I went to flash my father-in-law and mother-in-law's kindles to Cyanogenmod a couple days ago and have run into nothing but issues with the one. They both are identical Kindle Fire HD 8.9" tablets, bought around the same time. I downgraded both to a rootable version, then flashed 2nd Bootloader and TWRP. On the one it flashed fine, and I could flash a rom from TWRP and I'm a happy camper.
On the other, I've had issues. I can flash the 2nd Bootloader and TWRP but from TWRP I can't get any ROM to boot. I've tried flashing back to stock (which I can do successfully and stock runs fine). There's no errors occured when trying to flash the rom (tried a dozen or more versions of PacMan, Cyanogenmod, and the Amazon Stock one for TWRP). However, it never can make it past the Kindle Fire (in blue) screen. I've verified MD5 on every file flashed (both on device and on PC) and I've tried different cables and such.
Anyone have any ideas/tips?
Did you factory reset in twrp before flashing cm?
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I have Hashcode's latest kernel and rom. I have Twrp 2.0 plus fff 1.4. Hashcode's rom included Rom Manager which has CWMR in it but I can't install it because it says I have Kindle Fire. I was wondering if I even need it and if I do how do I install it?
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All you need is twrp and fff http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1651413
If you have twrp there is no need to installing cwmr. It does the same purpose. I tried installing both a few months ago. I got myself a brick in which I could not get back in to recovery. I did manage to fix it after a couple days. So only install one. I prefer twrp but CWM does the same thing.
You should consider updating the TWRP recovery currently on your device to version 2.1.1. It handles reboots correctly, so it won't leave you stuck in recovery mode like version 2.0.0.
If you are using a custom ROM, you can use smirkit to painlessly upgrade.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
Thank you Kinfauns , worked like a charm.
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Thanks Gregory99mar , nothing like experience .
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I have a bad feeling I know the answer to this already, but I'm gonna hold my breath and see.
Original Kinle Fire, rooted with TWRP. I installed stock 4.3 modded for the Kindle Fire, but when booting it showed half of the word "ANDROID" on the screen and just hung there. So I flashed the stock Kindle Fire rom (update,zip). Then immediately after flashing it, I thought, hey I didn't try wiping the cache before flashing 4.3. So I wiped the cache and flashed 4.3. Rebooted and it was still hung on the boot screen, but now I have no TWRP to recover from. The kindle stock rom killed root access and custom bootloader. I hooked it up to the Kindle Fire Utility and it shows offline. So no ADB, no custom recovery... Anyone know a super magic trick?
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Looks like I need a factory cable.
I have been going crazy for about a month trying to flash cm 10.1.3 on my kindle fire 2. First i rooted the kindle then i followed the steps here to get twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Since then i was not able to flash any roms or even go back to stock. I have tried KFfirstaid, http://n2aos.com/ recovery but I just get kindle error message. I reflash twrp and back to where i am now. I have twrp 2.6.3.1. If anyone could help that would be great.
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I have been going crazy for about a month trying to flash cm 10.1.3 on my kindle fire 2. First i rooted the kindle then i followed the steps here to get twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Since then i was not able to flash any roms or even go back to stock. I have tried KFfirstaid, http://n2aos.com/ recovery but I just get kindle error message. I reflash twrp and back to where i am now. I have twrp 2.6.3.1. If anyone could help that would be great.
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That error basically means that rom is incompatible with your device. I recommend grabbing a copy of cm11 not cm 10.1 and flashing it, it has way more bug fixes and improvements than the old cm 10.1 builds.
I tried slim rom and cm11 same issue flashing both. I was able to get back to stock think im going to wait a bit before i root and flash again.
You sure you are on a kindle fire 2 then? You can always go into fastboot and query "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and it will tell you the model's codename. Or just look for it in the build.prop on the system partition.
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Hi I installed CM10 for my kindle fire HD 8.9 some time ago by using TWRP 2.6.0.0. Do not think I kept the stock recovery at that time.
A few days I decided to update CM10 and chose one update CM11 rom shown in the setting
It is at that time I got into trouble of bootloop. The tablet continue to boot into TWRP 2.6.0.0
Then I managed to download CM11 or CM12 onto my PC and adb push them to the tablet and tried to install them in TWRP 2.6.0.0, but both failed
then i downloaded an amazon stock rom version 8.4.6 and adb push it to the tablet and this time it installed.
But apparently the stock rom is installed on the 2nd bootloader --- i saw the orange "kindle fire" sign first, then the blue one, and then the orange one again before amazon stock rom come up.
Now my question is that is there any way for me to get back to the original stock rom and get rid of the 2nd bootloader totally?
Just want to have a total fresh start and install CM11 or CM12 on this tablet.
thanks a lot.
hi this issue has been resolved. the solution is to update twrp from 2.6.0.0 to 2.8.70 and then the CM11 or CM12 will be installed.
I've been using the Fire HD 8.9 (Jem) with CM (a 2015 version of CM 12.1) with TWRP 2.7.0 without much of a problem. Yesterday, I flashed the latest CM12.1 nightly (20161216 version) using the same TWRP successfully. After the initial loading, I tried to factory reset the tablet. Once the pad restarted, it goes into the TWRP startup screen, and doesn't load the touch interface. The startup screen will flash every 5 seconds or so. I can't go back to normal boot either. Can anyone help? Thanks.
Have you fixed this yet?
If not, I'm not certain, but could be a mismatch between your older TWRP version and the most recent CM12.1 nightly. Can you actually use TWRP? Did you make a backup prior to installing the newest CM version (always imperative to do)? If so and TWRP works, simply wipe everything and reinstall your backup. Then first update TWRP (I'm using v 3.0.0) by multiple methods and try again. Does you computer still see your Kindle? If so, download a newer version of TWRP to your computer, transfer it to the Downloads folder of your "SD Card" on internal storage, and flash from there using TWRP. Try to keep plugged in so that battery stays in good shape.
If you can't use TWRP, you'll have use Fastboot to flash a newer TWRP version from your computer. Look for instructions on how to setup and then use Fastboot if you've never used this before. Some drivers that your computer may or may not have will be required. Good luck!
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Have you fixed this yet?
If not, I'm not certain, but could be a mismatch between your older TWRP version and the most recent CM12.1 nightly. Can you actually use TWRP? Did you make a backup prior to installing the newest CM version (always imperative to do)? If so and TWRP works, simply wipe everything and reinstall your backup. Then first update TWRP (I'm using v 3.0.0) by multiple methods and try again. Does you computer still see your Kindle? If so, download a newer version of TWRP to your computer, transfer it to the Downloads folder of your "SD Card" on internal storage, and flash from there using TWRP. Try to keep plugged in so that battery stays in good shape.
If you can't use TWRP, you'll have use Fastboot to flash a newer TWRP version from your computer. Look for instructions on how to setup and then use Fastboot if you've never used this before. Some drivers that your computer may or may not have will be required. Good luck!
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Can't use TWRP, fastboot don't work, tryed almost everything on this forum.
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I've been using the Fire HD 8.9 (Jem) with CM (a 2015 version of CM 12.1) with TWRP 2.7.0 without much of a problem. Yesterday, I flashed the latest CM12.1 nightly (20161216 version) using the same TWRP successfully. After the initial loading, I tried to factory reset the tablet. Once the pad restarted, it goes into the TWRP startup screen, and doesn't load the touch interface. The startup screen will flash every 5 seconds or so. I can't go back to normal boot either. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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I had the exact same problem but I got into fastboot mode by using this adb command
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
have you tried this yet?