Hello all,
I need some help and guidance in fixing my Kindle Fire. Some background:
My Kindle Fire was on 6.3.1 when I rooted it, no custom roms, just root so I can get Google Framework on it since I use Google Docs and the Google Market. After about a week or so, I decided I wanted to go back to an unrooted Fire so I can get access to my stock book reading app and Instant VOD.
I had FFF and TWRP on my Kindle Fire as well, running Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
After much searching, every unroot guide kept pointing me back to flashing the stock rom. So I downloaded the latest update.zip through KFU, booted into TWRP, wiped, installed the update.zip, and rebooted.
After that, I hit the Kindle Fire logo, static, and it hangs there. I power off and on, still hangs. I don't have the blue/white FFF recovery anymore so booting into recovery wasn't an option. I then connected the Kindle to my computer, opened KFU, and tried to change the boot option through option 1, and every time I change it, Fastboot, Normal boot, etc. it sends the command, Kindle reboots, but then hangs again on the static logo.
I tried reinstalling FFF and TWRP through KFU to try and reflash, but it shows as preparing, then waiting for device, and nothing. Again, just hanging.
I even tried the manual shell commands I've seen around the forums and in the Kindle Fire for Beginners Guide, but I keep hanging on "Waiting for device" in the cmd prompt.
I don't know what else to do and I'm becoming more confused with the different types of issues that everyone is reporting, with each one have one detail different from my situation. I had no custom roms, just a root, and it seems I may have flashed a bad stock rom.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I apologize if this was solved somewhere else, but I searched numerous threads and guides, but they all dealt with something going wrong with a custom rom or people getting to the animated Kindle Fire logo, where as mine is just static.
Again, thank you for your time.
Sounds like it's stuck in fastboot bootmode to this noob. I had the same problem at one point and used command line to fix with the simple bootmode switching commands - can't recall if I used fastboot or adb tools..but either should work. And if I'm reading your post right, you've tried these so this is likely above my meager skill level, heh. You are handling it better than I did, I might add.
If I may point out where you went wrong:
Mattamus Prime said:
After about a week or so, I decided I wanted to go back to an unrooted Fire so I can get access to my stock book reading app and Instant VOD.
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There are apps in the Google Play store that will temporarily remove your root status so you are able to use services that detect and shut down when root is detected. OTArootkeeper.apk is one that I've heard of.
And don't ever chose to lose fff once you have that as this is your lifeline to unbricking.
Hopefully someone with better chops than I on this will post up - continue with your patient reading and take a little comfort that this is most probably fixable.
First off, I applaud you for trying to figure out and fix the problem yourself using the guides available. Thank you. The information you provided will go a long way to getting the help you need.
So far it seems you've done everything right, but to be sure, you should check to make sure your drivers are in order (most likely the problem). The second post of the Beginners Guide will help you with that.
Once you have done that and you still can't change your bootmode, try using recovery to flash a custom rom. It's possible the stock boot image you have has been corrupted. You can use the "mount" function in recovery to push another rom to your sdcard. If that works you can stick with a custom rom like MoDaCo. It's the same stock stock interface with Google apps and services installed and you don't have to worry about OTA updates. OTA Rootkeeper will let you easily switch between "rooted" and "unrooted" so you can take advantage of Amazon's VOD.
And if you still want pure stock you can d/l a new copy of the update and try again.
Thanks for the suggestion. I did try OTA Rootkeeper, but when I went into my Instant VOD, it still had the buttons grayed out. I tried temp unroot, reboot Kindle, and still grayed out, so I assumed Rootkeeper wasn't working for me, thus, the looking for the unroot tutorials.
A little bit of extra information, when I hook up my Kindle Fire, my drivers says Android Composite ADB Interface. When I try to switch to Fastboot to have it switch to Android ADB Interface, it doesn't switch. It just stays as Composite.
Thanks again.
soupmagnet said:
So far it seems you've done everything right, but to be sure, you should check to make sure your drivers are in order (most likely the problem). The second post of the Beginners Guide will help you with that.
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I followed the advice in the Beginners Guide, uninstalled whatever drivers I had, rebooted my comp, then installed the ones that came with the KFU download.
Are there any other drivers I should be looking for?
Also, a little bit of more information, I tried switching to Fastboot through KFU, received some messages to the effect of "system/some file name file not found (2)", (I apologize for not being specific, typing from memory), it then reboots my Kindle Fire, then I execute the commands:
fastboot getvar product
After that, it just says <waiting for device>
In fact, after any command I do in cmd, I get that message. So I believe it may be a driver issue, like was suggested, or my Kindle isn't far enough into the boot process to be found.
It definitely sounds like a driver issue. Keep working on your drivers.
If that doesn't work, you can try it on a different computer OR set up a Linux LiveUSB for issuing adb/fastboot commands.
FIX for Kindle stuck on logo
Finally I FIXED MY KINDLE FIRE!!!!
Issue : Kindle Fire stuck on 'Kindle Fire' logo and never moves after that.
Hello All,
Just like others in here, even I tried to upgrade to new version of Android on my kindle and I messed it up very bad.
I have read a post where, some-one just updated that it is because we have enabled fast boot on it and we need to move to regular boot.
However, none of the solutions suggest on this website worked for me (am not saying my friends are wrong in here).
Finally the work around that WORKED for me, and am sure this will be help you all.
When you are wiping/erasing the data/SD card, please do not wide the ROM. If you delete the ROM - Booom!!, you are cutting off the branch yo are
sitting ON )
Now if you have already done that.. please follow the steps.
You have intall/upgrade to a new version of Android.
Make sure you have the TWRP 2.1.x or 2.2.0 installed << which you will have, using that only you wiped off your kindle )
Now download the latest version of Andriod Jelly Bean and Google app on your computer from the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778010
1. Now, boot ur kindle into recovery.
2. Connect your kindle to your computer, if the computer recongnise your kindle paste both files onto kindle, and move to step 6
3. If your kindle is not recognized (like in my case), go to mount option in recovery
4. Choose mount USB
5. Kindle will be recognized in computer, and copy the files.
6. Disconnect Kindle from the computer
7. Wipe data/factory reset
8. Wipe cache
9. Wipe dalvik
10. Install ROM <install Andriod Jelly Bean> Do not install Google Apps
11. Reboot
Once you do a normal reboot, your system will boot into Andriod Jelly Bean edtion. Go to file manager and reach out to Google Apps and install the
application and reboot.
Yes!! you have the complete recoved Kindle
Only known issue - Your battery bar will not move when it is charging (but actually it is charging).
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MattamusPrime said:
Hello all,
I need some help and guidance in fixing my Kindle Fire. Some background:
My Kindle Fire was on 6.3.1 when I rooted it, no custom roms, just root so I can get Google Framework on it since I use Google Docs and the Google Market. After about a week or so, I decided I wanted to go back to an unrooted Fire so I can get access to my stock book reading app and Instant VOD.
I had FFF and TWRP on my Kindle Fire as well, running Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
After much searching, every unroot guide kept pointing me back to flashing the stock rom. So I downloaded the latest update.zip through KFU, booted into TWRP, wiped, installed the update.zip, and rebooted.
After that, I hit the Kindle Fire logo, static, and it hangs there. I power off and on, still hangs. I don't have the blue/white FFF recovery anymore so booting into recovery wasn't an option. I then connected the Kindle to my computer, opened KFU, and tried to change the boot option through option 1, and every time I change it, Fastboot, Normal boot, etc. it sends the command, Kindle reboots, but then hangs again on the static logo.
I tried reinstalling FFF and TWRP through KFU to try and reflash, but it shows as preparing, then waiting for device, and nothing. Again, just hanging.
I even tried the manual shell commands I've seen around the forums and in the Kindle Fire for Beginners Guide, but I keep hanging on "Waiting for device" in the cmd prompt.
I don't know what else to do and I'm becoming more confused with the different types of issues that everyone is reporting, with each one have one detail different from my situation. I had no custom roms, just a root, and it seems I may have flashed a bad stock rom.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I apologize if this was solved somewhere else, but I searched numerous threads and guides, but they all dealt with something going wrong with a custom rom or people getting to the animated Kindle Fire logo, where as mine is just static.
Again, thank you for your time.
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K_Krish said:
Finally I FIXED MY KINDLE FIRE!!!!
Issue : Kindle Fire stuck on 'Kindle Fire' logo and never moves after that.
Hello All,
Just like others in here, even I tried to upgrade to new version of Android on my kindle and I messed it up very bad.
I have read a post where, some-one just updated that it is because we have enabled fast boot on it and we need to move to regular boot.
However, none of the solutions suggest on this website worked for me (am not saying my friends are wrong in here).
Finally the work around that WORKED for me, and am sure this will be help you all.
When you are wiping/erasing the data/SD card, please do not wide the ROM. If you delete the ROM - Booom!!, you are cutting off the branch yo are
sitting ON )
Now if you have already done that.. please follow the steps.
You have intall/upgrade to a new version of Android.
Make sure you have the TWRP 2.1.x or 2.2.0 installed << which you will have, using that only you wiped off your kindle )
Now download the latest version of Andriod Jelly Bean and Google app on your computer from the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778010
1. Now, boot ur kindle into recovery.
2. Connect your kindle to your computer, if the computer recongnise your kindle paste both files onto kindle, and move to step 6
3. If your kindle is not recognized (like in my case), go to mount option in recovery
4. Choose mount USB
5. Kindle will be recognized in computer, and copy the files.
6. Disconnect Kindle from the computer
7. Wipe data/factory reset
8. Wipe cache
9. Wipe dalvik
10. Install ROM <install Andriod Jelly Bean> Do not install Google Apps
11. Reboot
Once you do a normal reboot, your system will boot into Andriod Jelly Bean edtion. Go to file manager and reach out to Google Apps and install the
application and reboot.
Yes!! you have the complete recoved Kindle
Only known issue - Your battery bar will not move when it is charging (but actually it is charging).
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I think twrp got deleted when I reinstalled the kindle update. So I can't do what you said. When I turn my kindle on it gets stuck at that kindle fire logo. I can't go into recovery or anything. I can't re install twrp because it KFU says my kindle in online but when i click install twrp it says waiting for device.
me too
dynomite16 said:
I think twrp got deleted when I reinstalled the kindle update. So I can't do what you said. When I turn my kindle on it gets stuck at that kindle fire logo. I can't go into recovery or anything. I can't re install twrp because it KFU says my kindle in online but when i click install twrp it says waiting for device.
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I am stuck at the very same place you are. I was in an endless bootloop after trying to flas back to the Stock Amazon ROM using TWRP. Once i got the drivers sorted out and ADB could see my device i used KFU to "Install permanent Root with Superuser". The KF went to reboot into fastboot and the screen said "waiting for device" for about ten minutes. Now the KF is stuck at the white and orange "kindle Fire" boot logo. Windows will no longer see the KF as an android device. It only shows up as an "unknown device" in the device manager.
Try this
dynomite16 said:
I think twrp got deleted when I reinstalled the kindle update. So I can't do what you said. When I turn my kindle on it gets stuck at that kindle fire logo. I can't go into recovery or anything. I can't re install twrp because it KFU says my kindle in online but when i click install twrp it says waiting for device.
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Ok, I dont know, how to fix this (as I was not in this situation). Try following the steps - Download update.zip through KFU. Connect your Kindle to PC and install the android driver. If your PC detects the kindle copy update.zip file to kindle and try to install that.
sounds like a job for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693&highlight=info
dynomite16 said:
I think twrp got deleted when I reinstalled the kindle update. So I can't do what you said. When I turn my kindle on it gets stuck at that kindle fire logo. I can't go into recovery or anything. I can't re install twrp because it KFU says my kindle in online but when i click install twrp it says waiting for device.
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Im in the same boat you are. I have tried everything stuck on same logo device is recognized in devices as android phone and adb interface but cannot connect to unbrick utility or KFU and doesnt show as a drive either. tried to search devices in cmd using fastboot commands and nothing shows either. I decided to purchase a factory cable today on ebay. Keeping my fingers crossed because after reading everything I could find I think it is my only option.
No, your problem is as "simple" as fixing your drivers so the computer can communicate with the device through adb and fastboot. KFU relies on those two tools to do pretty much anything. Unfortunately, Windows is stupid and is not very effective when dealing with certain USB devices.
In order to, say, install TWRP, you need adb to change the bootmode to accept fastboot commands, and use fastboot commands to overwrite the recovery partition. In the process of going between different boot modes, Windows had a hissy fit and decides not to communicate with the device at all. Hence the need to fix/reinstall the drivers. It doesn't always work out that way and you get stuck where you are right now. A factory cable will put you in fastboot, but it wont make Windows communicate with the device. You can continue to fight with Windows drivers and hope to get lucky, or you could try other, more effective options...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30629067
omg .... I survived a bricking. Soupkit saved me!!!
Somewhere on the many tabs I have open, as I frantically search for ways to unbrick my Kindle fire... I run into " SoupKit" for Linux ... install it... mess around with the Bootloader .. change it to 4002 I believe the value was ... my Kindle that I've been working on for literally 6 hrs is back on! ... now on the figuring out how to root it / remove demo software. SOUPKIT!
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Hi
I have almost zero knowledge on android devices. Recently I wanted to install jelly beans on my kindle fire. I followed a "how to..." video. Using Kindle Fire Utility Kit, I first rooted my tablet, then installed google apps and then I installed TWRP. Using TWRP I installed a jelly bean (CM10) ROM. But, in this process, I did not back up my original kindle fire OS. The installation was successful. But, I wanted to go back to Kindle fire's original OS. So, I sent kindle fire OS 6.3.1 upgrade (by changing the extension to .zip from .bin) to the root. Then using TWRP, I installed kindle fire 6.3.1.
Now, the kindle fire home screen appears, couple of error message pop us (Sorry! The application Calendar Storage (process com.android.providers.calendar) has stopped unexpectedly. ) and then reboots. It goes on and on. I can no longer access TWRP. WhenI try to reroot the device, the program in my computer just sits indefinitely waiting for the device.
So, folks, is there a way, I can get my back tablet? Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Using the update.zip from Amazon, reverts your device to it's original state, which includes replacing the recovery and bootloader partitions.
You very likely didn't wipe your data and cache partitions, which is why you're having problems. To fix the problem, reinstall the update.zip. To reinstall the update.zip, you need to reinstall TWRP. In order to reinstall TWRP, you need to fix your drivers and perhaps learn a little bit about fastboot mode. In either case, here are a couple links where you can find all the information you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668159
Yesterday I wanted to connect my rooted Kindle Fire to my computer to sync books onto. I would connect it with a micro USB and the notification would come up to connect the kindle to my computer and I did as i always have. Only this time the kindle said it was connected but my computer shows no external devices in Computer except in the bottom right an option to Safely Remove USB Device is still their while my computer does not recognize it. After restarting the Kindle and my computer multiple times i tried using several different micro USB cords. After giving up I decided to factory reset it in the Kindle setting. It reset and started to reboot and it froze on the Orange and white Kindle Fire logo after the blue and white bootmenu. My Kindle Version is 6.3.1 and TWRP is 2.1.1. Every time i try to open normal boot mode and reset boot mode it would freeze and the only thing that is working is Recovery mode. I figured that something went wrong so i tried to wipe the system from TWRP and reboot it but the same thing happens. After searching for an answer i came here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1977311 I read it and tried to mount my Kindle as a usb device but it still will not show up on my computer. So now i am left with a bricked Kindle Fire and can't connect it to my computer to try and fix it. If anyone can help PLEASE!!!! respond as soon as possible!
Reinstall drivers from kfu.
Then try mounting USB through twrp again.
It also appears that the computer recognizes the kindle but you can't see it in computer? Go to the device manager on your computer, and see what your kindle is recognized as.
Even if you can't get your computer to fully recognize it as a mass storage device, try to push through the steps in kfu. If kfu says " waiting for device" restart the kindle.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using Tapatalk HD
I know its too late now but never ever do a factory reset from settings if you are rooted .sounds to me like u have a soft brick and should be able to get it back especially if you can still get into twrp you also need to make sure its a first gen kindle and not a second gen. The second gen kindles have locked bootloaders and have to be rooted differently than a first gen
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eplc99 said:
Yesterday I wanted to connect my rooted Kindle Fire to my computer to sync books onto. I would connect it with a micro USB and the notification would come up to connect the kindle to my computer and I did as i always have. Only this time the kindle said it was connected but my computer shows no external devices in Computer except in the bottom right an option to Safely Remove USB Device is still their while my computer does not recognize it. After restarting the Kindle and my computer multiple times i tried using several different micro USB cords. After giving up I decided to factory reset it in the Kindle setting. It reset and started to reboot and it froze on the Orange and white Kindle Fire logo after the blue and white bootmenu. My Kindle Version is 6.3.1 and TWRP is 2.1.1. Every time i try to open normal boot mode and reset boot mode it would freeze and the only thing that is working is Recovery mode. I figured that something went wrong so i tried to wipe the system from TWRP and reboot it but the same thing happens. After searching for an answer i came here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1977311 I read it and tried to mount my Kindle as a usb device but it still will not show up on my computer. So now i am left with a bricked Kindle Fire and can't connect it to my computer to try and fix it. If anyone can help PLEASE!!!! respond as soon as possible!
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Luckily you have FFF installed (blue & white KF logo). The orange & white logo is the stock boot animation. Typically this would be a big problem, but you have FFF and access to recovery so all is well.
You need to download a ROM and get it to your sdcard so you can flash it in recovery. If you want to keep using stock, I'd suggest using MoDaCo rather than attempting to revert to stock as that would only compound your problems.
You have a couple options but considering you can't get your sdcard mounted to USB, you may be looking at bigger problems. Try to "adb push" the ROM to your sdcard. If for some reason when you navigate to the sdcard in recovery, you only see a single TWRP folder and nothing else, you'll have to reformat...maybe even repartition (easier than it seems).
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
soupmagnet said:
Luckily you have FFF installed (blue & white KF logo). The orange & white logo is the stock boot animation. Typically this would be a big problem, but you have FFF and access to recovery so all is well.
You need to download a ROM and get it to your sdcard so you can flash it in recovery. If you want to keep using stock, I'd suggest using MoDaCo rather than attempting to revert to stock as that would only compound your problems.
You have a couple options but considering you can't get your sdcard mounted to USB, you may be looking at bigger problems. Try to "adb push" the ROM to your sdcard. If for some reason when you navigate to the sdcard in recovery, you only see a single TWRP folder and nothing else, you'll have to reformat...maybe even repartition (easier than it seems).
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
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SoupMagnate, i attempted to adp push the rom onto the kindle, the daemons started running and then it said no device found. How would i reformat it or re partition it?
Ecstaz said:
I know its too late now but never ever do a factory reset from settings if you are rooted .sounds to me like u have a soft brick and should be able to get it back especially if you can still get into twrp you also need to make sure its a first gen kindle and not a second gen. The second gen kindles have locked bootloaders and have to be rooted differently than a first gen
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It is 1st gen
eplc99 said:
SoupMagnate, i attempted to adp push the rom onto the kindle, the daemons started running and then it said no device found. How would i reformat it or re partition it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33109015
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
My device is Amazon Kindle Fire HDX GU045RW 64GB Black 8.9" Wifi 3rd Generation Tablet, and it has had a keeping restart issue since last week, the device is not rooted, and firmware version is 4.5.5.2. I think a factory reset might bring it back to work, but I forgot to back up my pictures and videos in the DCIM folder, and I am afraid the factory reset would wipe them as well, so I thought maybe I can replace the kindle fire recovery with TWRP to mount the internal storage before Fire OS starts, is this possible? I just found TWRP for kindle fire HD soho can be installed regardless root , is there any similar method for a HDX 8.9? Or is there any tool can recover the pictures&video even they are deleted by the factory reset? Thanks in advance for any help!
so far the device can start the fire OS for around 10 seconds and restarts again when it is powered by a PC, which recognizes it as a portable device and I can explore the internal storage for a very short time, but when it is powered by a charger, it rarely enter into the main menu, looks like the USB storage enumeration would pend the restart a little bit longer, I am not sure if such info is helpful to narrow the possible causes, just hope anyone who met similar issue would give me some hint about it. Thanks in advance for any comment!
I have managed to install the kindle adb driver on my laptop, and could run "adb devices" and serial number showed , is there any adb command I could use to diagnose my device? Thanks in advance for any suggestion
HELP, I'VE BRICKED A KINDLE FIRE 1ST GENERATION! Basically, I was trying to convert it to Otterx, and I didn't have a computer at the time, so what I thought would work to get the unofficial Cyanogenmod 14 (Android Nougat) made by Hashbang, was that I could (to avoid the problem of formatting sdcard while the rom was on there) simply copy the rom to the root of the internal storage, and thusly not delete it while formatting. None of that worked. What ended up happening was I flashed the bootloader, the TWRP recovery that was supposed to work with Otterx, formatted all of the correct partitions WHILE THE CM14 ROM WAS STILL ON THERE, and switched the partition scheme in the bootloader to Otterx. I was left without any OS, but with a recovery, which wasn't mounting things correctly. When I saw that it didn't mount anything correctly, I decided to flash TWRP again, but this time, it didn't flash correctly, or it just deleted the recovery and did nothing else, I don't know which. At this point, all I had was just the bootloader, no OS, no recovery. Fast forward to when I just got this laptop, in order to try and flash a new recovery, I put it into fastboot mode via the bootloader, and plugged it into my newly acquired (Windows 10) laptop. Nothing happened on the computer, so I tried turning the Kindle Fire off, then plugged it in again. The Kindle Fire turned on, but nothing happened on the laptop. I tried installing the Google USB drivers, and the Kindle Fire drivers, both from Amazon and from KFU, and using ADB, but nothing worked. It is worth noting that whenever I plug the Kindle Fire into anything, it goes into fastboot mode and I can't get it out. What do I do now? I at least need instructions to get ADB to recognize it. And to anyone who bothered reading all of this, you deserve something, I don't know what though.