + Right-click on the Kindle Fire Utilitiy's "tools" and select "Open command window here". In the window that opens up enter the following commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
I'll leave it at that until you can confirm you have recovery installed and you're booted into it.
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Save yourself the trouble mail it to me I will fix it then you reimburse me the return postage or better yet I can show you how to fix it without even mailing it . 150 for a first gen kindle is pretty high you kinda already got taken.
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I would if I could... lol... I can not get my computer to recognize the Kindle as either a kindle or a mass media drive... when I plug it in it will say that I need kindle drivers (which I am told there is no such thing as) and it does not show up as a drive either. I am to the point that I am about ready to throw it on craigslist for 50 bucks, take the 100 plus loss and start all over with a brand new one... damn you ebay! Lol
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Pay attention to what I said previously...
soupmagnet said:
Extract the KFU and run the install_drivers.bat
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Clearly, there are drivers for the Kindle Fire and they are needed to fix your device.
I think I am officially over this thing... I downloaded the drivers and went to plug in the kindle fire to the computer and now its just looping the triangle... it turns on for a second and then off and on and off and so on... UGHHHHHH....
soupmagnet said:
Pay attention to what I said previously...
Clearly, there are drivers for the Kindle Fire and they are needed to fix your device.
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You let the battery die. I won't go into how it happened but to get it to charge, you need to...
With the device turned off, Plug the device into USB and hold the power button until it shuts off again. If you can get it to stay off, leave it plugged in for about half a day and turn it on again.

[Q] Bricked Kindle, bad. Please help me! Please! :(

Okay so I had TWRP and I was going to flash a different Rom. However I accidentally while not looking managed to wipe EVERYTHING, including my old Kindle OS (I reformatted it back to stock OS for some reason before I was going to flash another rom). I deleted everything, system, SD data, cache and delvec. Factory reset and whatever else was there, I didn't think it would do anything, there were no warnings. Now I believe my kindle is completely bricked for good and it makes me wanna cry
So far when I turn it on, it shows the original Kindle Fire screen and flashes to black quickly like it's rerunning the animation every 15 or so seconds. I'm afraid to keep it on and continue anything due to the battery last I saw was 30 person and the charging is already messing up on it.
If I could get it to connect to my computer I could reinstall TWRP and manae to flash it to whatever I want but when connecting it doesn't pick up and TWRP won't reconize it either. I've tried to use JDK or whatever it's called to ADB or something (you computer people get me!) and it gives me the error - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed. No such file or directory.
I'm not sure what I'm doing either, I've been watching a video on youtube and cannot get any farther in it due to this error.
Please, someone help me I'll worship you, I am completely lonesome without my Kindle
exec '/system/bin/sh' failed. No such file or directory
If you have FireFireFire installed (blue & white Kindle Fire logo) that error is not much of a problem. If it is not installed, however, you will need a factory cable.
Try to run Kindle Fire Utility 0.99 first and wait for KF reboot
ADB is also nightmare for me since my PC recently never recognizes my Fire in adb mode (always failed with KF tool .096 and 0.99). Therefore my TWRP version was stacked with 2.2.2.6 version for a long time, and the method to update it through the soft in Google Play store was also failed. However, I accidently find a good way to update TWRP to 2.6 versions by run KF tool and select Install TWRP. Then with the KF still connect to PC, I restart it and it take a seconds to install latest TWRP while my Fire still in boot status (blue Kindle Fire logo)
lifegap said:
ADB is also nightmare for me since my PC recently never recognizes my Fire in adb mode (always failed with KF tool .096 and 0.99). Therefore my TWRP version was stacked with 2.2.2.6 version for a long time, and the method to update it through the soft in Google Play store was also failed. However, I accidently find a good way to update TWRP to 2.6 versions by run KF tool and select Install TWRP. Then with the KF still connect to PC, I restart it and it take a seconds to install latest TWRP while my Fire still in boot status (blue Kindle Fire logo)
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Okay! I ordered a cable off ebay and it just got here today, please tell me what to do I feel like you guys can help me unbrick it.

[Q] Fire HD 8.9 stuck at first loading image, USB not functioning

Hi there,
All was going well with my Fire HD 8.9, I rooted it, had the 2nd bootloader installed and was trying to install CM 11 before I got an error message saying that the jem version was the one I needed. I couldn't get my computer to recognise the the Kindle whilst in TWRP, so thought that I'd have to restore from the backup I made (of the stock Kindle OS and settings) to be able to transfer the version of CM that I needed. The backup seemed to work, but it hasn't in fact.
I turn on the Kindle and it gets stuck at the very first image of the logo, with NO animation
I'm unable to get back into TWRP
I can turn the kindle on and off but that's it
I can't use any recovery programs because my PC doesn't recognise the Kindle
I uninstalled and reinstalled the adb drivers, but when I connect the Kindle, my PC plays the 'Device Connected' then 'Device disconnected' sounds in quick succession, making the installation of any drivers fail
It's as though there's a brief second or two when USB works on the Kindle in terms of my PC knowing something is there, but then the USB disconnect noise plays
I only got it a day ago (managed to mess it up very quickly somehow!), so I could always try returning it if needs be, but hopefully that won't be necessary. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
EDIT - I can get the device to come up with fastboot mode and then the computer recognises it as an Adb device, but don't know where to go from there.
I would try to fix it from recovery if possible, it is way easier than having to do the process over again. You do know how to get it back into recovery right? Hold down volume up right after you power it on, just keep holding it even after kindle logo turns blue until you see the twrp logo. If that doesn't work, I would use kindle fire first aid to restore it and start over, but if you can get it into recovery then you can simply push a ROM onto it via adb.
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stunts513 said:
I would try to fix it from recovery if possible, it is way easier than having to do the process over again. You do know how to get it back into recovery right? Hold down volume up right after you power it on, just keep holding it even after kindle logo turns blue until you see the twrp logo. If that doesn't work, I would use kindle fire first aid to restore it and start over, but if you can get it into recovery then you can simply push a ROM onto it via adb.
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Thanks for the reply. I actually managed to fix it in the end by using the fast boot command and then connecting the Kindle, then using the SR tool to erase user data and cache, before flashing the boot and recovery imgs (just saying in case anyone googles and this comes up and it might help).

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