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[Q]Help! PC doesn't recognize Kindle Fire after root

Hello, guys,
I recently rooted my Fire (6.2.2) with Kindle Fire Utility (0.9.3). Kindle is working but my PC (Win7 32) can't recognize it when i'm connecting kindle to PC. And Kindle Fire Utility can't connect to device since then (statusffline).
Maybe I forgotten to switch to normal mode?
How can I fix this?
Thanks.

talcegie [616
With your Kindle plugged in and with KFU (even if it says it is offline), press 1 for Bootmode Menu and select Normal.

meturne2 said:
With your Kindle plugged in and with KFU (even if it says it is offline), press 1 for Bootmode Menu and select Normal.
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I tried to do this. Got the message "kindle told to reload in normal mode". Kindle reloaded but the problem left.

Sounds like you may have to reload your drivers. Is the computer recognizing the Kindle at all. I had the problem when trying to load files to the SD card that it would not show up as a storage device. I unchecked USB debugging and it showed up. If you are trying to establish an ADB connection you may want to check your ADB setup.
Try cd C:\kindleadb
adb devices
This will tell you if your ADB connection is working.
Maybe this video will help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-H3epEHjo

meturne2 said:
Sounds like you may have to reload your drivers.
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I tried to reinstall drivers from Kindle Fire utility few times. No result. Is there any way to wipe them from system?
meturne2 said:
Is the computer recognizing the Kindle at all
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Unknown Device in device manager
meturne2 said:
Try cd C:\kindleadb
adb devices
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Gives empty output. I'm using adb bundled with Kindle Fire Utility

The same thing happened to me and I just deleted all the files that were associated with the ADB and KFU and reloaded everything. Before you do that you can go into device manager and pull up the properties for unknown device(kindle) go into update drivers and point to the file you downloaded when installing KFU.
I used this video to root mine and the part on installing the drivers works. Make sure you download the driver files attached to the video. Look under "show more" --Links in the video description.
Hope this is helping and not making you more confused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KapnjR89ICA

The problem solved. It was Windows drivers problem. I've got a USB-stick in another slot during all operations. When I removed it everything worked normally. My motherboard is Asus P5G41T-M.
Thanks to everybody who tried to help.

Kindle not recognized by PC
meturne2 said:
The same thing happened to me and I just deleted all the files that were associated with the ADB and KFU and reloaded everything. Before you do that you can go into device manager and pull up the properties for unknown device(kindle) go into update drivers and point to the file you downloaded when installing KFU.
I used this video to root mine and the part on installing the drivers works. Make sure you download the driver files attached to the video. Look under "show more" --Links in the video description.
Hope this is helping and not making you more confused.
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I have attempted several different fixes to get my rooted KF recognized by PCs running VISTA and XP to no avail. My KF is looping TWRP v2.0.0, so I have concluded. Yet if not PC can recognize it as a device...well, please give me your thoughts and suggestions.
Thx,
R
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Did you try again with the latest utility?? Coz it shd work..
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Here`s my suggestion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882565

[Q] HELP! Windows won't recognize rooted Kindle after restore attempt

Hi. I just got a Kindle Fire 6.3 that I rooted recently through instructions from this site. Worked like a charm. I then installed CM7 and decided that I didn't like it, so I removed it. I restored to the backup I made before installing CM7. It worked fine after that. To save space, I went into the root and deleted the backup and rom files that I didn't think I needed anymore. I called Amazon because I was having trouble streaming videos from the amazon video store. So... they told me to do a factory reset. Now it keeps booting into the TWRP menu and won't go any further. After this, my Windows PC also no longer recognizes my Kindle, ever after reinstalling drivers from the Kindle Fire utility. I have the Kindle 6.3 update, but I can transfer it to my Kindle's root since my PC can't see the Kindle. My PC makes the noise when I connect and disconnect the Kindle, but I can't access it. Any ideas? PLEASE HELP!!!

jespiritu said:
Hi. I just got a Kindle Fire 6.3 that I rooted recently through instructions from this site. Worked like a charm. I then installed CM7 and decided that I didn't like it, so I removed it. I restored to the backup I made before installing CM7. It worked fine after that. To save space, I went into the root and deleted the backup and rom files that I didn't think I needed anymore. I called Amazon because I was having trouble streaming videos from the amazon video store. So... they told me to do a factory reset. Now it keeps booting into the TWRP menu and won't go any further. After this, my Windows PC also no longer recognizes my Kindle, ever after reinstalling drivers from the Kindle Fire utility. I have the Kindle 6.3 update, but I can transfer it to my Kindle's root since my PC can't see the Kindle. My PC makes the noise when I connect and disconnect the Kindle, but I can't access it. Any ideas? PLEASE HELP!!!
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Its in a fast boot boot loop go into kfu and hook it up the press normal boot it will say waiting for devices then turn off the kindle wile connected by holding the power button then turn it on and it will connect during boot up
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DJLamontagneIII said:
Its in a fast boot boot loop go into kfu and hook it up the press normal boot it will say waiting for devices then turn off the kindle wile connected by holding the power button then turn it on and it will connect during boot up
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Even if the PC won't recognize the Kindle?

jespiritu said:
Even if the PC won't recognize the Kindle?
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Try it if not uninstall the drivers in device manager then reinstall
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Try going to where fast boot drivers are located ie. Sdk/tools etc. Open command print there and type "fastboot devices" (no speach marks).
See what you get.
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you need to mount your device as usb storage. its not in fastboot, its in recovery lol
adb devices should make it pop up. than adb idme bootmode 4000.
twrp is your issue, and will continue to cause issues like this for you and others!
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How do I mount the device as USB storage? Device is online with kfu, but the boot menu says "The system cannot find the drive specified." I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and nothing. Even when trying to reinstall twrp, it's stuck on activating fast boot (4002).

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How do I mount the device as USB storage? Device is online with kfu, but the boot menu says "The system cannot find the drive specified." I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and nothing. Even when trying to reinstall twrp, it's stuck on activating fast boot (4002).
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In twrp there is an option to mount storage
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Thanks, all! Mounting to storage worked. I just copied the kindle 6.3 zip update to the root and installed. Everything works fine now! Thanks again!

Can't connect to PC

Not sure exactly what I did but after my last rom update(i did a system wipe before updating) I have been unable to connect my KF to my PC as a storage device. I'm not sure if i need to try and wipe back to stock by downloading the stock software over WIFI and flash through TWRP or what. Any insight would be appreciated.

Go to storage and click on the three dots upper right select mtp or mass storage and enable USB debugging under development and try again

Nothing : / I'm running the last release of Glazed ICS if that helps at all. It won't mount under TWRP either.

not mounting under twrp... go to twrp select mount make sure there are no checks in the boxes of system and data, only cache and sd card need to have the boxes checked then select mount. when done safely eject then unmount

yeah, that's what i mean by won't mount in TWRP. Doesnt work. That's why i'm baffled.

yeah bigrob1712 I would move on to another rom myself
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if you still have trouble - boot to twrp
- test adb with "adb devices"
- open shell -> "adb shell"
- issue "echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file"
- now the sdcard should mount to the computer
- windows will probably respond that the volume/device needs formatted before using it
- choose quick format and let it format it as fat32 block size 4096
of course formatting you will loose all your data on your sdcard beware

well, my problem is a lil bit different.
Im using jandycane 1.7.1 now, i can connect my KF to PC with the cable, and the PC recognizes KF as mass storage, but the thing is the speed when i copy some music and movies from PC to KF. the speed is limited at about 1.2 MB/s that drives me crazy.
when i used the stock rom 6.3.1, with the same PC, KF and the cable, the speed was about 25MB/s.
any helps? thanks in advance.

I would move on to another rom maybe you will be happier with as far as transfer speed

i just wonder that's only me or it means to be like that?

i've realized its gotta be something with my computer or cord because i've realized my S2 won't connect either.

I'm having sorta the same problem here. It doesn't show as a removable storage device on my computer. I can transfer stuff to it with adb and I can mount it in TWRP but I don't want to have to use adb or restart the kindle every time I want to transfer files. Can anyone help?

did you try anything I suggested in this thread? as well what rom are you using? do you have usb debugging enabled ?

Thepooch said:
did you try anything I suggested in this thread? as well what rom are you using? do you have usb debugging enabled ?
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yes usb debugging was enabled. I was using cyanogenmod 9. maybe it didn't work because i was using the wrong mod (my computer kept recognizing it as a Google nexus). But i just tried the aokp kf edition and its working perfectly. Thanks

Download the KFU (Kindle fire utility). Once you do that, click on install_drivers.bat (with your kindle unplugged). Then try to connect to the computer.
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[Q] Failed ROM Flash - Kindle can't connect via usb

I apologize ahead but I have not been able to find a thread that addresses my problem.
Kindle Fire (1st gen)
Rooted with KFU, installed FFF, TWRP, Go Launcher and Gaaps. Worked perfectly.
Attempted to flash hashcode's JB ROM with Goo manager and made a mistake.
Attempted to boot to system and all that will show is the Rolling Triangles splash screen
continuously.
I can boot to TWRP.. I want to start over and flash the Amazon update 6.3.1 but my
Windows 7 PC cannot connect to the Kindle over usb. Fastboot seems to connect
(returns "Kindle" on fastboot getvar product) ADB does not show any devices attached.
I have deleted and reinstalled drivers - Windows does not recognize the Kindle.
Will a factory cable allow my PC to recognize my stuck Kindle?

Which version of twrp are you using?
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A factory cable will only put your device in fastboot. If you plug the kindle in while in recovery it should install the correct drivers. Try connecting to your computer and selecting mount and hit the big button to access your sdcard contents, where you can transfer a new rom zip to it. I wouldn`t attempt to flash stock unless you research prior many brick their devices and then a factory cable is needed. Did you wipe before flashing? If so how and what?

Also, do you have FireFireFire installed?

Thank you for your replies!
I have FFF installed
TWRP is 2.3
I did do a cache wipe and factory reset within TWRP
I did see this morning manofFishfry posting "[Q] I need help bad"
and it seems he was having a nearly identical problem with USB
connection.
I will attempt thepooch's recommendation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1850038
I will post any progress I make.
Many thanks
M

TWRP 2.3 is your issue if you do get ubuntu setup with Soupkit simply replace 2.3 with 2.2.2.1 and rewipe and reflash another rom.

Thepooch said:
TWRP 2.3 is your issue if you do get ubuntu setup with Soupkit simply replace 2.3 with 2.2.2.1 and rewipe and reflash another rom.
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Looks like I'm still stuck then - I've only got Win7 on my PC - unbuntu is WAY out of my league.
I'll try Zombiepiratez unbrick utility
M

It`s not that far out of your league. Use universal usb creator to make a live usb with persistent run soupkit on it reboot the usb Your in like flin If you want help I can help you at some point to get this done.

Thepooch said:
It`s not that far out of your league. Use universal usb creator to make a live usb with persistent run soupkit on it reboot the usb Your in like flin If you want help I can help you at some point to get this done.
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I removed the Kindle drivers from my Laptop PC and then connected my son's unrooted stock KF1. It was recognized, the drivers loaded, and I loaded the KFU drivers and updated them no problem. I ran KFU and got 4000 on the code.
I then plugged in my "stuck in TWRP/FFF/JB Splash Screen" rooted KF1 and the PC sees it as a removable memory device. It prompts me to load it with media when I double click on it. KFU can't find it. ADB can't find it. Fastboot can get "Kindle" from getvar product, but nothing else.
What can I do next?
Thanks!

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Micah461 said:
I removed the Kindle drivers from my Laptop PC and then connected my son's unrooted stock KF1. It was recognized, the drivers loaded, and I loaded the KFU drivers and updated them no problem. I ran KFU and got 4000 on the code.
I then plugged in my "stuck in TWRP/FFF/JB Splash Screen" rooted KF1 and the PC sees it as a removable memory device. It prompts me to load it with media when I double click on it. KFU can't find it. ADB can't find it. Fastboot can get "Kindle" from getvar product, but nothing else.
What can I do next?
Thanks!
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One new thing: I mounted the SD card using TWRP, then my Win 7 Laptop could connect to my Kindle via usb as an external drive. Win 7
then siad the drive needed reformatting. KFU still would not connect.

would the soupkit help in this situation? I had the same problem but figured out the whole mounting from TWRP and it worked for me

Micah461 said:
One new thing: I mounted the SD card using TWRP, then my Win 7 Laptop could connect to my Kindle via usb as an external drive. Win 7
then siad the drive needed reformatting. KFU still would not connect.
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Your sdcard issue and ADB issue are two completely unrelated things. The ADB issue is due to the way Windows handles drivers. Fix the driver problem or use SoupKit/Linux.
The sdcard issue is due to your sdcard losing its formatting somehow. You'll have to reformat (quick format, block size 4096) in order to use it again. You will lose all data on the sdcard BTW.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"

Huzzah! Success in spite of myself!
Many thanks to each of the experts that each gave me nuggets of info that eventually
unbricked my KF1.
I last posted that Win 7 would see my Kindle when I used TWRP to mount the SD card.
It prompted for me to "format the device" and feeling I had nothing to lose - selected
default settings and quick format.
This then opened a File Manager window giving me access to the SDcard folder on the KF1.
I had downloaded the Stock update from Amazon update-kindle-6.3.1_D01E_4107720.bin
On another thread - Soupmagnet had said to rename this BIN file to a ZIP - which I did.
I shortened the file name to update-kindle-6.3.1.zip.
I de-mounted the SDcard folder in TWRP.
I wiped the Dalvic and did a factory reset.
I navigated to the Install screen and it found the update file and installed it.
UNBRICKED!
Thanks again for the tireless help you guys give.
Micah461

[Q] Windows 7 sees kindle as removeable drive

I can't seem to find any other thread that has my specific problem. The facts........I have a kindle fire 1st gen that I rooted months ago. I've been experimenting with different roms for a while. Somehow I've got windows 7 seeing the kindle only as a removable drive. When I try to access it, it asks for a disk. It is listed twice in device manager. As an android phone, at the top of the tree and further down as portable drive F. If I go into devices and printers it is also listed but as Amazon Kindle Fire. Before this happened I did move a rom onto the kindle. I can wipe it, it formats Data and cache using make_ext4fs function. It reads successful after. When I flash the rom(Update-kindle-6.3.3), a bunch of error messages pop up starting with assert failed:getprop blaze 11. Then it says E:unknown command[err_string] I have tried most everything including uninstalling all drivers and reinstalling. I even reinstalled the SDK tools. MY feeling is I have to take care of this at the terminal but have no idea what commands to give it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

I just noticed something else. I have tried connecting the kindle to my computer by mounting USB. And I thought that it was doing that. However, after "mount USB", I went to the terminal and these error messages appeared........E:Storage partition '//twrp/backups/00000000000000' not found. Then there is a second error message E:Unable to locate volume information for USB storage mode.

Did you switch to otterx partitions?
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I didn't mess with the partitions. Not that I know of anyway. Just tried every option that twrp has. Mounting the usb used to work but now it doesn't show up on my computer as a storage drive. Just the removeable disk drive.

LenBum said:
I didn't mess with the partitions. Not that I know of anyway. Just tried every option that twrp has. Mounting the usb used to work but now it doesn't show up on my computer as a storage drive. Just the removeable disk drive.
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Twrp version?
Bootloader version?
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TWRP v2.6.3.1 Not sure where to find bootloader info. I see another error message E:Storage partition '//TWRP/Backups/000000000000' not found. This was displayed before a wipe was done. The wipe says successful.

I think I've done something that may not be correctable. At the terminal I typed parted to see what the response would be and it said "device not found" I went back and tried almost every folder and it came back with the same thing....................

You need twrp 2.2.2.1 to install stock rom
If you wiped storage, you wiped backup
For drivers use install.drivers.bat from Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9 they are the only reliable drivers for the kindle fire 1
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