Hello All,
A friend of mine has possibly bricked his KF - but I'm not entirely sure, as he can't adequately describe to me what he did to it (or point me to th instructions he was following). I'm trying to get it running for him again, but honestly, while I have a rooted KF running hashcode's kernal, I simply followed instructions correctly (ie: I don't have actual knowledge of the inner workings).
Here's the deal with his KF:
- Powers on, and sticks at the "kindle fire" screen ("kindle" in white, "fire" in orange)
- I can see the KF when I use the devices command from adb
I'm running the current release of ubuntu - so KFU is not an option. Please advise if you have thoughts on how I can begin to resolve this issue. And I do apologize if this has been covered, as I'm sure it has, but most posts involving restoring fuctionality seem to be using KFU/windows.
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Thepooch said:
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Thanks for helping buddy - I'll let you know when dude gets the factory cable.
celticGreen said:
Hello All,
A friend of mine has possibly bricked his KF - but I'm not entirely sure, as he can't adequately describe to me what he did to it (or point me to th instructions he was following). I'm trying to get it running for him again, but honestly, while I have a rooted KF running hashcode's kernal, I simply followed instructions correctly (ie: I don't have actual knowledge of the inner workings).
Here's the deal with his KF:
- Powers on, and sticks at the "kindle fire" screen ("kindle" in white, "fire" in orange)
- I can see the KF when I use the devices command from adb
I'm running the current release of ubuntu - so KFU is not an option. Please advise if you have thoughts on how I can begin to resolve this issue. And I do apologize if this has been covered, as I'm sure it has, but most posts involving restoring fuctionality seem to be using KFU/windows.
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My girlfriends KF has done this several times. Have you tried a reset? If not, hold the power button down for 20 seconds, then wait about a minute. If the KF does not boot up automatically then turn it on yourself. hopefully after the reset it will boot up correctly. If not, maybe you will have to wait for the factory cable.
Built a factory cable, and sure enough TWRP booted up just fine. Going to revert this thing to stock and be done with it...
This is the 2nd Kindle Fire 6.3.1 I've rooted. The first one works like a dream thanks to everyone here at xda, you guys also helped me root and overclock my s3. My friend asked me to do his kindle and I'm having problems I searched through the forums to no avail. I already had the driver installed and checked my device manager on windows 7 and saw that everything was working . I opened up ADB 0.9.6 saw that I was online and rooted it, everything went fine. When I tried to boot into recovery nothing happens well almost. When the kindle fire logo is up it flickers and I think I'm seeing the recovery screen but it's only for a fraction of a second. I can't get the triangle to pop up. I also don't have the SU in my app drawer. I have tried everything I can think of. Any ideas?
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This is the 2nd Kindle Fire 6.3.1 I've rooted. The first one works like a dream thanks to everyone here at xda, you guys also helped me root and overclock my s3. My friend asked me to do his kindle and I'm having problems I searched through the forums to no avail. I already had the driver installed and checked my device manager on windows 7 and saw that everything was working . I opened up ADB 0.9.6 saw that I was online and rooted it, everything went fine. When I tried to boot into recovery nothing happens well almost. When the kindle fire logo is up it flickers and I think I'm seeing the recovery screen but it's only for a fraction of a second. I can't get the triangle to pop up. I also don't have the SU in my app drawer. I have tried everything I can think of. Any ideas?
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this is the entirely wrong forum. we are the kindle fire 10.2.* community.. the kf2 community... the forum you seek is the kindle fire 1 forum...
Well I have a bricked 1st gen Kindle Fire. It is stuck on the orange and white kindle fire screen and I have a factory cable. The screen just stays on the orange and white for forever unless I hold the power button down for almost 15 seconds. I need help getting it back to normal Kindle then rooting and such. Please help me somebody!!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166668
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166668
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Simply plugging it in doesn't do nothing.
Simply plugging it in puts it into fastboot (static Kindle Fire logo) like it's supposed to. In fastboot you use fastboot commands to get the device in a usable state. If fastboot commands don't work, then it is a problem with your drivers.
All of this information and then some can be found at the link I gave you, so you should probably study it more carefully. Identifying and using fastboot mode on the Kindle Fire is such a basic task, you should be able to learn everything you need to know about it on your own, using the information that's available to you.
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Simply plugging it in puts it into fastboot (static Kindle Fire logo) like it's supposed to. In fastboot you use fastboot commands to get the device in a usable state. If fastboot commands don't work, then it is a problem with your drivers.
All of this information and then some can be found at the link I gave you, so you should probably study it more carefully. Identifying and using fastboot mode on the Kindle Fire is such a basic task, you should be able to learn everything you need to know about it on your own, using the information that's available to you.
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Can you please just help me? I've been googling for days and I'm confused like there's no tomorrow. All I know is my Kindle has been stuck on the stock orange and white screen and I have a factory cable.
The information you need has already been laid out for you, and the FAQ that I linked to was written in such a way to make finding the information you're looking for that much easier.
Q2 Links to information every Kindle Fire owner needs to know if they plan to modifying their device (it even includes an explanation on "unbricking").
Q16 Explains what it means when your device is stuck at the Kindle Fire logo and clues for getting your device fixed.
Q17 Explains a simple way to fix 90% of all Kindle Fire problems.
Q18 Links to a list of fastboot commands and a short explanation for each
Q19 Is a guide regarding fastboot, which explains how to identify and/or access fastboot mode
Q26 & Q27 Has information regarding the factory cable and how it is used.
...and various other questions have answers which clue you in to what you need to do to fix your device.
If you had a complicated problem or a question, to which the answer was hard to find, I could justify spending the time to help you figure it out. But your problem is one that has happened probably thousands of times around here. It is basic knowledge, prerequisite to modifying the Kindle Fire, and you should have already known it anyway.
Don't forget that you created this problem for yourself (not me). Therefore it is your responsibility (not mine) to fix it.
I've already gone out of the way to make that process easier by providing the FAQ in the first place, so you should (at the very least) use that information to figure out why your device is behaving the way it is, and what you need to do to fix it.
It isn't that hard. You just have to put forth the effort.
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The information you need has already been laid out for you, and the FAQ that I linked to was written in such a way to make finding the information you're looking for that much easier.
Q2 Links to information every Kindle Fire owner needs to know if they plan to modifying their device (it even includes an explanation on "unbricking").
Q16 Explains what it means when your device is stuck at the Kindle Fire logo and clues for getting your device fixed.
Q17 Explains a simple way to fix 90% of all Kindle Fire problems.
Q18 Links to a list of fastboot commands and a short explanation for each
Q19 Is a guide regarding fastboot, which explains how to identify and/or access fastboot mode
Q26 & Q27 Has information regarding the factory cable and how it is used.
...and various other questions have answers which clue you in to what you need to do to fix your device.
If you had a complicated problem or a question, to which the answer was hard to find, I could justify spending the time to help you figure it out. But your problem is one that has happened probably thousands of times around here. It is basic knowledge, prerequisite to modifying the Kindle Fire, and you should have already known it anyway.
Don't not forget that you created this problem for yourself (not me). Therefore it is your responsibility (not mine) to fix it.
I've already gone out of the way to make that process easier by providing the FAQ in the first place, so you should (at the very least) use that information to figure out why your device is behaving the way it is, and what you need to do to fix it.
It isn't that hard. You just have to put forth the effort.
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I understand, I'm very knowledgable with my Razr, so I figured I'd be able to do this easy peezy lemon squeezy. Guess not. I just keep trying things and nothing is working or else I'm just not doing it right :/
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The information you need has already been laid out for you, and the FAQ that I linked to was written in such a way to make finding the information you're looking for that much easier.
Q2 Links to information every Kindle Fire owner needs to know if they plan to modifying their device (it even includes an explanation on "unbricking").
Q16 Explains what it means when your device is stuck at the Kindle Fire logo and clues for getting your device fixed.
Q17 Explains a simple way to fix 90% of all Kindle Fire problems.
Q18 Links to a list of fastboot commands and a short explanation for each
Q19 Is a guide regarding fastboot, which explains how to identify and/or access fastboot mode
Q26 & Q27 Has information regarding the factory cable and how it is used.
...and various other questions have answers which clue you in to what you need to do to fix your device.
If you had a complicated problem or a question, to which the answer was hard to find, I could justify spending the time to help you figure it out. But your problem is one that has happened probably thousands of times around here. It is basic knowledge, prerequisite to modifying the Kindle Fire, and you should have already known it anyway.
Don't forget that you created this problem for yourself (not me). Therefore it is your responsibility (not mine) to fix it.
I've already gone out of the way to make that process easier by providing the FAQ in the first place, so you should (at the very least) use that information to figure out why your device is behaving the way it is, and what you need to do to fix it.
It isn't that hard. You just have to put forth the effort.
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I know this has been answered but I've tried 10 million different ways on how to get the right working drivers. Can you supply me with something that is easy? I've tried installing the SDK manager, tried deleting the ADB, replugging in, and nothing still works and it still shows up as unknown device......
What commands are you using?
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What commands are you using?
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How do I do those?
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What commands are you using?
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I thought I had to have the right drivers for those?
My TWRP version is v2.5.0.0. I tried to follow a fallback procedure in thread
Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > Restore kindle fire after twrp2.0 to factory default without firefirefire
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that other people succeeded with. Unfortunately, I can no longer boot into TWRP by holding down the power button (never goes orange anymore) or boot normally into Linux; regardless of mode, all I see is the yellow flame triangle with the "press power..." message down below.
I suspect that Justin's fallback recipe in that thread only works with certain versions of TWRP. I am not faulting anyone but myself. Being an experienced systems programmer and hardware assembler, I know that these things can happen.
Is there another way to recover from a looping TWRP that I may not be aware of? It seems that there is only one "override" button i.e. the power button.
I've taken hardware apart and assembled systems before many times so I'll not be shy about doing so with this tablet. I found very good how-tos on-line as a guide and I have good tools.
So, can anyone point me to any of the following?
1. Motherboard internal specifications with pictures (like you get when you buy a motherboard at Newegg or Amazon)
2. Hardware reset jumpers if there are any
3. Preferred methods for reloading storage
4. Other suggestions?
Thank you. Peace.
Richard
Reinstall twrp and install the new firefirefire
You could use kindle fire utility 0.9.9
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Well I got tired of modifying my stock Kindle OS and getting wierd results so I tried a Second Time to Install CM10 on my KFHD 8.9 (FW 8.1.4) Followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Got to step 4 and at this point the damn thing hard bricked. No fast boot, No Safe boot, No boot at all just a black screen. How come everyone else can seem to get it right but me? Anyway I have already recieved 1 replacement device from Amazon, and I am quite poor and cannot afford expensive tools or another system. So My question here is 2 fold. Is there any fix for this? and if so what is the safest way to attempt TWRP and CM10? Thanks and hope to hear from somebody.
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Well I got tired of modifying my stock Kindle OS and getting wierd results so I tried a Second Time to Install CM10 on my KFHD 8.9 (FW 8.1.4) Followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Got to step 4 and at this point the damn thing hard bricked. No fast boot, No Safe boot, No boot at all just a black screen. How come everyone else can seem to get it right but me? Anyway I have already recieved 1 replacement device from Amazon, and I am quite poor and cannot afford expensive tools or another system. So My question here is 2 fold. Is there any fix for this? and if so what is the safest way to attempt TWRP and CM10? Thanks and hope to hear from somebody.
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Unfortunately that Kindle is more than likely done for good. What you flashed was for a Kindle Fire 2 to your Kindle Fire HD 8.9.