So I'm installing TWRP, using kindle fire utility, when I press 5 to instal twrp is says: "The Kindle has been told to reboot in fastboot mode" And then it gets stuck at the Kindle Fire boot screen, then I have to put back into normal boot mode, this has been a problem for about 2 hours now and is getting really annoying.
I am having the same problem. I can't even get into fastboot mode it just hangs...
is this your first time rooting?
tobiascuypers said:
is this your first time rooting?
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Yes it is.
Did you do the permenate root option first?
I did the tutorial on here that was step by step for noobs. I don't know if it was a permanent version or not but anytime I open the checker it shows as rooted.
I can access adb no problems and it finds my device but whenever I do fastboot it hangs on waiting for device no matter how many times I try.
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This is the tutorial that I used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117
Any ideas tobiascuypers?
Alright guys... I've been trying to do this myself for days. Out of no where, my KF 1st gen just got stuck at the "kindle fire" logo. I never rooted it. I never did anything to it. I searched Google and found that this is a common problem with many options to fix. Here I am days later, and I've tried EVERYTHING. I literally cannot find a thread anymore with an option I haven't tried.
I have Windows 8 and I got the drivers installed using the force unsigned drivers stuff. I ended up getting to the point where I can see "Android ADB Interface" and sometimes "Android Composite ADB Interface" in my device manager, with no exclamation points. You'd think I was good to go at that point, but when I use "adb devices" (after kill-server) -- My device isn't listed. I've uninstalled the drivers countless times. I've use KFU. I've tried the Kindle Unbrick Utility v1.1. I've installed the drivers manually over and over and over. NOTHING I do can get the device found.
I even purchased a factory cable. It arrived today, and it doesn't help at all. I found "firekit" and I put Ubuntu on a USB drive. Same outcome... device not found.
I'm losing my mind over here. I cannot figure this out and I promise you... I have tried everything. I hate to start my own threads to ask questions because 99.99% of the time someone else has already had your problem, but I'm so defeated I just have no other choice at this point.
I'm begging for help! :crying:
edit: I just decided to start messing with KFU to see what would happen (despite the ADB Status: Offline message). Doing certain things like telling it to reboot to fastboot mode returns a "device not found". However, telling it to reboot to recovery actually made it reboot. So then I just decided to select option #2 "install permanent root" and then it rebooted and I see "kindle fire" with the blue fire logo. It said "device not found" but it still did that anyways. Currently waiting to see what happens... I figure it can't get any worse than I already am so I just started clicking ****, haha.
edit 2: I literally have no idea wtf just happened, but I just stumbled my way very messily through some stuff that seemed to partially work. My ADB Status said "online" for a second, but it's back offline I'm also in TWRP now, on my KF. I guess I moved forward, somehow. Going to do more research on what to do from this point.
You need twrp version 2.2.2.1 or lower to reinstall stock kindle rom
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But I suggest upgrading twrp to 2.6.3.0 or newer and install cm11
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Links to twrp.zips that can be flashed in current twrp
sd_shadow's collection of links for: Kindle Fire 1
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sd_shadow said:
You need twrp version 2.2.2.1 or lower to reinstall stock kindle rom
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But I suggest upgrading twrp to 2.6.3.0 or newer and install cm11
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Links to twrp.zips that can be flashed in current twrp
sd_shadow's collection of links for: Kindle Fire 1
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I'm on twrp 2.6.3.1 and I don't plan on going back to a stock rom, since I've already gone done this path. I'll see if I can get CM11 on here. I feel like something is still a bit off, but I'm trying my best
Is it possible to flash CM11 without loading it to the internal SD card first? I have no way of doing that because the KF currently just hangs at the orange "Kindle Fire" boot logo when I go into normal mode. I tried the Kindle Unbrick Utility's "Stuck at logo" option but it fails
edit: nevermind, I just realized I can mount from TWRP. Durrrrr
edit 2: sweet baby jesus I did it! I'm on CM11. I honestly have no idea why it worked Of course I am working on this for 5+ days and the second I finally make a post, I get it working.
Yes in twrp mount sd card to pc, copy rom and gapps, unmount, wipe data, install rom and gapps wipe caches, reboot
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elemeno0pee said:
Is it possible to flash CM11 without loading it to the internal SD card first? I have no way of doing that because the KF currently just hangs at the orange "Kindle Fire" boot logo when I go into normal mode. I tried the Kindle Unbrick Utility's "Stuck at logo" option but it fails
edit: nevermind, I just realized I can mount from TWRP. Durrrrr
edit 2: sweet baby jesus I did it! I'm on CM11. I honestly have no idea why it worked Of course I am working on this for 5+ days and the second I finally make a post, I get it working.
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That's xda magic
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@elemeno0pee please avoid editing posts, except for spelling, grammar...
It just causes confusion.
Glad you got it.
ok so I had installed root access but it didn't give me TWRP so I tried to get that and I bricked my kindle now it has a red screen and it is unresponsive I have a fastboot cable but every time I put it in all it does is cut on and the red screen comes up. Anyone got any ideas on what im suppose to do now?
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You have the kindle fire 2, I think.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304022
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And kf2 q & a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228539
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So my friend tried installing a custom rom on his phone resulting in bricking it. He gave it to me to try to fix it.
The phone is a HTC Desire HD with physically broken volume buttons, so I can't get into recovery . I can't tell what exactly he did because he doesn't know either, however the phone is stuck at the HTC bootlogo. Plugging the phone in into a computer shows it up as portable device. I installed HTC drivers. Adb and fastboot are working too (using it for my own phones). However windows doesn't recognize the phone as something else. I already tried changing the driver and pointing it to adb and htc drivers but windows keep saying it's a) the newest driver installed (WPA-Volume-Driver) or b) it's not compatible.
I tired getting into the bootloader by pressing the back button while powering on, but it just stays at the bootlogo. Plugging the phone into a computer while powered off shows it as portable device too.
Any chances to recover the phone?
Last way would be to replace mainboard I think, but the phone is to old to invest in it, isn't it?
Im running Winows 8.1 Pro x64 if it's matters.
Thanks for help!
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So my friend tried installing a custom rom on his phone resulting in bricking it. He gave it to me to try to fix it.
The phone is a HTC Desire HD with physically broken volume buttons, so I can't get into recovery . I can't tell what exactly he did because he doesn't know either, however the phone is stuck at the HTC bootlogo. Plugging the phone in into a computer shows it up as portable device. I installed HTC drivers. Adb and fastboot are working too (using it for my own phones). However windows doesn't recognize the phone as something else. I already tried changing the driver and pointing it to adb and htc drivers but windows keep saying it's a) the newest driver installed (WPA-Volume-Driver) or b) it's not compatible.
I tired getting into the bootloader by pressing the back button while powering on, but it just stays at the bootlogo. Plugging the phone into a computer while powered off shows it as portable device too.
Any chances to recover the phone?
Last way would be to replace mainboard I think, but the phone is to old to invest in it, isn't it?
Im running Winows 8.1 Pro x64 if it's matters.
Thanks for help!
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Try installing min adb and fastboot...or you could use the cmd prompt in SDK platform tools. Shift, right click..open cmd here. Try either of those.
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If needed.. Pull battery..wait half a min...put it back in. Hold power down...forever. Lol. Then try the cmd prompt or min adb
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2994872
Try dudes and mine solution.
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If you can access BL, ur not bricked.
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After further thought...u are gonna hafta access adb and or bootloader with SDK. Sometimes a PC won't recognize the device..no matter how many times u uninstall or reinstall the drivers.
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HTC Desire HD into recovery / fastboot / adb with dead volume keys
win 8.1 x64 not compatibile have issues with driver ,win-7 work fine for all drivers.test with win7 assuredly work
When I press power on my 1st gen kindle, I get the "Kindle Fire" screen followed by a dimmer screen that has a white triangle.
Device is not recognised by PC, either Win 7 or Ubuntu.
Shorting the connection inside as per this thread doesn't work.
KFU doesn't work.
ADB can't connect in any mode.
I'm thinking I have a brick??
Device has stock ROM, recovery, etc, AFAIK it hasn't been modified.
Thanks in advance for any help, pointers, etc etc.
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When I press power on my 1st gen kindle, I get the "Kindle Fire" screen followed by a dimmer screen that has a white triangle.
Device is not recognised by PC, either Win 7 or Ubuntu.
Shorting the connection inside as per this thread doesn't work.
KFU doesn't work.
ADB can't connect in any mode.
I'm thinking I have a brick??
Device has stock ROM, recovery, etc, AFAIK it hasn't been modified.
Thanks in advance for any help, pointers, etc etc.
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I don't think you have a kindle fire 1
What buttons does it have power, volume..
does it have HD on the back?
sd_shadow said:
I don't think you have a kindle fire 1
What buttons does it have power, volume..
does it have HD on the back?
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Just the power button on the bottom edge.
There's a faint serial number, which I think says D10400 (from memory, I'm at work and its not with me just now).
What makes you think it isn't a 1st gen?
Thanks.
Edit: I got this 2nd hand, do you think maybe someone has tried to flash the wrong ROM onto it??
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Just the power button on the bottom edge.
There's a faint serial number, which I think says D10400 (from memory, I'm at work and its not with me just now).
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D01400 is the model number for KF1
What makes you think it isn't a 1st gen?
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I haven't seen the screen with the white triangle and !, maybe stock recovery, but can't do anything in stock recovery that I know of.
Thanks.
Edit: I got this 2nd hand, do you think maybe someone has tried to flash the wrong ROM onto it??
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possibly, guessing you will need a Fastboot cable, so you can flash custom bootloader and recovery, then you will be able to reinstall stock or a custom rom.
you have tried powering off (hold power button 15 secs), then connecting to wall charger? may need to leave connected for several hours.
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D01400 is the model number for KF1
I haven't seen the screen with the white triangle and !, maybe stock recovery, but can't do anything in stock recovery that I know of.
possibly, guessing you will need a Fastboot cable, so you can flash custom bootloader and recovery, then you will be able to reinstall stock or a custom rom.
you have tried powering off (hold power button 15 secs), then connecting to wall charger? may need to leave connected for several hours.
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Yep, have a fastboot cable on order, I'm hoping that will solve my problem...
And yes, have powered off and charged overnight as you suggest (sorry, I should have stated that in OP).
Thanks again...
Interestingly, I can't find anything here or on the 'net about the white triangle and exclamation mark, which is unsual...my google fu is usually quite strong
Update: received fastboot cable. Plugged in to laptop with kindle powered off, then it booted to the kindle fire logo, then another screen with "Fastboot" written in a fancy coloured font with two traffic lights underneath - one green, one red, the green one blinking.
Then I ran kfu, install permanent root, twrp and fff. All seemed to go well, the kindle rebooted a time or two, then stuck on a black screen. Not detected by windows (7). Green power light was on.Thinking it needed rebooting again, I pressed power button to turn it off, but when I tried to reboot, nothing.
Now it won't turn on and is completely unrecognised by the laptop.
Have tried both fastboot cable and regular USB cable, no joy.
Also tried Ubuntu and soupkit. Nothing.
USB short trick doesn't work either.
Any ideas for this paperweight would be welcome, meanwhile the search continues...
The battery is pretty much fully charged, btw.
that is not a kindle fire 1, fastboot screen
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Kindle Fire 1 doesn't have a proper fastboot screen
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maybe Kindle Fire 2?
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sd_shadow said:
that is not a kindle fire 1, fastboot screen
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Kindle Fire 1 doesn't have a proper fastboot screen
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maybe Kindle Fire 2?
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Ok, but the serial number -D010400 - refers to a Kindle Fire 1, no?
Thanks for the reply.
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Ok, but the serial number -D010400 - refers to a Kindle Fire 1, no?
Thanks for the reply.
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D01400 is the model number for KF1
but was it the label placed by the seller? or amazon?
I suspect that the seller assumed it was a D010400,
because I have 2 of them that do not have a label with D010400 anywhere on them
sd_shadow said:
D01400 is the model number for KF1
but was it the label placed by the seller? or amazon?
I suspect that the seller assumed it was a D010400,
because I have 2 of them that do not have a label with D010400 anywhere on them
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Its not so much a label as very faint writing on the back cover, near the bottom of the tablet (if held in portrait mode).
It all looks pretty official, not something stuck on as an afterthought.
Would the serial numbers inside the Kindle hold any clues I wonder?.
Thanks again.
chris5s said:
Its not so much a label as very faint writing on the back cover, near the bottom of the tablet (if held in portrait mode).
It all looks pretty official, not something stuck on as an afterthought.
Would the serial numbers inside the Kindle hold any clues I wonder?.
Thanks again.
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all the labels on the inside are for part #s none of the labels are the same on either of mine.
The kindle fire 2 use some of the same parts, from my understanding
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could look for a date
KF2 was Released September 2012
but not sure when they started making KF2 before release
sd_shadow said:
all the labels on the inside are for part #s none of the labels are the same on either of mine.
The kindle fire 2 use some of the same parts, from my understanding
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could look for a date
KF2 was Released September 2012
but not sure when they started making KF2 before release
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Ok, thanks.
If it is a Fire 2, and I'm not convinced but defer to your better knowledge, then chances are its fairly well bricked, no, as recoveries and bootloaders aren't compatible?
Thanks again for the input @sd_shadow.
chris5s said:
Ok, thanks.
If it is a Fire 2, and I'm not convinced but defer to your better knowledge, then chances are its fairly well bricked, no, as recoveries and bootloaders aren't compatible?
Thanks again for the input @sd_shadow.
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you would have to ask someone with some knowledge of the KF2
but no the bootloaders are not compatible, recoveries maybe.
sd_shadow said:
you would have to ask someone with some knowledge of the KF2
but no the bootloaders are not compatible, recoveries maybe.
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Looks like it may be a Fire 2 .... here... That is the screen I saw when connected to the fastboot cable... (post #7)
Off to see if its recoverable...
Thanks again man for all your input... I guess there's a moral here somewhere
chris5s said:
Looks like it may be a Fire 2 .... here... That is the screen I saw when connected to the fastboot cable... (post #7)
Off to see if its recoverable...
Thanks again man for all your input... I guess there's a moral here somewhere
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forum links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/fire-2-development
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/fire-2-help
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forum links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/fire-2-development
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/fire-2-help
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Thanks, already there :good: