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[Q] Kindle with no OS

I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.

have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I thought I already tried that but I went back and fiddle with a few settings and got access to my kindle, I went looking for the kindle 6.2.2 stock rom and couldn't find a download, I need to find a stock download because brother plans on selling this kindle, I'm only helping because I was the one who rooted and put android 4.0 on there.
TLR; Where can I get kindle fire stock rom at?

One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072

Bacondroid said:
One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;
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Lol one does simply delete an entire is. I made this same mistake and had to push a is to my kindle while in fastboot mode through adb. Took awhile for me to think of it but it finnally worked and I fixed it.
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OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device

threed42 said:
OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device
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This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555

soupmagnet said:
This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555
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I mean, I got there, but there is no OS installed on my kindle fire

Okay, I realize I tend to come off a little "jerky" sometimes, but I really am trying to help. When you hijack a thread that's several months old and post a problem that seemingly has nothing to do with the OP, only to later reveal that there is much more to your problem (even after being suggested to do it differently), it makes other people that would normally be willing to help, think twice about getting involved. Nobody wants to have to ask 50 different questions to get to the root of the problem. You need to realize that the people who would help, probably don't want to do more work than absolutely necessary. And you should be respectful of that if you want some quality assistance from the people who might be able to solve your problem.
So once again, and respectfully, I suggest you click on the link I gave you, read it, do any suggested research and follow the directions given in the post.

Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.

jgrun8732 said:
Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.
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[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?

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[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?
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I actually figured everything out about 2 hours after my post. In order to get the Kindle recognized by my pc I had to change it over to USB composite device then I was able to load a ROM on it and I am now enjoying jelly bean 4.1 on the kindle now. I have not been able to restore the kindle os but I am assuming that if I look long enough for the kernal and firmware I will be able to restore it. Not that I have any plans to seeing as I have a dedicated android tablet now that does everything I want it and need to do anyways, I read on the kindle for like 3 months when it first came out, not worried about reading on it any more besides there's an app for it. Anyways thanks for the reply.

Hi, sorry if it is bad manners to post in threats months old but I am also having a similar problem with my kindle fire.
Today I spent hours rooting it and trying to get the google play store to work on it - all in a dangerously haphazard manner. It was really reckless of me.
Somewhere in the process I used KFU 0.9.9 after restoring to stock and re-rooting, then after a reboot the OS would't show up. it seemed like it loaded and everything but I couldn't see anything after it loaded past TWRP. I wiped system, and now am without an OS and only TWRP to use.
Some details:
Mounting works
Flashing stock is NOT WORKING. This is my main problem. I don't know any other method of restoring an OS; I do not know how sideloading with ADB works, or if that would help at all.
Much apologies in advanced for my juvenile-ty

thanks
DJLamontagneIII said:
have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I count believe I was forgetting to mount Thanks

I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
thanks

iamchaos said:
I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
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figured it out formatted and was able to load rom and flash.
Thanks

No idea What I need to do
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.

Csnoopy35 said:
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.
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it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
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I have the newest version I think?
sd_shadow said:
it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
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Kindle Fire boots to black screen

Hello all,
So, I rooted my kindle fire and successfully installed TWRP but after flashing a new ROM (CM9 Reloaded) it just boots to a black screen. I will see the default kindle logo for a few seconds then nothing but a black back lit screen. I can't get into TWRP, adb shell can't find the device and kfu stalls out after waiting for my device to respond. Also, I don't believe FFF ever installed properly as I never saw the logo. I have tried re-installing the drivers but I still can't get my PC to see it. Under Device manager it will appear as Android Phone: Android ADB Interface.
I searched the forums and all I could find was that i need to get into fastboot which seems impossible at the moment. Is the factory cable my only hope?
Thanks Guys!

schachinger40 said:
Hello all,
So, I rooted my kindle fire and successfully installed TWRP but after flashing a new ROM (CM9 Reloaded) it just boots to a black screen. I will see the default kindle logo for a few seconds then nothing but a black back lit screen. I can't get into TWRP, adb shell can't find the device and kfu stalls out after waiting for my device to respond. Also, I don't believe FFF ever installed properly as I never saw the logo. I have tried re-installing the drivers but I still can't get my PC to see it. Under Device manager it will appear as Android Phone: Android ADB Interface.
I searched the forums and all I could find was that i need to get into fastboot which seems impossible at the moment. Is the factory cable my only hope?
Thanks Guys!
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Just in case someone is reading this and is having the same issue, the factory cable worked like a charm. I was able to get back into TWRP recovery. Although, it did take a few tries to get it to boot.

schachinger40 said:
Just in case someone is reading this and is having the same issue, the factory cable worked like a charm. I was able to get back into TWRP recovery. Although, it did take a few tries to get it to boot.
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So the only option is to get or make a factory cable?

Factory cable is not your only option but it would definitely be the easiest route.
Otherwise, fix your drivers or do whatever you can to get adb working.
With FFF installed, you can access twrp and reflash the ROM or try a different one.

Comeonesticks said:
So the only option is to get or make a factory cable?
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It was the only thing that worked for me but it all depends on how much time you are willing to spend on it. For me, it was well worth the $12. I bought mine from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20380015&postcount=9
The quality of the cable is great and I received it within a week. If it doesn't work at first don't freak out. It took a little while to get back into TWRP.
Good luck!

[Q] Think I bricked it!!

I received my replacement Kindle Fire today. I proceeded to follow the same steps as I did with my first to root and install modaco. However, once I installed modaco the Kindle would not start. Luckily I backed up the system after I first rooted and was able to restore and get it going again. I then compared my old unit to the new and found that the software versions were different. I downloaded the update from Amazon and ran the install in TWRP. I am now stuck in this endless reboot cycle where it tells me that it detected a problem and must clear App storage. It prompts me to press the power button to proceed. I do this and it just repeats itself. Is there anything I can do to get out of this mode??

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986798 different software versions? As in what version do you speak of?
Edit: my solution is no good if you can't reach the system to perform it.

Thepooch said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986798 different software versions? As in what version do you speak of?
Edit: my solution is no good if you can't reach the system to perform it.
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Kindle came with 6.3 and tried to upgrade it to 6.3.1.

That souldn`t be a problem since it`s likely you no longer have fff and twrp after doing so very good chance you will need factory cable to force it into fastboot so that you can send fff and twrp back to the device in order to flash a rom you can buy a factory cable here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693 post 9

Thepooch said:
That souldn`t be a problem since it`s likely you no longer have fff and twrp after doing so very good chance you will need factory cable to force it into fastboot so that you can send fff and twrp back to the device in order to flash a rom you can buy a factory cable here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693 post 9
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Thanks for your help. I am ordering one today.

You're welcome the most important thing at this point is to keep it charged.

I assume that once I receive the cable I will be able to load FFF and TWRP using KFU?

Yes when you get your cable pm me and I will assist you in getting that done.

Stuck in Reboot Cycle on 6.3.3

I think I'm out of luck with this one, but hopefully someone can guide me a bit more and get me out of this mess. Long story short, I had cyanogen running on my original Kindle Fire. Decided to go back to stock to trade it in. It is currently running 6.3.3. However, I ended up leaving TWRP without doing a factory reset / wiping cache / etc. Now my Fire is stuck in a reboot loop where it boots and seems to work fine, but then it starts giving me errors about the kindle keyboard has stopped, acore has stopped, calendar storage has stopped and then it reboots. I've tried just about everything I've seen on these boards to get it working again, but I run into a wall regardless of which method I try.
I've tried quickly navigating to the settings and trying a factory reset around 100 times without any success.
I've tried using adb to factory reset without success.
I've tried using the kindle fire utility to grant root but it reboots too quickly to finish the script.
I have a fastboot cable and have followed many of the guides on this forum and nothing seems to be working.
I'm sure I'm missing some other stuff I've done, but my brain is just mush at this point with everything.

KFU does not root 6.3.3
KFU can't flash twrp/fff on 6.3.3
How to flash twrp and firefirefire with a Fastboot cable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53652317&postcount=2
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I'm pretty sure I've followed that guide before and it wouldn't let me perform the flash. I don't know what is wrong now though. The factory cable is not even forcing it into fastboot at this point.

low battery?
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sd_shadow said:
low battery?
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Seems to be around 75%. I'll try on another PC in the house to double check.

ZeroCoin said:
Seems to be around 75%. I'll try on another PC in the house to double check.
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No luck on a different PC. Not sure what could have happened as I'm positive the cable was working before.

ZeroCoin said:
I'm pretty sure I've followed that guide before and it wouldn't let me perform the flash. I don't know what is wrong now though. The factory cable is not even forcing it into fastboot at this point.
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What worked for me was getting to TWRP and then ADB side loading the correct bootloader, TWRP, ROM & Gapps. Not 100% sure if it would work in your situation, but may be worth a try. Someone smarter than me will have to tell you of this is a bad idea, since I may have just gotten lucky...

[Q] Kindle Fire - Flashing the stock ROM failed, is now stuck on logo (bricked)

Started from 6.3.3 on my 1st gen Kindle Fire. I was able to follow instructions to root, convert to OtterX and installed an AICP ROM. I decided I didn't quite like that and wanted to try some other roms. I can't quite remember my train of thought, but for some reason or other I decided to go back to the stock ROM and go from there. I was able to reset to stock partitions and install TWRP 2.2.2.1 and then began flashing the stock rom per shadow's tutorials. However, at about 80% progress on flashing the stock ROM, TWRP froze up. I left it there for a day to see, and after almost 18 hours there had been no change so I did a hard reboot (power button for like 15 seconds) and it shut down. Upon restarting, it tried to boot the stock rom but nothing happens at all.
I've been trying to use Kindle Fire Utility, and Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility, but neither are able to locate the device. I can hear my computer detecting it though, when I plug in and reboot I get the notification sounds that a device is being plugged/unplugged. [edit] It is listed in Device Manager, as Android Phone > Android ADB Interface. But still, no utility like adb, KFU or anything else is able to see the device.
Any thoughts on what I could do to get back to any usable state here? Thanks in advance.

Tomyris said:
Started from 6.3.3 on my 1st gen Kindle Fire. I was able to follow instructions to root, convert to OtterX and installed an AICP ROM. I decided I didn't quite like that and wanted to try some other roms. I can't quite remember my train of thought, but for some reason or other I decided to go back to the stock ROM and go from there. I was able to reset to stock partitions and install TWRP 2.2.2.1 and then began flashing the stock rom per shadow's tutorials. However, at about 80% progress on flashing the stock ROM, TWRP froze up. I left it there for a day to see, and after almost 18 hours there had been no change so I did a hard reboot (power button for like 15 seconds) and it shut down. Upon restarting, it tried to boot the stock rom but nothing happens at all.
I've been trying to use Kindle Fire Utility, and Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility, but neither are able to locate the device. I can hear my computer detecting it though, when I plug in and reboot I get the notification sounds that a device is being plugged/unplugged. [edit] It is listed in Device Manager, as Android Phone > Android ADB Interface. But still, no utility like adb, KFU or anything else is able to see the device.
Any thoughts on what I could do to get back to any usable state here? Thanks in advance.
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The unbrick utility doesn't work with 6.3.3.
You can't boot to stock if install fails.
Which bootloader? Can you boot to twrp?
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sd_shadow said:
The unbrick utility doesn't work with 6.3.3.
You can't boot to stock if install fails.
Which bootloader? Can you boot to twrp?
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Did not realize that about Unbrick, that explains some things.
I've since gotten over this hump and am now working on different issues. I could not get to a bootloader or recovery at all, until I got a fastboot cable. That changed the device listing on my PC to "Android Composite ADB Interface", and then it was recognized by adb and fastboot, which allowed me reflash a bootloader and TWRP, and get it back to booting into the loader instead of the failed stock ROM installation.

Need some help please
Hi, I have a kindle fire 1st gen. The problem is like this, I can`t get into recovery, I can`t get into OS wich is custom, it is stuck at booting. In device manager I can`t see the tablet/kindle/Amazon Kindle/Android phone. When I restart the tablet right before "booting"for a few second appears in Device Manager as Android Phone. The kindle is white and the fire is blue.
Please give me some piece of information about restore it to original. (windows 8.1 x64, twrp 2.8.5 - and I tried to push a lower version but I dont know if it succeded)
Thank you very much!

rauliulian said:
Hi, I have a kindle fire 1st gen. The problem is like this, I can`t get into recovery, I can`t get into OS wich is custom, it is stuck at booting. In device manager I can`t see the tablet/kindle/Amazon Kindle/Android phone. When I restart the tablet right before "booting"for a few second appears in Device Manager as Android Phone. The kindle is white and the fire is blue.
Please give me some piece of information about restore it to original. (windows 8.1 x64, twrp 2.8.5 - and I tried to push a lower version but I dont know if it succeded)
Thank you very much!
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Try powering off, connect to wall charger.
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Try powering off, connect to wall charger.
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Hi, thank you for your input.
After I connect to wall charger, the tablet powers up, and I can select recovery or normal. Either one I select nothing happens, keeps saying booting.

rauliulian said:
Hi, thank you for your input.
After I connect to wall charger, the tablet powers up, and I can select recovery or normal. Either one I select nothing happens, keeps saying booting.
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Guessing that twrp is corrupt
Flashing Twrp in FFF bootloader with fastboot.exe
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sd_shadow said:
Guessing that twrp is corrupt
Flashing Twrp in FFF bootloader with fastboot.exe
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Thank you very much man, you saved my kindle. Everything is back to normal.