Develop Bugs

[Q] N00b hosed up pretty bad....

Total n00b here. I think I may have really messed up my Kindle fire.
I have searched high and low for a solution but unfortunately I fail to understand some jargon, so Im stuck. Some of you may shake your heads in disgust for being forced to associate yourself with someone of my idiocy and may say it serves me right. All the same, Im desperate for help here, so anything you can do to help me out would make me infinitely grateful.
I have been researching for weeks now on rooting my Kindle fire which I recieved as a birthday gift at the end of April so I could tap into its full potential. I was running the most recent firmware (6.3.1) and finally decided to downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.6 to my PC and pull the trigger on Rooting it. I had some initial driver issues, but eventually got the KFU to show an ABD status of "Online" with a Boot Status of "4000". I had read in a few places that it was a good idea to make a recovery before doing anything else, so without giving it much thought I typed 3 (Install Latest TWRP Recovery) and hit enter. The KFU displayed the screen "waiting for device" and the KF went to the boot logo screen, which is where it has stayed ever since. It never occurred to me that I should first "ROOT" my kindle, and I dont know if this is directly responsible for my current situation or not.
Ive attempted to follow various suggested methods of recovery (power off Kindle, and powering it back on after restarting my computer and initiating Bootmode command 1 <4000>normal and command 3 <5001>recovery (in separate instances) and uninstalling/reinstalling drivers.) but now every error that can occur does. At this point Im ready to throw in the towel and Id be happy to just get my Kindle back to its factory settings but I dont know how I can do that.
I have come across various threads that appear to address just my problem by downloading the original Kindle firmware update from Amazon, renaming it "update.zip" and "flashing it to the sd card", but I have no idea what that means or how to do it. PLEASE HELP!!!!
(after my first misadventure there is now a "recovery" folder in the directory where I unzipped the KFU. Im inclined to think this might help, but I dont know how or what to do with it.)
Thanks in advance for anyone patient enough to respond to this.

Ok, so after further researching this problem, I have taken note that many users have successfully, installed a TWRP recovery without Rooting their Kindle Fire, (at least that is how I understand it). Evidently its not uncommon for a failure to occur during the process of any one of the optional commands given in the KFU, almost always causing this "boot logo error" or similar mishap.
That being said, I have attempted every other form of recovery mentioned on this and other forums, including Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility, with no success. The underlying problem being, that anything I am attempting to correct through the computer never reaches my Kindle. My PC acknowledges that there is something plugged into the USB port by sounding an alert tone, but it sounds different, like theres some kind of error, and the "USB error" icon appears on the right hand side of the "Start bar" (I normally use a Mac, so Im no hip to all the PC lingo) When I click it I get one of two messages no matter which port the device is plugged into: either the Kindle is labeled as an "Unknown Device" and that drivers could not be located, or that my device could perform "faster" if I moved it to a "high speed" USB port (all of the ports on my computer are listed under High Speed). When checking the device utilities folder, previously the driver was consistently called "Android ABD Interface" with a yellow error sign. Upon "updating driver" I would get the error code 10, "this device cannot start". Now however, no driver is displayed whatsoever for my Kindle, android or otherwise...
Ive read that in some cases, allowing the battery to completely drain then plugging in and booting it back up will cause a Kindle in this state to "default to its factory settings", so this will be my last ditch effort to salvage my Kindle before I resign myself to returning it to Amazon in hopes that it will still be covered under warranty. I guess Im just not cut out for this sneeky stuff. The retarded thing is, the only reason I wanted to Root my Kindle fire in the first place was to personalize the backgrounds...

what happened is your stuck in fastboot and your windows drivers are all buggered up. I can tell you what I would do?
---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 PM ----------
unplug your kindle from your computer and use system restore to roll your computer back to when your drivers were good not to be confused with system recovery if your with me so far?
---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------
its very likey that adb will not detect your kindle it cannot while its in fastboot
But first try this shift plus right click on the tools folder in kindle fire utility select open command window here power your kindle off and enter the command
Fastboot getvar product (hit enter)
Plugg your kindle in it will power on in fastboot
If you get the response product: kindle then we can move on.

I think so, though I dont know how to perform a "system restore"... If it was a Mac id simply jump into the Time Machine and roll back the clock a few hours, but I dont even back up my PC cuz I use it for nothing but the occasional game and PC exclusive stuff like "this"...

if you get the response product: kindle
Type fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000 (hit enter)
fastboot reboot (hit enter)

The problem really isn't that you've done anything wrong. For some reason when the device switches from normal boot (4000) to fastboot (4002), Windows fails to recognize it as being in fastboot mode. The typical fix is to reinstall the drivers. Unfortunately, it isn't always as easy as it sounds. Sometimes it works and sometimes you'll end up bald from pulling your hair out over it, and I have yet to see a definitive solution to this problem. So, as of now, success is really just hit and miss.
There are, however a few tutorials to give you a decent foundation to work from.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/
YouTube is likely to have a few thousand videos on the topic as well.
If all else fails, you can always set up a Linux LiveUSB and issue adb/fastboot commands from there, but I would consider that a last resort, unless you are already familiar with Linux.

yes and what soupmagnet said to

Ok Pooch, so while you telling me what I should be doing, I decided to be proactive and figured out how to perform a system restore and rolled my computer back to this morning before I started any of this messy business. Hopefully this will not complicate the process youve now begun directing me through...

just unistall the drivers that came up when you plugged your kindle in unplugg your kindle reinstall the drivers and maybe youll get lucky
---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 PM ----------
the drivers could be a fight but hey its windows

Thepooch said:
just unistall the drivers that came up when you plugged your kindle in unplugg your kindle reinstall the drivers and maybe youll get lucky
---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 PM ----------
the drivers could be a fight but hey its windows
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Soooooo, I didnt get lucky...
To your point Soup Magnet, Ive probably watched most of the tutorials you mention on You Tube and read every forum thread on the subject within the past 6 hours... It sounds so simple! But im tired.
Ill try the command prompts you suggested earlier and see if I get any luck there, after that i'm done, at least for tonight.
Thanks for your help guys!

dont give up its fixable your just in the wrong bootmode

Thepooch said:
Fastboot getvar product (hit enter)
Plugg your kindle in it will power on in fastboot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
..."< waiting for device >"
It was worth a shot. Thanks again.

was it powered off before you plugged it in after it said waiting for device?
---------- Post added at 11:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------
Then next time try
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product (hit enter plug in your powered off device)
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000 (hit enter)
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot(hit enter)

Thepooch said:
was it powered off before you plugged it in after it said waiting for device?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Correct. I powered off the Kindle and disconnected it. Then I entered the command and hit enter and connected the powered off device. The Boot screen came back on, but that where it stays, and 15 min later its still "waiting for device".
Ill revisit this in the morning when my head is clearer. If you come up with any bright ideas in the mean time, Ill be happy to try them out!

indeed good luck rest should help xda isnt going anywhere
Sorry typo above is fixed

Thepooch said:
was it powered off before you plugged it in after it said waiting for device?
---------- Post added at 11:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------
Then next time try
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product (hit enter plug in your powered off device)
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000 (hit enter)
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot(hit enter)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
nope
nope
nope
I know all the commands are good, its just not communicating to the Kindle...
Figured Id give it one more go before I hit the sack. I know this is gonna keep me awake anyway...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660636

pugsley42 said:
[UPDATE 2] - Steps I took to (finally) get mine working
Note: If your device is recognized in Device Manager as something *other* than "Unknown Device* (such as "kindle" or "Android ADB Interface"), skip to step 3.
1. Turn off the device.
2. Plug the device into USB to your computer. This should turn the device on.
3. Delete the ".android" folder from your Windows profile. This is very important. If you just uninstall the device and driver, Windows will still use this to reinstall the device. You want to start as fresh as possible to eliminate complications from previous attempts.
4. Uninstall it from Device Manager. Make certain to check the box to uninstall the driver as well.
5. Start a new scan for hardware changes in the Device Manager.
6. As mine was stuck in fastboot mode, it recognized the device as "kindle" (lower-case "k")
7. Run the "install_driver.bat" from the Kindle Fire Utility.
8. After driver install, run the Kindle Fire Utility.
9. ADB status will say "offline", that's fine.
10. Choose option 1 to go into the Bootmode Menu.
11. Choose option 1 to boot into Normal Mode.
12. It will be stuck at <waiting for device>.
13. Turn off the device, keeping it plugged into the PC. *very important* This step was one among others that made THE difference for me.
14. Turn on the device. *Hopefully*, you should immediately see the utility spit out some text and your device should reboot.
15. Boots up!! (well, mine did, and I had almost give up hope were it not for my pride and stubbornness).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looked promising and I almost got excited about it... until step 14, when after turning on the device after turning it off (while still plugged in)no new text was spit out in the utility and my Kindle refused to reboot...
What might be happening is that every time I plug in/ turn on from off while plugged it, windows attempts to install the driver software automatically, which may be causing the mix up at the device utility stage. Like Pugsley, after deleting the .android folder from my profile and uninstalling the ADB interface/driver, then running hardware change scan, my device is recognized as "kindle", but after turning off the device and turning it back on at the "waiting for device" screen, the device is automatically updated as Android ADB interface with errors again. Is there a way to temporarily block this auto-install? That might work...

josepho1997 said:
Plug it in and tell me what it says on your computer. If it says Kindle or Android Composite Device then you should be good. If it doesn't, do a hard reset and try again. Same thing happened to me and the KFU drivers wouldn't work for me, so I downloaded a new driver. I will post a new reply with he drivers. But first if you get Android Phone or something else under Android Composite device, then uninstall it. Then go to disk drives(i think that's what its called)
and find your kindle and uninstall. Then reopen device manager. Find Kindle with an ! and open it up. Now open of the Kindle Fire Drivers folder I gave you(unzip first) and click on install.bat
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In Device Manager, when I plug in my Kindle it shows up as "kindle" in all lower case letters and the generic device icon has a yellow "!" attached to it. If I uninstall it an then "check for hardware changes" it just pops right back up.
Is "disk drives" separate from the Device Manager utility? I did a search for it at the start screen and came up with nothing... If you send me those drivers you were talking about Ill give that a try. Thanks.

Grrr! So I downloaded the driver.zip file you posted up (thank you) and double clicked the "install" file within the unzipped folder. It appears to have installed, but now every time I plug in the Kindle it goes to "unknown device", not showing up as "kindle" anymore, and no sign of "android" anything in the device manager. I haven't been doing anything differently, same USB port as before, etc. I did shut down my computer for a few hours and booted it back up just before downloading the zip file though. Must have started the whole cycle over again. I've got to go back through earlier posts and find out how I got past this issue.
I think I know what you're asking me to do, it will just take a little bit of patience on my part to get it going. Ill post my results when I do. Thanks again!

[Q]KF bricked, can't restore it

Hello friends, I have a little doubt over here.
I was trying to root my Kindle Fire v6.3.1 to install Google Play and that kind of things by using the Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.6. I chose the Permanent Root with Superuser option and after it rebooted by using Fastboot, it stuck on the boot screen (the one that says kindle fire, the fire on yellow/golden letters).
I had installed the ADB drivers succesfully, as it was recognized by Windows; but I didn't install the TWRP tool. I have tried some things I read on this forum:
1. I powered it off, then opened the KFU, and chose Normal Bootmode. Then I plugged the KF and it turned on automatically. However, my pc didn't recognize the Kindle so KFU keeps waiting the device.
2. I tried turning it off, then on and pressing the power button 3 seconds to activate the recovery menu. It didn't appear.
Also, I'd like to remark that it doesn't turn off immediately. I have to press the power button a few times to do it, but it doesn't follow a pattern.
Thanks, and I'm sorry if something similar already existed. I've searched a lot and I can't find a solution.
PS: As English is not my native tongue, I might have made some mistakes.

seems to be the issue lately with kfu all it does when you select permanet root is get you stuck in fastboot. Did the kfu terminal show anything being pushed to your kindle? Also its very likely that twrp or fff didnt get installed if you did not select those options. Now its just a matter of getting it out of fastboot some info here may help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705063

I'm sure I didn't install neither TWRP nor FFF. Regarding to KFU, all I can remember is that first it rebooted the Kindle in Fastboot Mode, then it downloaded some files I didn't have and then kept waiting for the device.
Now, when I connect the Kindle turned on, it appears as unknown device. When I try to update the drivers using ADB, still names it as 'unknown device'.
Thanks.

Adb won't see it in fastboot try some things in the link I posted there are other approaches here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660636
---------- Post added at 06:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM ----------
When you get tired of messing with windows stupid drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26491884
In Linux you will use sudo for your fast boot commands if you make a live USB setup

Thanks, I'll check 'em tomorrow!

THANKS, thanks man. I've managed to unbrick it by following the steps listed on this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660636

Yayyyy!! Your welcome
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

Just be careful with it now
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

[SOLVED!] Kindle Fire Bricked on Logo Startup - KFU v0.9.9

I am total noob. Just want to make that clear from the get go.
I hesitate to start a new thread, but I have been working on this forever, and have not made any progress.
I have a Kindle Fire that I would like to run android on - I started the process with the Kindle Fire Utility v 0.9.9. Something went wrong, and it is now stuck on the Kindle Fire start up logo. I also can no longer see it in the device manager, nor is it responsive to anything in the Utility. (ADB status: Offline Boot Status: Unknown). I am at a loss, does anyone have any ideas? Your help is appreciated!
.................FIGURED IT OUT!..............................
Much thanks to the pooch who spent hours helping me troubleshoot.
What we (he) did, as far as I remember, hopefully this can be of some service to someone else out there.
1) Figured out that trying all of this on a Virtual Machine is not a good idea!
2) I somehow broke the bootloader in my first attempt, so none of my computers were recognizing the KF.
3) Created a Pendrive to run Linux (ubuntu). Here Requires a USB drive formatted Fat16/Fat32/NTFS, minimum of 2 gb.
4) Once I got Linux running, installed SoupKit.
5) Went through a few tries of booting, rebooting, into recovery mode until the Kindle flickered back to life!
6) Followed prompts on SoupKit to install TWRP, updated TWRP, install FireFireFire, install Android 4.2.
Good luck, I am happy to answer any questions - though I am no means an expert now.

What I have tried...more info
More Information:
I am running Windows7 in a VirtualBox on an iMac.
I bricked the Kindle a few weeks ago, after messing with it then, I bought a factory fastboot cable. Still no dice.
I have tried all turning on and off computer, on and off Kindle with it disconnected, connected, going through the KFU 4 seconds after starting the Kindle. Letting the Kindle's battery die, recharging.
I have deleted .android folder, reinstalled drivers, re-downloaded KFU.
I have tried on a different computer (Windows XP) The Kindle is also not recognized there.
I have tried booting into Ubuntu (however in the directions there, it said the FireKit is for more "serious" issues than my soft brick.
I am sure there is some small detail I am missing, but I have not been able to find it - and I am not knowledgeable enough to properly diagnose the problem. Again thanks for any help.

kyleboyd said:
I am total noob. Just want to make that clear from the get go.
I hesitate to start a new thread, but I have been working on this forever, and have not made any progress.
I have a Kindle Fire that I would like to run android on - I started the process with the Kindle Fire Utility v 0.9.9. Something went wrong, and it is now stuck on the Kindle Fire start up logo. I also can no longer see it in the device manager, nor is it responsive to anything in the Utility. (ADB status: Offline Boot Status: Unknown). I am at a loss, does anyone have any ideas? Your help is appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sometimes KFU will show as Unknown even though it's really fine. I had the same issue as you. Try switching boot mode to Normal and see if that fixes it, it worked for me.

Read this (everything),especially third post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

hemmulde 1st
zastava750 said:
Read this (everything),especially third post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply!
I tried that. When I type "fastboot getvar product" it says waiting for device or something similiar.
The advice applying to Device Manager don't get me anywhere, because my Kindle doesn't show up.
Any other ideas?

kyleboyd said:
Thanks for the reply!
I tried that. When I type "fastboot getvar product" it says waiting for device or something similiar.
The advice applying to Device Manager don't get me anywhere, because my Kindle doesn't show up.
Any other ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When using the stock bootloader (plain "kindle fire" boot logo), the fastboot command must always specify the custom vendor ID used by the Kindle Fire. For example, the commands above must be slightly altered to...
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
fastboot -i 0x1949 devices
and likewise, all of the following commands will need the "-i 0x1949" switch when using the stock bootloader. The FFF bootloader's vendor ID has been changed to one that is normally recognized by fastboot, so the "-i 0x1949" switch can be omitted.
Now onto some more useful fastboot commands...
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4002
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
Using one of these commands will change the bootmode to normal (4000), fastboot (4002) or recovery (5001). Then issuing...
Code:
fastboot reboot
will reboot the device into the respective bootmode.

I've tried that as well...
Just so I am totally clear, this is what I did in relation to those instructions:
Opened Command Prompt - set the directory to C:/kfu/tools
Typed "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" (with out the quotations, obviously)
<waiting for devices>
I plugged Kindle in, it powers on and the frozen logo pops up.
I also tried "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" and "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4002"
According to the guide it often takes multiple tries, I have done it over and over again.
I have also tried different orders of code, plugging in Kindle, and powering on and off.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a specific code for my Kindle? (Not -i 0x1949)
Thanks!

Have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660636

Reinstall the driver then use kfu to reset the boot mode to normal.

Drivers?
I did try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1660636
When I get to the part about the Device Manager, I am stuck, as nothing shows up (I suspect something do with drivers)
Thepooch said:
Reinstall the driver then use kfu to reset the boot mode to normal.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
By reinstall drivers do you mean clicking on "install_drivers" in the KFU folder? I have tried that.
Is there another method of uninstalling and installing drivers? Sorry if that is a dumb question!

If the devices is in fastboot which I believe it is it would show up as android adb interface, if it was attempting to boot to the system it would show up as android composite adb interface. If you are on xp or windows 8 this can be a bit of a tricky task. Android adb interface and android composite interface are two facets of the same driver. So yes I suggest rerunning the driver installation bat that is packaged with KFU. If perhaps you are on windows 8 you must disable driver signature verification and reinstall the driver. 3.0 usb ports have an issue with fastboot and can leave the device undetected.

Still not working
Thepooch said:
If the devices is in fastboot which I believe it is it would show up as android adb interface, if it was attempting to boot to the system it would show up as android composite adb interface. If you are on xp or windows 8 this can be a bit of a tricky task. Android adb interface and android composite interface are two facets of the same driver. So yes I suggest rerunning the driver installation bat that is packaged with KFU. If perhaps you are on windows 8 you must disable driver signature verification and reinstall the driver. 3.0 usb ports have an issue with fastboot and can leave the device undetected.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the quick reply.
So I am on a Win7 and/or a Windows XP. Currently on both systems, when I plug it into the computer, with the Device Manager open, nothing happens other than the Kindle turning itself on.
Before it froze up, I saw it in device manager as Android ADB interface, and before doing anything at all, saw it as the default Kindle Fire.
On the Win7 system, I have rerun the driver installation bat over and over and over again, with absolutely no results.
On the WinXP, I have tried it, and for the life of me can't get it to install (it says install failed (Unsigned)). I never connected the Kindle up to this computer before it froze up, so I wonder if that is somehow causing the problem (it is trying to update drivers that don't exist?)
Am I doing something wrong with this? Can I uninstall or delete drivers, and totally start over?

If you are using a WinXP you must install driver manually.

Drivers?
zastava750 said:
If you are using a WinXP you must install driver manually.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I do that, when the Kindle does not show up as being connected? All the guides I have found start off with accessing from the Device Manager. My Kindle does not show up in the Device Manager...

okay well then you`re running xp use another computer getting the driver installed is hard even for the very skilled particularlly when the device is stuck in fastboot. Friend or relatives computer running windows 7 would be perfect. Otherwise it`s linux on a live usb booted on your xp machine.

Windows 7 - No Dice
Thepooch said:
okay well then you`re running xp use another computer getting the driver installed is hard even for the very skilled particularlly when the device is stuck in fastboot. Friend or relatives computer running windows 7 would be perfect. Otherwise it`s linux on a live usb booted on your xp machine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah so I have a Windows7. I have reinstalled the drivers (by clicking on the install_drivers.bat file in the KFU) over and over again, and I still do not get any recognition on the computer, or in the Device Manager when I plug in the Kindle.

Try different usb port, make sure they are usb 2.0. Is the logo static or animated? It possible that you broke the bootloader. At some point I would be willing to look at some things for you via teamviewer. If it is not driver related I fear your next move is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038. Keep it on charger or off till it can be dealt with.

Thepooch said:
Try different usb port, make sure they are usb 2.0. Is the logo static or animated? It possible that you broke the bootloader. At some point I would be willing to look at some things for you via teamviewer. If it is not driver related I fear your next move is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038. Keep it on charger or off till it can be dealt with.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! I would be willing to give it a shot (teamview I mean) if you are willing.
I tried the Firekit before I began this thread, but I kept getting stuck trying to run the tool after booting into ubuntu. Perhaps that is a different thread topic, but I am more than willing to put more work into figuring that out, if it could be the key to unlocking this stupid thing.

I am having this exact same problem. Using Win XP i was able to get the ADB drivers loaded initially and used KFU to try to install TWRP. When it rebooted during that process it got stuck at the Kindle Fire logo. Since then I cannot get my computer to recognize the kindle. Like you, I feel like i've tried everything.

Nixnaegie said:
I am having this exact same problem. Using Win XP i was able to get the ADB drivers loaded initially and used KFU to try to install TWRP. When it rebooted during that process it got stuck at the Kindle Fire logo. Since then I cannot get my computer to recognize the kindle. Like you, I feel like i've tried everything.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad to know I'm not alone - misery loves company! Solidarity my friend.
I wish I could tell you I'd solved it, but alas, I have not. I'm still working on it, I'll keep you updated if I have any breakthroughs!

[Q] Kindle Fire 8.9 Perma-Bricked?

Hey Guys,
I successfully rooted my kindle fire 8.9" a while back and a few days ago decided to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 to install the twrp/custom rom.
In fireflash I moved the bootloader back to 8.1.4 and changed the boot and recovery partitions accordingly. I disabled the recovery auto update. I applied the changes and rebooted (I saw the red kindle fire letters and then it changed to the blue letters). It went into the TWRP screen at which point the guide told me to reboot. I found a "reboot to recovery" option and clicked it. Apparently, this was a very bad thing to do. The kindle boots to the Kindle Fire logo in red letters and stays there. it doesn't go blue and nothing moves. It stays that way until I turn it off.
It no longer will show up in Device Manager at all, but if I turn it on while plugged into the computer, the computer makes fast bump sounds like it sees the device for a second.The first time I plugged it into a different computer windows said it was trying to install a driver for "Jem-PVT-Prod-04" but then the driver installation failed and it doesn't show up in the device manager even with an exclamation mark.
Using different adb tools (Minimal adb and fastboot, kindle adb drivers, and android sdk) yields no response from the device even with a factory cable (which I purchased and arrived this morning). Fastboot just says < waiting for device > after the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"
Adb kill-server followed by adb devices leads to a blank list of devices. (I also went into user/.android/ to change the adb_usb.ini file to 0x1949 (which it already was)
I tried KFHD SRT v2.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126 but it can't see the device either.
At this point, I don't know what can be done and am open to trying everything.

chickeninferno said:
Hey Guys,
I successfully rooted my kindle fire 8.9" a while back and a few days ago decided to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 to install the twrp/custom rom.
In fireflash I moved the bootloader back to 8.1.4 and changed the boot and recovery partitions accordingly. I disabled the recovery auto update. I applied the changes and rebooted (I saw the red kindle fire letters and then it changed to the blue letters). It went into the TWRP screen at which point the guide told me to reboot. I found a "reboot to recovery" option and clicked it. Apparently, this was a very bad thing to do. The kindle boots to the Kindle Fire logo in red letters and stays there. it doesn't go blue and nothing moves. It stays that way until I turn it off.
It no longer will show up in Device Manager at all, but if I turn it on while plugged into the computer, the computer makes fast bump sounds like it sees the device for a second.The first time I plugged it into a different computer windows said it was trying to install a driver for "Jem-PVT-Prod-04" but then the driver installation failed and it doesn't show up in the device manager even with an exclamation mark.
Using different adb tools (Minimal adb and fastboot, kindle adb drivers, and android sdk) yields no response from the device even with a factory cable (which I purchased and arrived this morning). Fastboot just says < waiting for device > after the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"
Adb kill-server followed by adb devices leads to a blank list of devices. (I also went into user/.android/ to change the adb_usb.ini file to 0x1949 (which it already was)
I tried KFHD SRT v2.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126 but it can't see the device either.
At this point, I don't know what can be done and am open to trying everything.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just to confirm that you're doing it correctly...have you powered the device completely down, entered 'fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product', and then turned the device on? And still no luck?
BTW, the factory cable will not work with the KFHD8.9 and can possibly damage it. Don't use it.

soupmagnet said:
Just to confirm that you're doing it correctly...have you powered the device completely down, entered 'fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product', and then turned the device on? And still no luck?
BTW, the factory cable will not work with the KFHD8.9 and can possibly damage it. Don't use it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Correct, I tried fastboot with the kindle 8.9 off, on,off then on, and on then off. None of these does anything except sit and say < waiting for device >.
Thanks for the heads up on the factory cable. It didn't seem to do anything any different anyway but is unplugged now.

chickeninferno said:
Correct, I tried fastboot with the kindle 8.9 off, on,off then on, and on then off. None of these does anything except sit and say < waiting for device >.
Thanks for the heads up on the factory cable. It didn't seem to do anything any different anyway but is unplugged now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've run into relatively the same problem with my HD8.9 several times while testing scripts but I've always been able to enable fastboot after rebooting using 'getvar product'. The difference in my case, is that I was always using Linux. You may want to set up a LiveUSB and install the SoupKit from the Dev section and try again to see if it makes a difference. SoupKit is not required, of course, but it is definitely recommended if you're not very familiar with Linux.

chickeninferno said:
Correct, I tried fastboot with the kindle 8.9 off, on,off then on, and on then off. None of these does anything except sit and say < waiting for device >.
Thanks for the heads up on the factory cable. It didn't seem to do anything any different anyway but is unplugged now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you running windows??? If you are.... when your kindle is powered down and you type in the fast boot commands, go into device ,manager and see if your kindle shows a yellow triangle next to it. Reply asap.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk HD

Brandonrz said:
Are you running windows??? If you are.... when your kindle is powered down and you type in the fast boot commands, go into device ,manager and see if your kindle shows a yellow triangle next to it. Reply asap.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk HD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Brandonrz,
It does not show up in the Device manager when off, when I send fastboot commands, or when on. It will however show up as Jem-PVT-Prod-04 for ~1 second if I have device manager open and I turn on the kindle (regardless of whether or not a fastboot command was sent).
@soupmagnet,
my flashdrive was dead so I just picked up a new one. Putting linux on it now.

chickeninferno said:
Brandonrz,
It does not show up in the Device manager when off, when I send fastboot commands, or when on. It will however show up as Jem-PVT-Prod-04 for ~1 second if I have device manager open and I turn on the kindle (regardless of whether or not a fastboot command was sent).
@soupmagnet,
my flashdrive was dead so I just picked up a new one. Putting linux on it now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For those who may be in same situation here is what I did.
Go to device manager. For that second, try to Right click on Jem-PVT-08 and choose update driver software, then browse my computer for driver software, then let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. I moved down list and picked Kindle and it installed as adb composite interface or something like that. Once installed the device manager showed "Kindle" and my fastboot was working. I've had the issue before. I hope this helped!

Glorious Success!
So I ended up doing a combination of the two solutions and since I know how frustrating this was here's how I did it just in case someone stumbles upon this.
How it magically worked:
1.) Inside of Linux Mint, I installed Soupkit
2.) In terminal i typed "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"
-----The kindle reacted for the first time in a long time and went into fasboot mode. Since I had no idea where to put the boot.img or recovery.img in linux to send them but the fastboot or adb commands, I decided to risk it and move to windows.
3.) I unplugged the kindle
4.) Booted into Win 7 x64
5.) The fastboot wasn't working in windows but I checked device manager and the exclamation mark was lingering. I manually picked the driver of amazon.com/kindle and it installed the adb composite device. Fastboot now works in windows.
5.) ran SR Tool.bat in the KFHD_SRT_2.1 folder and chose option 1 (Enable Fastboot)
-----Success
6.)in SR Tool i chose option 4 (erase cache and userdata)
----Took ~4 minutes but success
7.) in cmd I navigated to my sdk platform tools folder by typing "cd C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\SDK\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools"
8.) I downloaded the boot.img and recovery.img linked here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126) and placed them into C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\SDK\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools\
9.) in the cmd from step 7 I sent the following commands "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img" and "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img"
----Great Success
10.) In SR Tool I chose option 6 (reboot normally)
-----It looped for ~2 minutes but eventually booted like normal but the SR_Tool asked me to make sure that adb was enabled before clicking enter. I enabled it on the device but SR Tool still didn't seem to see that I had done it. Since it rebooted normally, I didn't really care.
11.) The kindle upgraded itself after I set it down to type this response to 8.4.3
I probably could have easily done this is linux, but I didn't know where to put the boot.img and recovery.img. Also, I'm guessing that the system.img is put back on the device when I used the KFHD SRT but I'm not sure.
Now I'm going for round two to get CM 10.1 put on this thing!
Thanks for all of the help. I really thought that I had actually managed to brick the nearly unbrickable kindle fire 8.9"

Congrats on your success and thanks for sharing the experience!
I think one problem with Windows is that, "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" does not work very well on putting the kindle to fastboot if the device driver is not properly installed, kindle will simply bypass the fastboot step and continue(and hang), the whole situation is a dead loop on Windows if the fastboot driver is having problem and the kindle can't boot into the ROM, and to make things even worse, there is no factory cable for HD8.9
So the SoupKit is a real life saver here.

I had the same sort of driver problem after I installed the second bootloader. For me the simple fix was to go into device manager (In Windows 7), uninstall whatever driver was there with the yellow triangle and then reinstall the official kindle adb driver. Congrats on getting it fixed though. It's a great feeling, I know.

Worked form me too!
Brandonrz said:
For those who may be in same situation here is what I did.
Go to device manager. For that second, try to Right click on Jem-PVT-08 and choose update driver software, then browse my computer for driver software, then let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. I moved down list and picked Kindle and it installed as adb composite interface or something like that. Once installed the device manager showed "Kindle" and my fastboot was working. I've had the issue before. I hope this helped!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks much for your pointer. In my case the Kindle showed up as an "Other devices" and I was able to use "browse my computer ..."->"let me pick from a list"->Kindle fire->ADB(ver 1.3).
You are awesome.

DBMmn said:
Thanks much for your pointer. In my case the Kindle showed up as an "Other devices" and I was able to use "browse my computer ..."->"let me pick from a list"->Kindle fire->ADB(ver 1.3).
You are awesome.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm so glad I could help, it was so frustrating for me.

Brandonrz said:
Are you running windows??? If you are.... when your kindle is powered down and you type in the fast boot commands, go into device ,manager and see if your kindle shows a yellow triangle next to it. Reply asap.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk HD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im stuck RIGHT here. manually entered fastboot, with the device showing as JEM-PVT-Prod 4. Unable to re-install recovery because <waiting on device>. Please help.

Tyler9097 said:
Im stuck RIGHT here. manually entered fastboot, with the device showing as JEM-PVT-Prod 4. Unable to re-install recovery because <waiting on device>. Please help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try kingo root or towel root. I believe they might be easier.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Brandonrz said:
Try kingo root or towel root. I believe they might be easier.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Turned out it was a driver compatibility issue with Windows 10. It doesn't recognize the Kindle HD 8.9 properly. Moved it over to a Windows 7 machine and it was working, up until i attempted to flash a new recovery and boot .img . Now it's stuck on the red Kindle logo and computer won't pick up the USB. Halp!

Tyler9097 said:
Turned out it was a driver compatibility issue with Windows 10. It doesn't recognize the Kindle HD 8.9 properly. Moved it over to a Windows 7 machine and it was working, up until i attempted to flash a new recovery and boot .img . Now it's stuck on the red Kindle logo and computer won't pick up the USB. Halp!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Power off the Kindle, type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product , plug in the Kindle when you get <waiting for device>, and flash the 2nd bootloader, recovery, and freedom-boot images as directed in Hashcode's thread. Skip to step 5 after downloading the files, as we're already in fastboot mode at this point.
Also, Windows 10 enforces driver signatures, so you'll need to disable that before proceeding with the Kindle driver installation.
Sent from my Amazon Jem using XDA Labs

[Q] My Fire won't enter Fastboot mode.

I am trying to install Cyanogenmod on my kindle fire. However, before I was able to start flashing any images or anything like that, I ran into a problem (although this is probably the best time to have a problem). My Kindle Fire HD 8.9 won't enter fastboot mode.
I'm running Windows 7.
I installed the android SDK.
I installed Amazon's drivers for the Kindle Fire.
When I type in "Adb drivers" into the command line, I get my serial number.
When I type in "fastboot drivers", I don't get anything back.
When I type in "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" , I get "waiting for device", I plug in my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (Edit: when it is off), but it just says at "waiting for device".
I've tried typing ""adb reboot-bootloader", but that reboots the device normally.
I've read that I don't need a fastboot cable for the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (unlike the 7).
What am I doing wrong?

Power OFF
Have you tried connecting your Kindle while POWER OFF. (Pressing power button for 20 Sec)
Steps
1. Go to elevated command prompt (admin command window)
2. type "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", "waiting for device" should display on screen
3. Power off Kindle (20 sec press of Power Button)
4. Connect kindle to PC
It should go into Fastboot mode.
This will work. Hit Thanks if I helped you.

Didn't work.
mgaju said:
Have you tried connecting your Kindle while POWER OFF. (Pressing power button for 20 Sec)
Steps
1. Go to elevated command prompt (admin command window)
2. type "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", "waiting for device" should display on screen
3. Power off Kindle (20 sec press of Power Button)
4. Connect kindle to PC
It should go into Fastboot mode.
This will work. Hit Thanks if I helped you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had already tried that without success. I tried it again, but it just booted into normal mode. I know i must be doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what.

ajshell1 said:
I am trying to install Cyanogenmod on my kindle fire. However, before I was able to start flashing any images or anything like that, I ran into a problem (although this is probably the best time to have a problem). My Kindle Fire HD 8.9 won't enter fastboot mode.
I'm running Windows 7.
I installed the android SDK.
I installed Amazon's drivers for the Kindle Fire.
When I type in "Adb drivers" into the command line, I get my serial number.
When I type in "fastboot drivers", I don't get anything back.
When I type in "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" , I get "waiting for device", I plug in my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (Edit: when it is off), but it just says at "waiting for device".
I've tried typing ""adb reboot-bootloader", but that reboots the device normally.
I've read that I don't need a fastboot cable for the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (unlike the 7).
What am I doing wrong?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm in the slow lane now after trying numerous ways to root this 8.9 8.5.1 fire. Still not showing root but everything goes slow now.
Guess its better than a brick. Wonder if I can load a CM since my root failed.

ant17 said:
I'm in the slow lane now after trying numerous ways to root this 8.9 8.5.1 fire. Still not showing root but everything goes slow now.
Guess its better than a brick. Wonder if I can load a CM since my root failed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update: restored settings, back to fast but no root.

ajshell1 said:
I had already tried that without success. I tried it again, but it just booted into normal mode. I know i must be doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anyone figure this out? Having the same problem - won't boot into fastboot mode, just boots normally (with cable plugging in and fastboot waiting on the device). Adb also works fine.

Install android studio and get the drivers from that.

Same Problem on Kindle Fire 8.9 HD - Fastboot not work!
Hi,
I have the same problem. Adb works, fastboot doesn't work on my stock Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 2nd Generation. Here is my environment:
Windows 10 Pro x64 with latest MS Patches, Toshiba Patches, Intel Patches
BitDefender Anti Virus
ADB enabled on Kindle
Adb and fastboot Drivers installed via Android SDK
Kindle Driver install downloaded from Amazon
PC is new Toshiba Satellite P50W with USB 3.0
Drivers look okay in Device Manager
- Kindle Fire -> Driver = Android Composite ADB Interface provided by Amazon dated 12/3/2012
- Portable Devices / Kindle -> Driver =provided by Microsoft dated 6/21/2006
Symptoms:
ADB Commands work including adb kill-server, adb start-server, adb devices (returns Serial Number)
- Fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product shows "waiting for device" in PC's CMD Window and never goes away
- I attach standard USB Cable to the Kindle that is currently Powered Down (not just sleeping) after issuing above command on PC
- Attaching USB Cable simply causes Kindle to power on and boot normally.
What I have unsuccessfully tried to date:.
Tried alternate commands:
- adb reboot bootloader (to start Fastboot)
- fastboot -1 0x1949 reboot (to exit Fastboot)
Tried USB 2.0 Port instead of 3.0 Port.
Tried reloading Kindle Drivers.
Trying Android Platform Tools Ver 23.1 RC1 instead of Ver 23.01
Tried two different "Standard" USB Cables, one Factory Cable by itself
Any Ideas? I've been trying to get FASTBOOT working so I can play with Cyanogenmod for a couple of days without any luck. Thanks.
Ken (Android Noob )

Same
Having the same issues on 5.1.1 5th gen 8.9HD. zero fastboot....

I'm having the same issue. Has anyone found a solution or found another way to root the device with version 8.5.1_user_5159720 installed?
Hate the Kindle version of the OS. I want to install CM or LineageOS (If I can find a build for it!)
Thanks!
---------- Post added at 11:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 AM ----------
Sailing_Nut said:
I'm having the same issue. Has anyone found a solution or found another way to root the device with version 8.5.1_user_5159720 installed?
Hate the Kindle version of the OS. I want to install CM or LineageOS (If I can find a build for it!)
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did a bit more digging and found a tool that will root the device. You can find it at https://rootmaster.co Just download and install the APK on your device and allow it to root.

emaster101 said:
Having the same issues on 5.1.1 5th gen 8.9HD. zero fastboot....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
this is a COPY/PASTE of my own post. the files i specify are the exact names, just search this section of X-DA for them. SEE BELOW.
i had the same problem with the "red screen of death" as well. i found that if i installed the "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" and / OR (i did the minimal first.... ) KFHD_SRTv1.3.5 and RUN THE APP FIRST, then when it says "waiting for device" you then plug in the ALREADY OFF tablet it then WORKS!! says "fastboot mode" on the tablet. and it is listed in device manager also.
i got BOTH apps here at this board in this section.
WARNING: i run windows XP with all updates as of 10-31-2017 (pm me for info, 2 lines of text!! ) . NEWER windows versions have "permission issues". fixes are posted in multiple topics here in the Amazon 7" Kindle Fire HD, 8.9" Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire 2 section. READ THEM!!

Start by turning off tablet. type in "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product". Get (waiting for device) message. Plug USB into tablet.