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can someone help me remove custom recovery and the 2nd bootloader i have the stock amazon rom installed
Thanks in advance
Usually updating the stock ROM will do it, if you made backups of the partitions like the tutorials tell you to do you can simply reflash them in fastboot mode.
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stunts513 said:
Usually updating the stock ROM will do it, if you made backups of the partitions like the tutorials tell you to do you can simply reflash them in fastboot mode.
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Never made any back ups
I told someone else to try updating to the latest amazon os using Amazon's manual update the other day to fix this but it for some reason didn't work... But if you download the latest amazon is and update it it should work, however if it doesn't and it boot loops, technically you can go into twrp and tell it to reboot to boot loader (fastboot) and pull the boot loader IMG and recovery IMG from Amazon's update zip file on your PC and flash them via fastboot. If you need me to elaborate any just ask.
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I told someone else to try updating to the latest amazon os using Amazon's manual update the other day to fix this but it for some reason didn't work... But if you download the latest amazon is and update it it should work, however if it doesn't and it boot loops, technically you can go into twrp and tell it to reboot to boot loader (fastboot) and pull the boot loader IMG and recovery IMG from Amazon's update zip file on your PC and flash them via fastboot. If you need me to elaborate any just ask.
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do you know of any tutorials on this? i could not find anything and as u can see i dont know much about this stuff so it would be appreciated.
Thanks
Wanna mention ahead of time, i am not responsible if you hard brick your kindle by doing this, i dont like messing with the kindles bootloader unless i have to personally.
Ok follow the instruction on Amazon's Website for manually updating a kindle. This might either bootloop/go straight to recovery once you do this, if not your probably on stock unrooted without twrp or 2nd bootloader, usually you can tell pretty easily since the kindle logo would be blue if it wasn't stock, assuming that for some reason it either does bootloop/go straight to recovery or for some reason works but has twrp and second bootloader please read on.
Keep a copy of the update on your pc. Now this gets a bit more complicated because i realized the update is a bin file, but if i remember correctly it should just be a zip file, so either tell windows open with winrar or 7zip, winzip, etc, or try enabling file extensions in your folder options on windows, and changing the extension to .zip. Once you do that extract u-boot.bin and recovery.img from the recovery folder. Put your kindle into fastboot mode(hit reboot then bootloader in twrp). Now you need a copy of fastboot.exe, so use a utility like kindle fire first aid and remember to put the recovery.img and u-boot.bin into the folder with fastboot.exe. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory that the fastboot command is in (in kffa) and verify we have a connection to the kindles fastboot by running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"(if it hangs on waiting for device, open your task manager and update the driver for the device with a triangle next to it named jem with the drivers in my signature
.) Once that command can run successfully, run these three commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
Now pray everything went well, because if your bootloader had a bad flash your going to have a hard brick. It should boot into stock os. Tada! I'm going to get soupemagnet to make sure i explained this correctly just to make sure i didn't miss something, you don't want to hard brick the kindle, that's a pain to even attempt to recover from without a major understanding of to solder and hookup an emmc to an sdcard reader.
stunts513 said:
Wanna mention ahead of time, i am not responsible if you hard brick your kindle by doing this, i dont like messing with the kindles bootloader unless i have to personally.
Ok follow the instruction on Amazon's Website for manually updating a kindle. This might either bootloop/go straight to recovery once you do this, if not your probably on stock unrooted without twrp or 2nd bootloader, usually you can tell pretty easily since the kindle logo would be blue if it wasn't stock, assuming that for some reason it either does bootloop/go straight to recovery or for some reason works but has twrp and second bootloader please read on.
Keep a copy of the update on your pc. Now this gets a bit more complicated because i realized the update is a bin file, but if i remember correctly it should just be a zip file, so either tell windows open with winrar or 7zip, winzip, etc, or try enabling file extensions in your folder options on windows, and changing the extension to .zip. Once you do that extract u-boot.bin and recovery.img from the recovery folder. Put your kindle into fastboot mode(hit reboot then bootloader in twrp). Now you need a copy of fastboot.exe, so use a utility like kindle fire first aid and remember to put the recovery.img and u-boot.bin into the folder with fastboot.exe. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory that the fastboot command is in (in kffa) and verify we have a connection to the kindles fastboot by running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product"(if it hangs on waiting for device, open your task manager and update the driver for the device with a triangle next to it named jem with the drivers in my signature
.) Once that command can run successfully, run these three commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
Now pray everything went well, because if your bootloader had a bad flash your going to have a hard brick. It should boot into stock os. Tada! I'm going to get soupemagnet to make sure i explained this correctly just to make sure i didn't miss something, you don't want to hard brick the kindle, that's a pain to even attempt to recover from without a major understanding of to solder and hookup an emmc to an sdcard reader.
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Okay, let me stop you right there. There's no need to manually flash those images in fastboot and, as you are aware, it isn't the safest option.
To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
^^ what he said, I wasn't aware the amazon zip was compatible with twrp, it has files that a flashable zip tend to have but I never looked into it. Now I know something new for future reference. xD
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Okay, let me stop you right there. There's no need to manually flash those images in fastboot and, as you are aware, it isn't the safest option.
To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
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did what you said but install failed so pushed cynagamod to it and installed now i am stuck on kindle logo cant do nothing not even boot to twrp.
Time for a fastboot mode and kffa... If you at some point installed the drivers for fastboot then this should go smoothly, if not you will have to keep your device manager open I. With does and update the unknown jem device that's detect to the drivers in my signature. Once you do manage to make sure that the jem device is detected and has its drivers installed turn the kindle off and unplug it, then on your PC run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in. It should go into fastboot mode, once there use kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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Time for a fastboot mode and kffa... If you at some point installed the drivers for fastboot then this should go smoothly, if not you will have to keep your device manager open I. With does and update the unknown jem device that's detect to the drivers in my signature. Once you do manage to make sure that the jem device is detected and has its drivers installed turn the kindle off and unplug it, then on your PC run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in. It should go into fastboot mode, once there use kindle fire first aid to restore the system partition.
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lol i am so lost.
Basically you need to get a copy of kindle fire first aid from the 7" general section of the forum(yes I know it says 7" but its more liken all second generation kf's), open a command prompt as admin, and CD into the kindle fire first aid directory, run the command mentioned in my last post and plug the kindle in while its off. If it goes into fastboot mode then great, if not you have to install the fastboot mode drivers, you must open the device manager, and when you power on the kindle it should briefly show a jem device, you have to update its drivers to the ones in my signature before the device disappears. Once that is working run the command again. and do as previously mentioned.
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To revert to stock (safely), download the appropriate software update for the device from Amazon (onto the device itself), rename it from update.bin to update.zip (very important), factory reset in recovery (extremely important), then install the update.zip in recovery.
Upon rebooting, there will no longer be a 2nd bootloader or custom recovery, and everything will have been reverted back to pure stock.
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Thank you so much for this solution. Although I get my 7HD to enter fastboot mode with cable - I can't get these other solutions to work.
In TWRP I REBOOT and see RECOVERY - but when I hit RECOVERY it just boots back to TWRP. Is that all I'm looking to do before going to INSTALL the .bin file (now renamed as .zip)???? thanks much...
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Thank you so much for this solution. Although I get my 7HD to enter fastboot mode with cable - I can't get these other solutions to work.
In TWRP I REBOOT and see RECOVERY - but when I hit RECOVERY it just boots back to TWRP. Is that all I'm looking to do before going to INSTALL the .bin file (now renamed as .zip)???? thanks much...
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Flash from TWRP and then reboot into system. You'll need to Swipe to factory reset first.
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Flash from TWRP and then reboot into system. You'll need to Swipe to factory reset first.
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That worked perfectly. Thank you so very much
Hi folks. I've been studying the forums for a few days now and can't resolve my issue. Hoping you will tolerate a noob dilemna.
I have a KF 8.9 HD running CM 10.1 and play store with no issues. Runs flawlessly. In my attempt to try out the CM 10.2 I wiped out the internal memory, cache etc.
I'm using Windows 8.1 to communicate with the KF.
I can only see the Kindle and use the ADB commands if I boot into TWRP. It reports the number and recovery when I run ADB devices in an admin command window. I'm unable to use the ADB commands when the KF is running the 10.1 OS desktop. Windows device manager reports it as MTB USB Device instead of the ADB Composite Device I get when it's running in TWRP. No matter how much tinkering and uninstalling KF drivers, I can't get it to see the KF.
I've also downloaded KF FirstAide.I get all of the menu options but it hangs whenever I try any options. For example, it hangs after reporting daemon started successfully when I try to use the safe diagnostics. I can't get it to communicate with the KF.
I'm in need of restoring this KF 8.9 HD to Amazon stock OS. I've ordered a new one and will be passing this one on to someone that's looking for the Amazon stock system. Otherwise I'd leave it as it since CM 10.1 is running.
Really appreciate the help you can give me.
You have to enable adb in cm 10.1, click on the build number about 10 times under "about tablet" in settings, that should enable the developer menu in settings so you can enable adb.
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You have to enable adb in cm 10.1, click on the build number about 10 times under "about tablet" in settings, that should enable the developer menu in settings so you can enable adb.
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Thanks Stunts. That should get me closer to figuring this out. The {} Developer Options are now visible on the KF. Root access is set to Apps and ADB. Uninstalled KF Win 8.1 device drivers again and rebooted both KF and computer. Still doesn't see it in Win 8.1 when I use ADB Devices (doesn't report any devices).
The Windows driver is still reporting MTB USB Device. When I try to update the driver using androide_usb.inf windows reports there is no compatible software driver in that folder.
I'll keep messing with the Developer Options on the KF. Any other suggestions?
Stupid question but did you check the box to enable adb? I didn't see that said you did only something else so I thought I'd ask. Also the MTP device is desperate so you shouldn't have to update it with the adb drivers, it should be a desperate device usually under its own android debugging category if I remember right.
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Stupid question but did you check the box to enable adb? I didn't see that said you did only something else so I thought I'd ask. Also the MTP device is desperate so you shouldn't have to update it with the adb drivers, it should be a desperate device usually under its own android debugging category if I remember right.
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I gave up on getting it to work in Windows 8.1. There must be something about the way it handles the drivers that prevents the device being seen when CM10.1 is running. Very frustrating. I must have tried 100 different variations but I can only get it to see the KF in Portable Device Player, not the Android Composite Device it sees when I'm running in TWRP mode.
I ended up using my daughter's netbook which is running Windows 7. Installed Java Developers Tools, KF First Aide. I can now see finally both the device as the portable media player and the Android Composite Device. Yeah!
One last problem to overcome. I want to wipe the KF clean and install the stock Amazon system. KFAide now communicates with the device in CM10.1. I was able to do a backup but it still hangs when I try to restore the stock system.
Is there a place a can get the stock image files for KF 8.9 HD? 8.1.3 or 8.1.4 should be fine (I don't remember which I was running before installing CM10.1). Ideally I want to transfer the stock images to the SDCard directory and then use TWRP to reinstall. Sound reasonable?
If you want full unrooted stock just download the latest update from Amazon's website for your device, put it on the kindle's sdcard and change the extension to .zip, and wipe the system, and do a factory reset then flash the amazon update, it should remove twrp and 2nd boot loader as well
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If you want full unrooted stock just download the latest update from Amazon's website for your device, put it on the kindle's sdcard and change the extension to .zip, and wipe the system, and do a factory reset then flash the amazon update, it should remove twrp and 2nd boot loader as well
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Thanks again Stunt. Want to make sure I do this correctly.
Do I just check off wipe system in twrp or other items like internal memory etc. I'm thinking just system.
Is the factory reset from within twrp?
Finally, do i flash while in fastboot mode?
Sorry for all the questions. Appreciate the help
When you hit wipe I believe there is a factory reset button, and after that you would do another wipe and check system, then install the amazon update zip file from within twrp, not fastboot.
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Ruacasa said:
Thanks again Stunt. Want to make sure I do this correctly.
Do I just check off wipe system in twrp or other items like internal memory etc. I'm thinking just system.
Is the factory reset from within twrp?
Finally, do i flash while in fastboot mode?
Sorry for all the questions. Appreciate the help
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How to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement to allow installation of Windows 7 Printer Drivers on Windows 8 http://www.fotoclubinc.com/blog/how...on-of-windows-7-printer-drivers-on-windows-8/
Crap! Now it hangs on the Kindlefire screen (orange color not the blue rooted color).
I can use KDFirstAide to get it back in fastboot mode. I tried the various options to restore su, erase cache and user data etc, but nothing. It continues to hang at the KindleFire screen
Any suggestion? Are there any Fastboot commands I can use to restore and use twrp again?
You need to run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" with the kindle unplugged and off then plug it in when it says waiting for device, that should put it into fastboot so kffa can restore the system.
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stunts513 said:
You need to run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" with the kindle unplugged and off then plug it in when it says waiting for device, that should put it into fastboot so kffa can restore the system.
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Tired it and ran KFF. KFF prompts me that the Kindle Must be Powered on to the Desktop to do a restore of the system. Can't get to the desktop at this point. If I select no at the desktop prompt it starts the deamon and hangs at that point. Probably because it's trying to use ADB which is not active in Fastboot mode.
I was successful in using KFF to do a backup restore, but it is still hanging on the KindleFire screen.
The only thing I can do right now is get to Fastboot mode using the KFRecovery utility and Enabling Fastboot to get to Fastboot mode.
Something didn't restore right then, have you tried kindle fire system restore tool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
Is fastboot mode working as far as you know from running the command I mentioned? It should report something back with jem in it .
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Something didn't restore right then, have you tried kindle fire system restore tool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
Is fastboot mode working as far as you know from running the command I mentioned? It should report something back with jem in it .
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Fastboot is still working. I did run that command you posted: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. It reported Prod: Jem-PVT-Prod-04.
I have tried the Recovery tool you linked to but it hangs when I try to restore the system (using any of the options)
Update: I was able to get KFFirstAide to complete it's recover using 8.1.2 option. I got a full red screen then it booted to the Fastboot Mode Screen. I feel I'm getting closer. I held the power button for 20 seconds, then release for 5 and power up again. It's still going into Fastboot Mode. Any advice?
Try restoring the system one more time, if that doesn't work you might have to reflash the boot loader. You can try "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" or "fastboot -i 0x1949 OEM idme bootmode 1" possibly followed by the first command. I have my doubts that command will work though and I'm not positive if system is 1 or not because the numbers used to be different on the original all and I'm not too familiar with the numbers on the hd models, but I think its 1.
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Try restoring the system one more time, if that doesn't work you might have to reflash the boot loader. You can try "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" or "fastboot -i 0x1949 OEM idme bootmode 1" possibly followed by the first command. I have my doubts that command will work though and I'm not positive if system is 1 or not because the numbers used to be different on the original all and I'm not too familiar with the numbers on the hd models, but I think its 1.
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Thanks for sticking with me Stunts. I tried reinstalling it already. Tried both variations of the fastboot commands you listed. Is it possible the second one is missing an argument? When I enter it by itself it comes back as listing all of the fastboot options (I usually get that when I type something wrong).
So it sounds like I just need to get out of the Fastboot Mode. It always shows a full red screen before entering Fastboot Mode
Odd, I suggest reflashing the boot loader then, download the boot loader for your device here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
Its the 8.1.4 boot loader listed, make sure you check that the md5sum matches what's on that page or you could hard brick it.
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Odd, I suggest reflashing the boot loader then, download the boot loader for your device here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
Its the 8.1.4 boot loader listed, make sure you check that the md5sum matches what's on that page or you could hard brick it.
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Downloaded and installed new bootloader. No errors but no improvement. Cycles KindleFire (orange) then Full Red Screen Then Fastboot Mode.
I also reinstall using KF First Aide- Completely Restore The KFHD 8.9 8.2.1 option again.
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Fastboot is still working. I did run that command you posted: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. It reported Prod: Jem-PVT-Prod-04.
I have tried the Recovery tool you linked to but it hangs when I try to restore the system (using any of the options)
Update: I was able to get KFFirstAide to complete it's recover using 8.1.2 option. I got a full red screen then it booted to the Fastboot Mode Screen. I feel I'm getting closer. I held the power button for 20 seconds, then release for 5 and power up again. It's still going into Fastboot Mode. Any advice?
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A red screen is not good. Try Kindle Fire HD System Restore Tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
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A red screen is not good. Try Kindle Fire HD System Restore Tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
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Appreciate the help. I tried that recovery tool a few times. Just curious, which option should be selected in that tool? I think I tried them all already, but which one should be used to completely restore? Option 1 enables fastboot (got plenty of that...lol). Option 2 restores SU. Option 3 restores SU and other stuff i don't recognize. Option 4 had google stuff I don't recognize. But I did try all of them.
Firstly, if there is already a thread about this that I've missed, I'd be appreciative if you'd send me in the right direction to get information.
Anyway, my Kindle Fire HD, rooted CM 10.1, will no longer boot past the orange Kindle Fire Splash screen. I've tried using fastboot commands and all of the button configurations in any and all attempts to get a response from my device, but it remains on that screen with no looping or any kind of change. When plugged in (or turned on while plugged in) it's registered in Device Manager as the usual "Jem-PVT-Prod-04" when drivers aren't installed, and then disappears from the Manager within five seconds. I can't install the ADB drivers because it vanishes, so I cannot communicate with the device from my computer; therefore I cannot fastboot (as far as I can see) and have no possible way to recover it.
Is my last hope a fastboot cable, or is there something that I have missed this whole time? Thanks for any and all help!
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Firstly, if there is already a thread about this that I've missed, I'd be appreciative if you'd send me in the right direction to get information.
Anyway, my Kindle Fire HD, rooted CM 10.1, will no longer boot past the orange Kindle Fire Splash screen. I've tried using fastboot commands and all of the button configurations in any and all attempts to get a response from my device, but it remains on that screen with no looping or any kind of change. When plugged in (or turned on while plugged in) it's registered in Device Manager as the usual "Jem-PVT-Prod-04" when drivers aren't installed, and then disappears from the Manager within five seconds. I can't install the ADB drivers because it vanishes, so I cannot communicate with the device from my computer; therefore I cannot fastboot (as far as I can see) and have no possible way to recover it.
Is my last hope a fastboot cable, or is there something that I have missed this whole time? Thanks for any and all help!
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Thats a kindle fire hd 8.9" model, fastboot cables don't work on them. A easy way to fix this is to boot a ubuntu live cd and install the fastboot command from the repos and run it. Latest ubuntu is 14.04 lts and i haven't checked the package names yet, but if it has the same name as on 13.10 then these instructions should work. Boot a ubuntu live usb/cd and open the settings and look for something like software updates and check off all the download form internet boxes. Hit reload if it asks, and if it asks ignore the first command in the next part of the instructions.
Now open a terminal and run these commands:
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sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Now that it says waiting for device, plug the kindle in while its off and you should be in fastboot mode. From there you can reflash it from windows with kffa or srt, or just do it manually while in ubuntu.
So I used the Linux command to put my Kindle in fastboot mode, but now it says it cannot connect with MTP device, so I still cannot flash any type of recovery. Even though it is in fastboot mode, and the drivers are installed, ADB is still not working on Windows.... and I'm not sure how to do it manually on Linux...
MTP is irrelevant with fastboot, as is adb, you don't use adb commands with fastboot, you use fastboot commands. You can use kffa or SRT to restore it from windows once it is in fastboot, or restore it manually in Linux using SRT's images. You probably will have to use SRT, I have heard a report that kffa's downloads for the images are offline again, though I'm not positive on that.
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I've been trying to root my Kindle Fire running 6.3.3. I bought a fastboot cable and got it to boot into fastboot mode to flash TWRP and firefirefire. I ran the commands and TWRP failed but firefirefire installed. Now when the kindle boots I get the firefirefire bootloader but it cant boot into the recovery because the TWRP never installed. Also, I can't get it to fastboot anymore, not even with the cable. Can anyone please help me get TWRP installed? I've read many forums and tried about everything I found.
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I've been trying to root my Kindle Fire running 6.3.3. I bought a fastboot cable and got it to boot into fastboot mode to flash TWRP and firefirefire. I ran the commands and TWRP failed but firefirefire installed. Now when the kindle boots I get the firefirefire bootloader but it cant boot into the recovery because the TWRP never installed. Also, I can't get it to fastboot anymore, not even with the cable. Can anyone please help me get TWRP installed? I've read many forums and tried about everything I found.
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FFF bootloader supports fastboot commands, but the flash command is now
fastboot flash recovery file name
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fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-otter.img
because the fastboot mode window is short
with kindle connected to pc, power off kindle, enter commands, then power on kindle
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FFF bootloader supports fastboot commands, but the flash command is now
fastboot flash recovery file name
ie drop the -i 0x1949
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fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-otter.img
because the fastboot mode window is short
with kindle connected to pc, power off kindle, enter commands, then power on kindle
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I've been trying this for about 30 minutes or so with no luck...I even downloaded a different version of the twrp image. Do I have to wait for the fastboot screen to start the command or do I start the process before powering on the device? I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.
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I've been trying this for about 30 minutes or so with no luck...I even downloaded a different version of the twrp image. Do I have to wait for the fastboot screen to start the command or do I start the process before powering on the device? I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.
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Should be able to do it either way but I press enter, before the power button
This will not work if drivers are not correct
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fastboot devices
as a test should get something like
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123456789 bootloader
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I finally got it to work and I can't thank you enough. You were right. I knew my computer recognized the device with adb in normal boot but my computer wouldn't recognize the device in fastboot mode until i reinstalled the android driver while it was in fastboot mode. Now I have a custom ROM running Google Play apps! Again, thank you!
Hey, I don't know if this will help others, but I had a hell of a time trying to get my kindle to recognize while in the bootloader/fastboot mode... It frustrated me so much that I had to write about it.
I recently switched to Windows 10, so it seems like my computer is relearning drivers and stuff...
My kindle was fine when on, and I could issue adb commands from the main screen, but when in fastboot mode, I couldn't get it detected. I knew the drivers were an issue, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. I looked at Amazon's support pages, went through the SDK route, tinkered with the adb.ini and so forth... to no avail.
Post after post said that the easiest way to install the drivers was through the Kindle Fire Utility, but for some reason, the drivers in the .bat file kept failing and would not load. It took a good few hours to figure out the solution.
When I asked the Web why the drivers kept failing, I came across a post that said Windows was actually blocking unknown drivers from loading onto my system. I really wish Windows had told me that instead of just saying "Fail"...
I had to hold down the shift button and click restart on the start menu, and when the computer restarted, I when through: troubleshoot -> advanced options -> startup settings and clicked on Restart. It eventually gave me the option to disable that signature verification [F7]
My explanation is crude, because I want you to look it up properly. Just search for "disable driver signature enforcement" and you should be fine.
Hope this helps others out. I may have to revisit my own post just to see how to do this again.
So i been trying to find the answer to my issue everywhere. everything i try fails.
So basically my Kindle fire hd 8.9 is in a constant boot loop. it goes from orange w/animation, then blue w/animation... then after a period of time it says that it cant boot gives me option to factory restore (which does nothing).
when i have it hooked up to a computer, it connects for 1 second, then quickly disconnects. In device manager it comes up as "jem-pvt-prod-04" with the yellow "!". i even tried to use the amazon drivers from another post on xda, in that split second it would appear in device manager, i would update device and point it to the driver. then i will get an error saying it encountered an error installing Android ADB interface. problem encountered while trying to add driver.
Does anyone have any tips for me. im kinda stuck here and desperate with a very expensive paperweight. very upsetting!
I never tried to root, or mod this kindle fire. this problem happened on its own. or possibly after an update of some sort.
thanks guys.
piffdaddy420 said:
So i been trying to find the answer to my issue everywhere. everything i try fails.
So basically my Kindle fire hd 8.9 is in a constant boot loop. it goes from orange w/animation, then blue w/animation... then after a period of time it says that it cant boot gives me option to factory restore (which does nothing).
when i have it hooked up to a computer, it connects for 1 second, then quickly disconnects. In device manager it comes up as "jem-pvt-prod-04" with the yellow "!". i even tried to use the amazon drivers from another post on xda, in that split second it would appear in device manager, i would update device and point it to the driver. then i will get an error saying it encountered an error installing Android ADB interface. problem encountered while trying to add driver.
Does anyone have any tips for me. im kinda stuck here and desperate with a very expensive paperweight. very upsetting!
I never tried to root, or mod this kindle fire. this problem happened on its own. or possibly after an update of some sort.
thanks guys.
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You're not hopelessly bricked if your Kindle still boots to the orange logo.
Might I ask what Windows version you're using? Newer versions enforce driver signatures, and that enforcement will cause failed installations in Windows 8+ unless you disable the enforcement before installing the drivers. I would also suggest installing ADB and fastboot if you haven't already done so. (Use the 15 second ADB installer - it's on XDA, and it works wonders!)
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You're not hopelessly bricked if your Kindle still boots to the orange logo.
Might I ask what Windows version you're using? Newer versions enforce driver signatures, and that enforcement will cause failed installations in Windows 8+ unless you disable the enforcement before installing the drivers. I would also suggest installing ADB and fastboot if you haven't already done so. (Use the 15 second ADB installer - it's on XDA, and it works wonders!)
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Yes, actually i am using windows 10. My thinkpad has windows 7, so i will try to do this using windows 7. i will post back with results. its funny, out of everywhere i looked nobody mentioned windows 8+ having to disable enforcement. actually it will probably just be easier just to disable the enforcement. ill give it a try and report back.
still no luck. i was able to install the driver. but it still does the same thing. only connects for 1 second when i first turn it on. idk where to go from here? any suggestions?
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still no luck. i was able to install the driver. but it still does the same thing. only connects for 1 second when i first turn it on. idk where to go from here? any suggestions?
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Completely turn off the kindle and unplug it from your PC if it's connected. Open Command Prompt and type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. Plug in the kindle when you see <waiting for device> outputted. The kindle should now boot into fastboot mode, from which point you can reflash the bootloader, TWRP, and the freedom-boot image in Hashcode's thread.
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Completely turn off the kindle and unplug it from your PC if it's connected. Open Command Prompt and type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. Plug in the kindle when you see <waiting for device> outputted. The kindle should now boot into fastboot mode, from which point you can reflash the bootloader, TWRP, and the freedom-boot image in Hashcode's thread.
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ok so im in fastboot mode now. i checked out that thread that you sent. but i have another problem, how am i supposed to get cm and gapps onto the kindle? is there a command i can use to put the files on the internal sd card? and i cant do the adb commands to push the stack, and do the other commands adb since i couldnt get it loaded to begin with, i am not able to enable developer mode. it would be nice if i could do those commands in fastboot mode. there has to be a way to do this....
maybe if someone can send me the stock partitions that they backed up stock boot partititons when they did it. maybe if i flashed them onto my kindle it will allow me to get it to atleast boot up so i can get into adb.
right now this is completely bricked.
can anyone help me? i just need the original boot loader, boot, recovery... basically whatever was backed up before you flashed it.
i aam looking for the original because i know mine was corrupt to begin with. my theory is if i load the original boot loaders and everything then maybe i can get into the kindle just so i can run the abd commands and then put cyanogenmod on it. unless someone has a suggestion on how i can get my device to be detected by adb ? the furthest i can get into is fastboot.
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can anyone help me? i just need the original boot loader, boot, recovery... basically whatever was backed up before you flashed it.
i aam looking for the original because i know mine was corrupt to begin with. my theory is if i load the original boot loaders and everything then maybe i can get into the kindle just so i can run the abd commands and then put cyanogenmod on it. unless someone has a suggestion on how i can get my device to be detected by adb ? the furthest i can get into is fastboot.
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Once you're in fastboot, you should run these fastboot commands (most of which I ripped from Hashcode's thread) to flash the bootloader, etc.:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.6.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd8-twrp-2.8.7.0-recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery
after that, you should be in TWRP, from which point you can use ADB sideload (enable in TWRP through Advanced -> ADB sideload) to flash CM. After running ADB sideload, you need to re-enable it in TWRP for each subsequent zip you want to flash.
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Once you're in fastboot, you should run these fastboot commands (most of which I ripped from Hashcode's thread) to flash the bootloader, etc.:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd8-freedom-boot-8.4.6.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd8-twrp-2.8.7.0-recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery
after that, you should be in TWRP, from which point you can use ADB sideload (enable in TWRP through Advanced -> ADB sideload) to flash CM. After running ADB sideload, you need to re-enable it in TWRP for each subsequent zip you want to flash.
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Yes, i did all of those steps, however i never did the final step the oem recovery one...
everytime i try it now the screen turns completely red and stays there.
piffdaddy420 said:
Yes, i did all of those steps, however i never did the final step the oem recovery one...
everytime i try it now the screen turns completely red and stays there.
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That's going to be a problem... hold down the Kindle till it completely powers off. Then open command prompt, type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product , and plug in the Kindle when you see <waiting for device>. Does this get you into fastboot mode?
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That's going to be a problem... hold down the Kindle till it completely powers off. Then open command prompt, type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product , and plug in the Kindle when you see <waiting for device>. Does this get you into fastboot mode?
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yes it does
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yes it does
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It sounds like you've got a newer bootloader that's been patched. Go ahead and download the files from Hashcode's thread, and type in all of the commands exactly as given in step 5. Those should fix the red screen issue and allow you to boot normally (or into TWRP, from which point you can ADB sideload CM).
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It sounds like you've got a newer bootloader that's been patched. Go ahead and download the files from Hashcode's thread, and type in all of the commands exactly as given in step 5. Those should fix the red screen issue and allow you to boot normally (or into TWRP, from which point you can ADB sideload CM).
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i followed that exact, i tried it a couple times before you even mentioned it. but i did it again, i redownloaded everything and did it again. just to be sure. but it still continues to do the same thing with the red screen. it goes from kindlefire for 2 seconds then red screen comes across it and stays red. idk what to do. i am so upset.
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i followed that exact, i tried it a couple times before you even mentioned it. but i did it again, i redownloaded everything and did it again. just to be sure. but it still continues to do the same thing with the red screen. it goes from kindlefire for 2 seconds then red screen comes across it and stays red. idk what to do. i am so upset.
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Do you happen to have any stock OS backups? If you do, you should remain able to flash those over fastboot.
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Do you happen to have any stock OS backups? If you do, you should remain able to flash those over fastboot.
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no, i wish i did. the whole reason i started trying this was because the kindle was in a bootloop without even trying to flash it. it would go from kindlefire (orange) then blue, then it will ask me to do factory reset. and nomatter what i did i would keep going in the same bootloop.
so i turned to here for help, and following instructions now i am in this situation.
unfortunatley since i wasnt able to get into the kindle, i was never able to do any abd backups. so i just took my chances with it.
i was actually originally asking if anyone had the original files they can send me so i can try to flash those. atleast i can get it up and running because i really have a feeling this isnt working because i need to push the stack file over thru abd first.
piffdaddy420 said:
no, i wish i did. the whole reason i started trying this was because the kindle was in a bootloop without even trying to flash it. it would go from kindlefire (orange) then blue, then it will ask me to do factory reset. and nomatter what i did i would keep going in the same bootloop.
so i turned to here for help, and following instructions now i am in this situation.
unfortunatley since i wasnt able to get into the kindle, i was never able to do any abd backups. so i just took my chances with it.
i was actually originally asking if anyone had the original files they can send me so i can try to flash those. atleast i can get it up and running because i really have a feeling this isnt working because i need to push the stack file over thru abd first.
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You should be able to separately flash the system.img, boot, and recovery from this tool via fastboot. It's stock OS 8.1.4, but it should work.
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You should be able to separately flash the system.img, boot, and recovery from this tool via fastboot. It's stock OS 8.1.4, but it should work.
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ok, it provided me with all the files except the bootloader. i did it step by step... but it only gave me original recovery, and original boot.img but it didnt give me the bootloader (and yes it is still turning red)
piffdaddy420 said:
ok, it provided me with all the files except the bootloader. i did it step by step... but it only gave me original recovery, and original boot.img but it didnt give me the bootloader (and yes it is still turning red)
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anyone have any suggestions or can help me with my situation?? i am wondering if maybe someone could just send me the original backed up bootloader, boot, and recovery. i tried the original ones that were posted with that srt file. but it included everything but the bootloader. which is what i need. i know that in original thread they recommended to back up your original files (i was unable to do so because my kindle woulnt boot so i couldnt use adb to back up these files).
so if someone on here can send me the original files so i can try to get my kindle booted back up. that so far is my only theory because i tried everything else. i know people with advance knowledge would be able to help me in a heartbeat. any devs out there wanna help me out? i would greatly appreciate it!
anyone?