[Q] Help Want stock Kindle Back - 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I want to sell my kindle fire hd 8.9 so I need to know how to remove custom recovery and cm 10.1 and put the original kindle fire software.
All help is highly appreciated.

This tool can restore system images, I think it comes with the system image and you can get the recovery from a link in the op.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
Personally I would download the stock rooted amazon ROM from the 8.9" android development section and wipe cache, dalvik cache, system, and do a factory reset, then flash that ROM, and then just wait for your kindle to update or just flash the stock recovery and boot loader from that post afterwards. If you flash the boot loader you are going to want to verify the md5sum beforehand so you don't hard brick it. Here's the link to the stock ROM u can flash but I think it has ota's disabled so you probably will have to flash the recovery and bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142241
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stunts513 said:
This tool can restore system images, I think it comes with the system image and you can get the recovery from a link in the op.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
Personally I would download the stock rooted amazon ROM from the 8.9" android development section and wipe cache, dalvik cache, system, and do a factory reset, then flash that ROM, and then just wait for your kindle to update or just flash the stock recovery and boot loader from that post afterwards. If you flash the boot loader you are going to want to verify the md5sum beforehand so you don't hard brick it. Here's the link to the stock ROM u can flash but I think it has ota's disabled so you probably will have to flash the recovery and bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142241
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If seems like a lot of work

Not really, its pretty easy to do for the most part, if you just flash the stock version in the android dev section and then download the latest update for your device from amazon's website, you can just manually update it via their instructions, and it will take care of the boot loader and recovery for you.
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stock amazon
Flashed Stock rooted amazon OS 8.4.3, following all instructions. Everything seems fine (bootup, register kindle, scroll through apps) but a major issue I'm having is the back/home/favorites keys are not sticking on the side.. they appear shortly when entering a menu then disappear and I am not able to return to previous menus or exit altogether.
Anyone having this issue?
ps; I have been following Hashcode's thread since about June, flashing his updates with no issues. I don't have a backup for the stock OS.

stunts513 said:
Not really, its pretty easy to do for the most part, if you just flash the stock version in the android dev section and then download the latest update for your device from amazon's website, you can just manually update it via their instructions, and it will take care of the boot loader and recovery for you.
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Hey man did all of that but when i tried to do the update it just boots to custom recovery and wont do the update.Any advise >?

Wait you told it to update manually using Amazon's method after flashing back to stock right? That usually includes a boot loader IMG and recovery img last I heard, kinda would have to based on something I think I know, I don't understand why it wouldn't have reflashed bootloader and recovery, you can always flash that manually I suppose, but if its stuck only letting you go into recovery you should reflash the stock ROM again... I'll do my best to help you get he boot loader and recovery back to stock.
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stunts513 said:
Wait you told it to update manually using Amazon's method after flashing back to stock right? That usually includes a boot loader IMG and recovery img last I heard, kinda would have to based on something I think I know, I don't understand why it wouldn't have reflashed bootloader and recovery, you can always flash that manually I suppose, but if its stuck only letting you go into recovery you should reflash the stock ROM again... I'll do my best to help you get he boot loader and recovery back to stock.
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I installed the rom booted in to stock os OK then i downloaded the update from amazon and followed the instructions but when i do the update it just boots to custom recovery and dose not update the os. Also tried to re install the rom

What version of stock are you trying to flash from twrp now, because if its the amazon zip I don't think it will work.
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stunts513 said:
What version of stock are you trying to flash from twrp now, because if its the amazon zip I don't think it will work.
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followed the thread with the link you provided http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142241
installed OS 8.4.3:from the thread.

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[HELP]A different sort of stuck at Kindle Fire screen.

So, I have FFF and CWM working ok, but I can't flash any roms. I've tried CM7 and stock. Stock freezes at the Kindle Fire logo indefinitely, and CM7 goes black and reboots in a circle. I do have fastboot working. Oh, also, after I unbricked my Kindle with a factory cable, I couldn't flash any roms, with similar results to these. Rather, I had to rely on a backup I had of Hellfire, and that got deleted. I've even tried to flash back to true stock with the unbrick utility. Nothing works, and I have a recovery only device right now.
Have you tried reinstalling CWM or installing TWRP?
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soupmagnet said:
Have you tried reinstalling CWM or installing TWRP?
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Yeah, several times for each. I also just tried to install the Hellfire CM9 ROM, did no good. I might add that what bricked me in the first place was flashing an unrooted stock rom, but I misfollowed the instructions and wiped /system. Then I had to assemble a factory cable since I had no recovery.
Nevermind, fixed it. I said screw it since I had a factory cable and flashed a stock update.zip, and it worked. I'm just going to reroot this and stay on it.

Kindle back to stock

I have rooted my kindle fire and installed twrp and fff using kindle fire utility. With twrp I flash a jelly bean rom and now i am wanting to go back to how my kindle was out of the box. so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff. i am just wondering is there any other way to install roms on the kindle since i cannot get into twrp. also tried to reinstall twrp and fff on kindle fire utility but it says adb status offline and will not change. please help!
Brunde22 said:
so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff.
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Do you get a blue kindle fire logo?
When you flash with stock rom it wipes out FFF bootloader and replaces it with one from amazon.
Warning: Installing the Amazon Kindle Fire Software Update will not only replace the system software, but also overwrite the bootloader and recovery with the stock versions. Any custom bootloader and recovery like FFF and TWRP will be overwritten in the process.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730666&postcount=2
p4trykx said:
Do you get a blue kindle fire logo?
When you flash with stock rom it wipes out FFF bootloader and replaces it with one from amazon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730666&postcount=2
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No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
Brunde22 said:
No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
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But the system boots or is it stuck at this logo?
After system boot you should be able to run this command
Code:
adb devices
adb is somewhere in kfu directory
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747804&postcount=3
Brunde22 said:
I have rooted my kindle fire and installed twrp and fff using kindle fire utility. With twrp I flash a jelly bean rom and now i am wanting to go back to how my kindle was out of the box. so i got an update off the internet and downloaded it to my kindle, but when i rebooted my kindle it didnt go into fff. i am just wondering is there any other way to install roms on the kindle since i cannot get into twrp. also tried to reinstall twrp and fff on kindle fire utility but it says adb status offline and will not change. please help!
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Your problem, besides not having a clue what you're doing, is you didn't wipe the necessary partitions before trying to install a new ROM. Most of the time, that results in sort of a Frankenstein of an OS that the system cannot boot normally.
Typically, with FFF installed, you can tell pretty easily what mode your device is in by looking looking at your screen. If the device hangs at the boot screen, you know it is in fastboot, or if it continues on to the boot animation, you know it's in normal mode. With the stock Kindle Fire software installed, both the bootloader's splash screen and the boot animation are the same (with the exception of brightness), so you have to use the adb to determine what state the device is in. In your case, the device is in normal boot mode, so the typical "fix" for "stuck at kindle fire logo" wouldn't apply to you.
Unfortunately, by reinstalling the Kindle Fire update.zip, you also overwrite not only the custom bootloader, but custom recovery as well, which is required to fix your problem. Reverting back to stock, simply to re-root or install a different ROM is unnecessary and a complete waste of time. Now you have to get back into fastboot mode so you can reinstall custom recovery, wipe the necessary partitions and reinstall a ROM.
If any of this sounds foreign to you, it's because you're in WAY over your head. Before you go any further, educate yourself in how and why the Kindle Fire/Android works. Doing so will greatly increase your chances of success and decrease the chances of finding yourself in another situation like this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
first three posts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25730650
first two posts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26435498
Brunde22 said:
No i just get the original orange kindle fire logo.
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i had this problem but i have a kf2 (non hd)....i also used hashcodes otter2 bootloader files....but what i did was re flash his bootloader files and it gave me twrp back........then i sideloaded my cm10.1 rom and it fixed it where i could get back to cm10.1 then i put gapps back in and everything was fine again.....but as far as me putting it back stock i'm still working on that.....youll have to get it into fastboot mode with a fastboot factory cable to reflash your bootloader files again....it worked for me but i am using a kf2 though.....

[Q] Attempting to remove root checker...please wait...?

I'm in the process of rooting my kindle fire, KFU says attempting to remove root check please wait, and it's been saying that for a while now, my kindle fire is powered on but not rooted what should I do?
Have You Tried Flashing BootLoader Fire fire fire? Or a different recovery using KFU...When I Used Kfu I Diddnt Notice Any Option For Root Checker....if you can get a custom recovery flashed...you should proceed in downloading a superuser.zip to flash in the recovery that will get you rooted...DONT just flash any superuser.zip though...find one that was made for kindle and its stock OS...or flash a stock rooted kindle OS in recovery...always backup...I had trouble with KFU so I went all the way to Linux and used the kindle fire soup kit to install a recovery...then change the boot mode to recovery...you obviously must down load a stable ROM preferably a stock enhanced one before trying the soup kit...or download it while your in Linux BEFORE attempting to flash...glad to help if I did once you get to recovery its smooth sailing
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NooBOnTheBlock said:
Have You Tried Flashing BootLoader Fire fire fire? Or a different recovery using KFU...When I Used Kfu I Diddnt Notice Any Option For Root Checker....if you can get a custom recovery flashed...you should proceed in downloading a superuser.zip to flash in the recovery that will get you rooted...DONT just flash any superuser.zip though...find one that was made for kindle and its stock OS...or flash a stock rooted kindle OS in recovery...always backup...I had trouble with KFU so I went all the way to Linux and used the kindle fire soup kit to install a recovery...then change the boot mode to recovery...you obviously must down load a stable ROM preferably a stock enhanced one before trying the soup kit...or download it while your in Linux BEFORE attempting to flash...glad to help if I did once you get to recovery its smooth sailing
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Thank you so much, you're the best!:laugh:

[Q] Flashed Kindle Fire boots to a strange screen with rotating triangles

Hi, I have an original KF that was running v6.3.2, I am trying to get it to run JB 4.2.
I successfully (I think) rooted it using SuperOneClick
I installed FFF and TWRP using KF Utilities
It can boot into TWRP
I try to flash Hashcode's 4.2.2_r1 and TWRP seems to complete although it does stick on "Updating partition details"
When I restart it it just goes to a screen covered in weird rotating triangles.Only thing I can do is hard shut down.
I did do backup and can restore it to original Amazon 6.3.2 KF firmware. Interestingly when I do this TWRP asks me to install SuperSU, which I do.I then boots as if its a new KF, except with SU app installed.
Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be going wrong?
Thanks
Gordon
Bad download/corrupted file?
Wait my reading caught up with me. You say it is still booting into stock? That doesn't sound like bad firmware download after all. Sorry... I don't know then! Someone else should have a thought.
I read it once again and realize you restored stock. Lol I go with my original suggestion. Redownload and reflash.
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gordonj56 said:
Hi, I have an original KF that was running v6.3.2, I am trying to get it to run JB 4.2.
I successfully (I think) rooted it using SuperOneClick
I installed FFF and TWRP using KF Utilities
It can boot into TWRP
I try to flash Hashcode's 4.2.2_r1 and TWRP seems to complete although it does stick on "Updating partition details"
When I restart it it just goes to a screen covered in weird rotating triangles.Only thing I can do is hard shut down.
I did do backup and can restore it to original Amazon 6.3.2 KF firmware. Interestingly when I do this TWRP asks me to install SuperSU, which I do.I then boots as if its a new KF, except with SU app installed.
Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be going wrong?
Thanks
Gordon
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The "weird rotating triangles" is the stock AOSP boot animation. 9 times out of 10, when your device gets stuck on the boot animation, it is from not wiping data in recovery before flashing the ROM. Boot into recovery, factory reset, then reboot to see if it fixes the problem.

[Q] KFHD 8.9 Static Boot + No Access to TWRP

Hi all! I'm hoping I can get some help. I have a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 "Jem". I successfully rooted it the other day, and after switching laptops, finally was able to access fastboot on the computer and get the successful output. I followed the directions from this link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105. I got all the way through it successfully to the end of step 3 to reboot into TWRP. However, once I rebooted, I get a constant bootloop on the static Kindle Fire logo. No twrp (I put 2.7.0.0 on there, and checked to revert to 8.1.4, but based on what I have read, I MAY have forgot to check the box to load stack).
I found SRT tool from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126 and used it to successfully get the Kindle to show fastboot on the screen. However, now I'm at a loss as how to continue. I made backups per the 2ndBL+Twrp thread but I have no idea how to proceed. Any assistance on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very proficient in using the commands, but can follow the directions pretty well (or so I thought lol).
Thanks again for any guidance.
Ok I got it back. I figured out I needed to open up a new command prompt in order to enter the fastboot flash commands and flash my backups on to it that I made following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175. Now going to try this again and hope to get TWRP and CM working on it this time around.
UPDATE:
Okay, I'm now further than I have ever gotten before. I have successfully installed TWRP version 2.7.0.0, able to access it no problem. I installed CM11; I have tried both CM11 20140702-NIGHTLY-jem and CM11 20140504-SNAPSHOT-M6-jem. Before installing each one, I wiped system, cache and dalvik cache.
However, with each one, this is the problem I'm having. I am stuck at the cynogenmod boot screen (blue alien/android with the arrow circling). I have not been able to get past this. Is there any guidance that you all can offer me to get past this? When I saw that cynogenmod bootscreen pop up, I was so excited and relieved that I got past the blue kindlefire logo this time around, but am again deflated. I know I can boot back to rooted stock from my recovery files so it's not a total loss. I just so want to see it load up as android!!!
Thanks in advance...hope someone sees this. I didn't want to add another topic to the board, so the title doesn't reflect my current issue. So I hope that it'll get some answers. If I should make a new topic, please let me know. As my post count reflects, I am a newbie here. Thanks so much for all the hard work that you all do to help us!
Success!
Just wanted to update!
After wiping cache/dalvik cache/system and then wiping factory reset, and then reinstalling CM11 M6, it finally worked! SO now my kindle hd is now a beautiful full fledged android! I just want to thank all of the people here with all of their knowledge and guides, answers to questions in the threads...I finally figured it out and feel accomplished! LOL.
Maybe you can give me a hand as you've recently gone through this:
tried the 2nd bootloader instructions and the '8.9 Flasher' zip found on these forums, but right now I'm just stuck at the kindle fire logo (not moving). I can get into fast boot, but don't know what to put in there to get me either back to stock, or into CM11.
I (like a fool) didn't make a backup (i used the flasher zip first, and neglected the backup option), so are there stock images out there I can use?
dopepope said:
Maybe you can give me a hand as you've recently gone through this:
tried the 2nd bootloader instructions and the '8.9 Flasher' zip found on these forums, but right now I'm just stuck at the kindle fire logo (not moving). I can get into fast boot, but don't know what to put in there to get me either back to stock, or into CM11.
I (like a fool) didn't make a backup (i used the flasher zip first, and neglected the backup option), so are there stock images out there I can use?
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When you restart your tablet do you see the blue KF splash screen? If you can you should be able to sideload a ROM onto TWRP.
If you can't get into TWRP then see this restore tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126 you can flash the images manual from the tool if you'd rather not run the bat. Choose option 3 if you do as that includes the recovery as well.
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LinearEquation said:
When you restart your tablet do you see the blue KF splash screen? If you can you should be able to sideload a ROM onto TWRP.
If you can't get into TWRP then see this restore tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126 you can flash the images manual from the tool if you'd rather not run the bat. Choose option 3 if you do as that includes the recovery as well.
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thanks for your reply
im still in the process of fixing everything, but I was able to move past where I was (stuck on static kindle fire logo) by using fastboot to push the stock boot.img, recovery.img from hashcodes post, and then using the system.img from onemeila's rescue post (also wiping the cache)
im still in the process because my KF did an OTA update (!>@#) while I was pushing other files to it, so I had to start over again.
dopepope said:
thanks for your reply
im still in the process of fixing everything, but I was able to move past where I was (stuck on static kindle fire logo) by using fastboot to push the stock boot.img, recovery.img from hashcodes post, and then using the system.img from onemeila's rescue post (also wiping the cache)
im still in the process because my KF did an OTA update (!>@#) while I was pushing other files to it, so I had to start over again.
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As soon as it boots into the OS, put it in airplane mode or kill your modem if nothing else.
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