[Q] Kindle Fire is not recognized by PC, even in TWRP - Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Okay, let's get this party started. I rooted my Gen1 Kindle Fire a few weeks ago and installed Cyanogenmod, CM11, I think. It worked pretty well. Kinda sluggish, but it's an old tablet so whatever. At one point or another, I had to turn the tablet off and restart it after a few days. And then it broke completely. Still not entirely sure why, but that's not why I'm here. Rebooted to Recovery, and the next five hours were filled with failed install attempts, factory resets, full wipes, and mounting. I stopped doing all of this and went to bed at about 1 AM, so it was all kind of a blur unless state-dependent memory kicks in tonight.
Flash forward to this morning, I get back to work on my Kindle Fire and find that, much to my dismay, I can't mount it. Not even in TWRP. I used to be able to, but now I can't. At first I thought it was the computer, so I went to another computer, and that one didn't work either. No biggie, I'll just use ADB to sideload an OS and then I'll be able to transfer files on there. I install the new OS and the Gapps, but it still won't connect. The next 12 hours at this point are spent googling and trying everything.
So now I'm here. I'd say it was because I damaged the USB port, or wasn't using the proper cord, but I've been using the same cord I always use, and every time I hook it up, it says it's installing drivers, but that installation eventually fails. When I go to Device Manager, The F drive under Portable Devices is usually missing, and the failed kindle driver is under Other Devices.
Now, I could just use ADB, but it's just kind of a pain and needlessly obtuse compared to simple drag and drop, and I'm a little worried at this point because, as previously stated, it won't even mount in TWRP.
If I weren't desperate, I wouldn't have made an account to beg and annoy you fine folks for help, but I've looked everywhere else and can't seem to find anything.
Thanks in advance.

Which bootloader? Have you tried Fastboot commands?
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sd_shadow said:
Which bootloader? Have you tried Fastboot commands?
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Well, I believe I'm using FireFireFire, but what fastboot commands would I be looking for, exactly?

Imasargent said:
Well, I believe I'm using FireFireFire, but what fastboot commands would I be looking for, exactly?
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Some people worked very hard to prepare guidance material for beginners like you. So you just have to allot your time and attention reading that.
I am sure this post might help you to deal with kindle drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23747671

Imasargent said:
Well, I believe I'm using FireFireFire, but what fastboot commands would I be looking for, exactly?
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Fastboot devices
Fastboot reboot
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[Q] Kindle with no OS

I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.
have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I thought I already tried that but I went back and fiddle with a few settings and got access to my kindle, I went looking for the kindle 6.2.2 stock rom and couldn't find a download, I need to find a stock download because brother plans on selling this kindle, I'm only helping because I was the one who rooted and put android 4.0 on there.
TLR; Where can I get kindle fire stock rom at?
One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072
Bacondroid said:
One does not simply delete an entire OS.... ;~;
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Lol one does simply delete an entire is. I made this same mistake and had to push a is to my kindle while in fastboot mode through adb. Took awhile for me to think of it but it finnally worked and I fixed it.
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OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device
threed42 said:
OK, My command prompt can't find my kindle fire as listed devices. I really need help! Plus, there is no exclamation point (!) all it lists is the Android ADB thing. How do I get it to find the device
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This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555
soupmagnet said:
This has literally nothing to do with the topic you posted in. Take a step back and do a little research before posting. You'll much likely be better off if you know what's going on.
I suggest you start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25884555
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I mean, I got there, but there is no OS installed on my kindle fire
Okay, I realize I tend to come off a little "jerky" sometimes, but I really am trying to help. When you hijack a thread that's several months old and post a problem that seemingly has nothing to do with the OP, only to later reveal that there is much more to your problem (even after being suggested to do it differently), it makes other people that would normally be willing to help, think twice about getting involved. Nobody wants to have to ask 50 different questions to get to the root of the problem. You need to realize that the people who would help, probably don't want to do more work than absolutely necessary. And you should be respectful of that if you want some quality assistance from the people who might be able to solve your problem.
So once again, and respectfully, I suggest you click on the link I gave you, read it, do any suggested research and follow the directions given in the post.
Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.
jgrun8732 said:
Hey I'm having the same problem. I tried to root my kinble fire and accidentilly wiped the stockos off it but I have TWRP on the device, however I am not able to mount the device using twrp to put a ROM on the device to boot to. Any help getting the device to be recognized by the computer and mounting it would be a great help and any other info about installing a ROM to my kindle would also be a big help.
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[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?
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[Edit:] Have you looked into SoupKit?
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I actually figured everything out about 2 hours after my post. In order to get the Kindle recognized by my pc I had to change it over to USB composite device then I was able to load a ROM on it and I am now enjoying jelly bean 4.1 on the kindle now. I have not been able to restore the kindle os but I am assuming that if I look long enough for the kernal and firmware I will be able to restore it. Not that I have any plans to seeing as I have a dedicated android tablet now that does everything I want it and need to do anyways, I read on the kindle for like 3 months when it first came out, not worried about reading on it any more besides there's an app for it. Anyways thanks for the reply.
Hi, sorry if it is bad manners to post in threats months old but I am also having a similar problem with my kindle fire.
Today I spent hours rooting it and trying to get the google play store to work on it - all in a dangerously haphazard manner. It was really reckless of me.
Somewhere in the process I used KFU 0.9.9 after restoring to stock and re-rooting, then after a reboot the OS would't show up. it seemed like it loaded and everything but I couldn't see anything after it loaded past TWRP. I wiped system, and now am without an OS and only TWRP to use.
Some details:
Mounting works
Flashing stock is NOT WORKING. This is my main problem. I don't know any other method of restoring an OS; I do not know how sideloading with ADB works, or if that would help at all.
Much apologies in advanced for my juvenile-ty
thanks
DJLamontagneIII said:
have you tried mounting your kindle in twrp if you can then just flash a new ROM and you should be good to go
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I count believe I was forgetting to mount Thanks
I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
thanks
iamchaos said:
I know this thread is old and i apologize if this is the wrong place for me to post.
I'm in a similar situation, no os can access twrp and mount but my computer wants me to format. What can I do at this point?
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figured it out formatted and was able to load rom and flash.
Thanks
No idea What I need to do
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.
Csnoopy35 said:
I have a kindle fire with no OS, it has TWRP recovery and I was trying to wipe android 4.0 from it and re install 6.2.2 but I accidentally deleted the OS and any hope of re installing it. I cannot communicate with the device whatsoever using kindle utility or Kindle fire unbricker. I played with the drivers for awhile in device manager to no avail. it currently sits in 'Disk Drives' as Amazon Kindle USB device but I cannot put anything on it because it it's showing up as a proper driver or w/e. when I turn it on I get what I believe is the firefirefire triangle and if I choose to I can access TWRP, but when I left it fully boot I get a black lighting. Any help is extremely appreciate. I did look around for a bit before posting my question and found nothing that fit my problem but if there is such a thread I'm sorry I posted an unnecessary one.
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it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
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I have the newest version I think?
sd_shadow said:
it's not broken, you have twrp,
don't use kfu or unbricker
what version of twrp?
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[Q] Kindle Fire 2 completely bricked after flashing wrong bootloader.

Hi. So the other day I installed TWRP on my Kindle Fire successfully. The KF was at 10.2.6, I'm not sure if that means it's a Kindle Fire 2 or not. Anyways, when I went to flash FFF, I stupidly flashed the .zip as a bootloader, thus making my Kindle Fire completely unusable. When I press the power button, nothing at all happens. Nothing I do will make the screen turn on or the power button to flash in any way. I've tried using Firekit with usbboot and the shorting trick, but that hasn't worked for me. (I just installed stock Ubuntu to a flash drive with the fk file on root, I'm fairly certain that's all that needed to be done?)
Anyways, my Kindle is unresponsove, and the usbboot trick has yet to work for me. I really want to save this guy. I've heard the KF cannot be completely bricked through software/flashing. I hope it's true! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
if that is your software version then yes you have kindle fire 2, i'd wait for someone with more experience on here to post, but it sounds to me like you are going to need a factory cable
chris_m128 said:
if that is your software version then yes you have kindle fire 2, i'd wait for someone with more experience on here to post, but it sounds to me like you are going to need a factory cable
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Thanks fro replying. I'm pretty sure a factory cable only puts it into fastboot if you have a working bootloader. I don't, so I don't think it would work.
I remember an instance where a friend of mine had a broken bootloader, and we used a factory cable to restore it, this was on the kindle fire. we had to first reflash the bootloader. I hope this is possible here.
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but you'll have to ask someone with more experience than me sorry.
jophish said:
Hi. So the other day I installed TWRP on my Kindle Fire successfully. The KF was at 10.2.6, I'm not sure if that means it's a Kindle Fire 2 or not. Anyways, when I went to flash FFF, I stupidly flashed the .zip as a bootloader, thus making my Kindle Fire completely unusable. When I press the power button, nothing at all happens. Nothing I do will make the screen turn on or the power button to flash in any way. I've tried using Firekit with usbboot and the shorting trick, but that hasn't worked for me.
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I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
From there you would probably have to push one of the 10.1 ROMs on, or the 10.2.6 recovery image, and then start again.
This seems to be happening a lot, and could be avoided if people read a bit more before using the wrong tools.
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chronicfathead said:
I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
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Howdy. I just fashioned a factory cable, just jumping +5V to pin 4, right? It seems to be doing absolutely nothing. No lights or anything are turning on. The freedom boot just spits out "error: device not found" and hangs on "Pushing Stack". Again, I was under the impression that the factory cable only made it boot in fastboot if you already have a working bootloader. I'll try loading into Ubuntu and see what it says in terminal. Thanks
EDIT: So, when I type adb devices into terminal, I get:
The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
You will have to enable the component called 'universe'
Could this have been my problem to begin with?
EDIT 2: Well, I installed ADB. There are no devices found when I enter that command, and the shorting trick with still doesn't work. Ugh.
jophish said:
Howdy. I just fashioned a factory cable, just jumping +5V to pin 4, right? It seems to be doing absolutely nothing. No lights or anything are turning on. The freedom boot just spits out "error: device not found" and hangs on "Pushing Stack". Again, I was under the impression that the factory cable only made it boot in fastboot if you already have a working bootloader. I'll try loading into Ubuntu and see what it says in terminal. Thanks
EDIT: So, when I type adb devices into terminal, I get:
The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
You will have to enable the component called 'universe'
Could this have been my problem to begin with?
EDIT 2: Well, I installed ADB. There are no devices found when I enter that command, and the shorting trick with still doesn't work. Ugh.
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Leave your Kindle plugged in for an hour using the normal cable, as it may be totally flat.
The attached diagram shows what pins need joining. If you can, make sure none of the other pins are shorting.
Hold the power button for 20 seconds, plug in your fastboot cable, power on the Kindle.
You should see some traffic lights on the screen.
If you can get fastboot enabled, you should be able to push the correct partitions back on using the partitions from the factory restore image, your backup files or from the recovery thread. Hope you get it running.
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chronicfathead said:
Leave your Kindle plugged in for an hour using the normal cable, as it may be totally flat.
The attached diagram shows what pins need joining. If you can, make sure none of the other pins are shorting.
Hold the power button for 20 seconds, plug in your fastboot cable, power on the Kindle.
You should see some traffic lights on the screen.
If you can get fastboot enabled, you should be able to push the correct partitions back on using the partitions from the factory restore image, your backup files or from the recovery thread. Hope you get it running.
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I tried the fastboot cable out on a working Kindle Fire, and it worked correctly, so I did wire it right. I did as you said, holding the power button down and then plugging in the cable, and nothing happens still on the KF2. I have access to the insides, should I unplug the battery? It should be around 85% charged. Thanks again.
Edit: BIG NEWS~ Not really. When I plug the Kindle Fire with the fastboot cable into Windows, it appears under Device Manager as "Unknown Device" with a yellow triangle, but nothing shows up on the Kindle, no lights or anything. Hmph.
jophish said:
I tried the fastboot cable out on a working Kindle Fire, and it worked correctly, so I did wire it right. I did as you said, holding the power button down and then plugging in the cable, and nothing happens still on the KF2. I have access to the insides, should I unplug the battery? It should be around 85% charged. Thanks again.
Edit: BIG NEWS~ Not really. When I plug the Kindle Fire with the fastboot cable into Windows, it appears under Device Manager as "Unknown Device" with a yellow triangle, but nothing shows up on the Kindle, no lights or anything. Hmph.
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You could have tried sending it back to Amazon, but you say you have opened it.
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chronicfathead said:
You could have tried sending it back to Amazon, but you say you have opened it.
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Urgh. I closed it up. Is there any way they'd know if I'd opened it?
I'm in exactly the same boat as you, also flashed FFF (by accident) on my device. Haven't been able to fix it yet but I do have a factory cable. Also did the USB trick, but that didn't have an effect either.
chronicfathead said:
I think you need a Factory cable to recover.
If you connect the Kindle to the PC and try adb devices in a terminal window, what do you see?
From the software version, you have KF2, as such you need to use the tools and ROMs from the KF2 threads. You could try to use the one click freedom boot and TWRP installer, to see if you can get that on.
From there you would probably have to push one of the 10.1 ROMs on, or the 10.2.6 recovery image, and then start again.
This seems to be happening a lot, and could be avoided if people read a bit more before using the wrong tools.
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In my case, I did by accident because it wasn't clear to me which KF generation I had (I've bricked mine just after christmas). These forums were not really clear either, I had a Kindle Fire so I just looked for a KF guide. After I bricked it I found out my device was a second generation Kindle Fire.
plinders said:
I'm in exactly the same boat as you, also flashed FFF (by accident) on my device. Haven't been able to fix it yet but I do have a factory cable. Also did the USB trick, but that didn't have an effect either.
In my case, I did by accident because it wasn't clear to me which KF generation I had (I've bricked mine just after christmas). These forums were not really clear either, I had a Kindle Fire so I just looked for a KF guide. After I bricked it I found out my device was a second generation Kindle Fire.
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Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
Same Here..
I was thinking that all kindle fire are the same... installed fire fire fire using KFU and device got bricked....!
Hope someone here could help us get our devices up and running again...
yudanjah said:
Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
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Nothing whatsoever.
I can't really send it back to Amazon, because of two reasons:
1) I already opened up the back
2) It was gifted to me from the US, and there is no Dutch Amazon, so I'd have to send the device back to the person who gifted to me, that person has to mail it to Amazon from there, and the replacement device has to come back the same way (via that person). That's not a situation I'd like to put that person in.
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Urgh. I closed it up. Is there any way they'd know if I'd opened it?
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I am sure they can figure it out. Can you boot into TWRP?
If so, you can still recover...
Dame problem
plinders said:
Nothing whatsoever.
I can't really send it back to Amazon, because of two reasons:
1) I already opened up the back
2) It was gifted to me from the US, and there is no Dutch Amazon, so I'd have to send the device back to the person who gifted to me, that person has to mail it to Amazon from there, and the replacement device has to come back the same way (via that person). That's not a situation I'd like to put that person in.
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Same problem dude, did you fix it?
i.robert said:
Same problem dude, did you fix it?
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Not yet I'm afraid. Everything I tried so far hasn't worked.
yudanjah said:
Hi, to clarify: you cannot boot into TWRP? No logos at boot at all? No boot?
I would send it back to Amazon...
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No, Absolutely nothing. I really would like to get this working.
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No, Absolutely nothing. I really would like to get this working.
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same here we need a new firekit for the kf2
Help..
any updates on the fix? I hope someone out there could help us revive our bricked kindle fire 2... :angel:
kindle fire 2
flashed wrong bootloader (fff)
no power
no lights
no adb
shorting trick is not working for me :crying:

Stuck in the orange boot loop and can't access ADB, TWRP or USB etc.

Now I'm in an even worse position to further prove my dopeyness. :crying: I installed CM10 and GAPPs in the root of my KF2. Went to do the wipes as instructed and then I couldn't get those files or access my KF2 via ADB or USB and I was stuck in TWRP with no OS. I couldn't do a sideload ADB through TWRP or Terminal Emulator since they couldn't find the device. FYI I successfully installed the drivers by restarting my Win8 computer and going through without signing drivers, but the device still wouldn't show up anywhere.
After that nightmare, I shut my KF2 down to do some work and then when I started it back up again, I was stuck in the dreaded orange Kindle Fire bootloop and I can't get into TWRP, ADB or anything else.
Any thoughts?
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KFU?
Do you have a Kindle Fire 2 (this is the kf2 forum)? KFU only works on the KF1.
Time to start reading. Too many people doing things like this lately..
Don't use ANYTHING made for the KF1 on the KF2!
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mindmajick said:
KFU?
Do you have a Kindle Fire 2 (this is the kf2 forum)? KFU only works on the KF1.
Time to start reading. Too many people doing things like this lately..
Don't use ANYTHING made for the KF1 on the KF2!
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Sent from my Kindle Fire 2, CM 10.1
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Thanks!! I didn't realize. I also could swear that a KF2 thread lead me to KFU. Either way, what's the best method to get TWRP on my KF2. I love Jelly Beans. BTW I was able to install GAPPs with KFU without a problem. I just can't get a recovery on it.
I'm a dope. I installed the TweezerMod.apk and I have TWRP.
Thanks again for showing me the light. :good:
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jjdavola said:
I'm a dope. I installed the TweezerMod.apk and I have TWRP.
Thanks again for showing me the light. :good:
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Lol. Glad to help. I was going to point you there next.
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Now I'm in an even worse position to further prove my dopeyness. :crying: I installed CM10 and GAPPs in the root of my KF2. Went to do the wipes as instructed and then I couldn't get those files or access my KF2 via ADB or USB and I was stuck in TWRP with no OS. I couldn't do a sideload ADB through TWRP or Terminal Emulator since they couldn't find the device. FYI I successfully installed the drivers by restarting my Win8 computer and going through without signing drivers, but the device still wouldn't show up anywhere.
After that nightmare, I shut my KF2 down to do some work and then when I started it back up again, I was stuck in the dreaded orange Kindle Fire bootloop and I can't get into TWRP, ADB or anything else.
Any thoughts?
I change the OP accordingly.
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jjdavola said:
Now I'm in an even worse position to further prove my dopeyness. :crying: I installed CM10 and GAPPs in the root of my KF2. Went to do the wipes as instructed and then I couldn't get those files or access my KF2 via ADB or USB and I was stuck in TWRP with no OS. I couldn't do a sideload ADB through TWRP or Terminal Emulator since they couldn't find the device. FYI I successfully installed the drivers by restarting my Win8 computer and going through without signing drivers, but the device still wouldn't show up anywhere.
After that nightmare, I shut my KF2 down to do some work and then when I started it back up again, I was stuck in the dreaded orange Kindle Fire bootloop and I can't get into TWRP, ADB or anything else.
Any thoughts?
I change the OP accordingly.
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Yes. If you don't have a fastboot cable.. Get one. You'll need it to restore back to stock.
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mindmajick said:
Yes. If you don't have a fastboot cable.. Get one. You'll need it to restore back to stock.
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I actually have two of the OEM cables. What do I need to do with them?
Thanks again!
jjdavola said:
I actually have two of the OEM cables. What do I need to do with them?
Thanks again!
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Its a fast boot cable? Dude- you need to read like EVERYTHING in the dev section here. There is a thread on recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047
And here is a tool that can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
And PLEASE.. once you have recovered your device READ everything in the kf2 and kfhd forums. Use the xda app if that's easier, but read it all. I promise it'll help.
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mindmajick said:
Its a fast boot cable? Dude- you need to read like EVERYTHING in the dev section here. There is a thread on recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047
And here is a tool that can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
And PLEASE.. once you have recovered your device READ everything in the kf2 and kfhd forums. Use the xda app if that's easier, but read it all. I promise it'll help.
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The original cables that came with the KF2 are not the same as fastboot cables? I thought I read that.
jjdavola said:
The original cables that came with the KF2 are not the same as fastboot cables? I thought I read that.
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No. They are not.
Here is a legitimate source with fast shipping:
http://mobility.forumsee.com/a/m/s/p12-9168-063526--the-best-kindle-fire-factory-cable-period.html
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mindmajick said:
No. They are not.
Here is a legitimate source with fast shipping:
http://mobility.forumsee.com/a/m/s/p12-9168-063526--the-best-kindle-fire-factory-cable-period.html
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Thanks. I guess I'll order one.
Before I do that, is there anything else that can be done without getting the cable? Believe me, I searched and read everything I could find on the problem, but since I can't get into ADB or TWRP due to the lovely bootloop (and no OS), my options look very limited.
The super sad part is my KF2 was working great for around 1/2 hour, but I got greedy and wanted JB.
BTW if it might be my only hope, is there an easy way to disable Android SDK as pointed out in the First Aide thread since uninstalling seems like a pain?
Thanks again!
jjdavola said:
Thanks. I guess I'll order one.
Before I do that, is there anything else that can be done without getting the cable? Believe me, I searched and read everything I could find on the problem, but since I can't get into ADB or TWRP due to the lovely bootloop (and no OS), my options look very limited.
The super sad part is my KF2 was working great for around 1/2 hour, but I got greedy and wanted JB.
BTW if it might be my only hope, is there an easy way to disable Android SDK as pointed out in the First Aide thread since uninstalling seems like a pain?
Thanks again!
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Your only choice left is to get the fastboot cable. No Adb, recovery OR ROM....
Not sure why you need to disable the SDK or what to do, since I've never used it on windows. I just use the files I need (adb and fastboot) and installed the drivers specific to this device. I've only used the SDK on Linux
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Your only choice left is to get the fastboot cable. No Adb, recovery OR ROM....
Not sure why you need to disable the SDK or what to do, since I've never used it on windows. I just use the files I need (adb and fastboot) and installed the drivers specific to this device. I've only used the SDK on Linux
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Thanks. I figured, but I could dream. To quote the First Aide link you provided:
To keep your Kindle safe, we have integrated this feature into our software, You do not need any command line knowledge, just as simple as 1, 2, and 3.
Prerequisites for the Recover Options:
1. Install The Latest Version Of Java SE: Java SE Development Kit 7u13
2. Android SDK Must Be Disabled Or Removed
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So are you saying I don't need to do that?
Thanks again for your help and patience. I really appreciate it.
jjdavola said:
Thanks. I figured, but I could dream. To quote the First Aide link you provided:
So are you saying I don't need to do that?
Thanks again for your help and patience. I really appreciate it.
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I don't know. Ask in the thread. The OP likes to help and communicates way more clearly than me. I'm sure he can tell you how to disable or remove it.
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[Q] Kindle fire wont work I cant install twrp no OS just Stuck at Kindle Fire Logo

The only thing I can do is get the device status to go online. It's recognizable on my computer devices. But I can't open it. Only right click. Iv tried fast boot. Iv tried installing twrp manually. But I always get stuck at waiting for device. When the Kindle reboots reconnects and disconnects and then reconnects. But all I see is the kindle fire logo. It can sit there for hours like that. Iv tried Soupkit. But that didn't work because it said the device was offline even it actually wasn't. Iv tried everything unless someone has an idea. It has no OS to boot to. So thats the reason. It must be. I void the warranty obviously by rooting. But I'm not here for admitting I did a stupid move of actually rooting when you dont know what your doing. If someone can leave a suggestion. I'd appreciate the suggestion. thanks
nobleman221 said:
The only thing I can do is get the device status to go online. It's recognizable on my computer devices. But I can't open it. Only right click. Iv tried fast boot. Iv tried installing twrp manually. But I always get stuck at waiting for device. When the Kindle reboots reconnects and disconnects and then reconnects. But all I see is the kindle fire logo. It can sit there for hours like that. Iv tried Soupkit. But that didn't work because it said the device was offline even it actually wasn't. Iv tried everything unless someone has an idea. It has no OS to boot to. So thats the reason. It must be. I void the warranty obviously by rooting. But I'm not here for admitting I did a stupid move of actually rooting when you dont know what your doing. If someone can leave a suggestion. I'd appreciate the suggestion. thanks
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Does your Kindle Fire logo stay brightly lit or at any point does it flash and/or go dim?
soupmagnet said:
Does your Kindle Fire logo stay brightly lit or at any point does it flash and/or go dim?
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brightly lit
nobleman221 said:
brightly lit
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Okay, are you using a Linux VM, LiveUSB or full normal Linux install on your PC?
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Okay, are you using a Linux VM, LiveUSB or full normal Linux install on your PC?
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full normal linux, Ubuntu 12.10`
nobleman221 said:
full normal linux, Ubuntu 12.10`
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Are you using a USB 3.0 port?
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Are you using a USB 3.0 port?
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Noob question how do you tell
nobleman221 said:
Noob question how do you tell
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How old is your computer?
In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.
nobleman221 said:
Noob question how do you tell
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If you have to ask then 99% likely you don't have one.
If you bought your computer in the last 6 months then maybe.
soupmagnet said:
How old is your computer?
In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.
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Acer Aspire 5742. 3 years old.
nobleman221 said:
Acer Aspire 5742. 3 years old.
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Nope. No way to possibly have a USB 3 port on that.
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Nope. No way to possibly have a USB 3 port on that.
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So Is my kindle gone for good?
nobleman221 said:
So Is my kindle gone for good?
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No. Did you follow the instructions I gave you previously?
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In the SoupKit Utility, choose the option to install FireFireFire, whether it says online or not, and follow the instructions to see if that get's you anywhere.
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Ok, Im able to get the ADB device status to online in Soupkit. But where do I a start from exactly. do i got to bootmenu or what.
nobleman221 said:
Ok, Im able to get the ADB device status to online in Soupkit. But where do I a start from exactly. do i got to bootmenu or what.
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Install menu > install TWRP...or COTR...your choice.
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The kindle status is online. Should the kindle be off or not. Also when I run twrp install on the terminal. Its running nothing but words. How long does this take. Also do I need WiFi while doing this.
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nobleman221 said:
The kindle status is online. Should the kindle be off or not. Also when I run twrp install on the terminal. Its running nothing but words. How long does this take. Also do I need WiFi while doing this.
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"It's running nothing but words." Hmm...interesting.
You have to understand that I cannot see your device and I definitely can't see these "words" you're talking about. I have no idea what you've done and you still haven't told me whether you understood the instructions I gave you to install FFF or whether or not you succeeded in doing so. So unless you are able to provide me some usable information, we're just going to go around in circles here.
Aside from that, ADB is not going to do you any good until you get TWRP installed. You won't get TWRP installed until you follow the instructions I gave you to get FireFireFire installed. In case you missed it...for the second time...I'll try to explain it a little better.
If you had read the SoupKit thread, you would find that the stock bootloader doesn't work like it should in regards to accepting fastboot commands. The command "fastboot devices" doesn't work, so the SoupKit, will always say "Device Offline". Other fastboot commands will work, but you have to enter the command, turn the device off (hold power button for 10 seconds), then turn it back on. I also explained in the SoupKit thread (and here...twice), that if you have the stock bootloader installed and you get "Device Offline", to choose an option anyway and follow the instructions it gives you (which will be to turn the device off, then back on, etc).
Now, considering you have not given me any information regarding the success or failure of those instructions, I'll have to assume you either didn't read or you didn't understand them. That being said, let's go back and try it again.
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"It's running nothing but words." Hmm...interesting.
You have to understand that I cannot see your device and I definitely can't see these "words" you're talking about. I have no idea what you've done and you still haven't told me whether you understood the instructions I gave you to install FFF or whether or not you succeeded in doing so. So unless you are able to provide me some usable information, we're just going to go around in circles here.
Aside from that, ADB is not going to do you any good until you get TWRP installed. You won't get TWRP installed until you follow the instructions I gave you to get FireFireFire installed. In case you missed it...for the second time...I'll try to explain it a little better.
If you had read the SoupKit thread, you would find that the stock bootloader doesn't work like it should in regards to accepting fastboot commands. The command "fastboot devices" doesn't work, so the SoupKit, will always say "Device Offline". Other fastboot commands will work, but you have to enter the command, turn the device off (hold power button for 10 seconds), then turn it back on. I also explained in the SoupKit thread (and here...twice), that if you have the stock bootloader installed and you get "Device Offline", to choose an option anyway and follow the instructions it gives you (which will be to turn the device off, then back on, etc).
Now, considering you have not given me any information regarding the success or failure of those instructions, I'll have to assume you either didn't read or you didn't understand them. That being said, let's go back and try it again.
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i did read the instructions. But the terminal runs a bunch of commands rapidly so fast I cant read it. I have my WiFi turned on and when I enter the command to install TWRP the terminal window just runs and that's the end of it, it runs in an endless loop jumbled words. My Kindle fire connects making 3 connect/disconnect sounds when plugged in my computer. And Still is stuck at the boot logo with no signs of change.
nobleman221 said:
i did read the instructions. But the terminal runs a bunch of commands rapidly so fast I cant read it. I have my WiFi turned on and when I enter the command to install TWRP the terminal window just runs and that's the end of it, it runs in an endless loop jumbled words. My Kindle fire connects making 3 connect/disconnect sounds when plugged in my computer. And Still is stuck at the boot logo with no signs of change.
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You can scroll up through the terminal to get the outputs of the previous commands. Regardless, if you ran the option to install FireFireFire, it would sit at "waiting for device" until you shut the device down and turn it back on.
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You can scroll up through the terminal to get the outputs of the previous commands. Regardless, if you ran the option to install FireFireFire, it would sit at "waiting for device" until you shut the device down and turn it back on.
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"Your shell is either missing or corrupt shell making it impossible to change from the inside of the system your \nshell must be installed properly before you can proceed any further, the only way to do this is firefirefire." Is what was being spammed in the terminal. I couldent copy and paste the the thing because everytime I clicked inside the terminal the instructions dissappeared.

Stuck in Reboot Cycle on 6.3.3

I think I'm out of luck with this one, but hopefully someone can guide me a bit more and get me out of this mess. Long story short, I had cyanogen running on my original Kindle Fire. Decided to go back to stock to trade it in. It is currently running 6.3.3. However, I ended up leaving TWRP without doing a factory reset / wiping cache / etc. Now my Fire is stuck in a reboot loop where it boots and seems to work fine, but then it starts giving me errors about the kindle keyboard has stopped, acore has stopped, calendar storage has stopped and then it reboots. I've tried just about everything I've seen on these boards to get it working again, but I run into a wall regardless of which method I try.
I've tried quickly navigating to the settings and trying a factory reset around 100 times without any success.
I've tried using adb to factory reset without success.
I've tried using the kindle fire utility to grant root but it reboots too quickly to finish the script.
I have a fastboot cable and have followed many of the guides on this forum and nothing seems to be working.
I'm sure I'm missing some other stuff I've done, but my brain is just mush at this point with everything.
KFU does not root 6.3.3
KFU can't flash twrp/fff on 6.3.3
How to flash twrp and firefirefire with a Fastboot cable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53652317&postcount=2
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I'm pretty sure I've followed that guide before and it wouldn't let me perform the flash. I don't know what is wrong now though. The factory cable is not even forcing it into fastboot at this point.
low battery?
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sd_shadow said:
low battery?
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Seems to be around 75%. I'll try on another PC in the house to double check.
ZeroCoin said:
Seems to be around 75%. I'll try on another PC in the house to double check.
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No luck on a different PC. Not sure what could have happened as I'm positive the cable was working before.
ZeroCoin said:
I'm pretty sure I've followed that guide before and it wouldn't let me perform the flash. I don't know what is wrong now though. The factory cable is not even forcing it into fastboot at this point.
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What worked for me was getting to TWRP and then ADB side loading the correct bootloader, TWRP, ROM & Gapps. Not 100% sure if it would work in your situation, but may be worth a try. Someone smarter than me will have to tell you of this is a bad idea, since I may have just gotten lucky...

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