Hello all! I currently need help unbricking my Kindle Fire 2nd Gen. My kindle is stuck in the "Kindle is Upgrading" screen after rooting it and accidentally messing up the default launcher. I'm trying to factory reset it, but I can't figure out how. Since my Kindle is in this state of upgrading, my computer won't recognize it, even with EVERY driver that you're supposed to install installed (And yes, I've tried uninstalling every driver and reinstalling them all). I bought a fastboot cable, but of course I can't really do anything with it because I can't install a recovery or even get to the android recovery without it being recognized on my computer. When I plug in my Fastboot cable, it just says "Fastboot" and has a red light and a blinking green light. Is there any way to externally reset it? I tried opening it up and finding a little pin sized hole to reset it, but mine didn't have it like their's did. I really need help, my family is poor and I use this for many things and we can't replace it. Please help!
Hello again.
In your last forum thread, you stated that you got the ADB/fastboot drivers to work on your computer. If that is true, download the latest firmware from amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201016370
Move that to your platform-tools folder. Press shift+right-click and click open command window here then boot your kindle to fastboot mode and type fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system <insert update file name here>.bin and press enter. It should now reinstall Fire OS 10.5.1 to your kindle, but you aren't done just yet...Unfortunately, I can't remember the fastboot command to wipe the dalvik cache (someone please reply with the command, you will be thanked!). After you wipe the dalvik cache, type fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot and unplug the fastboot cable right when your kindle's screen goes black. It should now take several minutes to boot to Fire OS, so be patient! If it has been 10 minutes and your kindle hasn't booted, try to flash the OS again but don't wipe the dalvik cache (since we already wiped it). If it still doesn't boot, then something has gone horribly wrong with your kindle, I'm afraid, but reply if this happens, as there is one thing we can still do.
Hope this helped,
Nick
Sent from my iPhone 4 using Tapatalk
Root Obtained
Thanks for this, after hours of searching through different threads and forums I have finally rooted my old KF2.
Related
i was curious to get get android market on my kindle today.. and looked up how. i used the kindle fire utility to root it. then my KF it started to go into a loop of the boot logo. it just flashes on and flashes off over and over again.hard reset doesnt affect it at all, it wont even turn off unless i unplug it. it doesnt show up on my computer either.
i dont know if this helps but when i ran the Kf utility it said 'findstr' not recognized.. blah blah blah. and it didnt give me the 1234567 options on there. i just typed in '2' and pressed enter because thats what the video told me .-. it doesnt have a triangle, or a blue screen logo either just the kindle fire logo flashing off and on. I honestly am lost. please keep this noob friendly
i am running win 7. 64 bit.
josepho1997 said:
It seems like your stuck in fastboot mode. You need to reinstall the drivers manually and then go into KFU. Press 1(bootmode)and 1(normal). If you still want to root it, when it gets to installing fff, and if it says <waiting for device>, you need to do a hard reset and your Kindle, unplug, plug it back in, and manually install the drivers. Then it will finish rooting.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do you reinstall the drivers manually? and also when i go into the kindle fire utility it doesnt give me 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 options... it just says findstr is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. and another thing i tried another utility on here and it said it said my device was not found when i plugged it in , is it because it turns off every 5 seconds?
First before you mess with your drivers shift+ right click on the tools folder in kfu select open command window here power your device off completely leave it unplugged type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product when it says waiting for device plug in your powered off kindle it should then power on in fastboot mode if you get the response product: kindle then type fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000 it will say okay hopefully the type fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot it should then reboot in normal mode
Edit: hit enter after each command
zellerax said:
How do you reinstall the drivers manually? and also when i go into the kindle fire utility it doesnt give me 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 options... it just says findstr is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. and another thing i tried another utility on here and it said it said my device was not found when i plugged it in , is it because it turns off every 5 seconds?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like there's some sort of PATH problem with your setup, which is why KFU won't work properly. You'll have to manually use ADB/fastboot commands if you want to get things done.
About it turning off constantly, it's probably out of battery. Use the stock wall charger (it provides a greater power output, don't bother with USB or a random clone) so it can refill some. The bootloops may be due to a bad boot mode, but it's a bit hard to pinpont with your description of the issue.
You may want to have a read here, it'll help you to better understand what's going on and how to express yourself about the problems you are experiencing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
zellerax said:
How do you reinstall the drivers manually? and also when i go into the kindle fire utility it doesnt give me 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 options... it just says findstr is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. and another thing i tried another utility on here and it said it said my device was not found when i plugged it in , is it because it turns off every 5 seconds?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You might have corrupt drivers. Here's how to reinstall them:
Try going to your Control Panel >> Device Manager. If you see an entry for "Android Phone," (Android ADB interface) delete it (and any associations with Portable Devices >> KF or Kindle Fire).
Restart computer.
Then go to your KFU utility folder, open "install_drivers.bat" (right-click "Run Administrator"). This shouldn't take long at all.
You might want to restart here too after.
Then open KFU utility, plug in Kindle - if all went well here, you should read something along the lines of "Online" and "4000".
I am a similar situation
Hi Guys,
I rooted my KF with no issues, was able to copy the Jellybean and Gapp zip file to the SD and thought I flashed with no issues. Then rebooted. Now the KF is stuck in a boot loop. If I boot to recovery, that works and allows me the recovery options. if I boot up to normal, it constantly reboots, if I boot to fastboot, it displays the Kindle Fire logo and says "press power button to boot menu" at the bottom and does nothing else. My computer recognizes it as Android ADB interface but will not allow to access the SD ram. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It's usually better to start your own thread here on Q&A.
Are you able to access the SD Card from TWRP? (Mount USB)
If so and the ROM is still in there, wipe cache, dalvik-cache, factory reset and system, then flash/install the ROM again (don't install gapps yet) and reboot. If it boots all the way to the desktop, reboot to recovery and install gapps.
You may also want to check the ROM's hash.
You haven't mentioned what versions of TWRP and FFF do you have, either. Hopefully 2.1.1 or 2.2 for TWRP and 1.4a (blue "fire" on the kindle fire logo) for FFF.
Dasanko said:
It's usually better to start your own thread here on Q&A.
Are you able to access the SD Card from TWRP? (Mount USB)
If so and the ROM is still in there, wipe cache, dalvik-cache, factory reset and system, then flash/install the ROM again (don't install gapps yet) and reboot. If it boots all the way to the desktop, reboot to recovery and install gapps.
You may also want to check the ROM's hash.
You haven't mentioned what versions of TWRP and FFF do you have, either. Hopefully 2.1.1 or 2.2 for TWRP and 1.4a (blue "fire" on the kindle fire logo) for FFF.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the info and sorry for the incomplete initial info. I will check this as soon as I get home and can work on it again.
Thanks for your help. It turns out that I didnt even have TWRP installed. Thats fixed. I was able to get roms installed and have different problems. (Will start a new thread in another area) Thank you very much for your help.
My Kindle was rooted but I decided to try my hand at installing a custom ROM. However, the ROM I tried would not work and the screen stayed black. However, thanks to TWRP I could install Kindle from Amazon again. The installation went thru smoothly, or so I thought. Now, when I boot the Kindle, I see the Kindle Fire Logo and it stays there. The Computer can see the Kindle as an Android device, Android Composite Device. But Kindle Fire Utility cannot see it so I could try and re-install it again. Any suggestions?
Lacking information, so I'll just fill the voids with assumptions.
I *assume* you didn't wipe cache, dalvik-cache and most important when switching from a ROM to another, Factory Reset - this is the reason said custom ROM wouldn't work, and the reason flashing back update.zip (as you said you installed it, rather than restoring a backup) caused your KF to get stuck in a semi brick.
The most important question here is, do you have FFF installed?
If you do, fixing this is trivial. Just get into TWRP from FFF, wipe cache, dalvik-cache and factory reset and then install whatever ROM you'd like to try or use.
If you don't have FFF installed, then your solutions are to either get a factory cable (recommended) or to crack open the case and do the USB pin short trick. From there you can use fastboot to install FFF and boot into TWRP.
Alternatively, you can try "fastboot getvar product" or "adb shell idme bootmode 5001" to see if you get lucky.
Dasanko said:
Lacking information, so I'll just fill the voids with assumptions.
I *assume* you didn't wipe cache, dalvik-cache and most important when switching from a ROM to another, Factory Reset - this is the reason said custom ROM wouldn't work, and the reason flashing back update.zip (as you said you installed it, rather than restoring a backup) caused your KF to get stuck in a semi brick.
The most important question here is, do you have FFF installed?
If you do, fixing this is trivial. Just get into TWRP from FFF, wipe cache, dalvik-cache and factory reset and then install whatever ROM you'd like to try or use.
If you don't have FFF installed, then your solutions are to either get a factory cable (recommended) or to crack open the case and do the USB pin short trick. From there you can use fastboot to install FFF and boot into TWRP.
Alternatively, you can try "fastboot getvar product" or "adb shell idme bootmode 5001" to see if you get lucky.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried the USB pin short trick but now my Kindle won't turn on at all nor will it charge. Thanks anyways!
i have similar problem ......please need help
After successfully rooting kf with kfu and making a backup ... I did factory reset and flashed a custom rom ... now kindle is stuck on " kindle fire" logo and just keeps flashing and rebooting . My computer recognizes it as android phone ( android adb ) and kfu does too but only for a couple of seconds . During those few seconds I try recovery ... fast boot ...normal boot... n none seem to work . Kf just reboots n returns to boot loop . Any advice is appreciated .. thanks
Start a new thread when you're posting your own issues.
What colour is the "kindle fire" logo when you turn on your KF?
Force Kindle into Fastboot
Ok, so I have finally got my Kindle to turn on, using the USB Short Trick. Now my only question is about getting the Kindle to boot into fastboot mode so I can re-format the sdcard partition and finally load a new ROM. I have tried several different commands and they all seem to miss the window of opportunity to start the kindle in fastboot mode. Is there any way, short of a factory cable, that one can make the kindle start in fastboot mode?
Not fastboot get var
ComputerGenuis2.0 said:
Ok, so I have finally got my Kindle to turn on, using the USB Short Trick. Now my only question is about getting the Kindle to boot into fastboot mode so I can re-format the sdcard partition and finally load a new ROM. I have tried several different commands and they all seem to miss the window of opportunity to start the kindle in fastboot mode. Is there any way, short of a factory cable, that one can make the kindle start in fastboot mode?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
fastboot getvar product doesn't seem to do the trick. The kindle seems to be in fastboot mode but the adb shell cannot access the device.
The problem is that you don't have the fastboot drivers installed (also, ADB will not work while fastboot is active) - Windows is painfully slow at detecting a device and installing its drivers, so by the time it even notices anything, the fastboot window is already over.
To solve this, use firekit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
The script that will probably suit your needs the most is usb_install_fff_twrp.
Used Firekit
Dasanko said:
The problem is that you don't have the fastboot drivers installed (also, ADB will not work while fastboot is active) - Windows is painfully slow at detecting a device and installing its drivers, so by the time it even notices anything, the fastboot window is already over.
To solve this, use firekit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
The script that will probably suit your needs the most is usb_install_fff_twrp.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have TWRP and FFF installed. However, upon booting into TWRP, the sdcard partition cannot be mounted, to the Kindle that is, and as such, I cannot mount the sdcard to the computer. When I researched this some more, I found that I can fix this by using a command via adb shell. The guide instructed using fastboot to achieve this. When would be the best time to use adb shell?
What's the output of partitions.txt? (type the following from TWRP)
adb shell parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p > partitions.txt
Can't use adb
Dasanko said:
What's the output of partitions.txt? (type the following from TWRP)
adb shell parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p > partitions.txt
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The problem at hand is using adb. I can never time it exactly right to open adb. I always get an "error: device not found". Windows even recognizes that Android ADB Interface is plugged in.
Okay, things are getting awfully confusing here.
What exactly is it that you can do and that you cannot do?
For example, are FFF and TWRP functional?
GOT IT!
Thank you! I finally figured out that the wrong driver had reinstalled and that was causing my computer to not be able to use adb shell. I fixed that and voila, I am now running CM9. Thanks again!
A few months ago I tried to root/ gapps a KF2 for a friend, and after a freak OTA update the horrible thing kept getting stuck in a bootloop.
Basically if you powered it on it would get stuck on the Kindle pulsing logo until it restarted itself from scratch and did it all over again. Then on the few times it would get to the standard lock screen it would freeze up there and restart itself anyway.
Every now and then it would boot in and work fine though.
What I eventually did to get it working:
1.) Get a factory cable (they don't cost too much off ebay).
2.) Using fastboot mode clear the data and cache partition:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
20 seconds later the device worked perfectly and hasn't bootlooped since.
It might also be possible to do this by a.) installing TWRP and erasing the cache/ data from there, or b.) booting into the bootloader from a rooted system. I don't want to test this though because at this point I just want to make this awful thing work properly in stock.
I hope this helps someone else in the same situation. I do remember reading a similar problem on XDA a few months ago when it started giving trouble.
hexd said:
A few months ago I tried to root/ gapps a KF2 for a friend, and after a freak OTA update the horrible thing kept getting stuck in a bootloop.
Basically if you powered it on it would get stuck on the Kindle pulsing logo until it restarted itself from scratch and did it all over again. Then on the few times it would get to the standard lock screen it would freeze up there and restart itself anyway.
Every now and then it would boot in and work fine though.
What I eventually did to get it working:
1.) Get a factory cable (they don't cost too much off ebay).
2.) Using fastboot mode clear the data and cache partition:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
20 seconds later the device worked perfectly and hasn't bootlooped since.
It might also be possible to do this by a.) installing TWRP and erasing the cache/ data from there, or b.) booting into the bootloader from a rooted system. I don't want to test this though because at this point I just want to make this awful thing work properly in stock.
I hope this helps someone else in the same situation. I do remember reading a similar problem on XDA a few months ago when it started giving trouble.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where do i enter this in when I'm in fastboot?
Karetus said:
Where do i enter this in when I'm in fastboot?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need to use the fastboot application. You can get it either via the Android Development Kit (just google for it) or just use it from any other source (I know the FlashTool for Sony phones has it along with ADB). Once it is on your PC, open a command prompt window to that folder and run it from there.
Just remember you need the Kindle to be in FB Mode (the screen has a picture of a red and green stoplight on it) and you need fastboot drivers installed for the device (this is a bit tricky for Win8, no problem for Windows 7 though).
hexd said:
You need to use the fastboot application. You can get it either via the Android Development Kit (just google for it) or just use it from any other source (I know the FlashTool for Sony phones has it along with ADB). Once it is on your PC, open a command prompt window to that folder and run it from there.
Just remember you need the Kindle to be in FB Mode (the screen has a picture of a red and green stoplight on it) and you need fastboot drivers installed for the device (this is a bit tricky for Win8, no problem for Windows 7 though).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm at a screen with a blue arrow a and yellow text that says "fastboot mode"
Karetus said:
I'm at a screen with a blue arrow a and yellow text that says "fastboot mode"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please make sure that you have a Kindle Fire 2 (or at least something in the second generation Fire range). It might help if you take a picture of the device in fastboot mode and post it here.
Also did you boot the kindle into fastboot mode using a factory cable, or using a command from Android itself (it would have involved adb shell).
hexd said:
Please make sure that you have a Kindle Fire 2 (or at least something in the second generation Fire range). It might help if you take a picture of the device in fastboot mode and post it here.
Also did you boot the kindle into fastboot mode using a factory cable, or using a command from Android itself (it would have involved adb shell).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From the computer. KFF Aide. I'm still stuck I have been looking for hours.
hexd said:
A few months ago I tried to root/ gapps a KF2 for a friend, and after a freak OTA update the horrible thing kept getting stuck in a bootloop.
Basically if you powered it on it would get stuck on the Kindle pulsing logo until it restarted itself from scratch and did it all over again. Then on the few times it would get to the standard lock screen it would freeze up there and restart itself anyway.
Every now and then it would boot in and work fine though.
What I eventually did to get it working:
1.) Get a factory cable (they don't cost too much off ebay).
2.) Using fastboot mode clear the data and cache partition:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
20 seconds later the device worked perfectly and hasn't bootlooped since.
It might also be possible to do this by a.) installing TWRP and erasing the cache/ data from there, or b.) booting into the bootloader from a rooted system. I don't want to test this though because at this point I just want to make this awful thing work properly in stock.
I hope this helps someone else in the same situation. I do remember reading a similar problem on XDA a few months ago when it started giving trouble.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
my kindle fire hd 7 7.3.1 just went into a boot loop. it is recognized by my computer the drivers work it says device cant startup. adb wont work. how do i get it into fast-boot without a factory cable
JORDANZ1998 said:
my kindle fire hd 7 7.3.1 just went into a boot loop. it is recognized by my computer the drivers work it says device cant startup. adb wont work. how do i get it into fast-boot without a factory cable
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Trying to do any work on a Kindle without a cable is a total pain. If you own the device just pay the few dollars to get one and make your life easier.
If you cannot get into ADB with full root, or a 3rd party recovery that was already installed you will need the cable to fix things.
I know that this has been gone over multiple times, but I can't get any of the other threads to help so I figured I'd post my own.
Basically, I worked for Best Buy for awhile, rooted the demo Kindle Fire we got at work and that was that. So I figured I could get a demo Kindle Fire off Ebay and just get it rooted and Rom'ed. Well, I can't get the damn thing to be recognized by my computer in ADB.
I've literally tried everything, I've changed the android_usb.ini file to include the 0x1949 and the other file to have the kindle fire in it. Then I tried to point the Kindle to the new file that was changed. Everytime I update the driver it stays as the MTP Device and I can't get it to ADB Composite. I've tried the KFF and that doesn't work either. Uninstalled drivers and reinstalled with no success.
Also, it seems that every time I plug the Kindle into the computer it reinstalls the Drivers.
I do have a Factory Cable on the way so I'm hoping that that will work for me if nothing else does.
Thanks in advance all.
As long as the factory cable you speak of is the fastboot cable that is all you will need. Simply get it into fastboot, flash FFF and TWRP, transfer a Rom.zip and Gapps.zip to the sdcard, do a full wipe in recovery minus the sdcard/external storage. Flash Rom, flash Gapps and reboot. if you get it properly into fastboot your driver will read Android ADB interface. If your running windows 8 you need to disable driver signature verification in order to install the driver.
Thepooch said:
As long as the factory cable you speak of is the fastboot cable that is all you will need. Simply get it into fastboot, flash FFF and TWRP, transfer a Rom.zip and Gapps.zip to the sdcard, do a full wipe in recovery minus the sdcard/external storage. Flash Rom, flash Gapps and reboot. if you get it properly into fastboot your driver will read Android ADB interface. If your running windows 8 you need to disable driver signature verification in order to install the driver.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! It should be here today so I'm excited. I read all of what you've posted multiple times now in other threads, I just haven't been able to get it into fastboot so I'm really hoping that fastboot cable works for me.
Thanks for the quick reply Pooch.
Well. It's bricked. Couldn't get it to boot into twrp. After trying for awhile I decided to just flash fff as I knew the recovery was there. I get nothing now. Completely black screen and no led on power button. I've tried the whole firekit short usb with no luck. It gets past the first part but then just sits at waiting for device. So I'm lost. Is it fried?
This all started when I accidentally wiped /system in TWRP. I tried to sideload a .zip but it wouldn't install, then I realized I still had my cm11 images on the internal storage. Got that flashed, then I flashed the gapps. I tried to restart the Kindle from TWRP, then all of a sudden this slide thing came up. It was something that had something to do with SuperSU and the words "Do Not Install" in caps. Also it showed up right as I was sliding to restart. Now it's sitting at the white and orange Kindle Fire startup screen. I hope I'm not bricked, because I don't have access to recovery, I don't have access/money for a fastboot cable, nor can I make one. If I have to, I might be able to make one. Thanks for your help if you can.
kernelpanic_ said:
This all started when I accidentally wiped /system in TWRP. I tried to sideload a .zip but it wouldn't install, then I realized I still had my cm11 images on the internal storage. Got that flashed, then I flashed the gapps. I tried to restart the Kindle from TWRP, then all of a sudden this slide thing came up. The only thing I got from it before it restarted was DO NOT INSTALL and SuperSU, but it showed up right as I was sliding to restart. Now it's sitting at the white and orange Kindle Fire startup screen. I hope I'm not bricked, because I don't have access to recovery, I don't have access/money for a fastboot cable, nor can I make one. If I have to, I might be able to make one. Thanks for your help if you can.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is the screen atm.
kernelpanic_ said:
This is the screen atm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Assuming you have the fastboot drivers installed, this should work even without a fastboot cable. First, unplug your kindle from the USB cable and make sure it's completely powered off. Next, in a command prompt (Windows) or a Terminal (Ubuntu), type "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" without quotes, and press enter. You should see a message looking like "< waiting for device >", plug your kindle in if so. The kindle should now display the orange-and-white logo like in your screenshot, and then after a few seconds, it should change into a "fastboot mode" screen. If you can get this far, then you shouldn't be completely bricked.