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Hi,
I recently got a new Kindle fire and tried to root it.
I followed the instructions given in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340
However, my kindle fire seems to be stuck in an infinite boot loop after first step itself.
Here are the step I followed (I am using Windows 7 32bit).
1. Installed android sdk.
2. Updated the Kindle driver to install "android abd composite interface"
3. Downloaded all the required files in the platform-tools folder
Required files:
fbmode.zip - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1414832
twrp2 - http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/79
su - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8699733/kindlefire/su
firefirefirefire http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1369405
fastboot + adb for your OS of choice.
4. Followed following commands:
unzip fbmode.zip
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fbmode
adb shell /data/local/fbmode
adb reboot
5. After this, my kindle fire seems to have stuck in an infinite boot loop.
- It starts up only when a USB cable is connected.
- Power light is orange and not green
- It starts up Kindle Fire logo comes up, then shuts down again
- My computer is not detecting any device, probably because KF is in an infinite boot loop
- When I run adb devices -- no devices show up
- When I run fastboot command [fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader .....] it says "waiting for devices"
- When I remove the USB cable from KF, It doesn't powers on (even after long pressing the power button).
- I tried many things posted on different forums on two laptops (Windows 7 32 bit as well as 64 bit) and using different USB cables but nothing worked.
- Only thing I haven't tried is Factory cable as I don't have it and don't have money to buy it.
PLEASE HELP!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
Superuser not working
Thanks for the help with the charging issue Kinfauns!!!
I charged my kindle fire using stock charger and finally rooted it.
However, I am still not able to install android market on my KF.
After rooting Kindle (followed all the steps given in the thread), I installed Superuser.apk.
Then to install android market, I installed root explorer and downloaded Kindle Fire android market zip file. (followed instructions from one of the NAT3MIL's video on youtube).
First step is to install googleServicesFramework.apk file, which I did.
The next step is to move market.apk file to system/apps folder. However, when I tried doing that, I got a warning:
"Your phone doesn't appear to be rooted. This is requires in order to change or delete protected files such as this ......"
I don't understand why is it saying so as I have followed all the steps in the thread to root my KF?
How to check if the KF is really rooted?
Are there any settings to be changed in the superUser.apk?
Please help!!
Thanks a ton!!
Superuser not working
One more thing.
when I tried to update SU binary file,
I got following:
Downloading manifest .. OKAY!
parsing manifest.. Okay!
Latest Version = 3.0.3.2
Checking installed version .. legacy
Fixing database .. okay!
checking for busybox .. not found
Downloading custom busybox .. okay!
checking md5sum ... okay!
checking current install path .. fail!
Failed to find current installed su binary. Update cannot continue.
Does this mean I have to re-root the KF or just install the su binary file? how to do that?
Thanks!
Download the latest kindle fire utility and rerun it for permanent root.
Known Tricks
If you end up stuck at the yellow triangle, in KF Utility select Boot Normal, wait for it to say <waiting for device> and then press and hold the power button 20 seconds until the fire turns off, then when its off turn it back on. This sometimes happens, I have yet to find a clean solution If you end up stuck with a yellow triangle, do not EVER unplug it. Leave it plugged in. Check the windows drivers to make sure it isnt showing as "kindle" again. Fastboot is different and can cause this.
Please note: If your device can't be seen in fastboot mode, please make sure to install the drivers packaged with this, as it will show up afterwards. You can use the install_drivers.bat with the device plugged in for this.
Copied from the instructions of the kindle fire utility
Above are the tricks if you get stuck but after root install twrp then install fff
I would assume that your not rooted sounds that way to me.
By the way the yellow triangle will be replaced with the new bootloader a white kindle and a blue fire this will be considered the yellow triangle in the description. Good luck
Install permanent root
Install twrp
Install fff
All should be the newest at this point hopefully
Thanks ThePooch.
So, apparently I have to re-root my KF as for some reason it was not rooted correctly. Right?
I believe so the worst that could happen is it could fail if the file already exists but let's hope it goes fine
tanwar said:
Thanks ThePooch.
So, apparently I have to re-root my KF as for some reason it was not rooted correctly. Right?
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You don't necessarily have to let KFU do its entire "rooting" process.
If you can get into recovery and you are comfortable with adb, you can follow the "Rooting the stock software" section in this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
to push the 'su' binary into the /system partition and set ownership/permissions.
If you are not comfortable with that, you can use KFU, but it will be doing a lot of extraneous things that you probably don't need.
Under extras you will put on Google frame work and go launcher after you have confirmed bootloader recovery and root note that the market can only be seen using go launcher not the kindle one.
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The easiest way to test root is to download an app that will request root permissions like root explorer for instance if you open the app and you don't see a dialogue pop up requesting permission its very likely that it isn't rooted.
Read-Only file system
Thanks Kinfauns and ThePooch for tips.
@kinfauns, I tried following the steps given in "Rooting the stock software" section of the given link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
However, when I tried to push su binary file to system folder
adb push C:\kfu\software\su /system/xbin/
I got following message:
failed to copy 'su' to 'system/xbin/su': Read-only file system.
How can I change the permissions of the folder to copy su file?
I tried using shell command:
adb shell chmod 755 /system
However, I got the same message again "Read-only file system"
Please help!!
nevermind I see your on windows 7 like me. adb shell mount system will mount system to read/ write
its all in kinfauns post you just need to be it recovery to execute the commands I believe I would paste it here but its just as easy to read them from there
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su not 755 you can probably safely copy and paste the commands from his post right into cmd he has it written up very nicely
tanwar said:
Thanks Kinfauns and ThePooch for tips.
@kinfauns, I tried following the steps given in "Rooting the stock software" section of the given link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
However, when I tried to push su binary file to system folder
adb push C:\kfu\software\su /system/xbin/
I got following message:
failed to copy 'su' to 'system/xbin/su': Read-only file system.
How can I change the permissions of the folder to copy su file?
I tried using shell command:
adb shell chmod 755 /system
However, I got the same message again "Read-only file system"
Please help!!
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I think you may be trying to do this while booted into the system software. That won't work because you don't have root access there and you won't be able to mount (or remount) a partition without those privileges. The rest of it won't work without R/W access to the partition, as you've already seen.
To be clear, the device needs to be booted into recovery (TWRP or CWMR) where you do have root privileges. Make sure you start with step one to get the system partition mounted. If successful, "mount" will provide no output.
Hi all.
Yesterday, a friend of mine asked me if i know about tablets with android os, i told him that I know a little, and he challenged me to try to fix his daughter's kindle stuck at load screen (the one with colored triangles).
I accepted the challenge and started to research at forums about Kindle Fires stuck, i will resume my problem ....
I downloaded Firekit for linux (iḿ using Ubuntu 12.04) and started to try some commands. I got ADB console to connect on the device using
Code:
# adb shell
command, and started to run around the system inside the Kindle.
For some reason (noob nonsense action), I remounted /system partition as RW and ran (again, not knowing the side effects of that) the command wipe and chose ALL. Yes, i got the system folder cleaned and now i can't run commands on kindle console. I still can
Code:
#adb push
things inside the device. I'm not planning to buy a factory cable or build one, and, here is my question, is there a way to copy these binary files inside the /system folder again, without factory cable? Is there a place where i can find these binaries for download or a package containing them?
About the device: Kindle Fire (D01400)
Bootloader: Stock (Kindle fire logo)
Fastboot: Can't find compatible devices.
Rooted: Maybe (i got root logidn on command adb shell)
Thank you for helping.
Ok, I downloaded the Stock ROM from amazon and uploaded /system folder using adb.
Code:
#adb shell
now working, i got again kindle console as root but i couldn't find ls or rm on /system/bin and now, all environment variables are unset. Maybe a problem with home path (i'm logged as root).
any advice how to reset the root user's home?
Code:
# export
ANDROID_ASSETS
ANDROID_BOOTLOGO
ANDROID_CACHE
ANDROID_DATA
ANDROID_PROPERTY_WORKSPACE
ANDROID_ROOT
ASEC_MOUNTPOINT
BOOTCLASSPATH
DOWNLOAD_CACHE
EXTERNAL_STORAGE
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LOOP_MOUNTPOINT
PATH
PWD
TERM
TERMINFO
hello, after some trouble installing the bootloader, I finally got it!!
But I have another problem, I thought it would start no problem then, so here I have no rom in sd!! and now will not start!
I can go into recovery mode, go to the usb storage option, but it does not work, I get on the computer!!
some way to spend a rom to the sd from l recovery / TWRP??????
Put the ROM and gapps in the same folder as an adb command, open a command prompt and CD to the directory with adb, now type something along the lines of this: adb push romname.zip /sdcard/
That should put the ROM on the sdcard so you can flash, use same thing for gapps as well.
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stunts513 said:
Put the ROM and gapps in the same folder as an adb command, open a command prompt and CD to the directory with adb, now type something along the lines of this: adb push romname.zip /sdcard/
That should put the ROM on the sdcard so you can flash, use same thing for gapps as well.
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thank you!
the problem is that now ADB does not recognize the tablet.
In device manager, I get the yellow triangle on kindle fire.
Reinstall the SDK but nothing, still without recognizing
EDIT I finally got it! you saved my life!! thank you very much!!
I've cracked the kindle code for ADB Sideload / Push In TWRP recovery! :highfive:
If you have access to TWRP and nothing else, this is for you.
Like many, I foolishly formatted my internal storage on my Kindle Fire 2 while in TWRP. with no Zips to flash I was stuck trying everything I could think of to get a file onto my Device. Read up on ADB Sideload.. But my PC would not recognize ADB Sideload AT ALL, and I Couldn't Find the Drivers.
Read up on Mounting.. No drivers no mount. Updated my Android SDK, drivers there didn’t work. Almost threw my kindle in the river.
But then I Found A certain set of Drivers from Amazon's support section. (See Attached)
So here's how to get your kindle back: :fingers-crossed:
Download and Extract the driver files. Run the Kindle Drivers. Once the Drivers are finished plug in your kindle fire 2, windows will not recognize it and we need to install the driver manually.
Go to My Computer icon. Right click and select Properties. Open Device manager in the top left.
Your Kindle will show as a yellow triangle Kindle or Kindle Fire Device (or in some cases it will have the wrong driver installed, {right click and uninstall current driver, your PC will have to restart.})
Right Click on Kindle Fire Device> Click Update Driver Software..> Click Browse my computer for Driver software> Click Let Me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer>
NOW {Kindle} will show up on the list a few times, find the one that has: ADNROID COMPOSITE ADB INTERFACE and install this driver for your kindle. If everything worked your kindle fire will now be recognized and install.
NEXT STEP!
Sideload will not work for this, so don’t even try. No SDK is required for this process just the ADB Files (Attached)
Make sure you extract the ADB.zip right onto your C:/ drive to make this easy.
Download any Kindle Fire 2 Rom (Found in Kindle Fire 2 Android Development section, preferably a Small File Size like CM 10.1),
Rename this ZIP to kindle.zip (or another short name)
Download the Gapps File for the version of ROM you just downloaded from Goo.im,
Rename this ZIP to gapps.zip (or another short name)
Place both ZIPs directly into the C:/ADB folder
Open a command prompt by going to Start > Run > CMD and hit enter. A DOS Command prompt will open.
First line will say
C:\USERS\YOURNAME>
Type> CD C:\ADB Now it will change your Directory to the C:\ Drive ADB folder
Ok on your Tablet now in TWRP, Tap MOUNT> next check [x]DATA and [x]System and tap MOUNT USB SYSTEM
Windows will not notify you of the change so don’t freak out.
ADB needs to be at least Version 1.0.29, you can check by typing the command: ADB version
Next type> ADB devices
Will now say>
LIST OF DEVICES ATTACHED:
123456789ABCDEF RECOVERY
(IF it doesn’t say anything under list of devices you will have to uninstall and reinstall the driver in step 1)
Next TYPE> adb push kindle.zip \sdcard\kindle.zip
Wait about 30-40 seconds without touching anything, it will be sending the file.
IT WILL SAY>
3589 KB/s (128302247 bytes in 34.908s) or something similar.
Next Type> adb push gapps.zip \sdcard\gapps.zip
Wait about 30-40 seconds without touching anything, it will be sending the file.
IT WILL SAY>
3262 KB/s (57280392 bytes in 17.143s) or something similar.
BAM! Files are on your device!
BACK TO THE TABLET!
Tap Unmount and click the home icon in the top right.
Click INSTALL and tap (UP A LEVEL) to get to the root of the kindle fire.
Your files should be there Labeled Kindle.zip and Gapps.zip!
Install normally! AND Don’t forget to Wipe your Dalvik/Cache! :good:
All this info is available in the forums here but I'm really glad you did this. It should prevent a lot of redundant questions. Very well written, simplified and explained.
Kudos!
-> Sent from my mind to your screen.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
hi, i am using Chinookgod's method to push the kindle.zip and gapps.zip to my kindle successfully
but when i try to 'swip to confirm flash', it shows 'Failed' ,
and E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/\sdcard\kindle.zip'
Error flashing zip '/\sdcard\kindle.zip'
Updating partition details..
below is the screen cap
hxxp://imgur.com/ecjcZZF (please change hxxp to http)
what should i do? plz help :crying:
below is my cmd.exe screen cap, please note that it still shows
LIST OF DEVICES ATTACHED:
123456789ABCDEF RECOVERY
hxxp://imgur.com/WJs4ABY (please change hxxp to http)
Easy.
bon1025hk said:
hi, i am using Chinookgod's method to push the kindle.zip and gapps.zip to my kindle successfully
but when i try to 'swip to confirm flash', it shows 'Failed' ,
and E:Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/\sdcard\kindle.zip'
Error flashing zip '/\sdcard\kindle.zip'
Updating partition details..
below is the screen cap
hxxp://imgur.com/ecjcZZF (please change hxxp to http)
what should i do? plz help :crying:
below is my cmd.exe screen cap, please note that it still shows
LIST OF DEVICES ATTACHED:
123456789ABCDEF RECOVERY
hxxp://imgur.com/WJs4ABY (please change hxxp to http)
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Thats easy. You can fix this by doing a system wipe then do a factory data reset to prep the system.
Will it work for me?
I got backup of my rom in my sdcard but having the same problem when try to restore. stuck with no OS. Help
My Phone Lg lu6200
Still need help
Chinookgod said:
Thats easy. You can fix this by doing a system wipe then do a factory data reset to prep the system.
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I tried following your instructions and the directory came up. I then tried entering "adb shell" as a command and got the following:
Doesn't work for my Kindle HD 8.9...any help please?
I get an error closed closed
Chinookgod said:
Thats easy. You can fix this by doing a system wipe then do a factory data reset to prep the system.
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hi,
i have Kindle Fire HD 7" after some issues i try to flashing, voip all data and delete backup etc, my WTRP V.2.7.8.0 changed to v.2.6.3.1 and stuck in kindle fire logo and not connected to pc or not show storage in my computer.
please help me and restore my kindle fire tate. thanks a lot (i am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
My kf2 was working fine but I ran out of room to install apps. I deleted unneeded apps still not enough room. I booted into twrp did a full wipe and now I can't side-load any roms to install. Twrp shows no OS installed. It will boot into twrp fine but nothing else. I have a fastboot cable. My computer recognizes my kf2 as an adb device but I can't seen to get anything to load. Some of the commands in KFFAID work but not all. I am trying to load cm11 and kitkat back. Any help would be appreciated.
James
getnby said:
My kf2 was working fine but I ran out of room to install apps. I deleted unneeded apps still not enough room. I booted into twrp did a full wipe and now I can't side-load any roms to install. Twrp shows no OS installed. It will boot into twrp fine but nothing else. I have a fastboot cable. My computer recognizes my kf2 as an adb device but I can't seen to get anything to load. Some of the commands in KFFAID work but not all. I am trying to load cm11 and kitkat back. Any help would be appreciated.
James
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if sideload doesnt work then just do this, put the rom you want to flash and its gapps in the folder that adb is in, and run this while booted into twrp: adb push romnamegoeshere /sdcard/
then you can install the rom from inside twrp
didn't work
stunts513 said:
if sideload doesnt work then just do this, put the rom you want to flash and its gapps in the folder that adb is in, and run this while booted into twrp: adb push romnamegoeshere /sdcard/
then you can install the rom from inside twrp
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Here is what happened. It said the device was not found. In the device manager it shows adb device under kindle fire.
Look on your task manager and kill every instance of adb.exe that you see and try again, I had that happen before when multiple instances were running. As long as it is in twrp then adb should work. If it continues to not work then uninstall the adb driver and if you see the MTP kindle device still there remove it as well, there might be a composite device that needs removing too, I find it a pita going between fastboot, recovery and whatever ROM os flashed if I use windows because of this, the drivers constantly have to be reinstalled when you change modes for me, hence why I avoid working with my kindle in windows and instead just use Linux. If you see any USB composite devices, check the hardware id's for a vid of 1949, if it has that then feel free to uninstall it. This may sound a bit complex, if you need more of an explanation just tell me.
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No luck
stunts513 said:
Look on your task manager and kill every instance of adb.exe that you see and try again, I had that happen before when multiple instances were running. As long as it is in twrp then adb should work. If it continues to not work then uninstall the adb driver and if you see the MTP kindle device still there remove it as well, there might be a composite device that needs removing too, I find it a pita going between fastboot, recovery and whatever ROM os flashed if I use windows because of this, the drivers constantly have to be reinstalled when you change modes for me, hence why I avoid working with my kindle in windows and instead just use Linux. If you see any USB composite devices, check the hardware id's for a vid of 1949, if it has that then feel free to uninstall it. This may sound a bit complex, if you need more of an explanation just tell me.
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My computer only recognizes the kindle as an adb device in fastboot mode. I haven't been able to use any of the adb commands on it with any luck. It says device not found. This only shows in kffaid version 4.1.87-beta.
*facepalm* you don't use adb commands with fastboot, you use fastboot commands with fastboot. When it is in twrp it should have adb access though...
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I think I have a driver issue. I forgot to thank you for your help. If I could send the zip rom and gapps I could get it back to where it was. Is there anyway to start all over from the original kindle OS at this point?
Thanks you
You coukd restore it in fastboot using kffa but it seems like unnecessary work. I would boot a ubuntu 13.10 live cd/usb and just attempt it from there since there won't be any driver issues.
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I tried Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it was to much trouble. I will try Ubuntu 13.10. I will have to learn the commands to use it.
Thanks
getnby said:
I tried Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it was to much trouble. I will try Ubuntu 13.10. I will have to learn the commands to use it.
Thanks
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these commands should do the trick assuming the repos are all active in the downloadable section of the software updates control panel.
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
and after that the fastboot command will work but keep in mind to give it superuser privis with sudo or it probably wont work, i had forgotten that recently on my own pc since i don't deal with fastboot too often. ex: sudo fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
I had to work all weekend. I tried to get access through ubuntu 13.10. I used the commands you provided (sudo apt-get update). This command worked fine. When I used this command (sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot) It said I had to enable universe. I did some research and got that working and tried to use this command again (sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot) then this one worked fine. Then I tried the last command with my kindle in fastboot mode flashing green light (sudo fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product ). The message was cannot connect to otter-2 ... device. Same thing I have been getting all along.
I think when I wiped the system I cleared all the software to connect to any external device. I don't know if I can even get access to restore the original OS. If you haven't guessed by now I an a noob. I think you realized that with my adb commands with fastboot enabled. I got the impression you knew when I saw the *facepalm* comment the the beginning of you post. When my kindle is booted to twrp my computer does not recognize it. My computer will recognize as an adb device when in fastboot mode. My computer will recognize it as a kindle (with a yellow triangle in the device manager) when it is trying to boot with the white and blue logo. I don't know what to do at this point. Here is a screen shot with adb side load from twrp.
Interesting, seems that data didn't want to mount. Have you tried adb from Linux while in twrp? Just run "sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb" to install the command, if you can get adb access at least then I may be able to help fix this depending on what exactly is wrong. BTW I didn't exactly think you were a noon with that facepalm, I just see people get that misconception a lot about adb and fastboot commands. What exactly did that fastboot command report back, I was surprised it was an error when I saw otter2 in the error considering that was what that command was sort of supposed to report back.
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Here is where I am. See below. Now where do I put the file in ubuntu so I can access it from the terminal window. I am running ubuntu from a live CD. I tried the push command but it says no such file or directory. I told you I was a noob!
[email protected]:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF recovery
Since adb is in a system path must out it in the current directory you are CD'd into, if you left the terminal alone it should be in ~ (the home folder of the Ubuntu account) so photo the home folder and drop it in there and run "adb push filename /sdcard/"
Considering that /data doesn't want to mount and that /sdcard os technically in /data, that command might not work depending on what's going on. I reccomend seeing if you can first and if not goto the months and mount /cache if its not mounted already, and they pushing a twrp update into it to try to reflash twrp, its small enough I think it should fit into the cache, though I don't think a ROM would fit.
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I installed ubuntu on my laptop with windows 7. It seems to work better. I put the files in the home folder and the user folder. I mounted the cache and ubuntu said instead of unable to mount it was unable to access kindle now. Here is the terminal window results.
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
[sudo] password for user:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
android-tools-adb is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[email protected]:~$ adb push cm-10.2-20130908-UNOFFICAL-otter2.zip /sdcard/
cannot stat 'cm-10.2-20130908-UNOFFICAL-otter2.zip': No such file or directory
[email protected]:~$
Um OK well the filenames are case sensitive in Linux so lookout for that. Also if it was in your home folder then it should have worked as long as you didn't CD anywhere else in the terminal first.
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Problem Fixed
I fixed my problem. I had to restart my kindle into recovery mode and connect the fastboot cable to the computer and kindle before it booted into TWRP. At that point while booted into TWRP I used the push command in ebuntu terminal to sideload cm11 and gapps. After I loaded them I installed them with TWRP and rebooted. Now it is restored to where it was when I wiped it. I will not do the advanced wipe again.
adb push cm-11-20140202-NIGHTLY-otter2.zip /sdcard/
adb push gapps-kk-20131119.zip /sdcard/
Thanks for your help stunts513
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