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I falshed the wrong bootloader to my KF. Now it won't power up with no backlight, no kindle fire logo and no led on the power button. What should I do? Do I have to pry the back cover and use the Firekit LiveUSB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038)? Will a factory cable fix this? It seems that a correct bootloader is needed to use fastboot so factory cables will not work.
What should I do now?
UPDATE: I solved this issue using the Firekit found here and a post about usb boot in here. I tried several times until I finally succeeded. I do not unbrick it using Firekit because it seemed not to work on my computer, just showing "waiting for OMAP44xx device..".In the end I use
Code:
./usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin; ./fastboot boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
found in the other post. And I succeed. I summarized several points. Hopefully, these may help others unbrick their Kindle Fire like me.
To pry KF's back case open, you can use the method found here in iFixit. I do not have those tools as they do but I just use small flat-head screwdriver and one credit card to open it. Be careful when dealing with the clips, because they are easy to break (I broke two of them...).
To short the contact point, you can find the exact position in the picture (the red arrow shows the position) in end of my post or here.
I use a small knife to short it but practically anything is OK if they can conduct electricity just like other posts say. I use the knife to touch the point and the frame of the CPU (as the gray frame shows in the attachment).
After I managed to boot my Kindle into TWRP, I flash the stock ROM but when I choose to reboot, it just shutdown and I cannot power it up. But after I put the back case back, it seems that everything went on well and it is working again!
Thanks to all the people helping me. You really teach me a lot. This unbricking experience us really interesting and I believe I will learn even more from all the people on xda.
Firekit, imho.
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Firekit
Thepooch said:
Starting thread after thread isn't going to get it fixed faster either use fire kit or get a factory cable and you flashed the right bootloader incorrectly any bootloader for the kindle will work if you follow instructions
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Fyi, factory cable will not fix a bad bootloader flash. Needs firekit or some variation of USBboot.
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Thanks
Hashcode said:
Fyi, factory cable will not fix a bad bootloader flash. Needs firekit or some variation of USBboot.
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Thanks, Hashcode! Using your method, I manage to unbrick my Kindle!!
freefaling said:
Firekit, imho.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using XDA
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Thank you, freefaling! Using Firekit, I saved the Kindle Fire. Thank you so much!
g0og1e said:
I falshed the wrong bootloader to my KF. Now it won't power up with no backlight, no kindle fire logo and no led on the power button. What should I do? Do I have to pry the back cover and use the Firekit LiveUSB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038)? Will a factory cable fix this? It seems that a correct bootloader is needed to use fastboot so factory cables will not work.
What should I do now?
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Out of curiosity, what boot loader did you install, and how did you install the wrong one?
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pbailey212 said:
Out of curiosity, what boot loader did you install, and how did you install the wrong one?
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I use this command "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot-firefirefire-1.2.zip". I should have used "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin" where the u-boot.bin file is extracted from u-boot-firefirefire-1.2.zip. I was confused at that time and now I am clear. When I flash the bootloader using Recovery, I should flash the zip file but if I use fastboot, I should flash the bin file. Hope this may be useful to some newbies like me.
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My Kindle Fire is dead. I tried with the factory cable, with KFU, with firekit, with your method, opening the case with and without the short.
Is in a coma, black screen, no charging led lights, W7 doesnt recognize it, Ubuntu 12.04 doesnt work.
Can you help me?
Thank you.
franciscoruiz said:
My Kindle Fire is dead. I tried with the factory cable, with KFU, with firekit, with your method, opening the case with and without the short.
Is in a coma, black screen, no charging led lights, W7 doesnt recognize it, Ubuntu 12.04 doesnt work.
Can you help me?
Thank you.
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Can you give specific details as to what happened to land your kf in that state?
franciscoruiz said:
My Kindle Fire is dead. I tried with the factory cable, with KFU, with firekit, with your method, opening the case with and without the short.
Is in a coma, black screen, no charging led lights, W7 doesnt recognize it, Ubuntu 12.04 doesnt work.
Can you help me?
Thank you.
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Try Ubuntu 10.4 and see if that works. Also, provide as much detail as you can about your steps and what results you get.
franciscoruiz said:
My Kindle Fire is dead. I tried with the factory cable, with KFU, with firekit, with your method, opening the case with and without the short.
Is in a coma, black screen, no charging led lights, W7 doesnt recognize it, Ubuntu 12.04 doesnt work.
Can you help me?
Thank you.
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I found this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25703127&postcount=18
It seems it won't work without the USB Stick.
I won't even try to use ubuntu from VMWare... I'll go straight to USB Stick... Are you using it?
PS: I'll try it as soon as I have mine KF open.
franciscoruiz said:
My Kindle Fire is dead. I tried with the factory cable, with KFU, with firekit, with your method, opening the case with and without the short.
Is in a coma, black screen, no charging led lights, W7 doesnt recognize it, Ubuntu 12.04 doesnt work.
Can you help me?
Thank you.
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Can you remember the steps you did to Kindle? I mean, what tweaks did you use to cause you Kindle to be bricked? Given that your Kindle's led lights does not work, it is very possible that you flash the wrong bootloader. Maybe you should read those useful threads like Firekit and USB boot tricks once again, so that you can find more information. I use Ubuntu 11.10, not the latest version, but the Firekit seems not to work on my computer, only to find "waiting for OMAP44xx device..." on the screen no matter I short the contact or not. So I turned to the post here. I issued:
Code:
./usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin; ./fastboot boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
And it worked! There are some points to keep in mind. Before you do any of these steps, push the power button for 20 secs or more. Then type the commands mentioned in that post. And you short it and while keeping to shorted, you plug in the usb. If you see some text on your screen, then you succeed.
Hermano Francisco,
It's kind of tricky... to mw worked right now... I kept trying, unitl I find the right spot for the short, or the right time... My KF is working so far...
Gonna turn it off, read all the guides... and later I'll try to learn how to put market in it.
Thanks guys for help and all knowledge that you share.
Help me please
Bricked My kindle. Could Not bot up.
I am a Windows User, Tried Ubuntu for this method. But stucks at
"waiting for OMAP44xx device..."
Tried out the Shorting pin point. But no response,. "Is the adb has to set earler before to do this?" if yes please specify How to do that.
I did the Steps.
1. First removed battery wire: (Just to make it Power of if it is on)
2. Pressed Power button for 30 seconds nearly
3. Short the Pin point and Plugd in USB(I already attached One end to PC)
4. Tried out many times. But still.....
5. Before Flasing Bootloader. Kindle works well. I just gave a wrong file name. As a stupid thing. Please dont scold. Help me.
balakrishnan111 said:
Bricked My kindle. Could Not bot up.
I am a Windows User, Tried Ubuntu for this method. But stucks at
"waiting for OMAP44xx device..."
Tried out the Shorting pin point. But no response,. "Is the adb has to set earler before to do this?" if yes please specify How to do that.
I did the Steps.
1. First removed battery wire: (Just to make it Power of if it is on)
2. Pressed Power button for 30 seconds nearly
3. Short the Pin point and Plugd in USB(I already attached One end to PC)
4. Tried out many times. But still.....
5. Before Flasing Bootloader. Kindle works well. I just gave a wrong file name. As a stupid thing. Please dont scold. Help me.
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When it says waiting is when you apply the short and plug it in keeping it shorted till the script runs
Thanks for ur fast response
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When it says waiting is when you apply the short and plug it in keeping it shorted till the script runs
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Thank you for fast response. But as i noted earlier. i did Pin short only during the "Waiting for device prompt in terminal"
What should i do
If your using a 3.0 USB port it very likely will not work use 2.0 only
I hope i am using USB 2.0, My system does not 3.0 Port. Itried now also. NO use. Is there any other way available, Please say
I got this kindle fire that I am trying to fix for my kid. I don't know what firmware was in. The KF has never been rooted. We tried to call Amazon for a replacement, but since I didn't remember which email account was tied to this KF and I couldn't find the Serial Number either, I got stuck with it. If could make this device to boot one more time to see the amazon account or the serial number that will be great.
Well anyways, these are the symptoms. After lots of hours of reading about bricked Kindle Fires I decided to order a factory cable suspecting the problem was a low battery KF going into a 5 second loop. The process went good. I was able to flash FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 by going into fastboot mode, but the problem is that the KF does not want to start in recovery mode, nor in normal mode.
At this point, I think I can rule out a battery low problem, but I am not sure.
No matter what I do, I cannot enter to adb mode, and this is the real problem I don't seem to find an answer. If there was a way that I could upload the firmware from fastboot mode or a tool that forces recovery mode.
As I said this KF was always stock until today that I tried to unbrick it by installing the FFF and the TWRP. The TWRP never started.
As I said earlier my only objective at this point is to recover the serial number or the account email associated with my KF.
Question 2, how can I revert to the stock bootloader if everything else fails?
Any suggestions, links, ideas will be welcome.
gwmadrigal said:
I got this kindle fire that I am trying to fix for my kid. I don't know what firmware was in. The KF has never been rooted. We tried to call Amazon for a replacement, but since I didn't remember which email account was tied to this KF and I couldn't find the Serial Number either, I got stuck with it. If could make this device to boot one more time to see the amazon account or the serial number that will be great.
Well anyways, these are the symptoms. After lots of hours of reading about bricked Kindle Fires I decided to order a factory cable suspecting the problem was a low battery KF going into a 5 second loop. The process went good. I was able to flash FFF 1.4a and TWRP 2.2.2.1 by going into fastboot mode, but the problem is that the KF does not want to start in recovery mode, nor in normal mode.
At this point, I think I can rule out a battery low problem, but I am not sure.
No matter what I do, I cannot enter to adb mode, and this is the real problem I don't seem to find an answer. If there was a way that I could upload the firmware from fastboot mode or a tool that forces recovery mode.
As I said this KF was always stock until today that I tried to unbrick it by installing the FFF and the TWRP. The TWRP never started.
As I said earlier my only objective at this point is to recover the serial number or the account email associated with my KF.
Question 2, how can I revert to the stock bootloader if everything else fails?
Any suggestions, links, ideas will be welcome.
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I hate to ask this question but do you know how to access recovery by using the power button to get the boot menu then selecting recovery? If you are using the boot menu to attempt to access recovery and its not cooperating it`s possible that points to a broken bootloader or a broken recovery. When you flashed both fff and twrp did you see that it sent and physically wrote each one? maybe explain how you flashed them so we can see if a error was made there. What level do you believe the battery is at? Possible it could be playing a role in your present issue.
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I hate to ask this question but do you know how to access recovery by using the power button to get the boot menu then selecting recovery? If you are using the boot menu to attempt to access recovery and its not cooperating it`s possible that points to a broken bootloader or a broken recovery. When you flashed both fff and twrp did you see that it sent and physically wrote each one? maybe explain how you flashed them so we can see if a error was made there. What level do you believe the battery is at? Possible it could be playing a role in your present issue.
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I have done a lot of experiments with my SGS2 about installing ROMS using ODIN or CWR, backing up my own images and making backups. Most of the work I do though is in CWR. I haven't dealt with TWR yet. I also installed ICS on my HP Touchpad. So, even though this is the first time I deal with the KF, I already some experience working with ROMS and images.
Back to the process. I installed the FFF using the Kindle Fire Utility. The KF was forced to fastboot mode via the factory cable. At first I could see on the KF splash screen with the black and orange logo, and now the KF is booting using a Black and Blue kindle fire logo with 1.4a on top. At the bottom of the splash I see instructions of the bootloader selector indicating to press the power button and select the mode that I want to boot. Either Normal Mode or Recovery Mode.
I flashed the TWRP 2.2.2.1 in fastboot mode using my command prompt by putting this code:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery [path]\openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.1-blaze.img
I was following the instructions on this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
I got stuck on step 3 after attempting to boot into recovery mode.
I can select which boot mode I want to go, but none of them work. I only get on the bottom of the screen saying Booting... and then the KF shuts down.
I suspect the battery had a good level of charge, but I can't tell for sure.
Thanks for everything.
Download TWRP again, check the md5, reinstall, and post whatever error messages (if any) that are in your command window here.
In the meantime, enter the following command and let me know what happens after you reboot.
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
soupmagnet said:
Download TWRP again, check the md5, reinstall, and post whatever error messages (if any) that are in your command window here.
In the meantime, enter the following command and let me know what happens after you reboot.
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001
fastboot reboot
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All commands were successful.
When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
gwmadrigal said:
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When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
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What happens when you change the bootmode to 5001?
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What happens when you change the bootmode to 5001?
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It accepts the command.
The command prompt responds saying something like it took 0. something seconds to execute the command.
Thanks for reading my thread.
If upon rebooting, the result is the same after changing the bootmode, it is possible the bootloader isn't working properly. If that's the case, flashing a new bootloader (with md5 verified) might not work, but it's worth a shot.
If that doesn't work, you should be able to change the bootmode to USBboot (4003) and use Firekit to replace the bootloader, but that's speaking theoretically. I've never tried it so I couldn't tell you whether it would work or not. But then you could always pull the back cover off the device and use the shorting trick to use Firekit in USBboot.
If installing a bootloader with the Firekit doesn't work, you're likely looking at a hardware issue, and there's not much we can do about that.
soupmagnet said:
1. If upon rebooting, the result is the same after changing the bootmode, it is possible the bootloader isn't working properly. If that's the case, flashing a new bootloader (with md5 verified) might not work, but it's worth a shot.
2. If that doesn't work, you should be able to change the bootmode to USBboot (4003) and use Firekit to replace the bootloader, but that's speaking theoretically. I've never tried it so I couldn't tell you whether it would work or not. But then you could always pull the back cover off the device and use the shorting trick to use Firekit in USBboot.
3. If installing a bootloader with the Firekit doesn't work, you're likely looking at a hardware issue, and there's not much we can do about that.
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2 sounds too complicated. I will need to read more.
I'm at work. I am going to try number 1 when I get home.
One more question, how can I revert the KF so when the it boots it shows the original orange white logo?
Thanks for everything.
gwmadrigal said:
2 sounds too complicated. I will need to read more.
I'm at work. I am going to try number 1 when I get home.
One more question, how can I revert the KF so when the it boots it shows the original orange white logo?
Thanks for everything.
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If you have any questions about using Firekit, don't be afraid to ask.
Get your device working properly before attempting to revert the bootloader back to stock. Contrary to what you may think, the custom bootloader is much better for you in this situation.
gwmadrigal said:
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When I'm doing instead of the fastboot reboot is to remove the factory cable. Shutdown the KF by holding the power button. Then I connect a regular USB cable. The KF starts the boot process. It enters the first splash screen. Then it moves to booting, but the booting fails. The only thing that I see is that the button light turns from green to yellow and then it shuts down. And the boot process starts again going into a boot loop.
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I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
Thepooch said:
I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
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I think that would be the case if the device just rebooted. The OP is saying the device shuts down when FFF starts to load the operating system (Booting...) or recovery, which is why I think it is either the bootloader or some hardware issue.
soupmagnet said:
If you have any questions about using Firekit, don't be afraid to ask.
Get your device working properly before attempting to revert the bootloader back to stock. Contrary to what you may think, the custom bootloader is much better for you in this situation.
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I tried reloading the u-boot using fastboot and the upload was successful. But it's doing exactly the same.I guess my only question right now, do you know of any good guide that I should start reading to get my feet wet on what the firekit is and how to get started?
Thepooch said:
I suspect your battery is still depleted because it still sounds like a 5 second boot loop. Try this hold the power button down till it`s off and plug it to your pc for a few hours to see if you cannot get some power to your battery.
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I have nothing to lose. This KF is already bricked. I can certainly try anything. Which cable do you suggest I use? the Factory cable or the USB cable?
I think I answered my own question now. Using a regular USB cable puts the KF in the bootloop. I will use the factory cable instead. I shut down the KF, put the factory cable connected to my computer and the KF. Right now the KF is in the KindleFire splash screen waiting for fastboot commands of for me to use the button to tell it which mode to boot. I will leave it plug overnight.
Thanks for replying on my thread and trying to help me.
soupmagnet said:
I think that would be the case if the device just rebooted. The OP is saying the device shuts down when FFF starts to load the operating system (Booting...) or recovery, which is why I think it is either the bootloader or some hardware issue.
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I posted a video in utube of what the KF is doing, so you can see what I'm seeing.
Link
Thanks for coming back several times to reply on my thread.
That looks like your battery. From what I can tell, the device is just rebooting, not shutting down.
Unplug the device and hold the power button to perform a hard shutdown.
Plug the device in (it should power up on it's own) and hold the power button to shut it down again.
Leave it plugged into the computer until sometime tomorrow and try again.
Same thing I was thinking 5 second bootloop Thank you the video was very helpful to see just how its acting. Use stock cable to charge not factory.
OKay. I'm glad I came to check the thread one more time before going to bed. I removed the factory cable and put the regular usb instead. The KF was rebooting. I shut down the KF by holding the power button without unplugging the cable. Now the KF appears to be shut down, but the cable is still plugged. The yellow light does not appear as it normally would if it was charging though. I don't know if this is normal.
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OKay. I'm glad I came to check the thread one more time before going to bed. I removed the factory cable and put the regular usb instead. The KF was rebooting. I shut down the KF by holding the power button without unplugging the cable. Now the KF appears to be shut down, but the cable is still plugged. The yellow light does not appear as it normally would if it was charging though. I don't know if this is normal.
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I think you're fine let it rest.
Hello, sorry for my bad english.
Im a noob and have been looking and trying different things for days now and can't fix my KFHD8.9", I would greatly appreciate any help. Sorry if this have been asked, but ive tried everything and nothing seems to work or match the same problems.
I rooted my kindle fire hd 8.9" (8.4.6) and tried to install the 2nd bootloader + twrp (to eventually install CM10.2) using this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105), but stupidly, I didn't back up on step 2. I attempted to flash the bootloader using fireflash and, as long as I could make it I did everything that was needed. I rebooted and pushed the volume up while booting, and it went to the blue logo and then into fastboot screen and then stoped there.
My pc (Windows 8) didn't recognized the device while in the fastboot screen as a kindle but as a portable device called "jem-PVT-prod-04"
I rebooted my KFHD pressing power button, and when starting again, I saw the orange logo, then the blue logo and it just got stuck there.
So now I just can get to the fastboot screen (by pressing volume up while its booting) or get stuck in the blue kindle fire logo if i dont press anything.
I would like to add also that while on the fastboot screen , My PC wont communicate with my device. I have the Android SDK installed and could use ADB before this happened.
I have tried the commands -i 0x1949 getvar product and -i 0x1945 reboot as suggested on many posts, but both of them stays in "waiting for device" for ever.
Then i tried using Kindle Fire First Aide as suggested on other posts but after downloading everything it gave me an error about something not matching with my device and what i was trying to do.
In top of that, somewhere I got the impression that I just got stuck in the middle of the procedure and that I could still install TWRP or flash a rom,
So now I don't know if my device is bricked, or stuck in the middle of the procedure or what, but if anyone could help me get back to the stock firmware or to twrp or something other than this two screens (blue logo or fastboot screen) it would be spectacular
thanx in advance.
I'm having the same exact issue more or less, but I can't pass the orange Kindle logo. My computer will recognize the Kindle for about all of 2 seconds, but only as Jem_.... then disconnects so I can't enter fastboot or move forward at all. I'm hoping that someone can help with this.
You have to install the driver for the jem device with the drivers in my signature before fastboot commands will work. Try holding volume down instead of up, it should go into recovery instead of fastboot if I remember right.
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Recd msg alert stunts513 to the error while using wallpaper fix 2.1
I am having a terrible time with this Kindle HD 2nd generation table I tried to root. I was following this guys post on You tube and got it rooted but something when wrong when I tried installing the 2nd bootloader and twrp. I ended up stuck with a blue kindle logo. I tried turning it on with the volume button pushed to the left and it went from orange to blue and then to the twrp recovery menu. That was a few days ago, Its been stuck in that mode ever since, there are no back up folders and I think was making the problem worse, as it seems I could do the adb push and now I cant, well at least i couldnt before running your wallpaper fix 2.1 I ran it once and it wouldnt take I dont remember the error, but my table was at the blue logo screen. I remembered reading about running something while you powered the device on because there was an few seconds of access to something, I cant remember so I tried that and unknown to me It appears from these notes i found that I suscessfully installed it - then tried again -then something about the backup??? I am going to cut and paste it here and not do a thing until I hear from you, as I dont want to mess it up. I didnt know the fix worked cause i was watching the command screen and not the side of the file where i have your tool on my desktop.
Here is everything from that run. in the attached file
OK so lemme get this straight, you are stuck in twrp without adb access? Also I will have to double check on my PC but when I download that file its not a PDF but a text file and its HTML with a 404 error message in it when I view it on my kindle.
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stunts513 said:
OK so lemme get this straight, you are stuck in twrp without adb access? Also I will have to double check on my PC but when I download that file its not a PDF but a text file and its HTML with a 404 error message in it when I view it on my kindle.
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Yes somehow I have twrp and I think when I first got into the bootloop I had adb access but in fumbling around trying to fix it I lost adb access.
If I turn the kindle off, and then push power and do nothing it powers up with the yellow logo and in 4 seconds that log turns blue and it stays that way until i turn it off. In this state checking device manager it shows the device as an android phone, Android ADB interface. If I unplug the device the device manager no longer shows it - If I power up the device and while the logo is still yellow push the volume button to the left it boots to twrp
I re did the notes in a new pdf file I hope you can access them now. I tried looking at them from my post on my pc and got that same access code error. I cant win on this thing tonight,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly
John
The tutorial at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 tells you, in step 4, to place a custom ROM on the Kindle before you reboot into twrp. You then install that from from within twrp and then you get past the blue logo. If you didn't put the custom ROM on your kindle and adb isn't working then you need to install the abd drivers from stunts513's forum signature then do the twrp adb sideload.
Relevant sections from the tutorial:
Once you have the .zip files for the ROMs with GApps (Google apps, like Play Store), place them on the sdcard, and turn off the device. Turn it on, hold Volume-Up before the logo turns blue, and enter TWRP. Once there, immediately do two things: make a backup, and after that, wipes: system, factory reset, cache, and Dalvik cache. After these two things are done, go ahead and flash the .zip file, and wait for it to finish. After it finishes, go ahead and again, wipe cache and Dalvik cache, then reboot. After you rebooted, wait 5 minutes, then reboot again, and you're all done!
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6. Wiped /sdcard, can't reboot from recovery: You thought you had the ROM file on the sdcard, but you didn't, and wiped everything, so without a ROM image, you can't boot into system.
Solution: Put the ROM file where your ADB binary is (usually inside platform-tools folder in Android SDK directory) and rename it rom.zip. On the device, boot into TWRP, select Advanced, then ADB Sideload. Connect device to PC. From here, run "adb" and hit Enter to check for your binary version, if it's anything lower than 1.0.3.0, you need to update the binaries by re-installing the latest Android SDK. Once the device is in sideloading mode and is connected to the PC, type "adb sideload rom.zip" and hit Enter. Now you'll find the ROM on the sdcard, flash, and you're done.
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pitcrawler said:
The tutorial at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105 tells you, in step 4, to place a custom ROM on the Kindle before you reboot into twrp. You then install that from from within twrp and then you get past the blue logo. If you didn't put the custom ROM on your kindle and adb isn't working then you need to install the abd drivers from stunts513's forum signature then do the twrp adb sideload.
Relevant sections from the tutorial:
Hope this helps... someone.
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Your post fixed my bricked tablet, THANK YOU SO MUCH. There is so much info that its confusing for a noob like me - I followed the directions you posted and I am in. thank you, thank you, thank you
Jdoki said:
Your post fixed my bricked tablet, THANK YOU SO MUCH. There is so much info that its confusing for a noob like me - I followed the directions you posted and I am in. thank you, thank you, thank you
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Yeah, I know there's a lot of information. It took me a long time and a lot of research before I attempted it as a noob myself. An important thing is to follow the tutorials word for word and skip nothing, and cross your fingers.
Got fastboot comunication between PC and KFHD
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You have to install the driver for the jem device with the drivers in my signature before fastboot commands will work. Try holding volume down instead of up, it should go into recovery instead of fastboot if I remember right.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
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Thanx a lot for the quick response! :good: I was finally able to install your great drivers. I had to be quick as you said in some other posts, because the pc only detects it for a little while, when the logo it's still orange on the kindle, I think. After that, and while on fastboot screen, my device manager would detect a Jem-something device, but could not install any drivers on it. So I had to install the drivers really fast while in the orange logo, oh, and had to disable the drivers signature check on windows 8 also.
Now I can use fastboot commands to reboot the kindle, but I can still only get to the blue logo or the fastboot screen.
I guess this means I now can use the kindle first aide to go back to stock and try again for the TWRP and 2nd bootloader. I'll post if I can't make my kindle boot normal again later.
Do you know if this was my kindle being bricked or was it something else?
Thanks a lot again, I was very worried that i wasn't getting anywhere. .:laugh:
Stuck on blue logo!
Hi!
I'm having a similar problem... I recently got a second hand Kindle 2nd Generation already rooted with Cyanogenmod 10.1.3.otter2 on it. Google Play and some other apps where having issues, so I decided to downgrade. After testing a couple of different ROMs, I got stuck on the blue logo, an infinite booting screen. Funny enough, I think the mistake was to install a Fire first generation ROM into a 2nd generation. Anyway, long story short, I've tried everything, Kindle First Aide (won't help because it seems that all the options need me to be in the desktop of the tablet and I can't get there), SDK ADB will see the device but return a device offline... I'm running out of options and don't really know what to do!
Any ideas guys??
EricMitjans said:
Hi!
I'm having a similar problem... I recently got a second hand Kindle 2nd Generation already rooted with Cyanogenmod 10.1.3.otter2 on it. Google Play and some other apps where having issues, so I decided to downgrade. After testing a couple of different ROMs, I got stuck on the blue logo, an infinite booting screen. Funny enough, I think the mistake was to install a Fire first generation ROM into a 2nd generation. Anyway, long story short, I've tried everything, Kindle First Aide (won't help because it seems that all the options need me to be in the desktop of the tablet and I can't get there), SDK ADB will see the device but return a device offline... I'm running out of options and don't really know what to do!
Any ideas guys??
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You need to push a ROM onto TWRP. You should still be able to access TWRP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459498 be glad you did not hard brick it.
In November (just about one week after the warranty was up) the $300++ Kindle Fire HD we bought just stopped working. Amazon basically said sorry, your warranty is up - wanna buy another? (no thanks)
When it's turned on, the Kindle Fire logo appears, then the screen goes black. Nothing else.
We've tried the usual tricks. I bought a fastboot cable and tried the KFHD System.img Recovery Tool and all I get is "device not found." My computer doesn't seem to recognize the device at all.
Is there anything else I can try.... or is it just a lost cause??
Peppsico said:
In November (just about one week after the warranty was up) the $300++ Kindle Fire HD we bought just stopped working. Amazon basically said sorry, your warranty is up - wanna buy another? (no thanks)
When it's turned on, the Kindle Fire logo appears, then the screen goes black. Nothing else.
We've tried the usual tricks. I bought a fastboot cable and tried the KFHD System.img Recovery Tool and all I get is "device not found." My computer doesn't seem to recognize the device at all.
Is there anything else I can try.... or is it just a lost cause??
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first of all, is it a 8.9 inch? if so DO NOT use fastboot cable, it can actually CAUSE damage to 8.9 incher. you just need the regular microUSB that came with your kindle. "special" fastboot cables are only required for the 7 incher... if you have the 8.9 inch "jem" i can try to point you to a few threads that may help unbrick it.
Mike
Thanks... Yes it is 8.9! I'd greatly appreciate any help!!
Anybody?
If I could get a computer to recognize the Kindle, I'm sure I could apply some of the fixes and find something to get it going again. It doesn't show up in device manager and makes an 'error' sound.
You can recover from this but first i will need to know how you bricked it, which operating system do you have, and do you have a sdk installed.
A few moths ago i ran into the same problem but now my kindle is working just fine.
DO NOT USE THE FASTBOOT CABLE TO DO ANYTHING IT CAN DAMAGE YOUR KINDLE
skullarc said:
You can recover from this but first i will need to know how you bricked it, which operating system do you have, and do you have a sdk installed.
A few moths ago i ran into the same problem but now my kindle is working just fine.
DO NOT USE THE FASTBOOT CABLE TO DO ANYTHING IT CAN DAMAGE YOUR KINDLE
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In an attempt to not start new threads where they aren't needed. I'm in a very similar boat, so here are the answers to your questions:
I was attempting to flash CM11 to my 8.9 Kindle. I was following the following instructions:
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter2
Parts 1-6 of Step 1 completed successfully, and somewhere between Step 1 and 3 the screen turned off. I have not yet been able to get the screen to turn on again or the device to light up when charging or anything.
Thoughts?
clemsongt said:
In an attempt to not start new threads where they aren't needed. I'm in a very similar boat, so here are the answers to your questions:
I was attempting to flash CM11 to my 8.9 Kindle. I was following the following instructions:
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter2
Parts 1-6 of Step 1 completed successfully, and somewhere between Step 1 and 3 the screen turned off. I have not yet been able to get the screen to turn on again or the device to light up when charging or anything.
Thoughts?
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Can you get into fastboot? I was able to recover mine by restoring my backup and then starting over with pushing stack and all that stuff. So getinto adb wtih the getvar, then just plug a normal cable into the kindle, and see if your PC recognizes it, and it drops into fastboot.
turn off your device and then connect your normal cable then type
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
in your cmd or shell (if you are using linux or unix based operating system)
it should show
< waiting for device >
then turn on your device
it should go into fastboot then download the neccery files follow step 5 form the link
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and
follow the installation for cyanogenmod from
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543481
skullarc said:
turn off your device and then connect your normal cable then type
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
in your cmd or shell (if you are using linux or unix based operating system)
it should show
< waiting for device >
then turn on your device
it should go into fastboot then download the neccery files follow step 5 form the link
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and
follow the installation for cyanogenmod from
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543481
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I'm on Windows with minimal adb and fastboot. I get the < waiting for device > but when I plug in in my tablet nothing happens on either end. It doesn't matter if I have the device plugged in before or after running the command.
mrcpu said:
Can you get into fastboot? I was able to recover mine by restoring my backup and then starting over with pushing stack and all that stuff. So getinto adb wtih the getvar, then just plug a normal cable into the kindle, and see if your PC recognizes it, and it drops into fastboot.
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By get into fastboot, I assume you mean with the command skullarc referenced since there is no button combination one can use to get into fastboot? Then your answer is shown above. The device has been completely unresponsive to anything I throw its way so far.
when you turn on your kindle what does it show?
If it does not even turn on then press the power button continuously for 20-30 seconds. Then press the power button again
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when you turn on your kindle what does it show?
If it does not even turn on then press the power button continuously for 20-30 seconds. Then press the power button again
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It does not respond to anything I throw at it. If you mean to press and hold the power button for 30 seconds, let go, then press and release, that also gets no response.
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It does not respond to anything I throw at it. If you mean to press and hold the power button for 30 seconds, let go, then press and release, that also gets no response.
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Could it be that your charger is not working and doesn't device even blink when you press the power button
skullarc said:
Could it be that your charger is not working and doesn't device even blink when you press the power button
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Not a charger issue, as I have used a known good one overnight with no difference.
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Not a charger issue, as I have used a known good one overnight with no difference.
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were you able to perform the third step ?
skullarc said:
were you able to perform the third step ?
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What's the third step?
clemsongt said:
What's the third step?
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Third step in installing CM11 and did you use fastboot cable ?
skullarc said:
Third step in installing CM11 and did you use fastboot cable ?
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The third step found here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
hashcode said:
STEP 3. Install the stack override in /system:
ADB commands entered while booted up into STOCK *rooted* Amazon Kindle OS -- May need to enable ADB debugging in Settings:
[2013-08-21] edited the location where stack is placed on device due to permissions changes
Code:
adb push stack /sdcard/
adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/stack of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/s
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If so, I got the response "device not found" when attempting to push to sd card.
I tried with and without fastboot cable (have not verified functionality of fastboot cable as it was bought after bricking my device(.
clemsongt said:
The third step found here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
If so, I got the response "device not found" when attempting to push to sd card.
I tried with and without fastboot cable (have not verified functionality of fastboot cable as it was bought after bricking my device(.
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I was trying to ask at what step did your kindle turn off when you were trying to install cm11 and was bricked in this were you able to start the 3rd step
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I was trying to ask at what step did your kindle turn off when you were trying to install cm11 and was bricked in this were you able to start the 3rd step
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Ohhhh...Sorry for being confused.
following these steps, I was able to successfully complete all of step 1, step 2, and step 3. it was in recovery while I was reading up on the "Installing CyanogenMod from recovery" section and when I looked back at the device, the screen had gone black. Since then I have not gotten it to do anything.
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter2
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Ohhhh...Sorry for being confused.
following these steps, I was able to successfully complete all of step 1, step 2, and step 3. it was in recovery while I was reading up on the "Installing CyanogenMod from recovery" section and when I looked back at the device, the screen had gone black. Since then I have not gotten it to do anything.
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter2
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Did you check the md5sum for the files that you flashed in step 3 and downloaded in step 2
it will tell you if they are corrupt
I was recently planning to install Miui 7 on my Fire Phone. So, i installed safestrap 4.01.
1. I opened safestrap recovery mode
2. I wiped (First screen of Safestrap recovery mode)
3. I installed Cleansystempartition.zip
and then i don't know why, but i lost my mind and decided not to install Miui 7 and i went back and clicked on reboot.
So, now my Amazon Fire phone is stuck at boot logo and i can't even enter recovery mode.
It doesn't respond when connected to PC. It is charging and again when i boot again get stuck on boot logo.
Please reply ASAP.
Erictic67108 said:
I was recently planning to install Miui 7 on my Fire Phone. So, i installed safestrap 4.01.
1. I opened safestrap recovery mode
2. I wiped (First screen of Safestrap recovery mode)
3. I installed Cleansystempartition.zip
and then i don't know why, but i lost my mind and decided not to install Miui 7 and i went back and clicked on reboot.
So, now my Amazon Fire phone is stuck at boot logo and i can't even enter recovery mode.
It doesn't respond when connected to PC. It is charging and again when i boot again get stuck on boot logo.
Please reply ASAP.
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What you need:
1 x USB Cable, 1 x PC, 1 x Fire Phone update bin, adb and correctly installed drivers. GOOGLE
How too:
1. Ensure phone is turned OFF
2. Plug the USB cable into your phone.
3. Press and keep held the Volume UP (+) button only
4. Now plug the other end of the USB cable into the PC. (keeping the Volume UP held)
5. The phone will now boot into recovery and you can let go of the volume button.
6. Select "apply update from ADB"
7. type
Code:
adb sideload your-firmware-version.bin
Use google or search the Fire Phone threads on how to install adb and drivers etc etc.
bigrammy said:
What you need:
1 x USB Cable, 1 x PC, 1 x Fire Phone update bin, adb and correctly installed drivers. GOOGLE
How too:
1. Ensure phone is turned OFF
2. Plug the USB cable into your phone.
3. Press and keep held the Volume UP (+) button only
4. Now plug the other end of the USB cable into the PC. (keeping the Volume UP held)
5. The phone will now boot into recovery and you can let go of the volume button.
6. Select "apply update from ADB"
7. type
Code:
adb sideload your-firmware-version.bin
Use google or search the Fire Phone threads on how to install adb and drivers etc etc.
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Thanks for your time, but i couldn't understand how ADB is used. I installed adb drivers (tried bunch of times) but can't figure out how to do steps you suggested.
Could you please elaborate in detailed step-by-step, or provide me some revalent link so that I (noob) could understand easily. Once again thanks for help !
Code:
Is there any way i can ensure that proper drivers are installed for my Fire Phone?
Since i understood how adb is used, I categorized further remaining problem into two type:-
1. If I hadn't installed right drivers...
I tried installing driver from different source but i failed (i guess).
So anyone can provide me link for Drivers for Fire Phone?
2. If i have installed right drivers then :
I tried steps as you suggested but my phone won't boot into recovery mode. When i connect Phone to my pc holding volume + , It shows charging symbol as usual.
If i am doing the process in wrong way, please correct me. I will be waiting for helps...:crying:
@Erictic67108
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/help/cm-11-to-fire-os-question-t3198620/post62768812
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/help/cm-11-to-fire-os-question-t3198620/post62844581
Firmware for sideload you can download from Amazon. Your need last version.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201607550
Kramar111 said:
@Erictic67108
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/help/cm-11-to-fire-os-question-t3198620/post62768812
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/help/cm-11-to-fire-os-question-t3198620/post62844581
Firmware for sideload you can download from Amazon. Your need last version.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201607550
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I cannot go to recovery mode. I tried many times/ways but i couldn't access. Please help.
Erictic67108 said:
I cannot go to recovery mode. I tried many times/ways but i couldn't access. Please help.
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If Fire Phone detected in Windows Device Manager with PID 9008 you can't do anything (as i know). PID 9006 give you a little chance.
Erictic67108 said:
I cannot go to recovery mode. I tried many times/ways but i couldn't access. Please help.
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Talk with amazon for warranty, if you are from europe, talk with amazon.de, you will get a new one, but u must return to amazon germany the bricked fire phone.
Erictic67108 said:
I cannot go to recovery mode. I tried many times/ways but i couldn't access. Please help.
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Your only hope to revive this phone is to get into the stock recovery.
If you wiped the stock recovery or messed with it then your screwed as there is no PC flashtool like odin, spflashtool, etc etc that works on the fire phone that I am aware of so you need the stock recovery to be functional.
To get into recovery re-read post #2 HERE very carefully on how to do it. :fingers-crossed:
There is no need to PM me just simply quote me in this thread and I will then get notified.
You also need to provide as much info as possible things such as screenshots, photo's, Videos, logs etc etc as these will help when people try to assist you.
Once you are in stock recovery we can move on.
I quit guys. I just can't get that thing on recovery mode. I tried several times, tried other ways but nope. My phone is not giving a damn ****. Its just gets stuck on boot screen logo. That's all. I guess, i won't get my phone returned/exchanged since had i rooted it which violates its warranty.
Am having thee same issue
Erictic67108 said:
I quit guys. I just can't get that thing on recovery mode. I tried several times, tried other ways but nope. My phone is not giving a damn ****. Its just gets stuck on boot screen logo. That's all. I guess, i won't get my phone returned/exchanged since had i rooted it which violates its warranty.
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i also quit gyz i tried almost every thing but its stuck on amazon logo
Weirdly enough -my gfs fire phone started exhibiting the same exact issue just yesterday(amazon logo blinks on start up and doesnt go any further no matter how long you wait) and this is the first link google gave on the problem. Did anyone find a resolution to this? She loves this phone and I already replaced battery once few months ago.