Hi,
I recently bought a Kindle Fire HD X43Z60 from the electrical retailer I work at for an absolute bargain price BUT I forgot about the demo mode on it. Now in many of our other tablets at work it's fairly simple to uninstall demo modes but seemingly not the KFHD, and after reading MANY forums and threads and watching LOTS of youtube videos I cannot find a straightforward and also up-to-date way to basically re-install the OS.
I am using Mac OS X Mavericks to do this but can get access to a windows 7 PC if necessary. I've also seen some debate about the success rates of the fastboot cables.
I really want to get this working so I can gift it to someone else especially as it was such a bargain.
Many thanks in advance!
Requin49 said:
Hi,
I recently bought a Kindle Fire HD X43Z60 from the electrical retailer I work at for an absolute bargain price BUT I forgot about the demo mode on it. Now in many of our other tablets at work it's fairly simple to uninstall demo modes but seemingly not the KFHD, and after reading MANY forums and threads and watching LOTS of youtube videos I cannot find a straightforward and also up-to-date way to basically re-install the OS.
I am using Mac OS X Mavericks to do this but can get access to a windows 7 PC if necessary. I've also seen some debate about the success rates of the fastboot cables.
I really want to get this working so I can gift it to someone else especially as it was such a bargain.
Many thanks in advance!
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You simply need a fastboot cable. There's an adapter that is even nicer you can just plug in-between a normal cable and the kindle that does the same thing here: http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm
Now here's where i have to ask, is this the 2013 or 2012 kindle hd? You can tell based on if it has a camera. If it does its a 2012, if it doesn't, its a 2013. The 2012 can be restored to a normal os via kindle fire first aid, whereas we just worked out a way to restore a kindle fire hd 2013 so the script just came out i think.
stunts513 said:
You simply need a fastboot cable. There's an adapter that is even nicer you can just plug in-between a normal cable and the kindle that does the same thing here
Now here's where i have to ask, is this the 2013 or 2012 kindle hd? You can tell based on if it has a camera. If it does its a 2012, if it doesn't, its a 2013. The 2012 can be restored to a normal os via kindle fire first aid, whereas we just worked out a way to restore a kindle fire hd 2013 so the script just came out i think.
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Hi, it has a camera on the front but none on the back so it must be the 2012 model so i just need the adapter then? whats the process once i have the adapter?
thanks for your help
Yes you just need an adapter, once you have that it will kick it into fastboot mode. You may need the drivers in my signature once it is in fastboot mode. Once you have the drivers installed use kindle fire first aid to restore the kindle. Once it does that you should have a fully working os and the ability to flash 2nd bootloader +twrp and another os like cm so you can have a complete android tablet.
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Requin49 said:
Hi,
I recently bought a Kindle Fire HD X43Z60 from the electrical retailer I work at for an absolute bargain price BUT I forgot about the demo mode on it. Now in many of our other tablets at work it's fairly simple to uninstall demo modes but seemingly not the KFHD, and after reading MANY forums and threads and watching LOTS of youtube videos I cannot find a straightforward and also up-to-date way to basically re-install the OS.
I am using Mac OS X Mavericks to do this but can get access to a windows 7 PC if necessary. I've also seen some debate about the success rates of the fastboot cables.
I really want to get this working so I can gift it to someone else especially as it was such a bargain.
Many thanks in advance!
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hello
did you manage to fix this? i have the same problem having bought a ' 13 ex-demo unit from john lewis earlier this year (without being informed, despite a lengthy conversation with an amazon rep (!) about the pros and cons of fire hd vs paperwhite, that it was going to be like this). i got a fastboot cable made up but it doesn't enable the fastboot. i am interested that you comment that there have been reports of the cables not working. thanks
benhalkon said:
hello
did you manage to fix this? i have the same problem having bought a ' 13 ex-demo unit from john lewis earlier this year (without being informed, despite a lengthy conversation with an amazon rep (!) about the pros and cons of fire hd vs paperwhite, that it was going to be like this). i got a fastboot cable made up but it doesn't enable the fastboot. i am interested that you comment that there have been reports of the cables not working. thanks
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What does demo mode not allow you to do?
Can you not copy the update to the KF as per the factory reset options on Amazon's support site?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=ya_kindle_sb_swupdates?nodeId=200529680
Don't have a HD, only a Fire 2, but I would have thought you could just flash stock firmware again.
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Hello there. Long time lurker trying to make head or tail of what I can do with my US-purchased Kindle Fire. I've read a bunch of the guides, but all I can find is stuff about unbricking a KF. Mine works fine, if a little slow. I just need to change the OS on it.
It's a launch day item purchased from Best Buy in Chicago by a friend who lives there, and I've been running it since then here in the UK. I can get certain UK Amazon store things, but nothing that exciting. I've been using random app stores that don't appear to have been updated for months now, and I can't get videos to work on it at all.
As I've treated myself to an iPad 4 for Christmas, I've got no qualms about fiddling with the Kindle Fire now. It's slow, doesn't respond to touch inputs very well and crashes almost every time I use the keyboard now. Also did I mention it's slow?
tl;dr: Is it possible to load a "standard" UK image of the Kindle Fire software on my device so it will work with the UK Amazon app store?
Or: What other OS image would you recommend I load to improve the performance of the device? I don't really mind about not being able to get my Amazon content as I've only got books on there, and my Kindle 3G is still going strong.
Also, do I need to buy one of these "factory" cables do be able to do this? Or any other hardware?
Many thanks for your help.
Still can't find if it's possible to load a "standard" UK image for a Kindle Fire onto my device. Any help greatly appreciated.
Anyone know of a standard KF rom that exists to load?
Tried a few of the ROMs on here, but it still wants me to have a US billing address for the store.
Should I just try a "stock" ROM? Does this one work ok? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041694
what system version is installed now?
This one: http://www.modaco.com/topic/350682-14-jun-gr9-631-modaco-custom-rom-for-the-kindle-fire/
I thought that'd be the best as the OP is from the UK, but it appears to still want me to have a US account. Is there a UID that's tied to something at the Amazon end that I will never be able to change, perhaps?
Trying that stock JB ROM now, but I'd prefer a proper Amazon Kindle build, if possible.
I'm guessing that the kindle Fire 1, was official USA only and locked to the USA Amazon.
sd_shadow said:
I'm guessing that the kindle Fire 1, was official USA only and locked to the USA Amazon.
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No, it was released in the UK, just a few months behind the US.
Trying that JB one now, but it's just sticking on "updating partition details" for ages. Broken? I've left it for about 15 mins doing that.
Original kindle fire is not list on .UK site, starts with kindle fire 2
What twrp version is installed
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sd_shadow said:
Original kindle fire is not list on .UK site, starts with kindle fire 2
What twrp version is installed
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Where is that list? My mother bought one when they came out in the UK, and it looks exactly the same as mine.
TWRP v2.6.3.1
Thanks.
Kindle Fire 1 RELEASE DATE: NOV 15, 2011
Kindle Fire 2 RELEASE DATE: SEP 14, 2012
On the outside the 1 and 2 look identical, slightly different hardware and software.
Easiest way to check is software versions, and software is not compatible.
TWRP v2.6.3.1 is not compatible with Jellybean(CM10) or lower
Have a custom recovery installed, such as TWRP 2.2.x.x+ or Cannibal Open Touch:
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try zip-Cannibal-Open-Touch-Recovery-2.1.zip
or zip-otter-twrp-2.2.2.1-blaze.zip-
just download> place on sd card>reboot to TWRP>Install in old TWRP>wipe cache and dalvik>reboot
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HereBeMonsters said:
Where is that list? My mother bought one when they came out in the UK, and it looks exactly the same as mine.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_bc_nav?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200127470
the last one that is labeled Kindle Fire is the 2.
that is not proof of anything but on usa site http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201263780 both the 1 and 2 are listed
You could try changing the build.prop from us to uk.
not sure if that would fix it or not but may.
You will need a file manager with root access I like Root Browser app and it's free in play store
open root browser>navigate to /system/build.prop>edit>select a text editor>
change line 26 ro.product.locale.region=US to ro.product.locale.region=UK
save>reboot
Thanks. In the end I left the "plain" JB Rom loading overnight, came back in the morning and rebooted the device, and it's loaded up.
I guess if I can't get a proper Kindle ROM, then this is the best thing for it. Unless there's a newer ROM it will run? Guessing not, as it's fairly old hardware.
Still, I'm pretty happy with this, hopefully will get the Play Store running on it this evening and be able to download some games for my kid.
Don't know if this will help but just found it.
localizing your KF
Thanks very much - looks like a good way of changing the language, but still no app store - which is the main problem I had before.
I'm still using it on the stock ROM now, and have all the apps I need, so very happy with it. Even if it is glacially slow compared to the wife's iPad!
Good morning,
in many threads here I found the recommendation to use a fastboot cable. I have recently rooted my Kindle Fire 2, it works like a charm, but I want to install a "true" Android on it because Amazon changed too many things which are annoying me. It's some kind of an Apple device...
But back to my question. Installing a CustomROM without a fastboot cable seems to be NOT RECOMMENDED (or impossible?)
Therefore: Where in Germany (or Europe) can I get a fastboot cable? Is maybe some kind of other cable known to be compatible?
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xerxes76 said:
Good morning,
in many threads here I found the recommendation to use a fastboot cable. I have recently rooted my Kindle Fire 2, it works like a charm, but I want to install a "true" Android on it because Amazon changed too many things which are annoying me. It's some kind of an Apple device...
But back to my question. Installing a CustomROM without a fastboot cable seems to be NOT RECOMMENDED (or impossible?)
Therefore: Where in Germany (or Europe) can I get a fastboot cable? Is maybe some kind of other cable known to be compatible?
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I bought it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20380015#post20380015 and I live in Italy
mine is also from SkOrPn - had it within 4 days - to austria !
You might also try amazon uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0099E59SG.
I don't know if they ship to the rest of europe, but it's worth a try.
bitmastro said:
You might also try amazon uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0099E59SG.
I don't know if they ship to the rest of europe, but it's worth a try.
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I got this one. Delivered in 2 days and works perfectly.
I live in The Netherlands and also ordered my factory cable from SkOrPn. Took 9 days to get it here, but I ordered it during the holidays.
xerxes76 said:
Good morning,
in many threads here I found the recommendation to use a fastboot cable. I have recently rooted my Kindle Fire 2, it works like a charm, but I want to install a "true" Android on it because Amazon changed too many things which are annoying me. It's some kind of an Apple device...
But back to my question. Installing a CustomROM without a fastboot cable seems to be NOT RECOMMENDED (or impossible?)
Therefore: Where in Germany (or Europe) can I get a fastboot cable? Is maybe some kind of other cable known to be compatible?
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I can guide you on how to do it without cable, but it's not recommended in case something goes wrong
Bad flash/download etc
fastboot cable needed in berlin
hey my kindle is redly bricked! someone has a fastboot cable that can lend to me to do the rebooting and puting the software? I can give a google virtual coin for google play store with 50 euros.
pm me to my mail so we can meet.
Mr.blahBlahBLAH said:
hey my kindle is redly bricked! someone has a fastboot cable that can lend to me to do the rebooting and puting the software? I can give a google virtual coin for google play store with 50 euros.
pm me to my mail so we can meet.
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You have a red screen of nothing at all? There are plenty of good folks on here who will help you free.
in berlin?where do i find these folks?any xda hack in berlin or something?
LinearEquation said:
You have a red screen of nothing at all? There are plenty of good folks on here who will help you free.
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The cable that boots the Kindle Fire into fastboot mode is more generally known and advertised as a Motorola factory cable.
aarons510 said:
The cable that boots the Kindle Fire into fastboot mode is more generally known and advertised as a Motorola factory cable.
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This was the one I bought. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fastboot-Mo...roid-Xoom-Fire-Ships-from-Calif-/151002724307 lots of sales and 100% feedback.
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LinearEquation said:
This was the one I bought. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fastboot-Mo...roid-Xoom-Fire-Ships-from-Calif-/151002724307 lots of sales and 100% feedback.
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The last things I need are more cables, so I bought an adapter instead which converts your Kindle standard cable to a fastboot cable.. It worked perfectly, managed to brick my KF2 on the first attempt! However, it took a week to arrive by post from the USA to Marseille in France, which was very fast. Shipping is a bit steep, though. Take a look:
http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm
Michael.
Yep, you only need to jump pin 1 to pin 4 to make a fastboot cord.
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Found one in Germany
Found one in Germany at ep-mediastore.de Products ID is 38007 or search for "fastboot cable"
Delivery took 2 Days ( Germany to Germany )
Worked fine.
Hans
I read through the guide and a lot of the comments but I was wondering if anyone has successfully rooted their device with the 2013 model. My guess it that it wouldn't work since I think the operating systems are different.
Also, if anyone has done so on Ubuntu or Linux? How do you deal with drivers? In order to root my Kindle I had to use a super old Toshiba running Vista because I was having driver issues.
Thanks in advance.
Linux has the drivers built in typically. The boot loader process doesn't work on the new ones, they will hard brick if you try. There is root access available, I believe it's in the 7" general section.
Edit: looking for link, don't think root exploit works between devices a, think it's specific per model, and I only see the 7" one offhand. They really need to separate the new kindle from the last one so this info is easier to find...
Edit2: in my confusion (still awk confused) I thought the xzecond gen HD was only available in a 7" model because of how the device is listed under support on their site. I'm kinda sleepy don't feel like remembering tonight.
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Cheers for the help.
I ended doing more research and even though I bought my Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in late 2013, I think when people say the 2013 Kindle Fire, they're referring to the HDX. Anyways, I went for it (after using ADB to confirm my device) and got the bootloader and cm11 (4.4) running on my Kindle!
Ah OK in that case you have a 2012 kindle fire hd so everything's good, that could have ended horribly if it hadn't been the case. Also there is a second gen HD kindle fire that we call the 2013 model and it isn't the hdx, unlike the kf2 that was a bit better then the kf1, the second gen hd's are kinda the opposite, the are the same except they took the camera out... And they are unflashable because we don't have a boot loader exploit for them.
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WOW
stunts513 said:
Ah OK in that case you have a 2012 kindle fire hd so everything's good, that could have ended horribly if it hadn't been the case. Also there is a second gen HD kindle fire that we call the 2013 model and it isn't the hdx, unlike the kf2 that was a bit better then the kf1, the second gen hd's are kinda the opposite, the are the same except they took the camera out... And they are unflashable because we don't have a boot loader exploit for them.
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I did not know that!! My Kindle Fire HD 8.9 has a camera. So it is a 2012 first generation. I have been looking all over the internet for this information.
Thank You!!
A KFHD 2nd gen brick victim here
Hello all,
I have unfortunately learned too late that I have the 2nd gen device
So I own a brick now. But I want to try the usbboot aboot *abootloader* trick I found in the web.
Unfortunately I have backup of my system and forgot to pull the boot0block.img file from the pad
So I am serching a stock 8.4.6 bootloader for flashing it back if possible. But I didn't find any file yet, I am reading and serching till friday evening every page on xda and more
Can someone give me a link or even a freshly extraced loader???
I thank you in advance.
I will give a response of my try in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010353&page=4
Have a nice day
giderBey
Hello.
I hope this doesn't come off as a stupid question, but I'm fairly new to rooting Kindle Fires, or just rooting in general. I just bought the new Kindle Fire (fifth generation), and I'm quite unsatisfied with the app selection so I was wondering if I would be able to root my Fire because I heard that you could get the Google Play Store, which has so much more selection. My fire is on its latest update, Fire OS 5.0.1.. I'm assuming I won't be able to root it because it was only just released on Wednesday. I apologize if there is already a thread about rooting the new Fire but I haven't seen one, so if there is one if someone could direct it to me, that would be amazing. If it can be rooted, I would love to know how, but if it can't be rooted that's all right, I'll just have to deal with the pathetic selection of apps.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
StealthyGhost56 said:
Hello.
I hope this doesn't come off as a stupid question, but I'm fairly new to rooting Kindle Fires, or just rooting in general. I just bought the new Kindle Fire (fifth generation), and I'm quite unsatisfied with the app selection so I was wondering if I would be able to root my Fire because I heard that you could get the Google Play Store, which has so much more selection. My fire is on its latest update, Fire OS 5.0.1.. I'm assuming I won't be able to root it because it was only just released on Wednesday. I apologize if there is already a thread about rooting the new Fire but I haven't seen one, so if there is one if someone could direct it to me, that would be amazing. If it can be rooted, I would love to know how, but if it can't be rooted that's all right, I'll just have to deal with the pathetic selection of apps.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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see http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help
the 5th Gen forum
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Hey, I am also interested in this topic. I am actually using the Kindle Fire HD 8, 8" (5th generation). This thing wouldn't be so bad if it were possible to read ebooks from the sd card, but they have locked that feature out with the kindles dumb downed android. The whole reason I go it was being able to read pdf's from the SD card. After a huge amount of time sideloading different readers, I finally found one I liked, but it was copying the pdf's from my sd card to the internal memory. Not a bad thing, except I only have 16 gigs of it, and about 80 gigs of ebooks =/. Thanks for any assistance you can give.
tommyboy808 said:
Hey, I am also interested in this topic. I am actually using the Kindle Fire HD 8, 8" (5th generation). This thing wouldn't be so bad if it were possible to read ebooks from the sd card, but they have locked that feature out with the kindles dumb downed android. The whole reason I go it was being able to read pdf's from the SD card. After a huge amount of time sideloading different readers, I finally found one I liked, but it was copying the pdf's from my sd card to the internal memory. Not a bad thing, except I only have 16 gigs of it, and about 80 gigs of ebooks =/. Thanks for any assistance you can give.
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Hey guys, I was checking out the $33 Kindle Fire on amazon tonight and was thinking about picking it up with a PS4 controller mount to go with it.
My main concern is will the PS4 controller work with the Kindle Fire without any rooting or modifications? I don't mind using a cable, but bluetooth would be pretty nice too sometimes. I feel like Bluetooth would need Root access though, is that right?
Second question, are the Kindle Fire tablets easy to root? I've seen a lot of guides on google, but they all really REALLY look like click-bait and survey site ****.. I haven't been able to find a legit link yet.
Looking through the Frequently Asked Questions in this forum seems to indicate that ANY kindle bought after 2012 is a no-go on rooting.
Thirdly, totally random but has anyone tried Pokemon Revolution Online with the Kindle Fire? They have a simple .apk file download on their site so I'm thinking it should be very straight forward but just figured I should ask since I'm posting.
Finally, would you guys recommend this tablet at $33? I mean it def seems like a steal.. pretty decent spec'd tablet at $33 with the Amazon guarantee... but also seems a bit too good to be a true.. like I'm missing some small detail or something.
Thanks guys!
I've been researching this for the past 5 hours goin crazy.. so it seems like IF amazon ships the 5th gen fire with 5.1.4, 5.1.3, or 5.1.2.1 I should be ok and can downgrade to 5.1.2 which should be rootable!
If this works.. I believe the PS4 controller should be able to connect via Bluetooth with Sixaxis app.. but I really don't mind using an OTG cable as Bluetooth will probably eat away at battery. I hope both OTG and Bluetooth work tho!
And as for being worth it.. for $33 I don't think anyone could go wrong!
But any suggestions, comments or confirmation of possible theories is still appreciated!
This is not the 5th gen forum
ask here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help