Kindle Fire HD (8.4.6) 2nd Bootloader/Custom ROM Install. - 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all, I posted this as a reply in the dev forum yesterday but figure this is probably the better ppace to be posting.
I recently received a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for my birthday from my girlfriend. I was in the market for a tablet, had considered this tablet as, for the money, it seemed to be by a fair old way the best bang for the buck for that kind of size screen. However, I had dismissed it due to its lack of Google Play, and its use of Amazon Market, which from what I had read, was somewhat limited. I was aware you could root it and install google play buy didnt fancy voiding warranty just to use the tablet normally.
Despite having that in mind, I knew my girlfriend had done research into the specs, which was what her buying decision was on. I didn't have the heart to raise these issues with her as, it wasn't a particularly small amount of money she had spent on me and I didn't want to hurt her feelings or whatever. Due to that, I decided to keep it.
In my first couple of days, I actually surprised myself and loved it. I had managed to find an app called "Black Market" that is essentially a android APK library which contained pretty much every app I use on my other android devices, so I was happy. Unfortunately, the more I used my Kindle Fire HD (being used to cyanogen mod on my previous tablet [Rooted HP Touchpad], cyanogen mod on my old phone [HTC HD2] and Samsung's Android overlay on my Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4) I found myself getting more and more frustrated with "kindledroid". Everything just seemed to feel more difficult, awkward and felt like it took so much longer. So I started thinking about flashing custom ROMs. Buuuuuuut you already know that, why else would I be here?! haha
My issue
I'm not new to rooting and flashing custom ROMs. I've done it on my old HTC HD2 and HP Touchpad numerous times. However, this process seems a lot more in depth than the process on either of those devices.
My issue at this point is fear. I've read through as many posts on as many threads as I can stomach and have not been able to find a definitive answer as of yet.
My Kindle Fire HD is running version 8.4.6. I am happy/comfortable rooting it, however, "fire flash" is the point for me where warning lights come up in my mind.
Everything seems to be for version 8.1.4 or 8.4.3.
My Question
This goes out to anyone who has flashed the 2nd bootloader and custom ROM from a version 8.4.6 Kindle Fire HD. I have seen a lot of people who have successfully rooted on 8.4.6 but no mention of what they have done after... Do I have to do anything special prior to running "fire flash"? and if so, could someone please give me a step by step of how to do it.
I am at the point where I am rooted, installed Fire Flash APK and opened it. I now have a big Warning (Warning: current bootloader is not kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin)
Is this something to worry about/something I need to address before I continue on with any further steps? I.E. Somehow reverting the tablet back to 8.1.4? If so, where do I get the files from/how do I do this?
As you can see, I am in a rut. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

OK use the tutorial use originally posted in here and take note of two things: that red warning text about the boot loader is very important, right above the red text is a check box that downgrades the boot loader for you so check that, the rest u can pull from that tutorial. Another note, make sure to put the ROM you want and gapps flashable zip for that version of android on the sdcard ahead of time because thanks to something amazon did if your boot loader version isn't the same as your os version you will boot loop into recovery and its a pain because u have to push the ROM with adb when it does that. From there it's a simple factory reset from twrp and system wipe and flash the ROM you chose.
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stunts513 said:
OK use the tutorial use originally posted in here and take note of two things: that red warning text about the boot loader is very important, right above the red text is a check box that downgrades the boot loader for you so check that, the rest u can pull from that tutorial. Another note, make sure to put the ROM you want and gapps flashable zip for that version of android on the sdcard ahead of time because thanks to something amazon did if your boot loader version isn't the same as your os version you will boot loop into recovery and its a pain because u have to push the ROM with adb when it does that. From there it's a simple factory reset from twrp and system wipe and flash the ROM you chose.
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Fantastic, Thank you very much.
I will give this a go later today.

stunts513 said:
OK use the tutorial use originally posted in here and take note of two things: that red warning text about the boot loader is very important, right above the red text is a check box that downgrades the boot loader for you so check that, the rest u can pull from that tutorial. Another note, make sure to put the ROM you want and gapps flashable zip for that version of android on the sdcard ahead of time because thanks to something amazon did if your boot loader version isn't the same as your os version you will boot loop into recovery and its a pain because u have to push the ROM with adb when it does that. From there it's a simple factory reset from twrp and system wipe and flash the ROM you chose.
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Okay, at " plug the TWRP recovery.img into the recovery partition, and make sure to hit "apply stack"
I don't see an option to hit "apply stack". Where can I find this? Hesitant to go on without hitting it as the "make sure to hit" makes it sound likes its a pretty essential step...
Thanks in advance!

Bricked.
So, I went for it anyway, anddddd yehh I've bricked it. All seemed to go okay, hit okay, powered off, powered back on and held volume up and....
Nothing just gets stuck on Kindle Fire Logo (non-animated)...
Anything I can try to get it back?
Looking back I guess the misses would be more unhappy with this outcome then if I just said "yeahhh can i get a different tablet instead?"

No worries, your device should be easily fixable, you just need to run a fastboot command with the kindle unplugged as follows "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in, it should go into fastboot, if the command prompt sits at waiting for device then you probably need to install the drivers for fastboot mode which are in my signature. If you have to install fastboot driver you will have to be quick about it because the kindle only shows up as a fastboot device for a brief moment after its plugged in and it shows up in the device manager as a jem device, once it picks that command up though it will go into fastboot mode completely where you can restore the system with kffa or backups that you made if you followed the tutorial completely.
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Timmzy89 said:
So, I went for it anyway, anddddd yehh I've bricked it. All seemed to go okay, hit okay, powered off, powered back on and held volume up and....
Nothing just gets stuck on Kindle Fire Logo (non-animated)...
Anything I can try to get it back?
Looking back I guess the misses would be more unhappy with this outcome then if I just said "yeahhh can i get a different tablet instead?"
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You did not follow the directions listed and that's what happens. You more than likely would have bootlooped anyway because Amazon patched the hole that allowed the flashing of the second bootloader back on 8.30 anyway which is why it's recommended to downgrade the bootloader in the first place.

stunts513 said:
No worries, your device should be easily fixable, you just need to run a fastboot command with the kindle unplugged as follows "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in, it should go into fastboot, if the command prompt sits at waiting for device then you probably need to install the drivers for fastboot mode which are in my signature. If you have to install fastboot driver you will have to be quick about it because the kindle only shows up as a fastboot device for a brief moment after its plugged in and it shows up in the device manager as a jem device, once it picks that command up though it will go into fastboot mode completely where you can restore the system with kffa or backups that you made if you followed the tutorial completely.
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Hey buddy, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it.
However, I wonder if you could please expand? I'm new to fast boot, as far as i'm aware I don't have anything installed for it. If you have any time could you please give me a step by step with any download links I might need? I understand if not, I don't want to go taking loads of your time, but it would be greately appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

stunts513 said:
No worries, your device should be easily fixable, you just need to run a fastboot command with the kindle unplugged as follows "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in, it should go into fastboot, if the command prompt sits at waiting for device then you probably need to install the drivers for fastboot mode which are in my signature. If you have to install fastboot driver you will have to be quick about it because the kindle only shows up as a fastboot device for a brief moment after its plugged in and it shows up in the device manager as a jem device, once it picks that command up though it will go into fastboot mode completely where you can restore the system with kffa or backups that you made if you followed the tutorial completely.
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Okay Stunts Thanks for all your help so far. You've been great!... I do indeed need to install those fastboot drivers, but it wont let me install them. I get an error message come up saying please ensure this file is intended for an x64bit system.
Could you please break down for me what I am going to have to do once I plug the device in.
Fastboot was on "Waiting for Device".
I plugged my kindle in.
Computer made the normal USB device plugged in noise (First time the computer has recognized the device - didn't make the noise before fastboot install - taking this as positive sign.)
Computer automatically started trying to install drivers, So i quickly went to run "hdwwiz" (manual driver install) Selected the download from your siggy and clicked okay. I got the error message and the kindle started showing up as a Jem device.
I have now uninstalled the Jem device and rebooted computer so should be back to normal? Could you please let me know what I have got to do in order to get the fastboot driver installed?
Thanks!

That's odd, it shouldn't have said it wasn't a 64bit driver, lemme check the inf and make sure I put the driver in the 64bit section for 8.9" models because I thought I did. Usually the only error message people get is on windows 8 from the stupid signed driver enforcement that they added.
edit: ok i double checked my driver, they do have the 8.9" model in the 64 bit section, i have no idea why you would be getting that error. Maybe try it on another pc?
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stunts513 said:
That's odd, it shouldn't have said it wasn't a 64bit driver, lemme check the inf and make sure I put the driver in the 64bit section for 8.9" models because I thought I did. Usually the only error message people get is on windows 8 from the stupid signed driver enforcement that they added.
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Okay mate, sure. When I can get back on the laptop in a bit ill tell you the exact message. Just popped out briefly so cant atm.

"The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems"
It is more than possible I am doing something wrong though or selecting a wrong option somewhere. If you cannot find any problems with it, if you could let me know at what point I need to install the driver and a step by step of what I need to do to install it would be absolutely fantastic.

stunts513 said:
That's odd, it shouldn't have said it wasn't a 64bit driver, lemme check the inf and make sure I put the driver in the 64bit section for 8.9" models because I thought I did. Usually the only error message people get is on windows 8 from the stupid signed driver enforcement that they added.
edit: ok i double checked my driver, they do have the 8.9" model in the 64 bit section, i have no idea why you would be getting that error. Maybe try it on another pc?
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Okay mate, You have been more than helpful already, but would it be at all possible for you to break down what I have to do a little more:
1. Open up fastboot
2. Type the command you gave above (fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product).
3. When it says "Waiting for Device", plug the kindle in via USB.
4. Quickly Install Driver (How?) I think I must be doing something wrong here at this point. (I am using Windows 7)
5. Once driver installed and booted into fastboot, use KFFA/my own back up to restore.
If you could tell me what to do at the install the driver quickly phase that would be fantastic...
thanks again

Basically you open the device manager and look for a jem device to appear and right click it, hit update driver, and point it to the directory where you extracted my drivers. If it still gives you issues after doing that, right click the jem device and hit properties, goto details tab, and select hardware id's from the drop down list and tell me what your device says.
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stunts513 said:
Basically you open the device manager and look for a jem device to appear and right click it, hit update driver, and point it to the directory where you extracted my drivers. If it still gives you issues after doing that, right click the jem device and hit properties, goto details tab, and select hardware id's from the drop down list and tell me what your device says.
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Ah so it's not a bad thing for it to be named Jem Device?
Okay great, Driver installed. Kindle Fire HD on Fastboot mode screen.
Am downloading KFFirstAide100.zip from here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
Can you please confirm this is the version of KFFA you were referring to?
Thanks mate you really have been a life saver so far!

Yes it is I believe that is the right version. Go for it. Just do a system restore and tell it no when it asks if you want to put it in fastboot since it already is.
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stunts513 said:
Yes it is I believe that is the right version. Go for it. Just do a system restore and tell it no when it asks if you want to put it in fastboot since it already is.
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We have a happy bunny! Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Restored!
Albeit now running version 8.1.4 where I was on 8.4.6 before but that isn't the end of the world!
Question:
Is this now back to complete factory settings unrooted etc? i.e. Essentially now back under amazon warranty?
Please check your PM Stunts. About to send you another message.

Actually it's rooted, we can't make a backup image without it being rooted. You would have to delete superuser from /system/app and the su binary from /system/xbin in that order to unroot it.
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stunts513 said:
Actually it's rooted, we can't make a backup image without it being rooted. You would have to delete superuser from /system/app and the su binary from /system/xbin in that order to unroot it.
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Windows 7 X64 has driver signature enforcement that has to be disabled too.

Couldn't send a pic in a pm so here is a reference to look for the check box.
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[Q] Beyond frustrated, would like to hire some help

I'm not a stupid person, but I am a slightly distracted widowed father of a three-year-old, and I've become so frustrated that I can't think straight!
I'm not a developer, but I've always easily rooted my devices by following the instructions. Until the Kindle came along.
I had all kind of trouble, wrong drivers, general mistakes, etc. Finally, everything appeared to be working, and then I had a hard drive crash during the root process. TWRP was installed, but, apparently, nothing else.
Took it to a second computer, downloaded KFU, installed drivers, ran. Partial success. TWRP appeared to be running smoothly. Downloaded ROM (Don't even remember which, Kindle has been thrown in drawer for weeks!) ROM appeared to install, but wouldn't boot. Here's where I got extra-stupid:
Obviously, something is already wrong with my Kindle, but at least I can see it in device manager. At least I can access it through KFU. For some insane reason, I began trying everything I could think to do, and eventually got TWRP into a recovery bootloop. Yay, me!
Now, I've screwed around on multiple computers, in Windows and Ubuntu. I'm completely confused as to which drivers are loaded where, Kindle shows up in Device Manager as a phone, but does not show up as a drive in Windows Explorer, and KFU, while it runs just fine, alternates between between telling me that it's "waiting for device," or "the system cannot find the drive specified."
Help on the Forums has been wonderful, but I am beyond that. My last post was answered with "Which drivers have you installed?" Well, crap! I don't know. I probably knew a month ago when the problem started, but I can't think rationally (where the Kindle is concerned, I seem to do OK in real life) anymore!
Now, I know that I've got so much crap going on, that most of you don't want to trash up the forum by trying to address my multiple issues. Please do not post "Have you tried the search tool?" Re-read my far too long post. I don't even know what the crap to search for anymore!
So, finally, here's my question? Anybody want to try their hand at fixing my F-'d up Kindle? It's not doing me a bit of good as is so, even if I mail it to someone and they just keep it I haven't really lost much!
All I want is a nice, stable (STABLE!) Gingerbread or ICS ROM that my little boy can watch Netflix on. I'll gladly pay anyone a reasonable amount to anyone willing to take this problem off my hands...
If you have TWRP installed can you mount the USB drive in it and then flash what you want?
When I mount usb storage in twrp, it does allow me to access the device on the computer, which is much better than I was getting. When I run KFU it still stated that it cannot find the device. If I run Kindle Unbrick, it open the command line, then just hangs up.
RobWoodall said:
When I mount usb storage in twrp, it does allow me to access the device on the computer, which is much better than I was getting. When I run KFU it still stated that it cannot find the device. If I run Kindle Unbrick, it open the command line, then just hangs up.
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No need to run KFU... Just copy FFF to the Kindle and flash from TWRP. Then copy what rom you want and Flash from TWRP.
And, make sure you flash the FFF version (1.4a) in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632375
Your download should be named: fff-u-boot_v1.4a.zip.
You will see some notes in that thread about NOT flashing this file, but those are for an older zip. This is a flashable .zip ... I just installed (flashed) it last week from TWRP.
(P.S.) Your KF is not in as bad of shape as you might think. This is a quick fix with the right setup.
I had a similar problem. First you should download Kindle Fire Drivers(the one that came with KFU didn't work...) and install it. Then in TWRP mount the SD card. Update the drivers using that Kindle Fire Driver folder(I will upload it and give you the link). Then with KFU press 1(bootmode) and then 1 again(normal). I think this should get you out of bootloop. If that doesn't work, just flash the Kindle Fire Stock Rom.
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When I said install Kindle Fire Drivers I meant download. Then manually install the drivers(My Computer, right click,
properties, hardware, and open up device manager. If you get android device or something, click on it. If you see Kindle with a ! then click on update drivers and select the kindle fire driver folder. If you don't see kindle, or if you see Android device, then uninstall. Then go to disk drives and find your kindle fire and uninstall. Close and re-open, and you should see Kindle! Then update the drivers. Open up KFU and change bootmode to normal. Do a 20 sec. hard reset and see if it boots. If your trying to install a Custom ROM(ICS or honeycomb) put the .zip file on you kindle fire. Then open up TWRP and choose Wipe, and Factory Reset. Then wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache. Then go to install and select the ROM. After install the boot may take awhile. You said you tried this but you got stuck in bootmode, so make sure you follow these instructions. Make a backup if you ever want to go back. Move the backup to your computer as it takes up almost 1.5gb of space. Please inform me if this doesn't help. Sorry if I'm not good at giving instructions,but I'm only 14.
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Here is the Link for the folder. Just unzip and update your Kindle Fire with it: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lnx766ac84o7q1i
RobWoodall - hang in there, because a lot of us were exactly in your shoes. For the life of me I can't get most of the ubuntu stuff to work, and windows was a bit of a nightmare for drivers until sorted out. I bootlooped, thought I bricked, etc etc but all sorted out in the end.
The fact you can see it in device manager is good. What you need to do is to replace the drivers with the 'Android Composite ADB Interface' - this video may help you out
I'm sure folks here will try to help you out without taking your money
Thanks, but I don't seem to be able to find a current version of FFF. Probably because I'm not thinking clearly.
tedr108,
Thanks, but the link appears to be unavailable at this time. I'm not hopeful, as I have been quite able to install ROMs. For all I know they are running perfectly. My most immediate problem seems to be that I'm trapped in a bootloop, and no matter what I do, the Kindle always boots into TWRP. Apparently I'm in boot mode 5001, and I should be in mode 4000 or some such. KFU should be able to change the boot mode, but it only gives me "waiting for device."
RobWoodall said:
Thanks, but I don't seem to be able to find a current version of FFF. Probably because I'm not thinking clearly.
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Here is the latest copy of FFF 1.4A that I have.
Dropbox link (while Rombot is down):
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/41149741/KFire-Android/fff-u-boot_v1.4a.zip
md5sum: 419c53b922c963082454b14b7de75a90
Edit: Tera Tike is on the ball! (Thanks I almost never ready this forum)
josepho1997,
Thanks. Downloaded and installed perfectly. Unfortunately, the Kindle will still only boot into TWRP recovery. Apparently I'm in boot mode 5001, and should be in 4000 or 4001 or something. It's really getting frustrating!
Use sudo command in ubuntu power it off type sudo fastboot getvar product plug your kindle in it should return kindle as a response your kindle then your kindle will be in fastboot then type sudo fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000 hit enter then type sudo fastboot reboot it should boot in normal mode
Nevermind, someone beat me to it...
RobWoodall said:
josepho1997,
Thanks. Downloaded and installed perfectly. Unfortunately, the Kindle will still only boot into TWRP recovery. Apparently I'm in boot mode 5001, and should be in 4000 or 4001 or something. It's really getting frustrating!
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It seems that your system is bad.
Tera Tike,
Thanks! I think I love you! Worked perfectly. I'm now running CM7 Barebones, because that's the last ROM I had tried to flash. Now that I understand the process, I'll certainly experiment with other ROMs, but Bare Bones looks pretty darn good after staring at the TWRP menu for a month and a half!
P.S. Nope! My system wasn't bad, the operator was!!! LOL!
Thanks, Hashcode! I got the file from Tara Tike. Fantastic work! That simple option to reset bootmenu on the first page was all I needed all this time!
RobWoodall said:
Tera Tike,
Thanks! I think I love you! Worked perfectly. I'm now running CM7 Barebones, because that's the last ROM I had tried to flash. Now that I understand the process, I'll certainly experiment with other ROMs, but Bare Bones looks pretty darn good after staring at the TWRP menu for a month and a half!
P.S. Nope! My system wasn't bad, the operator was!!! LOL!
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Great!!! Hashcode FFF is the best!! Now enjoy your hard work!
Thanks, Hashcode for all you have done for us Fire users!!
I really appreciate everyone's help! I've been sharing the nook with my three-year-old. He's a pretty smart kid but, once he learned how to change icons and wallpaper, install and uninstall apps, it's a completely different experience every time I turned it on. I bought the Kindle so I could have MY OWN tablet!
If anyone is still reading this thread, please give me some recommendations for ROMs. I typically only use Google Play Books, Contacts and Calendar, Aldiko Reader and Netflix. I'm not in the market for fastest or fanciest, but most stable. I don't care if it's Gingerbread or ICS (Heck, even Honeycomb if it's stopped sucking!) So what do you all say?
What's the most stable ROM out there for a person who needs Google compatibility on the Kindle Fire?

[Q] Bricked My Wife's Kindle

I was using [REF] Installing Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 2nd-Bootloader + TWRP Complete Tutorial and had gotten to step 3 of the guide where I downloaded the recovery and boot img's and put them onto the device. I had the device rooted fine, installed FireFlash, selected both the files in the correct places, and selected the check box for flashing bootloader 8.1.4. I did however fail to select "apply stack", which is where I'm assuming I made my fatal mistake. I proceeded to hit flash and it then rebooted into TWRP. I thought I had done everything successfully as far as I could tell. Made some backups with TWRP and then went to reboot but it froze on the kindle fire logo.
I should have made backups with the command adb pull before proceeding but it didn't work for me the first time so I gave up. Probably should have done that properly. But I've been trying to use KFFirstAide and KFHD SRT to at least get it to a working state. But I've had no success trying to get the device into fastboot. The device will show up momentarily in device manager as jem something and then disappears after connecting the usb cable from a turned off state. The only thing I can do with the device at the moment is getting the orange kindle fire logo to turn on and off by holding the power button. I feel like I have some sort of idea about going to environment variables and editing paths to point it to the folder with adb and fastboot, along with having the correct drivers. Well, I don't know about the drivers cause I've tried two different ones. I'm clueless at this point and could use some help.
Try installing the drivers in my signature for the jem device as soon as it shows up, then when that's done, shut the device off, and run your fastboot command as follows: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Once it says waiting for device plug you kindle in while its off, and you should go into fastboot mode.
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Just one question, how do I install those drivers in your signature? I've seen you help out a lot of the members here so I appreciate it.
You open the device manager, and when your PC detects a jem device, right click it and hit update driver and point it to where you extracted the zip file.
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Damn that worked like a dream. Its working once again and I can start the process from scratch. You kick ass man!

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 red triange after root.

Please help me!
I rooted my girlfriend's Kindle a few days ago in order to install the Google Play store. Managed that just fine and installed a few apps. I then decided it would be a good idea to change the launcher and get shot of the carousel. I tried the next Launcher 3D and followed an online guide to install it. On rebooting the Kindle I got a constant pop up advising Next Launcher 3D had stopped working. It popped up continually every 1/2 second or so and I couldn't get rid of it,
Again I had a look online and found a guide to removing it using command prompt script via ADB. I went through the instructions correctly but it kept telling me the app didn't exist. Using the dir command showed the app though. Confused I tried again a couple of times. I then got a pop up on the device telling me another app.....something relating to Swype had stopped working. The Kindle rebooted itself and presented a screen with a red triangle and 'Kindle Fire System Recovery' giving me the options to either reboot or reset to factory defaults. I tried both of these options (perhaps foolishly) and had no success.
I was given some further advice from a very helpful poster on here to get KFFAide v100 and enter some fastboot commands. On entering the command 'fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product', the script shows 'waiting for device'. Powering on the device at that point does nothing more than booting to the same screen with the red triangle. Windows does not acknowledge that the device is connected at all.
It would seem I was hasty in rooting the device. Having rooted several other Android devices I was clearly overconfident in my ability and now find myself at a loss. Is there any way at all for me to recover the device at this point? Or should I now file this under 'very expensive experience and education'?
Its completely fixable, you just need to install the fastboot driver, if u open the device manager and plug the kindle in when its off, it should briefly show up as a jem device, while it shows up as that tell it to update the drivers and use the ones in my signature and it should install. It might give you problems installing though if it disconnects before the driver can finish installing. Once the driver is installed then power it off and unplug it and run the previous command and then plug it in. Now it should go into fastboot. If you can't get the driver to install, u should try using an Ubuntu live CD, since it doesn't use drivers in the same way windows does, it loads up the driver automatically so you wouldn't have this problem. Once this is in fastboot just reflash the system partition, if u hadn't factory reset it, it would still have all the data and apps, but as is its going to be "fresh out of the box".
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stunts513 said:
Its completely fixable, you just need to install the fastboot driver, if u open the device manager and plug the kindle in when its off, it should briefly show up as a jem device, while it shows up as that tell it to update the drivers and use the ones in my signature and it should install. It might give you problems installing though if it disconnects before the driver can finish installing. Once the driver is installed then power it off and unplug it and run the previous command and then plug it in. Now it should go into fastboot. If you can't get the driver to install, u should try using an Ubuntu live CD, since it doesn't use drivers in the same way windows does, it loads up the driver automatically so you wouldn't have this problem. Once this is in fastboot just reflash the system partition, if u hadn't factory reset it, it would still have all the data and apps, but as is its going to be "fresh out of the box".
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Hi Stunts513. Thank you for your reply. Have tried what you said above and Windows (8) just doesn't detect that the device has been connected. No pop up from system tray, nothing in file explorer and nothing, not even for a second in device manager.
Am at a loss for the moment. Will have to get hold of an Ubuntu CD and try that way. Am just praying it detects the Kindle. Didn't on my girlfriends laptop nor my PC so am mildly panicked just now.
OK, so I went through Linux Mint and installed the SoupKit and tried it that way. Same result. The device just isn't detected at all. Really starting to fear the worst here. The fact it's still powering on should give me some faith but i've tried all I can think of and everything advised and cannot proceed past this point.
Does anyone have any last gasp possibilities for me? Borderline desperate here now.... will try anything at this point.
In linux did you run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" with the kindle unplugged, and then after the command says waiting for device, plug the kindle in? Because on Linux, unless you know where to look its not going to really notify you that its plugged in. It probably will in the kernel logs in the f1 virtual terminal. If you can't get the device to respond to that command, hit Ctrl+alt +F1, and plug the kindle in with it off, and see if you notice anything in that terminal about jem, otter, or Tate coming up at the bottom of the terminal.
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In linux did you run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" with the kindle unplugged, and then after the command says waiting for device, plug the kindle in? Because on Linux, unless you know where to look its not going to really notify you that its plugged in. It probably will in the kernel logs in the f1 virtual terminal. If you can't get the device to respond to that command, hit Ctrl+alt +F1, and plug the kindle in with it off, and see if you notice anything in that terminal about jem, otter, or Tate coming up at the bottom of the terminal.
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Did exactly that. Brought up the virtual terminal. Nothing.
Have tried everything now I think. Used different PCs. Different cables. Different OS. Tried bypassing getvar and just trying a manual command "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img". Nothing is getting any response from this device other than booting to the recovery screen.
Suspect I may be out of luck.
Are you absolutely positive this was an 8.9” model and not a 7” model, because the method to get it into fastboot without a fastboot cable doesn't always work with 7” models if I remember right, so if its a 7” model you just would need a fastboot cable to get it into fastboot mode, but on the 8.9” models we don't use fastboot cables, hence the command.
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Are you absolutely positive this was an 8.9” model and not a 7” model, because the method to get it into fastboot without a fastboot cable doesn't always work with 7” models if I remember right, so if its a 7” model you just would need a fastboot cable to get it into fastboot mode, but on the 8.9” models we don't use fastboot cables, hence the command.
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Yeah it is most definitely an 8.9 model. Am not sure what I have done to it but it is not being detected by any OS whatsoever. Have bitten the bullet and bought the Mrs a replacement. Expensive error on my part.
Out of curiosity, was it still under warranty?(not counting the fact you technically voided it) Also what are you going to do with the old one? I can think of a person that needs one to try to make a hard brick fix for the kfhd models, he has a working unhardbricking method right now, but it still is in a complicated soft brick state, anyways he's making these pcb's that attach to the kindles motherboard to directly access the emmc to flash it from Linux. Long story short he has made on for kf2, but doesn't own a 7" or 8.9" model, and if he can get his hands on one it could potentially profit the community greatly.
But yea if it was still under warranty you could probably get a new one for free, I only mention what I did above to either hard bricks or people getting new ones, I don't typically just ask people to do this. Would be kinda rude if I did...
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Out of curiosity, was it still under warranty?(not counting the fact you technically voided it) Also what are you going to do with the old one? I can think of a person that needs one to try to make a hard brick fix for the kfhd models, he has a working unhardbricking method right now, but it still is in a complicated soft brick state, anyways he's making these pcb's that attach to the kindles motherboard to directly access the emmc to flash it from Linux. Long story short he has made on for kf2, but doesn't own a 7" or 8.9" model, and if he can get his hands on one it could potentially profit the community greatly.
But yea if it was still under warranty you could probably get a new one for free, I only mention what I did above to either hard bricks or people getting new ones, I don't typically just ask people to do this. Would be kinda rude if I did...
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Many apologies for the delay. i managed to get the Kindle up and running following your advice coupled with that on another thread. Although it wouldn't detect in either Windows 8 or Ubuntu, it did so on Windows XP. Don't imagine you can begin to explain that one any better than I can as it's entirely illogical......but there you go. From there it detected as a JEM device and I was able to run KFFA and do a complete restore.
I now have it the way I intended to have it in the first place. Changing the launcher was fruitless as I couldn't get the wallpaper fix to work but am fine with that. had a look at customising the icons on the carousel but boy does that look like more trouble than it's worth!! Lol.
I wont pretend I was going to send my Kindle off to you guys. In truth I would have sold it to recoup some of my losses and raise funds towards the replacement. I will however be making a donation to the team very shortly as a token of my appreciation.
Thank you very much for all your help. it is greatly appreciated.

My 8.9 HD is stuck in boot loop ... not recognized when connect to PC

My thread title pretty much explains what happened after I tried uninstalling some pre-installed apps (using Clean Master) in my Kindle Fire HD 8.9.
My question to XDA kindle owners... is the potential fix for my device just a 10 dollar factory cable away? Can my device be restored in factory setting once I get in to fastboot and find the Android equivalent of Windows system restore?
Sidenote:
1) 2 days ago I succeeded rooting my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with no issues. In that same day I installed setCPU to keep my device running at 1.5 Ghz. I admit... the only crazy thing I did with my device was attempting to uninstall pre-installed applications that came with my Kindle.
2) my desktop computer knows the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is being connected to USB... but a few seconds later it refuses.
Fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models, you need to install the drivers when the device briefly is detected with the ones in my signature if it doesn't have them installed already. If/when they are installed you just need to so only turn the kindle off and unplug the cable and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and when it says waiting for device plug the kindle in, it should then go into fastboot. From there you can restore it with kffa.
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stunts513 said:
Fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models, you need to install the drivers when the device briefly is detected with the ones in my signature if it doesn't have them installed already. If/when they are installed you just need to so only turn the kindle off and unplug the cable and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and when it says waiting for device plug the kindle in, it should then go into fastboot. From there you can restore it with kffa.
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Have you or any XDA-ers out there seen this kind of dilemma My desktop PC is having?
Jem-PVT-Prod-04 appears briefly, then disappears.
Here is a snapshot of my desktop.
Here is what I see in 0-3 seconds
i.imgur.com/xKUCDu0h.jpg (copy-paste this link to address bar)
Here is what I see after 3 seconds
i.imgur.com/2lzDMjmh.jpg
i.imgur.com/Lj16wo9h.jpg
*** NOTE: this site is not allowing me to host pictures of my desktop... so i removed the http part ***
That's what it is supposed to do on the 8.9” model, you have to try to install the driver while it briefly appears. If you can't kffa might have something that will help, if not you can always do this from a Ubuntu live CD, which is easy because the drivers are built in, only thing you have to do is install the fastboot command from the repos, but that's easy as long as you use the 13.10 live CD.
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Fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models, you need to install the drivers when the device briefly is detected with the ones in my signature if it doesn't have them installed already. If/when they are installed you just need to so only turn the kindle off and unplug the cable and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and when it says waiting for device plug the kindle in, it should then go into fastboot. From there you can restore it with kffa.
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That's what it is supposed to do on the 8.9” model, you have to try to install the driver while it briefly appears. If you can't kffa might have something that will help, if not you can always do this from a Ubuntu live CD, which is easy because the drivers are built in, only thing you have to do is install the fastboot command from the repos, but that's easy as long as you use the 13.10 live CD.
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Here was my attempt to install drivers in your signature
(bolded & underlined (text) links below are snapshots of my desktop)
attempt:highfive:
i.imgur.com/FiUHnUxh.png
result
i.imgur.com/6D91yFZh.png
Ah that's cause your on windows 8, you have to disable windows driver signature enforcement, look it up on Google, then try again. Also no offense but could you just tell me what the error is next time, I use the xda app on my kindle for the most part and I can't select those as links without opening it to my browser then copying and pasting it.
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Here was my attempt to install drivers in your signature
(bolded & underlined (text) links below are snapshots of my desktop)
attempt:highfive:
i.imgur.com/FiUHnUxh.png
result
i.imgur.com/6D91yFZh.png
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You need to disable the signature enforcement that both Windows 7 X64 and Windows 8 users have to deal with. This post covers it better than I can type it. http://www.fotoclubinc.com/blog/how...on-of-windows-7-printer-drivers-on-windows-8/
My status so far...
1. Install stunt513's driver with windows driver signature disabled..... check
2. run fastboot in command prompt ..... check (but "fastboot mode" logo on the screen is just there... not moving)
3. run KFFA 4.1.100 (RunMe.bat) ..... check
4. attempted to run 1. Device Diagnostics (Safe) >>> 1. Ready to Test ADB Communication
result...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037
* daemon started successfully
No changes happening and kindle fire is still in "fastboot mode" logo.
I'm not sure if I should take the next step in attempting to restore the kindle fire (option 4 in KFFA 4.1.100) because I might hardware brick it for real this time.
When using kffa I believed there is a option or question it asks you about putting it into fastboot mode for you or something, you need to tell it not to because it sounds like its just hanging on a adb command that cant execute because its in fastboot mode already.
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also, i was just reading some instructions in the KFFA thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
here's one of the instructions...
Kindle Fire First Aide Step 4: Find the RunMe.bat file. Right Hand Mouse click on RunMe.bat, select 'Send to', select Desktop (Create Shortcut). Now press the Left Hand Mouse button to create the Shortcut named RunMe.bat. Temporary disable the Android SDK.
The bolded red text above..... are you guys sure it's not a misplaced instruction? In my mind it sounds kinda totally off topic (or it should have been step 5... or something)
I having ever used it before, I assumed as long as you had java installed it was pretty straight forward as running the run me.bat as admin, I would assume the stuff in red means if have the android SDK to take it out of your paths temporarily.
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I having ever used it before, I assumed as long as you had java installed it was pretty straight forward as running the run me.bat as admin, I would assume the stuff in red means if have the android SDK to take it out of your paths temporarily.
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i'm back on track with this device..... completely restored and rooted.
thanks stunts & linear!:highfive:
You're welcome.
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stunts513 said:
Fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models, you need to install the drivers when the device briefly is detected with the ones in my signature if it doesn't have them installed already. If/when they are installed you just need to so only turn the kindle off and unplug the cable and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and when it says waiting for device plug the kindle in, it should then go into fastboot. From there you can restore it with kffa.
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I get the following error trying to install your driver: "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation."
I'm on a Win7 32-bit system. After downloading your zip, I extracted the files to their own directory and right-click the android-usb.inf file, which gives the above error. Can you point me to a solution? Thanks.
You are supposed to open the device manager, find the device with a triangle next to it, usually will say jem unless its not an 8.9" device, then it would say something like otter2, or Tate, right click it and hit update driver and point it to where you extracted it, then it should install.
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You are supposed to open the device manager, find the device with a triangle next to it, usually will say jem unless its not an 8.9" device, then it would say something like otter2, or Tate, right click it and hit update driver and point it to where you extracted it, then it should install.
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It shows as jem, but on power-up it appears so briefly that I cannot install the driver for it. From power-on to device appearing to disappearing takes 1-2 seconds.
Yea you have to be fast, this is why I stick to Linux... Kffa might have a driver install option that installs to the driver cache on windows so it would auto install the driver when detected, at least after you hit skip obtaining from Microsoft update. Not sure about that though as I have never used kffa.
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another brick in the wall said:
also, i was just reading some instructions in the KFFA thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
here's one of the instructions...
Kindle Fire First Aide Step 4: Find the RunMe.bat file. Right Hand Mouse click on RunMe.bat, select 'Send to', select Desktop (Create Shortcut). Now press the Left Hand Mouse button to create the Shortcut named RunMe.bat. Temporary disable the Android SDK.
The bolded red text above..... are you guys sure it's not a misplaced instruction? In my mind it sounds kinda totally off topic (or it should have been step 5... or something)
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Did you fix it yet? I have the same problem.

Help! Possibly bricked Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Hey everyone
I think I've just bricked brand new Kindle Fire HD 8.9 :/
So, I'm new in rooting and I tried to install custom rom Cyanogen Mod 10.1 following the instructions from there: http://rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fi...-kindle-fire-hd-8-9-into-pure-android-tablet/ .
After rooting Kindle, installing 2nd bootloader and TWRP my Kindle rebooted. It showed up Kindle Fire logo, first yellow then blue one. But after that nothing happened, it stucked at booting. So I entered to recovery mode by holding down volume up button and because of my stupidity I thought backing up system and restoring it will get me able to enter to original Amazon's system. After restoring system and rebooting worse thing happened. Logo while booting didn't turn from yellow to blue, it just stucked in yellow logo like it freezed. Now I can't enter anywhere in my Kindle, even in recovery mode and after plugging Kindle to PC through USB cable PC doesn't see Kindle. I think maybe using fastboot cable will help but I'm not sure about that, so I'm asking You: Is there anything I can do to restore my Kindle? And the fastboot cable will work with this software: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126?
Thanks for any help
Sorry for my bad english
Gunter_Time said:
Hey everyone
I think I've just bricked brand new Kindle Fire HD 8.9 :/
So, I'm new in rooting and I tried to install custom rom Cyanogen Mod 10.1 following the instructions from there: http://rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fi...-kindle-fire-hd-8-9-into-pure-android-tablet/ .
After rooting Kindle, installing 2nd bootloader and TWRP my Kindle rebooted. It showed up Kindle Fire logo, first yellow then blue one. But after that nothing happened, it stucked at booting. So I entered to recovery mode by holding down volume up button and because of my stupidity I thought backing up system and restoring it will get me able to enter to original Amazon's system. After restoring system and rebooting worse thing happened. Logo while booting didn't turn from yellow to blue, it just stucked in yellow logo like it freezed. Now I can't enter anywhere in my Kindle, even in recovery mode and after plugging Kindle to PC through USB cable PC doesn't see Kindle. I think maybe using fastboot cable will help but I'm not sure about that, so I'm asking You: Is there anything I can do to restore my Kindle? And the fastboot cable will work with this software: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126?
Thanks for any help
Sorry for my bad english
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(if you're bricked, you need fastbootcable?). that what i was told anyways
OK good news, you don't need a fastboot cable, in fact they don't even work on 8.9" models. The only problem is if you never have put the device in fastboot before while plugged into windows you are going to have a fun time trying to install the drivers... More or less plug the device is while it is off and have the device manager open already, you should see a jem device with a yellow triangle pop up for a moment, this is what you have to do, download the drivers in my signature and extract them somewhere. Now when that device pops up briefly, right click it, hit update drivers, and point it to where you extracted my drivers. If you can successfully complete this step the rest is easy, you just need to download a utility, like the one you asked if it would fix it(the answer is yes BTW). Extract the utility from its' zip file, hold shift and right click the folder that was extracted and hit "open command window here". Now with the device turned off and unplugged type this
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Press enter, once it says waiting for device then plug the kindle in while its off, it should go into fastboot. Once in fastboot you can use the SRT utility to fix it or kffa if you prefer.
Post above mine also makes skipping the entire try-to-install-driver-while-disappearing problem go away, instead you would reboot into windows after it goes into fastboot, still install the driver, and just run SRT.
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stunts513 said:
OK good news, you don't need a fastboot cable, in fact they don't even work on 8.9" models. The only problem is if you never have put the device in fastboot before while plugged into windows you are going to have a fun time trying to install the drivers... More or less plug the device is while it is off and have the device manager open already, you should see a jem device with a yellow triangle pop up for a moment, this is what you have to do, download the drivers in my signature and extract them somewhere. Now when that device pops up briefly, right click it, hit update drivers, and point it to where you extracted my drivers. If you can successfully complete this step the rest is easy, you just need to download a utility, like the one you asked if it would fix it(the answer is yes BTW). Extract the utility from its' zip file, hold shift and right click the folder that was extracted and hit "open command window here". Now with the device turned off and unplugged type this
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Press enter, once it says waiting for device then plug the kindle in while its off, it should go into fastboot. Once in fastboot you can use the SRT utility to fix it or kffa if you prefer.
Post above mine also makes skipping the entire try-to-install-driver-while-disappearing problem go away, instead you would reboot into windows after it goes into fastboot, still install the driver, and just run SRT.
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I did everything like you said, and voila! Kindle works fine now
Thanks for the help
stunts513 said:
OK good news, you don't need a fastboot cable, in fact they don't even work on 8.9" models. The only problem is if you never have put the device in fastboot before while plugged into windows you are going to have a fun time trying to install the drivers... More or less plug the device is while it is off and have the device manager open already, you should see a jem device with a yellow triangle pop up for a moment, this is what you have to do, download the drivers in my signature and extract them somewhere. Now when that device pops up briefly, right click it, hit update drivers, and point it to where you extracted my drivers. If you can successfully complete this step the rest is easy, you just need to download a utility, like the one you asked if it would fix it(the answer is yes BTW). Extract the utility from its' zip file, hold shift and right click the folder that was extracted and hit "open command window here". Now with the device turned off and unplugged type this
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Press enter, once it says waiting for device then plug the kindle in while its off, it should go into fastboot. Once in fastboot you can use the SRT utility to fix it or kffa if you prefer.
Post above mine also makes skipping the entire try-to-install-driver-while-disappearing problem go away, instead you would reboot into windows after it goes into fastboot, still install the driver, and just run SRT.
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hey i cannot kind a download for this tool anywere i screwedup my bootloader and recovery img.. now i need help my device only recognized for 3 seconds.
then loop loop and stock recovery mode which dont work.
plz help pm me a link or anything. ugh i bricked this uggh
Download kindle fire first aid or system restore tool, they come with fastboot and adb.
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vIgGeN7 said:
hey i cannot kind a download for this tool anywere i screwedup my bootloader and recovery img.. now i need help my device only recognized for 3 seconds.
then loop loop and stock recovery mode which dont work.
plz help pm me a link or anything. ugh i bricked this uggh
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Here is a tutorial that will show you how to install a 2nd bootloader and TWRP recovery.
2nd bootloader/TWRP install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
Then choose a ROM made for the 8.9 Kindle Fire HD only and flash it.
If you wish to go stock then flashing the appropriate images in fastboot will be your plan. This requires setting up some SDK tools in your environment.
SDK setup video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
KFFA is another option as well.
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Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Bricked
Can someone please provide me with some information. I tried to update the recovery for my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 running on cm10.2 using flashify which I found out now was a very lazy and dumb thing to do. Now my device is bricked its stuck at the white and orange kindle logo, my computer only recognize it for a split second and I can't boot into recovery.
My question to the experience members is if my device is done for or can the factory cable restore it? I tried creating one but it didn't get my device into fastboot mode and I also heard that it isn't compatible with the 8.9 series, I would like to know how true this is.
Thanks a lot.
You don't use a fastboot cable with a 8.9. It should when plugged in while off show up for a brief moment as a jem device. In this brief moment you must have the device manager open and right click the jem device hit update drivers and point it to where you would have downloaded and extracted the drivers in my signature. Once you manage to get the drivers installed shut off the kindle and open a command prompt that's CD'd into the directory of the fastboot command and run
Code:
fastboot -I 0x1949 getvar product
it should say waiting for device, at this point plug the kindle in with a normal cable and it should go into fastboot. I recommend a ubuntu live CD for this procedure because you don't have to deal with the driver issue, instead you just have to install the fastboot binary from the repo but it is fairly easy.
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stunts513 said:
You don't use a fastboot cable with a 8.9. It should when plugged in while off show up for a brief moment as a jem device. In this brief moment you must have the device manager open and right click the jem device hit update drivers and point it to where you would have downloaded and extracted the drivers in my signature. Once you manage to get the drivers installed shut off the kindle and open a command prompt that's CD'd into the directory of the fastboot command and run
Code:
fastboot -I 0x1949 getvar product
it should say waiting for device, at this point plug the kindle in with a normal cable and it should go into fastboot. I recommend a ubuntu live CD for this procedure because you don't have to deal with the driver issue, instead you just have to install the fastboot binary from the repo but it is fairly easy.
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Thanks a lot man I completely gave up and was ready to order the motherboard. Now my kindle fire hd is up and running cm11 :good: :laugh:
unbrick for dummy
Kemoid said:
Thanks a lot man I completely gave up and was ready to order the motherboard. Now my kindle fire hd is up and running cm11 :good: :laugh:
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stunts513
Can you explain step by step for techno-peasants how to fix my Kindle fire HD 8.9?
It flashes the words "kindle fire" for 14 seconds then goes dark and won't to anything else. I tried holding in the power button for 20; 30;40;60 seconds and that whole thing. I tested the charge in the battery. I'm past the easy fixes.
I'm at the point Kemoid was at above, ready to throw my Kindle Fire away and buy a new one.
I need the idiot proof directions that start with words similar to "Go to ww.somemagicURLwhereIcangetwhatIneedtodiagnoseandfixmyKindefireHD8.9.com and download xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx to your computer, then....."
Assume downloading an app reaches the limits of my technical comfort level.
Can you help me?
JoyousM said:
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Can you explain step by step for techno-peasants how to fix my Kindle fire HD 8.9?
It flashes the words "kindle fire" for 14 seconds then goes dark and won't to anything else. I tried holding in the power button for 20; 30;40;60 seconds and that whole thing. I tested the charge in the battery. I'm past the easy fixes.
I'm at the point Kemoid was at above, ready to throw my Kindle Fire away and buy a new one.
I need the idiot proof directions that start with words similar to "Go to ww.somemagicURLwhereIcangetwhatIneedtodiagnoseandfixmyKindefireHD8.9.com and download xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx to your computer, then....."
Assume downloading an app reaches the limits of my technical comfort level.
Can you help me?
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Your in a bootloop. Just use the factory restore tool for the 8.9 and your USB cord.
I'm thinkin your kernel is messed up, probably just needs reflashing, I agree with LinearEquation, you just need to use the system restore tool or kffa and it should reflash that, if you can get into fastboot though you might need to wipe your boot partition. Try the SRT first though.
My kindle still brick
mr.galaxys said:
(if you're bricked, you need fastbootcable?). that what i was told anyways
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thank for your share, but my kinlde fire hd 8.9 still brick
Before, i rooted and install TWRP . But, I install stock rom form amazon ( 8.5.1) and after, I update superuser and restart it. red screen appear. And now, I try anything to unbrick but nothing change.
you can see my brick youtube.com/watch?v=kJzsZKF5OUk ( I dont enough post to up youtube)
so, Please help me this case.
Thank you very much !!!

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